back on the whole issue of john mccain, lindsey graham and others, john mccain also made the point ofu said, wolf, that there's no need for boots on the ground. but the need, he said and this is proof just even this intelligence even though it's not completely confirmed, that they need to have some kind of in his words operational capability to secure these chemical weapons, not just of course assist those who are trying to overthrow the assad regime and so forth. it's the first and foremost goal of the united states right now needs to be to deal with these chemical weapons. of course as he said just in case to make sure i should say they don't get in the hands of other terrorist groups. >> dana, standby. senator mccain is joining us on the phone right now. senator, when you got this letter from the white house, what was your immediate reaction? >> well, my immediate reaction was that i was pleased that the president corroborated evidence that the israelis, the french and the british and others have concluded that bashar al assad had used chemical weapons. a little concerned that this

added this. >> the decision to reach this conclusion was made within the past 24 hours. >> senators john mccain and lindsey responded, senator mccain, i think it's pretty obvious a red line has been crossed. senator graham, it's a red line that has been crossed. if it's a red line that's been crossed, the next question, what the heck does that mean for u.s. involvement? joining us, from time international, bobby, can we start with this phrase, some degrees of varying confidence. having gone through iraq wmd, i think all of us are extremely attune dollars to the intelligence problems here. what should we make of the phrase, we have determined with some degree of varying confidence chemical weapons were used? >> we have to conclude we're not 100% sure. chemical weapons are not very subtle. serin in particular is not very subtle. the fact that that kind of language has been used suggests to me very small amounts were used. this is not even something as bad as the tokyo subway serin gas release. >> when saddam hussein used chemical weapons against kurds during his reign in the 1980s? >> that is cor

>>p>es momento de nuestra primera pausa y al regresar el senador republicano john mccain habla de la presentar y apoyar la propuesta bipartidista para el control de armas, también se defendió la medida que será presentada a votación. >>> las autoridades de texas dicen que han encontrado pruebas muy fuertes que por más de 6 hrs los investigadores inspeccionaron un almacen donde se incautó un vehículo que presuntamente fue usado para el asesinato del fiscal y su esposa. >>> al del adolescente trayvon martin fue despedido, el sargento estaba en ua práctica de tiro cuando sacó los blancos con la imagen del adolescente asesinado por george zimmerman >>> y ahora pasamos a lo que está sucediendo en los deportes alrededor del mundo. >>> muchísimas gracias, hemos vivido otra jornada emocionante del fútbol mexicano, 5 victorias de local, 2 de visitante, 2 empates, adelante con el resumen. >>> en el omnilife, las chivas ante el atlante con la imperiosa necesidad de ganar, pero al rebaño sagrado nada le funciona los potros ganaron 2 a 1, las chivas están aún paso de sumar un fracaso más. >>> due

what do you make of john mccain and others saying that? >> he is right. it is groundhog day with respect to north korea. we have gone through this before. i think john kerry did what he needed to do during his trip to the reasoning. but this is clearly a long term challenge. and what will be pivotal is to find out whether north korea further escalates through these missile launches or steps back from the brink, at least leaves the door open to some other steps. >> you heard also, john kerry. secretary kerry talk about china and the meetings happening behind the scenes. but was he using too ginger or too tender of a touch with china knowing the significance, when he was with an dree, a he said he won't talk about it specifically but there are many that china could pursue at this point as opposed to sitting and waiting. >> i don't think china has been sitting and waiting. they put out right before john kerry arrived, a pretty stern mention from a chinese standpoint. and that was reinforced during john kerry's various meetings in beijing. one significant que

i don't think in the end john mccain would have won that race. maybe it would have been closer but i agree with john mccain in this case. the outcome without have been largely the same. >> great to see you, robert. thank you. >> thank you, thomas. >> president obama is expected to tap his pick for the next head of the transportation department and his pick is fox he's also the first african american among the president's picks. fox would replace outgoing ray lahood, one of the few republicans serving in the obama administrati administration. >> hurricane sand, how new jersey is restoring the shore. >> ricin arrest, another suspect in jail today. and our question today to you should the u.s. take military action in syria? the allergy m. you know who you are. you can part a crowd, without saying a word... if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... you stash tissues like a squirrel stashes nuts... well muddlers, muddle no more. try zyrtec®. it gives you powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because zyrtec® starts workin

