of the conversation tonight. let's hear from >> thank you for taking my call. i live in a dominican neighborhood. units.lding has 60 90% are dominican. it took three years for the people here to speak to me as a human being, and trying to instill my mothers taught me as a child, to extend everyone. now that they are finally talking to me, there are six apartments that are selling illegal drugs. the police, latino police officers, cleaning these are good boys. their parents lay their heads on the pillow at night, and these boys who were 20 something, they are selling drugs out of their

parents apartments because they believe that is the way to go. this is what their parents are brought them here. this is what they are doing. they are on the stoops every hour of every night. we know when the african- americans were doing that, the police were up making sure we were not able to do that. they latina police officers are the coalition who do not want to arrest their own. they are showing the same kind of corrupt behavior we have seen in these latin countries and their police departments. i do not believe that people should be kicked out. i do believe that there should be a very heavy penalty. if i broke federal law, i expect to be in prison. they have broken federal law by coming here legally. in the u.s.

illegally? >> >> most are. they are parents of children who have come here. they made a point to have their children here. they're not bad people. the parents. the children are not taking the respect of what they were given, and they want to play this modern subculture. every single day, no matter where i go, i have to listen to them throwing around the n-word. they don't have any respect for this country. you don't have any respect for the african-americans, believing they are better than. this is going to make it more difficult for my nieces and nephews, and the rest of my families to the anywhere because they are sticking together as if they are new mafia, because this country didn't do what it was supposed to do in the first

place by letting them flow in your freely. next more coming up in the hour. and little later on, we will ask would ask what you president obama in his news conference tomorrow. we're doing our town halls tomorrow. congress is in recess. they are doing town hall checking tweets, checking town halls. we mentioned the town hall last night, here he is taking a pie in the face for charity today. he is from nebraska. he says that joining local , -- rs for the farm bill covering that tomorrow,

an event with sheldon whitehouse. run your calls coming up. we once take a look at the town hall that happened yesterday in illinois caller:. is a very general statement. are you for national security? i think there is no doubt that we need immigration reform. our current system is not working for employers or people who are trying to come here legally. it is not working for our agonist or he, the number one industry in my district. i have met with manufacturers and international groups in springfield, having a heart in getting visas to get into the country. then come our office deals with

immigration as a federal issue on a daily basis. she wakes up every morning and gillett immigration. nobody thinks our current system does not work. how we fix it obviously, the devil is in the details. what i have been as a proponent of the house is advancing the ball down the court. i do not believe we are ever going to have a purpose -- perfect solution. i have 20 boxes, and we have to check all 20 boxes for me to vote for a bill, but i do think that the sentiment a good first attempt read the house can make it better. ist the house is going to do that they are going to move a step-by-step approach. one bill after another, dealing with the various issues. first, the border security bill that moves. that is going to be an easy bill to pass. supportd with unanimous

, almost every republican or democrat on homeland security voted for the bill. i think that will definitely help. that is a done deal. then your point to deal with your high-tech visas, and your ag program. you're going to get bipartisan support on those. i do not know what the language is going to look like. a third bill would deal with the dream act kids. you will get a bipartisan support on that. the people here currently illegally, what the path is for them. there are people in the house who think we should find a way to grant them legal status. but not path to citizenship. people say no, they have to have a path to citizenship. my mindset is that people should

come forward and pay a penalty , and fine, a probationary i'm not the camp that believes that people should have to leave the country in order to get in line. i happen to leave that is an unrealistic expectation that 11 men -- 11 million people will leave. made on the place to go back to even if they wanted to. i think it is adversely affecting their self identification. work, ever we passed to to be a real reform bill. i want to be constructive to the overall process of having more legal immigration down the road. host: part of a townhall yesterday, a republican congressman from illinois and and posting that youtube video. taking look at a public policy issue and politics of the next

