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 bill this year. they believe he wants the politics, he wants the political issue because it s been so successful for democrats. i understand their paranoia because it was a terribly difficult issue for them and continues to be. he wants this accomplishment. this is a legacy item for him. there is no doubt in my mind he wants to pass compr
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 has in just a moment. 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 chair of the national republican campaign committee, former virginia james davis, peggy noonan of the washington street journal. jeanne, welcome to 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 bill this year. they believe that he wants the politics, he wants the political issue, because it s been so successful for democrats. i understand their paranoia because it was a terribly difficult issue for them and continues
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 bill this year. they believe he wants the politics, he wants the political issue because it s been so successful for democrats. i understand their paranoia because it was a terribly difficult issue for them and continues to be. he wants this accomplishment. this is a legacy item fo