ask your doctor about cialis for daily use and a 30-tablet free trial. i'm richard lui in no chris jansing. in 20 minutes the president will deliver his final pitch. the full senate's first vote to move immigration forward will be at 2:15 eastern. this morning, now the commander in chief will be reiterating his support for the gang of eight's bill and highlight the benefits fixing the system will bring for the economy and national security. now, the president is not the only one making a final push here. sciu is spending seven figures on a national cable ad campaign featuring law enforcement, dreamers and small business owners explaining why they support immigration reform. karl rove's group is running full-page print ads supporting

reform and after expressing concerns about border security john boehner saying immigration will get done this year. >> what is the most important thing you'll get done this year? >> i think immigration reform is pro-probably at the top of that list. >> signed into law? >> i think by the end of the year, we could have a law. >> one that passes the house and senate and signed by the president? >> no question. >> i want to bring in "the new york times" political reporter nichols and susan page and vict victoria. good day to all of you. nick, i'll start with you. her staj action urging senators to oppose the vote at 2:15 vote and as well as the vote. the speaker here making some news in that discussion saying he does expect it to get done. which way are we going? >> crossroads. karl rove in support of the bill. >> all that together.

>> look. what you see here is fundamentally a clash between the gop elite and base votes. this is hugely important to the donors and business community and the superpacs. they don't want to mess this up because it's bad for the latino voters. >> in an interview with spanish language network made his strongest statement yet for immigration reform and translated here he says let's be clear. nobody is talking about preventing the legalization, the legalization is going to happen. so, susan, how different is that from last week where it wasn't 100% clear he was going to vote for this because of the issue of border security? >> well, you know, you talk about high stakes in this process. nobody has higher stakes than senator marco rubio who we know hopes to run for president in 2016. he needs to have a bill get through that can pass the senate

and can pass the house and that can be signed by the president. and he is trying to navigate some difficult waters here because the gop definitely divided. nick called it a division between the elites and base. i think it's a division between republicans who are concerned about their national politics, thab ability to win back the white house and republicans are running in these house districts where their voters tend to be opposed to providing a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. that is the battle we are going to see pursued over the next couple of months and we are going to see senator rubio in the center of it. >> victoria, politico puts it this way. immigration flash points test gang's unity. they have fought over a hundred aemeds a amendments and 300 pow forth. does the gang need to stick together to make this vote? last as it got through the

judiciary committee they were able to do that but it is it harder now? >> if we thought immigration going through the committee was tough, we haven't seen nothing yet. what we need to see is the gang of eight stick together. a lot of talk with this vote we need to do uppardons of 70 votes for it so to get the momentum into the house. 70 votes would be great but what is more important is to see the gang of eight stick together. we see marco rubio flip-flopping. one beak is ehe is all for immigration reform and the next week he is hesitating and back and forth again. marco rubio needs to get on board and see the others back up marco rubio because it has to be a consolidated force so that the house goes forward. we have seen boehner make noises that he is supportive of this. if we keep the momentum in the senate it will trickle over to the house. >> raub yo trying to satisfy not only the conservative part of his party but also the moderate part. i want to bring in senator

robert ma deny nes a member of the gang of eight. thanks for being with us. as you saw over the weekend on sunday senator kelly ayotte announcing her support. i believe the sixth republican that is favoring the bill as it stands. if you just whip all of the votes here, if you have every democrat and the two independents, plus the four republicans from the gang of eight, you're still one short here. you know, there's no lautenberg at the moment. do you have 60 votes not just today but to pass it overall? >> i believe we do and we will. i think that, you know, for our republican colleagues they saw the demographic shift in the last election and they understand if they want to have any hope of being the majority party that they are going to have to change their views with reference to the immigrant communities in this country.