i'm always amazed by john mccain. there's a good john mccain, not so good john mccain. let's go to the good john mccain. he's really the only red stater of his party to cross the aisle and vote with basically gun safety people. and he's from arizona. what do you know about that? >> and one of the only westerners as well. >> only westerner. >> this was a pretty classic case of john mccain the maverick, if you will. he broke from his other home state senator, the junior senator jeff flake who was under a lot of pressure to vote with democrats on this bill. when he went and said last night that he was going to vote no, that was one of the tipping points. that was when people up here started to really say, you know what? we don't think we can get this. >> it was like trying to get an inside straight. there's seven people. you needed five of thel. it was really tough. >> it was difficult to get. kasie's absolutely right. flake is somebody who talked bravely about this. and who was sort of, i think, somewhat influenced by mccain. then pulled back at the end. he doesn't want t

y john mccain se mostraron optimistas. >>> el respaldo es necesario a la propuesta que es compromisoibir donde podemos conseguir los votos bipartidistas. aquellos que vivan para el 31 de diciembre del 2011 van a recibir un estatus provisional que durarÍa diez aÑos y ayudaria para viajar al exterior, condiciones del permiso provisional en pantalla. >>> solo asÍ despuÉs de una dÉcada podrÍan solicitar la residencia permanente despuÉs de pagar una multa de mil dÓlares. >>> tratando de remediar el dolor causado por las deportaciones el plan permitirÍa que las personas sin rÉcord criminal que tengan un hijo o cÓnyuge ciudadano estadounidense podrÍan solicitar al pais. >>> es algo importante, a final de cuentas es algo que estÁ en nuestro mejor interÉs econÓmico y social como paÍs. >>> 4,5 mil millones de dÓlares para la seguridad fronteriza. en las zonas de alto riesgo 90% de las personas que intentan cruzar se de tendrÍan y guardia nacional para construir vayas y tecnologÍa de vigilancia. >>> durante todos estos aÑos han habido abusos, mientras mÁs militares en la frontera mÁs abusos se

migratoria se sienten optimistas que tendrÁn los votos suficiente para su su aprobaciÓn, segÚn john mccainn unos 70 votos, necesitan Únicamente 60 pero aun queda mucho por hacer el proyecto de ley es a toda bien el sxhitcomÉ jurÍdico del senado, y a todo bien que los grupos lo hagan y no sea descarrilado, lourdes tiene el informe. ( ♪ mÚsica ♪ ) >>> en un foro de la influyente cÁmara de comercio de estados unidos, los senadores republicanos, john mccain y l o lindsey graham del grupo de los 8 defendieron la seguridad de la reforma migratoria y plantearon sus argumentos para la batalla que se avecina. (hablan en inglÉs) >>> tenemos esperanza y un cuateloso optimismo de que po podremos te naner mÁs de 70 vo n el senado. esto se reunirÁ exponer las enmiendas, tenemos este entendimiento, la cÁmara de comercio y la federaciÓn de sindicatos, negociaron un acuerdo clave para la legislaciÓn. >>> la parte mÁs tenue del p proyecto el corazÓn de la ley son los trabajadores temporales en clquier esfuer rzo poiÓn. podÉis f modificarlo. >>> el actualtrabajadores que necesitamos y la gente con la capacid

