Good afternoon. Welcome to a brandnew hour of americas news headquarters. Im lee land vittert. Im Heather Childers. Thank you for joining us. Nice to be with you. You as well. Topping our news for you this hour, ray rice can suit up again and take to the field if foreteam wants him. A judge slapping down the leagues indefinite suspension of the pro football star. And a brandnew Russian Nuclear missile roars from the tube. A decade in the making. And president obama and his staff digging for the Legal Authority before issuing an
executive order on immigration. That is our top story. The president reportedly asking advisors to read the fine print and push hard for the limits of president ial authority and that group included jay johnson, secretary of Homeland Security. They all eventually determined, as we know, at least they say, that the law was on their side, allowing them to make sweeping changes to our nationS Immigration policy. Peter doocy has more from washington. Hi, peter. Reporter hi. The president did not make an impulsive or sudden decision when using executive authority to change the immigration system in this country because now we know he indeed did she he and jay johnson had thoughtful discussions. Its reported that johnton met with the president five different times this summer and it was johnson who eventually drafted the executive orders oh. Remember, it was dhs that had to deal with housing and feeding and otherwise caring for tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors who flooded across the border and overwhelmed several Southern States earlier this year. Back in march we just learned there was a meeting where the president hosted immigration activists which the time describes as not going well because no matter what the president said, these activists apparently wanted more and more done to stop deportation. And the impact of dave brat defeating eric cantor is being felt again in the wake of the president s executive action because after cantor went down, in part because his constituents didnt believe he was Strong Enough in his stance on Immigration Reform, Speaker Boehner saw president obama at a white house event honoring pga golfers of all things, and it was then that the speaker leveled with the president and said, there was basically no way the house would ever all come together and pass the kind of comprehensive Immigration Reform he was looking for. Dhs secretary johnson told the president he didnt have the Legal Authority to stop deportations for 7 Million People the way a comprehensive Senate Bill May have, but he did have the authority to stop deportations for about 5 Million People and that is exactly what the president recently announced. Heather . Congress returns next week. Well see what they have to say about it. Peter doocy, thank you. Nfl runningback ray rice can now play in the nfl if any team will sign him. He recently won an appeal overturning his indefinite suspension after fallout from a video why he was seen hitting his then fee onstay in an elevator. After weeks of appeals and arbitration, rice is free to sign with another team. But the bigger question remains, who is going to want him . Dominic denatale has the details from our west coast news room. Reporter hey there. Actually hes already being signed up by the fans, at least, 168,000 people, believe it or
not, on yahoos fantasy leagues added him, but no sign yet that any real world nfl teams are interested. Tony richardson, the former twotime all pro nfl player, says chances are slim ray rice will actually get picked up. I dont think there is a team that will touch him. I think hes toxic right now. He admitted his mistake, hes been punished for it and should be allowed to play. But i dont think he will ever play in the National Football league again. Reporter an arbitrator on friday threw out suspension, saying the nfl decision to change his orange suspension from two games, you may remember that, to an indefinite suspension was arbitrary and abuse of discretion. The nfl soon after announced rice is eligible to play upon signing a new contract. Meanwhile, rices wife has been in front of the camera again talking about the moments after her then fiance beat her. I didnt speak to him the entire ride home. He tried to talk to me. I didnt want to hear anything. I just knew he hit me and i was completely over it. Of course in the back of my mind and in my heart i knew that our relationship wouldnt be over because i know that this isnt us and its not him. Reporter it was about a month to go before the end of the season. Not much time for someone to take highman of the he has been one of the best runningbacks in the business and that may work in his favor. Back to you. Well see if a team wants him and willing to deal with a pr backlash. Coming up later this hour, were going to talk with sports attorney about what could be next, where might rice play, and could there be more fallout perhaps not only for the nfl player, but also for the nfl commissioner. To missouri where Governor Nixon is calling for a special state legislative session. He wants to address resources for the National Guard and state police who are putting in
