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>> dangling out the window. >> they got her and she's okay. >> what is going on with parents right now? >> it's a parenting thing. >> i watched that russell brand video. i learned you have nothing to apologize for. >> thank you very much. >> i want to say something about an important member of the "morning joe family." ann lost her best friend, beloved chloe, this week. we love you. we just wanted to tip our hat to you and how amazing you are and send our best to everybody in your life. it's now time for "the daily rundown" with peter alexander filling in for chuck todd. have a great weekend, everyone. down on the farm. a surprising defeat for speaker john boehner as the farm bill fails after two years of negotiations with both parties point fingers at the other. big question, now about whether lawmakers can get a deal done on anything. privacy patrol. new revelations about nsa leaker
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snowden's security clearance. we're going to speak to a member of the intelligence committee coming up. we're keeping a very close eye this day on the markets this morning half an hour before they open. the stocks just had one of their worst days of the year it the worst day of the year. can wall street rebound today? we hope to have some answers on that. good morning to you. good friday morning from washington. it is friday, the first day of summer. this is "the daily rundown." today for my friend chuck todd. senate compromise on border security. should the surprise defeat of a five year farm bill in the house be a warning sign? senators are now scrambling to put the finishing touches on a bipartisan amendment that would roughly double the border patrol to 40,000 agents. it would extend the border fence
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to 700 miles. the measure picked up a bunch of co-sponsors yesterday. among them, the gang of eight. senator kelly ayotte. and dean heller said he will vote for a final bill. >> some people have described this as a border surge. the fact is that we are investing resources and securing our border that have never been invested before. >> do the math. 20,000 people out there armed. they're going to see them and turn them back. >> if you hire the border patrol agents, they're not going to read a comic book, they're going to do their job. you don't need to prove to me they're going to do their job. you just need to get them on the border. >> we need to fix this. this is our chance to fix it. >> late last night, harry reid said 20 senators are working to complete the amendment which he
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hopes to have filed this morning. though the bill's language hasn't been made public, some members of the public already oppose it. >> once again, washington saying "trust me." trust us. we mean well. we're going to try. based on texts we haven't even seen yet. i think we've just -- we're rushing to judgment here. i think it's something we ought to reconsider. >> i think this is a political response to a failing piece of legislation. a dramatic desperate attempt to pass a dramatic piece of amendment so they can say it does everything you want and more. >> although at the end of the day senate passage of the bill is not in doubt, immigration reform in general more broadly faces a lot more opposition in the house. yesterday, cnbc's maria ba
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bartilomo. >> are you worrieded? >> no, i fully expect to be speaker. as the speaker, i take a lot of hits. i get a lot of hatchets thrown at my back. listen, it compaes with the territory. >> warning signs in the house. after 62 republicans voted against it. on the house floor. both parties tried to blame the other. >> what we saw today was a democratic leadership in the house that was insistent to undue years and years of bipartisan work on an issue like a farm bill and decide to make it a partisan issue. >> the majority leader continues to want to blame the democrats for his inability and the republican's inability to give a majority vote to their own bill. >> you're in charge of the house. you have 234 members.
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62 of your members voted against your bill. that's why it failed. we didn't whine when we were in charge when i was the majority leader about we didn't pass the bill. we got 21 votes for our bills. >> steny hoyer all fired up. kelly o'donnell joining us now. how much of a surprise was this defeat for the farm bill to republican leaders specifically? how did this happen? >> well, it was a surprise. in part, the top democrat on the agriculture committee had told the top leadership on the republican side that 40 democrats could be promised votes. that was necessary because there weren't enough republicans to pass it. what happens in part of the whip count, the arp twisting that goes on to try to get any bill across the finish line, they look to see who on the other side can help. the gop leadership says
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democrats pulled back. only had 24 yeses instead of 40. you heard hoyer say it is the republicans' responsibility. democrats were upset because there were a lot of cuts to food stamps. very steep cuts. more than the senate version. you saw conservatives who pulled away because they think there should be steeper cuts and more reforms to subsidies in the farm bill and how that whole system works. both side, know some kind of farm bill has to be passed. it is years of work. these farm bills last for a five-year term. so something else will happen. but this was one of those last-minute surprise political moves. it's hard to know whose fault it really is. both sides are doing the finger-pointing. there are fingerprints really on both parties. >> briefly on immigration, what is the latest on the amendment? we thought we might see it yesterday. >> we got the outline yesterday. then the really hard work of turning an outline into actual