4-5 weeks. congress is in recess. part of the issue tonight is immigration and the economy. a look ahead to the house debate coming in september. you had representatives talk about how that may proceed. joining us is christina peterson, with the wall street journal. she has had a front-page piece they had liedoday said some democrats waver on immigration. .hank you for joining us people look at the bill and so the democrats voted in favor of the senate immigration bill. we may not see the same results in the house just because there are some democrats who come from conservative leaning districts

in may the has a tent with certain aspects of immigration. some members who belong to coalitions like the blue dog coalition, and new democrats, some have reservations about what to do with the 11 million people who are illegal immigrants living in the united states. that is the most controversial aspect of what the house is going to do. they have concerns that reflect a lot of the same concerns the more moderate rubble consent. host: whatever piece of legislation set,, speaker boehner is going to need every democrat he can to pass it. >> and these democrats maybe more willing to vote with what a centrist will be. it is hard to tell at this point. we do not know what the contours will be of a house bill dealing with legalization. some democrats are wanting to

state whether position is going to be without knowing what the legislation is going to look like. they are having people who are not ready to commit either way yet. that serves as an additional mystery surrounding the final vote count. outlinesard some broad from illinois. what do you expect the first couple of visas of legislation will be? >> i certainly think the border security is something they are going to do early on. so many have said that is their top priority. also, some cases involving either of five, the employee verification system. that is probably going to be very early on. i do not know at what point they're going to handle the trickiest pieces of legislation, those dealing with civilization

-- citizenship. that is something that leaders have said they do want to tackle. i saw something you wrote today about the mechanics on the democratic side in terms of getting what they want in the legislation on the floor. what was the article about? guest: we were looking at the idea of some democrats mulling over trying to start a discharge petition, which was a procedural the candy that is not successful very often. it has not been successful since 2002 on campaign finance reform. it is a way for the minority to force the vote on an issue they care about if you get the majority of house members to sign onto its. there is a sense that it is

possible there is majority of people in the house that would support copper into the immigration reform. the question is whether you could get enough republicans to sign something that is seen as a slap in the face to leadership. even those that might be supported of these immigration bill's muddy reluctant to sign onto something that is seen as a rebuke to the rubble can leaders. host: krishna peterson on the line with us -- christina peterson on the line with us. brandon infrom michigan. thank you for waking. caller: thank you for hosting this townhall. whatld agree with some of they are prison attends said early. -- i love the people on the rubble can side, this is about disenfranchising people. that is absolutely not the case. i care about all people when it

comes to this country. they should have the opportunity. i do not think they should do illegally. there is a way to do that, a line that you can get 10, and file a legal application to come to this country. it is outrageous that people are trying to impose the idea that we should grant amnesty to people who are already in this country, and they should be able to live here become citizens without having to go to the application process that some already do. i do not think that if we as americans try to go to another country, entered illegally into the country, and love their, and that thecome citizens, government would have any say or allow any part in that. other thing, obviously a lot of the people who are involved

in this immigration debate are hispanics and latinos. we have to keep in mind that that is not just the entire immigration. there are people from all over the world that want to come to the united states. her from a woman who came here in 1990. i think that is something we need to keep open. it needs to be an important debate we have. it will be difficult in congress. i think as a resident of shock said, we have to divide it up. gradually, move along to the last hurdle. to grant amnesty to people in this country who are here illegally, which i disagree with. that would be a good plan and move the discussion along. host: how much agreement is ?here on the issue of the visas

the high-tech positions? is there more agreement on that? the amnesty? guest: that is provision that has wide bipartisan support. a lot of support from the community, which is lobbying lawmakers heavily to pass something. democrats of may clear that they are only willing to support granting more visas if they also get their top priority, which is a path to citizenship illegal immigrants living here. they are not willing to do in isolation. that is true of many provisions. low skilled workers, visas for agricultural workers, and things that both sides agree on, but democrats have said we only want to do this as part of a larger package. host: from miami, tony. excuse me, tony on democrats

