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Heard, that he visit the border. the presidents response has been to take a page out of that playbook that helped get the vote on the violence against women act. to invoke the other sides symbolism in the hopes of pushing, shaming this house into holding a vote. so were at a fork in the road here, and there are some signs this strategy might even work. behind closed doors, house speaker john boehner told his republican colleagues this week they should act on the spending bill before the august r...

But first, a continuing flood of illegal immigration on our southern border. president obama back in washington this hour after his trip to texas. after meeting with the president, texas republican governor rick perry says the two did agree to what he calls a substantiative conversation on exactly how to secure the border. this as lawmakers are considering the presidents $3.7 billion emergency request to try to deal with it. but he still will not cut up the national guard or take other steps, sa...

President. so theyre doing this lawsuit. theyve made it a fairly narrow focus. they said theyve talked to legal experts and theyre challenging what the president did in delaying the mandate for businesses to provide health care. still thinking health care is an interesting issue and a tough issue for the president, unpopular among republicans. so theyre going to challenge him on that. i do think there is concern. i think the white house, youre seeing what the president is -- the president is hap...

About. another symbolic gesture. demanding, as you may have heard, that he visit the border. the presidents response has been to take a page out of that playbook that helped get the vote on the violence against women act. to invoke the other sides symbolism in the hopes of pushing, cshaming this house ino holding a vote. so were at a fork in the road here, and there are some signs this strategy might even work. behind closed doors, house speaker john boehner told his republican colleagues this w...

Im joined now by tracie potts in washington. theres word of possible legislation in the works. whats that about? >> well, they are working on it. democrats and republicans trying to work out their differences to get this money out of washington and down to the border. meantime, speaking of the border, that visit that republicans and some democrats had pushed for, its happening. its happening today, but its not happening with president obama. homeland security secretary jay johnson heads to the b...

Each bed at close to $1,000, a cost that would be offset by the presidents emergency request if congress decides to pass it. most republicans on the hill say for one that the $3.7 billion price tag is too high and secondly, that it doesnt do anything to speed up the deportation process. one of the so-called death trains packed with potential immigrants hoping to cross the border derailed in mexico, leaving 1300 people stranded in the desert heat. nbcs stephanie gosk pushed further south into gua...

>> this is a problem of the presidents own making. hes been president for 5 1/2 years. when is he going to take responsibility for something? >> reporter: in fact, at this very moment, they are beginning a senate hearing back in washington where the presidents homeland security secretary jeh johnson is going to be pushing and testifying about this $3.7 billion emergency request but its hit a lot of road blocks up there on the hill. >> no doubt. so were seeing two very different focuses down in t...

Suggestions actually being put into action? >> reporter: well, the president claims that they are, that some of them are already part of that emergency request that hes got sitting here on capitol hill. the two finally did get to sit down, and from what were hearing, it sounds like they were pretty frank about their disagreements on how to handle this crisis at the border. president obamas in austin today raising money for democrats, speaking about the economy and fighting critics who say he sho...

Their attorney general argued the clerk was, quote, causing legal chaos while the ban makes its way through the courts. and a water slide taller than niagara falls and the statue of liberty is open for business in kansas. its a 168-foot drop in under 20 seconds and you thought "the cycle" was a thrill ride. >> and we start with this afternoons breaking news. congress holding its first hearing on president obamas nearly $4 billion emergency request to handle the kid crisis on our border. the u.s....

Half years. when is he going to take responsibility for something? going to dc we have ed henry standing by. >> reporter: interesting what you are hearing from speaker boehner. last night when the president met with governor perry. the president off loaded responsibility on the congress and republicans in the house and also on governor perry and say it is up to you to call republican colleagues and get them moving on a emergency request and they are to blame and the crisis is up to them bypass t...