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Homeland security chief jeh johnson is in texas along with several high ranking officials to see for themselves the chaos at the border protection facilities. i want to bring in someone dealing with this firsthand, greg abbott is the attorney general of texas, also the republican candidate for governor there. mr. attorney general, thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you, john. >> so as i said, you are right in the middle of this. you've just written a letter to the department of homeland security chief jeh johnson asking for $30 million in federal money. what do you want to the try t...

Of these votes. we do know something that immigration reform proponents need to grapple with the house is going to make an already huge border surge even surgier. it's more emphasis on law enforcement and fences and drones than what we saw with the senate which is a bill john mccain says we are building a new berlin wall, hooray. we are get to a point where they will say how much am i willing to hold my nose and vote for. >> we are out of time. let me ask you real quickly because we have done sort of a gut check across this year and last year as well. what do you give the chances that somethin...

Lies in the hands of the u.s. house of representatives, where the prospects they are looking honestly pretty bleak. here's the headline from "talking points memo" senate passes immigration reform bill, hot potato to boehner. standing room only crowd chanted "yes we can" the vote 68-32. the gang of eight bill could provide legal status and a 13-year path to citizenship. guest worker program, and a so-called border surge. now the bipartisan bill in the senate says they have a solution but house majority leader john boehner has his own idea. >> put the bill on the floor and it will pass and many ...

That has to be followed. i think one of the things is the stipulations put in the new amendment to this bill that was put in this week, whether the house republicans can sign on to that and believe that it can be enforced effectively. >> i'm hearing that senator reid may be wrapping up his comments. does that mean the vote will begin almost immediately? >> it does. so, we're right at about the time -- may want to listen in a little bit to see if he is coming to a conclusion here. >> men two stepped out of the crowd and did something that was right. >> he is still telling stories about immigrat...

Votes. i'm no longer believing it can get through the house. >> lindsey graham on this program last week, mike, wurz sayingitis a death spiral for gop if they don't get reform done. but there are a lot of people in the house who might be willing to take him on on that. >> yeah. no, i've been a fanatic for this issue far long time, huge supporter of immigration reform and the bill is loaded up with this border surge, a political maneuver and an expensive one, to try to get it through the conservative wing in the house saying it's dicey. i'm hoping it passes because i'm tired of watching democra...