he's the guy who has remained consistent as a lifetime nra member. it's the two or three lobbyists who have actually changed their positions on background checking. >> it's not hard to do an ad when yeaou say. >> exactly. it's "morning joe." stick around now because we got peter alexander in for chuck todd. peter. >> have a good day. just an hour from right now, the supreme court could hand down some major decisions on issues like same-sex marriage and affirmative action. we'll have a full preview on what you need to know about what's likely coming up. that is straight ahead. meanwhile, more breaking news from capitol hill. the gang of eight's immigration plan gets a bipartisan boost on border control. we're going to talk to one of the key players involved. tennessee's bob corker. and home drone. the outgoing fbi director turned some heads saying the bureau has already used drones in surveillance in our own airspace

within the united states. good morning. it's thursday, june 20th, 2013. and this is "the daily rundown." now, here's chuck todd. >> good morning to you from washington. i'm peter alexander in today for my friend chuck todd traveling in from germany. thanks for that video. if you need a good car in wisconsin, looks like blaine's your guy. we're waiting for a number of major decisions. among them, a decision on california's proposition 8. the same sex marriage ban approved by voters in '08. supporters appealed to the high court after a lower court found the law unconstitutional. the federal defense of marriage act. that is doma signed by president clinton in 1996. we are waiting for a decision on a case that challenges a portion of the voting rights act of 1965

that requires states with a history of discriminating minorities to get federal approval before changing their election laws. and finally the fisher v. texas case that could be a key decision on affirmative action programs at colleges and universities. joining me now is nbc's justice correspondent pete williams there at the supreme court. this could be a significant day. for the first time in a long time, there's several major issues at play right now. how do we expect these may go? what do we think we might hear first? >> we don't know because we don't know what the last day of the court will be. we have 14 cases lea s left to . three issues, foosh caur cases. it did seem likely that the supreme court was going to say that prop 8 case got here in the wrong way. that the court can't decide it. that would leave the lower court rulings intact which found it unconstitutional. if that happens, same sex marriage could resume in california. as for the defense of marriage

act, the conventional wisdom is the court is somehow going to find it problematic. here's one of the latest convictions from john kerry just last night. >> we are planning for the expectation that doma will be struck down in some form and we're laying the ground rk fwor things we need to adjust. >> it's possible the court will find that case got here in the wrong way too. if the court says we can't decide the doma issue either, that puts it in a funny area where nobody would be able to get a court decision. because the federal government has decided it's not going to defend it. so there would be nobody to defend the law. and then the question is would the obama administration simply say we're going to stop enforcing it? we'll wait and see. affirmative action.

the university of texas case. will the court say you can't have affirmative action at all or more likely will it simply scale it back somehow. and then on the voting rights act, will they strike it down altogether or weaken it. >> pete williams is at the court for us today. we expect that to come down within any those decisions within the next hour. as soon as you know, we will let folks know. pete, thanks very much. the u.s. is scrambling to save talks with the taliban after afghanistan's president hamid karzai broke off critical security talks there. this news companiy as the talit killed four american troops in an attack in eastern afghanistan, an attack that it says was designed to show the continuing fight. live for us today in kabul. give us a better sense of the latest on these talking,talks. are they still going to happen as planned? >> good morning. it doesn't seem like they're going to happen today. in the last 24 hours, secretary of state kerry has made a number of calls to the afghan president

hamid karzai trying to reassure him about afghanistan's role in the talks because that was the president's first point of anger when this announcement was made on tuesday. primarily it looked like the talks are going to be between the taliban and the united states. that was his first point. the second thing that angered him is the way the taliban opened their first overseas office in qatar. behind them, they had the sign, islamic emerald irates of afgha. which of course was the title of their government when they ruled that here up until 2001. it's exactly what the afghan government feared. that the taliban would somehow look like a government in exile. hamid karzai has been getting reassurances from secretary of state kerry. but we understand from sources here, although he's assured, is not quite enough. he's holding out for more. he wants to be able to send representatives to qatar to lead