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regulative text. they were working till late in the night. senators or staffers even overnight. i'm told this new amendment you heard some insights about earlier in your opening will be filed some time today. will it be enough to bring along republicans? we're already seeing a few republicans who are publicly coming out in favorite of that. democrats are hoping to get 12 or 15 republican votes overall. with the hope that would have an influence on what happens on the house. after we talk about the farm bill, who knows what will happen with immigration in the house. but it does appear that more border security is attractive to some republicans. but there's still very stiff opposition. till we see the details, this debate goes on. >> lastly, quickly, criminal investigation. we've now learned into the federal contractor, edward snowden, the contractor that did the background check on snowden in 2011 for his top secret clearance. >> senators are really concerned about the number of contractors who have this high level of
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clearance and is there enough being done to try to make certain the right people with the right character are taking that oath to not give up u.s. secrets. so snowden's case in particular, we've heard a lot of grumbling about the fact that he was a young guy who had had sort of, in the words of a lawmaker, sort of a checky education and workplace history. someone who should have been a red flag was not, got that clearance. so they're trying to look at how does that work. are there other pitfalls in the process. it's a long investigation. it's one of those things, this whole leak issue shined a new light on. how do they actually set these clearances. >> the president will meet with the privacy board today as well. kelly o'donnell, thank you so much. >> happy friday. >> appreciate it. last night, a taped message to the net roots nation, the largest gathering of liberal activists in the country. president obama reminded progressives of his accomplishments and said it is time to pass immigration reform.
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>> i'll do everything in my power to keep making progress. but i can't do it alone. i need you to put pressure on members of congress and make your voices heard. just like you've always done. we won't always agree on everything. i know you'll tell me when we don't. if we work together, and i'm confidence we'll keep moving this country forward. >> just a state away in nevada, las vegas specifically, vice president joe biden warned a hispanic audience that there's still time for immigration reform efforts to be derailed. >> all the stuff you heard the last six months about the astronomical cost of immigration reform, it's a bunch of malarkey. that's a spanish word. >> those of you who are football fans know the last ten yards are the hardest yards. hell of a lot harder than the first 90. or we're on the 10 yard line, maybe the 5. and a lot can go wrong between
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now and the fourth of july recess. >> whenever he lowered the voice, talks in that light whisper, a little barrow to en, you know things are going to get good. our political editor is here. i want to go to what happened yesterday in the house come, s to the farm bill. what problems lay ahead for immigration? >> there are powerful outside republican conservative groups like club for growth, heritage action. when they oppose something like they did on the farm legislation, they can actually take republican votes with them. there were 62 republican no votes. those outside groups played a very big role. this second lesson, if there aren't going to be rolled out republican votes due to that lack of support, democrats have to make up the remainder. and the one difference between immigration and the farm bill legislation is democrats are much more supportive of comprehensive immigration reform
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than they were with that farm bill coming out of the house. the third and probably most important lesson, there is so much unpredictability, uncertainty, in the house. it is chaos. house republican leaders don't know how to count the votes. this wasn't the first time they've lost a vote. so the senate might very well pass something. the house, we just have no idea. >> even with the majority, huge majority, you still don't know. that's what makes it crazy. i want to ask you briefly. we want to focus down the road a little bit. we talked about claire mccaskill. now on board, supporting hillary clinton publicly despite some past comments she'd said about mrs. clintclinton's husband. we're opposing from the group that opposes the clinton campaign. the republican superpac america rising has started a stop hillary campaign. where does it stand? >> big caveat, we have a long way to go before 2016. a lot of this has to do with
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fund-raising. this stop hillary group was done to raise money. you go to their website. please give us money so we can help stop hillary clinton from getting in the white house. she's going to be someone who fires up republicans and we're seeing that on both sides. this is the early stage, of 2016. we're not going to get an answer from hillary till at least early 2015 so we have at least two more years to go. >> there's not the most desirable picture of hillary clinton. we'll watch a lot of optics over this thing. thanks. the stock markets took another dive thursday. the dow's worst day of the year. the market fell more than 500 points in the last two days. cn cnbc's becky quick. can you explain ways going on? we knew the fed would take the training wheels off at some point. why is the market shaken by
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this? >> think of the fed as a big insurance policy. it's been the thing that's been there backing up investors. the fed was promising that if the economy didn't inprove, don't worry, we're going to continue with this very easy monetary policy. make sure there's plenty of money. a lot of liquidity. bernanke really made people realize that this pulling back, the tapering of the fed, this almost tightening, because they're not going to be as easy as they've been, this was the warning signal this was going to happen. a lot people had been pushing this out to 2014. maybe 2015. ben bernanke made it clear. this is going to be happening potentially even this year. and, you know, they say they don't ring a bell at the top of our markets. that that's the big question and the big game you have to play when you're investing. this was almost a bell to all those investors who worried, okay, this is a massive change, this is the time we need to
