. >> right now we have a school of thought in the house republican caucus that is anti-government, antisciencenti-obama. we have a trifecta that enables them to vote against everything. as you saw in the state of the union they couldn't afford for everything. hard working families evoke no response. >> jon: they also have, from what i understand, very sensitive hands. if they were to clap it could cause a tremendous amount of pain. i think it has more to do with that. [ laughter ] it puts the onus in some respects on the democrats to prove their case maybe a little bit more forcefully about the competence of government. how do you feel like that is going because on our end it looks like it's a bit chaotic. >> it looks that way. >> jon: i have another word that i use for that ends in something terrible. >> aww. >> jon: why do we have so much trouble executing the plans with any kind of efficiency? >> well, again, if you are dealing with people who have no april agenda, who -- no agenda, nothing is their agenda and never is the timetable it's very hard to negotiate with them. so we are responsib

changes including a path to legal status for the undocumented, but in his conference in the house republican caucusa lot of member, number one, who say you make me vote for that legal status make home conservatives say that's amnesty. i might get a challenge. because my base doesn't turn out because we passed what they consider amnesty, i could lose my race. the speaker got some pause there. then mitch mcconnell said we're not doing this again this year. we're not taking up immigration again. if the house did pass something, they would have to reconcile with the senate. mitch mcconnell who on both days would be on the same page with boehner. >> is anything really for all practical purposes everything important on hold this year? >> we can't answer that question definitively. there's a chance that republicans will try to do some of the pieces of this. might they do more border control, might they do a guest worker program, might they deal with the dreamers, those younger illegal immigrants who were brought across the border through no fault of their own but through their parents. the big question wh

the backlash from within the house republican caucus is serious enough to include a threat to braiders job when asked what would happen when the house took up immigration legislation this year. it was responded that it shoul cost him his speakership. coming after mitch mcconnell declared his this earer this week and after a house budget committee chairman, paul ryan reversed his own decision. just a week ago expressing support for a bill with a path to citizenship for those in this country illegally. foretelling the gop leadership when he reversed himself and said security first and then we might be able to get somewhere. president obama may once again be unilaterally part of this and a spokeswoman has confirmed to fox news that the obama administration is now considering whether allow insurance companies to extend cancel health insurance plans for another three years. that would take them beyond the midterm elections and those cancellations would not occur and those cancellations would not occur before befo the presidential election either. all this on top of the one-year extension wh

injuries because of these gerrymandered districts a lot of the people within its within the house republican caucus when it's base want to try to paint obama as this period tyrant that's burning the constitution to the ground i think a lot of people have seen the really far out right wing posters where obama is burning the constitution and the founding fathers are sitting there crying i think that's one of the goals of the republican party here partly because it appeals to their base and partly because they think because it appeals to the base it's going to appeal to everyone else but i really don't think it will i mean obama's been president for five years now they've been running these sort of attacks since the day he took office it doesn't work for the general population most people i think are sick of congress trying to be are being obstructionist when it comes to legislation and the normal functioning of the federal government i think most people are kind of comfortable with obama flexing around flexing his boy and i think a lot of people like to see a president with some muscle when it comes

to end discrimination for 3 to 5% of the united states are just apparently are not in the house republican caucusouse decides to take executive action on enda, it would only cover the federal work force. there was an interview friday night that the administration may be open to using any tool that is in the arsenal. we can only hope that creating a more fair and equitable society is on that list. >>> coming up after the break, how serious is west virginia's 10,000 gallon chemical spill? serious enough for erin brockovich to take it on. that's next. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus severe cold and flu speeds relief to these eight symptoms. [ breath of relief ] thanks. [ male announcer ] you're welcome. ready? go. [ male announcer ] phone: your account is already paid in full. oh, well in that case, back to vacation mode. ♪boots and pants and boots and pants♪ ♪and boots and pants and boots and pants♪ ♪and boots and pants... voice-enabled bill pay. just a tap away on the geico app. ♪ huh, 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. yup, everybody knows that. well, did you know

