. >> and that is thomas donahue unplugged there.s political editor mark murray joining me live from d.c., and there is thomas donahue running the chamber of commerce, and it seemed like, mark, he seemed to walk it back when he real izized after a few seconds what he had actually said and that he was on tape. is that battle cry going to continue to get louder as 2016 approach approaches? do you think that the gop can get a workable immigration bill passed by then? >> well, craig, you are going to hear that, but what is important for a lot of the republicans and even as tom donahue of the chamber of commerce who has supported constant immigration reform over the years knows that if you don't getting? done now, it is going to spill over to the 2016 presidential contest, and as we saw in 2012 when immigration reform is still out there, and you are having the democrats to say, i want to pass the comprehensive immigration reform, and the republicans and every incentive on the right says that we are against this, and those are the people w

began with chamber resident thomas donahue. >> good morning, the national association of manufacturers and the organization for investment and the chamber, we are pleased to kick off what we think will become an annual week of spotlighting the nation's public and for -- infrastructure. in the fall of last year, a man challenge to organizations, the chamber and the council to work together to raise the profile of the nations infrastructure issues to recruit new ceos and top level voices and to generate more interest among the business community for addressing the challenges we will discuss today and throughout the week. little did i know that a year later, we would be here today with a week packed full of events, national and regional media campaign involving a steering committee that unified business, labor, and think tanks. paul, thank you to your vision, your dedication to maintaining modernizing and expanding our and yourils, rivers, ability to put the chamber and the counsel together for that first meeting, we are here today. please accept my thanks and infrastructure committee's g

the event began with chamber resident thomas donahue. >> good morning, and welcome to a discussion on infrastructure. i'm janet kavinoky. this morning on behalf of the organization for international investment and the chamber, we are pleased to kick off what we hope will become an annual week of spotlighting the nation's public infrastructure that serves as a physical platform for our economy. in the fall of last year, a man challenged two organizations, the chamber and the council, to work together to raise the profile of the nation's infrastructure issues to recruit new c.e.o.'s and top-level voices to the cause, and to generate more interest among the business community for addressing the challenges we will discuss today and throughout the week. little did i know a year later we would be here today with a week packed full of events and national and regional media campaign involving a steering committee that unified business, labor, and think tanks. paul urassi is the president of hnt tv culls companies. paul, thank you to your dedication to modernizing our roads, railways, rivers,

marlo thomas is married to phil donahue. >> he is a good interviewer.k and iteresting will try to do it quickly. tavis: it is pbs, we have time. >> i was having a ball and i was receiving a tremendous amount of mail because i was the only single girl. the girls love my hair and all that. i was getting mail that said ,hings like, i am 16 years old i am pregnant, i cannot tell my father. where can i go? this is the mail i was getting. today the truth, i did not know what to do. i had no idea. i came from beverly hills and did not know anything about girls getting pregnant and not knowing where to go. looked innt and i places for these girls and women to go. there was no place to go. that turned me in to the activist and feminist. up until then, i was a young woman who was happy to be a feminist on television and living a wonderful life. it was not until then that i realized that there are so many women who have no hope at all. of getting out of a decent marriage. terrified of being thrown out. i would get mail from gay kids. they were saying that they cou

. >> on monday, thomas donahue told republicans to pass immigration reform or don't bother running aandidate in 2016. his remarks came during a forum on america's aging infrastructure. the u.s. chamber of commerce, the national association of the council on competitiveness, and the organization for international event.ent hosted this this portion is >> good morning. i am the executive director of transportation and infrastructure. this morning on behalf of the council on competitiveness, the organization for international investment, we are pleased to kick off what we hope will become an annual week of spotlighting the public infrastructure that serves a platform. a man challenge to organizations, the chamber in the council to work together to raise the profile of the infrastructure issue to recruit