you're better looking than chuck schumer? it's like saying aim the best-looking regular on the show. what do you think now, hot shot? >> maybe i'm not thinking. maybe i'm just brooding. >> i'm kind of sad about it. >> well, you should be. andy, let's pick on bill. >> i put this thing back to you, greg, and i'm in a passive aggressive mood, so i'm not saying it. >> back to me, america. coming up, what's love got to do with it? >> what's love got to do with it, to do with it? what's love but a secondhand emotion. dude, you got to move on. i told you it was over. >>> what's so grand about an elastic waistband? the answer is even more beautiful than the question. oh this is lame, investors could lose tens of thousands of dollars on their 401(k) to hidden fees. is that what you're looking for, like a hidden fee in your giant mom bag? maybe i have them... oh that's right i don't because i rolled my account over to e-trade where... woah. okay... they don't have hidden fees... hey fern. the junkrawer? why would they... is that my ger

right before chuck schumer was going to be on with chuck todd on nbc's "meet the press." that was not by accident. i think marco rubio knew that schumer, another member of the gang of eight trying to make the immigration deal was likely to say look, it's all over but the shouting, we have to dot the i's and crossed t's, but we've reached an accord. for marco rubio it's about short-term and longer-term thinking and impact. he wants to be in the room to make a deal. that would help as he goes forward in a general election context. but in a primary, in a presidential primary. he can't look like he got rolled by chuck schumer and the white house, he has to look like he put up a fight. he got everything he can possibly get and they capitulated to him, not the other way around. i think it's probably not totally done. and chuck schumer said something to thaesk. i think a lot of this is about perception, how this looks for marco rubio in the room and what it looks like when it comes out, if there is a deal. >> this involves the chamber of commerce and the labor movement, the afl-c

a beautiful moment lost. >> there are three democrats in there worried about chuck schumer as well. leadership that the group has shown. >> chris: you are not answering the question. what does this to his presidential prospects? >> it helps him because he is seen to be a leader. >> chris: give somebody to the right of him in the tea party to say you are soft on immigration. >> jeff flake is a tea party. marco rubio is a tea party. raul who is on the house working group a tea party. john courter of texas. >> chris: you know somebody is going to -- >> leaders do things because they are important not because they guarantee them 100% acceptance. >> winning the nomination is not enough. this may complicate the nominating process if he runs but makes him a more attractive candidate for people looking for problem solving and bipartisanship. >> the key is to make sure that there is no federal benefits given and regular order and everyone is part of the process and as you pointed out you don't let chuck schumer start cut deals because he wants to be major leaders. >> and congress needs this

we'll be seeing a lot of chuck schumer. >> no change there. gwen: finally tonight, speaking of politics, politics at the beginning of the year, i promised -- i promised we would resist talking about the 2016 he campaign for throast as we humanly could. well, i no longer humanly can. hillary clinton popped up on the same stay and stirs the pot vigorously. is she running or not? >> we really did break our code. it's too hard. we're only human. everything that hillary does is going to be analyzed to death. if she blows her nose. we want to know what kind of kleenex. is a khali next from south carolina. we are looking at three big things to let you know she's very serious. she may not do this. the one is talking about issues. which iran shoes does she deseed to talk about? i think it's very important that she put in a six minute video together to explain her change of position on gay marriage. that was the one issue that she was right on the democratic base. unlike other politicians who may run, so she has a lot more reason to go with herer. and t

senator chuck schumer, however, still optimistic there can be compromise when it comes to background checks. >> i'm working very hard with both democrats and republicans, pro nra and antinra people to come up with a background check bill that will be acceptable to 60 senators and be very strong and get the job done. it's very hard. we're working hard and i'm very hopeful that we can get this passed. >> there's word of an impending deal on comprehensive immigration reform. members of the senate gang of eight including chuck schumer said that a deal was practically done or at the least very close. >> with the agreement between business and labor, every major policy issue has been resolved on the gang of eight. i am very, very optimistic that we will have aen agreement among the eight of us next week. >> but senator marco rubio was less sure. his office offered a clear headline no final agreement on immigration legislation yet. senator schumer said there will be minor, quote, kerfuffle as the final language is ironed out. the key sticking point, negotiating with the chamber of commerce