line. what i want to say is shame on this government, the republicans and democrats, all they do is argue back and forth. when you look at the real issue, the real issue is it doesn't matter what and who come over here, as long as they come over here to work, just like everybody else, pay taxes, and it is a crying shame when you whatever, people that just them over here. and, they came over here about three months ago, i heard a cuban guy at the social security office say that god

bless america. months,een over here 13 since i've been over here, i have not worked, i have not done anything. he had one leg. -- they approved him for ssi, medicaid, and food stamps. >> he said he had no papers. >> once they come over here and they allow them to come to the detention center, they come out, they get a visa, sent right to the social security office, and missile security office -- and the social security office approves them. they send them over to the social security -- the food stamp office, and get food stamps. host: let's hear from christina.

what is it that has been passed that would deal with federal benefits for the undocumented immigrants? restricteds pretty in terms of what you would get. illegal immigrants would not have access to federal benefits. once you have legal provisional status, you would still have to buy your own health care. there was some question of you would be a noble -- eligible for all tax credits. you would have eligibility to get some deductions and credits based on what you are paying. one of the things that they have agreed on is that you would not have access to healthcare until you became a citizen. once you become a citizen, you would be eligible. has been a key point -- that has been a key point.

illegal immigrants do not have access to that. host: you can read her work in the wall street journal. she is reporting on twitter. thank you for joining the conversation tonight. guest: thank you. host: we are bringing you a discussion of immigration, and the economy. the founder of facebook has started and a nonprofit that is promoting immigration reform. the headline says mark launches an group august recess at offensive. i want to show you one launched group. here is what it looks like. -- my à la hunter oh family moved to chicago. america is the only country i've

ever known. my senior year of high school, i was promoted. i held the rank of a debt brigadier. i was head of the chicago rotc. i want to be a citizen. i'm going to be a marine. i care about this country. back.ant to give i believe 100% of what this country stands for. let me turn it. let me serve. i just want an opportunity. i want a chance. i want to show everyone out there that i am american. i will honorably served this country wearing the marine corps uniform. that is a net posted by u.s., thezation fwd. founder of facebook.

we are taking your calls and comments, including this one from twitter. ourow would it support broken system when it would allow current illegal immigration? the pace was conservative politics that promotes neoliberal economic agendas. >> south county faces a wave of illegal immigrant deaths as they come for amnesty. next up, this is dan. caller: one of the politics, the big topic is the fence they're talking about building,

which we know the government has funded three times to do this and it hasn't been built. it is going to be policy blunder. the main thing is, we need a fence. we need to enforce what laws are on the books. we don't need more laws. we just need to enforce what laws are on the books. people that are hiring illegal immigrants, they laws should be enforced. they would be encouraged to hire them if they were in force. system, ise, the broken. it is not broken. we are sidestepping the system. -- not enforcing the laws are in place. encourage people to come here knowing that they are not going to be prosecuted for coming year illegally. obviously means well. he has been doing in honoring

thing. doing, hething he is is here illegally. he went to a school, got funded, got his skull paid for and everything. not even legal here. my great grandparents, and all my parents have been paying taxes. .ost: you pointed that guy what is the answer? what you do with individuals? caller: again, it is a can of worms. where do we draw the line? just say, let's stop. let's start enforcing. these guys should start getting registered. just to say. they are coming in every day. they are coming in both borders. others, which is

in the do with nationality, it has to do with them coming here illegally. why would they come here? i know for sure that there are people here illegally that are ,etting -- government funding childcare, welfare, and bragging about it. they get fake ids. they just go on the office, and they hand them out. host: let's go to nevada. rick is on the net line. caller: i grew the last caller. a want to make three quick points. the myth that food prices would go up if we didn't have illegal aliens working on the forms. and, andr is only 5/8 you get farm workers in this country.

