Possible deal. Welcome to our viewers in the u. S. And around the world. Snuck in here to be next to you. Im errol barnett. The u. S. President , barack obama, said its time to take steps to fix the countrys immigration system. He announced executive action that will shield up to five million Illegal Immigrants from deportation. The centerpiece of this plan would let the undocumented parents of u. S. Citizens apply for work permits, so long as theyve been in the u. S. For at least five years. But mr. Obama stressed that his plan does not grant citizenship alone. We expect people who live in this country to play by the rules. We expect that those who cut the line will not be unfairly rewarded. So were going to offer the following deal. If youve been in america for more than five years, if you have children who are american citizens or legal residents, if you register, pass a criminal background check, and youre willing to pay your fair share of taxes, youll be able to apply to stay in this country temporarily without fear of deportation. Knowing there would be backlash, mr. Obama made a special point to defend his plan against criticism from republicans who say it oversteps his authority. Take a listen. The actions im taking are not only lawful, theyre the kinds of actions taken by every single republican president and every single democratic president for the past half century. Republicans wasted no time criticizing the president s proposals. Cnn correspondent eric mcpike is in washington to break it down for us. Aaron, lets just talk about the battle hes up against with republicans. How are they likely to respond to his speech . Ive heard everything from lawsuits to impeachments, to thwarting his future nominations. We know other president s have used executive powers, george w. Bush, Ronald Reagan, clinton. Natalie, the oklahoma governor has already suggested suing him. But impeachment is rather unlikely, a bit of a last resort. Congressman steve king of iowa, a very conservative republican and a very vocal opponent of Immigration Reform, at least creating a path way to citizenship for undocumented workers. He made some comments tonight on cnn about some of the things republicans could do, not as outlandish as you may think. Listen here to those comments. I would like to start with the most minimal thing we can do to put the president back into the constitutional guard rails and then step it up. Thats why i say a resolution of disapproval, second, a censure, third, a disapproval of the funds that would fund this. Thats the progressive effort of this moving forward. But i dont want to do the last thing, i dont want to do the i word. The president has thrown us into this situation and now there are 535 members of congress who have taken an oath to uphold the constitution. But censuring of obama, which is one of the things he mentioned there is something they are likely to do. Its sort of akin to a bad headline, its really just a warning, but also threatening funding for some of his other measures, not just this, but other things is a way that the republican can really block the president , something we expect them to do. They could refuse to pass a major spending bill that would fund the government, which they did a year ago, as you may remember. President obama urged them not to do that tonight in his remarks earlier. And lots of Republican Leaders are saying thats probably not something theyll do this time, natalie. And then theres thinking ahead to the 2016 elections. What are the implications there . Especially when it comes to the hispanic vote. Look at this comment that Hillary Clinton made earlier tonight on twitter, thanking the president for doing something about this because congress isnt. But she ultimately said congress should pass a bill that could override the president s actions here. I also point out that advocates for Immigration Reform and many in the Hispanic Community are saying the new rules dont go far enough, because they dont extend to all immigrants, and it also doesnt allow any of them access to Government Health benefits like under the Affordable Care act. So you can expect that hispanic voters will be looking for more of that if this issue is debated further, and if congress does take up legislation next year, listen for republicans who are running for president to be extra careful about how they position themselves. Because if theyre too harsh and offer too little support in the way of reform, it definitely could hurt them with the hispanic vote when it comes to the general election. But youve got to remember, theyve got to get through that big messy republican primary first. All right, erin, much more to come, we thank you from washington, live. Over to errol. One of the key questions, whats the reaction been in the key states to border mexico . Its been mixed. Texas governor rick perry says the president s decision will lead to more illegal immigration, not less. He says its time for the president and congress to secure the u. S. Border, followed by meaningful reforms. Arizona governor jan brewer, whos been at odds with the president over a number of issues, including immigration, says there, quote, when the president constantly refuses to enforce existing laws, disregards the will of the people and creates his own policies based on personal preferences, we shift from democracy to one of tyranny. And on the other end of the spectrum, jerry brown from california said the president stepped up for hardworking families across america. He said its the right thing to do and its time for congress to finish the job. So well continue taking the pulse from many corners on this. Much more on in this hour, including an interview i did earlier with a u. S. Congressman