macdonald is here. why the risch to start everything so early, liz? i know. many people haven t digested their halloween candy and getting hit with holiday deals. here is what is going on. this is one of the shortest holiday shopping seasons in years. there are six fewer shopping days between thanksgiving and christmas this year. companies like walmart, toys r us, macy s target, doing intense promotions even starting back in september, jon. jon: well i guess the question always is though, on my mind at least, if you go shopping now on one of these deals, is it possible the deal will get better if you wait two or three weeks? i was talking to one analyst, holiday shopping, many consumers feel they have to gear up for a small military battle to get the deals that they want in the stores. and this is the key. those door buster deals may be gone by the time thaw get into the store. so you can still get really sweet deals online or ahead of
drek casey for iran. and a pro demack crazy under newt beginning risch. i have hope for iran. suzanne. best week, senator lisa mckous ski coming out in favor of gay marriage. her state was one of of the first to ban gay marriage within the state. so it shows that they re opening up to different ideas. and worth week, john boehner for everything that we just discussed. thanks so much, guys. that s a wrap of weekends with alex witt. up next, we have craig melvin. i am alex witt. have yourselves a great day. it s a fresh-over. that s great. tastes like you just picked them. so far it s about the best strawberry i ve had this year. walmart works directly with growers
favor of moving for cloture. and amend the legislation. president obama says he wants a bill on his desk by this summer. let s look at the nay votes. they are fascinating. these are the people, republicans all, are the senators that didn t want to consider the bill, didn t want to consider immigration reform. catch this. barrasso of miami didn t want any immigration reform. boozman, arkansas, same deal. crapo if idaho, cruz from texas, enzi from wyoming, grassley, from iowa, inhofe from oklahoma, kirk from illinois, surprise there. mike lee from utah. risch from idaho, roberts from kansas, scott from south carolina. sessions from alabama, shelby from alabama, vitter from louisiana and the bill they refused to discuss as it s currently written would aim to boost protections along the southern border via $4.5 billion in new funding, and 3300 new customs agents. it also establishes a road map for 11 million illegal immigrants to gain full citizenship, a process which would take 13 years a
there. mike lee from utah. risch from idaho, roberts from kansas, scott from south carolina. sessions from alabama, shelby from alabama, vitter from louisiana and the bill they refused to discuss as it s currently written would aim to boost protections along the southern border via $4.5 billion in new funding, and 3300 new customs agents. it also establishes a road map for 11 million illegal immigrants to gain full citizenship, a process which would take 13 years and require a payment of $2,000 in fines. democrats are confident they ll obtain passage of the bill in the senate. republicans have made one thing very clear. it won t be without a fight. getting a bill through the senate is going to be easy compared to what s looming in the republican-controlled house where the bill faces a much more uncertain fate. if a bill gets to the president s desk, what s it likely to look at? will it be something we ll be proud to enforce? that s my question. tim pawlenty is a former
investment, not none you are risch. i want to back up some of what you said there, when we look at economic classes in the u.s., it is in fact clear from the data that 62% of americans raised in the top fifth stay in that top two-fifths and that 65% of those born in the bottom fifth actually also stay down there. that s what the data shows us, that indicates this economic mobility is not happening, and the one place where maybe two of you are coinciding is this idea that rather than like the relative bottom, it s about saying when you make a little bit of progress, part of what we ve done is snatch the social safety net every time you make a little bit of progress, and then you can t make that next step of progress. is that what you ve seen? absolutely. i think one of the examples we have found in our research, which is a national study that looks at policy, we find that when parents report they ve