hadiya pendleton was me, and i was her. but i got to grow up and go to princeton and harvard law school, and have a career and a family, and the most blessed life i could ever imagine and hadiya, oh, we know that story. just a week after she performed at my husband's inauguration, she went to a park with some friends, and got shot in the back, because some kid thought she was in a gang. hadiya's family did everybody right, but she still didn't have a chance, and that story, the story of hadiya's life and death, we read that story day after day, month after month, year after year, in this city and around this country, so i'm not talking about something that's happening in a war zone halfway around the world. i am talking about what's happening in the city that we call home. >> first lady michelle obama speaking in chicago today. >>> back in washington, the president is hosting a private dinner for 12 republican senators at the white house tonight to talk about his budget plan, formally released in bound version earlier today

because what i realized is hadiya's family was just like my family. hadiya pendleton was me.dhadiya's life and death we read it over and over in this city and country this country. i'm not talking about something that's happening in a war zone halfway around the world. i am talking about what's happening in the city that we call home. >> so what happens? this happens. >> i'm just like you. it's like a bullet missed. and now i'm first lady and you're getting gunned down. and somehow my husband's working on it. she's trying to show them she cares. she's trying to show them that she's not far removed from their roots but that's not true. and i just this is all about michelle going in a calculated way to exploit this circumstance. >> another attack on the first lady from rush limbaugh. i mean, does he even know how pathetic he sounds? joining me now is commentator nancy giles. >> did you think this speech was more of an active role for the first lady? >> here's what's interesting. i love listening to her. i listen to her on c-span. she's always been so down to earth and real, i a

family is just like my family, hadiya pendleton was me, and i was her when i met with hadiya pendleton's classmates on the day of her funeral. dozens of them later spoke at the service, each referring to her as my best friend. and let me tell you, oh, it is hard to know what to say to a room full of teenagers who are about to bury their best friend. but i started by telling them that hadiya was clearly on her way to doing something truly worthy with her life. i told them that there is a reason that we're here on this earth, that each of us has a mission in this world, and i urge them to use their lives to give meaning to hadiya's life. >> hadiya pendleton was 15 years old when she was shot and killed in chicago in january, just one week after she performed at the president's inauguration in d.c. after that emotional speech today in chicago, first lady michelle obama then went to harper high school in the englewood neighbor of chicago, where just last year, in one year, 29 students at that high school were shot. michelle obama is a very popular first lady. but she has not made a habit of

the first lady talked about hadiya pendleton, the girl who was shot days after attending the funeral. asked if we are doing enough to protect our kids. >> it was the question weighing on my heart when i met with hadiya pendleton's classmates on the day of her funeral. dozens of them later spoke at the service, each referring to her as my best friend. and let me tell you, whew, it is hard to know what to say to a room full of teenagers about to bury their best friend. but i started by telling them that hadiya was clearly on her way to doing something truly worthy with her life. >> now our leaders must do something to honor hadiya, to honor the students and teachers at newtown. today we saw activists reading the names of all the people who have died since the newtown shooting. we saw the sister of victoria society soto. she was overcome with emotion before victoria's name could be read. >> age 7, december 14th, 2012, newtown, connecticut. >> victoria schl oto, age 27, december 14th, 2012, newtown, connecticut. >> that's what this debate is all about. it's about people, not politics. but

because what i realized was hadiya's family was just like my family. hadiya pendleton was me. and i was her. but i got to grow up and go to princeton and harvard law school and have a career and family and the most blessed life i could ever imagine. and hadiya, well, we want that story. >> so as all this political and media focus impacting public perception? take a look at this new nbc news/wall street journal poll. while 55% of respondents are in favor of stronger laws on firearms sales, that's actually down from 61% from just a month ago. the poll shows 82% of democrats are in favor of stricter gun laws while only 27% of republicans feel the same way. >>> turning now to the debate over immigration reform. tens of thousands of immigrants and activists turned out for a nationwide rally calling on congress to approve measures that would give 10 million immigrants a pathway to citizenship. at the same time it appears a bipartisan group of senators made progress on a bill that would do just that. but only after the nation strengthens its policies on our border. senator john mccai

