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Think that there are substantial number of republicans in the house of representatives that agree, that the united states constitution comes first and we are not going to abdecate our oath of office to the constitution for a convenient that will under mine national had security. illegal aliens are under mining national security. >> he is not alone, you have veterans like matt sam from arizona and mark sanford who will be on the show later today, telling us why they will not vote for a clean up o...

Homeland security. and today, the administration is taking a new approach to convincing them otherwise. this afternoon, homeland security secretary jeh johnsons bringing in new firepower, his two predecessors both republicans, urging congress not to let the agency run out of money friday. >> we shouldnt compromise our homeland security just because republicans want to pick a political fight. >> reporter: but if homeland security shuts down will the public really notice? border patrol the coast g...

It is? is the president going to take heat for that? >> i think he will take heat. i think it becomes a strong point for republicans if they try to portray the president as the one who is blking things but i think, again, going back to the polls on immigration and on the funding bill here for the department of homeland security, youre going to see people like tom ridge, republicans saying we shouldnt be shutting down the department of homeland security. that gives you an indication of the politi...

Be a little more cautious in terms of the use of the internet. but ultimately the internet is this double-edged tool. this is the breeding ground for some of these folks but also a valuable means to collect information on who could get on the radar screen. so we do need to be cog niz about that the bad guys learn from the mistakes of their predecessors. >> and they learn and the authorities trying to learn what the nature of the recruitment is. and you worked for bush when the main concern was d...

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Least on the state level, as viable? >> yeah, we think theyre important. and we think anything that can save a life, which a lot of these measures will do, is important. but i dont look at it as an either/or. we havent lost any heart. and the american public hasnt lost any heart for background checks. support for it is as high as it has ever been and we have tangible evidence. we put 3,000 calls into the offices of three senators in one day last month. i mean, the american public is really start...

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