host: good morning. it is saturday, august the second. the house of representatives passed a $694 million border security bill to provide funds to address the influx of children on the west-mexico border. --h democrats are directing thecting to several -- issue of border funding still in the air. we break down what the house passed last night on the show today. get your reaction and thoughts on how the president and congress have handled this

issue. we want to know if you plan to engage with your member of congress on this issue during the congressional district work period coming up. how will you go about doing that? republicans can call at (202) 585-3881. democrats, (202) 585-3880. independents, (202) 585-3882. on can catch up with us (202) 585-3883. --their social media pages and our social media pages. good saturday morning to you. a special line this morning for border state residents. the story on the house bills passed last night. the subject of many papers in those border states. this in the dallas morning news.

and the orange county register out of california. falling short of obama's request. a second bill that was blocked. expanding a policy to protect from deportation. are two of the front pages this morning. story, we wants to turn to michael bender. he is the bloomberg news congressional reporter w. good morning. caller: good morning. host: breakdown that $694 million. what is that for? how is it being paid for? caller: it is for a range of things. there is money and therefore the andonal guard to repay

repair and provide troops on the border. re to is money in the bring some of those undocumented children back to their country. aide is some humanitarian in their. -- in there. 1/5 of what the president was looking for. host: talk about the second bill last night that targets president obama's policy to protect undocumented children from deportation. bill thatis was a john boehner needed to put on the house floor in order to get enough republican support for the first bill.

what this would do would be to freeze the president's policy of protecting certain kids -- certain immigrants from being deported. before the 2012 election, the president said the country was going to stop deporting immigrants who were brought here as kids. a lot of republicans have said encouragedolicy has immigration -- illegal immigration from these central american countries. sayinge republicans are is that this crisis on the byder was started in part

the lateral action from obama a few years ago. host: the president said this bill is unlikely to be signed into law. what happens to these agencies that are working the border situation if this funding plan is not signed? caller: there is no chance of it becoming a law. the president has said they will be two of them. -- veto them. chance of getting through the senate. take is going to have to unilateral action. they will have to move some money around in order to keep in charge ofencies overseeing the border and keep

them funded. -- he is also likely to take even more action protect more immigrants from being aborted. -- being deported. host: what is a mean for those at home during this work period? caller: it depends on what side you are. republicans can say they have passed a bill. address pass a bill to the border situation. if you are a democrat, you will be saying that this is nothing message andpartisan for passing aans bill that they know will not

become law. it is not going to fix the situation. -- hisichael bender story out last night. passes $694 million plan amid criticism. this debate went late into the night last night. we bring you some of the action from the floor last night. one of the speeches was by steve steve scalise. [video clip] is a crisis at our border. the president has refused and failed to do his job to address the crisis. the senate failed to do their job and left town without passing anything to address this crisis. the houses here working. -- the people's

houses here working and we won't stop working until we get this done and passed legislation. pass legislation. that allows the governors along the border to call up the national guard to secure the border. at the president had all the tools to secure the border but he won't. he has failed to do one of his basic functions in securing the american border. shouldn't the governors along that border be able to call up the national guard to help secure it? not only do we do that, but we put the funds and placed which were that it gets done. we end this catch and release problem. magnet for a thousands of people to come across the border and be released around the country. some never to be seen again. we can stop this and we do in our bill. this is important legislation that actually sends a strong

message that we will take this issue seriously and we will actually solve this crisis. if the senate wants to be serious about doing their job and the president wants to be doing his job, they ought to come back here and pass something of their own. but they won't. host: congressman steve scully's from last night. -- steve scalise. walking through the capital with new house majority leader kevin mccarthy over his left shoulder. president obama made statements on this as well. talking about the border situation and what will happen with this bill. here's a bit from his press conference at the white house briefing room yesterday. [video clip] >> we all agree there is a problem that needs to be solved in a portion of our southern border. and we even agree on most of the solutions. instead of working together and focusing on the 80% where there

is agreement between democrats and republicans, between the administration and congress, house republicans are trying to pass the most extreme and unworkable versions of a bill that they already know is going nowhere. they can pass the senate. if it were to pass the senate, i would veto. they know. that theymessage bill could not pull off yesterday so they have made it more streams of the capacitive a. just so they can check a box before they leave town for a month. extreme soe it more they could do it today. without additional resources and help from congress, we are not going to have the resources we need to fully solve the problem.