overtime trying to restore calm after this weeks violent protest. Meantime, a 120mile long naacp march is underway, calling for reform in the Police Department. Mike tobin is live in ferguson, missouri with the very latest and im sure more on this march thats going on. Mike . Reporter exactly. The afternoon here has been owned by sporadic marchers popping up all over the place. In clayton, missouri, at the justice center, that event called the mothers march included a mock shooting and a diein which all the demonstrators layed on the ground pretending they were dead. The naacp gathered at the spot where mike brown was killed and set off on that 120mile march to jefferson city. The target of that demonstration is racial profiling. We have called for the resignation of the chief of police. We have called for the
appointment of a special prosecutor. More importantly, we called for an end to racial profileing. Reporter with Governor Nixon looking for emergency funding for the National Guard presence, all eyes really are looking toward this evening. Its better weather, the demonstrators will be out once again. The question is whether there will be violence one more time. Heather, back to you. Lets hope not. Mike tobin live, thank you. People in wyoming are trying to clean up after Hurricane Force winds whipped through the state there yesterday causing Power Outages and knocking out some windows. Meantime, thousands of homes in the northeast are still without power today. Utility crews are work to get things back up and running following a massive noreaster that came barreling through new england earlier this week just in time for thanksgiving holiday. Meteorologist janis dean is live in the Fox Extreme Weather Center with what things look like now. Much calmer, especially
across the new england area and some good news. Well have a brief warmup over the next 24 hours. You can see on the satellite radar imagery, not too much to tell you about. A little bit of lake effect snow, but nothing thats going to be causing any big problems. As you can see as we go through sunday and monday, were going to see a warmup. 50s and 60s further south you go. 40s for parts of northeast where we are trying to get the power back on for those folks. We do have some snow showers along a cold front thats going to plunge southward. And you mentioned in places across the northwest where we have Hurricane Force winds. Weve got a couple of storm systems moving in. One thats going to bring much needed rain to california. But also seeing the potential for strong wind gusts across the Northern Rockies, Northern Plains as that next cold front moves through. Taking a look at the forecast radar heading into monday and tuesday, weve got moisture work its way into california, which is great news. Look at this next batch moving as far south as southern
california where they really need the rain. So thats great news. Liquid sunshine to them. There is your forecast precipitation as we head through month the rain will get as far south as central california, then the next batch as we head into next week will get into southern california. And you can see all of that snow across the rockies. For your travel forecast tomorrow, not too bad, especially across the northeast where we have that noreaster on wednesday and thursday. Look for showers over the great lakes, ohio valley, chicago, you could see a few delays here. Colder temperatures as that cold front moves through. Brings arctic air down towards the Northern Plains. Then well deal with the snow across the Northern Rockies and then the rain over california. All in all, not a bad forecast, which is great news cause man, they were giving me a hard time last week. Its a lot easier to get home from grandma than it is to get to grandmas on wednesday for sure. Thank goodness. Indeed. Thanks so much. Thank you. Who can ever give janis a hard time . N never. I love how excited she gets when she gives the forecast. Pope francis in the middle of a threeday visit to turkey. Today he visited some major religious sites, including the blue mosque where he offered a silent prayer. And joining him was the grand guy from istanbul who says he hopes the visit will contribute to world families the pontiff celebrated mass for istanbuls tiny catholic community. At least two people have died in a Taliban Attack in afghanistan. Homicide bombers and gunmen stormed a guest house used by foreign businessmen and diplomats in the capitol of kabul. At least one of the deceased was a foreigner. Security services raided the building rescuing six people before the bombers detonate their vests. This is the latest in assevers deadly aassaults targeting the diplomatic district. It comes as the parliament ratified a Status Forces Agreement with the united states, granted immunity to