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move. that's what's been happening here. we do look like we're going to open by 60 points but that was about half the gains we saw early this morning. >> the market got its bell rung this week. have a great friday. enjoy your weekend. we move on. coming up next, the showdown over syria. congressman adam shift will join us live. we'll ask him what's next for american involvement as secretary kerry heads to that region this weekend. first, the politics planner. president obama will announce he's nominated jim comey to serve as the next fbi director. he's also meeting with the privacy and civil liberty group today. we'll be right back with more "daily rundown" right here on msnbc. asional have constipation,
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you're watching "the daily rundown." secretary of state john kerry was on capitol hill thursday giving a closed door briefing to the house intelligence committee on the the two-year civil war in syria. the briefing comes as some members of congress have expressed deep concerns about president obama's decision to give military aid to the rebels. one of those members is california democrat, congressman adam shift. we know you spoke yesterday with john kerry who spoke to you and others yesterday. i want to get a better sense of watch you can tell us about where the administration stands on this and the timing in terms of its efforts to give aid to the rebels? there's not much i can share with you on that point but there's broad concern i think within the congress about getting militarily involved in syria. it's hard to see that we can
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shape the outcome. and getting started in a smaller way win inevitably lead to further military involvement. as it becomes a proxy fight with russia and iran. after two wars a lot of us are war weary and not eager to see ourselves getting immersed in a sectarian civil war. >> acknowledging the reticence by you and others, what is the proper solution right now? don't you need to change the equation to even bring the assad regime to a conference in geneva? >> it is going to be difficult. i'd like to see us focus on the humanitarian needs. there are refugees. we can do more there. and focus be at chemical weapons issue. this is where our security interest lies. it is where we drew the red line. i'd rather keep a focus on that and working with the international community and the rebels to disable the plat force they use to deliver chemical
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weapons than get ourselves sucked into the war. >> you introduced a bill yesterday calling for some fisa court materials to be made public. you want telecom companies to hold the phone records as opposed to the government. intelligence officials have already insisted this thing's working. they've already broken up about 50 plots worldwide. 10 of them here in the united states. if itability bro abilitin't bro? >> a couple programs they're pointing to. i think the american people have a great unease with the idea of the government being in possession of so much data. and i think there's a better way. the better way would be to have the telecommunication companies retain their own records. >> why didn't that exist? we were told they couldn't keep
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records that go back that far. >> i think some of them probably have the capacity to do it. it's not technologically all that difficult. if that's the only issue and the government has the technology, we ought to share that technology with communications companies. help them retain their own data. but that i think would be more protective of the privacy interests of the american people than requiring us to get all the data and query it. >> as we head toward the weekend, a lot of people are paying close attention to what happened yesterday. the farm bill failed miserably in the house. a lot of people thought this is the type of stuff that usually is a beacon of bipartisanship. what does that tell us about what we can expect to see when immigration really makes it to the house? >> it tells us what we already knew, which is it's a very dysfunctional house. with a dysfunctional house leadership. as one of my colleagues put it, speaker boehner is not running the republican conference, he's
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running one step ahead of the mob. >> you voted against it. >> i think it was a bad bill and it was made worse when it got to the floor and there were amendment after amendment. it already very substantially, much more than i wanted, cut food stamp benefits. they had another amendment to further cut those benefits. that was too much for most democrats. >> acknowledging the challenge over food stamps. a far more dramatic issue. where do we find compromises? immigration becomes a central topic. >> the senate has demonstrated compromise spresponsible. >> 70 votes enough momentum to get an automatic green light? the house? >> not an automatic one. the only way immigration passings in the house, if the speaker violates the hastert rule. if he takes it up and allows it to pass with a majority of democratic votes and a minority
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of republican ones. the speaker said he won't do that. i think with a strong passage of the senate bill and enormous pressure, including pressure from the main stain gop leaders outside the house, that he'll be forced to take up the bill. >> congressman schiff, thank you. you know what they say, all politics is local. vice president biden is now on his way to address the nation's mayors. we'll talk to that group's incoming president. plus, in brazil, more protests now turn being deadly as police and demonstrators square off over government corruption in that country. first though, today's trivia question. when was the last time a supreme court term went into july? the first person to tweet the correct answer to @dailyrundown will get an on air shutout. is like hammering.
