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Own. is that the way forward? will we wind up with presidential action which then annoys house republicans even more? >> well, that may be the only alternative now. the president is in the middle of this, and hes getting it from both sides. what he did is he made a calculation that he could win over some good faith with the republicans by being tough on deportation, by saying, see, im sympathetic to enforcing the law, tough on border enforcement. what hes gotten for that? absolutely nothing. eve...

Felt they were burned in 1986 when reagan promised border enforcement. now once burned, more than twice shy. >> its bigger than that. its, you can keep your doctor or keep your health insurance, youll save $2,500 a year, and theres not a smidgen worth of evidence that anything went down with the irs, and benghazi, that was a youtube video. its everything. its the whole ball of wax. you just cant trust right now whats going on, and i think the republicans are smart to say, we want to do it, there...

Proposal for immigration control. theyre calling for border enforcement, then legal status by not citizenship for 11 million undocumented people in the u.s. the president hypotheticed next week that he might allow status but not citizenship but today it was said immigration. >> the bottom line is he does not want to see an america where we have two permanent classes, that is to say citizens and not citizens as we proceed. thats his principal. never the legal, the principals that were laid out by...

Opportunity to achieve some immigration reform. the president spoke about it, cathy mcmorris rodgers. i interviewed her. she said shes not personally in favor of citizenship for the illegal immigrants, a pathway to citizenship, but she is open to some sort of compromise. other republicans are as well. can you work out a deal that avoids the issue of a pathway to citizenship? >> well, understand that was one of the two pilars that we built the senate bipartisan immigration reform bill on. first, ...

Reforms. the senate bill they proposed, 13 year pathway to citizenship, increase the spending $46 billion on border security. it would have mandatory workplace verification for workers, new visa programs for low skilled workers. i ask you, with the federal government spending $12 billion on customs and border enforcement to put people exactly in the place youve described in your piece, would reform even help? >> it would shortly have short-term help. when those people, the 11 million undocumente...

Leadership will listen to them like boehner. but your average house, right-wing republican is going home to a base that has very little minority, and they want border enforcement. thats all they want. im with vicky. i think the most likely outcome is they just do that because that helps them get re-elected in primaries. thats all they care about. >> and its such a long-term problem for them. the country is changing. arizona is changing. texas is changing. the republican party is just not keeping...

Comprehensive bipartisan piece of legislation. i think the president is extending a hand to the house republicans and saying, all right, you dont want comprehensive reform? you want to do it piecemeal? all right, send me what you have. then eventually the house and senate under our constitution have to come up with a package. i wasnt trying to be pleat cal. i was -- political, just realistic. >> i understand, but isnt it true that illegal immigration is somewhat drying up or wayneing a little bi...

Can he get it done anytime soon? >> i hesitate to predict in congress anything can get done anytime soon. i have to say, look you had an overwhelming majority in the senate, you have the group, the hell no caucus in the house, theyre not going to vote for this, any way, shape, or form, however, i do think there are national republicans and the business community who really wants this to get done and i think once they can get in place some kind of border enforcement that they all trust, that they...

The ranking republican. weve heard from john cornyn, another senior republican on the committee who is also the senator of a border state of texas. the concerns they raise is johnson doesnt have management experience and he doesnt have law enforcement experience. he does, as the former top lawyer for the pentagon, wolf, have some management experience. there are 10,000 military and civilian attorneys beneath him, but he really had a lot more to do with terrorism. identifying certain al qaeda tar...

Mass destruction involving a hazardous chemical or biological weapon is very high up on the scenarios that we are seeing. >> chris: i love that, "man-caused incidents." congressman, how do you think that napolitano did generally over 4 1/2 years as secretary of homeland security? what impact do you see her resignation having at a moment when immigration reform and border enforcement are at the height of the national agenda? >> i have respect for that position. we disagreed on many issues, partic...