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Most national declarations are about freezing property of people from dictatorial countries that are in the middle of a bad war, that kind of thing, sanctions in effect. this is an unusual step in the fact he's trying to win through a national emergency declaration what he could not win through a policy fight with congress. that will be an argument that goes to the courts, can he do something on his own authority that congress basically told him no, they wouldn't authorize. >> what is the legal argument? i imagine the white house counsel's office has been background briefing reporters and layi...

Virginia. that's all she did. and she was attacked and he was attacked for it. then he was fired, 26 hours shy of his 50th birthday when we would have earned his pension. andy is not a perfect man. andy made mistakes and in the future he may have to account for those but he's a truth-teller. he's telling the truth about what he saw, he's telling the truth about what he heard and i want to echo something frank said, he's also a process guy. if the things he heard and the things he saw disturbed him, he would follow fbi process to open up that case, to open up that investigation. and as andy sai...

Misleading. >> would that have normally been an aggravated felony? a marijuana possession charge? >> in certain circumstances it can be. it depends on circumstances involving it. it's important for everyone to realize we're talking about a quantity of possessory marijuana and not some horrific crime or hard controlled substances. >> that helps, right, charles, the idea that this has been eliminated does help your case. but the case that you would have to make or immigration lawyer would have to make is that this guy is of some benefit or there's some mitigating reason to keep him here despite ...

Like? >> first because he's been here ten years in the united states and children and a mom who are permanent residence and citizens, he's available for those with long-term residence in the united states and relief under a visa where he was shot six times in 2013 and because he was the victim of a crime in which his best friend was murdered, that also enables him to apply for relief in deportation proceedings. >> let's talk about this aggravated felony charge. is that actually the charge that's involved with overstaying the visa or was that something else? >> when he was a young man, college ...

Thanks for joining us. charles, let's start with you. what is the issue at hand here in terms of immigration? >> right now we have a hearing that will be held in about a month or so. it will be the second hearing in this case. we have already admitted he overstayed his visa so we are pursuing relief from deportation. we have a couple avenues that we discussed previously. we believe it will take a couple years but we'll be able to secure for him permanent residence in the united states. >> what do you think, alex? what's this all about? >> it's hard to say what started this exactly. we know tha...