Trip to the border before heading back to washington where his plan to address the border crisis is far from a sure thing. For president barack obama and Texas Governor rick perry, the showdown was more of a sitdown. Different ends of a roundtable discussion in dallas on the crisis at the border. Just had a good meeting with governor perry. Reporter president later told reporters his beef is not with perry, its with congress, who has a 4 billion request to deal with the emergency. Are our folks more interested in solving of problem or more interested in politics . If they are interested in solving the problem, then this can be solved. Reporter perry was Less Charitable releasing a statement calling for the National Guard and more drones on the border, adding the crisis has been created by bad Public Policy, in particular the failure to secure the border. Back in washington, critics from both parties slammed the president s decision to attend fundraisers in texas. Hes visiting democrati
Of an executive order on immigration. The house passing a bill declaring the president s executive action null and void. And mark meadow joins us. Good evening, great to be here. You had the republicans and three democrats gave the president a little bit of a set back, 219 to 197. But in name only, right . Reilly it was more of a message. We know as long as harry reid controls the senate that bill probably is going to sit like 387 other bills right on his desk and not go into law. But we need to start with a longer term approach to be able to address this. And today was a start. It certainly is not the finish. Why did three republicans vote present . Why didnt they join with you . I think there was some language that got added in terms of waivers towards the end and what i understand is that they disagree with the president but they didnt think this went far enough in talking to some of my colleagues but certainly this is a start again one step in what we need to do. The cavalry is com
Of the president s nominee that could come any days. The leading candidate we are hearing is former Deputy Defense secretary Ashton Carter. There have been a few names he is rising to the top. We know that carter was the weapons and techbuying chief for two years and had an extensive background. Degrees in physics and medieval history from yale and a doctorate in physics from oxford. Detroit has been hit by Power Outages in a huge way. A student from State University sent this. Power is out and classes have been dismissed. We will keep an eye on the situation there. The Frank Murphy Hall of Justice Building have been hit as well. Some without working traffic lights too. Look at that back up. The conference is scheduled for 2 00 p. M. Today. Another football controversy very much in the headlines. Granting a First Exclusive interview with matt lauer. One thing i think they would have to be willing to look deeper into who i am and realize that me and my wife had one bad night and i took
Congress. You send me a bill that can sign, and those executive actions go away. Heather Mitch Mcconnell expect to become the new Senate Majority leader. He said any executive action on immigration would be quote, waving a red flag in front after b Wendell Goler is live in front. White house. Sound like were gearing up for some sort of a fight, wendell. Reporter maybe not kumbayah. The president says he is ready to drink kentucky bourbon with incoming Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell but attempts to compromise with House Speaker john boehner didnt produce much. The two Lawmakers Said of this weeks republican win in wall street journal op he had, it also means renewing our commitment to repealing obama care which is hurting job market along with Americans Health care. Of course with the president that is a nonstarter. Repeal of the law, i wont sign. Efforts that would take away health care from the 10 Million People who now have it, and the millions more who are leviable to get it
Of an executive order on immigration. The house passing a bill declaring the president s executive action null and void. And mark meadow joins us. Good evening, great to be here. You had the republicans and three democrats gave the president a little bit of a set back, 219 to 197. But in name only, right . Reilly it was more of a message. We know as long as harry reid controls the senate that bill probably is going to sit like 387 other bills right on his desk and not go into law. But we need to start with a longer term approach to be able to address this. And today was a start. It certainly is not the finish. Why did three republicans vote present . Why didnt they join with you . I think there was some language that got added in terms of waivers towards the end and what i understand is that they disagree with the president but they didnt think this went far enough in talking to some of my colleagues but certainly this is a start again one step in what we need to do. The cavalry is com