two veteran reporters here in washington, bob cusack, managing editor of the hill newspaper and jim kuhnhennwho's white house reporter with the associated press here to give us the week ahead in washington. jim, let me begin with you. what's on the president's agenda thisat i week?est: >> guest: he's been doing these kind of thematic weeks. a couple of weeks ago it was energy savings and climate change, last week it was infrastructure. if there'sa i guess a theme, it's foreign investments in the u.s. so he's bringing some business leaders to the white house on tuesday, and then later in the week he's going to cooperstown to the baseball hall of fame to discuss tourism. it's his kind of, at the white house they call it his pen and phone thing where he tries to do things on his own. >> host: i was going to say, is this an interaction with congress? what's on his agenda doesn't sound like something he's asking congress to do. >> guest: no, no. this is basically highlighting things that he thinks, that he can do or has been able to do. he has this program called select usa which is a way that he

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bob cusack is managing editor of the "hill newspaper" and jim kuhnhenn reported the "associated press to give us the week ahead in washington. jim let me begin with you. what's on the president's agenda this week? >> guest: you know quetta he's it's been doing one of these fanatic weeks. the weeks ago was energy-saving and climate change and last week he did infrastructure. this wiki is kind of if there's a theme its foreign investments in the midwest. he is bringing business leaders to the white house on tuesday and then later in the week is going to cooperstown to the baseball hall of fame to discuss tourism. so that seems to be the theme of the week this week. it is his kind of day at the white house. they call it his pen and phone thing where he tries to do things on his own when congress is it with them. >> host: is this interaction with congress? was on his agenda this week doesn't sound like something is asking congress to do. >> guest: no, this is basically highlighting things that he thinks he can do or has been able to do. he has this program called selectu.s.a. which is a w

host: jim kuhnhenn -- guest: one of the comments valerie jarrett said is we have until august to makeetermination as to whether it the house will move. there have been discussions between the speaker's office and the white house. they believe the speaker wants to go but they understand what his political limitations are. in the meantime, there is a parallel track going on with the department of homeland security. jeh johnson, the secretary, is anding at how he can soft the bite on deportations. the president has gotten criticism from the immigrant advocacy community over the number of deportations. they are trying to figure out how far to go. whether to make this a wholesale executive action that is vastly diminishes the number of deportations. it is not where they want to go because they think that would destroy any deal they could get with republicans. thefixes might be more on margins. even if congress does not act, even if boehner does not act by august, i think what you will see from the administration is some tweaks but nothing that is a wholesale change in immigration law. host

i'm going to take jim kuhnhenn at ap first of all. >> thank you, mr. president. thank you, mr. president. as you said this is a cause of the presidency. he ran on this issue, you mentioned. why was it allowed to get to this stage where you actually had potentially 40 veterans who died while waiting for treatment? that's an extreme circumstance. why could it get to that point? >> well, we have to find out first of all what exactly happened. added to want to get ahead of the ig report or the other investigations that are being done. and i think it is important to recognize that the way times generally, what the ig indicated so far at least, is the wait times were for folks who may that chronic conditions, were seeking the next appointment but make already received service. it was not necessarily a situation where they were calling for emergency services. and the ig indicated that he did not see a link between the weight and then actually done. that does not excuse the fact that the wait times in general are too long in some facilities. and so what we have to do is find out what e

host: jim kuhnhenn, the president last tuesday. was that a nudge? guest: there were some interesting clues in where the wiggle room exists. the senate bill has a path to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants that are here illegally. there is some interest in the house and certainly some of the republican opponents of immigration reform have talked about a legal status for immigrants who are here illegally. not necessarily a path to citizenship. not something that puts them ahead of others who have been waiting in line to gain citizenship. when the president says he is not hellbent on getting everything in the senate bill, that is an important bill. he did not mention a path to citizenship in those remarks. leaving an area that could allow the house to come up with a compromise. host: bob cusack do those comments help or hurt? guest: i was thinking about that when the president was praising speaker boehner. boehner privately has told democrats not to publicly praise him, especially on immigration. this is a tough task for speaker boehner. earlier