nothing's forgiven with chick-fil-a.derstand each other. and luckily through our campaign, we are able to sit down and have civil dialogue which sad she sometimes missing in this -- sad lewis sometimes missing in this country. this relationship with dan has allowed us to hear each other. and you know, i've learned that they've actually stopped giving to the most divisive groups like the family research council. i mean, tony perkins and his rhetoric around how gay people are the pawns of the enemy, there's many chick-fil-a customers and most of america who wouldn't agree with that. >> but chick-fil-a still donates moneys to anti-gay marriage groups. correct? >> that is correct. and i think that that's an important distinction. this is a positive step forward. our organization has never said go eat chick-fil-a or that college campuses should have chick-fil-a restaurants. you know, that's a personal decision. and i received a lot of flack, as you can imagine, from people because i'm coming out as a friend of dan cathy, that

chick-fil-a day. not only country came out and supported chick-fil-a on that particular day, but it gave congress and each member of congress a headcount to how many people really felt strongly about that issue. we want to have that same type impact. melissa: do you think that the timing is tough? you have the inauguration this weekend. you know, martin luther king holiday on monday. it is just sort of sandwich this in tomorrow seems like tough timing and maybe even a little inappropriate? >> well, to go to your first point, the timing was based on the fact that on the first day of the 113th congress there were nine bills introduced to basically grab our guns. and, dianne feinstein's bill is set to be introduced on the 22nd. joe biden and president obama guaranteed they would pass sweeping gun legislation, you know, before the end of the month. so there wasn't much time to do this. we had to act swift. we had to act strong. we had to make a statement. melissa: talk to me about the actions being taken

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it's free breakfast thursday at chick-fil-a restaurants.ust say quote the early bird gets the chicken end quote and that's when you get the register. the give away runs from 6:30 in the morning until 10:30 in the morning. >>> more than a million people visited the national aquarium in baltimore last year. this is the first increase in attendance since 2006. officials say the improving economy and a more interactive aquarium contributed to the increase. the aquarium brings in more than $300 million for the state of maryland. >>> hurt county executive ken oleman plans to tour ellicott city tonight. he will talk about the program to improve water quality in the county and also in the chesapeake bay. >>> it's a new logo and a paint job for american airlines. these are some of the first airplanes sporting the new look. this is the first update for the airline in 40 years. officials say the new look will be on the 550 new planes joining the american airlines fleet. >>> a public viewing will be held this afternoon in st. louis for stan musical. he

if you have a pro lifer, a company like chick-fil-a don't do business with them.nybody who does business with them, we'll put the pressure on them, bank of america, if they have a line of credit with you. >> they already did it with chick-fil-a, that happened in chicago with chick-fil-a they wanted to come and sell the delicious fried chicken sandwiches and the mayor in the city of chicago said we don't want you here because you are intolerant of same sex marriage and so on and so forth and chick-fil-a, here is that word again, crawfish, they had to go back again and well, we really were talking about there, and we're sorry, we're inclusive and they had to do what mayor emanuel wanted them to do in order to do business in chicago. so they've already been there. >> megyn: i don't know whether this is legal, i don't know whether this is legal. the second amendment is a constitutional right, it's in the bill of rights and to penalize somebody for exercising that right, the gun manufacturers, who are making perfectly lawful firearms, as of today, to try to have a publ

now the founder of campus pride says chick-fil-a has released its 2011 tax documents.ll contributed nearly $6 million to traditional marriage organizations. but the most extreme anti-lgbt groups are no longer listed as beneficiaries. >>> tracking the jet stream going way to the north. you can see the flow. when that happens storms can't get through this high and they go to the north. that's how we're going to be dry. not just tonight, tomorrow, but for the next week or so. we've got this big high pressure center that sticks around. you get the valley fog and cold nights. snow flurries up around donner summit. for us, just a few high clouds. checking the dew points, temperatures are real close to dew point numbers. two more degrees, when the 40- degree current temperature drops. tomorrow morning, valley fog in your forecast, slightly warmer for your afternoon. slightly warmer as we go into the five-day forecast. when i come back at 10:45, i'll get you dialed in on all the temperatures as we move through this week. it's going to be warmer. >>> a mechanical problem at oak