lindsey gram and chuck schumer with the difference on between a terrorist and criminal and whether boston changes the immigration debate. and when the unimaginable becomes real. >> why did young men who grew up and studied here as part of our communities and our country resort to such violence? how did they plan and carry out these attacks? and did they receive any help? >> our all-star panel on what we know about the suspects and what it tells us about their mission. i'm candy crowley. this is "state of the union." federal terrorism charges could be filed as early as today against the second boston marathon bombing suspect. dzhokhar tsarnaev remains hospitalized this morning with injuries including one to his throat. "new york times" is reporting that the department of homeland security decided in recent months to delay action on an application for citizenship from the other suspected bomber, tamerlan tsarnaev. a routine background check revealed he was interviewed by the fbi in 2011 at the request of the russian government, which suspected that the older brother had ties to chechen terr

joining me now from new york, one of the leaders of the so-called gang of eight, democratic senator chuck schumer. senator, welcome back to "can meat t meet the press." is a deal at hand for immigration reform? we know about the issue having to do with visas and wages between the business lobby and the labor lobby. is a deal done? >> well, with the agreement between business and labor, every major policy issue has been resolved on the gang of eight. now everyone, we've all agreed, that we're not going to come to a final agreement until we see draft legislative language and we agree on that. we drafted some of it already. the rest will be drafted this week and so i am very, very optimistic that we will have an agreement among the eight of us next week. senator leahy has agreed to have extensive markup and debate on the bill in april, and then we go to the floor, god willing, in may. i hi we're on track. >> you were quoted as saying the deal is near, the deal is at hand, and all of that coverage got senator rubio, the republican, part of this gang of eight to say, whoa, whoa, whoa, no deal yet. tha

chuck schumer quit talking to me. i had a position that's been the same all along.'m willing to do what it takes to actually make a difference so we don't have guns in the hands of people who shouldn't have them. how we do that is important. where chuck and i differed is how we did but i didn't back away. look. i'm not running for another elective office. i believe in the constitution. i actually follow the constitution. i don't pay attention to interest groups. >> final question, sir, on terms of the filibuster. senate majority leader mcconnell -- >> it's not going to be filibustered. >> yeah? >> no, it's not. provided harry reid has an open amendment process to where he guarantees us if we have legitimate bills that are within the scope of this bill and we have a legitimate amendments, if he's not going to limit those, we a ugt to have this debate. america needs to know where we stand. they need to know where we stand on protecting the bill of rights and also where we stand in terms of common sense. >> all right. thanks very much for tom coburn. a person watching

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chuck schumer's bill. it wasn't his bill.e house were moving off their position to find common ground. if we could have had other people to move off their position to find common ground. this was a balanced bill that had anybody's input so if they want to blame somebody, blame me. blame me. i try to bring people together to find a common balance because i wanted to protect the second amendment rights and protect a law abiding gun owner like myself. joe, we did that in this. for the nra to say, i know them over there. for the leadership to say this, then what you're saying is trying to stretch that if i sold a gun on the internet to my cousin, then i make a family member. if you got to sell a gun on the internet to your cousin you better check your family relationship. you follow me, joe? that's where we are, buddy, that's where we are. >> it's so stupid. >> it is. >> let me ask you this, joe. what are the chances here? because i think this is going to pass. >> don't you give up. don't you give up. and here is the thing. i kno

we'll talk to two members of the so-called gang of eight, democratic senator from new york, chuck schumer, and republican senator from arizona, jeff flake. >>> and it was a historic week of intense oral arguments at the supreme court as it considered the constitutionality of same-sex marriage. we'll hear from both sides and get insights and analysis on the implications moving forward in a special discussion that includes actor and gay rights supporter rob reiner. >>> good easter morning. pope francis celebrated his first easter mass it at the vatican encouraging those who have strayed from the faith to return. here at home it's divisive issues as washington grapples with guns, gay marriage and immigration. we have two key members of the so-called bipartisan gang of eight, senators working on a compromise immigration proposal. word coming this weekend that an agreement is near. we'll ask senators schumer and flake about that. first, i want to go around quickly with our first of two political roundtables to frame what's at stake in these debates. joining us the former senior adviser to pres

