generation of radar, one expert calling it a matter of life and death. and a grandmother brutally bullied on a school bus. right now though through the power of social media an unbelievable outpouring of sympathy and cash. we ll update you on what s going on. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. they were a critical part of his winning coalition in 2008. and this year president obama needs latino voters more than ever as he faces a very tough re-election campaign. just a few hours ago the president addressed one of the country s largest hispanic conventions laying out his vision not only for immigration reform, but also for the country s economic future. our chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin, is traveling with the president in florida. jessica, after a surprise move last week ending deportations for some illegal immigrants brought to the united states as children, did the president use that and more to politically go after mitt romney? reporte
we start on the campaign trail and president obama s full-court press to win latino voters who could be the key to winning re-election. so exactly a week after he announced the u.s. would stop deporting some illegal immigrants brought here as children, he spoke to one of the country s biggest hispanic conventions. we should have passed the d.r.e.a.m. act a long time ago. it was written by members of both parties. when it came up for a vote a year and a half ago, republicans in congress blocked it. the bill hadn t changed. the need hadn t changed. the only thing that had changed was politics. mitt romney had his turn. president obama has not made them a priority. after 3 1/2 years of putting every issue from loan guarantees to his donors to cash for clunkers, putting all those things before immigration, now the president has been seized by an overwhelming need to do what he could have done on day one, but didn t. i think you deserve better. chief white house correspond
yeah. you know, i didn t have time to get that together. i was busy. it s going to be all kanye for me today. we had to use the clean version obviously because this is a family show. welcome, everybody. our panelist this morning. mark lamont hill is back, professor at columbia university. and livingston is back as well. conservative commentator and the daughter of governor oh, my gosh, the long island just came out here. the daughter of governor huntsman. you are on long high eye laisla. and will cain is here. starting point this morning is details about this u.s. army soldier who is accused of killing 16 afghan civilians as afghan president karzai has been meeting with the family members of those victims. senior u.s. official said he just snapped. a k06r7 nation of stress, alcohol, and marital problems. now, that s according to a u.s. military official. the shooter now has a lawyer and he is contesting some of those things. the lawyer, by the way, is this renowned seat
bills. our news correspondent steve centanni is live on fox top story at the bottom of the hour. steve, there is talk now of a possible agreement and vote tomorrow. what do we know? right, shep. it would basically mean coburn backs down. promises not to block the bill after all and a vote goes forward. that test vote to see how much support the bill enjoys could come tomorrow. but earlier coburn explained his opposition, complaining the bill hadn t been through the full committee process. so what we re going to do is pass a bill, maybe, doubtful, and then we are going to have to come back and fix it and waste a whole bunch more money. in fact, there was one senate hearing on the bill and 22 house hearings, shep? shepard: 22 hearings in the house. what are democrats saying about this republican opposition tonight? they have put opponents under intense pressure to give in. bringing out the 9/11 first responders you saw today and aggressively countering every objection the repub
and that is to your point. we have a big news story. the last time this happened in the house and senate, bill clinton got through a budget that no republicans voted or for, all democrats voted for. it was a positive thing for the country. you have to look at that as a positive thing. this could have been done earlier. let me say this to your point about the bill clinton bill, if that bill hadn t passed, i wouldn t be here. i m serious. i would be an insurance lawyer in pensacola, florida, billing for all state. in fairness to obama, although it is a partisan vote, it could turn out right. i m not convinced yet, but it could turn out right. bill clinton was fighting us every step to this. the only president that ballanced the budget was a