now the founder of campus pride says chick-fil-a has released its 2011 tax documents.he company still contributed nearly $6 million to traditional marriage organizations. but the most extreme anti-lgbt groups are no longer listed as beneficiaries. >>> tracking the jet stream going way to the north. you can see the flow. when that happens storms can't get through this high and they go to the north. that's how we're going to be dry. not just tonight, tomorrow, but for the next week or so. we've got this big high pressure center that sticks around. you get the valley fog and cold nights. snow flurries up around donner summit. for us, just a few high clouds. checking the dew points, temperatures are real close to dew point numbers. two more degrees, when the 40- degree current temperature drops. tomorrow morning, valley fog in your forecast, slightly warmer for your afternoon. slightly warmer as we go into the five-day forecast. when i come back at 10:45, i'll get you dialed in on all the temperatures as we move through this week. it's going to be warmer. >>> a mechanical

. >> folks in georgia have camped outside a chick-fil-a for the chance for one free sandwich a year. overseas bargain hunters scrambled. meanwhile, shoppers in paris stripped down for a free outfit offered to customers in their undies. >>> at an end to an era to the monopoly tokens. they ask you to choose one. the iron or the thimble are the ones on their way out. >>> finally, craft beer for dogs? well, almost. an oregon has brewed up an organic nonalcoholic drink he calls dog frog. a sing is 36 bucks. who wants to spend 36 bucks on a dog. >>> billionaire mark cuban slapped by the nba. the lion dog and jimmy beats days. >>> plus, a tough day for new yorkers. we'll have the latest on what caused this commuter ferry accident and also this crane collapse. >>> and we have a lot of rain right now streaming right through louisiana, where is it headed? all of your forecast, you're watching "early today." >>> today, the president hosted a screening of nbc's white house comedy "1600 penn" which centers on a goofy guy who keeps embarrassing the white house. or as joe biden put it, why's everyb

present during the holidays to kids at the chick-fil-a.this officer was not only an outstanding public servant but he did a lot within his community so this is a very, very big loss for the prince william county police department as well as law enforcement in general. that's the latest from woodbridge, virginia, we'll send it back to you. >> the funeral could cause some major traffic issues. let's see if there's other problems on the road. mike cremedas in for danella seabrook. >> we're dealing with a problem on 295 southbound after pennsylvania avenue. serious accident blocking the left lane and we're seeing heavy delays beginning after route 50. smaller problems and inner loop before the bw parkway no backup. accident shutting down the eastbound side of central avenue at beltway but no serious delays on the inner or outer loop. back to you in the studio. >>> right now crews are fixing with road where a water main broke on wisconsin avenue in chevy chase, maryland. the crews finished repairing it yesterday, wssc says crews will wrap up th

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. >>> folks in georgia are camped outside a new chick-fil-a at a chance for a free sandwich every week for a year. that's a lot of chicken. >>> and climbing over each other for winter sales. those in paris stripped down to their skivvies. i hear it was in the 40s there. >>> and hasbro wants you to choose which one will be voted off and choose a replacement. the iron or the thimble could be on its way out. i kind of like the thimble. >>> finally, kraft beer for dogs? almost. a man brewed up dog grog. we hope he sells singles because a six-pack is $36. that's a lot for one dog to drink. >>> billionaire mark cuban slapped by nba. the livedog that sparked calls to 911, and jimmy beats dave. >>> plus, beyonce shows off her post-baby body and she looks better than ever. this is "early today." >>> today the president hosted a screening of nbc's white house comedy "1600 penn" that centers on a groove fi guy that keeps embarrassing the white house. or as joe biden put it, high is everyone looking at me? >>> all right. here's a look at other stories making news "early today america" for you. a s

. >> reporter: brendan thomas works at a chick-fil-a that overlooked the scene of the crash and says this face was a familiar and friendly one inside his restaurant. >> most of the police officers come into our restaurant every morning for breakfast or at least wauns week. we know them on a first name basis. when the news got around it was one of the police officers that was actually injured and has since passed we just sprung into action. >> thomas and his crew packed almost 200 sandwiches for the officers and first responders at the crash. they even sent some home to young's family. kim curans is a former military police officer. she heard the crash and saw the explosion. as she starts this new year she is reminded of one thing. >> life is so quick. it can be over in a matter of seconds. >> reporter: police stayed on scene for several hours trying to piece together the details of this crash. there is no word tonight if any charges will be filed against the driver of that minivan. in prince william county i'm david culver, news 4. >>> doctors treating hillary clinton tonight for a b

