. >> irin, you have congress in recess until the 25th. the sequester deadline is march 1st, friday. here among lawmakers to get a deal done to avert the crisis? >> so far, lawmakers are more important of pointing fingers. i'm not optimistic. we may see a replay of the fiscal cliff. let's put a band aid on it and hope for the next deadline. we are going to kick the can down the road. >> let's more on to immigration. irin, senator mccain immigration on "meet the press." >> he drafted and guiding his agencies to comment on. if the president proposes legislation, do you think it will fail? >> of course. of course it will. that's why we are working together, republicans and democrats. by the way, he had no communications with republicans on the issue, unlike the previous four presidents i dealt with. i believe we are making progress on a bipartisan basis. >> irin, the republicans and democrats on the hill. what is the plan before something official comes from the hill? >> i think you should consider who wants credit for what and who takes blame if it fails? the republicans are looking fo

okay, irin, your must-read? >> this is a sunday afternoon read. not that i'm actually putting it into practice. >> who does that? >> here we are working on a sunday afternoon. spend more time doing less. relax. it will make you a better employee. >> okay, well, good advice, then. robert, jimmy, irin, good to see you all. >> thanks. >> thank you so much. and you did that in perfect time because that is a wrap of "weekends with alex witt." up next, "meet the press" and craig melvin will have more news coming up at 3:00 p.m. eastern. have a great day, everyone. stay safe out there. our first full team gathering! i wanted to call on a few people. ashley, ashley marshall... here. since we're often all on the move, ashley suggested we use fedex office to hold packages for us. great job. [ applause ] thank you. and on a protocol note, i'd like to talk to tim hill about his tendency to use all caps in emails. [ shouting ] oh i'm sorry guys. ah sometimes the caps lock gets stuck on my keyboard. hey do you wanna get a drink later? [ male announcer ] hold pa

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