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the nation's mayors are meeting this weekend, where else, las vegas. the mayors will hear from vice president joe biden. the immigration debate is one of the hot topics at that meeting. scott smith is the mayor of mesa, arizona. proud home of the chicago cubs spring training camp. i spent a lot of childhoods there. the incoming president the u.s. conference of mayors. i want to get right off the bat, there's been a real strong push toward immigration reform. is that the solution in your eyes? >> it's one part of a solution. you've got to focus on border security. i think they've said that from day one. in arizona where we're in the middle of this, that's a very, very big issue. border security has to be at the forefront. >> i want to get a sense from
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you, the border patrol has a fleet of drones over the border. we learned from the fbi they're using them as well. as a local leader, do you have privacy concerns? is that one of the concerns for a lot of your fellow mayors? >> it's a huge issue for mayors. we recognize that as we move forward with the use drones that people are leery. they think of a drone used by local police as being able to not only look for the bad guys but to look in their backyards, to look in places where they are not used to having police look. so it's something we in mesa take very carefully. we look at it cautiously. i think most mayors are not going to jump into this without a very serious discussion about privacy issues. >> give us a sense about those real issues you witnessed. what are we missing from the 35,000 foot position a lot of people in washington view this? on the local level, what is the biggest issue on immigration that's sort of being missed?
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>> the biggest issue is opportunity. we talk so much about border security. we talk so much about the 11 million that are in here that we talk very little about the missed opportunity. those high skilled, those entrepreneurs, those people would come in and form the businesses that become the google, and others. we don't spend enough time talking about how we let the right peep in. we spent too much time talking about how we'll keep the wrong people out. i think cities feel that. we see businesses say we can't get the highly skilled people. that really are the game changers in our economy. >> there's talk about a potential scott smith 2014 win for governor. national audience, if you want to make an announcement, we'll give you the platform. >> i will make a firm announcement that i'll make an announcement sometime in the future. i'll do the best i can as president of the united states conference of mayors. >> we got you to announce that
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you will be announcing something at some point. we'll call that a win today. >> thank you, peter, and come back for spring training. >> appreciate it. opening bell all set to ring on wall street. we got to talk about some other things and the markets are one of them. the markets looking to recover after two days of heavy sell-off. the dow lost more than 400 points in 4 hours following bernanke's comments on quantitative easing. it should be relatively quiet for economic news in the u.s. no major data is due for release today. at any moment, we could get a key ruling in the trial of george zimmerman. the judge is expected to rule whether the jury can hear expert's testimony about whose screams are heard on a 911 call. the secret is out. hydration is in.
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a jury has now been selected in the murder trial of george zimmerman. he is the former neighborhood watch volunteer who says he shot and killed trayvon martin in self-defense. nbc's ron mott is in florida. what do we know about the jury? they've finally been seated. what else do we know? >> we know some eyebrows went up when the jury was seated. it's all female jury. as described in open court yesterday by the prosecutor, they are five white women and the sixth jury is he described as hispanic or black.
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let me give you a little information about these six as they described in court in the questioning process. b-29 is married, has eight children. b-76 has been a resident of this area since '95, also has two children. b-37 is an 18-year resident. her husband works in the space industry. she's got two daughters. b-51, a nine-year resident who's the only single person in this panel. managed a call center with 1200 some odd employees. e-6 is a two-year resident, married six years. e-40 is a new transplant to the area, been in the area seven months, moving down from iowa. so it's an all female jury. a lot of people are asking does this favor the prosecution, does this favor george zimmerman. it really depends on who's answering the question. >> give us a sense also, we're expecting to hear from this hearing that determines whether or not the juries can hear expert testimony about the 911
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call. that call was played a lot by media as we learn more about this case. why is this so significant? what more do we expect to learn? >> it's crucial because the opposing arguments on this fry hearing was yesterday. very contentious. it was remarkable television. and what the judge is going to determine is she's having some arguments now on other motions. she's going to determine whether the state can introduce voice experts that they say the voice you heard screaming on those calls is not zimmerman. one expert says it's trayvon martin and he says martin is screaming words. this is a big case. this is a big piece of evidence. even admitted by the defense attorney yesterday. they don't want this information in. we're just waiting to see once they get through some of these other motions were the judges going to go. the lawyer for george zimmerman said this is potentially crucial evidence that could turn this case one way or the other. so we'll just have to see where judge nelson goes with this.
