from the tish wnet studios in new york, arnie sreenivasan. >> good evening. we look at the effect of the shutdown on congress. president obama has pressed the republican-led house of representatives to follow the senate's lead and pass a immigration reform bill. speaker boehner says immigration reform is an important subject that needs to be addressed and said he was, quote, hopeful. this weekend the governor from california became the first republican that said he would sponsor legislation that would give millions of undocumented immigrants a pathway to citizenship. for more on immigration reform this year, we're joined by washington from alan gomez. alan, first question. how significant is this announcement by the california republican congressman yesterday that he'll co sponsor legislation with democrats, talking about immigration? >> if you're a democrat in the house, it's very significant. they're hoping he's first of several that will be coming on board. they have a most wanted list of about a dozen house republicans that are interested in some sort of