lsu took on clemson in the chick-fil-a bowl in atlanta, georgia.son down 24-16 driving tajh boyd to deandre hopkins for 12-yard score. 339 yards passing. clemson facing fourth and 16 and boyd gets it to hopkins. hopkins torched it for 190 receiving yards. later in the drive a 37-yard field goal is good and clemson comes back to beat lsu, 25-24 for its second bowl win in its last seven tries. >>> to the nba, the heat snapping a two-game losing streak. an a 1/2 low on the line. nicola was all over the boards. had 29 rebounds on the day. under a minute to go, down two. bosh from the elbow, 22 big down the stretch. three seconds to go, still tied. heat with a chance to win. the final shot and misses off the side of the backboard. thinks he's fouled but no call. head to overtime. lebron james, 36 points, 11 assists and 8 boards, heat up 108-106. 13 seconds left. magic down two and dwyane wade gets a big steal and a dunk to seal it. wade, 21 points, miami wins it, 112-110 in ot. i'm cassidy hubbarth, happy new year and have a good day. >> thanks, and it'

an exciting new year's eve finished the chick-fil-a bowl.on down two, the kick, this is to beat lsu. good. s.e.c. loses, acc wins, 25-24. nice upset by clemson. in the sun bowl, georgia tech scored two touchdowns in the second half against usc for a 21-7 victory. usc was the preseason number one team in the country, finished 7-6. in the music city bowl, vanderbilt's jordan rogers connected on two touchdown passes and ran for another, commodores won 38-24. liberty bowl, tulsa's alex singleton scored three touchdowns as the golden hurricane beat iowa state 31-17. >>> there are six more bowl games today, starting with the gator bowl. mississippi state against northwestern. then it's purdue versus oklahoma state in the heart of dallas bowl. i love these names. in the outback bowl, south carolina faces michigan. in the capital one bowl, georgia takes on corn huskers from nebraska. to the rose bowl. wisconsin against number six stanford. in the orange bowl, this one has my interest. because northern illinois is paying 12th ranked florida state. >>

. >>> in sports this morning clemson made a dramatic comeback in the chick-fil-a bowl.s trailed lsu. boyd hits deandre hopkins for the touchdown. 22-14 lsu. clemson missed the two-point conversion. chandler cantanzaro did not. clemson beat lsu 25-24. >>> seven nfl coaches will be looking for new jobs in 2013. they were fired in a coaching blood bath the day after the season ended. andy reid of the philadelphia eagles, ken whizzsenhunt and loe smith. all super bowl veterans. also buffalo's chan gailey. cleveland's pat cher mer. kansas city's romeo crennel and san diego's norv turner. five general managers were also fired. >>> in the nba. in florida miami's chris bosh. 22 points including a jumper. lebron james. heat beat the magic 112-110. >>> in college hoops, syracuse coach jim boeheim. tied for second place on the all time wins list for men's college basketball. syracuse beat central connecticut state 96-62. career win 902 for boeheim. only duke's mike shah shef ski has more with 939. fifth ranked indiana was on the road to take on big 10 rival iowa. indiana hangs on

. >>> in sports this morning clemson made a dramatic comeback in the chick-fil-a bowl. tigers trailed lsu 24-13 going into the fourth. boyd hits deandre hopkins for the touchdown. clemson missed the two-point conversion. chandler cantanzaro did not. he made a game winning 37 yard field goal as time ran out. clemson beat lsu 25-24. >>> seven nfl coaches will be looking for new jobs in 2013. they were fired in a coaching blood bath the day after the season ended. andy reid of the philadelphia eagles, ken whisenhunt of the arizona cardinals and lovie smith of the chicago bears are all super bowl veterans. also now unemployed buffalo's chan gailey. cleveland's pat shermer. kansas city's romeo crennel and san diego's norv turner. five general managers were also fired. >>> in the nba. in orlando miami's chris bosh, 22 points including a jumper with 35 seconds left to tie the game. lebron james scored 36 points. in o.t. he beat the magic 112-110. >>> in college hoops, syracuse coach jim boeheim. tied bob knight for second place on the all-time wins list for men's college baske

