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Iowa, ohio, say they are willing. montana says we are not going to help. >> entirely political. not based on national security needs or law enforcement needs. this was not a controversial decision when george w. bush did it in 2006. or when barack obama deployed troops to the border in 2010. it's all politics. remember, border apprehensions are up. there has been a surge of people trying to get into the country, no doubt. brian: the spring surge started early. by the way, 300,000 people coming annually, that's a problem. i don't care if that's up or down. 300,000 that don't belong here. i have...

They can get more subsidies from the government, right? from taxpayers. >> obamacare included lots of provisions for subsidizing the insurers. it's ironic president obama's sort of anti-insurer rhetoric during the bill, there's all sorts of things. risk corridors, there's reinsurance programs, and a lot of it gives the administration leeway. they can tweak it one way, tweak it another, expand it, and so i think that if they don't get the numbers that they're hoping for, sebelius is promising that, you know, spring surge in young people, they will have to bail out the insurers to keep them from...

That these are, quote, solid numbers? that's what they're bragging about. >> well, the four out of five actually doesn't differ that much from the original projections. but you're right about the sheer number and the demographic mix. at first they said the number was what they were aiming for, then they shifted to the demographic mix. they're really just trying to save face and not panic and sort of run out the clock and hope they get this spring surge. i do think the more likely thing is that the administration is going to be in the position of trying to push an insurer bailout. the question ...

Wall street's spring surge is one of the seens that the economy may be improving. ed henry tells us not everyone is optimistic. >> as he heads home to chicago for two-day was fund-raising there is a trifekta of news. stock market is soaring most of the year and housing prices are on a tear. >> we believe that the economy is continuing to recover. and continuing to strengthen in the aftermath of the worst recession since the great depression. >> paul volker said current fed chairman ben bernanke is simply asked to do too much to pump up the economy with the quantitative easing that kept interes...