with weapons. >> are you getting a sense from lawmakers that they're echoing the sentiments of john mccains interesting about what mccain said, he is probably one of the most hawkish people. even he is reluctant to put boots on the ground, have much involvement with the no-fly zone. there's a great deal of reluctan reluctance not only on the parts of americans. >> do you think that's because they're thinking in terms of politics or actuality are 2u8 able to effect change? >> likely there's in al qaeda ties, if we supplied articles to the opposition, that would be a problem, because these aren't obviously allying for the united states. i think we'll see probably sort of an upgrade on what we have already seen, which is communications aid and some of the humanitarian aids. >> let's not forget we have north korea, we have iran action and we have this red line that seemingly may have been crossed to some degree with the potential release of chemical weapons in syria. so, you know, what do we do? when you put that out there across this red line action and we're going to do something? >> well, t

coming up, a conversation with senator john mccain. first, a look at some other stories making news on his tuesday morning. joining us is nancy. good morning. >> an update on the middle east from secretary of state john kerry. he has held a very constructive talk with israeli and palestinian leaders during three days of diplomacy. he says that everyone is committed to continuing the process that could create conditions for peace. direct israeli-palestinian talks can resume. back in washington, the senate meets today, one of many issues on the agenda is immigration. in a report this morning, officials say there are arguments over plans to boost visas for high-tech workers and disputes on how to punish companies that train workers in the united states only to ship them overseas. the senate meets at 10 a.m. eastern time. watch live coverage on c-span 2. turning back to international news, earlier today, north korea urged all foreign companies and tourists in south korea to evacuate, saying the two companies are on the verge of nuclear war.

and maybe john mccain can help her along with pat toomey. figure out a way out of this mess. the hill for 20, 30 years. >> she would have to have a position that actually means something. and she would actually have to say why she voted no on this that makes sense. andrea mitchell, is there -- i've sort of been culling through things here. she voted no. has she said why? does she explain that she wants something more? does she have any ground to stand on if she were to try to revamp and get herself out of this mess? >> i don't know if she's made that explicit. i do know the night before last that the white house -- amy klobuchar told me yesterday this did come up. the president did talk to them. and they were discussing. you know that lisa mer cow ski was there and kelly ayotte and heidi heidcamp. klobuchar things they're going to do it. there is going to be some way to recast this. and as you know, joe manchin is trying. it's hard to see what they do to make it different enough that would bring together all sides. >> you know, really all they need, they need the democrats. a

[ cheers and applause ] senator john mccain went on tv this week.alled kim jong-un a clown and a fool. [ cheers ] well, as you know, according to john mccain, that would still make him eligible to be vice president of the united states. so that's not that bad really. [ applause ] this was kind of interesting. a u.s. intelligence agency has put together a psychological profile of kim jong- un, and they say's he is a narcissist. he is obsessed with hollywood, obsessed with plastic surgery and obsessed with the nba. a condition we -- well, we know that in this country as kardashianism. that's kardashianism. that is the same basic -- [ applause ] well, if you flew out here, you probably know this already. because of the whole sequester thing, the faa has imposed furloughs on air traffic controllers, their layoffs. and of course, a lot of passengers feel uneasy about taking off and landing knowing there's nobody in the control tower sleeping.

control altogether now however a number of republican senators including major power brokers like john mccain and lindsey graham have come out against their colleagues obstructionist strategy there is support should give reid and his allies the sixty votes necessary to override any republican filibuster everything goes as planned the senate will vote on reid's bill thursday however even if pro-gun control senators do manage to overcome a republican filibuster they may not be able to gather up enough votes from conservative democrats to ensure that reid's bill which includes nationally popular measures like universal background checks on gun purchases gets through the senate so what happens how does the fate of gun control become to tied to legislative procedure in the days and weeks after the newtown killings popular opinion overwhelmingly favor drastic new limits on firearms purchases and even a national ban on assault weapons the nation seemed poised to make a fundamental change to its firearm laws since then the n.r.a. has ramped up its. the usual scare tactics warning that more background