it works in chick fil a and she is famous because she was on a telecast that was widely watched on monday night she is also the girlfriend for about the last month of the quarterback for alabama for her if she is at pageant winner here is next alabama who course has a lot of charity work to keep doing if you believe the it does that any publicity is good publicity then perhaps this is a good thing let's say hi now to katherine webb who is joining us exclusively katherine good morning nice to see you. hank is warning that harry i'm doing fine oh m g how shocking it pretty women are alive on planet earth but while this girl's probably live in the spotlight i don't know about you but i'd rather actually be learning something from watching the news so i'll highlight one story that wasn't quite sexy enough to make corporate media shortlists talking about a law student valving l three services a subsidiary of the defense contractor glitchy based in chantilly virginia the corporation has been forced to pay a total of five point two eight million dollars to seventy one former inmates at the infam

young frequented a nearby chick-fil-a. they packed hundreds of sandwiches for the officers and responders to the crash and his family. >> most of the police officers come into a restaurant every morning for breakfast or once a week. so we know them on a first-name basis. when word got around it was one of the officers injured and had since passed, we sprung to action. >> the driver of the minivan was not hurt. there is still no word on whether charges will be filed against that driver. >>> date of birth tors treating hillary clinton for a blood clot are confident she'll make a full recovery. she's still in a new york hospital. she checked in sunday after an exam revealed a clot between her brain and skull. doctors found it while doing follow-up tests related to a concussion. she's in good spirits. she could be released as soon as they determine the right dosage for her medication. >>> hundreds of thousands of people gathered in new york to bring in the new year. >> 4, 3, 2, 1! happy new year! >> nearly a million people jam

beliefs held by chick-fil-a's owners.e doesn't control the banks and can't say we're not doing business. isn't it again, a public official trying to extract a punishment on the gun manufacturers for their beliefs, because what he's saying is, you need to get on board with the president's gun control proposal. and not to stop manufacturing guns, you have to support his proposals otherwise many' going to try it it cut off your banking business. >> and the third party, and you brought up discrimination and i argued that in front of the supreme court, viewpoint discrimination. and in the 1950's and 60's, those opposed to civil rights tried this, if you do that, we're going to boycott your business, and that didn't work out well for the government leaders who tried to do that and those were constitutional, and the idea he would take a constitutionally protected right and use it as a weapon, if you do business with these companies, banks, well, then you're going to have a price to pay. what, chicago is going to threaten, we won

so you can stop by chick-fil-a and east point mall today and all you have to do is say the magic phrasethe early bird gets the chicken. and you'll get a free breakfast entree. now if you can't make it this morning the restaurant is running the same promotion the following thursday as well. get out there and enjoy your chicken. >>> all right, so check out what's going on right now. because we had a happy teacher and she woke up to snow this morning. that's green holly elementary school and you can see the snow across the area. it's on the trees and it's on the ground. we have about an inch out there. and it's still coming down beginning to taper off so thank you so much for sending this in. it looks like you have a little bit of a delay this morning as well. as we check out what's going on live this morning, well we can see the wet roadways now. in bel air. and we can see the snow on the grass. nothing on the roadways though. doesn't look like any type of snow probably the plows came through and did their thing there. but with these temperatures well below freezing, anything that's wet i

groups to same-sex marriage supported chick-fil-a and the president of that restaurant, the owner ofstaurant in his speaking up about that, and people came out around the country supporting that restaurant. this is much like that, and groups are organizing to support and line up around gun shops, and ranges and have signs on january 19th, two days before the president's inauguration, to send a message about guns. martha: yeah, i mean i guess the question is, how much the president feels empowered by his second election, you know, the inauguration a couple of days away and what his read is on where the country is on this issue. we heard from gabrielle giffords and mark kelly the other day, they say they are gun owners but want to see restrictions on assault weapons and multiple clips. what is your sense for which way this is going? when. >> reporter: you know, at the beginning, soon after newtown and at the beginning of this back and forth it seemed like that could have a lot of votes in congress to move through. it seems as often has happened that sides, they go to their corners. we'

. >> greg: or chick-fil-a. >> andrea: this report came out saying that those who shot and wounded theid not go to jail 94% of the time. >> greg: we have been talking act chicago and what ticks me off is where the r the celebrities talking about gang violence or carriaging witnesses to speak out against the gangsters? they are terrified. chicago is a war zone. rahm emanuel is taking easy policy position while people in city are killing each other. >> dana: a beautiful young girl and we could learn a lot from young people with the presence of mine to participate early on. >> bob: a tragedy. killed with 1-clip ammunition. >> greg: gang banger. >> bob: it doesn't matter. >> greg: it does matter. why are you scared of talking about gang violence? you want to think every gun owner is a white red neck. >> bob: i do not. >> greg: you do accents when you tack about them. >> bob: i'm the one that said there is a gang war in chicago from the beginning. >> eric: this is illegal shooter. am i getting this wrong? >> bob: you these these are benevolent things that hide in closet. >> greg: you want t

