- >> host: in a sensor picks up on president obama wrote a book before he ran for president and jon mccain had a book. many presidential candidates now write books before they run for office. so what i'm thinking is, when you talk about your father's campaign, you talk about your own campaign, one issue on a personal basis would be your religious faith, your mormonism. do you think that is the problem? he don't talk about this in the book although you are very open to you are a mormon. >> guest: this is a book about america and about my concerns about our economy, the foundation of our economic strength in my concern we are weakening that foundation and that we are imperiling our future. i don't get into a lot of political issues that i find of interest, social issues. i don't even get into homeland security in much depth because they don't relate to those economic foundations to the extent i felt was appropriate, but as to my views on my faith, yeah i am proud of my religion. i don't try to distance myself from it in any way, shape or form. i am sure for some people it is a problem becaus

millas de muro fronterizo son 2 de las 10 medidas que plantean los dos senadores de arizona, john mccain y jonara enfrentar la violencia en la region y la inmigracion indocumentada... los senadores quieren que indocumentados que sean sorprendidos volviendo a entrar al pais ileglamente pasen hasta 60 dias en carcel y que el gobierno federal reembolse esos costos a las localidades. expertos en inmiogracion creen que el sistema judicial no esta preparado para recibir tantos casos migratorios. "no tenemos todos los recursos judiciales para oir todos los casos, ni los jueces ni abogados. kyl y mccain ademas quieren miles de agentes fronterizos adicionales en arizona y aumentar el numero de vigilancia electronica y area para que se utilicen 24 horas al dia.. ambos senadores tambien apoyan 1 controvertida medida migratoria estatal de arizona en contra de los indocumentados. mccain indico que era 1 paso adelante. "no se puede vivir en arizona y no tener este problema todos los dias en las noticias..la gente esta cansada. el gobierno federal no ha h

in a statement, republican senators john mccain and jon kyl expressed concerns that "the obama administrationust clarify that we will take no option off the table to deter attacks against the american people and ourllies." only 18 months ago, it was defense secretary robert gates said the u.s. nuclear arsenal worked as a threat against saddam hussein's possible use of chemical and biological weapons during the first gulf war. >> we later learned that this veiled threat had the intended deterrent effect as iraq considered its options. >> reporter: so, he now disagrees with that? >> if we see that a country greatly expands its biological or chemical weapons capability, the posture review calls for the the ability to re-evaluate any assurances that have been given. >> reporter: less controversial, the new policy is intended as a signal to iran and north korea. >> there is a message for iran and north korea here. it is, if you're not going to play by the rules, if you're going to be a proliferator, then all options are on the table in terms how we deal with you. >> reporter: and diane this announ

now for the top story tonight, senators john mccain and jon kyl of arizona asking mr. ama to send 3,000 troops to the myrrh mexican border. for mr. mccain, this is a reversal in the past. owe opposed troops down there. the senator and i debated the issue a number of times as you may remember on the factor. what has changed? joining from us washington is senator john mccain. before we get to the border, senator, am i wrong what's driving political cynicism across the country. >> no. you are exactly right. except i would like to make one additional point and that is there has never been any real outreach for bipartisanship by this administration. it came with 60 votes, which they don't have anymore. overwhelming majority in the house. and they have decided they would drive things through. hopefully to pick up republican senator or two. but the fact is, there has never been genuine outreach to try to get things done on a bipartisan basis. >> bill: when bill clinton was president, did he outreach. >> yes, he did. yes, he did. yes, he did. >> bill: in your experience then, t

. >> john mccain and jon kyle -- >> can you do is that without dealing with the drug war and wlab?. >> and i would say that's what we're talking about when we talk about comprehensive immigration reform. first, decide 0 who comes in and out. secure the border. secondly -- >> well secure the border first. >> secondly, deal with the people that are inside. what are we going to do with them? i would say -- >> we'll save that for another day. >> third, the number of visas that we give for people to come to work, you guys, as soon as we get out of this recession, we are not going to have enough workers for our future. which means, that we will have more jobs that need people. we need to look at immigration and decide what kind of paperwork, how wide do we make the gate for people to come here legally? if they have a way to get here legally, to do these jobs, they're not going to be coming in, paying some coyote to bring them in for $7,000. >> is it an actual coyote? >> no. >> it's a bad guy carrying an ak-47 that kills people, that's who's bringing them in. >> this debate is coming. we

it's one reason why senators john mccain and jon kyl are calling for 3,000 national guard troops to be deployed to arizona's border with mexico. they also want funding for an additional 3,000 u.s. customs and border agents, a double row border fence, increased mobile surveillance and hardship duty pay for border patrol agents. but that's not the only reason, at least for john mccain. can you tell that he might be in danger of losing his senate seat this november? where have all these clowns in washington been on this issue since 9/11? virtually nothing has been done to secure this nation's borders because democrats want the mexican vote and republican donors want the illegal aliens to work for them. president obama insists that his administration is committed to securing the borders and has taken unprecedented steps over the past 14 months. what a load. the fact is it's unlikely anything will be done about illegal immigration because it's an election year. for the reasons laid out above. but arizona's taking measures into its own hands. the state senate has passed a tough new immigrati