i will share this example, working with chuck schumer we had the defense authorization bill and there is an area of that i have been overhard on which is we have veterans and come home from iraq and afghanistan and they have either close head trauma were lost the ability for a short period of time to maybe manage their affairs. we have through executive orders in the past, not with this president, with a republican president, taken away their ability to own a gun. not a gun to defend them but to go hunting with their grandson. and no where have they been adjudicated by the court to agree that they should lose their second amendment rights. social worker or psychologists do that. in working through this we had some tough stuff on the floor. we should do this on people not dangerous to themselves or anybody else and i had a way to roll chuck schumer last week, a second-degree amendment but i actually listened to him and said what are your real concerns? i chose not to roll him. i have a procedural way where i was going to win my amendment. i listened to him. that is what is not going on

senator chuck schumer agreed not to appear when the two rolled o out the deal, because toomey didn't want to stand next to them, for political reasons. senator mark kirk, also co-sponsor of the compromise also agreed not to appear. at the news conference, toomey and manchin said all parties, including the nra, had been in the room. >> i've got to tell you, candidly, i don't consider criminal background checks to be gun control. >> we've taken all sides into consideration. have the nra sitting there, all people on all sides of the gun issue. >> have the nra sitting there, which then confirms exactly what we've been hearing about what happened two nights ago. while it was clear from the outset the nra would not support the bill, the question was, would they oppose it? well, now we've got an answer. being at the table did not stop the nra from releasing this letter it sent to senators after dinner last night. "the nra is unequivocally opposed to s. 649. in addition, the nra will oppose any amendments offered to. 649 that restrict fundamental second amendment freedoms, this includes the

the rest will be drafted this week. >> michael: how tough is a gang if chuck schumer is in it?e republicans said they wouldn't agree to anything until the boarder is absolutely secure. >> people still get threw, but we have a reasonable expectation of catching them. we don't need a saled border we need a secure border. >> michael: where there is a flicker of bipartisan agreement there is a republican ready to douse it with a big budget of cold water. and in this case marco rubio is holding the bucket of water in his case. he urged the senate to slow the whole thing down by just having hearings rather than a vote. and finally to the massive holes in our gun safety laws. texas district attorney john mccain clel land and his wife were assassinated at their home on saturday. and this comes after his assistant district attorney was killed in january. both shootings are thought to be part of a conspiracy of white spup -- supremacists. following the killing republican senator lindsey graham told cnn that he would be behind new efforts to keep law enforcement safe as long as they come

chuck schumer was nowhere to be seen as the press conference.mey thought having him there would hurt their cause. schumer and others had been working with manchin for weeks, but coburn wouldn't agree with a paper trail of gun sales. once he was gone the group added toomey instead and the new coalition was able to come up with a moderate plan that pleased everyone. and that seems to be enough for the 14 republican senator who just yesterday had been sheiking about filibustering any gun bill that came to the floor. ted cruz actually cancelled a press conference this morning on the filibuster that he had scheduleded. but he didn't let reporters know. so when they showed up there was an empty podium with a handwritten note. cruz's spokesperson says he still plans to filibuster but that doesn't matter. the families of newtown were on capitol hill today meeting with the senators. >> i'm a parent . . . and a grandparent . . . >> let's all share. [ laughter ] >> i can't imagine. if i could do something. i can do something. >> michael: it's just so incre

you're better looking than chuck schumer? it's like saying aim the best-looking regular on the show. what do you think now, hot shot? >> maybe i'm not thinking. maybe i'm just brooding. >> i'm kind of sad about it. >> well, you should be. andy, let's pick on bill. >> i put this thing back to you, greg, and i'm in a passive aggressive mood, so i'm not saying it. >> back to me, america. coming up, what's love got to do with it? >> what's love got to do with it, to do with it? what's love but a secondhand emotion. dude, you got to move on. i told you it was over. >>> what's so grand about a >>> a story a special report won't touch. should everybody dance for zebra pants. yes, it's finally true, zubas have returned after a 12-year hiatus. the company that brought us trousers, mall rats and 4050 rolls. the animal print sold $200,000 worth of merchandise within the first week of their relaunch. so can we really steel glamour from the age of mc hammer? i asked fox news' most mentally backwards correspondent to tackle that forward qu