the right, and specifically the house republican caucus, has been passing all kinds of stuff purely in symbolism. >> right. >> if democrats do this, this will be the first time they've figured out the dance in a long time. why is that? >> well, i think partly because a discharge petition still need a majority of signatures from the house of representatives to move forward. look, the house is completely defined by who is in the majority. you basically get to decide everything. how long the debate is going to be, what the debate will be on, what amendments will be offered, all determined by the majority. i think, again, it's a good political cudgel. it's not something people will have to study up on. it will be something used in political campaigns, but i doubt we get to 218 signatures on this or immigration reform. i would say this. if you're running for reelection or congress as a democrat, you can say why hasn't my opponent signed the discharge petition. it's a good set of tactical maneuvers to try to keep that issue in the forefront. >> senator schumer has proposed the same thing. de

he has emerged as the wiseman in the house republican caucus. >> i don't have a sense of what it is right going into these things. he won't comment to reporters. he'll say, you're confusing me with somebody who is commenting on this. if he supports it, it is a clear indication he's with leadership. he doesn't think there needs to be any drama over the debt ceiling right now. >> some fights end. some fights begin. and some are just renewed. thank you for the update. >> thank you. >>> coming up, eric holder makes a new case for giving 6 million ex-felons the right to vote. that's coming up next. this is for you. ♪ [ male announcer ] bob's heart attack didn't come with a warning. today his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack, be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. but we're not staying in the kitchen. just start the slow cooker, add meat and pour in campbell's slow cooker sauce. by the time you get home, dinner is practically done. and absolutely delicious. everyone is cooking with new cam

as you indicated, the house republican caucus was going on their retreat today and will have -- we'll have to see how this shakes out theasms president pointed out last night, and it is important for the country to know, the senate did pass a bipartisan, comprehensive immigration bill and it would pass the house today if the speaker would allow us to vote. there are enough votes in the house today to pass comprehensive imgreags reform, the president could sign it tonight. the speaker is holding it up. he says he's going to look for another path. we will see. he's got a lot of folks in his caucus that are dead set against any kind of comprehensive immigration reform so we can hope, and i do hope, that they'll come together but right now, it's -- it's hard to put really great odds on that. >> on that point, how big of an issue do you think this is going to be for 2014 in terms of turning out the vote, if immigration reform doesn't happen, and then also, i wanted to have you touch on the number of retirements you guys have been facing in the house. there's a lot of longtime, veteran lawm

>> he's had a very cooperative house republican caucus who pretty much said they're going to be aboutt they don't have the strategy, they don't have willing partners so the president didn't say in the state of the union that we're just going to do stuff and not work with congress. he said, i'm going to work with you where we can. where you're going to be an obstructionist party. and people want to see people actually do something to improve their lives. >> hector, what is your response there, let me ask you, a lot of people feel that the issue there is not that the house or the senate doesn't have the ability to stand back and say, we don't want to act. they are elected too. what i think daniela is speaking to, though, is something that people around the country wonder, how is it they say they don't want to act. and then attack the president for not having a, quote, successful legislative strategy that they're blocking? >> you know, our friends on the other side like to remind us that we only control one half of one thirld of the branches of government. look, at the end of the day, wh

piece of business because they haven't got an lot done over the last couple years out of the house republican caucus. they've been willing to say what they're against, not so much what they're for. the fact they're for something is progress. i do know for a lot of families the fear of deportation is one of the biggest concerns they've got. and that's why we took executive actions given my prosecutorial discretion to make sure we're not deporting kids who grew up here and are americans for all practical purposes, but we need to get that codified. and the question is, is there more we can do in this legislation that gets both democratic and republican support but solves these broader problems including strengthening borders and making sure that we have a legal immigration system that works better than it currently does. >> another big issue is the legalization of marijuana. you gave an interview to the new yorker and said you thought smoking pot was a bad habit but you didn't think it was any worse for a person than drinking. that contradicts the official obama administration policy both on the websit