negotiations. one other thing i wanted to tell you about, peter, today, in a telephone call to the associated press, a spokesperson for the taliban said that they would release a soldier, a u.s. soldier, that theme bey've been holding captive for four years. >> the conversation being about if the u.s. will release i think as many as five members of the taliban from guantanamo bay. thanks very much, duncan, we appreciate that. the goal for supporters of immigration reform here at home has always been to get 70 senators to sign on to a bill delivering that big vote. the big vote they would need that might be required to provide speaker john boehner the cover he needs to bring up a similar bill in the house. this morning, a border security breakthrough which may go a long way to doing that. we're learning new details. two republicans details of tennessee, john hoeven of north dakota, they're expected to unveil an amendment that has bipartisan buy-in from the gate

and could pave the way for a significant number of senators to support a final bill. senator graham teels eteased th announcement last night. >> i don't know what's going to happen, but we're on the verge of doing something dramatic on the border. and if it happens, it'll be due to hoeven and corker and a lot of our colleagues. if we pull it off, it will be the most dramatic effort i've seen since i've been in congress to secure the border. >> according to new details provided to nbc by senate aide, the agreement the senators are calling a border surge is expected to double the size of the boarder patrol and require 700 miles of border fencing. the group is also compromised on a series of other issues including the e-verify program that workings for businesses and benefits. the corker/hoeven proposal will be an alternative to an

amendment introduced by texas senator republican john cornyn that requires 90% apprehension of undocumented immigrants crossing the border. the democrats have said is basically a poison pill. cornyn's amendment expected to go to a vote today. the senate has voted down several border security amendments as you've seen put forward by republicans including a measure from kentucky senator rand paul on wednesday that would have required congress to certify that border security measures are being met before allowing undocumented immigrants to begin the legalization process. one senator who voted against it, florida's marco rubio. >> what i think you can expect to see tomorrow is a substantial improvement, a substantial improvement, in the border security parts of this bill. >> you said you'd secure the border first but a number of amendments have been voted on that would do just that, a couple yesterday, and you voted against them. >> the reason why is because i think the proposals need to go even further.

>> pressure from conservatives on rubio. once a darling of the tea party. is increasing. on wednesday, he was mocked and booed by conservatives in a big rally that took place on capitol hill. >> what this bill does is takes a minimum of 11 million illegal immigrants who have an average education of tenth grade and it makes them eligible for all of that. no matter what marco rubio says who has not read his own bill incidentally. now you could ask what -- senator rubio says they're going to have to pay -- [ crowd booing ] >> he's a sellout! >> plenty of boo birds out there at the capitol yesterday. nbc's political editor mark murray. how significant is this

potential new offer that's being presented by these republicans? >> it's very significant. showing it will reduce the federal deficit by nearly $20 trillion. you see how you can get your path to 70 senate votes including 15 to 20 republicans. many of the republicans, the nongang of eight members who have been, you know, able to get on board, they said, look, we want more border security. you're seeing this offer from bob corker, from john hoeven, senator from north dakota, as well as the gang of eight. who are saying, all right, you wanted this, now you have it. >> major graham said major things in the next 24 hours. so this thing could move in a hurry. the real issue becomes the house side. how does this change the pressure that's speaker painer is facing now? >> first thing's first you need to get the votes. and then i think people like

chuck schumer, supporters, have always said, john boehner has the pressure. of course john boehner's caught in this interesting position. where the base of the republican party -- you saw that from that tea party rally -- they don't support this. there are senators -- you're going to be interviewing corker shortly who might be able to say look, i can be for this, as well as a pathway to citizenship. >> how has rubio handled this? we saw folks at the capitol complaining. how has he done this delicate balance? >> it's been difficult. doing legislation has been hard. covering the health care legislation from '09 to 2010, it's never pretty. always the hope is you actually get something passed. you can tout that i took all these slings and arrows and survived. that's what you'll probably hear rubio say if this thing passes. >> could be a lot of credit for a lot of folks.

