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For more on immigration policy as well as the president's announcement, let's get justice correspondent pete williams to join us. good day to you. let's talk about all of this and the difference it's going to make. >> well, the obama administration says this is a shift in enforcement. they say they are going to focus on illegal immigrants who are a criminals or danger to national security and give a break to those here illegally through no fault of their own. >> yes we did. yes we did. >> reporter: young people covered by the new policy cheered the announcement outside of the white house. >> i...

To protect people who discriminate against gay troops. that's nice. and another amendment to further their support for the anti-gay defense of marriage act, which the obama administration says is unconstitutional. these are defense bills. and this was the middle of the night last night. it's almost like the republicans saw president obama doing something kind of nice for gay people with his comments in the afternoon, and they decided that they therefore needed to stick it to gay people in response. what can we do with that, what is it, a defense bill? what can we do in a defense bill that migh...

Their support for the anti-gay defense of marriage act, which the obama administration says is unconstitutional. these are defense bills. and this was the middle of the night last night. it's almost like the republicans saw president obama doing something kind of nice for gay people with his comments in the afternoon, and they decided that they therefore needed to stick it to gay people in response. what can we do with that, what is it, a defense bill? what can we do in a defense bill that might hurt gay people? it hurts gay soldiers? i don't care. let's get 'em anyway! at one point, the debat...

Gay issues in politics would be to add two anti-gay amendments to this defense bill they're working on. one amendment to try to block gay soldiers to get married and to protect people who discriminate against gay troops. that's nice. and another amendment to further their support for the anti-gay defense of marriage act, which the obama administration says is unconstitutional. these are defense bills. and this was the middle of the night last night. it's almost like the republicans saw president obama doing something kind of nice for gay people with his comments in the afternoon, and they deci...

6% is an astonishing number. >> he's going to have to drive a message of paid advertisement in iowa, and stake his claim in south carolina and iowa. >> he can't do it. think about it four years ago at this time, john mccain was in trouble. why was john mccain in trouble? same issue. illegal immigration. he teamed up with kennedy on a legal immigration bill. a lot of people in the party thought he was for amnesty. they're now thinking about the same thing about rick perry. >> and yet john mccain won the nomination. >> because john mccain backed down and did a turn around. and remember that bord...