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Dont like the president. i think meeting with officials down there, including governor perry, even if hes not going to shake the presidents hand is probably more useful than a photo op at the border. hes asked congress for big appropriation over $3 billion to try to begin to grapple with this problem. >> sure. dr. haines, the broken immigration system is a national problem but your state is feeling immediate impacts of humanitarian issue. briefly tell us how local faith leaders are feeling about...

Right, anybody with a heart would be open here. e.j. dionne, he is trying to play to the audience, has it come down to that? >> i think so. i think its tragic what happened inside the republican party. if i could quote a president, a president said by tradition and conviction, our country is a welcoming society and also said our country has always benefited from the dreams that others brought here. that was president george w. bush. and i disagreed as you did with president bush on a whole lot o...

World war ii, operation pied piper. children in danger were able to receive a haven, here in this country and other places. so this country has that kind of heart in its history and the beautiful thing is ive seen people on the ground in texas who have volunteering -- i had someone call the church today. i have 12 rooms available, there is a heart here in texas but you have a political push that rick perry is such coming to. >> e.j. dionne, if president obama visits the border in texas tomorrow,...

Conservatives what true compassion means. if you say you believe in jesus and believe in the bible and religious virtues, dont just talk about it, be about it. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonights question, is compassionate conservatism dead? text a for yes or b for no. ill bring you the results later in the show. im joined now by the reverend dr. freddie haines for the friends ship west baptist church and e.j. die yon. zblo do they take rick perry seriously? >> i ho...

Bringing up that the president is not responding to a letter he wrote in may of 2012 when he asked the administration to stop the flow of immigrants crossing the border. why does he expect a response when these are the things the administration has been doing all along? >> its really, really striking shift because president obama has basically stopped more people deported more people, hes come under a lot of criticism from latino community for how aggressively he has deported people. and what we...