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Effort by the hispanic caucus and the president. it's a priority issue. it's a legacy issue and immoral not to act. we really need to get it done now. i think the president's statement this morning reflecting on what it means for the economy as what it means for these families. all those issues were discussed and again we were focusing on what we could do to get this bill passed. >> do you think that president obama's activity and involvement helps the very debate around immigration reform? >> i do. it's clear that we need to make sure that members in the house are working across the aisle. th...

today when he speaks in the white house rose garden. he's going to be calling for an extension of tax cuts only for people earning $250,000 a year or less. >> so the president is totally committed to getting rid of the tax cut for those making $250,000 or above. >> let's make progress on our spending by doing away with tax cuts for people that quite frankly don't need them and that haven't worked and have them pay their fair share? >> that a yes or no. the president is completed committed to this. >> 100% committed to this. >> i heard this before. dan lothian is here. a couple of yea...

plus, why rapists in the military are getting away with it. a bay area congresswoman taking the air force on front and center. jackie spear calling for new hearings on what she calls abuse of power. this morning, she's in the newsroom. and hot, hot, hot. the summer sizzler in full effect this morning. dangerously high heat and humidity making it feel as hot as 110 degrees from virginia all the way to southern maine. so sit back, get out the fan, stay cool. newsroom starts right now. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. we do start with this breaking news. for the first time, ...

this all adds up to the most detailed account yet of zimmerman's side of the story. >> when i got to right about here, he yelled from behind me, to the side of me. he said, "yo, you got a problem?" >> i said, hey, man, i don't have a problem. and he says, now you have a problem, and he punched me in the nose. at that point, i fell down. he ended up on top of me, and he just kept punching my face and my head. and i was screaming for help. he put his hand on his nose -- on my nose, and the other hand on my howamouth, and he said "s the [ bleep ] up." i didn't know what he was hitting -...

>> that's what every country does. >> that's not the principal. we have a statue that says give me your tired, your hungry and your poor. >> we do? >> yes. and we shouldn't have that statue. >> you can't change policies over hundreds of years. you can adapt. there are certain principals that are put out initially and circumstances change that require the principal to change. >> the problem is there is a priority issue. they are spending so much time trying to deport people who shouldn't be deported and there are criminals who should be deporting. they are spending money deporting the wrong peo...