are out on vacation, i will have to make some choices to meet the challenge, with or without congress. int: those last comments today's washington post. obama readies executive action on immigration.

we are getting your response to what happened last night and asking you if you intend to engage with your member of congress during this five week district work period. we start with maria from new jersey on our line for independents. caller: good morning. i have already gotten in touch with my two senators by e-mail and by phone. it unfortunately, i don't have a representative because sanders is a disgrace. i think it's very odd that the senate managed to pass an enormous bill tissue protection for the borders but does not care enough to stay around town to do anything about hours. addressed the cities. we have every member of congress signing a pledge with aipac to always support israel.

that is a foreign country. i feel that all the troops ought to be brought home and put on our border. maybe somebody in the government is profiting from the drug trade and criminal enterprise. the open border makes no sense otherwise. i pray that americans would get on the phone and tell their congressmen to think about american citizens first. host: pam in new york on our line for democrats. scalisei watched steve and i had to laugh when they actually had the effrontery to say that the senate has done nothing and the president has been nothing and only they are there working. one year ago, the senate passed a comprehensive immigration bill which john boehner refused to bring to the house for discussion. has been inama

trouble with the hispanic community because he has deported so many hundreds of thousands of people prior to all of this beginning. heartsick that this dark strain that sometimes comes through our country back to the this strain of ," wemongering, the "others have to barricade ourselves. you are talking about little children. if you wanted to really base your opinion on what is going on, take a look at the immigrants that are flooding into other countries in south america. it is not just the united states that is having this problem. rick is in georgia on our

public in line. our republican line -- republican line. why peopleust wonder --m other countries host: 20 in columbia, south carolina on our line for independents. -- tony. caller: i am a left-leaning independent. on this issue, i am leaning with republicans. i am a humanitarian as much as the next person. kids, some ofese them are political refugees. a lot of them are economic if

refugees. if we give them some kind of special exception or status, what are we going to do with them? most of them are not old enough to work. they are low skilled, don't speaking wish. -- speak english. how are we going to manage this influx? put them in foster care? that system is overloaded as it is. be interested in sticking around at 8:30 this morning. we are going to be talking to crystal williams, the director of the immigration lawyers association about this topic as well. we have about a half hour left in this first segment to get your reaction to what happened last night and interested if you're going to engage with your member of congress on this issue. members of congress tweeting out their statements and comments after that bill was passed.

we are taking your comments and questions and your tweets. we will look to our facebook page as well. richard rogers writes in -- reaction from different groups around the country on all sides

of this issue in the papers and in statements last night. the is an editorial by chairman of the u.s. conference of catholic bishops. the committee on migration with a piece in today's washington post. that is a column by the chairman of the west conference of catholic bishops on migration.

this from the tea party patriots talking about a bill that was pulled off the house floor on thursday night and then changed in the bill that was then passed last night. a statement from the cofounder of tea party patriots. we want to hear from you. let's go to our republican line. ken is in wisconsin. good morning. caller: good morning. i would just like to comment that it seems to me that our representatives are not looking to the future when they start trying to disapprove this bill.

you're talking about 80 million kids out there that are suffering worldwide and needing humanitarian care. expectis congress ever every american citizen to take care of every man, woman and child in the united states? they are being very naïve and small in their thinking. is not making the right decisions. they give. -- thank you. host: a special line for border state residents. (202) 585-3883. we would like to hear your comments in this first 45 minutes. to south carolina. angela waiting on our line for democrats. caller: good morning. problemse reasons why of this country are not being

fixed is everything has become politicized. just like the comment from the last caller. "king obama." i thought the three branches of government were equal branches. what the house passed last night does not fix the problem. it makes the problem worse. there is a humanitarian aspect , but the 2008 law that a lot of these same house members voted is only talking about giving these children due process. it is not saying that they will be in this country. republicans always talk about family values. what kind of family value is that when parents and children are separated because of the laws that won't allow them to be reunited? comprehensivehe

immigration reform bill is not a perfect bill, but at least bring it to the floor. half this country is not being represented. the house republicans have the majority, so they pass whatever they want. bill does not a become law until the senate also passes the law. and comey compromise to something that the president can sign. host: do intend to talk to your members of congress about this? caller: i do intend to talk to them. district where everybody here is republican. democrats are the small minority in this district.

