>> i couldn't count the number of republicans on one finger besides lindsay graham who has stood on upthis issue this year. there has been a second republican for a year to join lindsay graham and you know how many have showed up? none. >> he had 60 last year. >> what balm and the democrats are doing, they are moving forward and they're going to flush out the republicans, republicans republicans. >> there's an opening and you think the republican tone in arizona could be hurtful. and now you have a democratic president coming forward and saying we're going to do this, what do the republicans do. >> the onus is on president obama, he said he was going to do this a year ago, he didn't. organized labor has been the problem here, it's the open secret, organized labor, the labor union bosses do not want any sort of comprehensive reform, they don't want anything that makes it easy for small businessmen to function in this country, they won't let the democrat dos it. the democrats have the vote to take a look at immigration reform. the idea that the republicans should jump into the middle of

let me read to you what senator schumer and lindsay graham have in mind.his is apparently what the president is thinking about. includes the following. immigration action this summer. to do what, require biometric social security cards to insure that illegal workers cannot get jobs. fulfilling and strengthening our commitments on border security and interior enforcement. creating a process for admitting temporary workers and implementing a tough by fair path to legalization for those already here. are there any elements there you don't like? >> well, i think the issue is that we have to deal with the reality that there are people in this country and that are law-abiding and that for some reason need to have a path to legalization. and that should be open to them. we have to talk about family unification. which is critical. we have to talk about the dream act. agricultural jobs. it's a myriad of things that need to be reformed in this law. we've been talking only about enforcement and security now for eight years. the consequence of that funding, billions u

all including lindsay graham and lieberman?ing to do it as part of a compromise but there are other coastal state senators that say we have commercial fishing and we have tourism that is threatened by this, and early this week --. >> isn't what he did pretty limited? it is not as open ended as it was originally portrayed and although it is polling well, it is not as bad as it could be, is it? >> it is limited. we have to remember --. all you to to the want any, do you? >> we want to make sure to there is offshore oil drilling we take into account environmental issues. >> the environment automatic is affected. >> this week a pipeline from an oil facility in the gulf spilled into a refuge and we have to remember, oil companies have not been paying their fair share of royalties. >> the oil companies do not pay their fair their this taxes and individual whose work in the oil industry, they are not paying their fair share of taxes. what is right share of taxes for the oil industry? >> i like to see if an oil company is ex-tracked oi

on monday on the hill you've got the climate rollout from kerry, lieberman, and lindsay graham. >> absolutely also have action from lieberman and collins on their fort hood subpoenas of eric holder. >> reporter: going to be some interesting hearings regarding that, andrea and it will be interesting to see really the nuts and bolts of this legislation. it's going to be a bill that's going to be heavily scrutinized for the next few months. it's going to be interesting to see the financial aspect, the tax rates and how much it costs. you are sure to hear a lot about it from both sides after it's rolled out. another thing which could be seen in the house from chris van holland and senator schumer from new york is this legislation that would deal with the recent supreme court ruling of citizens united that upset a lot of folks where corporations were allowed to give almost unlimited amounts to certain candidates. you could see legislation regarding that coming out next week, at least the nuts and bolts of that, and how much it would be regulated from here on out. there's talk of making corporation

south carolina senator lindsay graham says he will grop his bill if it's moved ahead of it. he agrees that states are acting because the federal government failed to do so. >> our failure to act responsibly at the federal level will only open the door to irresponsible built by others. that includes for example the recent efforts in arizona that threatens on undermine freedoms that we cherish as americans, and also the trust between police and communities that is crucial to keeping up that faith. >> they are afraid they will be reluctant to report crimes as a witness. >>> i know that the president is set to be at a memorial service at some time so for the people that died in virginia from the mine explosion. what are we learning about that? >> he is going to west virginia to celebrate the 29 lives that were lost. here he'll meet privately with family members and deliver the eulogy. he will not dwell on the poor state of mine safety in the country. he believes the disaster was a failure of management. he said also it was a failure, quote, of oversight and laws written with loo

