talk about ms-13. more fallout on the president s refusal to visit the border. he is not interested in a photo-op he said but he was two days ago playing pool and have having a beer with the governor there. ed henry starts the day in austin, texas with the president. when you are president you have photo-ops every day when you want them or not. sure. and that is why you are seeing this go viral. there is a #notinterestedinphotoops with a series of pictures with the president. playing pool with the colorado governor the other night. part of what he is doing on this tour, you see his names on the paramount theater, is talking about the economy with real
nbc senior white house correspondent chris jansing is traveling with the president. she joins us now from austin. the president bushed back on republicans for not covering comprehensive immigration reform. reporter: we have already seen rick perry go to the border. he s with mcallen. the president has said he s not going, he will be leaving texas later today. so i think the focus shifts from will he or won t he, the president being 242 miles from the border but not making a visit. here s what rick perry had to say, start with sending out the national guard, we need to secure this border, echoing what john boehner had said when the $370 billion proposal came out from the white house. but the president said to rick
martha: the president says he needs congress to approve the $3.7 billion. but governor perry says it s about securing the border. i don t know if he s inept. the border is not secure. we have a humanitarian crisis on our hands because the border is not secure. the president needs to understand the single most important thing he can do is put the national guard on the border to coordinate with our local law enforcement and you can secure border. bill: the president wakes up in austin, texas, but still no visit to the border. wake up in austin.
lee, she is in texas, she s scheduled to meet with president obama today, she also recently spent some time at the border. again, sheila jackson lee coming up in just a few minutes. israel s military is dramatically escalating its efforts in the gaza strip. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu ordered the move after militants fired a series of missiles toward israel s nuclear plant. ma am hamas rockets are reaching deeper into the country than ever before. 700 people in gaza were killed by the israeli air strikes. this is the heaviest fighting between israel and the palestinians in the gaza strip since an eight-day battle in 2012. from dead broke to not truly well off. we ll check in on hillary s book tour. the poll numbers have not been kind.
or trouble breathing. tell your doctor your medical history. and find an arthritis treatment for you. visit celebrex.com and ask your doctor about celebrex. for a body in motion. we have been talking about the situation at the the border, tens of thousands of undocumented folks coming up from central america, many of them children. i want to bring in congresswoman sheila jackson lee, democrat from texas. congresswoman, i understand that you are about to sit down with president obama and talk about this border crisis, the president there traveling in texas. what do you hope to accomplish in that meeting with the president? well, as you well know, the president is fully engaged and we welcome him to texas to be able to address some of the issues. he had a very good meeting