i know how they feel. said on the floor of the senate last night that we should stop feeling sorry for the palestinian civilians. 1600 -- host: we will stick to the u.s. -mexico border. inrie tweets and let's go to our independent line. nancy waiting in iowa. caller: good morning.

all, i don't think there is ever going to be enough troops on the border. to satisfy the republicans. is a humanitarian crisis. these are children coming from other countries in the central area, beyond mexico. haveat least deserve to their day in court. department of human services means to get involved. -- needs to get involved. obama's first year of congress, he used something along the line of $700 million to deport immigrants. he has done his job. he has gone beyond making his own party angry, to say the

least. a lot of these children have been trafficked by coyotes. i don't see any bill who dressed that situation. -- to address that situation. in today's show, the executive director of the american immigration lawyers association is going to be joining us live here on set to talk about these issues. some other interesting notes from that debate last night. eric cantor skips the final immigration boats. he announced early friday that he would be resigning his seat early as of august 18. had he stuck around or that

extra day, he would have had a chance to leave one last mark on his immigration record. fromis the picture of him "roll call." one of the headlines from abc news -- in an unusual breach of the quorum last night -- the koran last night, nancy pelosi chased tom marino across the house floor. decorum last night. [video clip] of theirthe leadership former leader win in 2009-2010, they had the house, the senate and the white house and they knew this problem existed and they didn't have the strength to go after it back then. make a are trying to

political issue out of it now. what we need to do is pass this legislation and make sure that these children get act to their families -- get back to their families and we need to line up and protected this border from people coming across. this border from people coming across. do your research. that is something you won't do. it works both ways. votee my colleagues to this legislation because, apparently, i hit the right nerve. host: the abc news story noting that losey was challenging his assertion that democrats do not do anything about the issue when they have majority control -- pelosi. she wanted to remind the congressman that house democrats

had the courage to pass the dream act and stand up for what the american people want, bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform. that article in abc news. we are taking your comments and tion to last night's vote. -- do you intend to engage with your congressman? camille in florida on our line for republicans. caller: i do support the bill last night. i really think there ought to be another investigation. how did this happen? kidsd not get a bunch of on the border -- they look well fed and well dressed. now, we have facilities to put these children in that are given to them freely by this have childrenn we

in this country that are starving. we have people on the streets and no jobs. what do the democrats expect? these are children that should be deported back to their country. they were brought here and i was in unison with this president of the united states. he does not represent me. i hope he doesn't take his pen and his paper to do another authorization by him. he is not the king of this country. he represents every american, democrat and republican. the rest of us need to get back to our congressman and senators and let them know, these people don't represent us in washington. host: do you intend to do that? caller: i already spoke to the

office of my representative. i believe the american people need to go to the voting booth and make this decision. the people in washington are not doing it for us. host: camille calling from florida. we showed you some tweets from republican members of congress after those votes last night. here are some tweets from democratic members we will keep taking your calls on this topic. we want to turn to another event that is happening today involving the kentucky senate race going on. this event in fancy farm,

kentucky. sam youngman joins us now by phone. good morning. caller: good morning. host: what is the fancy farm picnic that is known so well throughout the bluegrass state? caller: essentially it's a battle for survival. it's one of the great political traditions in kentucky. it started in 1880 in fancy farm. a town of 500 people in deep rural kentucky. he will have 15,000 very listeningeople to mitch mcconnell speak. rand paul is also speaking. candidates for governor will also be speaking. nobody will be listing. they will be heckled. there will be chance. the goal for the candidate today is to not make a mistake.

host: they can watch this live on c-span at 2:30 today. as you said, mitch mcconnell speaking and allison grimes involved in one of the most closely watched races of the 2014 senate cycle. what does each candidate have to gain and lose today? caller: there is not a lot you can gain in something like this. you look over the last few years and nobody has a sterling performance that everybody says, wow, that changed the game. there are a number of cautionary tales. jack conway in 2009 gave a speech and through and profanity rew in profanity and they frown on that. don't make a mistake. host: where does the senate race

