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Back and fight in jihad. and all of this has to do with re-election -- i call it box-checking. closing policies, closing gitmo, see what we can get done. >> this doesnt exactly rally the base. >> in a very big way it does. >> i think its backfiring. i think a lot of democrats are distancing, including the senate intel chairman -- chairwoman, dianne feinstein, who said it wasnt good enough for the white house to apologize today. but its hard to say. there is compassion that needs to be considered...

Values and our interests. >> lets go straight to washington to our chief congressional correspondent, dana bash for more on what members of congress -- i know its quiet in some parts of washington because many members of congress are still away on recess. we know that they were briefed via teleconference in that unsecure line so it wasnt classified, per se, last night. theyve been speaking, im sure, with the administration today. what are you hearing? >> reporter: thats exactly right. i think a ...

>> he was talking to rachel maddow last night, and she said in the past you have heard people sort of check a box, gay rights, civil rights. there was a feeling in the way he framed on that platform it felt different to her. it felt different to me. that was your reaction as well? >> it felt different to me as well. were all sitting around whether were journalists or not. were listening for things. from our own experiences. so when i heard the president of the united states say stonewall after s...

Could he hear me? im sorry. >> all right. al roker, well see you soon, doing great work watching the floodwaters rise there. thank you so much. see you soon. appreciate it. >> up next, president obama talking immigration in texas. is a deal really possible or is this a little bit of box checking when it comes to latino voters in 2012. former new mexico governor bill richardson joins us to talk about that and also to talk about whats going on around the world. plus, americas big budget proble...

Attention. >> any thoughts to cancelling the trip? put it in perspective why this trip is so crucial right now? >> aides say they did not consider cancelling the trip. they point out the way the president is briefed on air force one, yesterday in between these meetings with the president of brazil, the president was getting briefed, was on the phone with his national security aides, so they think they can go forward with the trip. its in ways a box checking, he wanted to visit latin america in h...