here. reporter: well, this is the statement from buckingham palace on behalf of her majesty, the queen, which is in windsor castle where i am. the whole family is saddened to hear the full extent of the challenge it has been for meghan and harry. the issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning. while some recollections may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately. so there are issues in terms of the racism claims, but they are suggesting that the recollections of those conversations differ. they ve obviously spoken to the person in the family or on the aides side of what they thought happened, and it doesn t match up, effectively, with what harry has been telling oprah winfrey in the u.s. they also point out that harry, meghan and archie will always be much-loved members of the family. what i heard also as far as background speaking to royal sources. they said they should be given the chance to discuss issues raised priv
about the immigration proposals that they will be voting on tomorrow. obviously, as we all know at this point, house republican leaders are pushing for that broad immigration overhaul bill they helped negotiate to pass. we know from their whipping effort last night they re well short of the votes to pass that bill. it i think the interesting element is, that bill deals with family separation. but it didn t have a clear path forward in the senate. so there s a lot of questions what the incentive is for the members to vote for that bill. it will be interesting to see if a lobbying effort, particularly in the wake of the president s unclear support of the bill last night in his closed door meeting will help that process going forward. look, we talked about this earlier. i think the biggest deal right now with republicans in the house and senate as it relates to the executive order the president says he s going to sign, it s a pressure release valve. there was no chelear ledggislat
now that the senate has approved a sweeping immigration overhaul bill, the house is expected to introduce its version when lawmakers return from their july 4th recess next week. kentucky democrat john jar mouth is a member of the house gang of seven,s what i been working on this bill. so we welcome you, as we always do on this fourth of july. nice to see you. nice to see you, alex. so all systemless go? are all system goes? will you be introducing this bill next week? we hope it will be next week. it could string over into the next week. we are reviewing you the bill line by line. it s 500 pages, to make sure that it reflect the agreement that we reached in principle. but we met right before we left last friday, the seven of us, everybody was full steam ahead, very much committed to the process and very optimistic that ultimately, the product that we produce will be something that cannot only solve many of our immigration problems but also pass both houses.
crowds holding prayer sessions outside the hospital where nelson mandela remains in critical yet stable condition. a judge in massachusetts has denied bail for former new england patriots player aaron hernandez. he is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a friend. and friends and family gathered in new york city for the funeral of actor james gandolfini. he died of a heart attack last week in italy. he was 51 years old. i m veronica de la cruz. let s get you back to hardball. we re back. late today with vice president biden presiding, the senate passed a massive immigration overhaul bill. the vote 68-32. about a dozen republicans crossed party lines and voted for the measure, no doubt thanks to a recent amendment which adds 20,000 new agents along the border in addition to 700 miles of fencing. despite that, the bill failed to win any support among the republican leadership.
jenna: the speech about climate change is causing certain sectors of the stock market to take a hit today. the coal producers are down in part because of the anticipation of the speech. it has more to do with the economy specifically over in china. the dow is off its low today, but still trending lower as you can see on your screen. beefing up security is a key part of the immigration overhaul bill at least in one amend many. it s up for a crucial vote today. does the plan go far enough? where are the states in this? what about them? the federal government has taken a look at this. arizona governor jan brewer joins us live moments from now with her thoughts, just ahead. hi, i m terry and i have diabetic nerve pain.