today?day? -- sit caller: they just released a new showedrly this week that senator mcconnell with a two-point lead. there is a large margin of error. we are at 94 days now and it's a tossup. host: you mentioned rand paul speaking. what does he have to lose and possibly gain here? caller: what rand paul is trying to do nationally doesn't work. his base here in kentucky is not strong. he needs to continue the keeping the folks at home happy. adamant about running for reelection for his senate seat at the same time. he can't do that if there is

trouble here at home. sam youngman has been helping us cover this race in kentucky. he's out in fancy farm today. thank you for joining us. to get back to this question of the house passing $694 million border plan last night. we have a special line for border state residents. charles is on that line from california. he is a republican. good morning. us?erare you with we lost charles. luis is waiting in irving, texas. i'm up here in dallas. i used to be a republican. a couple of years ago, they are turning mean.

this whole even wanting to send the dreamers back. i thought most republicans were for the dream act. it has become vicious and hatred. these are children. leave the dreamers here. are wonderful and hard-working. i'm not saying it's right for them to come across illegally legally. but i understand why some have. especially a long time ago when a lot of businesses here encouraged them. their children are stuck. it was really sad -- i hope the latino community does get together and make their braces heard -- voices heard. do you have any thoughts on the texas delegation and how

they have handled themselves? caller: i have given up on my member of congress. mine is not as wild as some of the other ones. i am strongly supported wendy davis. ifple have to understand they don't change their local, state governments, it is very hard to win in congress. it happens more at state level than on the national level. you look at a little country like jordan who has taken in americansillion -- are spending money to help those refugees in syria. can't we help some of the people from south america on our own continent? congress is heading way for a five-week recess. here's the front page of the new york times.

congress off for the exit, but few cheer. recess. for a five-week we are taking your comments and questions. let's go to thomas waiting on our line for republicans in nevada. caller: good morning. clip, they past obamacare without a single republican vote. onn, they don't pass nothing immigration or the climate. they bring up these issues when they can pass. -- can't pass. it's about equality, too. if you're going to let immigrants in from mexico and

panama, let in people from other countries. host: that is thomas in north las vegas, nevada. one other story about immigration issues. a story about the state department expanding be says for afghan interpreters. isas for afghan interpreters. debra is in annapolis, maryland on our line for democrats. commenti just wanted to

on the vote they did last night. process and it was an embarrassment to american democracy. allow a full and open discussion of the issues. bill tonation of the talk about how it rose back to the dream act to help the children. on the humanitarian side of it .- everybody looks at this this is america. we are a religious country.

maryland.rah from we have a line this morning for border state residents. fromy is on our line fo texas. caller: i understand these people are poor people. but coming here for our benefits, we can't afford it. what are we going to do? our kids don't even have this. they get to stay in this lovely place for 21 days. we can't afford it. if we don't do this stuff for our own citizens. why are we doing this for illegals? people stand in line to come to this country legally. come ino, they would and they had to have a sponsor and a job. these kits are not all kids.

-- kids are not all caps. there are teenagers and adults. most of them are teenagers. host: audrey in houston, texas. a few other headlines from around the country this morning. here is the front page of the wall street journal. also in the wall street journal, airplanes over iraq are set to fly higher.

one other story -- this one taking place here in d.c.

we have time for a few more of your phone calls on this board issue. more about to read this topic, there are lead editorials today in the new york times. -- on this border issue. the wall street journal has a , the gop border spectacle. let's go to luke and indiana on our line for republicans. -- in indiana. people havet of been calling in and talking about these children and everything. how difficult of a situation they have. at severaled different companies and i worked for a company that was 85% mexican. the thing that really bothered me is how they brag about being

illegal and getting over on americans. i have worked with plenty of them are good and legal and i respect them. there is a changing view that they are owed something. they're using our laws against us. they think that is ok. i work for another company now that has a lot of asian people that are legally in the united states and they have a totally different attitude about it. everybody forgets to discuss that these people have paid two, are setwhen the laws for them to wait their time and haveheir green card -- paid to come illegally. to work for staffing

agencies for a couple of beers to get a permanent job. i have worked many different jobs to where i've been around a lot of different type of immigrant people. -- for a couple of years. are people i work with were not complaining about the situation. -- who are not complaining about the situation. i've worked with a lot of mexican people left him across rder and they brag about how they get over on the united states. host: still be our line for border state residents. calling in from texas. on our line for border state residents. caller: i want to make my comment about the children coming across the border. i look at them as refugees.