thanks very much. coming up next, we shift to syria. we're going to talk to democratic senator chris murphy about why he's challenging the president over arming syrian rebels. we remember a new jersey original. the sudden death of actor james gandolfini. the actor who will forever be known as mob boss tony soprano. first, today's politics planner. the president, mostly a down day as he returns home from his foreign travels. supreme court decisions expected at the top of the hour. we will let you know. you're watching the "the daily rundown" on msnbc.

it is not enough for there to be a will. there also has to be a way. mr. president, today, in syria, i do not believe that there is that way. and i do not believe this congress should give the president the ability to escalate america's role in the syrian conflict without a clear set of goals and a clear sense we can achieve these goals. >> you're listening to senator chris murphy on the senate floor. he is one of a handful of liberal democrats who is handing the president to request authorization for intervention in syria. one of just three senators along with new mexico's -- or utah's senator and senator rand paul to vote in committee against providing arms to the syrian rebels. the senator joining us from the capitol hill. thanks for your time. the president has said he believes the only way to get rid of assad and reach a political settlement in syria is for the u.s. to help build up the rebel

groups. i want to show you first what he said in berlin and then get your thoughts. >> some of the stories out there publicly have gotten a little overcranked in terms of the idea that somehow the united states is preparing to go all in and participate in another war. what we want to do is end a war. >> senator, what is your response? what's your response to the president? didn't something fundamentally need to change on the ground to force the regime to the bargaining table in the first place? >> i think the president's in a difficult position. clearly there's a slaughter in syria. i can understand why he feels compelled to act. the problem is really twofold. first, the momentum is on bar shash al assad's side right now. so in order to turn the tide in syria, you can't just give a bunch of automatic weapons to the rebels. you have to give them some fairly serious weapons. the reality is, well, we're

going to try to thread the needle and get the weapons to the free syrian army. they're fighting side by side with al qaeda. there's really no way to guarantee if you give serious arms they're not going to find the way to the very people we're trying to fight around the globe. even if we are successful in beating assad, there is probably going to be be a follow-on very complicated civil war involving al qaeda, involving russian influences, iranian influences. we're talking about potentially a decade long commitment there. i just want the senate to have a full debate about this right now. i don't want the u.s. to go in to what is potentially a ten-year commitment without talking about it. >> let me bring up what you've said. a new petition, you bring up iraq. you talk about the following. on syria, you wrote, we didn't properly answer in iraq and afghanistan, what is our end game and how do we get there? is the u.s. in danger of another iraq and syria, is that what

you're suggesting? >> i can't imagine our end game is just to overthrow assad. our end game has to be to put in damascus a stable government that's going to end up supporting u.s. interests and fighting extremism. that's a long-term project. especially give be tn the fact al qaeda is not just going to walk away if they're successful in toppling assad. the iranians and the russians which have incredible interests in syria are not going to allow for a u.s.-backed government to be installed in syria. i just think that we have to ask ourselves, what is our goals here? is it just to topple assad? i don't think that's the case. if it's much more complicated that that, let's have that debate so we know what we're getting into. >> let me talk about another issue that's been a significant goal for both parties. there appears to be new movement. we're hearing about a possible compromise on border security that board senators corker and hoeven are putting forward. has it been presented to you?

is it something you could support? >> we're going to learn more this morning. i'm going to be very open to compromise here. listen, i don't thing the solution is only putting up a whole bunch of fencing along the border. i'm not going to let the perfect be the enemy of the good. i want a pathway to citizenship for the millions of people that are here. and i'm ready to be parent of that compromise. you talked about this rally that happened yesterday in which marco rubio was getting a hard time. i was here. i saw that rally. it was a pretty paltry turnout. i don't think senator rubio has much to worry about. he's been a real stand up guy in this. has still carried a lot of the water for the conservative movement on a bill that will attract hopefully lots republicans. >> there's been another issue that a lot of people in your home state continue to be worried about. and for good reason. are you satisfied -- that's beg guns. are you satisfied with the level of effort the white house has put into its gun legislation push after the failed vote? >> listen, i won't lie to you.

