let me bring in jay newton small, could have passed this. bring injay newton small, what are the prospects based on what you heard congressman cowie saying and the president for an agreement next week? to run's point, it was mitch mcconnell under barack obama who said we aren't going to give the president a win, our firstjob is to make sure he isn't re—elected and we are going to be the party of opposition —— to run's. that was his strategy moving forward under barack obama so what incentive to democrats have two work with republicans —— to buck ron christie, jay newton small, thanks very much and we can go live to senator jeff flake, thanks very much and we can go live to senatorjeff flake, republican from arizona. you have been a noted critic of the president, what did you make of his speech? it had his moments, some of it was a unifying, references to folks in the gallery, exa m ples of references to folks in the gallery, examples of heroism, that was certainly unifying but some of it was decidedly not. a lot of the immigration discussion

laura: jay newton-small, thank you for joining us. during red text between delegations -- rare talks between delegations from south and north korea, the north agreed to send an orchestra to the winter olympics is the latest of element in the apparent easing of tensions between the two nations, but there are still worries over north korea's nuclear program. on a flight to south america, pope francis voiced concern over a conflict, saying that one accident could be enough to precipitate things. his comments came after a weekend of high drama in hawaii. people were sent scrambling when they received an alert saying a ballistic missile was heading and down. it took 38 minutes to correct the error, and questions are being asked about how this could have possibly happened. earlier my colleague katty kay asked david ignatius of "the washington post" why there wasn't a better system in place on her program "beyond 100 days ." david: it is not as if this is the first time an accident like this has happened. zbigniew brezinski, who died last ye

ron christie and jay newton small. people. belongs to, her people. that manufacture to those who serve abroad in our military. abroad in our military. reminder that he wanted to re—ground us and he accomplished that. us and he accomplished that. with democrats at the moment, will anything come of that? i hope so. there's lots of common ground with immigration issues. immigration issues. it's in the constitution that congress sets immigration policy. congress sets immigration policy. have a starting basis and he laid out his points. out his points. different from the american carnage in order of a year ago —— divisive. in order of a year ago —— divisive. in the really big items that the president... president... of state or when he's been abroad, he steps up to the plate. he steps up to the plate. that was a moment tonight so he acted presidential. acted presidential. guantanamo bay open so terrorist suspects can be there? suspects can be there? said that before he made this announcement. announcement. russell, thanks f