graduated from high school, that was it. she couldn t get a driver s license, she couldn t go to college and she wants all these things now and she wants everybody else to follow suchlt she s excited about getting it done and we are as well and as i have said, it s been a long process and it s been hard for us and for her. and as i say, hopefully there s some light at the end of the trouble. jose, pipe in here, you know, you have spoke within groups like these for many years now. your organization define american focuses on that very question, what is american? you look at the potential details coming out on the bill, you look at the dream act, what sorts of elements from the dream act do you see in this new reform bill and is it enough to satisfy both sides here? well, i mean, i think for many people republicans and democrats, the dream act seems to be everybody s on the same page, but we need to provide a path to legalization and
down and people really are looking at what s in the best interests of our country going forward. the immigration bill when you come from a congressional district like the one i represented who cares deeply about agriculture, we cared about the building trade, we cared about the hospitality trade, we really need to do something about immigration. but we want to make sure that the people in california realize that our board is secure. what s your thought? and marco rubio, a guy dwr your state front and center, does he come out smelling better? marco has put a lot on the lined he was a leader on this issue. if it comes from marco at this point, he has brought a lot of republicans to the debate and to
it offer. it focuses on reform. i think it s a very good piece of election, a very good law. i think from them we are going to get ways to improve this. as we mentioned at the top of the show, seven stops on the morning shows. joining me right now is nbc news senior political editor mark murray, and msnbc columnist. nbc learning that the four democrats and republicans who have been working on this, the gang of 8, they re getting together and planning to brief their colleagues of the details on monday evening. as we get these details, what s the thought here? over 1,000 pages some are saying? is there something for everyone and if not, who might actually stop this process? this is the best opportunity that immigration reform advocates have had in many years
well immigration bill is set to take washington by storm this week on tuesday. but not before gun and gun legislation hits the floor at 2:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow. joe manchin and republican pat toomey are bringing their compromise on background checks to the senate. here s senator john mccain on cnn today. are you on board with that? can you ge go with that? i m very favorably disposed but first i would like to thank pat and joe for their work together. i m very favorably disposed towards that. might we have a deal here is the question. power couple republicans mary bono back and cmack do you thin manchin/too manymey bill has
the united states. i think, absolutely. you saw mark warner, the one kind of traditional moderate democrat out there, still running for president. he came out for gay marriage this week, right before the supreme court took up their case. you saw hillary clinton, deval patrick, all the candidate who is want to run for 2016, for the president, saying they re for gay marriage as well. that was also in the democratic platform. that was included in this past election cycle. is it going to be a litmus test for any goper who also wants to be president of the united states? on the one hand, they can track public opinion polls just like anybody else and they can see that young people overwhelmingly support gay marriage. on the other hand, christian evangelicals who believe fervently in traditional marriage are also a very active and an important part of the republican base. i think the republican nominee is going to have to try to balance both of those. you and i both know that no rep