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Republicans a determined opposition against immigration and grand bargain and get it more angry about this. when the president was a senator back in 2005, he was rallying against it and suggested it was a power grab. >> harry reid made similar comments. what harryid said to get washington working and he said he is glad they changed it. >> republicans don't think it is fair. and the president doesn't think his nominations whether it is it federal judgeships or executive nominations have been blocked. they are going to make their points, bill. but the president will come out and try to make the ...

This el debate is intensifies. jim accost aa, thanks very much. let's bring in our political panel. joining us, john king, our chief political analyst gloria borger and host of the new "crossfire" van jones. it's very interesting when the president was a senator and he was dealing, this is what he said back in 2007 about using -- about congressional authorization being required. the president does not have power under the constitution -- this is senator barack obama -- to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involved stopping an actual or imminent threat to the...

Major speech where he restated his vision for this country's still very recovering -- economy that is still recovering. he spoke at knox college in gaelsburg, illinois, selling a plan to help the middle class. he also highlighted the country's economic progress, ending on a poetic note. it's the return to his first major economic speech as a senator back in 2005. joining me now, white house correspondent kristen welker. let me start off with you, kristen. the president here reiterating a lot of things we've heard before. he actually anticipated that journalists and folks would say that, but he...

>> let's talk more about this nuclear option. joining me to talk about this senate dog fight journalist david nakamori and staff writer for the hill. david, let me start with you because senator reid says the filibuster block is necessary in congress. is it a necessary evil? >> it might be. it's probably true and this is something the white house says quite a bit, the american public is getting frustrated with a lot of these tactics. it's worth remining people that president obama was against sort of this idea as a senator back in 2005. now he sort of switched sides and seems to say, i'll supp...

>> reporter: the white house is standing behind harry reid. he's threatening to get rid of the filibuster using the nuclear option that would require executive branch nominees to have 51 votes instead of 60. they are pointing to the obstructionism. you mentioned that chuck hagel was filibustered. the fact that the president's judicial nominees have waited on average more than 200 days. compare to under george w. bush where they waited 175 days. republicans are digging in their heels. mitch mcconnell has said if reid using the nuclear option he'll go down in history as being the worst leader of...