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the backing of three of the senate's top democrats and three top republicans, including florida's marko rubio and arizona's john mccain. >> we can't go on forever with 11 million people living in an illegal status. >> reporter: immigration reform is one of the few issues in washington on which both sides are calling for sweeping reform. >> there are a lot of democrats in congress who once and for all want to solve this problem, fix this mess, a broken immigration system and many of us agree with that. >> i see things that were once off the table for agreement and discussion being on the table with a serious pathway forward. >> reporter: but there are potential sticking points. >> i do think that enforcement has to be a big part of it. >> republicans demand better protection and crackdown on companies that hire illegal immigrants. fine print that will come into focus this week as washington reopens the case for immigration reform. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> time running out for a group of puppies trading to be service dogs. their trainers have used the same building for years. now

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. >> before i let you go, marko rubio, one of the biggest names of the republican pushing for this, this is a win-win for president to your point but it seems like a lose-lose for g.o.p., can he come out smelling like a rose. >> of course senator rubio is thinking about his position went the party, he is trying to strike some middle ground against anti-immigration absolutists on one side, and business community on the other. it seems that this comes to border enforcement, if rubio can convince republican primary voter ease is for border enforcement first, he comes out well. >> the president will come out well, and the rest of us will have one big tab, what the heck, put it with the rest of them, thank you, tucker. >> is there a new sheriff in town. >> >> a calling in to sheriff, nobody messes with joe. >> tell that to real sheriff joe, sheriff joe arpaio is mad as heck, he tweeted this, president obama keeping calling bp biden sheriff joe, and now -- there is one low one sheriff joe that is me. he does not like sharing his nickname, and he has a few other opinions when it comes to presid

. >> let me just also say that i took note that senator mark marko rubio defended the party.show you what he said. >> i think the bottom line is that the republican party is the 35rty that's placed two hispanics in the number of hispanics and the african american senator in the united states senate and i never once felt that the republican party has been unwelcoming to me because of my heritage or my background. i think that's been a popular thing to say in terms of the mass media and their coverage of the republican party. but i disagree with the general powell's assessment. we have work to do on a number of issues.

against it, marko rubio.up a nice dynamic for 2016. >> to put it very simple, they kicked the can down the road a little bit. we're going to deal with it again. >> one other quick note, i think everybody will take a little bit of a hit, because the expiration of the payroll tax cut. that's going to have a little bit of an impact on middle class families that earn $50,000 to $75,000 a year. $75,000 they would see their rate rise 1.3% to 17.1. so because of the expiration of that, might see a little bit of a difference in your pay. >>> students from sandy hook elementary getting ready to head back to class tomorrow for the first time since that shooting nearly three weeks ago. families have already been dropping by the new school, an open house scheduled for today. experts say parents are probably more worried about the return to school than the students are. >>> an offshore oil rig has run aground off the alaskan coast. the rig owned by shell. it broke away from a tow ship during a powerful storm monday night.

there are some republicans like marko rubio and others who are speaking out about this because the republicano demonstrate that it has broad appeal. and i think on som some of the core values, the notion of fiscal responsibility, strong national defense, individual responsibility, yes, federalism, that there are things the states ought to do that the federal government can't do. i think those are widely popular among the american people. but if you-- if you send messages that there are whole segments of the populationing that are not welcome, not only is it bad politics, but it's bad policy because without immigration, robust immigration, we have the same sclerotic demographices of japan and europe. so the united states has the-- the republican party has both a political and a policy problem. >> just-- the president, one other thing the president has to do, i think-- in your prior segment-- you know, he can't keep sticking his finger in the eyes of his opponents. lyndon johnson had a wonderful line i remember. dean rush at one point said, "the globe's driving us crazy. tell de gaulle to go to

and political drama here on the senate committee, marko rubio from florida, rumored 2016 presidentialng, as well. so that's the political dirt behind some of what you'll see today. >>> moving on to more news this morning. more french troops are pouring into the african nation of mali to battle islamic militants. france has about 3,000 troops involved in the operation. u.s. planes are flying in french personnel and equipment. the pentagon says it's still considering a request from france for aerial refueling support. >>> and there's been a stunning political reversal in israel. prime minister benjamin netanyahu did not cruise to an easy victory in yesterday's election. netanyahu did win, but a surprisingly strong showing by a political newcomer turned pre-election forecasters on their heads. that means netanyahu may be forced to make a stronger effort at peace with the palestinians. >>> there's relief for dozens of american families who feared they would not be able to adopt children from russia. overnight, the american embassy in moscow confirmed 46 pending adoptions are being allowed

immigration where you've got marko ruma marco rubio with ideas that jibe with the president. >> the thingigration, all democrats are united on it. the thing with gun control, the president has a problem in his own party on what to do. if i were advising the white house -- and i don't, but i talk to people who do work there -- i think they're looking at immigration sort of as a big early issue that they can get done. i think they want to do gun control. and i think a lot of them expect that they won't end up with everything they want, but they might end up with closing the gun show loophole, that kind of thing, universal background checks. but this is a president who understands that the republican party is unpopular right now. a recent poll had them at 25% or 26%, but he also has problems with his party. so he wants to divide them, move some of them over with the democrats, see what he can get there. >> yeah, i think that the easiest thing to break off would probably be a piece of gun control. that would be the background check, which gets 70% to 80%. go ahead and get your victory and the