if you raise wages, you will have workers. i also look for c-span as a previous caller said to hope that you would cover the black american leadership alliance, a case in washington dc where he had black americans and white americans and is paired americans marching together as citizens, not asking for entitlements, but asking for jobs, which is a big complaint you have. -- bit more skin be more wrong about how to get the hispanic vote. the 2000 elections, there was only one candidate who actually had written an amnesty, though everyone knew was for amnesty, and that was john mccain. healy got 31% of these panic vote in that election. the only thing i think president obama has set in the debates was

that he wasn't forgiving drivers licenses to illegal analysts -- illegal aliens. 31% of the vote compared to obama's 67%. he didn't even get half of the hispanic vote. everyone knows he is pro- amnesty. the is the way to attract hispanic vote? they are not only wrong, but they are insulting hispanic americans. host: why do republicans like itris say they have to do for the sake of the future of the party? caller: because it sounds right. because when you say, you think, that sounds right. hispanic americans have been proven again and again, do the research, they vote the same way all americans vote. they vote based on income. low income people do not vote for public ends -- for publicans. this is another myth that sounds

right, and allows the republicans to say frequented get the hispanic vote, we have to get the amnesty. it is an insult. what it is saying is that the republican party is saying we can buy votes. it is an insult. host: thank you for that comment. an event that c-span did not cover. we do try to have a broad balance of events. including a discussion of the bush institute, which may have seen earlier, looking at the panels, and the benefits of immigration reform. >> i understand how businesses see a bottom-line benefit. i'm not sure i get have a say bottom-line benefit in citizenship. the benefits of the individual, the economy, but a bottom-line

for my restaurant, was the benefit of having people working for me to be citizens? >> it is a great question. we had to talk people through it. what if somebody is eligible for citizenship? are they here legally? take a deep breath. the first question, what the citizenship process? ok, through that process, people are learning additional skills. that bottom line impacted that. it really comes down to every business at the end of the day, yes there is a bottom-line impact. they want to be a part of the story. they want to tell a good story. it was attila good story to the workforce and their customer base. >> i like the good story. i am thinking about the lines here. >> there is no cost to the

business. the model has been created, they are able to create time throughout the workday that is not taking away anything they are losing. is to engage their workforce on a different way. they feel more invested. on your 10 more minutes comments on immigration and the economy. your tweets as well. the c-span chat. -- let's go back to the phones. jerry, i appreciate you waiting. caller: i think ultimately, rand paul is right regarding the issue. obama has a great idea, but is immigration reform, but it is

like being in a satanic and having a bucket and trying to bail it out. sealed,have the borders they cannot get in. you can't fix the problem with obama's idea. ultimately what i have to say about it. host: we go to nancy. >> good evening, i would've to say that first of all, when was the last time that you saw unemployed applying for jobs in the fields? -- our employment situation is so bad, and our people are so dependent on the government, they do not work to

help themselves. i feel that these immigrants are the ones that are wanting to do the bulk of the labor. live onw how to virtually nothing. don't.r independence they expect so much. it is a bad situation. the other thing is, we have immigrants from other countries that come in and they work on a work permit. while they are working, they are -- it just doesn't

happen. , they do buy a home not get the homestead exemption. we have a siebel paying into our economy, and into our government, without ever the hope of getting it back. i just think that we should show those people a little more respect than what i have been hearing here tonight. host: thank you for your call. two kentucky, justin is on our democrats line. i'm a democrat. i was raised in a republican house. brothers.and my grandfather was a democrat. rebellious ten-year old, i wanted to go like the

democrats. republicans were taking advantage of everything. now i'm at the point where i am seeing that i'm ashamed of being a democrat. i agree that the republicans are taking advantage of trying to make the immigrant population vote for them, kind of like that, but i am not a racist person. i have half asian children. my wife is indian. -- theirily came in family came from africa. my father-in-law loves this country. he has got to the point where he is disgusted. they are not immigrants as far as illegally, but they are nationals. i can't make it for sure.

