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Government isn't getting the job done. you have to expect that the states are going to take action. they're tax strapped for one thing. they've got to deal with budgetary issues, this is one of the places that's hitting them. martha: chris, the administration says they have, in fact, been on top of it and that the situation along the border in their mind, as we know, has been talked about a lot, napolitano says it's better than ever. christopher, i assume you would agree with that. >> yeah, i mean, there are more boots on the ground and more electronic devices patrolling the border than ever b...

This as well, is that the feds haven't been doing their jobs and that these people are -- things are crump ling under the mismanagement and that the federal government, if they don't do it we've got to do it ourselves. >> martha, the president is right to bring together some people and both republicans and democrats to come up with a comprehensive plan for immigration reform in this policy. you can't keep demagoguing on t. we can't keep saying we need more and more enforcement. we do need to enforce our borders, i agree with that, but we need to have a policy that deals with the fact that ther...

Passed their own immigration laws, needs to be a federal issue. chris blant joins me and christopher han, former aide to senator chuck schumer and democratic strategist. good to have you here, thank you for being with us. chris, let me start with you. it seems to be a bit at odds, the president saying this has to be a comprehensive federal program, yet it appears that that's not happening. >> well, yeah, that's right. you know, the states are being forced to act because the federal government's techlessness on this issue and paralysis on this issue, and it didn't begin in all fairness with the...

Montgomery county, has rolled out the welcome mat, their costs have gone up, their crime rates have gone up, burden to schools, and court systems -- >> martha: that's a good example, a case study of what's going on in maryland. chris, we're going to have to leave it there but i thank you and my apologies to christopher han. we've been having signal problems and we lost him so he's not there to rebutt your last statement, chris plante. thanks to christopher han, we'll talk more to him next time and interesting debate, that's not one that's going away, that's for sure. coming up right here, an...

we want to go back to the tornado terror. this is what it sounds like when you are faced with a monster half mile wide tornado. watch this. you can hear him breathing as he's shooting this video. it down in tuscaloosa, one of the hafrdess hit areas. this hour i will speak to the man who shot that incredible video. he is coming up on "america live" in a while from now. six states begin the massive cleanup effort. this is what is left in carson city alabama. look at whain prattcounty, al. there have been more tornadoes in 24 hours than in ten years. people caught all of these massive t...