it's against the american ethos. >> speaker boehner has indicated he wants to move immigration forward. i think chairman will move six or eight bills, and then xwaskly work with the senate. if by september, the congress has actually passed substantial immigration reform, isn't that in a sense the democrats' worst nightmare? we will have taken off the table the one issue you were counting on? >> well, a few things, first we want to see immigration reform. van is nodding he wants to get things done. the second thing is it's going to take more than immigration to solve rep issues, because latinos care more than about immigration. there's i think this myth here in washington that this is a latino issue that only latinos care about, that will solve problems for republicans if they check some box on immigration. and neither of those things are true. even republican voters, a majority of them say they support a path to citizenship with a variety of requirements. >> if they pass that, hasn't that eliminated one of the talking points in your compare? >> then we're back to obama, care, of course

american worker. well, i find that insulting. what he's saying is that people would rather not work. and collect these meager unemployment benefits. that is not true. there is a work ethos in america. it's part of our american being, and it doesn't just apply to ceos or nuclear physicists. the guy who cleans the floor late at night has a pride in making sure that floor is really clean. the woman who will organize an office has a real pride in making sure it's extremely well organized and everything's in its place. so this idea that the hard right has that if we extend unemployment benefits, people will stop looking for work, is just bunk and insulting to the american worker and to the american ethos. >> senator charles schumer of new york. vice chair of the democratic conference. thank you for helping us understand this tonight, sir. >> great to be here. thanks. >> thank you. >>> all right. there's an expression that involves still fighting the last war. there's also apparently a thing that involves fighting the war two wars ago which is what a certain arizona senator appears eager to keep doing. richard engel is going to be joining us live in just a moment. please stay

can believe in what we want to believe in, in that respect sharia is very much a part of the american ethos. now, you see something in your book about your son. we belong to the fifa traditions and believe in god is the central as a part of our creed. but in your book you talk about if your son decided to not be a muslim anymore and that that would be okay with you. that is not a context of my -- it could be. i don't think that there's no such thing as being forced to stay in the tradition. the plurality is about twice. if you take away the choice, then there is no such thing as the morality. god can see in our hearts and minds and it's irrational, so yes it is the essence of rell the virtue, so you are basically busting that myth that the islamophobia run around saying that he becomes an apostate and sort of there for his life is at risk, to me it is ultimately if i could expand on it a little bit there is one god and he's critical of the religions, and there should be no competition. is that how you see it? >> guest: one of the reasons i commit to muslim is it is a modern sensibility, and

. >> host: so embrace the american ethos of pluralism and as much as possible and engage with the pluralism. and commit to that pluralism and like you said, you know, pluralism is part of the divine plan. here we have in america opened up our shores and allowed immigrants to come and nourish it and flourish it. so, so allow everyone to be who they are in their uniqueness but also to be united to stand. >> guest: it's america's blessing and its legacy and its gifts to mankind i think that it has figured out a system where these guarantees, these security guarantees its most diverse and oldest immigrants. our challenge is muslims and other parts of the world do not have. i often feel that we need to rescue god from the hands of the humanities, the humanity of the abuse of political power. god is in service is supposed to man's in service of god and fortunately in america we are less because they don't have to worry about that. god is rescued on the vanity of man. the duty of our diversity all on this journey every day towards the beauty of god. >> host: let's go a little deeper into this dive

it's part of the american ethos. it's also part of the american ethos to help our fellow citizens out when they are down. we all must remember that, but for the grace of god go i. i close by asking speaker boehner to bring an emergency unemployment benefit extension benefit to the floor and in doing so not only help our economy but more importantly, millions of deserving and unemployed americans. mr. speaker, i yield back to the gentleman from las vegas. . mr. horsford: thank you. and i'd like to thank the gentlelady from new york. thank you for your hard work and for bringing your perspective to the need for extending the unemployment insurance benefits to the 1.3 million americans who, as of this week, have now lost receiving that benefit. this is the week that they would have otherwise received that unemployment insurance benefit in the mail. so this is real for some 1.3 million americans who are struggling this week to meet their obligations, to keep the lights on, to put food on the table, to pay the rent. this