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Important. i deeply respect him. but his saying as the leader of his party is that we should vote is exactly what the president has said the families deserve and what the american people deserve. so i sincerely believe we will have a vote. the progress of talks on the national background check is very encouraging involving senators who are trying to reach a bipartisan compromise as we did in connecticut. and i really think that we will move this week toward a vote. >> connecticut senator richard blo blo bloomen thal. thank you for speaking with me this morning. >> thank you. we'll have full ...

Going on. >> well, that's right. it is a traditional exercise, martha but the timing is unfortunate. there is good news. the president did take some steps, maybe baby steps towards the republicans with the leak of his budget propositively. he is going to do entitlement reform. he will reform social security. he wants new revenue but he is moving in the direction that he needs to go. it is just unfortunate he is on the campaign trail, bashing republicans when he needs republicans to get a deal to create the jobs. you're absolutely right to suggest we desperately need. martha: yeah. you know, we...

>> it seems as if, though, the biggest problem facing the next mayor is this budget issue, which, frankly, a lot of mayors are dealing with around the country and a lot of governors and the federal government itself. so, how do you plan on going about that? i know you announced a plan to cut sort of the budgets of the mayor's office and the city, but that's a drop, as we know, not a lot of money. the real issue has to do with pensions, right sph. >> well, look, first and foremost, as mayor of los angeles, i'm going to lead the way by cutting the mayor staff by 25% of the mayor's budget, that's...

Gang of eight -- four democrats and four republicans in the senate -- nears completion on a bill that could become the biggest overhaul of immigration law in more than 20 years. the centerpiece said to be a path to citizenship that begins with a road to a green card for 11 million plus immigrants who are here illegally right now. but the gang of eight also promises that before there's a pathway to anything, our borders must be secured. let's talk about it with angela mcglowan, a fox news political analyst. if they get some kind of an agreement on this bill, does that mean as some have suggeste...

United states or any of our allies. so we are work on multiple fronts. we do have our defense systems we have a great deal of confidence will deter or prevent any type of aggression from north korea. >> turn to domestic politics for a moment. president obama went to capitol hill three times this week trying to win support on the budget from congressional republicans and democrats as well. you were in some of those meetings. how successful was the president at winning over congressional hearts and minds, if you will? >> i think these meetings were extremely important. he is establishing relatio...