questioning jay carney, like jonathan carl last week, because it is an insummit -- insult to listen, report something and then the next day find out it is not true. that is because the white house is overhyping the impact of sequester and saying they did not deal fairly with republicans when it comes to a deadline. >>steve: jay carney said the law was inflexible but now we're finding ways to move money around. like we predicted. >>brian: we showed you this video. rutgers basketball coach rice and the university facing heat. yesterday a video showed the coach assaulting his players in various practices. the school knew about it. live now at the rutgers campus with more on this and the aftermath. >> good morning, brian. it's not just the assault people are talking about. it's also the verbal

jonathan carl. >> mr.ys into your second term, on the gun bill you put everything into it to try to get it passed. obviously, it didn't. congress has ignored your efforts to try to get them to undo the sequester cuts. there was even a bill you tried to veto got 92 democrats in the house voting yes. my question is do you still have the juice to get the rest of your agenda through this congress? >> if you put it that way, jonathan. maybe i should just pack up and go home. golly. you know, i think it's a little -- as mark twain said, rumors are my demise may be a little exaggerated at this point. we understand that we are in divided government right now. republicans control the house of representatives. in the senate, this habit of requiring 60 votes for even the most modest piece of legislation has gummed up the works there. and i think it comes to no surprise, not to the american people but even members of congress themselves, right now things are pretty dysfunctional up on capitol hill. this fight -- i'm a

here's rove with abc's jonathan carl. >> where does karl rove historian rate president bush?mong the best presidents, not so great? where do you put him? >> look, the greats you can't touch. george washington, abraham lincoln, ronald reagan, fdr, the greats. but, yeah, i put him up there. >> i put him up there. there you have it. w. coming up just shy of the greats. i personally put him in a category all by himself. >>> next, three-time presidential candidate ron paul took a dive back into politics this week and endorsed georgia republican congressman paul broun running for the u.s. senate. ron paul says he and broun keep tabs on the federal reserve, and one of their focused issues and another common bond, their thoughts on evolution. >> i've come to understand all that stuff i was taught about evolution, embryology, big bang theory, and all of that is straight from the pit of hell. >> i think there is a theory. theory of evolution. and i don't accept it, you know, as a theory. just don't think we're at the point where anybody has absolute proof on either side. >> ron paul, a

guantanamo or budget problems or gun violence lies squarely on congress's doorstep as he told abc new's jonathan carl. >> jonathan, you seem to suggest that somehow these folks over there have no responsibilities and that my job is to somehow get them to behave. that's their job. >> reporter: by the same token the president accused republicans in congress and state houses of obstructing his health-care reform law. he acknowledged some glitches but said they don't affect most people. >> despite all the hue and cry and sky is falling predictions about this stuff, if you have already gotthelf insurance, then that part of obamacare that affects you, it's pretty much already in place. and that's about 85% of the country. what is left to be implemented is those provisions to help the 10 to 15% of the american public that is unlucky enough that they don't have health insurance. >> reporter: while much of the 48 minute white house news conference dealt with domestic policy and tensions with congress, the questions also turned abroad. the main focus, the ongoing conflict in syria and signs that bash ar al-ass

as we continue to watch these pictures go to jonathan carl at the white house where the president has been keeping as well its been a tense day and week. we've been told the president spoke with russian president putin. of course both of the brothers russian born. interesting thing about the readout of the call we've been given is that it says the president praised the close cooperation of the united states has received from russia on counter terrorism including in the wake of the boston attacks. oerords the russian government has been helping with this investigation of the brothers both of course born in russia. >> and again, we had heard earlier there might be some possibility this was from the mother two of the men that there had been possibility that they had been tracking at least the older brother at one point and then, stood down? >> i've got to tell you in terms of information coming out of the white house leaving this up to the fbi and officials on the grountd here we've been wondering are we going to hear from the president on this? and guidance has been they don't want to g

the same warning, rubio spoke with abc's jonathan carl to drive home how hard it would be to be an undocumented immigrant under his plan. >> all people will get is the opportunity to apply for things. to apply for a legal status. which isn't awarded on day one. you have to pay an application fee and a fine. and you're going to have to stay in that status while you pay taxes and prove that you are not a public charge. and you don't qualify for any federal benefits. >> so the gang of eight's proposal includes a 13-year path to citizenship and it includes a slew of border security requirements and electronic employment verification program and a new guest worker program. and while the bill has strong bipartisan support in the senate and endorsements from business and labor, not everyone is on board. on abc yesterday, republican senator jeff sessions expressed his concerns that the whole amnesty thing doesn't seem to be going away. >> i really respect the work of the gang of eight. but they have produced a legislation that appears, although it looks like now it may be another week before we see it,

here's rove with abc's jonathan carl. >> where does karl rove historian rate president bush?est presidents, not so great? >> look, the greats you can't touch. george washington, abraham lincoln, ronald reagan, fdr, the greats. but, yeah, i put him up there. >> i put him up there. there you have it. w. coming up just shy of the greats. i pesrsonally put him in a category all by himself. >>> next, three-time presidential candidate ron paul took a dive back into politics this week and endorsed georgia republican congressman paul broun running for the u.s. senate. ron paul says he and broun keep tabs on the federal reserve, and another common bond, their thoughts on evolution. >> i've come to understand all that stuff i was taught about evolution, big bang theory, and all that is lies straight from the pit of hell. >> i think there is a theory. theory of evolution. and i don't accept it, you know, as a theory. just don't think we're tat the point where anybody has absolute proof on either side. >> ron paul, a science skeptic going to bat for him. >>> timely, here's what's that hi

. >> jonathan carl. >> mr. president you are a hundred days into your second term. on the gun bill you put it seems everything into it to try to get it passed. obviously it didn't. congress has ignored your efforts to try to get them to undue these sequester cuts. there was even a bill that you threatened to veto that got 92 democrats in the house voting yes. so my question to you is, do you still have the juice to get the rest of your agenda through this congress? >> if you put it that way, jonathan. [laughter] >> maybe i should just pack up and go home? golly. you know, i think it's a little -- as mark wit twain said, rumors of my demise may be a little exaggerated at this point. look, we understand that we are in divided government right now, the republicans control the house of representatives. in the senate this habit of requiring 60 votes for even the most modest piece of legislation has gummed up the works there, and i think it comes as no surprise, not only to the american people, but even members of congress themselves, that right now things are pretty dysf