and hadiya, oh, we know that story. >> an emotional michelle obama speaking about 15-year-old hadiyan deal in washington keep americans safer? senior legal analyst and new yorker writer jeffrey toobin. let's go to one of our audience questions here. because linda, you have of a question about background checks. >> in regard to the background check, i really don't see where we're going to be able to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally able to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally disturbed. >> what is your view of the call for universal background checks? >> i think we should not restrict women's rights to have access to firearms. the more restrictions we put on law abiding citizens being able to have access to firearms? >> why just women 1234. >> 90% of violent crimes happen without the use of firearms. in that situation women have a disadvantage. if they're armed or have a right to choose to be armed, they can reverse the balance of power. >> no one's saying they can't buy a gun, they just have to pass a background check. >> if they're being threatened by -- >> limitatio

and hadiya, oh, we know that story.t a week after she performed at my husband's inauguration, she went to a park with some friends. and got shot in the back. because some kid thought she was in a gang. hadiya's family did everything right. but she still didn't have a chance. and that story, the story of hadiya's life and death, we read that story day after day, month after month, year after year, in the city and around this country. so i'm not talking about something that's happening in a war zone halfway around the world. i am talking about what's happening in the city that we call home. the city where we're raising our kids. the city where your businesses operate. this kind of violence is what so many young people like hadiya pendleton are dealing with every single day. and those two boys charged with her shooting, this is the violence they were facing as well. and you have to wonder, what if, instead of roaming around with guns, boys like them had access to a computer lab, or community center, or some decent basketba

hadiya pendleton. >> i used them to use their lives to give meaning to hadiya's life. >> reporter: and on capitol hill, victoria desocietdesoto, . december 14, 2012. newtown, connecticut. >> reporter: later this morning we'll see if a threatened filibuster will stop or slow down a vote on democrats gun bill but a more likely deal struck by democrat joe manchin and republican pat toomey would expand background checks to include gun shows and online sales. >> to me this isn't gun control this is common sense. >> reporter: that deal also includes ease restrictions on interstate gun sales and shielding sellers from lawsuits if the gun they sold legally if later is used in a crime. >> you can pass all the laws you want and the criminal element is going to sit back and smile. enjoy broad public support in polls. and washington is still in limbo. now, today in front of the capitol, shooting victims are setting up a memorial of those who have been killed urging lawmakers not just the vote, but the people behind it. tracie potts in washington. >>> connecticut's new gun control laws are to blame

but i started by telling them that hadiya was clearly on her way to doing something truly worthy with her life. >> again, as you say, jon, it is rare to see her out on an issue like this one. let me ask you, if this passes will the administration come back on banning assault weapons and high capacity magazines? >> they're going to push for that. the senate will debate both of those next week. but i've got to tell you, neither one of them stands any chance of getting through the congress, no chance at all in the house. the only thing that has a chance of passing is this background check issue. >> all right, some possible movement on gun laws tonight. thanks so much, jon karl. >>> also at the u.s. capital, a show of support for immigration reform. thousands of people in washington raised their voices in a rally favoring a path to citizenship. there reporting for us was abc's senior national correspondent jim avila who has just returned from the border where the number of immigrants crossing illegally has dropped to the lowest level since the 1970s. but some families want you to see thei

and i urged them to use their lives to give meaning to hadiya's life. i urged them to dream as big as she did. and work as hard as she did and live a life that honors every last bit of her god given promise. >> what a great first lady. anyway, in another emotional address today, senator chris murphy of connecticut, actually, it was his first ever speech on the floor. he said the country might be getting desensitized to everyday gun violence out there there's so much of it. it's his first speech. let's listen. >> the worst reality is this. if we don't do something right now, it's going to happen again. but really, mr. president, it's happening every day. and this country has just gotten so callously used to gun violence that it's just raindrops. it's just background noise. and so the question is, are we going to do anything about it? or are we just going to sit on our hands like we have for 20 years and accept the status quo? >> someone not sitting on her hands is era lafrty. her mother, dawn hochsprung was the principal at sandy hook killed defending he

hadiya pendleton was me and i was her. but i got to grow up and go to princeton and harvard law school and have a career and a family and the most blessed life i could ever imagine and hadiya, well, we know that story. >> there's a lot more moving parts on this gun issue today, including the vigil that's taking place at capitol hill and a lot of other things. but we have to move on. >>> moving on to the other really intriguing story of this morning. the guy in charge of keeping republicans in charge of congress, a member of the house republican leadership, the nrcc chairman, greg walding has created a bit of a stir by attacking the president's ideas on social security and doing so from the left. the white house budget rollout was going predictably with everyone sticking to their usual talking points. >> if anyone think s i'll fini reductions on the a backs of the middle class. when it comes to deficit reduction, i've already met republicans more than halfway. >> why don't we do what we can agree to do. why don't we find th