. >> jon kyl is the number two guy in the united states senate on the republican side. john mccain was the candidate for the president of the united states on the republican side, you are telling me that neither of them can do nothing in this instance? that is what the federal government should do -- i agree with that, but you're asking me what i would do. i would be -- i might say there. >> bill: you are not going to solve the problem. what would you do? >> the constitution allows policies for a very good reason. we should not have each state having its own policy on immigration. we would all move to wyoming and have open policy if that were the case. the fact of the matter there has to be a single rationale, thoughtful way of dealing with the issue. >> bill: i think there will be a new federal proposal very shortly. thanks very much. we appreciate your time. the kelly file, a army colonel refuses to obeys orders. and judge rules whether a divorced catholic father can take his daughter to church. megyn kelly is next. copd makes it hard for me to breathe. but with advair, i'm breat

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senator jon kyl -- that is an important one. another one to watch is senator mccain and joe lieberman. senator lieberman was lying down in negotiation initiative. he was pretty bold in saying that he did not then and there were 67 boats, but he is not -- votes, but he is not the vote- counter. host: kansas city, missouri. robert. caller: yes, sir. i hear a lot of talk about north korea but nobody says anything about south korea. i want to know if your guest has any information on what they have in those top-secret mountains in south korea? guest: good question. south korea was discovered to have been running a clandestine nuclear program for many years. there was international condemnation, and as far as we now, that program is no longer going on. they have tested as many as two weapons. so we know that they are a defective nuclear country. there are an example of a country that is no longer pursuing nuclear weapons. that could be seen as excess -- as a success. other countries participating in that program would be libya. host: next phone call. caller: this is an im

jon: let's talk about it with taylor griffin, former economic adviser to john mccain's campaign and michael linden, associate directer few tax and -- for tax and budget policy at the center for american progress. michael, do you dispute anything the fed chairman had to say? >> nope. [laughter] we do have a long-term budget problem that we are going to have to get ahold of over the coming years, and the president, president obama, i think, has taken some good first steps to doing that. i think it's important to distinguish as the chairman did between the short-term deficit, the one we're having this year, and the long-term deficit. in fact, the first one's not a problem at all, the second one is a big one. jon: mike, let me stick with you for just a second there. >> sure. jon: you say president obama's taken some good first steps, does that include the health care bill? >> yes, it does. it reduces the deficit of $130 billion this the first ten years, but more importantly, up to a trillion in the second ten years and hopefully, it will bring some of those health care costs more into sort of a

i want to thank the congressional delegation in particular, senator mccain, that is with us today. and senators jon kyl as well for the active and continued support on the issues that we face in nogales. and yes, we are making great headway on some very important border issues. for instance, the port of entry is curly undergoing major reconfiguration, a project funding -- funded to the tune of $200 million under the america, american recovery act. this project will double and triple, for inspection of both commercial and noncommercial traffic at mariposa. this project which start in september of last year should be completed by 2013. we're curly working with arizona department of transportation and the federal highway administration to improve the kind of port in turkey to the federal highway system. additionally, we are working with our mexican counterparts to ensure that necessary improvements are made for the mexican side of mariposa. in recent years we have seen a clear focus at securing the border between the ports of entry, but there has been little attention to ports of entry themselves. i t

senator jon kyl -- that is an important one. another one to watch is senator mccain and joe lieberman. senator lieberman was lying down in negotiation initiative. he was pretty bold in saying that he did not then and there were 67 boats, but he is not -- votes, but he is not the vote- counter. host: kansas city, missouri. robert. caller: yes, sir. i hear a lot of talk about north korea but nobody says anything about south korea. i want to know if your guest has any information on what they have in those top-secret mountains in south korea? guest: good question. south korea was discovered to have been running a clandestine nuclear program for many years. there was international condemnation, and as far as we now, that program is no longer going on. they have tested as many as two weapons. so we know that they are a defective nuclear country. there are an example of a country that is no longer pursuing nuclear weapons. that could be seen as excess -- as a success. other countries participating in that program would be libya. host: next phone call. caller: this is an im

i want to thank our congressional delegation in particular senator mccain that is with us today. and senator jon kyl as well for the even continued support for the issues that we face and nogales. and yes, we are making great headway on some very important border issues. for instance, the port of entry is currently undergoing configuration, a project funded to the tune of $200 million under the american recovery act. this project will double, if not triple a part for inspection of both commercial and noncommercial traffic at mariposa. this project was started in september of last year should be completed by 2013. we are currently working with arizona department of transportation and the federal highway administration to improve the connectivity from the port of entry to the federal highway system. additionally, we are working with their mexican counterparts to ensure that necessary improvements are made to the mexican side of mariposa. in recent years, we've seen a clear focus at securing the border between the ports of entry. but there has been little attention to the port of entry themselves.