, there were a lot of discussions over the last two weeks, serious discussions within the house republican caucus various conditions that they could put on this. but the reality is they were going through the motions, wolf. they were telling us a couple of weeks ago that they simply did not see the votes being there for any kind of condition along with this debt ceiling within the republican party because there were so many people who would not vote for the debt ceiling no matter what was attached to it. they knew they would have to pull off the band-aid and do this which would be a short-term disappointment but positive in the long term. >> they don't have to worry about that, at least not in the house of representatives. it will go to the senate and they need five moderate republicans to break the 60-vote filibuster. let's see what happens tomorrow. that's dana. thanks very much. let's go back to john king over at the magic wall. we were talking about the midterm elections and how the republicans, they are sensing not only can they keep their majority in the house but they may become the majori

eric cantor and the leaders of the house republican caucus told him last december to put the brakes on it. there was not democratic support that has been lifted a little bit allowing him to move forward with the draft, but there is still not support from what we understand. and democrats are lethal. this will give them an amazing opporunity, what they think at least is an amazing opportunity to walk republicans ahead of the midterm recollections are being anti middle-class or being in the park and a big business. of course it will be harder to make that argument when there is that the levy on banks as well as the surtax on the wealthy. our democratic ideals, but there will be given their rigidity in the future negotiations over the budget of the scope of to point to anyone who would be included in the cancer program and say, hey, you know, we can raise money by taxing big finance of institutions because that is a bipartisan proposal. so democrats by and large are pretty grateful that this is happening. >> the process starts with ways and means on the house side, but are ready we're hea

piece of business because they haven't gotten a lot done over the last couple of years out of house republican caucus. they've been willing to say what they're against, not so much what they're for. the fact that they're for something, i think, is progress. >> will you agree with that sentiment, that this is some progress at least and it seems to be on both sides a willingness to want to get something done? isn't this a good starting point? >> well, i think the president along with those of us who have worked on immigration issues now for almost two decades certainly do see a light at the end of the tunnel. all of us are cautiously optimistic. but we're looking at the principals and we realize that the triggers of moving forward to what is ul really the lifeline of making this system better, one, providing the opportunity for young people who are trained here, who have great talent, to be able to stay here and invest in this country through he or she h1b visas, and then to make sure these families that have been broken up actually can be reunited. even those on the list accessing legal immigration, b

eric cantor and john boehner, the leaders of the house republican caucus, told him last december to put the brakes on it, when there wasn't democratic support. that has been lifted a little bit, allowing him to move forward with the draft. but they're still not whipping support from what we understand. and democrats are gleeful. this is going to give them an amazing opportunity, they think at least is an amazing opportunity, to really wham republicans ahead of the midterm elections for being antimiddle class, for being in the pocket of big business. of course it's going to be harder to make the argument when there is that big levy on banks as well as the subtext -- surtax on the wealthy because those are democratic ideals but they're going to be given the opportunity in the future negotiations over the budget, over fiscal cliff, to point to any one of the inclusions in dave camp's proposal and say, hey, you know what, we can raise money by taxing big financial institutions because that's a bipartisan proposal. it was in dave camp's plan. so democrats by and large are pretty gleeful this

republicans have two options on the table in caucus. house republicans would be willing to raise the debt limit in exchange for approval of the keystone xl pipeline. they would raise the limit if democrats agreed to repeal the risk corridors provision of obamacare. enable the government to share in the risk and gains of the marketplace, which republicans absolutely hate. they better make up their mind pretty soon because time is running out. >> in just a matter of days, the temporary suspension of the debt limit will end and the treasury department will have to start using extraordinary measures so the government can continue to meet its obligations. >> after a credit downgrade for the same stunt back in 2011, it's amazing john boehner would think about risking it again. the debt limit expires this friday. emergency funds are expected to dry up by the end of the month. this is not a game. this is really going to hurt america. why would the republicans want to hurt the country? democrats need to fight back and not let republicans hold our nati

well, last week, house republican leaders had their caucus and they released a set of standards for comprehensive as you heard, house speaker john boehner said it would be difficult to push any immigration reform this year. george? what happened? >> well, i think they are rethinking the whole idea of comprehensive. we are waste deep in the big muddy of comprehensive healthcare reform. now they want to do comprehensive immigration reform. i will show you what it looks like. that big boy is the senate immigration bill. it's 1197 pages long because it answers every conceivable question. it tells you what should be the hourly wage of an immigrant, animal sorter in 2016, $9.84 if you are wondering about it. everything. this is how we used to do things. this is the homestead act of 1862, settled the american west. it was immigration bill. it was designed to attract immigrants. to be fair the copy and the parchment copy in the archives is four pages long but still 1193 pages shorter than this one. we don't do comprehensive well. we can break it up into little bits but don't do more comprehensive. >> now

