branch. the house doesn t have any role in that. he has a full schedule. his message is i m not going to take up and debate a bill and voted upon that is not going to have the president s approval because otherwise it is wasted time. he is trying to husband, if you will, the time that he has got on things that actually can be done. sandra: this immigration fight is intensifying in the house. dividing a lot of members inside the g.o.p. right. i think yesterday seven additional members, five democrats and two republicans signed what is called a discharge petition. the house rules allow two ways to get to the floor. one is through the committee process going to the committee of jurisdiction and then to the rules committee and then to the floor. the other one allows a majority of the members of the house, 218 members to sign a petition that spells out exactly what would happen. in this instance the discharge petition calls for votes upon
elections. the report is not true. if you look at what we re doing this week, dodd-frank, right to tribe, ndaa, prison reform, it is a clear example that none of that is true. not so sure about that. but in addition, house republicans last week failed to pass a farm bill and another election year other election year disagreements including a nasty internal immigration fight. fill ma phil mattingly is on capitol hill. interesting job today. reporter: no question about it. this is clearlyibrated distraction. look, this is exactly what you expected to happen when speaker paul ryan announced that he was going to retire. why a lot of donors were uneasy about it because they knew what it would start. despite the united front and the
illegal immigrants. one california lawmaker wants taxpayers to provide free health care to illegal immigrants. critics say it will create a wave of undocumented workers from other states. supporters say it s just the right thing to do. play fair and balanced low, chief correspondent jonathan hunt look at both sides from los angeles. getting welfare benefits. you are free health care coverage. battle lines being drawn in the latest front in the ongoing immigration fight in california. some states politicians push free health care coverage for undocumented immigrants. others, including orange county supervisor michelle steele, consider the idea a disaster that will make california even more of a magnet for illegal immigration. is going to be utopia for illegal immigrants. orange county board of supervisors is one of several local jurisdictions that have joined the trump administration in suing california over its
support the use of national guard troops patrolling the border. this fight is heating up. ari: the immigration fight never will cool down. and at the point now where i almost wish she would go back to san diego and say government brown, tear down this wall. if they are so opposed to walls, why do we have that wall up in san diego? harris: because it works. ari: the only reason the democrats don t want what works is because donald trump is for it. if this is the ultimate compromise. the president should give daca, we can finally make progress. harris: when we got married, when you don t have some sort of a wall, wall system, it makes it very hard for people on that border to protect us. it can be along the entire border. we know that. geographically, and that s not possible but if you start taking out walls, you make the point, why do they exist? because they work.
the town of duma the site of the suspected chemical attack on the syrian and russian authorities preventing inspectors from getting to that town claiming the ladies are due to security concerns following coalition airstrikes, it should be noted the town of duma was not hit. the reinforces have been in control since before the collision strikes, russia and syria deny, contact someplace. resins claim it was an elaborate hoax dates by the white helmet and encouraged by great britain. 40 people died in duma and according to the world health organization 500 became sick with symptoms consistent with exposures to toxic metals, the us ambassador to the un that yalie said new sanctions would be rolled out against russia, punishment for their support for the aside regime in syria. now we hear those sanctions will be held back. todd: governor jerry brown taking his immigration fight to