senator chuck schumer is meeting with president barack obama and the president issued a statement supporting the bill and urging action. this would make a path for illegal citizens to become legal and they will focus on boarder security. >>> two lawsuits challenge the state law. now the controversial therapy has been designed to make this straight and has been out loud. they blocked the ban on conversion therapy in december until they can hear full arguments on the issue. >>> a pedestrian was killed while trying to walk across near the san pedro exist. the man was hit by two vehicles, one after another. the driver of the first car immediately pulled over and the second driver immediately left the scene. >> it is a nice looking drive coming to the pay gates. if you are driving on the peninsular highway 101 and 280, that traffic does look good. let's go to steve. >> more spring snowstorms, and in calistoga 39 and look at lakeport, a breeze in the 50s and most locations are seeing 35 and at the napa airport 32. san francisco 57 and the wind is turning more northerly, north at fairfield, northwe

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things got tense on capitol hill when senator chuck schumer sparred with chuck grassley about the future of the legislation. >> a few ways to improve the bill offer an amendment when we start markup in may. let's vote on it. i say that particularly those pointing to what happened, the terrible tragedy in boston as a, i would say, excuse for not doing a bill or delaying it many months or years. >> i never said. i didn't say you did sir. >> i never said get i didn't say that. >> i don't know. >> mr. chairman, i don't appreciate your character of the witnesses that have come here. >> behavioral issues, earlier, senator patrick leahy opened the hearing with tough words for his republican counterparts. >> last weeks proponents exploit the boston marathon bombing. i urge restraint in that regard. refugees and asylum seekers have enriched the fabric of our founding. let no one be so cruel as to try to use the heinous acts of these two young bhen to derail the dreams an futures of millions of hard working people. >> well, a number of republican snores, including rand paul, are urging the reform

we've seen talks between chuck schumer and oklahoma senator tom coburn, a republican. kind of fall.ll be interesting to see if toomey and manchin can get something done. >> and you have the other headline. the immigration agreement this week or next. >> well, immigration seems to have the bipartisanship that guns doesn't have right now. but that guns has the legislation. right now, we're waiting to see if this so call gang of eight can produce an agreement that everyone likes. on the sunday shows, you have chuck schumer who said, we're going to get something done by the end of this week. then there was lindsey graham on "meet the press." maybe it's two weeks. a little discrepancy. they are all on the same page. they're just ironing out the details and those details are often very big and important. >> all right. mark murray, we'll talk to you. >>> still ahead, we've got new information just coming in after two republican lawmakers call for an investigation into jay-z and beyonce's trip to cuba. the treasury department is now saying the couple had permission to visit. we'll get you m

senator chuck schumer says yes. senator marco rubio says hey not so fast. why is refusing purple hearts for the survivors of the fort hood >> scott: in the impact tellingment tonight. as you may knowed bipartisan group of senators known as the gang of 8 are working to iron out a piece of immigration legislation that both political parties will support. over the weekend one of those senators democrat chuck schumer said an immigration reform bill is close. let's hear what he said. >> with the agreement between business and labor every major policy issue has been resolved on the gang of eight. now everyone -- we have all agreed that we're not going to come to a final agreement until we see draft legislative language and we agree on that. we drafted some of it already. the rest of it will be drafted this week. so i am very, very optimistic that we will have an agreement among the eight of us next week. >> scott: i'm shocked. but yesterday republican marco rubio released a statement saying that reports of a comprehensive deal were, quote, premature. what's going

>> one republican is doing it one democrat is doing it you know what chuck schumer is doing? he's pushing the issue so that if the republicans back away he can say, i blame them. and what is marco rubio doing? he's pulling back. because then if it breaks down, he can go -- i'm blaming them. they're doing exactly the same thing, there's no difference. rubio has to do this. if he doesn't he's going to get lit up by the far right on this issue. >> he has to back away a little bit. >> he must back away to a large degree. if he doesn't, schumer is going to railroad all over him like we've never seen that before, right? >> i think it's a more complicated calculus than that. rubio has to be seen as not cutting a back-room deal. he can't look like he's hashing some deal out with democrats and he's doing this behind the back of conservatives and behind the back of everybody else. we live in an era where members of congress, especially republicans, want to see everything done through what is called regular order. going through committees. taking this long path. not cutting deals like j