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>> you'll keep us posted. nbc's ron mott is in sanford, florida. we should note george zimmerman has pled not guilty to the charges of second degree murder and has claimed self-defense. a new report from the congressional budget office estimates immigration refor will cut the u.s. deficit nearly $200 billion. and by $700 billion more in the following ten years. the news prompted biden to say the following. >> it will increase the real gdp of this nation. by 3.3% over the next ten years and 5.4% over the next 20 years. so much for the argument that this is going to cost good american citizens. >> joining me now is former republican senator from new hampshire judd gregg.
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senator gregg, nice to visit with you, thank you. >> thanks for having me on. >> from republicans who are deficit hawks, wine not push for immigration refor on that very basis? it could save $1 trillion over the next decades. >> makes sense to me. the policy is right. when you bring people to this country who will contribute to the growth of our economy, which is what will happen, which this compromise which was reached by the gang eight and the senate does. you're bringing people who are going to create jobs to this country. i remember bill gates testifying before the senate at one time. he said for every person he brought to this country who had the talent that he needed in order to have them help out at microsoft, that person created 15 to 20 jobs. why wouldn't you create them here rather than have that person stay somewhere in europe and create those jobs? it's a good place of legislation from an economic standpoint. obviously, the fact that it reduces the deficit which is
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critical. we've got to get this deficit under control. >> the newest emd eses esest a immigration bill calls for spending. republicans are pushing for this major border security reform. among them, the amendment i was referring to. here's what those two senators said yesterday. >> that strategic plan is about $3.2 billion. the fencing, 700 miles of fencing, that's about $3 billion. and then 20,000 more border agents, that's roughly 25. this scored over a ten-year period. >> for people who are concerned about border security, once they see what is in this bill, it's almost overkill. >> so is more than $30 billion in border security measures, as they even being aacknowledge, i that overkill? >> absolutely.
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the first thing is secure the border. it's clear the best way to secure the border is to put feet on the ground. this is a very constructive step in my opinion. it addresses a fundamental need. once you've secured the border, then you can move on to the policy changes. which go to improving our economy and improving the way we deal with people who want to come to america. >> i want to pick your brain on the debt ceiling. speaker bainer said the feeling about the debt ceiling. >> white house officials that we've spoken to on background say the president will not negotiate on the debt ceiling again, period. >> i can say this, sun's not going to come up tomorrow, but guess what, it is. so the president can say i'm not going to negotiate on the debt limit. get over it. >> so simply put, does the president need to, quote, get over it? >> well, he has to negotiate with the speaker because this is
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a system which has two major elements. the president and the house of representatives. they're the two parties. so it's basically the president theoretically controls that body. it's a divided government. obviously, there has to be some negotiation here. the debt ceiling discussion is a great opportunity to move forward on some initiatives the president has suggested which are good in the area of budget control. changing the way we calculate cpi. he's put that proposal on the table. it's very positive. he ought to make that part of the element of passing the debt ceiling and that puts the ball back in the house's lap. take that as part of the package. >> senator, just quickly, maybe it's easier to say this stuff on the outside than it is from within. as we look at the function within washington right now specifically in congress from which you are a veteran, how does this change? how do you find compromise in a situation where even the farm
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bill failings? >> leadership. it's leadership. you've got working bipartisan coalitions in the senate. they are trying to reach an agreement on the immigration bill. it's a great example how to do something. you can do the same thing on the budget. get a bipartisan group together probably in the senate. have the president participate and lead and reach an agreement and then take it to the house. that's the way you're going to get major legislation done. the immigration bill has become a template for how to do this. hopefully, it will be followed by the budget. >> senator, nice to visit with you, have a good weekend. the markets are mixed after two consecutive days of losses as the global markets have stabilized. right now, the dow is fortunately in the green. you can see that. s&p a little behind it, up six point, now. the nasdaq basically hasn't moved. coming up, talking about the farm bill, immigration, as well as privacy concerns. first, the white house soup of the day. today it is seafood gumbo.
