On Friday Take Two will discuss reaction to President Obama's immigration reform speech and what it means for different groups and this week in news in the Friday Flashback.
Immigration: Obama to sign executive order at Las Vegas high school
Thursday night, President Obama addressed the nation about the need to reform the country's immigration system.
In a step to fix it, the President announced plans that would protect 5 million undocumented people from deportation.
That group includes the parents of legal residents and U.S. citizens.
And the plan extends the deferred action program for those who arrived here as children.
There are some additional protections for high skilled tech workers but not for farm workers and millions of people are left out.
That's left immigrant communities divided on the plan.
And Republicans have wasted no time in saying they'll fight it.
But first, a look at where President Obama will sign this executive order.
He'll be in Las Vegas, at Del Sol High School.
This is his third visit to the campus. He laid out his broad plans for immigration there last year.
More than 60 percent of students at Del Sol are Hispanic. About 13 percent are English language learners.
For more on why this might be the ideal location to roll out a sweeping plan for immigration reform, Take Two talks to Lisa Garcia Bedolla.
She's a professor of political science and education at UC Berkeley, and author of, "Fluid Borders: Latino Power, Identity, and Politics in Los Angeles."
Obama's immigration plan has mixed response from undocumented immigrants
We've heard the numbers: up to 5 million. That's how many people could gain temporary legal status under new policies from President Obama.
Take Two speaks with with two immigrants who have a lot at stake in this.
Betty Jaspeado is a mother of four who has lived in Los Angeles for more than two decades.
Seth Ronquillo is a recent graduate of UCLA. He's qualified for temporary relief under deferred action. But his family could still face deportation, and so could he, when his status changes next year.
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Senator Barbara Boxer reacts to immigration reform
Mr. President, I don't remember hearing one Republican in Congress complain when Republican presidents took executive action on immigration. ... I urge you to ignore the angry voices of the do-nothing crowd in Congress who have repeatedly blocked progress on immigration reform.
That's part of an open letter sent to President Obama, several days before Thursday night's announcement.
Its author, Senator Barbara Boxer of California, joins Take Two.
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio suing President Obama over immigration
Less than 24 hours after President Obama's immigration announcement, the legal action begins.
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is suing the president over his immigration executive order.
Sheriff Arpaio was one of the proponents behind Arizona's controversial immigration law, SB1070.
It was struck down - in part - in the U.S. Supreme Court two years ago.
Arpaio joins Take Two to discuss his decision.
Obama's actions could affect thousands at LA's immigration courts
President Obama's planned changes to immigration enforcement could be good news for the nation's overwhelmed immigration courts.
The courts are facing an historic backlog, with more than 400,000 pending cases as of this fall.
That's promising news for immigration judges, who have long sought more resources for their busy courtrooms, says Bruce Einhorn, a former immigration judge who served in the LA courts for more than 15 years.
"They're up against a tsunami of cases," said Einhorn who teaches law at Pepperdine University. A typical judge in Los Angeles has about 2,500 cases on their docket, which means an average case takes more than two years to reach a decision, said Einhorn.
But that could change with Obama's action.
"If the president's order is properly enforced by the Department of Homeland Security," said Einhorn, "then you're going to see a moderately significant, if not a very significant, decrease in the number of cases that are brought by the government."
That number could be in the thousands, said Einhorn, but it will take time to see the effects on the ground.
One group that will likely not find relief are the thousands of child migrant cases that are working their way through the courts. As Take Two has been covering on the program, more than 7,000 children are being heard in Los Angeles alone. Since they arrived in the country within the past five years, they probably will not qualify under the new rules from Obama.
Friday Flashback: Cosby, Ferguson, immigration
Immigration dominated much of the week's news, but it wasn't all of it.
A lot of interest in a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri.
The image of the man once known as America's Dad crumbles.
And low rumblings from some Republicans who say it might be time to shut down the government. Again.
Time for the Flashback - Take Two's weekly analysis of the news.
Tens of thousands protest in Mexico over 43 missing students
Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Mexico City Thursday in the latest, and possibly largest, display of anger with President Enrique Peña Nieto.
The protest marches demanding the return of 43 missing students were mostly peaceful, but there were a few flare-ups of violence, with some protesters throwing molotov cocktails and police firing tear gas.
Los Angeles Times Mexico bureau chief Tracy Wilkinson joins Take Two for an update on the situation.
Amid student protests, UC Regents vote for big tuition hikes
University of California Regents voted Thursday to increase tuition by as much as 28 percent over the next five years.