este mesa al igual que el pueblo estadounidense, saber que la frontera estÁ segura, jeff jala, john mccainy me siento confiado que pueden lograr sus objetiv objetivoss y regresar a pli estado y decir este esto un verdadero camino a la ciudadanÍa >>> quÉ aspectos piensan van a ser los mÁs difÍciles en estuvo su propuesta >>> bueno es una legislaciÓn muy amplia, con muchos aspectos, y hay algunas cosas que se criticaran y que habrÁ gente que se opondrÁ o que piensen que no debemos tener un camino a la ciudadanÍa, pero creo que mucha gente tiene dinero y no se pueda deportar, no hay nada fÁcil sobre esto, pero es la mejor oportunidad de una en g generaÓ >>> por supuesto >>> las personas, como el tps estarÍan incluidos >>> los jÓvenes soÑadores. >>> sÍ y de hecho sobre eso, hay un camino para los 11 millones. y todos los senadores han convenido que debemos tener un camino acelerado, Ágil para los estudiantes del dream act. >>> las personas que llevan aÑos utilizando el proceso legal actual van a tener que esperar ser incluidos en esta reforma migratoria >>> sÍ y lo que hemos dicho siempre que

he had to call john mccain and call up senator graham to apologize for doing that. it seems like we gave him good advice. but having said that, that's the way the system was designed. let the members of the house do negotiation. i get to spend more time with raul labrador then than the president does. therefore i should have a better personal relationship and a relationship base odden trust than the president will ever have with him and i think we can share with one another. whether it's him or sam johnson or carter, look, tomorrow in chicago, it's monday, i'll be with paul ryan, the 29th in san antonio, congressman judge carter will be with me at noon with the chamber of commerce in san antonio. they're coming forward so that we can have a debate and discussion with the american people. i don't know that the president of the united states is uniquely in a position to share a stage or podium with anyone, much less members of the house of representatives. for us, i think we break through the logjam because you know what, you spend enough hours in a room talking to so

arizona senator john mccain gives us his take. and what next conciliation, negotiation or retaliation? we will ask our experts. joe manchin of west virginia, democrat, republican pat toomey of pennsylvania on the deal that nobody loves but enough people might embrace and one promising new face is all in. florida's marco rubio on whether he can coax fellow conservatives in to supporting immigration reform. i'm candy crowley. and this is state of union. secretary kerry met with japanese leaders and urged north korea to bring their nuclear rhetoric to a peaceful end. >> hopefully north korea will hear our words and recognize that for the future of its people and for the future stability in the region as well as on the peninsula itself there is a clear course of action that they are invited to take. >> joining me now arizona senator john mccain. senator, when you put this in context of the history of north korea with the grandfather kim jong-un, with the father of kim jong-un, can you tell me whether this is more serious, less serious

cost over some that and supported the bill, including john mccain and pat toomey. i think it is understandable. it is a matter of intensity. if you are pro-gun, that is how you vote and that is how the democrat side. that is why they ended up going the way they did. >> political consequences. >> not clear at this point. i will say this, i think there will be second-guessing on the democrats' strategy. harry reid appears to go to an early vote. there was never an attempt to make this a real filibuster to challenge. once the 13 people said they were going to filibuster, ackground checks, that was challenge. ok, let's go to the mattresses. 60 days, 60 nights like we did on civil rights and make them stand up and defend that position. instead of allowing it to .ecome a pressure thing the sponsors said if the nra had not scored this and said this is what they're going to make their graydon, 15 senators would have voted differently. i do not know if he is right. . i think that tells you something. he said if morning this vote had taken place in january instead of april,

arizona senator john mccain gives us his take. and a compromise on background checks for gun sales means nobody's happy. >> not necessarily as strong as many of us might have preferred. >> the government should not punish or harass law apieding citizens in the exercise of their second amendment rights. >> democrat joe manchin of west virginia, republican pat toomey on the deal nobody loves but might embrace. and one of the republicans' promising faces is all in, marco rubio on whether he can coax into supporting immigration reform. and the politics of tragedy, a 2016 republican reaching out beyond the party base and the president's budget, does he want a grand compromise or a big midterm campaign issue all with our political panel. i'm candy crowley and this is "state of the union." >>> secretary john kerry made a final stop in asia today meeting with japanese leaders and urging north korea to bring their nuclear rhetoric to a peaceful end. >> hopefully north korea will hear our words and recognize that for the future of its peopl