to use that to say maybe we shouldn't do this or certainly slow it or certainly delay it and chuck schumer'ss followed some earlier warnings by senator chuck grassley ranking republican from iowa and he didn't like what chuck schumer was implying. here is how that went. >> i say that particularly those who were pointing to what happened, the terrible trammingdy in boston as a -- a -- i would say excuse for not doing a bill or delaying it many months or years. >> i never said that. >> i didn't say you did sir. >> i never said that. >> i didn't say you did -- >> chairman i don't appreciate demeaning the witnesses that have come here. >> let me finish -- >> bill: jeff sessions jumps in there, but yesterday secretary home lan security janet napolitano was up in front of the same committee, and once again senator grassley, he is not coming up he is trying to make this link that what happened in boston proves their loopholes and problems in our immigration system and to do immigration reform right now is not the best time to do it. >> the background checks on the 12 million people who are here ill

delighted and amazed with the leadership shown by people as diverse as jeff flake and dick durbin, chuck schumer the democrats and republicans tried to cobble together a bill that's thoughtful, sensitive and tough and with an eye towards getting something done. i can imagine the dynamic. anytime you have chuck schuman, you have to have seven adults to control him. >> chris: wow. >> the leadership from all -- >> we were on the path to bipartisan. this was a beautiful moment. >> there are three democrats worried about him as well. >> chris: you're not answering my question. >> look, it helps him. he's seen to be a leader. leaders do things that are important. >> chris: is it going to give somebody to the right of him, in the tea party, ability to say you're soft -- >> wait a minute, jeff flake is a tea party. >> chris: marco rubio. >> labrador, a tea part. >> chris: you know somebody is going to -- >> that's fine. leaders do things because they're important, not because they guarantee success. >> what we saw in the last election is winning the nomination is not enough. this may complicate the proc

senator chuck schumer says that tsarnaev should face the death penalty unfederal law.st the kind of case that it should be applied to. in fact the only other time that it's been used since '94 is on timothy mcveigh. and given the facts that i've seen, it would be appropriate to use the death penalty in this case and i hope they would apply it in federal court. >> reporter: we're learning much more today about dzhokhar's brother, tamerlan tsarnaev, killed early friday in the shoot-out with police. he appears to have become

lining up behind the gang of eight and where you think they are emerging in this group led by chuck schumer first, haley and i are joined by condoleezza rice and henry cisneros and we haven't had a chance to look at everything in the gang of eight proposal. we think it's in line with the way that awful us are leaning. we want a bipartisan solution, we want to help the solution get through the senate and the house and there's going to be a lot of time and a lot of energy put into this. and we can help by advocating, people coming together like we've come together. we can also help by doing some research. for example, it hasn't reared its head yet, but the cost of this. what's the cost going to be? we want to make sure the cbo score something in line with the realistic costs, including some offsets of this. point system, many countries have a point system for ranking who gets green cards essentially. as a priority. we want to evaluate those point systems and make that information available to the house and senate committees. >> haley barbour, when we talk about immigration reform, we have see

. >> chuck schumer makes the argument that the first amendment is an absolute. he cannot stop fire in a crowded theater. -- shout fire in a crowded theater. >> schumer is confused, which is not uncommon. sitton charles schumer is saying the first amendment site housetops a criminal act. nobody is free to create a criminal act with a gun. we do not have prior restraint on someone going into a theater. nothe same token we should be putting prior restraint on people obtaining firearms. pratt, and we will have to leave it there. thank you. with a ginger gibson and david sherfinski. senateppens when the returns this tuesday on gun legislation? >> harry reid has made clear he wants to move this bill to the floor. we have the threat we heard larry talk about. there is a procedural way where carry a rebate be able to move forward. it requires allowing a number of amendments to the bill. like us all things bands and magazine clips. there would be efforts to undo the bill. .o eliminate or strip it >> what about background checks and making gun trafficking a federal crime?

