getting a green card quicker than someone who goes through the legal immigration process. number one. number two, the absolute nonnegative goshable variable for republicans is border security. president makes unsesfied promise he will dedicate resources to border security. this is 1954-mile long border. it is very finite. it is a solveable problem. republicans say let s secure the border so we don t have future illegal immigration issues and solve the issue of current undocumented people in america right now by having a bipartisan bill. why would we do it, why would the president s plan be necessary if we already have people agreeing? bill: does rubio have a point, kirsten? you have to secure the border first to prevent issues from coming back on you years down the road? yeah. obama done a pretty good job securing the border. i don t really, i don t really think that is the most important thing. i think it is more important to bring the people out of the shadows. i don t think it sho
jamie: it almost feels like a salute is in order, bill. it is president s day today, and you might be surprised to know it s still officially named for our first president. washington s birthday is what the feds call it having been originally established on george washington s actual birthday of february 22nd. then it became a federal holiday long after his death in 1799 and was later moved to a monday to make for more three-day weekends. why is it called president s day then? basically it s all margareting. abraham lincoln s birthday comes before the holiday on february 12th, president washington s just after. bill: a new tax could be having a big impact on american business. this is the max. it s part of obama care and there are growing concerns that it could result in some big layoffs. steve brown is on that story in chicago. medical device tax, 2.3%, what
rubio s infamous water-drinking moment to the republican response for state of the union it has become a unique opportunity for him, since taking that sip, senator rubio has sold 3,000 branded water bottles and raised one $100,000. they are available on line for anyone making a $25 donation to his political action committee. bill: that must be tasty water. great placement. there is new details now on the murder charges against the blade runner . why police are said to be reportedly want the sprinter to undergo blood tests for steroids. also there s this. oh!. [sirens] jamie: scientists found pieces of meteor that crashed into earth. now there are people, as you can imagine, who are trying to cash in. look. , nothing else.
telling iran we are too poor to fight. they are saying we don t have gas money. think how low we ve sung when the chief of naval operations pulled a stunt like that. in 1943 after pearl harbor the pride of our fleet was at the bottom of the ocean in pearl harbor. those tin can skippers in the destroyers said we can t fight the japanese until we have more money. they would have gone to tokyo bay to fight the japanese if they had to row. now we have a chief of naval operations, undercuts our national strategy to try to bully congress to give him more money. it s got to stop. bill: the way you talk is almost as if you say this is a wake up call. well it is. that s why i am reluctantly foresee questions tracing. it s going to cut muscle and bone along with the fat. but the generals and admirals won t stand up and cut the real fat. and congress gets its share of the blame because congress, boy,
to try and repeal that portion of the tabgts. he say tax. he says in discussions with the white house that the white house is new listening. the president says it s a trade off the tax for the medical device manufacturers but they get access to 30 million more potential customers. device managers say it s not that simple. the tax is now the added benefit of more people in the insurance pool that comes later and that is more bottom line pressures for them. bill: they are not happy. steve brown on that story out of chicago today. thank you. jaime. jamie: an interesting transition to talk about bourbon and bourbon drinkers out there, you ve revolted. and guess what maker s mark is listening. the backlash that you caused will have them change their mind. we ll pell you why. bill: an opinion you won t hear often. lieutenant ralph peters here to say why he thinks slashing $50 billion in the defense department could actually be a good thing. stay tuned.