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End-run around congress. nobodys talking about this today. what is it? >> we are talking, theres a paying people more for overtime, supervisors right now who make more than 23,000 are exempt from overtime pay. in other words, they are considered white collar workers. and a lot of people are saying, hey, thats not fair, work whatever x, y, z burger restaurant and near 50 hours week and i make 26,000, i should be getting paid overtime pay. and many -- many respects, this is almost a moot point. th...

Pamela i want to start with the issue of recess appointments. fascinating. this is a traditional executive end run around congress. what did the supreme court say? >> thats right. the supreme court unanimously ruling today, john and michaela, in favor of congress. its a big defeat for the white house so this has been a high stakes power tug of war between the legislative branch and the executive branch for years. the president can use his executive power to temporarily appoint people into govern...

The politics and we will, i want to ask what steve was talking about. are you troubled by the process of this? that the president did propose or get involve in the dream act, defeated by congress in 2010. a lot of people call which an executive end run around congress. to accomplish the same thing. >> which is what it is. beyond pandering and the process, its constitutional decency. this is out and out lawlessness. you had a clip of a president himself say months ago i cannot do this on my own. ...

Legally. so its a fairness issue, too. >> reporter: yeah, and this issue, clearly, is hot in arizona, because were seeing it being tweeted and its being retweeted. were waiting for comments now again from the governors office, we sent e-mails to her, terry goddard esm mailed us back, so in the next few minutes we should get more comments about the possibility of this executive end run around congress. when we get them in, well bring it to you. its a hot topic in arizona. megyn: its quite somethi...