and i think some of them are committed to the cause because it's right and at the end of the day i think we will pass the immigration reform largely as the gang of eight proposed it. >> senator, is not too long ago maybe a couple of weeks ago you said you didn't think you had enough votes to get past. what is changing your mind right now? >> we see momentum moving. what i meant was we didn't have 60 declared votes but it seems to me from all of my internal conversations we are headed to get the 60 votes. >> what number? >> well, look. i'm not going to -- 60 is enough these days. very few things that gets 60 votes these days, especially on contentious issues. if we get 60 a that is super majority of the united states senate. i think when we do hit 60 you may see several more votes be added to that tend of the day because i think people to be on

the right side of history here. >> ted cruz said this, quote. what would you say to ted cruz? >> i think he has obama phobia. the reality is that it is the gang of eight that came together, four democrats and four republicans, and said that we need a path to citizenship, that it's a tough path, it's a long path, but it's a fair path at the end of the day. we see in europe when people can't find a way towards becoming part of a country, the challenges that europe has faced, we don't want an underclass in america, and these individuals are going to have to earn their way, go through a criminal background check and pay taxes and learn english and after nearly a decade, they will get their shot. so i think ted cruz is fixates

on this issue and it's amazing to me representing a state like texas he doesn't understand a pathway to citizenship is really what is desired. by all of those not only who aspire to become part of america but by the american electorate that in poll after poll says they want to fix this broken system and certainly by latino and immigrant community who overwhelmingly looks at this as a civil rights issue of their time. >> you spoke in your words of obama phobia here. the president speaking in a few minutes and here are live pictures as they get ready in the east room. it's only a second official event on this issue. he had, what, eight briefings on gun control. are you concerned he is not doing enough on immigration reform more or the opposite here that his involvement turns off conservatives like ted cruz? >> well, look. the president has been very engaged since the beginning of this new term. he called a congressional

hispanics caucus to his leadership early on this year. i was a part of that meeting. it's actually we that asked the president to withhold so the gang of eight and a similar group working in the house could see if we could revise a bipartisan piece of legislation and he has done that. certainly the department of homeland security and other departments were incredibly helpful in providing information that the gang of eight asked for in order to ge vise tdevise the legislation we came up. you got the former presidential candidate for the republican party john mccain at the head of this on the republican side. you got someone who i clearly believes to be president of the united states, marco rubio. you got lindsey graham and jeff flake. this is about as bipartisan as

it gets. to try to make this an obama se centric issue. >> we are just learning that booz allen fired the contractor that leaked on their web side. they said snowden had the salary of $122,000 was terminated june 10th, between for violations of the firm's code of ethics and firm policy. later today for you, senator, you and your colleagues, will be briefed on nsa surveillance. the leak of the classified documents by edward snowden and some of your colleagues have thrown out the word treason. what do you think should happen to him? >> well, look. i think there are many ways in which one can disent but sacrificing the national

security of the united states is not acceptable and i personally believe he should be fully prosecuted under the law. i'll look toward to the senate briefing that will be on thursday and i look forward to that briefing. the challenge here is the terrorists only have to get lucky once. we as a country and as a government must get it right 100% of the time. those are tough odds. i want to ensure a program that protects america but doesn't invade the privacy of americans and i think the key questions we will ask on thursday at that briefing. >> senator robert menendez, thank you. >> senator mcconnell is voting moving forward for the debate so that is another republican saying we will move forward. he just said that on the floor moments ago. bringing back our journalists. nick, "the washington post" reporting 70% -- back to the nsa here. 70% of the intelligence community's budget has gone to private firms. overall grown by 250% since

2000. does congress need to take a close look at reining in these costs and what is happening at the program? >> certainly. saw the salary was ks 122,000 a year. he is 29. this is a guy trained by the u.s. government and then goes to work for a private contractor and probably makes double the salary he would make on the inside. i always wonder why are we paying these contractors took hire people away from the government at higher salaries and then charge us, the taxpayers, even more money to have them work again for the government? it makes no sense. >> as opposed to being government employees? >> some arguments for it and flexibility if you have contractors and you want to have programs that can adapt quickly and good arguments but the cost thing is amazing when you think about it. >> it's eye-opening for many. the programs where the nsa is collecting data on phone calls and e-mails and existence in the first place is supposed to be secret. with that reality, how can we

have hearings or something that is largely classified discussed? >> but i think we can. i think the reality is we can talk about, especially now the details of these two big programs have been revealed. we can talk about whether this is acceptable or whether this is an approach americans are comfortable with. actually, the pew poll out this morning that we have the debate that snowden hoped to spark it shows majority of people comfortable and supportive of data like this if it is going to make them safer and so i do think we can have a debate. i think we will have a debate. . >> over 50% in support of that according to the recent poll you eluded to. thank you all. susan and nick and victoria. appreciate it. >> thank you, richard. >> you bet. the obama administration is dropping its fight to keep age

