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. >>> chris jansing, you know how much i love you. i have loved you so much since the day i met you, and we are so happy about your gig in d.c., but we know that your heart is somewhere else when it come ts me, and you have always had a love for my spouse, and this is why you love me and the way to get to him, but i will take you anyway i can get you, and we will come the find you very soon for a visit in d.c. >> chris, congratulations. i love the follow you everyday in msnbc, but i can't wait to see you live in washington, d.c. and so proud and happy for you and you are a class act and strong woman and somebody who is really a really great cook.

we get our report tonight from our senior white house correspondent chris jansing. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. what's being talked about tonight are kitchen table issues that impact nearly every american. will i get paid for maternity leave? can i take time off to care for a sick child or parent? as is often the case here, the answers get tied up in politics. chris gardner works at outdoor gear company rei, is dad to two little girls and husband to a full-time teacher. does their story sound familiar? >> there is a negotiation that happens every day about who is picking uh which child and the taking them to which activity? >> reporter: it's the work life pressure millions of americans face but the law does little to address. in a survey of 185 countries just three don't require paid family leave, oman, pap with a new guinea and the u.s. nearly half of working parents have turned down a job because it would be too hard on their families. today the white house held a summit on working families to make the case for family-friendly policies. jetblue

good morning, i'm chris jansing.t to head overseas for the g-7, he is facing mounting criticism for the release of former afghanistan p.o.w. sergeant bergdahl. right now he is being evaluated in landstuhl, germany, for the reintegration process, and it may be a while before he is reunited with his family. >> five years is a seemingly endless time, but you have made it. i imagine that you are more patient and compassionate than ever. you are free. freedom is yours, and i will see you soon, my beloved son, i love you, bowe. >> here is the controversy, five taliban leaders were freed in exchange for his release. and all five were high risk likely threat to the u.s., and recommended for continued detention. >> i want to know how they are going to ensure that these five

we get our report from senior white house correspondent chris jansing. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. what's being talked about in washington are kitchen table issues that impact nearly every american. will i get paid for maternity leave? can i take time off to care for a sick child or parent? as is so often the case here, the answers get tied up in politics. chris gardner works at outdoor gear company rei, dad to two energetic girls and husband to a full time teacher. >> there's a negotiation about which parent is take up which child and taking them to which activity. >> reporter: it's pressure millions of americans face. the law does little to address. in 183 countries, just three don't require leave, including the u.s. nearly half of working parents say they turned down a job because it would be too hard on their families. tonight the white house held a summit on working families to make a case for family friendly policies. jetblue has more than 2,000 customer service reps who work from home, including elise furman. >> i work 40 hours a week

i'm chris jansing and we will get to that, but first a seismic shift on capitol hill this morning beingelt. in the house of representatives in the republican party and frankly all across the country. americans waking up to the news that republican house majority leader eric cantor is out. that is a headline in his home district's paper in richmond, virginia. they probably thought they'd never print that. this is the first

i'm francis rivera in for chris jansing. we have been listening to a joint news conference at the g-7 summit in brussels with president obama and british prime minister david cameron. the president and prime minister were pressed repeatedly on the way forward with v lad meier t putin, russia and ukraine and the president was asked about bowe bergdahl? i'm never surprised about con fro versies whipped up in washington. that's par for the course, but i'll repeat what i said two days ago. we have a basic principle. we do not leave anybody wearing the american uniform behind. we had a prisoner of war whose health had deteriorated and we were deeply concerned about and we saw an opportunity and we seized it and i make no a pol j gees for that. >> let's bring in chuck todd live in brussels. the president unapologetic about bowe bergdahl in that exchange. what are your takeaways? >> reporter: i thought he was surprisingly dismissive of the con ro versy around it in some ways and i don't know if that will do anything to quell the co

