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They say. hello to you, i'm jon scott. jenna: hi, everybody, hope you're off to a great friday, i'm jenna lee, and today is the final day of a house gop retreat in maryland, unveiling their principles for immigration reform. topping the list, tightened border security and overhauling our nation's visa system, but including a way for illegal immigrants to remain here legally. this question about that is leading some to wonder whether all republicans will support the plan. our chief congressional correspondent, mike emanuel, is live on capitol hill with more on this. how heavy of a lift is immig...

Where do you stand on this? >> i haven't seen this 30-page report. i look forward to reading it. in order to reform our immigration code, i agree we need to reform it. we need to undertake this in a step-by-step fashion. the first thing we need to do is secure the border, and we need to reform our amount quitedout dated visa system. our legal immigration processes. once those things are in place and it's been verified, then we'll be in a better position to figure out how best to treat the 11 million people here illegally. but these things can't all be wrapped together. they can't all happen at...

Bill, issue by issue, transparent, a accountable. you have a chance to read the bill. it won't be a big bill. >> the big back breaker is can the millions of people who are here working hard every day get legal status to say? most americans say yes. your base says no. how will you deal with that? isn't that going to sink you? >> i'm always optimistic about these things, come on now. first thing you have to do is not repeat the mistakes of the simpson mezzoli bill. you never had security at the border. the second thing, never fixed the visa system. up to 40% of the people here undocumented overs...

Corker-hoven amendment will give people the confidence that we have a secure border. >> senator, as it turns out, you were ahead of your time on this. let's play a clip from an ad that you ran back in 2010 where you talked about that dang fence. let's play a clip of that and talk about it. >> have we got the right plan? >> plan's perfect. you bring troops, state, county and law enforcement together. >> and complete the dang fence. >> it will work this time. senator, you're one of us. >> i know you love seeing that again or hearing that one again. >> it's a great ad, isn't it? >> it is great ad...

Security and visa modernization to bring our visa system into the 21st century. once those programs are enacted we are in a better position to assess the needs of the 11 million workers to address them with compassion and dignity for the workers. >> thank you for being here. >> thank you, megyn. we are getting new information on a terror scare tied to the ft. hood murder trial. police are trying to track down a person who threatened to bomb a county courthouse near ft. hood unless the officials met the quote demands of major nadal hasan, the man charged in the 2009 shooting rampage that kill...