our phones are tapped constantly. illegals,hey can find mexicans or wherever else, 11 million illegal vietnamese here? would they be happy about it? [indiscernible] how would he feel? it is not his own. i know how the democrats are. in kentucky has gone to hell. we have an influx of hispanic people, and i work with this thing.

they are hard workers. whether they are hard workers are not, i do not need to be here illegally. -- they want to work underground because of the coal mining, because it is drying up around you. driving's like you are this evening. caller: i am. host: where are you from? caller: i'm coming from pennsylvania. that is another thing about this, the hispanic people are taking jobs. the thing about it is, americans that have been here are on welfare. i've seen it. they want to go on government assistance and cut grass and get extra cash. it is unfair. everybody knows this. there to people out

work. let them deal with the illegals are not. take the illegals back. host: that was just in. -- justin. a couple of facebook comments. -- host: barber is in new hampshire. caller: thank you. i think it is wrong to send the wrong message, and punish people who come here the right way, and reward people who are coming the wrong way. inhave a government

disarray. a president who is not a leader. we have worse relations in this country then ever. it is time for people to step up . the previous gentleman that was talking about welfare, the government that we currently have is encouraging dependency. people who come here illegally probably will work, and the people who work legally get a free ride. i'm in my 70s. i'm still working. thanks to the affordable care act, i have lost my insurance read -- my insurance. people do not understand what is happening. it is time for them to wake up. immigration needs to be reformed. there is a needed thing. however, somebody has to be a leader. that is what we are missing in this country. it is pointing that thing you're, not my fault, somebody else's fault. a bunch of little kids in school.

it is a shame. it is pathetic. i do not know what is going to correct it. it makes me very sad to see the direction the company is going -- the country is going. host: a couple more calls on the issue of immigration and then shift focus to president obama's news conference coming up tomorrow. live coverage for you on c-span. the politico this evening is posting an article by jonathan allen where they have six pre- vacation questions for obama. .hat is a we will ask you your questions are president obama during his news conference tomorrow. let's go to david here. i was going to say, i do not think it is an accident that immigration reform happened under reagan.

it is in the republican wheelhouse. immigrants bring great value to the united states, and i live in new york city. there is a lot of immigrants. we have not elected a democrat mayor of new york city since 1999. this notion that immigration is going to be thrown into the democratic party, i do not think it always proves to be true. --ust do not understand why the non-neocon republicans are so opposed to the notion of opening up the borders, which is something that the unions have been opposed to. traditionally it is something that republicans wanted to come in. street,alked on the they have the laundry,.

this is been true for 150 years. republicanrating as not part of the tea party to see the issue treated the way that it is. i think libertarians would fall on the side of, if you're coming to the united states, and crimes back home. you come for the same reason that our grandparents did, excited a better job, and get your kids in school. host: one more year immigration. helen is in maryland. helen. my name is thank you for taking the call. i've a question. i want to know is there a way to change a law, because immigrants that come here, the first thing is, if you're born here, you are automatically a citizen here. but if they are already illegal, they're coming across even the

-- why shouldhey they automatically become american citizens? i think that mommies to be changed or fixed. -- i think that needs to be changed. illegals,s to these they are legally coming over here. they are the ones that say i can't do that to my country. my kids are american citizens. i think that is the root problem. host: thanks for that comment. we will shift the focus. minutes, we're going to ask you what you would ask president obama at his news conference tomorrow. we'll have live coverage for you. early today, the daily briefing. he was asked about russia, a

question is likely to come up for the president tomorrow, in the supposedly says with russia. >> two things. we engage with nations, and make progress run into obstacles based on policies. russia will that as be sure to point out, vladimir putin is good but -- is the president, and has a significant influence over the course of affairs. we were able to make these kinds of progress we made in our relations with russia at that time. it is important to note that despite the challenges that we have encountered in our relationship with russia, that we still do have cooperation with russians on a number of important issues, and we will continue to engage with the russians to try to make progress

on those. there is no question that we have run into obstacles on important issues, and for that , we decided it was not the right time to have a bilateral summit. host: earlier the white house today, talking about russia. secretary state john kerry in the defense secretary will meet with their russian counterparts at the state department. also, the president's news conference. we will have that life for you. minutes, dear5 member of our time, we will ask you what you ask president obama at tomorrow's news conference. , six questionost for president obama by john allen.