who says hes optimistic about the deal despite the political wrangling well see. Have that for you in 20 minutes. Live now to kiev where ukraines leaders are marking the First Anniversary of the uprising. A year ago, they suspended a pact with the European Union which led to the outing of the president. In just a few hours, u. S. Vice President Joe Biden and the president of ukraine, poroshenko will host a joint news conference. Hearing some yelling there, hopefully things stay calm. Still to come on cnn, riot Police Forcibly clear protesters in mexico city as outrage mounts over the case of dozens of missing students. Also, violence in the middle east has driven a deeper wedge between israelis and palestinians. Well go live to jerusalem for the latest. In the last few hours, a chaotic scene in mexico city, on a square where demonstrators gathered to protest the governments response to the disappearance of 43 students who are believed dead at the hands of the cartel. Police used fireextinguishers who disperse people who they say threw molotov cocktails in front of the national palace. People understandably outraged. Very controversial, what happened to those students. Israeli police say a palestinian man has confessed to running over Israeli Soldiers in the west bank. We want to warn you, the video that we have is graphic. Authorities say a 23yearold admits to running the vehicle into the soldiers. Shortly after what happened, he claimed it was an accident. But police now say he was inspired by an act in jerusalem that killed israelis. In one of those incidents that fueled tensions in the area, were joined live to discuss this. Many will be on their way to friday prayers, but its safety thats taking a high priority on peoples minds these days. What can you tell us . Well, yes, things are trying to get back to normal here, but it still remains fairly tense. Its friday, a day that normally with friday prayers happening, something that security is paramount, but we understand from the police there will be no restrictions so far on people who can go pray, for example, at the al aqsa mosque in the old city. So were waiting to see really how it turns out today. So far, things have remained calm, for example in East Jerusalem where i was yet, there were police out, roadblocks stopping and checking people randomly. And overnight, in the area where the synagog attack came from, there was a morning tent there and police fired tear gas and there was a response from the residents of rockthrowing and scuffles there. So things are tense in the city, but so far, overall, it remains calm. And what about the behavior of the Israeli Government and the policies of demolishing homes, and an apparent refusal to hand over bodies for burial. What is that about . Yeah, whats happening, the Israeli Government has said that the homes of these attackers will be demolished. This is really revival of an old policy that they havent used for more than ten years now. But according to the Israeli Government, they see the demolishing of homes as a deterrent that will prevent future attacks, that maybe attackers will think twice if they realize the consequences on their families and loved ones. But critics say its really more collective punishment. In fact, instead of deterring attacks, it encourages more violence. We were at a neighborhood yesterday where one of those homes had been demolished. While we were there, actually, the Public Security minister showed up to take a look at the damage, speaking to riot police there, and you could feel the tension as police were out there. Residents clearly very unhappy. So its that sort of state of mind now here in jerusalem, that tension that continues to build, and fears that there could be another attack. Live for us from jerusalem, just past 10 13 in the morning ahead of what many hope is a peaceful weekend. Atikka, thanks. More about the attack on a campus in the state of florida. A gunman who opened fire at Florida States main library, may have sent packages to some of his friends beforehand. Myron may wounded three students before he was shot and killed by police after he ignored orders to drop his weapon. One of the students he shot is in critical condition. Fill wsc reports recipients of the packages are not aware of what is inside. And police are telling them, dont touch them. Call police if theyre delivered. We want to bring you an oil platform off the coast of new orleans has exploded. At least one person is dead. Three more are injured at this hour. Officials say the platform wasnt in production and no pollution reported. Theres no word on the cause. But that information in to cnn. An oil platform off new orleans has exploded. Now, a new report by the United Nations is painting a bleak picture of the story in eastern ukraine. This video kind of paints the picture as well, doesnt it . It says more than 4,300 people have died in fighting between prorussian rebels and Government Troops since the conflict began seven months ago. Nearly a thousand of those have happened since the shaky ceasefire in september. Russian president putin is keeping a close eye and warning against uprisings in his own country. On thursday, he said moscow must stop extreme imp in particular, he warned against sites that recruit young people. Mr. Putin specifically mentioned people in former soviet republics known as the color revolution. I would like to add in the modern world, extremism is used to rearrange influence. We see the consequences of the wave of socalled color revolutions, the turmoils in the country that have undergone the irresponsible experiments. We take this size a lesson and a warning, we must do everything necessary to ensure this never happens in russia. Mr. Putin