I am thomas robbeerts. Republicans are warning the white house to back off after the plan b was leaked. This draft bill which was obtained by usa today over the weekend allows for an eight year path to residency for the undocument already inside u. S. Borders and within hours of that plans release florida senator marco rubio fired back saying if proposed the bill will be dead on arrival in Congress Leaving Us with unsecured borders and a broken legal situation for years to come. The chief of staff defended the white house choice to be ready to go it alone. Were doing exactly what the president said we would do last month in las vegas which is were preparing. Were going to be ready. Lets make sure it doesnt have to be proposed. Lets make sure the group up there, the gang of eight, makes the Good Progress on these efforts as much as they say they want to. Republicans on the hill are upping the ante and accusing the administration of political games man ship that will backfire. Leaks dont
Hi, everyone. Oim tamron hall. Following breaking news. In about 30 minutes a Bipartisan Group of senators will lay out a framework for what could lead to comprehensive Immigration Reform by the end of this year. Chuck schumer, john mccain, dick durbin, marco rubio and bob menendez will discuss the plan. Well bring it to you live. Our First Read Team notes this is the first time senator mccain signed on to a priority of president obama. He takes the vision on the road to las vegas. But within the last hour, White House Press secretary jay carney confirmed the president would not unveil specific legislation. The plan unveiled today would be the first major immigration overhaul proposal in six years but one border state democrat congressman castro of texas say that is the devil is in the details. Weve got to make sure that those measurements, when we have determined that we have secured the border, that those measurements are objective. Otherwise you will have fights down the road where
Moment. You probably already know the story. Let me tell you what happened friday afternoon. There fs watching president obama in his hometown delivering a speech on gun violence and poverty. He was speaking at hyde park academy, blocks away from the address he called home before he moved to 1600 pennsylvania avenue. The speech was especially poignant for his recognition of two audience members, nate and cleo pendleton. The shooting death of their daughter precipitated his visit to the city. He offered understanding of cities like chicago. President obama recognized this particular kind of gun violence is about more than just weapons used to commit the crimes. Its also about poverty, a lack of access to Economic Opportunity for all families. The president proposed a policy solution that goes beyond regulating guns to embrace a role for the government in helping lift struggling families out of poverty. We are singing the same tune until the record scratched when he said this. We should
Happen. From the republican side today after defense secretary planned to impose furloughs, 800,000 civilian employees if the sequester hits, john boehner responded president obama is ultimately responsible for the military readiness and its fair to ask, what is he doing to stop his sequester that would hollow out our armed forces. Joining me now is kelly odonnell. The president will kipitch this program that includes 50 billion for transportation infrastructure and a Publicprivate Partnership to attract financing that they have as a partnership to rebuild america and cutting red tape to get permits. Sounds like a decent start. Those are welltested ideas. They like to see government deal with red tape and infrastructure is popular. Those are solid ideas that the president can try to campaign on, if you will. He has the power of the office and the reach of the office that gives him a Real Advantage in this debate over the sequester cuts. Being able to do those interviews across the coun
Now, thats no way to get it done. With both parties agreeing now is the moment to make this reform happen, will congress be open to obamas backup if the efforts fall short . It is a threat from the white house by saying, hey, if you dont do it, the politics get really bad for you very quickly, so hurry up and get something done. Say good morning to our president s day political power panel, contributor Jonathan Caphart and an opinion writer for the Washington Post and angela reid, principle of Impact Strategies and msnbc contributor susan dellpurseo. You come in on president a days. Lets dive in and get to work talking about this leaked proposal that came out. Angela, i want to start with you. We have the timeline here and if we look at it, the president was scheduled to go to las vegas on january 29th and give his first policy speech of the Second Administration but we see that on the 28th the Bipartisan Group of senators, they came out with their plan trying to trump the president to