you still have that concern about for example, senator john mccain wanting to then opposition and we still like with libya, we don't know who all of the players are there. >> there is a very tragic irony that is unfolding here. over the past two years, where we were in the beginning when this was a peaceful nonviolent uprising against the regime. there was an inaction because people didn't want to internationalize the conflict or regionalize the conflict. they were sitting on the sidelines saying we don't want to get involved in a domestic syrian affair. here we are two years later. it is spilled over with the refugees. armies coming from hezbollah fighters. there is an irony that now we are being forced into action when two years ago, it would have been a lot easier. we had a more clear opposition. a more organized opposition than what we have now. back then two years ago, the presence of al qaeda and extremists was much more minimal than today. >> but you may not have had the international support that you're hoping for this time around, unfortunately. >> unfortunately. there is th

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meanwhile, senators john mccain and lindsey graham say the injured suspect is not, not entitled to his miranda rights. they want dzhokhar tsarnaev to be treated as an enemy combatant. and the transit police officer injured in a shootout with the suspects remains in critical condition. don't forget about this hero. officer richard donahue being treated for a single gunshot wound. meanwhile, authorities are still looking at another disaster further south, way further south, trying to get to the bottom of what caused that blast at the fertilizer plant in west, texas. fox'sdom nick is there with the -- dominic is there with 14 dead. >> 200 injured. we understand from the authorities that 14 bodies have been recovered. they do not expect that number to rise much, if at all. 13 critically ill in hospital. it's unclear now on day three after the disaster how many of those will pull through. they think most of them actually will. the bodies of those that have been recovered from the site here in west have been taken to dallas for forensics. those that were most closest to the epicenter of the

. >> john: it also led for a rebuke from senator john mccain. >> in all due respect to my colleagues 's ludicrous. this legislation tightens our borders, increases security. i would say it's a strong argument for immigration reform possible passed as quickly as possible. >> john: with what more on what role the events of boston should playplay i welcome michael tomas can i. do you see the bombing in boston derailing the immigration reform? after find out more about where they're from and so for i think things could be worse than they are. there is john mccain and paul ryan echoing what mccain said. i think with the exception of coates, grassley and rand paul, whom you had on your screen there as you were doing your intro, i would say that most republicans that i've heard have actually been pretty reasonable about this and have kind of said that there is nothing in immigration law that would have prevented us letting these guys in the united states when they were 9 and 16 years old and buying able to tell that they were going to grow up to go terrorists. >> cenk: isis senator mccain co

. >> gracias por invitarme, y yo lo llamo el grupo de los 8 porque asÍ le gusta a john mccain. >> perfecto una propuesta concreta para cambiar las leyes migratorias, ¿esto es preocupante? >> bueno, creo que estamos muy cerca del grupo de los 8 en el senado, hemos estado trabajando muy intensamente durante meses y tenemos la esperanza de presentar un proyecto de ley en algÚn momento en el futuro cercano, estamos hablando de dÍas. >> es decir, la noticia es que ¿podemos esperar que esta prÓxima semana habrÁ un anuncio de reforma migratoria? >> ciertamente, esa es nuestra esperanza y nuestra meta, vamos a ver si lo logramos. >> ahora, si hay una reforma migratoria ¿usted nos puede asegurar que en el senado va a incluir un camino a la ciudadanÍa para millones de inmigrantes indocumentados? >> sÍ, hay 11 millones de personas indocumentadas viviendo en el paÍs en este momento, 40% de ellos vinieron aquÍ ilegalmente, pero se quedaron mÁs alla de la duraciÓn de su visa, es casi el 60% ingresÓ ilegalmente y la propuesta que presentaremos al senado incluye una senda a la ciudadanÍa, con una senda ac