also warned of outside interference, particularly by the west. All right, still to come for you here on cnn, a resignation may be in the works for the officer at the center of a teen shooting outrage in the u. S. Also ahead, warmer temperatures are in the forecast for buffalo, new york. They got hit with that massive snowstorm, but actually the warmer temperatures could now make the situation there even worse. Garrett van damme has more on that in just a moment. Welcome back. Cnn has learned Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson could announce his plans to resign from the force on friday. You may remember wilson is the white officer who shot and killed unarmed black teen Michael Brown back in august. This is interesting, our analysts have said, because a grand jurys decision on whether to indict wilson could also come as early as friday. Seems like something is brewing now in ferguson. Missouris governor meantime has already declared a state of emergency, calling up the national guard. Ferguson police chief Thomas Jackson says his local officers will still patrol the streets this weekend. He spoke with cnns erin burnett. Im running a response here locally, and well still be the Ferguson Police department will still be patrolling the city of ferguson throughout all this. But we are a Smaller Department and this is a much larger, regional issue. And the chief of police for decades, i have absolute confidence in his ability to see us through this thing. Youve come under a lot of pressure, as we all know. Youve had local Authorities Saying, chief jackson, step aside. The attorney general spoke about the Ferguson Police force saying, i think its clear that the need for change in that department is appropriate. You had mccaskill saying something along those lines. Youve said you want to be part of the solution. Do you still think that being part of the solution means staying in your job as the police chief . Yes, i intend to see this thing through. Ive been working with a lot of Community Members to work on some progressive changes that will bring the Community Together and to open up dialogue and getting us all talking about serious issues and actually creating solutions to problems. So, yes, i think e i think i can see this through and come out on the other side with the community, the region, and even the country a whole lot better. If theres one thing weve learned from the Michael Brown incident, theres a racial divide. In your community, you know the numbers, but 66 of fergusons population is African American, there are only three black officers out of 63 according to the numbers we have. Do you think the racial breakdown in ferguson needs to mirror the breakdown of officers in your police force . We have four African AmericanPolice Officers, but we continue to work on recruiting African American and other quality minorities to increase diversity in the police department. Thats been a goal of ours for a long time. It continues to be. We fully intend to double our efforts to increase that. I understand your point, but obviously in your community, African Americans are not minorities, 66 of the population. Youre saying its that theyre not applying for jobs. Is that the problem . With the pool of candidates is generally pretty small. As you can understand, theres larger Police Agencies in the region that can offer more diversity of opportunity within the ranks. So were working real hard to do things to help us recruit and retain quality applicants. I want to play you this video. I know youve seen it before, but this is Darren Wilson leaving the Police Station after he shot Michael Brown. In the video, he looks okay. Its just a video from a surveillance camera. In august, i know you spoke to our jason carol and said wilson was treated for a swollen face. I know you didnt see him personally. Have you seen any evidence of officer wilsons injuries since you last spoke to cnn . No. I specifically kept myself away from all the evidence in this case so that the county and the prosecuting Attorneys Office could conduct a fair and impartial investigation without interference. You caused a stir recently when you said if he isnt indicted legally he could return to his job. I understand youre making a legal point, but have you talked to him about whether or not hell return to the police force if he is not indicted . I have not talked to him about anything since the first few days after the shooting. And i guess the question is, given the environment in ferguson right now, just as a hypothetical question, but an important one, do you think officer wilson would be safe as a Police Officer in ferguson, if he came back and did that . Well, thats a discussion that were going to have, you know, once all the investigations are over. As you know, we still have a federal investigation coming up. So, thats a discussion down the road. And again, weve learned that Darren Wilson could announce plans to resign from the police force in ferguson. Nothing confirmed yet. Well continue to follow that story. If theres a development, well bring it to you. All right, day three of an epic lakeeffect snow event brought an additional two to three feet of the white stuff in parts of western new york state. Pretty incredible. Really incredible. Up to seven feet of snow. You can translate that for our international viewers, Derek Van Damme is with us for more about that. 216 centimeters. Knew you could do it like that. Mental calculator, on. But the good news is, the snow machine is slowly starting to, well, turn off, i should say. And the big dig is starting to commence. Lets talk about the latest radar coming out of that area. Heres the two snow events that brought the heaviest snowfall over the western p