new york senator chuck schumer saying he believes lawmakers will find compromise on at least one key issue. >> we go to the floor, i'm still hopeful that what i call the sweet spot, background checks, can succeed. >> debate on the measure by the full senate could begin as early as tomorrow. >>> secretary of state john kerry is in israel this morning. trying to revive peace talks that stalled back in 2002. he just finished meeting with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. abbas says he will not negotiate until israel stops construction in the west bank. >>> meanwhile, tensions in the region have risen following rocket attacks from the hamas-ruled gaza strip. israeli warplanes followed with its first strike on the territory since november. kerry is scheduled to meet with the israeli president and palestinian prime minister today. >>> a roadside bomb has killed at least nine people and injured 22 others in afghanistan. the latest in the surge in springtime violence that led to the deaths of at least six americans over the weekend. this 25-year-old diplomat has become the face of this we

the fix gun checks act which is chuck schumer's bill.chool safety enhancement act which deals with a lot of the security questions around schools. as well as discussions about magazine regulation. if you look on the right side of the screen, what you have is the end game here. harry reid has winnowed this down to only background checks and school safety. while laudable, is not gun regulation and doesn't deal with the access to guns and the flow of guns that you're describing. so where do you think we are versus harry reid and this plan that will move on the floor? is it enough that he's saying there will be amendments for these additional packages? or do you not think that will work? >> we were very disappointed when harry reid took senator feinstein's proposal off. we really admired her bill and wanted to see that happen. as president obama said, we deserve a vote. those kids in sandy hook deserve a vote and this is not fair. however, feinstein also said that the previous assault weapons ban passed on amendments. so maybe there is a cha

but senator chuck schumer says this deal is not in jeopardy. >> i talked to marco yesterday, we had great conversations and he is protecting some of the things that he thinks are very important in the bill but i don't think that will stand in the way in any way of any final agreement. >> is there a disagreement between the two of you how close we are to a deal? >> it is semantics, business and labor have an agreement and on the future flow that has been the issue that has undone immigration reform in the past. >> i want to bring in "washington post" columnist, dana milbank and msnbc contributor and slate reporter, dave weigle. good morning. >> good morning. >> just a couple of headlines, why marco rubio needs to slow walk immigration a word of caution from rubio on immigration. dana, what's his strategy here? >> his strategy is to get this deal done without antagonizing rush limbaugh and the others in the conservative base who are crucial if he is going to run for president in 2016, he is going to remain a major force in conservative politics there is little doubt, as senator schumer sayi

chuck schumer of new york, saying last month that an emerging strategy was to filibuster more republicanshis year. this story from " near times," on sunday, talking about the delay of judicial nominees by obama. compared to 30a days for george w. bush. -- 100 days for obama compared to 30 days for george w. bush. what is on your mind? caller how it is funny that you would mention federal judges not being employed. i recently did 18 months as a federal grand juror. it is just amazing how slow things run because of the lack of judges. but that was not my point. for people who think that guns are either for criminals or or whomever the stereotypical gun violators are, let me tell you something haoma you are wrong. -- something, you are wrong. our police are totally outnumbered. it was such an eye opening experience to sit as a grand juror. we need to break our representatives with a or f. background checks, they get an a, if they vote against it, they get an f. it is more widespread than i ever dreamed. common sense would do so much to help some many of these problems. the human and physical

i think what happened is chuck schumer and the group on the hill said, wait. t's see what we can accomplish and he did refer to them as he did on health care so that is a fair point. but schumer thinks he can put something together and it will not include as we have seen from harry reid the assault weapons ban. harry reid has moved quite a bit on this. let's face it, he sees the handwriting on the wall, he sees the numbers. the nra opposed him in 2010 which was a big disappointment to him. "the new york times" lays that out today. so harry reid is moving on what he thinks they can do. it is disappointing to the a advoca advocacy, no question about it. perhaps when you see these law enforcement officials, the sheriff and his wife and the incidence in texas and the colorado correction official, when you see these kind of assassinations of law enforcement officials, this seems to be a major crisis out west and maybe that will give some impetus to it but i think the best they will get is background checks and the straw purchases. >> we are getting a lot of e-mails

we will talk to chuck schumer and peter king coming up. lot of firefighters, a lot of cops in this neighborhood. they lost a lot of people on 9/11. that tragedy marked this area for a long time. there was also that plane crash you might remember november 12th, 2001, about two months after 9/11, crashed right here in belle harbor and killed 260 people on the plane and five members of this community on the ground. now six months ago, this. so they are just now getting back on their feet. it's really a process that hasn't even begun. we will talk to some of the rents and ask what they need. a lot of here feel like the politicians have forgotten them. >> we will check in with you throughout the morning, willie. coming up, we will have new jersey governor chris christie joining us live on the set and senator chuck schumer and representative peter king. >> the numbers, mika, of what happened with hurricane sandy, just so frightening. the number of people killed, staggering. you look at the amount of property loss, the jobs lost. not only immedia

