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niagara falls on a tight rope. around a million young immigrants who are in this country illegally are feeling more secure about their futures this morning after the obama administration unveiled changes to its policy that it says are fairer and more efficient. athena jones is in washington talking about this with us. so, athena, how is this news being received on capitol hill? reporter: hi, randi. well, reaction from members of congress was swift, and we ve seen a lot of it. democrats are celebrating the announcement and republicans are blasting the move and questioning the president s authority to make it. mr. senator, can we have your thoughts on immigration reporter: senate minority leader mcconnell refused to answer shouted questions about the obama immigration policy, but the reaction from other congressional republicans was strong. texas congressman lamar smith, chairman of the house judiciary committee, calls the move an amnesty that would encourage fr ....
the school is in massachusetts called the judge rotenberg center. they claim that electric shocks and other forms of what they call aversive therapies are the only way to control some students who are a danger to themselves and others. recently outrage over the school exploded when the public for the first time saw video of a student being repeatedly shocked. his name is andre mccollins. the video showed him being shocked 31 times over an hour. i want to warn you, it is difficult to watch. this was in 2002. mccollins was 18. he s no longer at this center. his family recently settled a lawsuit against the jrc. those disturbing images also caught the attention of the u.n. central rap patory juan mendez. the use of electricity on anyone s body raises the question of whether this is therapeutic or whether it is suffering tantamount to torture in violation of international law. mendez is looking for answers. we asked the justice department for an update on the investigation, ....
former penn state assistant football coach accused of sexually abusing ten boys for more than a decade. nine jurors have already been chosen. attorneys are asking them about their ties to penn state and the charity for underprivileged children that sandusky founded. republican scott walker keeping his job as governor of wisconsin. the only governor elected twice in one term! walker defeated milwaukee mayor tom barrett in a recall race that, of course, has implications for the presidential election. what does it mean in november? it depends on who you ask. dana bash joins us live from milwaukee. dana, i know you have been talking to a lot of folks. republicans saying this is a preview of things to come. how is this playing out where you are? reporter: well, you know, let s look at the numbers because they really do tell an interesting and maybe perplexing story about what this could mean for november. first of all, how scott walker really did. obviously he won. h ....
preserve the rights of the vast majority of nashvillians of all backgrounds to be able to use our public parks and use public spaces to thrive and to get exercise and enjoyment. all right. we ll have to leave it there. thank you so much, mayor. packages containing bo body parts have arrived at two schools in vancouver. and they re linking the packages to canada s most infamous murder and dismemberment case. we have all the reasons to believe this, first offal all, we re talking about the same body parts we were looking for. which is the right hand and the right foot. secondly it was shipped from montreal. where exactly in which location from montreal, we know it was shipped from montreal. so right now, we have all reasons to believe this. we have no confirmation whatsoever. there will be a dna sample to confirm 100% this is the right one. paula has been following this case from the very beginning. it just gets worse and worse the mar we hear about this. is there ....
colombia, it just got bigger. now it s spreading to the dea. the drug enforcement agency. what would you do if you got smacked with a $93,000 bill and what if that bill wasn t even for you? we ll talk to one man who is on the hook for his mother s nursing home bill and the obscure law that s being used to make sure families pay up. beam me up scotty. the first private space launch is in history books with some very special cargo. she s taking over. you are a man. you might as well stand up like a man. she knows how to jump-start a failing business and today tabatha takes over newsroom. we begin this morning on a launch pad at cape canaveral. remember scottie from star tre trek ? right now on his way to a final fro frontier. three, two, one, zero. and launch of the space x falcon 9 rocket as nasa turns to the private sector to resupply the international space station. so cool. john zarrella is in florida. he s been watching this thing all morning. good m ....