in the senate, lindsay graham is withdrawing support for a clamt change bill. last month senator graham having told president obama it was time for him to step up to get something done on immigration reform. warning, however, that if the health care reform bill went forward he would withdraw his support on immigration reform as a result. back to the senator in a moment. first, luis gutierrez joining the call for tourists to cancel trips to arizona. >> good to be with you this evening. >> is it a boycott by individual vacationers or big picture like the baseball all-star game next year or what do you do? >> i think that's a good question, because it seems as though in america, economics is the beginning and the end of most successful political endeavors. let's remember that arizona was the last state to approve a national holiday for martin luther king. and one of the things they did, it cost them hundreds of millions of dollars, when the african-american community across this country called for boy koltcott boycotts. they did it. they did it because they risked

as far as i know there has been some work done by chuck schumer and lindsay graham and others but i don'tthink there has been that level of work and the political climate couldn't be worse. >> woodruff: do you see the white house taking this on. >> i think the white house made a pledge, the president did during his campaign that he would do it in the first year of his presidency. we're well into the second year. and i think david is right. the agreement is if anything happens the senate has to act first. the house is not going to act. the house has repeatedly acted first on the president's program and waited in many cases in vein for the senate to act. i don't think-- and harry reid, the senate leader who represents nevada who is embattled running for re-election has a large latino population there, very practically speaking, judy, democrats need to energize the latino constituency which voted 2 to 1 for barack obama and which now expresses next to very little interest in the election of 2010. so they bring it up and say look, the republicans sabotaged it because are you going to invite i

let me read to you what senator schumer and lindsay graham have in mind. this apparently is what somebody is like the president is thinking about. includes the following. immigration action this summer. to do what, require biometric social security cards to insure that illegal workers cannot get jobs. fulfilling and strengthening our commitments on border security and interior enforcement. creating a process of implementing a tough, but fair path to legalization for those already here. are there any elements there you don't like? >> well, i think the issue is that we have to deal with the reality that there are people in this country and that are law-abiding and that for some reason, need to have a path to legalization. and that should be open to them. we have to talk about family unification. which is critical. we have to talk about the dream act. agricultural jobs. it's a myriad of things that need to be reformed in this law. we've been talking only about enforcement and security now for eight years. the consequence of that funding, billions upon billion

you have republicans like lindsay graham for example who might have been willing and interested in working to pass things are now hesitant and they may actually for personal reasons feeling like they've been slighted have a hard time working with democrats so although president obama has this accomplishment, as michael was saying, there are long-term implications so health care in a sense is not behind him but still impacts everything. >> well, that's true on jobs, too. >> correct. >> even when it comes to clean energy jesse jackson was pointing out to me this week, michael, that transit jobs which have been cut are actually green jobs. you have 60 people riding the bus, that's 60 cars that aren't on the road. where does the president go from here moving toward, for instance, saving those kinds of jobs? well look. they are going to be trying to get this climate change legislation through. that's one of the high items on the agenda. i think some of the pronouncements that we've seen like the oil drilling this week was designed to do that, to try to get republican support for climate change.

lindsay graham who became the successor for reasons that he expresses and i think also for internal pressure within the party is not joining chuck schumer in this effort. and i don't think there's any question, judy, that john cornyn the republican senate campaign committee said yesterday are you to the going to pass immigration reform when there is 9.7% unemployment. it requires a certain confidence and optimism on the part of voters to take a step this large. and i don't think it's there. i think there's a hunkering down. i think there is a defensiveness. and a agree with david that just the atmosphere and the pood are not there. >> and just to flesh out the lindsey graham point, he was promised that by harry reid, that he was going to really stick his neck out on energy and climate in that stuff. and that the democrats would not throw him gration on top of that. because it's too heavy a lift. he didn't think you could ask the country or the senate, especially republicans in the senate if he was going to take these enormous personal risks on climate to also throw in immigration. and they b