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later today in v. a sexual harassment prevention summit. carl levin, take a listen. >> the problem is made much worse when the system fails to respond as it should with an aggressive investigation that brings the purpoerpetrators to justice. it has provided tragic and heart breaking examples of some of these system failures. >> i'm joined by amy producer of the academy award nominated documentary "the invisible war." you saw the senator on what he just said. >> those were the senator's opening remarks. he mentioned the film in the first five minutes of the first-ever hearings on military sexual assault, the full armed service committees on this issue. the film is having considerable

impact and i think it was mending seven times in hearing. all of the questions they asked were from the arguments we made in our film. it's been extremely heartening to see the way the films has influenced and informed the discourse now going on and exploding on this issue. >> exactly. staying on washington, d.c. for a little bit here, amy. you probably heard during a hearing last week on military sex assault, senator chambliss say the hormone level created by nature sets in place the possibility for those things to occur, his words. what is your thought about that? >> well, obviously, that is a completely misunderstanding of what the problem is and what we are trying to have the military understand and the culture at large understand this is not a cultural problem. this is an embedded serial predator problem and that has little to do with the fluctuation of hormones and it is is a highly circulated strategically thought through crime and part of the reason and

part it's not effectively impated in the military. they need to understand. i appreciate they are having these training programs now. it is wonderful and addresses a small percentage of crimes but the majority of these crimes are being done by serial predators and you cannot educate and train away this issue. you need to prosecute. that is why gillibrand's gill is so important. the only one that allows for the adjudication of these crimes taken out of the chain of command and lead to higher prosecution rate than the current one which is only 1% of all of these crimes. >> the numbers are startling. very small in terms of prosecutions and it brings awareness of the programs. when i was watching your documentary a military serviceman that talked about how his daughter followed him in the military service and then she gets raped. did he know the severity of this problem? can you serve and not see how extreme this problem is? >> yes, in fact, you can serve

and not see how extreme this problem is and why there hasn't been change for decades. in a lot of units this kind of problem does not happen. it only happens in units in which the commander is failing to ensure that these crimes are not -- are not -- in which a commander is failing to effectively address these crimes. that is the big issue. we are so grateful to jerry, the woman's farthther, for having c forward and spoken. >> in the documentary the victims describe just an excruciating detail. what don't you put in your film because it was too graphic? >> obviously, we couldn't put a lot of the details about the actual assaults themselves. that would have been a little too much for everyone to bear and extremely embarrassing for many of the survivors to have that kind -- those kind of details revealed.

>> you also focused on many female victims but you're very aware that more than half include male victims. what is your thought on that? >> that is a really good point. it's important to know this is not a crime that is gender based. when people say it proves women shouldn't be in the military is fallacious. men and women are assaulted at almost exactly the same rates. men's rates are slightly higher than women so this is an aggressive violence of exercise of power. it's not exercise that is a discriminatory against women. >> i must say your documentary did such a great job of putting, unfortunately, faces to what we have been talking about over the last month, but it's so good and informing and understanding the depth of this problem. amy, producer of the "invisible war" thank you for your time. >> thank you for having me. slow going in the jury

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discuss immigration and have a dozen people with him on that podium or behind him. you can see risers. we will go straight to it when get to the microphone. >> edward snowden has been fired from booz allen hamilton. this afternoon, the senate intelligence committee holds a private briefing on nsa programs for all senators. congress faces demands that narrow the scope of the in you program but new poll finds 62% of the people say they are willing to give up some privacy if it helps the government investigate possible terror threats. a little over a third say do not intrude on privacy there even if it limits terror investigations. let's bring in jason of national security project and david winston. good day to both of you. >> good morning. >> thank you, richard. >> the president starts to talk,

we will have to go to him straightaway but keep on moving here. president obama saying he welcomes a healthy debate over safety versus privacy but you saw those poll numbers. is that any indication does the public care about this? >> i think the poll shows a small minority of the public is paying attention to pj. the reason we are having a big debate right now is because of shoddy reporting by "the washington post." three big assertions and inflammatory assertions in the article have been since walked back. there is no direct access. they are not tracking our movements and no knowing participation by google all the time. there are two levels of judicial review and congress is supposed to be providing oversight. the system is working as intended but the way this has been presented recently has inflamed hysteria and everyone is acting paranoid. we need to calm down and have a grown-up conversation and obama is right.

