implications moving forward in a special discussion that includes actor and gay rights supporter rob reiner. >>> good easter morning. pope francis celebrated his first easter mass it at the vatican encouraging those who have strayed from the faith to return. here at home it's divisive issues as washington grapples with guns, gay marriage and immigration. we have two key members of the so-called bipartisan gang of eight, senators working on a compromise immigration proposal. word coming this weekend that an agreement is near. we'll ask senators schumer and flake about that. first, i want to go around quickly with our first of two political roundtables to frame what's at stake in these debates. joining us the former senior adviser to president barack obama, david axelrod. former congressman and chairman of the national republican campaign committee, former virginia james davis, peggy noonan of the washington street journal. welcome all. we'll talk about two hours of show into one hour. david axelrod on immigration, a lot of republicans don't believe the president wants to sign immigration bil

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>> he had been asked by rob reiner and michelle ryaner and chad griffin onothers who had formed the american foundation for equal rights in the wake of proposition 8. looking for a way to challenge proposition 8. >> charlie: proposition 8 says what? >> proposition 8 in california saidw3 gays and lesbians could t marry. you could only marry somebody of the opposite sex. and the supreme court of california had previously held that gays and lesbians were entitled to marry. that you could marry anybody of either sex that you wanted to marry. that was a basic right. proposition 8 amended the california constitution. and it was that amendment to the california constitution that we challenged under the united states constitution. >> charlie: because they have a vast use of referendums in california to change laws and do what they want to do. >> and even amend the constitution. >> charlie: rob reiner decides to do what? >> decides to try to see whether this can be challenged under the federal constitution. he's talking actually he's talking at the lounge in los angeles and somebody overhears him say

this country that norman lear used it in 1972 this episode of "all in the family" where archie and rob reiner, are watching a station editorial where the news director talks. only by enforcing even tougher gun laws can the tide of and death be halted. guns must go before more of them off. >> he's a fairy! like all them gun control guys! i'm for gun control. >> tell it to her, maybe she'll get the marriage annulled. >> daddy! what do guns have to do with maleness? >> what do guns have to do with male instance duke wayne, buddy! i could go on and on and on but don't do no good because talking like casting pearls into wine. the old lady down the street no guns. oned have been glad to have when two burglars busted in on her last week. >> how do you expect an 88-year-old woman to carry a gun? >> she can carry it in her elastic stocking next to her kay. it's my right to pack a rod. chris: what was going on to inspire that episode? most recent assassination attempt back then had been when arthur bremmer shot and paralyzed george wallace. look at that scene, at a campaign stop in maryland. guns were

director rob reiner. he's been there every day.there because he plans to make a film about prop 8. that's the bill that bans same-sex marriage in california. he's going to make a movie about it called "when harry met larry." well, ashley judd announced she will not be running for senate in kentucky against mitch mcconnell. and mitch mcconnell announced he will not be co-starring in any romantic comedies with matthew mcconaughey. so there you go. so it all worked out. [ laughter and applause ] hey, listen to this. the very last human toll taker on the golden gate bridge has been given her pink slip. [ audience aws ] replaced with an automated system. last toll taker is gone. well, that is the best place to be when you're depressed about losing your job, huh? [ laughter ]

i send it to rob reiner for a blurb. he called me and said i am and director now. he did "stand by me," "when harry met sally," and others. the greatest thing you want to year, he said let's make this into a movie. it was the greatest time of my life. and i wrote a screenplay. bruce willis, elijah wood, dan ackroyd. $50 million movie. it was this a big to-do with the big premiere in hollywood. i flew my parents out from florida. it was the greatest night of my life. then the next morning, the reviews came out. i do not know how many of you remember roger ebert's review of "north" or carry it with you in your wallet -- [laughter] >> to keep you humble. " but to refresh your memory -- i hated this movie. hated, hated, hated, hated this movie. hated it. hated every audience-insultingh moment-ated the sensibility that thought anyone would like it. hated the implied insult to the audience by its believe that anyone would actually be entertained by it. now, -- [laughter] on the surface -- [laughter] this may seem like an unfavorable review. but if you read between the li

. >> but you're not going to -- rob reiner used to say i'd have a courtroom speech in the medgar evers murder trial and he'd say will you do it again? and i'd say sure. when you have a good piece of material you don't mind doing it over and over again do you because in your next movie you're going shoot all day and for the whole day you're going to have one line "get down! everybody get down!" >> rose: (laughs) that's not what you're looking for, is it, tom? >> just one step at a time right now. "orphans." >> rose: it's not even a career now. you just think about is there work i want to do? >> yeah. i mean, in a weird way i think when you're kind of -- when you have no career -- and in a sense -- >> rose: career a bad word. >> you have almost more freedom i can afford to take my time and find the things that i think i can -- >> rose: who's had the most influence on you in terms of the craft? >> i think the directors that i've worked with. if the first film i ever did was directed by a hungarian director and he kind of -- that was my education in acting and from then on every director i