michael bennett, senator from colorado, happens to be a brother of our editor in chief, james bennett. you would think that would be great access, but it is a hurdle. they do not dislike each other, but they are so careful about not mingling interests of what got you here today was the talk about immigration. i thought about getting all of you together, but you have slightly different takes. you are a member of the group of eight. maybe it is not a group of 7.5, depending how senator menendez is doing. >> we will see. >> in the question of how the white house -- even today, the president said at the democratic house retreat that he is heartened by democrats and republicans both seem to take this seriously. politics may not be easy. there are regional variations in the country. there is youth and dynamism. i love you in your group of eight role. also sharing your work with the colorado compact. talk about the michael bennett vision of what we need to do to achieve immigration reform. >> if i can, let me take you to colorado on this issue. that is where my interest started first, as a s

york, the senate plan is backed by democrats robert menendez, new jersey, dick durbin, illinois, michael bennettpublicans john mccain arizona, marco rubio, florida, lindsey graham, south carolina, jeff flake, arizona. details. first, beef-up border security. more agents, more drones. two. entry exit system to track visas of temporary visitors to make sure they exit. then for the 11 million illegal immigrants already here, a change to get quote up quote probationary legal status. that is if they come forward and successfully one, pass background checks, two, pay fines and owe taxes, three, learn english and u.s. civics. these temporarily legal citizens can then apply for full citizenship. there are also new fines and penalties against employers who knowingly hire illegal workers. five years ago in 2007, republicans defeated a similar plan but john mccain says this time may be different. the hispanic vote is need and republicans don't have it. >> you look at the demographics of this country and the rising hispanic population, we are not going to win races. times have changed. americans have change

we had michael bennett here a bit earlier. it has been a day. everybody deserves a medal for having gone to a marathon, starting a marathon and running all day about this topic of manufacturing. you basically said, there is a gap in the system, where we are not really grabbing the smart, brightest people. to some degree, the american story is being a brain drain for the rest of the world. you bring smart people here. you keep them and they invest. it is controversial. some people believe that might, displaced workers. you have moved forward in the immigration act of 2013. your best pal is orrin hatch, marco rubio, and chris coons. you definitely have the geographic span going. >> senator hatch and i are leading the bill. it came together when washingtonian magazine voted us the senator is least likely to be in a scandal. that is sad but true. we do have that in common. the other thing we have in common is that brought us together on this bill was truly our belief that we need a competitive agenda for this country, that we need to move forward in

ocho está conformado por charles schumer, linzi gram, vic dormmin, john mcaine, jeff flacke, michael bennett, por ejemplo, es la vía de legalización que se tardaría más tiempo de barak obama, propone la creación de una comisión que él verifica si la frontera está segura, eso podría tomar años, y le da prioridad a quienes tengan estudios superiores. >> esto no es amnistía, porque la amnistía quiere decir que si hiciste algo mal y te perdonan sin tener que hacer nada. >> y las personas que están recibiendo eso van a tener que pagar una multa, van a tener que pagar sus impuestos, y van a tener que esperar varios años en una fase probatoria. >> por ahora sólo se trata de una propuesta para que se apruebe una ley migratoria debe aprobarlo el senado y la cámara de representantes, y la gran interrogante es si los republicanos dirá la última palabra. para aprobar la reforma migratoria la otra pregunta es, ¿cuánto tiempo más tendremos que esperar? podría ser antes que termine la sesión del congreso, es decir, para finales de agosto, quizás para ese momento ya los inmigrantes de los estados unidos cue

. >> senator michael bennett's office.'ll be sure to let the senator know. >> i can definitely let the senator know your comments about this. >> reporter: take a look at this map. each of these states has one or more democratic senators, lots of guns and lots of fear that any controls will lead to a government con physicfconfiscat private firearms. senator john tester. >> it's part of growing up, it's part of our culture. >> reporter: he says it's issue one for his constituents. they worry more about big government than too many guns. they just don't trust the government? >> i think there's a fair number like that. i don't think all by any stretch of the imagination, but there's a fair number of folks out there, when it comes to guns, that are concerned that any sort of ban is the first step to a bigger ban. >> reporter: in montana, five local sheriffs say they will not enforce a ban on assault weapons if passed by the federal government. in new mexico, there's a heated debate in the state legislature about whether there s

of the judiciary committee because people like max baucus who is up in 2014, maybe people like michael bennettdon't want to put, but some of the red or purple state senators from pro-gun states want the opportunity. think mark warner in virginia. to vote against a gun control measure. so that they have some credibility in their eyes to tell voters i'm pro-gun. i'm just for the background check. >> cafeteria options. >> on foreign policy, we have a new secretary of state taking over today just as veep biden in his meetings with french president hollande in paris talk about the possibility of one-on-one bilateral talks with iran. let's take a look at what joe biden had to say. >> when and if the supreme leader and the iranians are prepared to discuss the essence of what is at the core of these embargoes, we're prepared to discuss. we're prepared to meet with them individually. >> iran, of course, a big topic in the chuck hagel confirmation hearings. a big source of dispute and wig conversations and negotiation with israel. john kerry over the weekend talked to simon peres and talked to abbas and