senator john mccain not among them. >> what is your thought on a filibuster on this? >> i don't understand it. the purpose of the united states senate is to debate and to vote and to let the people know where we stand. >> so you'd encourage republicans not to filibuster. >> i will not only encourage it, i do not understand it. what are we afraid of? >> dan malloy is lashing out at the nra's president wayne lapierre who criticized the state's measures. >> wayne reminds me of the clowns at the circus. they get the most attention. that's what he's paid to do but the reality the gun used to kill 26 people on december 14th was legally purchased in the state of connecticut even though we had an assault weapons ban. but, you know, there were loopholes in it that you could drive a truck through. he is so out of whack, it is unbelievable. i can't get on a plane as the governor of the state of connecticut without somebody running a background check on me. why should you be able to buy a gun or armor piercing munitions? doesn't make sense. >> joining the president today will be

as john mccain always said that reward will be in heaven. i appreciate being here. this is a good piece of legislation. we look forward to seeing it through. thank you. [applause] >> ok. we'll take a few questions. >> gun legislation, for background checks it seemed likewo bipartisan support. what is your going going to do to make sure the same thing doesn't happen with your legislation? >> first of all, i think we have a strong foundation. the eight of us did not getting together on a whim. we've been working for three months and struggling through these issues and each giving and getting to know each other. that is number one. second, i think i can speak for both caucuses, i think the majority of people in both caucuses want to get this done. reasons,r different come frk different regions. other people are at extremes from those caucuses that don't. but i think this is ours to lose. i think we have a great product here. itwill need improvement but will is strong and i think we have great unity among ourselfs that will keep this going through. i don't think it is a

this is to john mccain. it stays intelligence community does assess with varying degrees of confidence that the syrian regime has on a small chemical weapons on their own people. jeremy from the hill says their staff writer writes on defense issues, mr. herb, how does the white house treat this information that came yesterday? guest: well, they have reacted with caution on the next steps on whether or not to red line has been crossed. and white house officials said they still did not have enough evidence to corroborate the chemical weapons had been used. they did not stay red line had been crossed. they said the evidence was still being collected before determining next steps they were going to take. host: is there any sense on how long this process of determining evidence will take from the white house? >> no. today didn't give me a timeline. they said they obviously want to do it as quickly as possible d talked about the assad regime allowing the united nations and but said they had other sources on the gr

as i mentioned, john mccain often the hawk in these discussions. last night on fox, he went further. let's watch senator mccain. >> it's a shameful chapter in american history, and i hope that this new revelation of chemical weapons will move the president to do what he should have done two years ago. from the statement that's coming out of the white house, i'm not sure they will. >> there he is, shameful. what do you expect if the assad government falls in the next several months? or within the year? say. who wins? i was told today that we and our allies are prepared to spend $1 billion on this program going forward. and the idea is to train up, you know, hundreds of people every month and flow them into syria so you begin to have some framework. >> are they our people? >> these are people we're working with. >> vetted. >> we're working with a moderate general who the u.s. has -- >> are you confident as an analyst you think we could actually win this war? have the right side win? >> chris, i think the best outcome here is a negotiated settlement, b

john mccain took exception to this. listen to what john mccain said first. >> i don't understand it, the purpose of the united states senate is to debate and to vote and to let the people know where we stand -- >> so you would encourage republicans not to filibuster? >> i would not only encourage it, i don't understand it. what are we afraid of? >> pretty disgraceful for senators to threaten to filibuster gun control voting. >> that's why he should have been our president, john mccain. i love john. john is a man of great common sense. first of all, we're talking about the senate. the senate should vote. there should be a vote. everybody should vote up or down on this. i don't know, they're probably going to defeat it anyway even if there was no filibuster. even if they don't, you have a republican house you got to get it through after you get it through the senate. i don't understand why the republican party is creating this problem for themselves about filibustering. if they want to block this legislation, they have a