caucus has worked closely with he and dr. borasso nd dr. john boozman and so the senate republican doctors and the house republican doctors' caucus have worked together and dr. coburn along with senator burr from north carolina and senator orrin hatch, one of the most senior and thoughtful and brilliant members of the senate from the state of utah, they have this bill, they call it the patient choice affordability, and responsibility and empowerment act. the acronym patient care act. patient care act from the senate. so we're right there, mr. president. with all due respect, we have ideas. we have doctor price's bill, we have dr. coburn's bill. we have other members of the doctors' caucus and the doctors' caucus in the senate is smaller but we -- we're here to help. we want to help. we truly want to bring down the cost of health care and maintain that quality that we're so proud of. and it can be done. it can indeed be done. let me talk a little bit about the economy in regard to current law, obamacare, the patient protection and affordability act osmba macare has forced employers to cut hours and as a result part time employment has gone th

republican caucus. gwen: meanwhile, the president goes to visit the democratic house retreat today and among other things, he praises the democrats for their courage, unity and discipline. is he doing kind of a victory lap after a week like this? >> he's trying to be the cheerleader for a very nervous democratic conference in the house. and he's trying to stick, at least in the discussion he had with them in public today, to what their agenda is, what he thinks he can lead them on, which is this idea of opportunity and responsibility, minimum wage and raising unemployment insurance, extending it if they possibly can, education, all of those things. he very, you know, narrowly tried to negotiate around things that divide democrats. sew didn't bring up trade. he did not bring up the idea of any environmental disagreements that they have, and they do have some. he didn't bring up some of the national security intelligence problems that they have, he didn't talk about international policy. he very much tried on stick to the things that he argued bring them together. gwen: the administration has been saying e

are a lot of republican, some looking at 2016 that realize you will not get to the white house with old white male voters that are straight. >> clearly the majority of the republican caucuson the floor right now up or down it would pass the house. it would not pass president majority of republicans in the caucus but it would pass and that's the fundamental problem because that's why it's died. >> it would have passed the first two year of the obama presidencies when the democrats had the senate, house and white house and they didn't have the courage to put it up. would it pass right now if john boehner put it up on the floor. probably. but he is the speaker of the house, the majority leader of the republican party. he needs to have a significant number of republicans because he's not there -- >> nowhere in the constitution it says you're speaker of a party. you're of the house. >> of course it's not in the constitution but it's real politics. >> look at cnn polling. the majority of americans want this to happen -- >> cornell -- >> the problem is right now -- >> how many laws did nancy pelosi pass with a republican majority and little democrats. like the health care act?

concern and those of what passes for the establishment left in the republican party while he pretty much knew that his own caucus in the house, that republicans in the senate who are worried about tea party challenges including mitch mcconnell, and the tea party base itself were going to say no, were going to absolutely say no. so he put it out there knowing if he didn't shoot it down himself, everybody around him would. the strategy is twofold. you have the problems with the tea party on the substance of immigration and the substance of it is a lot of republicans say you have a slow recovery that's going to be blamed on the president, obamacare that's controversial, let's not get in the way of that by actually legislating anything. >> maria, the reality is that republicans need to do something to get minorities, women, people of color, the working class back on their side. and i wonder what your thoughts are. the "national journal" predicted three weeks ago that no matter what boehner did, regardless of whether his efforts failed or succeeded, he would get credit and he would get credits from the business community and pare

house for the big vote, so what are we going to do? the reason there are not 218 republican votes is because there's a cohort of republicans in the house effectively the nugent caucus. people like tea party texas congressman steve stockman who brought ted nugent, a man who the secret service investigated after saying he would be dead or in jail if president obama won re-election, he brought that guy to the state of the union address. this year. right now, waiting for a vote in the house is a senate-passed immigration bill. would start to fix america's broken immigration policy and finally unshackle 11 million people in this country from the terror of legal ambiguity. but the nugent caucus says no. and there is a direct line between the events that greg abbott held with ted nugent today and the fact that millions are still waiting for their congress to finally do something on immigration. nugent was there because the most passionate, committed, turned up part of the republican base views him as a hero and it is that same base that promises all hell will break loose if john boehner and house gop leadership does the right thing and brings up the senate immigration bil