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pictures photograph brazil. major protests have turned deadly. more than 1 million people took to the streets across the country last night. one person was killed in sao paulo when a car hit a crowd of protesters. the mayor of rio is expected to speak about the protests. we will pass those on to you. house republicans were caught off guard yesterday when the farm bill failed to receive enough votes for passage. house leader pelosi scolded the gop for inaction. >> if we ever came to you when
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we had the majority and said we didn't pass the bill because we didn't get enough republican votes, that's silly. it's sad. it's juvenile. it's unprofessional. it's amateur hour. >> amateur hour. with so much chaos, how's anything going to be get passed? we want to get to our gaggle. former senator from arkansas. drew garty. and "washington post," david, nice to visit with you. the farm bill is supposed to be an easy one as these things go. by comparison to what we have on our plate. when you talk about the void, who's to blame? >> i'm struck by the number of democrats complaining about failing to pass the bill. there were reasons to vote against this bill. whether you're on the right or the left. folks on the right thought there was too much spending. environmentalists are concerned
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about giveaways to big ag. there were reasons to vote against this bill. we think it's goldilocks approach. eventually everybody comes together in the middle. it may be there's no more middle and you've got to go with one party or another and force it through that way. >> what does that tell us as we wait for immigration to finally be an issue on the house side? it might have all the momentum in the world coming out of the senate and that might not be enough. >> you have to look at everything being presented. if we don't pass a farm bill by september, we go back to 1930 law. and, i mean this is ridiculous. you look at the savings in there. there's a lot of people willing to give in terms of the cuts in there. you've got poor people that are giving in this bill. i don't know. i think that you've got to find a compromise. and a consensus. and you can't, if your expectations are we're just going to let one extreme or the other rule, you've got to
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provide, as judd gregg said, leadership to find the consensus. >> so talk about the challenge as the leader of the house, john boehner, faces with immigration right now. a lot of pressure from all sides now. talk about that pressure. having just dealt with the farm bill. >> it's a real wild card. what's striking is right when the house was engaging in this dysfunctional vote, you had the senate, you know, announcing a big bipartisan deal on immigration. i think going forward president obama's going to be watching closely. what the senate does if it passes this bill. president obama will get out there and really go around the country sort of hammering the house. boehner has told folks he'd like to get something passed by august. they may not be able to do that on the farm bill. >> embarrassment to john boehner right now? >> he's used to it by now. everybody knows that his caucus
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is like herding cats. at the at some point he may want to shift to a less conflicted environment where people get along better like syria or something like that. >> does president obama help ob hurt if he starts hammering the house after it gets through the senate? >> i don't know. it could push him further to the right in terms of giving the extreme right there more leverage. and i don't think that helps boehner. >> the absence and phone calls flying back from europe seems like the president will keep his hands off this one as long as he can. we asked you the question, when was the last time a supreme court term went into july? no love here. the answer, 1996. u.s. v. windstar was the answer. congratulations to today's winner. we'll call you matthew. if you have a tribute question for us, e-mail us at "daily rundown." we'll be right back.
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we are going to bring back our gaggle right now. we are talking about the nominee for fbi, give us a sense how you anticipate the confirmation hearing going for this one. the guy has been a thorn to both sides. >> unless he comes out and says, i know all your secrets because of the nsa program, he'll probably sail through on the final vote. but the hearing will be an opportunity for anybody who has a gripe about the nsa program to really kind of use him as a p pinata, but he should sail through in confirmation. >> senator, are you satisfied with the way the president has handled this privacy issue as it continues to bubble up after we first learned about the leaks? >> i think comey is going to be a great guy that he's
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bipartisan, and without a doubt he's stood up for what he's believed in on several occasions, but i also think that people have to understand that if we want the kind of security in this day edge age with the technology that exists there's going to be some real questions about what you're going to allow. >> the white house acknowledging some issues within its base. he put out the message to the folks at the net roots saying we don't always agree but i trust you will tell me about it. how are the liberals within his party? >> they are upset about it and you have seen the president having a meeting today that the white house announced late last night with his privacy board that was supposed to launch a conversation. it was something creative after 9/11 but has not done much. when you talk about the balance between civil liberty and security, they are going to start this conversation. jim is right, the comey hearings could be used as a way to talk about this. >> he says he was open to the debate but he was not open until the debates came out about it.
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serious questions about the immigration bill after last night's stunning defeat for speaker boehner and house republicans. they felt they had to vote to pass the farm bill but failed. and it comes just as immigration appears to have huge momentum coming out of the senate. there it looks like 70 votes is now possible for a deal. the break through came when the gang of eight joined corcoran and hogan on border security. and 15 republican senators could sign with nearly all the democrats to pass immigration reform. >> we secure the border so we are not back in the situation where we have millions of illegal immigrants in this country ten years down the road. >> but that's the senate. back to the house where speaker boehner's miscalculation on the farm bill may not bode well for more complicated negotiations like immigration. republicans blame democrats. democrats bash the gop. >> what is happening on the floor today was a demonstration ofaj