chris jansing joins us. >> reporter: these are important kitchen table issues. there are solutions.anies are already addressing some of them. they're going to hear a lot about families, the problems they face, and the companies and what they're doing about it. for example, let me gv you a couple of statistics. nearly half of workers in america have said that they have not taken another job, not taken a promotion because they thought it would have a negative impact on their family. and in a survey of 185 countries, only 3 don't have maternity leave policies. one of them is the united states. president obama's message is that's not acceptable. it goes beyond maternity and paternity leave. take a listen to what the president had to say. >> issues like equal pay for equal work. issues like child care. issues like workplace flexibility and paid family leave. those aren't just women's issues. those are family issues. >> reporter: so the question is what to do about it. the president is going to sign an executive action today. that will effect members of his staff. but on a broader scale,

i'm chris jansing and beginning with the u.s.ant bowe bergdahl. it is confirmed that he walked away from the outpost without a weapon and just a compass and a water. and in a nine-day search operation, six soldiers died. he could face criminal charges if he were found guilty of misconduct, and nbc news confirm ed the army inquiry this morning, and earlier than that, president obama defended the questions to secure his release on the first leg of the four-day v visit to europe. the president stood by the decision to exchange five taliban detainees for bergdahl despite the allegations that he had abbandoned the post in afghanistan.

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i'm chris jansing and beginning with the u.s. army ready to launch a high level inquiry into the ka capture and disappearance of sergeant bowe bergdahl. it is confirmed that he walked away from the outpost without a weapon and just a compass and a water. and in a nine-day search operation, six soldiers died. he could face criminal charges if he were found guilty of misconduct, and nbc news confirm ed the army inquiry this morning, and earlier than that, president obama defended the questions to secure his release on the first leg of the four-day v visit to europe. the president stood by the decision to exchange five taliban detainees for bergdahl despite the allegations that he had abbandoned the post in afghanistan. >> regardless of the circumstances, whatever those circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an american soldier back if he is held in captivity, period. full stop. we don't condition that. >> meantime, calls in congress are growing louder to investigate with the republicans in the house and the senate calling f

i'm chris jansing and we will get to that, but first a seismic shift on capitol hill this morning being felt. in the house of representatives in the republican party and frankly all across the country. americans waking up to the news that republican house majority leader eric cantor is out. that is a headline in his home district's paper in richmond, virginia. they probably thought they'd never print that. this is the first time in h history that a majority leader has been ousted. we are going back to 1889 when the houposition was created. he was not just beaten by david brat, but he was trounced by 11 percentage points. a man with a sweeping interest is going to have an impact. and we will talk about the immigration reform and the minimum wage and chuck pushed him on the other issues as a sort of welcome to the big time. >> i thought that we were going the go through the aspect of celebratory aspect, but my mind is just -- overall policy questions i am happy to do them all, but i wanted to talk about the victory at hand and i wanted to thank everybody that worked so hard on my campaign

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. >> good morning, i'm chris jansing. this morning, washington is bracing for major changes. what's next after the announcement by eric cantor that he'll step down as majority leader? democratic leaders like nancy pelosi reportedly viewing cantor's fall with almost glee. it's a chance to change the conversation and highlight disarray across the aisle. there's also, of course, the impact on issues for both parties and that means immigration reform. the conventional wisdom, cantor is not the only casually here with headlines like this suggesting that the loss kills imgrakz reform. >>> president obama at a fund-raiser begging to differ, saying, quote, some of the conventional wisdom talks about oh, the politics of immigration reform seem impossible now and i fundamentally reject that. what is the reality when it comes to immigration reform? joining me, nicholas kristof and ruth marcus. they were interns together. >> that was the most impressive -- how among pulitzer prizes do you have among you, but i digress. let's talk immigration reform? what is the conventional wisdom here?

. >> and let's bring in chris jansing, on the north lawn of the white house. what can you tell us about the timing today, the decision to go forward with this statement at this moment? >> yeah, i think there's a level of frustration that has been building within this white house. you heard the president use the phrase a year of obstruction. but there's been a lot of pressure that's been building about the humanitarian crisis on the border. even though that is separate from comprehensive immigration reform in terms of the bill itself, it is indicative of why the president says this is something that is an imperative and has to be done. so sending the letter, first of all, to congress today asking for what will be more than $2 billion to deal specifically with the issue on the border to help some of those border agents, to help the people who are actually dealing with the children, 52,000 plus already this year, that apart from what the frustration is that speaker boehner has indicated, as you heard in this statement from his spoexman, that until there's some tr

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