>> david, senator rand paul saying he has raised concerns about the nsa programs in the past and prevented from speaking out about it. let's take a listen to what he said. >> they put a gag rule on those who are investigated. the most ridiculous thing i hear from people of this persuasion is politicians saying, oh, nobody was complaining. you can't complain because they put you in jail if you complain or they don't tell you if they are investigating you. >> so what is the happy medium you believe here, david, in e s terms of discussing this open. we all know the court that oversees this entire program is secret too. >> well, that is what congress is there for, to represent the people. what is interesting about this particular situation, you heard speaker boehner this morning be in agreement with president obama in terms of this program. you heard feinstein in agreement with house republican intel chair rogers. there is clearly agreement in terms of what this program is

doing and the belief the oversight is there. the challenge is we are not dealing with this simply in terms of intelligence but in terms of the amount of information gathered by a variety of things on private citizens as private companies is as we move forward in all of this data becomes available how do we manage privacy versus what people have access to and that is just not simply limited to intelligence but, overall, if i may, i think the sense is that security safeguards put in place have worked so far. >> david, you were mentioning they had authorization to learn about the surveillance programs and offered briefings according to former homeland security chairman peter king but as politico points out really many ignored the briefings. i was speaking with charlie wrangle over the weekend. he was unaware of the details of it and didn't go to briefings. is it working? >> no. but you -- if somebody comes

across something, the concerns will likely be voiced. you've had some other issues emerge. the irs, you know? dealing with the a.p. story in terms of what the justice department was doing in terms of following some of the a.p. stuff in terms of the reporters. i mean, i think what you have is sort of a perfect storm emerging and then this comes into the middle of it and taken out of context all of a sudden in terms of how it's really being managed. >> timing and context adding to the fuel there to the current controversy around it. jason, you had mentioned that there was a question about reporting. but really these programs are there. they have existed since, what, 1945. and not always getting court approval. is this just then status quo? should we get used to this sort of process? >> this is the 9/11 world that congress voted on when they passed the patriot act and then reauthorized it recently and in 2008 they expanded fisa. for a member of congress saying

they weren't aware means they were not paying attention to their jobs. we are fighting a network and not a country and we need to map a network and what this does but we need to protect the privacy rights of americans and why two levels of judicial review and why members of congress need to get off their duffs and go into the room and look for classified information and ask questions. >> does that surprise you members of congress are not participating in these discussions? >> ifed worked for 40 members of congress and nothing surprises me about congress any more. the classified briefings. i think we have seen the danger of letting perhaps untrained 29-year-olds with answer of self look at these classified briefings. i think congress needs to ask questions and that will protect the american people. >> david, quickly. >> if i may, i think most of the members have been doing that and i think you may have found a couple who are voicing some dissatisfaction but, again, my

sense is the members, understand fisa and understood those opportunities were available. >> to your point, david, charlie wrangle also said he now supports the program and the outcomes of it. thank you both very much. >> thank you. >> david, appreciate your time, as well as jason stanford. straight to the white house right now. this is a dreamer speaking. president obama is standing by her in the east room as they are about to discuss -- he is about to discuss immigration and he has got about a dozen people that are right behind him during this event today. again, only the second event where the president, public event where the president is discussing immigration and the dreamer here, as she speaks, she is one of those that has clearly something at stake given what the president and immigration bill is. let's take a look. >> too far for a final kiss

good-bye, and fearing that at any moment, i could be torn away from my family. i stand here today as a direct result of the fervent prayers of my father and bold action by the preside president. instead of living in fear and well below my abilities, i have the privilege of spending my days advocating immigration reform and supporting efforts to achieve that more perfect union that we all desire, that we all desire. mom, dad, today, i am hopeful

and humbled to present the president of the united states. >> thank you. good morning, everybody. >> good morning. >> welcome to the white house. it is pleasure to have so many distinguished americans today from so many different walks of life. we have got democrats and republicans. we have got labor and business leaders up on stage. we have law enforcement and clergy. americans who don't see eye-to-eye on every issue. in fact, in some cases, don't see eye-to-eye on just about any issue.