clearly significant in terms of the republican caucus in terms of the politics in the caucus and john boehner's tenure as speaker of the house, obviously, there were plenty of republicans who were not happy about how that went down. at the same time, you have those establishment republicans who recognize they couldn't afford to go through another shutdown, another drama. that does give, though, democrats the opportunity to sort of take that off the table. i think that's why they are coming out bold with this discharge position concept on the minimum wage. i think it's also why they are going to push very hard on these women's issues, because they need to get women voters, particularly if you look at the virginia race where terry mcauliffe won, women made the difference. i'll say that again, women made the difference. i feel like, you know. so issues that appeal to women, that's why you're hearing about equal pay and some of these family medical leave issues. those are the issues they are hoping will help make the difference, and particularly in some of those key districts where it's going to be really tough to pull it out. >

caucus. what he has to remember, he is the speaker of the house of representatives, not just the speaker of the republicanucus. and i think he forgets that. >> congresswoman linda sanchez, thank you so much for your time tonight. >> thank you again for having me. >>> still ahead, the gop lawmaker who refused to challenge a voter who talked about executing president obama. we have his response tonight. and you can judge it for yourself. >>> also, too rich for jail. the so-called affluenza teenager sentenced to rehab instead of jail. that's in our justice file. >>> and your reaction to george zimmerman's so-called celebrity boxing match. the criticism continues to grow. that's coming up. stay with us. i have the flu, i took medicine but i still have symptoms. [ sneeze ] [ male announcer ] truth is not all flu products treat all your symptoms. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus severe cold and flu speeds relief to these eight symptoms. [ breath of relief ] thanks. [ male announcer ] you're welcome. ready? go. it's eb. want to give your family the very best in taste, freshness, and nutrition? it's eb.

of the house passes a clean debt ceiling bill moments ago a narrow escape for republicans and speaker boehner relying on the entire democratic caucus. the 4 milliothe leadership team convincing only 24 other republicans to vote yes to suspend the debt limit through march 15 of next year now it will head to the senate were will pass with these tomorrow afternoo of the one and 99 republican members -- members who defied their leadership to vote no be have conessman louigohmert, republican from texas, good to have you with us. 199 republicans voting against the speaker's wishes? what is your motivation? >> it is sad. you know, my motivation. it is to serve and protec this country we took an oath to protect and serve but i don't know why we even colleted debt ceiling if we just raise it anytime we get to win. i have a lot of sympathy if you have been speaker before like speaker pelosi, your memory gets troublesome because i heard her today talking about how they should ever have anything with the debt ceiling increase is to be automatically increased apparently the memory is gone. lou: but i need to get to the answer. 199 republicans.

of the house passes a clean debt ceiling bill moments ago a narrow escape for republicans and speaker boehner relying on the entire democratic caucus. the 4 million the leadership team convincing only 24 other republicans to vote yes to suspend the debt limit through march 15 of next year now it will head to the senate were will pass with these tomorrow afternoon. of the one and 99 republican members -- members who defied their leadership to vote no be have congressman louie gohmert, republican from texas, good to have you with us. 199 republicans voting against the speaker's wishes? what is your motivation? >> it is sad. you know, my motivation. it is to serve and protect this country we took an oath to protect and serve but i don't know why we even colleted debt ceiling if we just raise it anytime we get to win. i have a lot of sympathy if you have been speaker before like speaker pelosi, your memory gets troublesome because i heard her today talking about how they should ever have anything with the debt ceiling increase is to be automatically increased apparently the memory is gone. lou: but i need to get to the answer. 199 repu

his caucus this was in their short-term political interests to go along. >> this was too far, but immigration reform isn't. >> the limits between the two is instructive. the typical house republicann't want to vote for it, but wanted it passed and off the table. so he could betray the republican caucus by bringing it to a vote, most of them were pleased he did that. on immigration, much of the caucus would be unhappy bringing it to the floor. i think you're right, it's a certain kind of spine. i'm going to be the strategic leader of the party. he's beholden to the willingness to the caucus. >> two different evelevels of td rail, one kill use immediately, the other slower. >> i would have done the same thing. >>> i want to shift to minimum wage. president obama signed an executive order to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. let's take a look. >> we have to reverse those trends. we have to build an economy that works for everybody, not just the fortunate few. and we have to restore opportunity for everybody so that no matter who you are, no matter how you started out, no matter what you look like, no matter what your last anytiname you can get ahead in america if you are wil

