host: ringing immigration into the conversation, gail russell chadha, e quotes in one of the -- gail russell chaddockpolitico says that a series of bills is coming. maybe not coming until october. while sober, and what is the approach going to be, and why is it going to the piecemeal? guest: house republicans would be reluctant to take any senate bill, embrace it warmly, and pass it. they're looking to what has happened to their own build and have landed in the senate, which is mainly dying. theiry want to develop own approach. they especially do not want to do anything that looks like a path to citizenship until the security piece is rocksolid. i think the best way to do this is to force people to take votes one by one on elements of this bill, and at the very end, deal with a path to citizenship, if at all. i think the only change i have the in house republicans is increasing interest in something like the dream act. this is an idea that senator durbin has been pushing for a very long time. set aside anything you think about immigration, and just focus on people who came here as children. and now a

host: at the table is gail russell chaddock. thank you for being here. this is the final week before the august break in congress. the question for our guest is, what does congress want to or need to accomplish this week and what is the general mood on the hill heading into the break? guest: my sense is they are already thinking about 2014 elections in a big way. they want to leave this week with a strong message to take back to their constituents. host: what are the messages from each side being crafted? guest: what republicans agree on emphatically is that health care reform, obamacare, is going to destroy the economy and its needs to be repealed. that is why next week they are it. it will be their 40th. they are not seeing very dramatic -- increasingly its libertarian wing and establishment republicans, john mccain would find himself surprise to among the establishment republicans. host: how bad on the democratic side? guest: i think there is more unity. they have a strong theme. if they can push the republicans to a full hearty the scoreboard for the

preview of the week ahead in congress before members leave town for the august recess, with gail russell chaddock, the editor for the christian science monitor. and with the city filing for bankruptcy, we'll look at the causes and how it will impact the city and its residents. kim reuben is our guest. later, michael doran of the brookings institution joins us to talk about the obama administration stand to step up forces for military assistance. "washington journal" is next. ♪ lindy boggs is being remembered as a crusader who blazed a trail and congress. she is described as the matriarch of a powerful washington family. she served as a louisiana democrat for 18 years. we will talk to someone who knew linda c boggs personally. died yesterday at age 97. president obama heads to capitol hill to talk with house democrats about healthcare and other issues. . from the gop side of the aisle

you can join us with your tweets as we talk with gail russell chaddock about the christian science monitor. kim rubin also joins us with the institute for tax policy about detroit's bankruptcy and what happens when a city, town or county files for bankruptcy, and michael doran talks about the syrian civil war. in a few moments, the house energy and commerce subcommittee hearing on the upcoming spectrum auction that could repurchase broadcast spectrum for wireless communications. communicators" discussing the internet and how it has changed in the last 20 years. after that, we will continue our look with first ladies with a discussion about how first ladies in the modern era have approached their role as the president's spouse. >> i think it is interesting that the korean war in a sense rt of helps the south korean beautify themselves in a way that was not there before. when the economists came down, they were brutal. a lot of the south koreans turned against the communists in the north. that sort of solidified, i think, their sense of national cohesion and identity. witted, it isving possi