one of the questions they asked deals with the sequester. the budget battle. the question, will you draw a hard line in orissa government shut down over the across-the- board spending cuts known as sequestration. nobody, note says even senior officials in the white house seem to know how republicans and democrats will get a deal on the budget, and the federal government runs out of cash september 30. consider the dynamics. the house and senate have struggled to pass routine spending bills, intermediate odds. the public didn't respond to the white house efforts to stoke fear on the impact of the sequester cuts, a block of conservatives refusing to vote for any bill that funds obamacare. kerry, andd john

secretary of defense chuck hagel meeting at the state department tomorrow. -- is set tos said head to colombia brazil this week read he has been out of the country a good deal of the country -- john kerry is set to head to colombia and brazil this week. what would you ask president obama? caller: i would like to know, and many people i know have a question about this, the fact that we send billions of dollars overseas to arab countries and momentand since the where mohammed said that all of was the only god, and told him there was a need to kill

christians, we are sending money want to kill christians. i don't understand that. they are killing them over there at this very moment. we are allowing them to come to this place across the pond, and they are doing it here now. host: there is a question that john allen posted in politico, and one of his was what happened to al qaeda being decimated in on the run? the president has on it -- shreveport,, to

what would you asked the president? caller: i would ask, i am proud of obama for getting health care for people, and employers are hiring people part-time. in cutting that jobs. they have so many hours not full-time. host: are you seeing that? caller: they are hiring part- time. it is said. we should have health care for people. people hurt in this country. it is not right. host: thank you. dakota.in north now?r: ok. my question is, why do we treat other people from other countries better than our own

soldiers that fight for our home,y, die for it, come and they are -- there is nothing to help them with their problems. we treat other countries better than we do our own people in the united states. host: thank you for that call. josh is on our public in line. my question for the president would be, i want to know why we spend money using our military to protect south korea from north korea. s shouldhe south korean pay. host: that they should pay the u.s.? caller: yes, for protection.

we have too much money going out. we are always helping other countries. host: do you think there is a national security benefit to the u.s. russian mark caller: no. it just puts more group -- more troops in danger. host: thank you for that. president obama holding a news conference tomorrow. likely the last one he will have before heading off for vacation to martha's vineyard. live here for you on c-span. your thoughts and questions he would ask the president. this is lynn in seattle. caller: hello. i just want to say that, i want to make a comment, first i would -- i would ask that

everyone is talking about how the government is looking at us and watching us, if you're doing it, and you're not doing anything wrong, don't worry about it. ist america should realize that the boston bombing, it wasn't for those cameras, those guys would still be at large. possibly. i would ask the president about the healthcare saying. as a previous caller stated, notle are what we are because of our faults, because of social souls -- social stratification. some people need health care. i just graduated from a community college. i do not have a job. host: what is your degree in? appliedit is associated sciences, and i have a chemical

dependency practitioner training. host: weber july to work? caller: i would like to work at the white house. to be honest with you. host: as an advisor? caller: as that, and is a simple american joe. host: thank you for your call. politico writes about health care. the sixth question asked, why should americans put any level of trust in obamacare? the insurance marketplaces are set to open october 1. convincing millions of americans to sign up for healthcare would be difficult in a genial political environment. the ministration we trying to enroll people this fall while the republicans attempt to repeal the law, make it ethical