The Regents say if they don't start getting more money from the state, they might start turning away more Californians and increasing the number of out-of-state students who pay higher tuition.
Not long ago, the UC system was seen as a shining example of how to offer an affordable world-class college education to California residents. Now many are questioning that reputation.
Louis Freedberg is the Executive Director of EdSource, a non-profit that covers education issues. He joins Take Two to talk about the tuition increases and the future of California's university system.
One of the big problems the UC system faces is an uncertain state budget that fluctuates every year -- a long-term, systemic issue that is not being adequately addressed. And one of Freedberg's concerns is what's going to happen in five years.
"Is this a proposal that's going to continue in perpetuity," he asked. "Parents who now have kids who are in grade school, what kind of tuition costs are they going to be facing?"
Music and politics intersect at Latin Grammys
Thursday night was the 15th edition of the Latin Grammy awards in Las Vegas.
The show got off to a bit of a late start on account of the President's remarks on immigration.
For more on the intersection of music and politics at the Latin Grammys, Take Two talks to Leila Cobo, executive director of Latin Content for Billboard.
Systemic sexual abuse occurring within amateur swimming, investigation shows
An investigation shows systemic sexual abuse within amateur swimming in the United States.
Cases often go unreported and unresolved. Accused abusers have been allowed to continue coaching child athletes without repercussions.
That's according to journalist Rachel Sturtz, who investigated the issue of child sexual abuse in amateur sports for Outside Magazine.
Weekend planner: Stouts n' staches, Holiday night market, Great LA Walk
As you gear up for the holidays, don't forget to take some time off to relax and enjoy the city.
Southern California Public Radio's social media producer, Kristen Lepore, writes a weekly column on cheap things to do in LA and she joins Take Two to help us plan.
This weekend's events: Free weekend? Great LA Walk, Amoeba sale and Movember isn't over yet
Felicity Jones on playing Stephen Hawking's first wife in 'The Theory of Everything'
The film The Theory of Everything examines the life of Stephen Hawking -- from his college years, as he begins his groundbreaking work in medicine and science, and through his decades-long struggle with a motor neuron disease.
But it's also a love story.
It follows the young, very promising Cambridge University student as he falls in love with a fellow collegian, Jane Wilde.
Actress Felicity Jones plays Jane. She told Take Two this week that when she sat down and read the script for "The Theory of Everything," she loved that it wasn't a straight forward biopic. "There was this incredible female character," she said, "who was nuanced and complex and had a strength and determination."
Watch the official trailer for the film:
INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS
Why do you think Jane Hawking stayed after Stephen got his bad health diagnosis?
She fell in love with Stephen instantly. It was that young, passionate love. Also there's something in Jane; Jane is a woman who when she says she's going to do something commits to it 100 percent.
She very much would never have wanted to leave Stephen. It was always about trying to make his life as comfortable as possible and bringing up three children and having her own academic career. It was a woman who was balancing a lot of different roles and needed a lot of inner strength to do that.
While Eddie Redmayne transformed so much physically during the film, there was an emotional transformation for you. What was that like?
It was that thing of playing a real person, you feel a sense of responsibility and, as you say, charting someone's emotional changes over 25 years is definitely a challenge. I read her book and that became a resource that I constantly referred back to. There were great quotations from Jane. She said, 'We were going to defy the doctors, defy the disease.' It was this very sort of strong-minded, going into battle attitude and when she's speaking to Stephen's father-in-law it's her sort of call to arms. Also, meeting Jane and realizing this woman has such humor and humanity and bringing that into the film was really important. When you meet carers and patients they are normal families just trying to get through the day to day. It's about finding the light in life. Speaking to Jane's youngest son, Tim, she said how they used to put swear words into his voice box and he and his brother and sister would ride Stephen's chair. And it was that kind of texture and reality of dealing with someone with a disability and what it's like that was so important to put in the film, to find the humor in it. Because Stephen and Jane - there was no self-pity in their situation.
She stayed with him for many years but that relationship did not pan out for them and they go on to have separate lives that are rich and fulfilling. As a young woman, what do you think you took away from playing Jane Hawking throughout her life?
Her strength. That life isn't always easy but you have to have a fortitude and determination and I kept finding when I was researching Jane this galvanized spirit. She's someone who still now is not defeated by difficulty. I take her home with me at the end of the day and even after I finished shooting I'd say to to Eddie, 'I've forgotten who I am.' You really do take on that person and even when I'm making a decision I think, 'What would Jane do in this situation?' She is someone I deeply respect and admire.