me of the john mccain of 2000. he was out there saying this is the right thing to do. gabby giffords was shot. she's my friend. and there were still not enough republicans to do it. you ask them privately and they say it's not an easy vote to take and they said the house isn't going to pass this anyway so why should i vote for it gr it wasn't just republicans. there were key democrats. >> four democrats voted no, but even if all four voted for it they still would not have the 60 votes. the house probably not doing it was at least one explainer why some senate republicans thought it was easier to vote against it. >> what does this say about the president's possible domestic legislative agenda for the rest of his term? he's got three and a half years left. this is an issue it's background checks, not the other part of the package-- had 90% support. if he can't get this through what can he get through? >> that's a good question. we'll see that coming up on immigration. immigration is the next up. the bill was introduc

john mccain is a leader, has been a leader in this country for 31 years.ple respect his opinion and i'm grateful to all republicans who joined with us to allow the debate to go forward. >> michael: the republicans who didn't join with the democrats though are digging in their heels. senator john cornyn of texas said i don't thinker gun laws would not have helped the newtown, and that republicans are committed to helping them. even though they don't want to bring the bill to a vote. >> the president has told some of these victims' families that this side of the aisle doesn't really care about their loss. that's not true. that's false. the president is wrong. >> michael: well senator the american public seems to think differently than you do. an nbc wall street journal poll out today found that majority of americans 55% support tougher gun laws like the ones the president is proposing and most interestingly, 65% of women want the tougher laws while only 44% of men do. which just goes to show the g.o.p. is still hopelessly out of touch. house republicans are

as i mentioned john mccain, often the hawk in these discussions, said it's obvious the president's red line on syria has been crossed. last night on fox he went further. let's watch senator mccain. >> this is a shameful chapter in american history and i hope that this new revelation of chemical weapons will move the president to do what he should have done two years ago. from the statement that's coming out 0 of the white house, i'm not sure they will. >> there he is, shameful. what did we expect if the assad government falls in the next several months or within the year, say? who wins? >> one of the issues that the administration has been most focused on is this day after issue because assad will not continue to rule syria for much longer. the administration finally in the last week has in place a program to build a strong command and control within the opposition. i was told today we and our allies are prepared to spend $1 billion on this program going forward. and the idea is to train up, you know, hundreds of people every month, and flow them into syria so you can begin to have som

john mccain, lindsey graham and chuck flake. and chuck schumer become on "meet the press" this morning. fred bingham said, "you can't too wonky on c-span." democratic caller, hi, catherine. caller: i have a comment on situation. with 20 million unemployed american citizens, some of them returning vets, a lot of them college students not being able to find jobs, the parties to fall all over each other to pander to a group of people who should not be in this country. host: rebecca tallent? guest: there are two pieces here. the unemployment rate which you are mentioning amongst a lot -- especially college graduates and veterans -- i know is a significant concern society proposal that the gang of eight is putting together basis much of the cap off of unemployment rate in certain areas and certain sectors so you're not flooding the market in places with a high unemployment rate with temporary workers where they might have the possibility of having american workers fill those jobs, too. the second piece you mentioned was the pandering

john mccain, mccain was going to clean up the system. that bill mccain-feingold create did zero. i believe a lot of it is the race for money. i'm asked constantly on radio shows about members of congress are they good or bad. there are some people that we know since i've got in trouble have gotten in trouble. but the system itself is doomed corruption. anything jack abramoff and i did, i ate sushi with jack abramoff and i went to scotland with jack abramoff. if i'm a lobbyist and you're a congressman today, i give true examples in the book that happened. examples in the book sometimes with names omitted for a reason. you can produce names. if i want to i can take you to alaska. we can hunt. we can have a $3000 to $4000 dinner. ando that and i can raise you $75,000. i can then take you a staffer and may be some of your family, we can have a $2000 or $3000 a dinner. it's all legal. as long as we stand and at the reception and eat. i can have meals. alice fisher in her announcement, see said congressman used fundraiser. everybody on that hill today. i was charged, i pled guilty. giv