able to do by stickinging to, what nancy pelosi's been able to do with her minority caucus, in the house. has the republican fracture in the house on debt ceiling and everything else, has it meant that democrats and -- that democrats can actually do some stuff for by sticking together? >> no, absolutely. because it didn't have to go this way. you know, democrats are not exactly famous for their unity. what's that saying i'm not a member of an organized party, i'm a member of the democratic party? it's not a given that they would have hung together on this. and the strategy from house republican leadership from the very beginning was, this is what they were telling reporters, we're going to find some type of debt ceiling package that splits democrats and unites enough republicans that it forces the senate to go along with it. we wrote at the time such a thing does not actually exist. there is no way that they were going to find that. they threw every random thing they could think of up against the wall and nothing stuck because democrats realized if we hang together, we will win because there is nothing that

one add on real quick, john boehner, speaker of the house, announced today that the republican caucusgo for a clean debt ceiling -- >> we got to talk about this, larry. >> i think that's very significant. i think it really helped the markets today. i have more to say about yellen, but don't forget, a clean debt bill. >> a clean debt bill. what does that say to you? that in terms of the politics here, that the democrats had more leverage than the gop on this issue? >> no. it says that the republicans in their caucus could not find something to get 218 votes. >> wow. >> it's that simple. they looked at the bailout of insurance companies, they looked at the keystone pipeline, they looked at cutting spending. they couldn't get 218 votes, so boehner did the practical thing. by the way, i think this takes some relief off the debt market approximat markets. >> absolutely. >> bond yields went up, stock prices went up. what did you think of what janet yellen had to say today? >> first of all, let's quantify something. since the close on the 5th before the four-day run, this being the fourth da

republican congressmanandy hares is a doctor and a member of the house doctor's caucus.congressman, thank you for being here. you are troubled that he is 36 years old what is the problem? >> his claim to fame is a physician organizer. we have a community organizer as president and now physician organizer as surgeon general of the united states. our tra degrees of surgeon general like edward coup. and richard car mona who is a world class trauma. and now dr. mercy who is a world class physician organizer and organized obama cheerleading group and the president will need all of the help he can get. because of the cbo announcement. we'll lose 2.8 million jobs. >> you say doctors for america is a cheerleading group for the president. on their website they say they are nonpartison and endorse candidates and not affiliated with the obama administration. what makes you think differently? >> read the new's press release, it is cheerleading for affordable care act. every single item is a cheerleader for. that and it does need help. cbo saying losing two and half million jobs beca

caucus. it contains none of the spending offsets boehner wanted. another rebellion by house republicans on raising the debt ceiling forced boehner into this admission tonight. >> we don't have 218 votes. when you don't have 218 votes, you have nothing. >> boehner was squeezed not just by his own caucus but by democrats and the richk of being blamed for the default if that happened. >> it would be an extremely destructive thing to do from the point of view of our economy, of the global markets. >> under those pressures, boehner today was forced to sever the 13-month debt increase bill from an amendment that was meant to draw conservatives in. it would have restored $6 million in cost of living allowances for retired military personnel. it left the debt ceiling vote for later. it needed near unanimous republican votes to pass. >> this feels like alice in wonderland, totally upside down. the majority is supposed to be the party that moves us forward because they run the ship. >> boehner put the best face on his inability to win over his conservative wing. >> understand, the president is dr

house. he said absolutely. he said i think no matter what we said, it would have an impact on the internal dynamic and politics in the republican caucusigure their caucus out. they think they've got time on their side, and if the house doesn't act, then the house is left to be blamed that immigration reform wasn't pulled off. >> you also spoke with the vice president about 2016, asked him if he was going to run. he didn't say yes, he didn't say no. but he certainly gave me the impression from your one-on-one that he was seriously thinking of running a third time for the democratic presidential nomination. what was your impression? >> i had the very same impression. i mean, you know, he's asked any big name is asked almost at every turn at every interview about 2016, so they're ready for it. but i was really surprised on how far he went and how really genuinely honest he was in answering the question. it came up because i had heard him earlier in the week, and i know you did as well, he had some fun speaking before the uaw in talking about how the -- there's one good ren to not run for president and that's so he can get behind the whee