i wish the president and the vice president was talking about guns either single day. i understand they got other things to talk about. whether it be immigration or the budget. we need five or six senators to change their mind and come over and vote with us later this year. they're not going to do that because of what the president or the vice president is saying. they're going to do that because they see an outside political infrastructure around gun reform that they don't want to go up against next fall. and so it's really the outside movement that's going to change the minds of senators. not necessarily the president. i'm glad he's talking more about it now. i wish he'd talk more about it. it's ultimately not going to be the president that id pprovides fulcrum point. >> we'd be remiss if we didn't bring up a game less than a week ago. congressional baseball game. a modern day johnny bench. here's this action shot. that's a tight grab. a good squeeze on the leather. how are your knees holding up

after sitting out behind the plate? >> i am the catcher for the democratic side only because i'm the only member of the democratic caucus would can squat down and get back up again. there's a very low bar to be catcher for the team. we're pretty proud of our 22-0 victory and raising $300,000 for charity in that game. >> that's one position where there is a series of term limitings. it's good to visit with you. senator, thanks for your time. still to come here on "the daily rundown." secret surveillance. a admits using unarmed drones on american soil. plus, the stock market taking a dive after the latest announcement from ben bernanke. but first, today's trivia question. how many chairmen of the federal reserve also serve his as treasury secretary? [ shapiro ] at legalzoom, you can take care of virtually

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we're back now. you're watching "the daily rundown." there may be a bipartisan breakthrough on immigration reform. republican senators bob corker and john hoeven are pushing what they call a border surge plan that would replace the original security language in the bill would tougher language in an effort to win more republican votes. senator bob corker of tennessee is ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee. thank you for your time. we appreciate it. >> good morning, good to be with you. >> i want to make sure we have a good understanding of exactly what you're proposing. do you still expect the rollout of this amendment to take place today? what response are you getting from the republican conference? >> yes, i do think it's going to happen. there are still some details that woare being worked through. this is being vetted on both

sides of the aisle so it's something that hopefully will be overwhelmingly supported. yeah, there are members on our side that i think this is going to meet their test from the standpoint of border security. so, you know, the goal peter is how do you deal with the democratic sensibilities and the republican sensibilities and merge them in such a way to get to a bill? i think john hoeven and the gang of eight and our staff and others have worked together in a constructive way. hopefully today it will be rolled out. >> let's go through some of the details we understand so far. this proposal would double the size border patrol agents per my understanding. it would require 700 miles of border fencing. it would include sort of a compromise on an e-verify system. are those the real highlights of this? at what cost does that take place? >> peter, i've sort of sworn to not talking about this till we roll it out. >> fair enough. >> i think that you have a

pretty good general sense of the kind of things that are being looked at. these things, they don't happen till they happen. because, you know, we're still vetting some of the issues, i'd prefer to let you talk about it and then maybe talk about it a little later on the senate floor. >> one final question on this. i'm presuming you're a yea vote if this proposal is included in the final measure. would the gop be to blame for basically scuttling immigration reform? >> well, i will say this. that -- for people who are concerned about border security, once they see what is in this bill, it's almost overkill, peter. i think if that's the issue that people have, i think everyone working together has come -- have come up with a way to deal with that issue. so i do hope that we can send it over to the house with some momentum. i know there's been lots of bipartisan discussions there.

