the person that i have said to friends of mine, bill withers.oul, him in terms of the the sound, the styling. the lyrical content. tell me how you feel about those comparisons. go get this brothers record. -- how do you handle those comparisons? when they do that to a new artist or somebody that just it is ao the scene, difficult weight to carry. i had to think, and we do have some camaraderie. uphave had some church ringing and southern influence. strong mothers and an understanding of gospel blues. glad that my name gets mentioned. i have some writing to do and some singing to do before i deserve it, but i am blessed. i finally got past no love dying, that track hit me again so hard because there is a love and expression of it. tell me about your mom. >> my mother is a minister from shreveport, louisiana. angeles and los bakersfield, california. every church that she had was a mission, she was the head missionary. i am the seventh of eight kids. record was this really her in a way. the people.bout and all is well. those who toil can remember h

republican members in the house, that are dealing with their own immigration reform bill, and that was left to sit and withers and die. the question is, does the united states of america and does the house of representatives really think that there is going to be absolutely no political cost -- >> that's the point, yes. >> if immigration reform does not happen. and don't they realize the economic costs of no immigration reform in this country? the president spoke very eloquently about the economic benefits of immigration rmp. and the republicans that are so worried about amnesty, there's an amnesty right now in this country. there are 11 million people in the united states that you and i don't know where they are, don't know who they are, don't know who the good ones are, don't know where the bad ones are. that's amnesty. >> and here's the political strategy, as i've seen it, from observing this on the republican side. there was so much pressure that built up in the wake of the election and the senate passed the bill. and my read on this is the house and john boehner are just like, if we pretend this doesn't

wither on the vine. and they're offering no alternatives of their own. and today democratic congressman bill pasquel called them out on it. >> including the one i'm the coo sponsor of. >> are you serious what you just said? are you really serious? after what we have gone through and what we have gone through in the last three and a half years. you can sit there and say that you had a legitimate alternative after these years? we've gone through 44 votes, 48 votes now, of you trying to dismantle the legislation. you call that cooperation? i don't. >> wow. that's an amazing moment. this law is important. it's saving lives. and yet the spend from the right is literally laughable. want to know who rupert murdoch's wall street journal is pawning off as a health expert. here's a hint. ♪ ♪ come and knock on our door >> suzanne sommers. you know her. she was on the old tv show "three's company." from there she became known for her famous thigh master infomercials. and now she's a right wing authority on health care writing op-eds for the wall street journal. see there? she's one of the, quote, expert

vote on mini spending bills to fund the veterans administration and national parks and dc government and national guard and reserve and they are doing it in the face of withering criticism from democrats in both houses. >> all of this is a waste of time and that is what the republican majority is good at. >> i believe reasonable republicans, i hope they are desperately looking for a way out and that's what all of the newspaper and news report. each day a couple more come forward. i don't blame them for looking for a way out. these piecemeal bills are not a way out. the obama administration promised to veto them and so they are the obviously not the answer. >> republicans counter it is it the democrats are intransient and unwilling to negotiate. here is mitch mcconnell. >> instead of agreeing to common sense proposals related to the law, they stuck to the absolutist position 100 percent obama care no matter what. but now there are first indications of movement in the past couple of hours since announcing the cancellation of the trip to ma yla sia. the president is having a meeting in the white house for all members of congress. senate majority harry reid. and m