meantime senators john mccain and chuck schumer are predicting majority support from both parties. different story in the house where the "washington post" reports house conservatives plan to push their own immigration agenda. and t"the new york times" indicates they plan to offer several immigration bills. luke russert joins us. the two reports fall in line with what people were anticipating as a problem once this legislation, if it does reach the house. >> reporter: it is absolutely fascinating. there has been a lot of optimism around this gang of eight compromise that you've done such great reporting on. what we are trying to tell people here out of d.c., there has to be a little bit of caution. while something may come out of this, the house republican conference is not necessarily been very excited to embrace that type of comprehensive immigration reform. the reason why? they represent extremely conservative districts, having any fingerprints of immigration reform are often deadly. like so many issues we've seen, this is going to come down to whether or not john boehner would

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senator chuck schumer will be played by grandpa munster. harry reid will be played by the old man from the american gothic painting. fox news aoger will be played by, speaker of the house john boehner will be played by tan mom. janet napolitano will be played by paul. former white house chief of staff and chicago mayor rahm emanuel will be play ed by "family guy." secretary of state john kerry will be played by an easter island head. i cannot tell those two apart. chief justice john roberts will be played by buzz lightyear. senator mitch mcconnell will be played by dame edna. cnn anchor wolf blitzer will be played by a furby. wayne lapierre will be played by raiders of the lost ark. jay carney will be played by ralphy from "a christmas story." ladies and gentlemen, this is a huge honor. thank you very much. >> one of the best, conan o'brien. i will see you back here at the top of the hour at 8:00 eastern. "dr. sanjay gupta md" will be baon after a short break. >>> i will tell you, i was walking around here yesterday afternoon and it was fil

chuck schumer, the deal is at hand. we're close. jeff flake, whoa, whoa, whoa. hold on a minute.ar? >> i heard a lot of interest in marco rubio. look, i think there's a broad sense that we've been talking about immigration reform in a very big way for almost ten years and in congress they do want to move forward, but there are anxieties certainly on the republican side. i think rubio said something in the past 24 hours or at least i read it, that seemed to me kind of smart. he said make this transparent. let everybody know. let the voters know what we're doing. maybe hold hearings. but don't just have these quiet little deals again. >> wait a minute. you're contradicting yourself. on guns you said move fast, move quickly, get it done. >> move fast and move quickly on immigration is now impossible. please, this has been going on for ten years. but i'll tell you something that i read something in a book the other day that i think has a little bit to do with what's with the general mood pushing immigration forward. it is the quote from calvin coolidge, it's in a book about him about

now there are four of us-- chuck schumer, myself, lindsey graham and jeff flake-- on the senate judiciaryttee where this bill will be considered. we're having our first hearing tomorrow, then another one on monday come after the may recess will come back in the first week of may with an opportunity to go through markup. >> warner: but you've worked now with these seven other senators very closely for the last three, four months. do you think each one is committed and ready to vote against amendments offered by members and the maybe more ideological end of their caucus? the people they consider friends and colleagues and who represent constituencys that remember the gang of eight also has to worry about? >> you put your finger on the biggest challenge. when you have a brokered compromise that really tries to strike a balance and then you open it to amendments i know they're going to be some heart breaking vote there is. there were things that if i were an independent on this issue and not vested in this process i'd gladly vote for them. i'm sure the same is true on the republican side but

and chuck schumer is trying to find a republican. tom coburn from oklahoma is a possibility.s working on another piece of gun legislation and telling, talking with the white house, as we speak. and then there's pat toomey, a conservative republican on fiscal issues but who comes from a state with a lot of suburban and urban geography to it in pennsylvania. >> right. >> reporter: where this issue is very popular. and he would be up for re-election in 2016. so he's a possible. if you get that, martin, you might get more republicans onboard. >> let's see what happens. nbc's chuck todd. thanks so much, chuck. >>> for more, we bring in democratic congressman elijah cummings of maryland now. good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon. >> let me start by playing you a piece of sound from one of the newtown fathers who was on "60 minutes" last night. listen to this, sir. >> it's going to happen again. it is going to happen again. and every time, you know, it's somebody else's school, it's somebody else's town, it's somebody else's community. until one day you wake up and it's not. >> con

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