maria theresa and an undocumented immigrant join me. maria theresa, let me start with you.marco rubio, one of the drafters of the senate legislation did not sound especially confident this morning that reform will make it through the house. take a listen. >> i certainly think that immigration reform is a lot harder to achieve take than it was just three weeks ago. because of what's happening here. again, i think the house deserves the time and space to have their open ideas about how they want to move forward. let's see what they come up with. >> what might the politics of the shutdown mean for the politics of immigration reform? >> i think fundamentally that the republicans need to go back to their district and show that they got something done, anything at this point. immigration is one of the few things that will actually help them not only in the polls, but also when it comes to midterm elections. it will help them with an incredible base at the latino community, asian community and african-americans. so i think there is an opportunity for them to actually start healing

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. >> maria theresa, final question to you.s speaker boehner do the sensible and honorable thing and put this bill to the floor and allow the government to reopen, or does he keep his job? which do you think he prefers? >> i actually think his job is in jeopardy any way you slice it. the good thing would be to put this in front of congress and allow them to vote on it and then he actually is at least able to leave a legacy saying i stood up to the bullies, because i did what was best for the american people and didn't cave to my party. either way, i don't think the tea party is going to keep him around, even if they stand their ground as it is. >> yeah. maria theresa kumar and professor james peterson, thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> former minnesota governor jesse ventura joins us. but first, what's in the box? >> just tell republicans if they agree to end this impasse, they can get whatever is in this secret mystery box. i mean, what could it be? the complete dismantling of obama care? the key stone excel pipeline, or is

maria theresa, some are jumping on a statement by white house press secretary jay carney today as allegedof that the president is seizing health care from honest americans. take a listen to this. >> there are going to be changes brought about by the affordable care act to create minimum standards. maternity care is covered, prevent active services are comfort, mental health services are covered. the insurance policy you buy doesn't have an annual limit or lifetime limit. so it's true that there are existing health care plans on the individual market that don't meet those minimum standards, and therefore, do not qualify for the affordable care act. >> so people won't be able to be ripped off by substandard plans. what a pit. but is this the line of -- is this line of attack proof that the website will be fixed and republicans then will really have to move on? >> not only do they realize that. let's take a step back and see who they put ahead now to fix this -- the computer glitch. it's jeff zients. jeff zients headed up the advisory board, a health care company that pulled together best pr