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We are gracively supporting. >> the real sticking point for many republicans will come down to border security. the bipartisan plan coming together here is expected to require that the borders be secure before theres a final pathway to citizenship. so far based on what we have seen reported on the presidents plan that trigger mechanism doesnt appear to be part of the white house bill. harris? >> doug, thank you. president obama facing tough competition on the golf course on this sunday. this is ...

On the hill, which by the way, were aggressively supporting. >> the sticking point for many republicans will come down to border security and the bipartisan plan thats coming together here is expected to require that the borders be secure before theres a final pathway to citizenship. so far, based on what weve seen reported on the presidents plan, that trigger mechanism doesnt appear to be part of the white house bill, harris. >> harris: doug, thank you. president obama facing some tough competi...

>> id play golf with tiger. but thats two guys talking here. i dont begrudge the president two days off. hes earned that. >> he needs it. >> and the congress isnt there for nine days either. my point s neither side seems to view this as urgently as the american public. >> oh, no. i wasnt doing that as a subtle dig. i would golf with tiger and figure out a way to save the pentagon. >> maybe while youre golfing with tiger. maybe tiger had some ideas. i dont know. >> long time between holes on that...

Because the thing where he absconded to watch his daughters soccer game and watched the press and this, like hes trying to have golf, do we need to watch this, but here is the deal, the reason, the reason that we do it is because everything he does makes news and god forbid something happened to him. i mean, cruder people have put it as the death watch. god forbid something happened to him the press needs to be there. if he decides to make news in any way the people want to be there and people w...

Benghazi and how much is it about? were going to look for anything for hagel. the question that i guess i would have asked senator mccain is if its such a massive coverup and you are so exercised about it, where -- why werent you demand this stuff and holding up john kerrys nomination because, all of all, he is going ahead the department he is heading the department that dealt with benghazi. >> good point. he only had three negative votes. one of them ted cruz, the aforever mentioned ted cruise....

Lease look at the health care industry. you will see big donors and favors being done. >> so whats the future here? i want to pull up some 2012 election statistics. $6 billion is the total amount spent in 2012. that includes campaigns outside groups, independent organizations. $2.6 billion was spent on the presidential campaign alone. $970 million was spent by outside groups that, of course, sheldon addleson with his own piece of the pie with $150 million spent on largely unsuccessful endeavors,...

Wife and the girls? why is he in florida? >> reporter: well you know the first lady and first daughters take this annual ski trip so this year the president decided to take a golfing trip with some of his golf buddies. we understand he is playing some golf today. we dont know who specifically out on the links with him. i can tell you that on this trip some of his top advisers, valerie jarrett, ben rhodes, josh ernest, marvin nicholson, a regular face on the golf course with president obama. this...

A library in sydney australia moving books about armstrong to the fiction session, a sign that the library says his books will soon sit next to other tales of make believe. the disgraced cyclist has denied doping for years before coming clean to oprah winfrey, saying, yes, hes been lying for decades. >> gretchen: another sports story, kind of. phil mickleson, you know who he is, hes teed off now about taxes and the golfer hints he might be making drastic changes to his golfing schedule by checki...

Proposal. even harry reid stopped short of embracing president obamas proposal calling them thoughtful recommendations. is the presidents tone contributing to a lack of bipartisanship? >> no. i dont think this is about his tone. i think it is interesting to have a republican senator calling president obama combative given the nature of in congress and how the senate has blocked and pushed them into a corner. i think there is some room for the president to reach out to members of congress more, b...

Too. so i think it is a culture where you really do have to work at it and not do unconscious things that may sideline women. >> you think the golf thing is -- the golf game stuff. bill clinton played hearts with everybody. you know? youre laughing. anyway, he was not gender specific when it came to card games. but i agree. >> card games are good. >> i know golfing has a certain gender aspect to it. >> i once challenged condoleezza rice on her record of diversity at the state department. and bas...