it will be out there introduced in the senate and lindsay graham is working with john kerry about someively scary and controversial. >> one of the things that they're going to need g.o.p. help on if they want to pass it is financial regulatory reform and that is the next big task in front of president obama. so which members of the g.o.p. could break from the bunch and vote with this. vote with the president. let's take a look at the list of eight. first, you have from georgia. scott brown from massachusetts. bob corker from tennessee. john mccain from arizona. take it away, guys. the next four. >> you got olympia snow over there, susan collins and you have kit bonds. they all said they're all on the shelf of saying -- they're saying we might do this. here's the risk that republicans have in that they all four working in some type of wall street reform. and no offense to you, eric but it might not be the most popular thing for any party to say i'm pro wall street. i'm going to side with the banks that got the bailout that don't seem to be going with main street. so republicans got to s

lindsay graham as far as getting the trials out of new york, i do not agree with lindsay when it comes to the supposed prison in illinois. that's wrong. i told that to him. he's going too far and throwing a life line to the democrats. we didn't have to do that. >> you didn't have to do the show. we appreciate you getting up and sharing your thoughts about yesterday's cross-examination. thanks so much. >> thank you, brian. see you. >> that's massapequa. are americans losing touch with the most important document, the u.s. constitution. actress janine turner says yes and trying to put the focus back on our founding fathers. she's sassy and sharp tongued. >> yes, we can eat. bacon? gotta get that bacon! smokey bacon, crispy bacon, tasty bacon! (child laughing) where is it? where is the bacon? tv anchor: bacon popular, story at 11. yummy. crunchy. bacon. bacon. there, in that bag! mom: who wants a beggin' strip? me! i'd get it myself but i don't have thumbs! yum, yum, yum, yum, yum... it's beggin'! hm...i love you! i love bacon! beggin' strips! there's no time like beggin' time! toss 'em,

. >>> just back to a second for lindsay graham and the discussion about immigration.calling the arizona legislation the other day misguided. janet napolitano of arizona said she's got grave concerns about this. there are rallies, legal challenges. the president has said what he said and he doesn't seem to be going any further into this. >> he is not. bill burton, one of his spokesmen, said firms of all, we're all talking about it now and it's signed into law but it won't be immentplemented until the end of july, so a lot of speculation about will there be civil rights problems and the police going over the top, on both sides people are jumping over the top without all the facts because we don't know how it's implemented. it's probably a good decision to take a step back and see how it plays out in arizona. the president's point is if you don't do something on the federal level other states like arizona will set up their own patchwork immigration system. fair point that's why it's probably worth a healthy debate on capitol hill that i anticipate we'll see later this ye

when lindsay graham and i started out on this five years ago, everyone was saying, please go away. we're not. so, if china appreciated its currency and moved to a free- floating exchange rate, it would do more for jobs here in the u.s. than any single stimulus program we could pass into law now senator stabenow and i have combined our laws -- our bills into one. the you agree that china's currency policy contributes to the imbalance and was one of the causes of the worldwide recession? >> yes, i broadly agree with that. most economists agree that their currency is undervalued and has been used to promote a more export-oriented economy. i think it would be good for the chinese to allow more flexibility in their exchange rate. it will give them more autonomy in their monetary policies so they can address inflation. if they think they should combined -- it would be in their interest to combine a more flexible exchange rate with other efforts to increase d is the only factor, but it is a contributing factor. >> is it a large country in factor? >a 30%. let's assume that for the sake of

when lindsay graham and i started out on this five years ago, everyone was saying, oh, please, just gooadly agree with that. i think most economists agree that their currency is undervalued and has been used to promote a more export-oriented economy. i think it would be good for the chinese to allow more flexibility in their exchange rate. it would give them more autonomy in their monetary policy, so they could address inflation and bubbles within their own economy. and i think that they should combine -- it would be in their interest also to combine a more flexible exchange rate with other efforts to increase domestic demand and consumption and achieve a more balanced economy. i don't think the he can change rate is the only factor, but it is a contributing factor. >> isn't it a large contributing factor? >> 30%. 30%. let's just assume that for the sake of argument right now. that's huge. >> i don't know what share of the imbalances can be attributed to the exchange rate and how much to just the other policies that lead to an imbalance of domestic versus foreign demand, but it clearly