pendleton. >> hadiya pendleton was me. i was her. but i got to grow up. >> bill: and that was the difference. congresswoman jan schakowsky also representing the city of chicago. very active on this issue of gun safety. joins us this morning on our news line. congresswoman, it looks like, in the last couple of weeks the tide has turned on this gun safety issue. would you agree? >> i would agree. i would say even in the last couple of days. >> bill: yeah. >> the republican senators who had pledged to filibuster the bill, i think that filibuster effort is crumbling in the face of the newtown families that came to washington and this relentless pressure to do something and a good number of republican senators who say they will not block a vote on the bill. >> bill: it is impressive, the newtown families they flew down here. i thought it was a very powerful statement in itself, flying down here on air force i to confront the members of congress. and it just became impossible for some of the hard-liners right, to sit down with t

hadiya pendleton was me. and i was her. >> the day after that the senate voted 6-31 to allow a debate on a package of gun control legislation that does not include the most ambitious gun control items such as a ban on assault weapons, ban on high capacity ammunition clips. they will be offered as amendments and expected to be defeated. what's expected to succeed is a compromise brought by joe manchin and pat toomey to extend mandatory background checks to gun shows and internet sales but not to transfers of guns between private individuals. even then the final bill will still face a filibuster hurdle for passage so it's still unknown whether it will emerge from the senate at all. even if it does emerge from senate it has to go the republican controlled house of representatives where conservative republicans are pressuring john boehner to obey the rule which frowns on bringing something to a vote. boehner respond listen it was never a rule to begin with and certainly my prerogative my intention is to always pa

but i started by telling them that hadiya was clearly on her way to doing something truly worthy with. >> reporter: the first lady's comments came on the eve of the senate's first vote on a wate d watereddown gun bill, set to take place this morning. pat toomey and joe manchin, forged a compromise on background checks for gun purchases. manchin touched by newtown families when he met with them on capitol hill. the legislation would require a background check on purchases at gun shows and on the internet. but would exempt private transactions. it would provide records on criminals and the vie leaptly mentally ill to the national background system. can it pass a republican congress? >> many of them are looking carefully at the legislation. but i don't know in the end how many will support it. >> reporter: many gun owners are not convinced. >> none of the laws will stop crime. the criminals will go on getting their guns like they always have. >> reporter: while the measure is far from the assault weapons ban the president pushed for after the sandy hook shootings. some of the parents of

but i started by telling them that hadiya was clearly on her way to doing something truly worthy withments came on the eve of the senate's first vote on a watered down gun bill set to take place later this morning. republican senator pat toomey and democrat joe manchin, both of whom have an a rating from the national rifle association, forged a compromise on background checks for gun purchases. manchin visibly touched by newtown families when he met with them on capitol hill. the legislation would require a background check on purchases at gun shows and on the internet. but would exempt private transactions. it would require states and the federal government to provide records on criminals and the violently mentally ill to the national background checks system. but kit pass a republican congress? >> many of them are looking carefully at the legislation, but i don't know in the end how many will support it. >> reporter: many gun owners are not convinced. >> none of these laws will stop crime. the criminals will just go on getting their guns like they always have. >> reporter: while the

>>> fighting gun violence, the parents of slain chicago teen hadiya pendleton join us with details on their meeting with new york's mayor michael bloomberg. >>> also, hillary clinton's unfinished business. >> human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights, once and for all. >> let's keep telling the world over and over again that yes, women's rights are human rights, and human rights are women's rights, once and for all. thank you all so much. >> coming up, we're going to take you live to the women in the world summit where andrea mitchell will interview ambassador susan rice, a short time ago. >>> rutgers athletic director, tim pernetti is out in the wake of the video. >>> and the kid president finally meets the grown-up president. >> i think you should try to sit behind the desk, so you look a little more official. >> hello? >> is it even on? >> no. >> make sure that you don't cause any international incidents. >> we're told he did not cause any international incidents, i'm peter alexander live in washington. in for my friend andrea mitchell. after five years sh

