about keeping the government running or increasing the debt ceiling, maintaining the debt extension, the ceiling. and when you look at all of that, then to throw into the mix, okay you will take on a hot button immigration issue, ryan is really telling him here, hey, you know, maybe we will do that, maybe we won t. but let congress start to take a crack at it and we can spread this out: there are other more pressing issues. let me get in one more to kelly, and the white house announced obs thursday the president is donating a million dollars do the harvey relief effort. but listen to the difference on thursday versus friday of the source of that money. watch. i m happy to tell that you he is would like to join in the efforts that a lot of people across this country have done and he is pledging a million dollars of personal money to the fund his personal money or money
to avoid federal scrutiny. illinois, maryland, and massachusetts are studying this as well, they may allow counties to opt out of this program that is an obama- obama-approved program. coming up, we re going to hear from both sides about this hot button immigration issue. we ll have a fair and balanced debate coming up on that just minutes away. and it is a very big afternoon on capitol hill, as house lawmakers are set to vote on raising the country s maxed out credit limit. right now the plan is to raise the debt ceiling from 14.3 to $16.3 trillion, try to wrap your head around that number, and that is without in its current form, this bill, any spending cuts that would be incumbent upon that. analysts say that the measure is doomed to fail in congress. so what is next? james rosen joins me now live from washington. this is one of those votes, you wonder why have the vote, james? reporter: there s good reasons, depending upon which side of the aisle you re sitting on. good afterno