republican senator and presidential candidate john mccain with us now. senator, what's your biggest worry for wednesday? >> well, my biggest worry now and until north korea changes their behavior pattern is the accidental or possible outbreak of conflict on the korean peninsula. seoul is about 20 miles from the dmz. at the dmz there's artillery in caves that north koreans have which have the capability of striking seoul. there's millions of people that live there. to somehow think that these people or person or persons think like we do and are going to behave like we do, i think, is something that we can't rely on. so i'm worried about that. as far as the missile launch is concerned, i think it's just another provocative step that's being taken. i do believe we can take out that missile if we -- if we have the ability to do so. that's a difficult decision to make. could i just mention one other aspect of this, sir. we go through this cycle of confrontation, negotiation and then trying to buy them off with oil or food or money or lifting sanctions. we've

but these are people in the senate like john mccain. like chuck schumer. they may not get along on other else, but they are committed as seeing a policy deal through. and i'm going to tell you, we are going to see a deal announced in the next week and next two weeks, sometime within the month of april, probably. it'll get slammed by the left. it's he going to get slammed by the right. but we need to keep our eye on the ball. two things. one, we need to address the issue, address the problem of the 11 million. number two, we need to have a deal that can get approved. and we've got to have confidence and the guys in that room and the lady also on the house side that they are doing their best to try to come up with what is the art of the possible to see this through to the finish line. >> lz, are we nearly there? >> yes, we're nearly there. simply because of the 2012 election. i'm not as joyful, i guess, as my comrade ana is. this is about one thing, trying to get ahold of the latino vote. plain and simple. john mccain, god bless him for doing this, but he i

john mccain leading the charge for military intervention in multiple appearances. >> i think it's pretty obvious that red line has been crossed and the president has not wanted to engage in syria in any way, meaningful way, for a couple of years while 70 to 80,000 people have been slaughtered. it's been one of the most shameful chapters in american history. >> but though members on both sides of the aisle said action must be taken in syria, nobody seemed to be sure what that action should be. john boehner said in a statement, quote, it's past time for the president to have a robust conversation with the congress and american people about how best to bring assad's tyranny to an end. notice what he used there. allies including france, britain and -- have accused assad of using chemical weapons. it repeated again it has persuasive intelligence and the foreign min terror of qatar had a dire warning for the obama administration. >> we have one way only. kill and kill and kill until you win. later, don't blame us or you blame yourself because it will be our mistake together, not to intervene.

hearing about the prospects of the the manchin-toomey bill. >> with people like jeff flake and john mccainod signs for the bill for the wednesday volt and i think that's a good thing. in the house john boehner has not agreed to hold a vote on this measure. >> specifically here immigration, what is his goal by going on this interview blitz? >> well, what he's trying to do, since he's taken up an issue that's very controversial within the republican base and has, he's trying to lay the predicate for responding to concerns like the ones that you were alluding to from jeff sessions before. but this is another issue and another piece of legislation that is rolling down the track and is going to pass. the question is, what are the particulars? look, republicans have got a huge problem with hispanic voters, everybody knows that, everybody knows that they're not going to win national elections until they address that issue among other political problems that they have. and to have marco rubio, who's a rising star within the party, who's an hispanic united states senator himself, somebody who is li

john mccain leads the pack on sunday show appearances.cative of who is getting on these shows. we looked at the data going back to the beginning of the year. and from january to march, the first quarter of the year, it's predominantly conservatives, democrats hold the white house. democrats hold the senate. but yet, again and we've looked at this years ago and saw that it's conservative voices on the sunday shows. this is across the spectrum, meet the press, "this week" all of the shows are dominated by conservatives. let's just take your findings, kind of one at a time here. broadcast networks posted republican and conservative guests more often. is that like across the board or just ms -- i mean nbc or abc? >> no. it's across the board. i mean, this is an issue that happens show after show after show. you look at them conservatives are getting to the mic phone in greater numbers than democratic voices. this is, you know, we talked about we always hear about how the liberal press. right? we have this liberal press. >> right. >> look who