my sense is we have the best chance we've ever had to actually pass meaningful reform that does secure the border at the same time. and i actually think that we shouldn't be talking about scuttling at this point. i guess our efforts are making something happen. and i believe something is going to happen. >> fair enough. speaking things that are happening right now, you helped guide a measure supporting arms to the syrian opposition through the foreign relation, comms com. >> right. >> do you believe the white house is going far enough in terms of their support? >> it's hard to know where the white house is. i know secretary kerry's coming up today to brief us on what, you know, basically they've made broad statement, but haven't laid out in detail what they're doing. what concerns me a little bit, peter, is the white house continues to act in what i would call an ad hoc way. what needs to happen for us to have a successful policy there is a strategy that's coherent, that builds all of these things together. it's not just arming.

it's helping with communications. it's helping with training, with humanitarian, with deliverance of aid. this has to be a very coherent strategy, reachi ining out to t population in syria that supports assad. i would like for the president, for secretary kerry and others to articulate all of the things they're doing to make us put us into a position to actually get to a negotiating table and hopefully have a negotiated settlement. >> two quick topics. the president ruled out a new effort yesterday in germany to cut u.s. deployed strategic m missiles by about a third. your response to that? >> here's the thing, peter, russia is modernizing like crazy. their best scientists. they're modernizing their nuclear armaments. we are not. ours are old. some of them are guided by systems -- >> the white house calls for mo

modernization, doesn't it, though? >> no, they call for it, but they don't do it. so the first thing that has to happen, even their nuclear posture review that they just produced says this. they've got to have these life extension programs in place. otherwise, there's no way they can reduce. so hopefully, hopefully, we'll move toward that modernization effort i've been pushing so hard for. so what we have on the ground we know works. if you have armaments that you know work, you can then talk about other things. but you cannot while you're not investing in those. >> last topic. quickly from overseas in afghanistan. you put a hold on millions of dollars in aid to afghanistan after the cia cash payments to president hamid karzai were revealed. have you gotten the assurances that you need? >> it's unbelievable to me, peter. i feel like i'm cooperative in everything i do. i've asked four times now for an explanation. the money i put a hold on was

for governance and democracy movements. it was $75 million. we understand from president karzai the cia continues to deliver him, to deliver to him millions of dollars in cash. that's just cash. he distributes i don't know, to warlords, to parliamentarians, to get them to do things. i don't know what it's for. it seems to me as a nation we should have a coherent effort when it comes to fighting corruption and building democracy. if one branch of our government is working towards that and another branch is working against that, it seems we ought to have a discussion about that. we've yet to have that. >> senator corker, we appreciate you spending time with us. we look forward to hearing your announcement later today. next, massive protests continue in brazil today. we'll take you live to rio where demonstrators are clashing with riot police. don't forget to head over to our facebook page for our behind the scenes look at chuck's trip with the president. announcer: where can an investor

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we're back. you're watching "the daily rundown." i'm peter alexander. the opening bell just rang on wall street. it looks like a tough opening day for the markets. the dow jones already dropping 160 points. the s&p down nearly 20. there's your nasdaq as well. this after the dow tumbled more than 200 points yesterday following federal reserve chairman ben bernanke's president conference. joining me now is politico's ben white. if we can, give us a sense what happened in the markets yesterday. >> already in the red today. i think what you're seeing is ben bernanke is taking the training wheels off the economy. or will eventually be taking the training wheels often by pulling out all the quantitative easing, all the bond buying the fed has been doing. several rounds of this quantitative easing.

it's boosted house prices. it's kept mortgage rates down. everybody's nervous when the fed stops buying up all these bond, the economy might not perform all that well and stocks are going to look a little expensive. so that's why you're seeing stocks sell off. that's why you're seeing mortgage rates go up. the ten-year treasury note is rising. the highest it's been in a couple years. think of ben bernanke as a drug dealer, he's taking the drugs away from the economy. >> everybody coming down from that high, as it were. the president in a conversation with charlie rose hinted bernanke would not serve a third term as fed chair. i'll play you a sound bite from that conversation. and then get your thoughts. >> ben bernanke's done an outstanding job. ben bernanke's a little bit like bob mueller, the head of the fbi, where he already stayed a lot longer than he wanted or he was supposed to. >> if he wanted to be