in the house, including for many immigration supporters on the republican side, is that the republican caucus what it wants. i mean, they couldn't even agree on the one thing that they wanted to ask for in exchange for raising the debt ceiling, was it going to be blocking keystone, was it going to be restoring military benefits, which is incredibly popular? they could not agree on that, and that's why this did not bode well for immigration reform, because immigration reform is far more complicated. sure, they can agree on a broad set of principles, but when it gets down to governing, that's where they are running into problems and where even some of these republicans who do want to see immigration reform. >> big thanks to all of you, do appreciate your time. the agenda panel today. we will be right back. see what's new at projectluna.com [ telephone rings ] [ shirley ] edward jones. this is shirley speaking. how may i help you? oh hey, neill, how are you? how was the trip? [ male announcer ] with nearly 7 million investors... [ shirley ] he's right here. hold on one sec. [ male announcer ] ..

house republicans, like representative raul labrador who said if you bring an immigration overhaul to the floor, i think it could cost him his speakership. over, mr. speaker, are you getting bullied by that itinerant conservative caucusans in the house elected you speaker, it's the people who elected you to congress in the first place. when ohio business leaders are flying to washington to ask for reform and constituents are staging rallies and protests and showing up at your ohio office to demand action, maybe it's time to focus on them. immigration reform is not about whether or not you get to keep being called mr. speaker. americans across the country have been willing to put their bodies on the line for this reform. undocumented activists have risked deportation and separation from their families, they've put it all on the line. maybe it's time you become willing to put your gavel on the line, you know, pour the good of the country. sincere sincerely, melissa. momuments men? yes. we have been tasked to find art the nazis have stolen. [ male announcer ] george clooney. matt damon. bill murray. john goodman. and cate blanchett. [ man ] this is our history, and it's not to be destroyed. we better get it back. [ male

breaking news the republican party has just pulled off an amazing escape on capitol hill with a lot of help house speaker boehner relying on the democratic caucus clean debt ceiling bill of lading and other potential shutdown. we will have the latest from washington. also the president defending the 35th unilateral change to obamacare. listen to the run on rhetorical rationalization. >> this was an example of

republicans, 12 democrats yet they voted 27-8 for this. it's totally bipartisan support. in the house we have 51 republicans and 48 democrats and the green party and the caucus so i counted as 51-48 and 73 to whatever depending on where those two and a. so again it's a majority bipartisan overwhelming majority. if other states recognize that if it doesn't go forward it's because a small minority stop that i don't think it will have a negative effect. the substance of what's going on is going to be appealing. it's not going to be changed whether this passes or whether doesn't pass. probably there are very few states in very few legislatures that are facing this kind of enormous hurdle. i joke all the time it's hard to get from motherhood and apple pie at much less something that can be controversial. i think other states are pursuing it and there a lot of things happening in other states that are, how should i put this, that are interesting. one of the cornerstones of which the federal government did to help pay for this and instantly one of our arguments is we are going to pay for it whether we take it or not. everybody's going to pay for it whether you take

republican caucus. republicans that aren't necessarily going to vote for this, they understand like john boehner did in the housen a position to be blamed for the debt ceiling, for def t defaulting on the debt. they are going to try to figure out where the five republicans are. they are not going to be happy about it politically. dana bash, live from washington. thanks so much. snow and ice are building up on roads throughout the southeast and thousands are without power this morning. george howell is live in atlanta. good morning. >> reporter: unlike last time when millions were caught off guard, take a look. hardly anyone on the roads. we are tracking it all here on the roads. we will show you what we find as the "cnn newsroom" continues. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ told ya you could do it. (dad vo) i want her to be safe. so, i taught her what i could and got her a subaru. (girl) piece of cake. ♪ (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. it's not the "juggle a bunch of rotating categories" card. it's not the "sign up for rewards each quarter" card. it's the no-games, no-messing-'round, no-earning-limit-having, do-i-lo

