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Outrageous when you look at the sort of bang weve gotten in the past, bang for buck on enforcement. jackie, president obama today taking about immigration. >> i generally believe speaker boehner and number of house republicans, folks like paul ryan really do want to get a serious immigration reform bill done. >> in simple terms, what are republicans afraid will happen in they pass some version of immigration reform this year before their primary elections and before the mid-term elections later ...

Deal but is brought up first in the house, the reason is because procedurally, it would be the fastest way to get this deal out of congress, to get it passed through the house, through the senate, to the presidents desk. but again, i was just e-mailing and. >>ing with house republican leadership sources. they insist that john boehner has not made a final decision, that that is the route hes going to take. and as you know, things have changed moment to moment within the walls of john boehners off...

Joining me now is chris cillizza, msnbc contributor, host of in play and columnist ruth marcus. welcome both. first to you, chris. what are you hearing about negotiations, 3:00. is this the president showing any willingness to have a modified susan collins plan, perhaps without the medical device being included in the first round? >> i think that certainly sounds possible, andrea. look, here is whats hard i find in situations like this. you dont know who really knows the situation, so youre hear...

quite bizarre. people like breivik are trying to resurrect the idea of a modern day crusade, a real clash of civilizations against what they see as islamic invasion of europe. in fact, muslims make up only 3% of europes population and thats likely to rise to between 5 and 8% by 2025 and level out at that point. but that doesnt change the reality of the anger, hatred and the violence. ironically, in breiviks nostalgic view of the medieval world, it resembles nothing so much as al qaeda,...