. >> it was sponsored by michael bloomburg's mayors against illegal guns. although tony bennetthought he was at a bar mitzvah. as for the entertainment? did you foe when we use these rack -- did you know when we use these raccoon tapes they ask us not to say bad things about raccoons. that is a fact. we run the raccoon thing and they say please you can use it, but don't say bad things about raccoons. well what can you say? we all love raccoons. >> nice rack, says i. play on words. >> sherrod, if obama is america's dad, according to chris rock, that means bush was our dad too, that means clinton was our dad and nixon was our dad. you just can't pick dads. >> i don't like to talk about raccoons because they killed my parents. >> now i'm in trouble. >> not that one though. >> i understand what chris rock was trying to say, but the president is not my dad, man. dr. huxtable is my dad. >> everyone's dad. >> my feeling was when you were watching him talk, i don't think he agreed with why he was there. he agreed with supporting the president, but i can't believe chris rock doesn't beli

turns out, bennett and his buddies have been terrorizing people in this community since may 31. according to detective, michael straw. >> there's at least four citizen robbery cases that he is involved in at this point. the may 31 case includes a shooting where he is accused of shooting another citizen and a robbery attempt. we believe at the time markell was murdered, trayvon bennett acted alone, was alone, and we believe the motive to be a temp robbery. it we do not have any property taken. in capital heights, wusa9. >> and parents in prince georges county are sounding off about the streak of violence targeting young people, where they live and hanging out. they'll be talking about that at a town hall meeting later tonight. a full report tonight on wusa9 news at 11:00. >>> police still investigating a late night crash that sent a car off the memorial bridge into the potomac bridge. the drive is expected to recover. his suv smashed through a barrier on the v side and landed in the shallow water, right near the bank on the river. police say he got himself out of the car and the water and taken to the hospital.

bennett, you mentioned, amanda pete at the u.s. capitol headed up by the group started by new york mayor michael bloomberg known as mayors against illegalto this. >> i still haven't gotten over connecticut. let the assault weapons go to war, not in our own country. i'd like assault weapons eliminated. >> i'm just here to support the president of the united states. the president of the united states is our boss. but he's also, you know, the president and the first lady are kind of like the mom and the dad of the country. when your dad says something, you listen. and when you don't, it usually bites you in the ass later on. >> okay. colorful language there. that's all right. he's not a politician. that's okay. >> you see a lot of stars at the capitol, as you know. it was surprising to see that many people in one place. it shows you the draw of michael bloomberg and his group. >> chris rock says something like that. a lot of people, they take pictures, they get autographs, where does this go? are people listening? are they -- is anybody moved by what they are saying today? >> reporter: the point of these things is to use star power of the

chris rock, tony bennett, amanda peet, all at the capital, all at a news conference, headed up by the group started by new york mayor michael bloomberg known as mayors against illegal guns. now, the overall tone was certainly serious, but chris rock was sort of able to loosen up the mood when he took the mike. listen. >> i am just here to support the president of the united states. president of the united states is, you know, our boss. he's also, you know, the president and the first lady are kind of like the mom and the dad of the country. when your dad says something, you listen. and when you don't, it usually bites you in the ass later on. so i'm here to support the president. thank you. >> reporter: so the point, of course, is to use the star power of these artists to try to put pressure on congress to pass new gun laws. at the same time increasing the visibility of the organization mayors against illegal guns. they're pushing for improving background checks on gun purchases, passing the recent proposal to make gun trafficking a crime. also promoting proposals to get high capacity magazines off the streets, banning cert

bennett son their enemies list. is this taking us back to the mccarthy every la? -- era? sean connery son the enemies list. michael douglas. billy crystal. katie lee giffords. -- kathy lee giffords. leonard any moi. mary tyler moore. john mcenroe. barry manilow. now come on. in this country we would create a list, an organization would create a list of enemies because they support gun violence prevention? mr. speaker, i'm dumbfounded by what goes on here from time to time. i particularly -- i am particularly dumbfounded by the inability of this congress and this house to stand up to the n.r.a. leadership and stand up for america. i'm going to close, mr. speaker, by moralizing two -- memorializing two people in california who died yesterday. two santa cruz police officers in the line of duty, doing their job, going to a home to determine whether or not their had been some domestic altercation. elizabeth butler was a 10-year veteran of the santa cruz police department. lauren baker, known as butch, was a 28-year veteran of the santa cruz police department. it's a small town, it's a comfortable town, it's a loving to