some of the republicans in congress that maybe the sequester is all right. maybe this is another way of shrinking government in a dramatic way. and i think, you know, that s a dangerous idea, but it s not uncommon in some quarters on capitol hill. no doubt. i want to ask you about immigration reform, because despite what happened to john mccain at a town hall meeting last night in arizona, there is a general feeling that i know i ve talked to chuck schumer and other democrats who are working on this that something may actually happen, that copy of the president s plan, perhaps, was poorly timed. the fact that a reporter got a copy of it and it did upset marco rubio and a number of the republicans, but the president s now reached out, called rubio, called lindsey graham. is this the start of a real effort by the president to try to bridge these gaps? well, first of all, i think he had to make those calls.
how unfazed are russians? and the cows, they just got up and went on their way across the street. unbelievable. good day. jim will bring us more on that in a few moments. i m andrea mitchell live in washington. if you ever wondered just why comprehensive immigration reform is such a heavy lift for lawmakers, just ask john mccain. he got an earful at a town hall meeting in arizona last night. why didn t the army go down there and stop them? because the only thing that stops them, i m afraid to say and it s too damn bad, but is a gun. that s all that will stop them. the border s 2,000 miles long, sir. i don t know how much troops and army people you think would have
parenthood first and foremost but end the entire women s family planning program that serves five million women who have often no other access to care, with basic preventive care, birth control, cancer screenings and the like. i think that is i really enjoyed your segment earlier because i think this is fundamentally not where the republican party has been. it was a conservative position to believe in family planning. many of the chapters were started by republicans. in arizona, in fact, peggy goldwater was one of the co-founders of planned parenthood. that s where i feel the republican leadership, not the members of the republican party but the leadership has just gone so far that s the question, where the voters really are on this, where the republican voters are. they must be making a calculated choice that they re not going to lose those voters, those female voters on the right. it s confusing to me personally but i don t you know, it s interesting, i was just looking, we
jeremiah. good morning. clayton: immediately when i heard the story and learned it was a british operative and mi-6 or mi-5 and the amount of time invested in this whole thing, my immediate gut reaction was, well, does this screw us up for future missions like this, now that the the cat s out of the bag? oh, it sure does, absolutely. and listen, last weekend, we were able to take out one of the planners, who was behind the bombing of the u.s.s. cole because of this intelligence network that s been set up. here we are, ibrahim, the master mind beyond the bomb is on the loose and we were close to him. we let the cat out of the bag and as of last night the cia has taken out approximately 11 more al-qaeda members who are scurrying across the country, going to ground, going into hiding and now trying to kill as many as possible, but unfortunately, they re going to regroup, they re going to
take a listen. you ve got a lousy record on job and weakest since the great depression so the president welcomes a conversation about anything, anything, anything, but the economy. he loves, he d love to be talking about the washington post bullying stories for weeks, anything to keep us talking about, jobs growth, the economy, debt and affordable care act. alisyn: and meanwhile, let s talk about immigration, another thing that obviously is a hot topic on the campaign trail. jan brewer, the governor of arizona at a big g.o.p. event in arizona last night where they were picking the delegates for the tampa national republican convention and she fired up the crowd, got a standing ovation and talked about how arizona will never be a swing state. with the right spirit is