>> the idea is very much in the line with chick-fil-a appreciation day.e are asking people to go out and celebrate the second amendment by going to your gun store or local gun range or local gun show and shoot a few bullets and buy a few bullets and hold up your hands off my gun sign. >> geraldo: do you believe you will get widespread popular support? where will the phoenix us, will it all be in washington, d.c. or -- nexus, in washington, d.c. or every franchise everywhere? >> be everywhere, absolutely. >> geraldo: what is the point you are making? >> the point we are making is gun control hasn't worked. there are 20,000 laws on the books right now, over 20,000 laws on gun control and they failed in aurora. they failed in the sikh temple. they failed in newtown. and there is how many more laws are we going to add? 40,000 laws, 60,000 laws? how many laws s it going to take before criminals start following them? >> geraldo: let me ask you this larry and margot i will ask you the following. you you can argue whether sales should be restricted. will you agre

we don't do silly boy scotts like you saw with chick-fil-a.publican mayors trying to ban businesses for point of view. universities are the worst. i think they are supposed to be the marketplace of ideas. i spoke at one school, i'm glad i didn't tell bob what that was. he probably doesn't remember and can't add it. i won't give them more p.r. i left the school after a speech, they put out a statement, the university apologizing for what i said. they held a seam nar with students -- seminar with students to talk about their hurt feelings like i maybe hurt them. >> ericthem >> bob: get this right. all liberals are like this and all conservatives like to see different point of view. is that true on gay marriage? immigration? true on guns? if anybody is not accepting of somebody else's point of view it's the conservatives. >> dana: it turns out there was a poll that was done about people and their tolerance levels on social media. turns out that a lot of people think they have a diversity point on their facebook or twitter pages. but liberals were

. >>> the menu of bowl games on this new year's eve included the chick-fil-a bowl in atlanta. trailed lsu by two, and had a 4th and 16 on its own 14- yard line, with 1:22 left. throwing down the middle. deandre hopkins makes a sliding catch. the 26-yard play keeps the drive alive. the tigers move to the 20-yard line and in field goal range. clemson comes from 11 points down, and wins 25-24, wrapping up an 11-2 season. >>> usc without matt barkley in the sun bowl against georgia tech. golden does this. the yellow jackets took it in from there. georgia tech wins 21-7. the team many picked to win the national championship at the beginning of the year ends up 7- 6. >>> tulsa handles iowa state in the liberty bowl, and stanford playing tomorrow against wisconsin in

chick-fil-a bowl battle of tigers. lsu and clemson. 3 minutes left. clemson down 8.of the night to

we don't care when people have different ideas and do silly boycotts like with chick-fil-a and republicanto ban businesses for their points of view and universities are the worst. they are supposed to be the mark place of ideas and i spoke at one school and i'm glad i didn't tell bob what it was and he doesn't remember and i will not give them any pr and i left the school after a speech, they put out a statement, the university, apologizing for what i said, and held a seminar with students to talk about their hurt feelings and maybe i would have hurt them -- >> make sure i get this right. all liberals, all liberals are like this and all conservatives, like to see different points of view. is that true on gay marriage, immigration, guns? if anybody is not accepting of somebody else's point of view it is this conservatives. >> it turns out, so the -- there was a poll, that was done, about people and our tolerance levels on social media. and it turns out that a lot of people think they have a diversity of viewpoints on their facebook or twitter pages but eric, liberals were more likely to bl

spine to go after chick-fil-a. remember that?e on the teachers union and then kayed. but a few days. >> i think he is scared. he is scared of per ceiveed as racist. >> if 70% of the homicide in chicago were victims were black, and 17% were hispanic, with more gun control, more gun violence occurs in the city, chicago. washington. how is more fun control, more gun laws not racist in itself? am i apples to oranges here? >> if you assume that, i don't know what gang member are minority in chicago, it's high. very few white gang members. it's not racist. reality about gangs. emanuel is doing his job the best he could. but taking on the gangs, these are armed armies on the street. >> andrea: then he should resign. >> bob: does it mean someone else could fix this? i don't think it's true. >> andrea: how was it done in new york city? giuliani did it. rahm is no rudy. >> eric: you say address the gangs, right? >> bob: absolutely. >> eric: address the gangs but putting more gun control on law-abiding citizens? >> bob: apples and oranges.