for constituents to get their questions answered a navigating it. richard is next in fort worth, florida. caller: my question is to the president, concerning the military trial in fort hood. i want to know why the white house will not step in and of the pentagon get in on that. it is a circus. .he man was yelling out they're trying to say workplace violence. he admitted he did it because he was trying to say this -- save al qaeda brothers. host: you mentioned the white house stepping in. what should the white house do? i would go tok -- the pentagon and have them investigate the judge. she should recuse yourself because -- she should recuse

herself. the whole thing is a circus. the veterans caught up in it, --ir restructuring [indiscernible] it is just like that lady mentioned. people overseas are treated better than our people over here. -- payingare playing close attention to the trial. caller: i have been on all channels. cnn, fox, you guys. i like keeping up with what is happening in the world. host: in west virginia, ruth. caller: i have two questions for the president. immigration. the latino gangs and drug gangs

in the large cities, like the california in chicago, new york, miami, i am sure that all of those were not born here in the united states. sende second one, we can over $1 billion to the muslims, and they hate gays worse than russians? based on them. i hear nothing about that. those are my questions. what are we going to do about muslims? host: glad to have you with us this evening. jake is next in ontario. i would like to ask president obama why is he cutting spending on the military when he could be spending money anywhere. to be honest, why would you cut

spending to the military about anything else? host: the president talked about that at camp pendleton yesterday and talked about the case for the -- for being bound by the sequester. the mandated cost. caller: but from previous speeches, he has said that he would do that. i haven't seen anything that would rectify that situation. host: are you in the military? caller: i'm planning on going to the coast guard. host: how old are you? caller: i am 17 years old. host: thank you for being with us. i would like to ask the president if he is right all the --ers in the obamacare ram program. if he understands what is written in their.

i can't understand it. host: you are trying to understand what the law says. caller: right. host: what is your concern about it? my biggest concern about , most of therogram doctors, they say they do not understand it, and that will not be a good idea. i would like to know the president has read all the papers, and if he understands the papers, and if he can explain to me in a way that i can understand what obamacare will bring. i understand it is a big change. are in favor of it. host: thank you for your call. politico. the questions they like to post to the president, this is about

the i plan. who was responsible for the pipeline, or john kerry question mark the proposed -- who is responsible for the pipeline, you or john kerry? a has distanced himself from approval process run by the state department. he is been willing to weigh in on major factors influencing the decision, he is unwilling to identify himself as one of them. his aides have been evasive. . couple more calls here robert in phoenix. i like to know why the president gets away with going on vacation all the time, and using our resources to do so. it does not make sense. he gets away with using all of our resources to go on vacation.

host: joe, on the independent line. caller: i actually would ask about the healthcare law implementation delay. i would like to ask him how much that will cost per taxpayer dollar wise. i've seen varying figures. i would ask him to give it to me straight on that one. host: thank you for that. palm beach, florida. the last question for president obama. caller: i would like to understand if it is possible, i'm a canadian, i'm working with a visa, i would like to know why the family, my wife would like to work as well, why we do not have no visas available so that we can still work as a second income family and pay tax

dollars and support the local economy. host: thank you for that. thank you for your calls this evening. we will hear from the president tomorrow afternoon. live for you here on c-span. we are bringing you the town halls tuesday, wednesday, and thursday evenings. as congress is out, checking the last tweets. here's jack kingston of tennessee. he tweets about an issue about work requirements. -- speer -- she links that to her statement. more of those on twitter.com/c- span. you can see the list there. more conversations coming up tomorrow morning on c-span.

washington journal starts at 7:00 eastern. tracking andether noaa's role and mission. then, the co-author of love in black-and-white. then, the brooking institute discussing finances, and the health of the state financing systems. season two of first ladies begins monday september ninth. we look into the life of edith roosevelt that night. this month, we are showing your encore presentations of season one each weeknight 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. programs on every first lady, from martha washington. tonight, elizabeth munro and