but who are today standing united in support of the legislation that is front and center in congress this week? the bipartisan bill to fix our broken immigration system. and i have to say, please give toto another round of applause. it takes a lot of courage to do what she did to step out of the shadows, to share her story, and to hope that despite the risks, she could make a difference, but tolu i think is representative of so many dreamers out there who work hard and i've had a chance to meet so many of them who are willing to give a face to the undo you mind and inspired a movement across america. with each step they have reminded us time and again what

this debated is all about. this is not an abstract debate. this is about incredible young people who understand themselves to be americans, who have done everything right, but still been hampered in achieving their american dream and they remind us that we are a nation of immigrants. throughout our history, the promise we found in those who come from every corner of the globe has always been one of our greatest strengths. it has kept our work force vibrant and dynamic and kept our businesses on the cutting edge. it's helped build the greatest economic engine that the world has ever known. when i speak to other world leaders, one of the biggest advantages we have economically is our demographics. we are constantly replenishing

ourselves with talent across the globe. no other country can match that history. and what was true years ago is still true today. who is deeping over there? you're feeling kind of self-conscious, aren't you? that's okay. you know, in recent years, 1 in 4 of america's new small business owners were immigrants. one in four high tech start-ups in america were founded by immigrants. 40% of fortune 5600 companies were started by first or second generation americans. think about that. almost half.

fortune 500 companies when they were started were started by first or second generation immigrants. immigrants is not a part of our national character but a driving force in our economy that creates jobs and prosperity for all of our citizens. over past two decades immigration system hasn't kept pace with changing times and hasn't matched up with our most cherished values. right now our immigration system invites the best from all over the world to study at our top universities and once they get the training they need to build a new invention or create a new system, our system tells them to go back home so other countries can reap the new jobs and businesses and industries but that is not smart but the broken system we have today. right now, our immigration system keeps families apart for

years at a time. even for folks who technically under the legal immigration system should be eligible to become citizens but it is so long and so cumbersome that families end up being separated for years because of a backlog of visa, people who came here legally to give it their all end up waiting for years to join their loved ones here in the united states. it's not right, but that is the broken system we have today. right now, our immigration system has no credible way of dealing with the 11 million men and women who are in this country illegally and they broke the rules. they shouldn't be allowed to gain the system but, at the same time, the vast majority of these individuals aren't looking for any trouble. they injure looking to provide for their families and

contribute to their communities. they are our neighbors. we know their kids. too often, they are forced to do what they do in a shadow economy where shady employers can exploit them by paying them less and not giving them any benefits and that pushes down standards for all workers and it's bad for everybody, because all the businesses that do play by the rules that hire people legally and pay them fairly they are at a comparative disadvantage. american workers end up being at a comparative disadvantage. it's not fair but that is the broken system that we have today. now over the past four years, we have tried to patch up some of the worst cracks in the system. we made border security a top priority. today we have twice as many border patrol agents as we did

in 2004. we have more boots on the ground along our southern border than at any time in our history. and, in part, by using technology, more effectively, illegal crossings are near their lowest level in decades. we focused our enforcement efforts on criminals who are here illegally and endag edaging our communities and today deportation of criminals is at its highest level ever. having put border security in place, having refocused on those who could do our communities harm, we also then took up the cause of the dreamers. young people like tulu who is brought to this country as children. we are said if you're able to meet some basic criteria like pursuing a higher education, we will consider offering you a chance to come out of the shadows so you can continue to work here and study here and

contribute to our communities legally. my administration has done what we can on our own. members of my administration here done outstanding work the past few years to try to close up some of the gaps that exist in the system, but the system is still broken. to truly deal with this issue, congress needs to act. and that moment is now. this week, the senate will consider a common sense bipartisan bill that is the best chance we have had in years to fix our broken immigration system and build on what we have done and continue to strengthen our border and make sure businesses and workers are playing by the same set of rules and it includes tough penalties for those who don't. it's fair for middle class families by making sure that those who are brought into the system pay their fair share in