. >>> the menu of bowl games on this new year's eve included the chick-fil-a bowl in atlanta.ed lsu by two, and had a 4th and 16 on its own 14- yard line, with 1:22 left. throwing down the middle. deandre hopkins makes a sliding catch. the 26-yard play keeps the drive alive. the tigers move to the 20-yard line and in field goal range. clemson comes from 11 points down, and wins 25-24, wrapping up an 11-2 season. >>> usc without matt barkley in the sun bowl against georgia tech. golden does this. the yellow jackets took it in from there. georgia tech wins 21-7. the team many picked to win the national championship at the beginning of the year ends up 7- 6. >>> tulsa handles iowa state in the liberty bowl, and stanford playing tomorrow against wisconsin in the rose bowl. happy new year, everybody. >> go cardinal. thanks. >>> happy new year to you. thank you for joining ktvu, channel 2 news. >> good night.

organizers say they modelled the campaign after the chick-fil-a last summer.f course; on that day, people bought chicken. what are they supposed to do on gun appreciation day? shoot guns? buy ammo? the sandyhook tragedy affected every american in different ways. but we need to move forward together to keep a tragedy like this from happening again. joining me now is larry ward, chairman of gun appreciation day campaign. thavn thanks for coming on the show tonight. >> thanks for having me, reverend. >> so often in this debate, it seems like gun control advocates don't talk to one another. i'm looking forward to our conversation. >> me, too. >> i want to read something you said about why we need gun appreciation day. you said, "we decided that the politicians have forgotten out americans feel about their guns and it's time to remind them. how have politicians forgotten how people feel about their guns, larry? >> well, you know, there's a lot of talk about gun control. you know, we -- this gun appreciation day, just so we're clear, is not in reaction to the shooti

a nearby chick-fil-a manager said young stopped by the restaurant at least once a week.esponders of the crash, as well as for young's family. >> most of these police officers, they come into a restaurant every morning for breakfast or at least once a week. we know them on a first-name basis. when the news got around it was one of the police officers that was actually injured and has since passed, we sprung to action. >> the driver of the minivan was not hurt. there's still no word if any charges will be filed against that driver. >>> for the first time in 50 years, d.c.'s homicide rate is expected to fall below 100. as of yesterday afternoon, there were 88 homicides in the district. that is 20 fewer than 2011. and that is far below the nearly 500 reported each year in the late '80s and early '90s. even with the progress, d.c. council member wells says there's more to could. >> heartened that the murder rate has gone down. but we have more to do. with the hand-held electronic device, we've seen a rash of robberies and robberies with weapons, robberies without weapons and

chick-fil-a. >> and large.et the cashes in there. >> that's it for the 6:00 hour. >> now over to allison and tony to take us the rest of the way. the gang is back together. >> thank you so much. coming up at 7:00 , the bungee jump from the fiscal cliff. >> less than 24 hours after the nation fell from the edge, a compromise snaps us back. but another big fight looms. we'll breakdown the deal in a live report and sit down with one of the law makers who helped it pass. >> deal or no deal, millions of americans is taking it in the wallet. why you are likely to a

finally, chick-fil-a. really wants your business, republicans.y filling in for you guys. what do you think will be the big new story of the week as it unfoldeds. will it be immigration or do you think it will be the on-going budget battle? >> budget. fling. >> the immigration thing is a sketch of an idea. >> john: it is positive. are you at all encouraged by the fact it is republicans and democrats coming together? >> it may be too friendly. that may be the problem. there may not be enough of a news story and the fact that we're cooperating. >> john: any time i see marco rubio and chuck schumer working in tandem together, admittedly, this is john mccain and lindsey graham who republicans don't think are republican enough and they try to act more evil than they are to be popular. i still think look, they're calling it a tough but fair path to citizenship. you know it will hopefully bring the dream act into reality. even more so and stop punishing children who were brought here as children. i think that -- i don't know, i'm hopeful even if the repu