then portia wu of the national partnership for women and families talks about workplace issues. and after that, a conversation on immigration with roy beck of membersusa -- numbersusa. host: good morning and welcome to "washington journal" the 11th of june. dr. anctil idea was to a reception for survivors of breast cancer. while it is relatively quiet at the white house and capitol hill, the race for the white house had dramatic news yesterday. ghannouchi rich survive as a political candidate after its staff -- can newt gingrich survive as a political candidates after its staff resigned in mass? we would like to know what you think. the numbers are on the screen. you can also e-mail us. and we are on twitter. let's take a look at "usa today" headlines. to give some information about this and shed some light on what is going on behind the scenes, we are joined by. wilson from "national journal." good morning. what have you found out about why his staff members left? guest: he had a rocky blowout a couple of weeks ago when he announced his campaign. he sort of announced and unanno