taxes and for services. and it's fair for those who try to immigrate legally by stopping those who try to skip the line. it's the right thing to do. now this bill isn't perfect. it's a compromise. and going forward, nobody is going to get everything that they want. not democrats, not republicans, not me. but this is a bill that's largely consistent with the principles that i and the people on this stage have laid out for common sense reform. first of all, if passed, this bill would be the biggest commendment to border security in our nation's history and put another $4.56 billion on top of what we spending toward stronger and smarter security along or borders. it would increase penalties

against smugglers and trafficker and give every employer a reliable way to check every person they are hiring is here legally and would hold employers more accountable if they knowingly hire undocumented workers. so it strengthens border security, but also enforcement within our borders. i know there's a lot of talk right now about border security so let me repeat. today, illegal crossings from near their lowest level in decades and, if passed, the senate bill as currently written and hitting the floor on would put in place the toughest border enforcement plan that america has ever seen so nobody is taking border enforcement lightly. it's part of this bill. number two. this bill would provide a pathway to earn citizenship for

the 11 million individuals who are in this country illegal. so that path way is arduous. you got to pass background checks. you've got to learn english. you got to pay taxes and a penalty and then you've got to go to the back of the line behind everybody who has done things the right way and try to come here legally. this won't be a quick process. it will take at least 13 years before the vast majority of these individuals are able to even apply for citizenship. this is no cake walk. but it's the only way we can make sure that everyone who is here is playing by the same rules as ordinary families, paying taxes and getting their own health insurance. that's why for immigration reform to work, it must be clear from the outset that there is a pathway to citizenship. we're asking everybody to play by the same rules, gout to give people a sense of certainty that

they go through all of these sacrifices, do all this, that there is -- >> president obama at the white house in the east room. now about 10 minutes into his discussion on immigration reform. just opening up on friday on the full senate floor. we want to bring back "the new york times" reporter nick and victoria. both of which have been watching the president's remarks so far. victoria, i want to start with you. you saw the first speaker, a dreamer. dreamers in the current rendition of the immigration reform bill have a five-year path to citizenship and maybe a year if they serve in the military. he is showing the different faces of immigration reform. is that going to work? >> absolutely. we saw the president in an upbeat and positive move and starting off putting a human face to immigration and changing the face from law breakers to takers but from people who are

here who want to contribute to society. i thought it was very interesting how he used the linkage of where a country of immigrants reminding the public that even though our ancestors may be from europe or from italy or poland or england, they ultimately we are also immigrants. so it's not just latino issue or asian issue but affects all of us. one touching moment is he said these em people are our neighbors, we know their kids. i think when people can put a name to a face, then the rhetoric, ugly rhetoric about the illegals and law brarks might be open to seeing a passage of such a bill. >> nick, this sort of discussion happens every two or three decades, every generation or so. it really is discussing what it means to be american. how is the president's message you see here and how is he doing in trying to move this forward?

>> it's fascinating. what you see there is the most sympathetic face of the reform movement, the dreamers whose parents brought them here when they were young and not the people themselves who came here illegally who broke the rules but the people who look at immigration reform and oppose it are the people who say are we going to reward breaking the rules? people who broke the rules are not up there on the podium with the president. it's a very different group and they are coming from a real place and don't understand why we reward people who came here and broke the rules on immigration and you see the president trying to make them understand there is a reason this would work. you also see politically the president coming back out at this point. he has been kind of on the sidelines of the issue on purpose for a while for that very reason that we were talking about earlier some obama phobia. there wasn't much he could do to advance it. he kind of let to have the senate deal with it on their own. now he is coming back off and saying i'm a part of this now

and here is the argument for it. >> three hours they will have that vote on the senate floor. president obama teeing it up and we will see how that develops. nick, thank you so much. victoria, appreciate both of your time today. we are going to take a break and be back here on msnbc. of his insurance agent. maxwell is not. he's on geico.com setting up an appointment with an adjuster. ted is now on hold with his insurance company. maxwell is not and just confirmed a 5:30 time for tuesday. ted, is still waiting. yes! maxwell is out and about... with ted's now ex-girlfriend. wheeeee! whoo! later ted! online claims appointments. just a click away on geico.com.

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