when will we get to an enlightened position where we talk sta about whatr is in the national interestand get rid of this work comprehension, which all too often is misused? to this point it has been futile? >> it can be done. you can do it, the president is of the same party and what the chairman has done, you see. >> i look at what the speaker says. that we actually need a national immigration strategy that servicer nations interest i believe the republicans are starting to put their vision for the reforms and his national immigration system on the table. come january, speaker boehner, senator mcconnell, will they be able to wrangle their caucuses. lou: i don't think they will have to wrangle them so much. i'm not sure that they are going to be pursuing what you are intimating. >> what are your thoughts? are you prepared to make compromise over this achieved asked? >> not if it retains the amnesty power, which means giving presents to those who are illegal in the country. it is a fiction to think that we suddenly embrace amnesty and abandon our principles. ronald reagan got 35% of th

whatre absolutely opposed to as democrats, ranging from conservative to moderates to progresves is preservationf medicar, social security and frankly medicaid. d that social security has nothing to do with the deficit. 2037. solvent and until medicare is solvent until 2024. u think where we're at, i know as i listenhen the question would the republicans get anything, i don'tven wa to use the word conceding coming together on behalf of the erican people where 62% believe on november 6th when the race was over the vote was really on whether or not shoulde a fair tax burden on those --. melissa: i'll give that to yo les go ahead and raise taxes. say we do that. that doesn't get us close to solving the problem. mean we still have $16.3 trillion in debt. we are still running $4 billion a day beyond what we're making. we this huge problem this country. if it was a house you wuld throw uppyour arms in distress say, my god, we can never y all theseills. that is sort of the point. >> i'm not in distress on that. first of all with the tax rrlief for 98% of the americans, wel turn a reasoned amount of a tr