and within hours, take us back into maryland, there in frederick county a very alert person there at that rest stop sees the car and this is the scene that we have gotten exclusively on msnbc. later in the day after the two suspects are arrested. bob, i have to believe there is a huge sigh of relief being breathed there and throughout the washington, d.c., area today. chris, you ve got it. the huge sigh of relief is palpable. and flashback friday has its own home on our new website. check that out at jansing.msnbc.com. that wraps up this hour of jansing & co. on this friday. thomas roberts is up next. richard, good morning to you. have a great weekend. hi, everybody. the agenda next hour, back to work for real this time. president obama vowing to tackle immigration reform once again. i m going to talk to a member of the house s immigration gang of eight which is now just a gang of five but maybe less is more. we ll see. and then obama care
projecting that it would cut the government s budget hole by 197 million over the next decade. this report is a huge momentum boost for immigration reform. it debunks the idea that immigration reform is anything other than a boon to our economy and robs the bill s opponents of one of their last remaining arguments. all right, let s dig down on this and joining me now for more is mark murray. mark, it s good to have you here. we know from the lead figure on the immigration gang of eight has been senator marco rubio, however he s been saying recently the bill needs stronger border security measures. other republicans like senator john cornyn of texas want things like a 100% situational awareness, 90% apprehension on the border. as we look at what senator rubio s motives are now, is he undermining the hard work of the immigration eight by entertaining these amendments or is this just politics as usual? thomas, i think it s actually
return, in early april, that we ll see a bill ready to move through the process. the president s optimism was shared by four members of the senate s immigration gang of eight. who toured the u.s./mexico border wednesday and gave an update on their progress. in the last several years, we ve made improvements on the border. the border is still not in many areas as secure as we want it to be. bottom line is, we re very close. eye say you know, you know, we re 90% there. we have a few little problems to work on. we ve been on the phone all day talking to our other four colleague who is aren t here. we re very hopeful that we ll meet our deadline. on fox, house majority leader, eric cantor stressed border security while sounding cautiously opt mifltic about an agreement. we ve got to make sure that border security is, is being implemented. that the law does start at our borders. and in weighing these two things, i think that we can come to some agreement.