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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130217:17:12:00

confirming that usa today article, but dennis mcdonough today making the points that president obama will put his own proposal forward if congress cannot come up with a plan. as of right now, the white house wants to give congress a chance to act on immigration reform. but marco rubio within hours released a statement saying the president's plan is dead on arrival. that is evis enraging the immign debate. the white house saying it does seem as though the process is moving forward. just to put this in larger context. if you look at the debates on the horizon and the sequester of gun control. they feel it has the best chance of passing because of the 2012

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for the republicans and harry reid. >> they did not filibuster them. >> that sets a dangerous precede precedent. >> by the way, alex, i blame harry reid and the democrats, too. we had a chance at the beginning of the congress. we had a chance to make real filibuster reform and we took a pass. >> okay. you make a good point there. let's listen to john mccain talking about immigration. here it is. >> the president, obviously has some thoughts about immigration reform which he drafted and guided his agencies to comment on. if the president proposes legislation, do you think it will fail? >> of course. of course it will. that is why we are working together, republicans and democrats, by the way he had no communications with the congress. i believe we are making progress in a bipartisan basis.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130217:17:14:00

some product that congress can pass. that is the only place that will happen. when you hear flame throwing like this going on, it sheds doubt on the process. i'm sure the white house was not pleased to hear that. they would like for congress to do something, but they are readying this plan in case that doesn't happen. a show of good faith to their constituents. that they really are serious about this negotiation process. but i think that rhetoric may jam things up. >> so, eleanor, emily is saying that the white house went and took the first step on this and worry that congress would not come up with their own plan. really? do you think the white house should have superseded a plan? couldn't they have done it afterwards? >> i think this is politics as usual. each side has their base con the

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130217:18:48:00

transportation security will have to furlough. air traffic controllers will have to layoff. that means some airports will close. this is a big deal. if these things take effect, there may be enough pressure for congress to come back to the table and negotiate this. one thing the economy doesn't need right now is another kick in the shins like this. >> you are talking about congress coming back and negotiati negotiating. robert, let's listen to juan castro. let's see who is to blame. >> it's the president who proposed this sequester. the president who designed this sequester. it is the house republicans who replaced the sequester with smarter cuts in other areas of government. >> this was never the president's idea. this was the result of hostage politics engage by a tea party republican control party. this is the message you have with the hostage politics.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130217:18:06:00

this is the time for them to galvanize their base. >> let's get to the march sequestering. today, republican congress member paul ryan is making a prediction. let's listen. >> the senate hasn't passed the bill. the president gave a speech saying he would like it. i conclude it will take place. >> okay. chris, you heard the congress member believing the he sequest is going to happen. >> it was interesting today. chuck schumer doesn't think the sequester will go into place. that is on the heels of the democratic proposal last week that was a mix of increased tax revenues and spending cuts to avoid the sequester. that is a no go. the republicans are saying no

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spearheading the effort. sharp words for the plan in the usa today report. alex, if actually proposed, it would be dead on arrival. congress leaving us with unsecured borders and broken immigration system for years to come. rubio has said that citizenship should depend on first making sure that the borders are secure. that is something that is being debated in congress. the senator making the argument that the president's plan leaking outdoes not help the immigration to move forward. we will have to see what happens moving forward. there are folks on both sides of the aisle working on immigration reform. after the 2012 race, president obama came away with a large number of latino voters. >> kristen welker, thanks so much. other front page politics and reaction from the white

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take a listen. >> we want to continue building on the strides we made on border security. we want there to be an earned path to citizenship. we want the legal system which is too cumbersome and broken, we want that to be reformed as well. >> reporter: so he really mapped out the president's principles when it comes to immigration reform. alex, just this past week, the president met with democratic senators working on an immigration reform bill. we have not seen any legislation, but by all accounts, this is moving forward. immigration reform has a fair amount of broad bipartisan support. the devil is in the details. we are waiting to see what members of congress are coming up with. >> we have gotten reaction from one republican senator to this plan, right? >> reporter: we have. senator marco rubio. one of the republicans

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>> does this sound like republicans saying no for any of the president's proposals? >> no. >> no. >> my problem with president obama is alex, he does not negotiate with republicans. he doesn't bring the leadership up to talk to him. he doesn't make phone calls. >> does he do that with democrats? >> that is true. the republicans control one chamber of congress. my former boss brought democrats in all the time. we were able to forge for no child left behind. president obama has to recognize he is the president of the united states. not the president of the democratic party. he needs to reach out to republicans. >> ed? >> i think ron is leaving out a bit of history. i think in 2011, the president and speaker boehner negotiated very hard and were very close to a big deal. the grand bargain. speaker boehner could not get it

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the question has to be asked how much will the white house invest in the cause in the second term? do they have to weigh the climate change against the economy in recovery? could that hurt jobs out there? >> this is absolutely an economic economy. the president and congress -- the president, it seems clear. he wants to act on climate change. there will be a lot of cost benefit analysis that has to be made over the economy. one thing we may see is the president moving forward on epa regulations on coal plants signaling that as this is flexing executive authority and taking action on climate change, but we may see a tradeoff. moving on that and approving the keystone pipeline as well. we will see the president trying really hard to weigh in and taking action on climate change, but trying not to harm the

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