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>> for the immigration reform bill, there are a lot of provisions. it sounds like something republicans proposed several years ago. they have decided to get very tough on border enforcement. i think theres a bipartisan issue there, isnt it? >> it is becoming one. largely because states are taking matters into their own hand, and oftentimes taking it into their own hands that doesnt meet constitutional muster. for that matter, it creates tension. we are focused on one part of the immigration conv...

Others are saying. the president in private talks a lot about the context of news stories. he feels like we only give the latest headline, not whats below it. news consumers should take in both. >> all right. i thought that was a great speech. >> great speech saturday night. great performance xheedically by the president. mike, thank you so much. talk to you later in the show. coming up later, secretary of security janette napolitano will talk about times square and the immigration law. and ...

Grass has been cut down due to hurricanes, and the reason katrina came in so powerful is because we had lost that buffer. we desperately need to rebuild those wetlands. we need funding to do that. and the energy bill thats now pending in front of congress is an opportunity to do just that. >> peggy, the president took, i thought, a pretty bold, courageous move a month ago when he talked about doing all things. of course, the president wants alternative energy sources and make us less dependent o...

To louisiana to get an update on what happened with the bp oil spill. that happened 12 days ago. the president was there on sunday with an hour-long briefing by officials. he was able to take a helicopter tour. it was noteworthy, i think, i was anchoring yesterday when he made his remarks. and he said that bp is going to pay for it. he used some pretty strong language. clearly, the white house wanted to show the president on top of the situation. they allowed many of the officials on the sunday ...

Obviously, chris lick, we should update how hes doing. before we went to the white house on saturday, we went to go see chris in the hospital. i got the heart monitor going a little bit. and hes doing a lot better. >> the doctor came in yesterday, the day before, said he really turned the corner. and that they were very concerned, just as everybody knows, chris on wednesday, had an aneurysm. hes our executive producer with a lot of blood in the brain. they ran a cat scan on saturday. they felt t...

Authority. >> there are a lot of people over the past year or two that have been saying that president obama is evil, hes a marxist, hes a racist. christians have said that. >> that hes not a christian. ive been saying hes a good man. i also said my grand mom who looked up as i said before to billy graham and you and the other graham family as -- just absolutely worshipped almost and adored you all, my grand mom would pray for presidents. she taught me to pray for presidents. i saw her pray for ...

Presidents part saturday night. here with us now, somebody who was there, looking so fabulous, washington correspondent for nbc, norah odonnell. and still fabulous this morning. how does she do that? >> norah, the president got rave reviews on saturday night, didnt he? >> reporter: he did get rave reviews. his timing was just perfect. he managed to throw some good jokes out there, and many people say he was much better than leno was. >> yeah. we have heard that. and peggy, we were commenting yes...

Been destroyed over the years by the oil companies channelizing into the wetlands, and also by the fact that we have channelized the mississippi river. so the sediment that normally keeps the wetlands with soil is just being projected out into the sea. >> again, the consequences, lets say somebody is listening and says i dont care about smell darters and the like, but obviously you are having a lot of animals and a lot of ecosystem inhabitants being destroyed. but talk about why people should be...

And later, controversy over the national day of prayer. well have franklin graham about the armys decision to take back his invitation. but first, heres bill karens with a check on the forecast. >> good morning, everyone. a very difficult travel morning with a lot of big cities in the east dealing with heavy rain. atlanta is under a thunderstorm warning. a flash flood warning for downtown atlanta. the big airport with 45-minute delays with the thunderstorms and heavy rain overhead. it is raini...

Which would have the effect of allowing bp to cap the well that is leaking. that could take up to 90 days. and thats where the 90-day number comes from. in the meantime, every possible device or theory or technique is being employed to try to either slow the flow of the oil, to disperse it, either under sea or on the surface of the ocean, as soon as the weather allows to burp it on the surface of the ocean, to keep it from coming ashore. >> lets talk, also, about arizona. i guess -- i understand...