reappointed, you would reappoint him? >> he has been an outstanding partner in. >> we just spent two days working on monetary policy issues. i would like to keep the discussion, questions here on policy. i don't have anything for you on my personal plans. >> does wall street think his personal plans are to leave soon? >> yeah, his personal plans are not to be reappointed as fed chair. he'll be done january 31st when his term ends. that obama interview is interesting because charlie rose did give him an opportunity to say if ben bernanke wanted to stay, would you appoint him to another term. and he didn't say that. so it became clear obama is ready to appoint a new fed chair. it's probably going to be the current vice chair. won't be a lot of different policies than ben bernanke pursued. anytime you get a change in leadership, particularly when the fed makings this move to pull out stimulus. >> how much of wall street is wrapped up in sort ben bernanke, the figure? >> it's wrapped up to a bit.

you see the greenspan sort of myth. wall street falls in love with his fed chairman during his tenure. sometimes they fall out of love afterward. they're comfortable with bernanke. it's more about all the policies. that's what the great nervousness is. there's some around who the next fed chair is but it's mainly about the fact we had a train g ing training wheels economy. now it's going to be tough to do. that's why you see the market selling off like it is now. >> we'll keep a close eye on the markets. dropping in the red significantly after closing the day yesterday down 200. appreciate it. reactions pouring in from the political world as well to the death of actor james gandolfini who died unexpectedly of a heart attack while vacationing in italy. james gandolfini's portrayal of

stereotype on its head. creator of "sopranos" said in an interview, i told then many times you don't get it, it it's like mozart. he was in "zero dark thirty." the character was never named as former secretary of defense neon panetta but james gandolfini nailed the portrayal. new jersey governor chris christie called the death an awful shot. saying, quote, he was a fine actor and a true jersey guy. corey booker, newark mayor, tweeted, my condolences, a true new jersey great. r.i. pivot. james gandolfini was 51 years old. is like hammering.

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us. >> daily flashback to this day in 1979. the carter administration had solar panels installled at the white house. in response to the ongoing oil crisis less than a decade later, president reagan, less keen on going green, had them removed while resurfacing the roof. back to the big developing news of this morning here in washington on immigration. the senate leaders have found a way forward to agree it appears on border security. that news comes on the heels of the congressional budget office and the joint committee on taxation issuing those reports. saying the plan will improve the economy. the good question this morning is what's stopping lawmakers in the house from passing bipartisan reform? we want to bring in our gaggle now. liz from the associated press. aei visiting fellow, from the national review, bloomberg views. and democratic strategist chris

is here as well. let's start with immigration if we can very quickly. i want to get a sense from you off the bat. was it the -- >> i think there's no question that supporters are using it is cbo score to say this is a fiscally responsible piece legislation. the opponents are saying cbo says this is only a 25% reduction in illegal immigration. wasn't getting control of the borders the whole point of the exercise? >> is this getting enough votes and putting enough pressure on john boehner? what decision does he make? >> i'm not sure anyone has an answer. including john boehner. he's got a major problem in his caucus. this has been the narrative going on for years. the decision between those who realize that both politically and policywise it makes sense to do immigration reform and those who just don't. who don't believe it's the right thing to do.

and you can't convince them. i don't know how he balances that. if he subscribes to the hastert rule, the majority of the majority, he's going to have problems. if it fails in the house, republicans will have nowhere to hide come midterm elections in particular, the next presidential. >> liz, first, how many votes? does this get to 70 votes they need? where do you think this does go in the next several days? >> i think there are enough folks on the senate side that are pragmatic and that look at this and say, you know, this is something we need to do for the country, for the long-term viability of the country, economically, culturally, politically. if the senate does pass it, the pressure on boehner is going to be so significant. i always look at john boehner, i'm not ohio and i remember him back in the day. this is a guy who wants to do big things. and so i can see a scenario in which he says, you know, i'm going to go big and, you know, risk my -- risk my leadership position by angering the right.