american troops stationed there. With a loud roar and a blinding flash of light, russia test fires a brandnew intercontinental ballistic missile. A Russian Defense official says the missile launched from a you Nuclear Submarine from beneath the surface othe bering sea. This is the second successful test launch after a troubled development over the past decade. The missile is designed to carry Nuclear War Heads and it landed on a Training Ground in far eastern russia near alaskas aleutian islands. It will be the Third Nuclear capable sub in russias fleet with five more in production. There has been a shocking ruling out of egypt. Nearly four years after the revolution swept that country, an Egyptian Court dismissed murder charges against former president hosni mubarak. The 86yearold was charged in connection with hundreds of deaths during that 2011 uprising. We all remember the pictures there. Those protests rocked egypt, rocked the arab world and eventually ended mubaraks three decades in power. Today many observers believe the courts decision shows that mubaraks influence hasnt changed much since then. John huddy reports. Reporter the courtroom burst into cheers and applause after a judge dropped murder charges against former egyptian president hosni mubarak. He was accused of ordering the death of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 arab spring uprising that ended his nearly threedecade reign. Close to 900 protesters were killed during the 18 days of demonstrations. But the judge said the charges were politically motivated and that his 2012 conviction was
flawed because of technicalities. Egypts former interior minister and his aides were also acquitted of the same charges. Outside the courtroom, his supporters celebrated the judges decision by singing and dancing. Others, including relatives of those killed by security forces, held pictures of their loved ones and screamed that mubarak obvious executed. The ruling comes just a day after deadly protests and demonstrations against egyptian president , a political ally of mubarak. But the 86yearold mubarak will not walk free just yet. He still is serving a threeyear sentence for embezzlement. Leeland. The more things change, the more they stay the same in the middle east. Thanks. The president of nigeria vowing to track down those responsible for yesterdays deadly bombing at a mosque. A hospital worker says the explosion killed more than 100
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he committed millions of dollars in investment to redevelop a resort there. And the u. N. Is releasing new numbers on ebola in west africa, showing over the course of the outbreak, more than 16,000 people have fallen ill. The overall death toll is inching toward 7,000. The country of sierra leone is grappling with the worst rate of infection. Members of congress return from thanksgiving break next week trading turkey for a lame duck session. High on the agenda, the executive order on immigration. The house judiciary is planning hearings and House Republicans are putting together a bill in response to the white house action. Tammy bruce is a radio talk show host and Fox News Contributor and basil is a Democratic Political consultant and president of basil smichael associates. Thank you for being with us. So lets go through what we
anticipate happening next week in the order that it is supposed to happen. Tuesday, december 2, we mentioned the house judiciary committee. Theyve already announced they will be Holding Hearings on what they are calling the president s power grab. At same day later one House Republican conference, theyve announced they will meet to discuss forwarding a bill regarding the president s actions. Tammy, i will start with you. What can they do, should they do and is this a wise move at all . The American People have seen hearing after hearing after hearing. Im not a republican. Im a conservative. Weve seen there has been a lot of talk and not a lot of action. So the mid terms was a message to stop obama, but to perhaps get certain things done. I think what the republicans should do is pile the bills into the white house. Not just one bill on border security. But theyve been talking about this for six, ten years. They should have a number of bills. They can be short, not complicated. And the hearings, its kind of interesting for the last six years, whether its the irs or fast and furious, not much
happens. I think that the American People are tired of the politics that that represents and they do want barak obama to be stopped. They want this at least for the new senate to be able to deal with this. And i dont know if really the republicans at least with this kind of line up that youve described really are exhibiting that the kind of gravitas that the American People want to see . Bails, your thoughts . I agree with so much of what you said. I think they should pile the president s desk full of bills. I dont think they have the gravitas to get things done for this fact, weve heard for a number of months that the president was planning to use executive action and the congress has not legislated, done what theyre supposed to do, legislate any fixes to a potential action that they saw coming down the pike. They have not done that. And i understand that there are hearings and such coming up, but the American People want action. They just dont want the
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