republican mike lee of the senate judiciary committee. and congressman javier basara, chairman of the house democratic caucus. and our power player of the week, medalist girard senahi is live in studio and promises to astound our panelists. we'll see. all right now. on "fox news sunday." and hello again from fox news in washington. when new jersey's chris christie spoke in chicago this week, a former governor was sent to act as a truth squad. and when papers from one of hillary clinton's closest friends were discovered, we decided it is not too soon to talk about the 2016 presidential election. joining us from ohio, that former governor democrat ted strikland and from texas, former bush seen your white house adviser karl rove. we're going to get to chris christie in a moment. let's start with those papers from close clinton friend diane blare. in the papers, hillary clinton calls monica lewinsky a narcissistic looney toon and asked it was consensual and not awe power relationship and not sex within any real meaning of the term. nobody in white house tough enough and mean enough. then will is senator paul goin

house floor. what we're hearing from both conservatives, members of the republican caucus, and moderates, is that it is not going to go past the debate and the discussion. he may be able to have hearings on it. it will not happen until after the midterm elections on the house floor. >> on house floor, you tweeted about some of this this morning. you said that in the morning lastly, what are these bills in the house that the house is considering? >> they will have more success with this bill. it will more than likely pass with a republican majority. it is a bill that would change the way 501(c)4's would how much politics they can engage in and keep tax exemptions. he says that regulation should not be allowed to go forward until congress completes the probes into the irs controversy. that is backed by almost every republican on board. that bill will come this week. the house is expected to vote on two pieces of legislation that would ban the irs from asking about religious, social, or political beliefs. the other would be that if the irs shared your taxpayer information with another government age

republicans. so anytime the speaker of the house basically has to act and move forward with the other party rather than his own, that puts him in a weaker position vis-a-vis his caucus. on the other hand, it's something investors will be relieved about and senate expected to take this up and pass it tomorrow. >> what's 9 next battle ground then, john? the speaker did give, in they did pass a clean bill. but in washington there's always that next battle that's looming. and since the speaker did give in a bit, what's he facing next? >> reporter: the next battle will be on immigration. are we going to get a deal to overhaul the immigration system? we've got mixed signals from the speaker the last couple of days. the most recent signals were he doubteded would happen that. reflects the push back he's getting from the right. i talked to a republican member yesterday who said this story's not over. we're going to have to see how he tries to manage his caucus. he tried to manage it last night on the debt limit and get a vote arrangement that he liked and he didn't get it. so it's not clear that he can make what he wants to happen happen on immigration. and then of course t

house republicans are in a bit of district -- disarray over the budget ceiling. when asked about keystone and the obamacare provisions, they simply do not have enough unity within their own caucusmove forward. they are still deciding what they're asked will be. it is hard to imagine we will have another protracted crisis over the debt ceiling. the question is when and if there will be anything attached at all. >> peter cook and phil mattingly joining us this afternoon. guys, thank you so much. coming up, twitter will report quarterly earnings after today's closed. -- today's close. you are watching "bottom line" on bloomberg television. ♪ >> the nfl says cbs will televise eight of its games next season. cbs one a bit, and increasingly valuable property for tv. the games will be simulcast on the nfl network in the first half of the season. the leaks cable network he -- will keep the second half of the season games for itself. after expected to report market close today. phoneoins me today on the from summit, new jersey with a preview. what will drive disney's overall growth for the quarter? >> a couple of big drivers for disney, first, the cable networks. you just talked about f

republican caucus. mike and heritage have been very, very powerful this past week in scaring the peeker of the house. >>moneyna, make a point about health care. >> let's put the people in context. 145 million people in the workforce. we're talking about in this country, and i've worked with a lot of silicon valley companies, in america today a lot of what you see, who are starting businesses? people who he already have means and people young and don't have families. one of the reasons is people are tied down because of health care. so the idea that some people may ultimately fall out of the workforce but you have a whole group of people who may decide i'm going to start that new business and that in turn will create. >> hold on. a comment from mike here. >> the cbo debate has been one of those great moments that illustrates how washington, d.c. confuses the debate. here you have some of the same people who look at paul ryan's plan to strengthen medicare by providing premium support so that medicare exists for future generations and current generation and call that pushing granny off the cliff. people wh