>> how much pressure is on john boehner right now as he tries to make these decisions? >> i think it's significant. he has speculated he could lose his speakership over this issue. >> you know, look, if there's 70 votes in the senate, if -- assuming the democrats almost all vote for this legislation, that means only a minority of senate republicans are voting for this bill. i'm not sure how much pressure that puts on boehner's house republican colleagues to support it. >> give us a sense as we look at this, you've got your coker on board, hoeven on board, we should hear about it at some point today. what other sticking points do exist going forward? what's sfleleft? >> in the senate? >> on the house side, the border patrol the last thing -- >> this has everything to do with politics. it's not about the policy. the policy will be settled in the senate. if you sit down and had a reasonable discussion after the cbo report came out. it had very clear terms on the

impact on the deficit. what else is there left? this has to do with an ideological agenda that a significant majority of republicans in the house are unwilling to change. if they don't, that's fine. they're going to suffer the political consequences. it's that simple. >> boehner already reaching out to the house democrats. hispanic caucus, excuse me. >> and that kind of action is significant. i think what it shows is, again, he's a guy who understands history. takes the long view. and these individual house members, the conservatives, you know, they really are just looking out for, you know, the re-election prospects. >> they're calling this new proposal the border surge. trivia time. we asked how many chairmen of the federal reserve also served as treasury secretary? the answer, just one. g. william miller served as both fed chair and treasury secretary under president carter. congratulations to today's

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streets here in rio this morning but later on this afternoon gaining later on this evening we expect to see up to a million people converging in the streets here in rio and across brazil. they are going to be protesting in most of the major cities here in brazil. as you mentioned they were protesting that tax hike increase on public transit. this has turned into a much bigger issue for many folks in brazil. many protesting poor government services, high increase in taxes as well as government corruption. we're expecting to see upwards of a million people take the streets in this city alone. the protest for the most part have been peaceful but there have been spurts of violence. we expect a surge of folks later on this afternoon and expect it to be very busy here as police are increasing their numbers in the streets of rio. some other news making headlines. liz we heard yesterday from fbi director mueller that the u.s. acknowledged the u.s. uses

drones at home for surveillance. what does this do to add to the conversation in terms of transparency and the like? >> i think what's happening now there's third -- this libertarian view. >> there's an issue about how this is used. this technology is being used doesn't seem to be problematic. >> it's going cause what the president actually mention ad serious debate about privacy, about the role and scope of government. at a minimum that will happen. it's not clear where it goes. >> the debate may being changed by the supreme court expected to make one of several decisions from doma to affirmative action. >> we're watching affirmative action this week and next week

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good morning. i'm chris jansing. right now we're waiting for four major decisions that could come down the hour from the supreme court. here's what we're talking about. prop 8 and the defense of marriage act both of those have huge implications for same sex marriage. two other big cases involving the voting rights act, the most important civil right law arguably ever passed and affirmative action in school admissions. there are likely just three days left including today on the justice's calendar. pete williams is at the court right now and we'll bring the decisions as soon as they come down. but first the next 24 hours could be the turning point on the immigration bill. a bipartisan group of senators are set to announce a deal that could shore up a vote for immigration after both sides made concessions.

agreement doubles the size of the border patrol and requires 700 miles of fencing. two senators have been working with the gang of 8. >> for people who are concerned about border security, once they see what's in this bill, it's almost overkill, peter. i think if that's the issue that people have, i think everyone working together have come up with a way to deal with that issue. there are members on our side that i think this will meet their test from the standpoint of border security. >> i want to bring in "usa today's" washington bureau chief susan page and alex burns. fascinating morning. a lot of moving parts. there was this huge front page headline on the "huffington post." border break through for the senate. this may be a break through. if you look at the headlines