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Enough republicans. do you think that dynamic is in play right now on some version of the senate bill? >> yes. i think that if it were not for the haster excuse, right? this rule that's not really a rule in the house, we would be able to have a vote on this bill now. we have 185 democrats who have signed on to hr-15, to the immigration reform bill in the house that has a pathway to citizenship, that addresses the border security issues, et cetera, and i think that we can probably see 195 to 200 democrats on that bill. we now have 29 republicans in the house who have come out. that's over 218 v...

Play right now on some version of the senate bill? >> yes. i think that if it were not for the haster excuse, right? this rule that's not really a rule in the house, we would be able to have a vote on this bill now. we have 185 democrats who have signed on to hr-15, to the immigration reform bill in the house that has a pathway to citizenship, that addresses the border security issues, et cetera, and i think that we can probably see 195 to 200 democrats on that bill. we now have 29 republicans in the house who have come out. that's over 218 votes. >> right. >> in the house. >> i want to play s...

>> and climate change in a speech on tuesday, president obama says he will lay out to reduce carbon solutions, something he called the global threat of our lifetime. those are the top stories. >> shannon: thank you very much. senate is grappling with a complicated debate on immigration reform but hopes to move forward this week. ben cardin is on more than foreign relations committee and he says we need immigration system that is fair. senator, thank you so much for joining us? >> great to be with you. >> shannon: let me ask you because the latest amendment that was introduced on friday serve...

For how people can get legal in this country even as we also work on these strong border security issues. >> you spent last week on the border with some of your members of the gang of eight including jeff flake who will be on the show here in just a minute. this issue of border security and the metrics involved before launching the pathway to citizenship, that's been resolved? >> well, i was very glad to go to the border and you see the expansive -- it's huge and the terrain is different in many different places and it gave me, someone from new york city, a real appreciation of the different p...

Work on these strong border security issues. >> you spent last week on the border with some of your members of the gang of eight including jeff flake who will be on the show here in just a minute. this issue of border security and the metrics involved before launching the pathway to citizenship, that's been resolved? >> well, i was very glad to go to the border and you see the expansive -- it's huge and the terrain is different in many different places and it gave me, someone from new york city, a real appreciation of the different problems in arizona so, look, we've come to a basic agreement ...