and i urged them to use their lives to give meaning to hadiya's life. i urged them to dream as big as she did. >> overnight in washington victims of gun violence, including family members of some of those killed at sandy hook elementary read the names of every person killed. families have been making the rounds on capitol hill imploring senators to pass new gun laws, a meeting that left one of the principle architects of a compromise in tears. >> i'm a parent. i'm a grandparent. let's all share. i can't imagine. i just -- i can do something. >> reporter: the emotional appeals come just as we are seeing the very first bipartisan agreement on guns in more than a decade. this coming -- this agreement to require background checks on all gun purchases at gun shows and online. george? as i said the first bipartisan deal on guns that we have seen in years. >> debate begins today. thanks very much. now to that tense standoff with north korea. u.s. officials believe the north koreans have missiles on the ladies and gentlemen of the jury pad but so far no signs o

. >> the first lady talking to students about the tragic shooting of hadiya pendleton. and on capitol hill. >> victoria soto, age 27. >> william leroy burton jr. >> a vigil reading the names of victims of gun violence. later this morning we will see if a threatened filibuster will stop or slow down a vote on the gun bill. a more likely deal struck by joe manchin and republican pat toomey would expand background checks on gun shows and online sales. it includes easing restrictions on interstate gun sales. >> you can pass all the laws that you want and the criminal element is going to sit back and smile. >> background checks include broad polls and in washington it's still in limbo. more action on the national mall this time on gun control. we have shooting victims later this morning who are laying to lay out a memorial to people who have been killed in gun violence. their aim here is to get lawmakers not just about voting on these issues but to really feel the impact. tracie potts, thank you in washington, d.c. vice president joe biden will discuss gun control and gun sa

and hadiya, oh, we know that story. >> welcome back to "morning joe."what we are talking about here today. sam stein and melanie barnes still with us in washington along with mike barnicle and reverend al sharpton in new york. and joining us is rick stengel with the cover of "time" coming up. first, to capitol hill. the men of the hour, republican senator from pennsylvania, senator pat toomey and democratic senator from west virginia, senator snojoe man ch. they hammer it out for the gun debate. senators, i'll let you decide who goes first to answer this question. you guys faced a bit of opposition on this from the get-go. not just from the nra but from people like tom coburn. do you guys have 60 votes? >> i think so. we worked hard and we will continue to work hard. mika, if people will not just take time to read the bill and understand how much this bill clarifies an awful lot of things, but basically it's just meant to keep guns out of the hands of people who shouldn't have them and closing down the gun show loopholes and internet sales and i saw you

join me and hadiya's classmates and young people across this city who, by the way, even in the face ofstill fighting so hard to succeed. we need to show them not just with words, but with action, that they are not alone in this struggle. we need to show them that we believe in them, and we need to give them everything they need to believe in themselves. i would not be here if it weren't for that kind of belief. and i know that together we can do this. so let me tell you this, i look forward to the work that you do. i look forward to you hitting this goal and surpassing it. like forward to the city being the model of what communities can do to wrap their arms around our youth and make them the best they can be. to embrace all of our neighborhoods, and every last one of our children. thank you so much. good luck and god bless. >>> we got this earlier with our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin. today, barack obama unveiled his fifth president ideal budget proposal. this is for fiscal 2014, starts october 1st. and this thing, it is pretty thick. you can see them. look at this.

america with rallies and marks and protests we've seen the courage of gabby giffords, the strength of hadiyaeton's parents, just days after their daughter was killed and today many of those families were there in washington for the gun vote. they saw 31 senators vote against 31 senators and they stand against real change, trying but failing. and a fight for change and you fight for what you believe in. and determination to keep going no matter what, and sometimes the road looks uncertain ahead. you can be certain that it's better than

but people thinking to remember hadiya pendleton, p. what's the perfect storm that is happening here and can't be stopped. is it getting better. >> i do want everyone to know as you said i'm stationed in washington but i am chicagoan through and through. this essay in the new york times was totally taking every criticism of the city, the most recent ones you went through, tough questions, hard challenges and then uses that to tear down the city in a way that was unreal listly. every city has problems. chicago is in a rough patch right now. everyone wishes taxes were lower, crime down and horrible murders of teens not happening then you fix it. but that doesn't take away that this city by a lake is a waterfront city with a stunning beach has so much to offer. it was just a one-sided essay written by a women who lives there but who clearly hasn't seen the city in the way that people who want to know what's good see about it. >> there's still a lot that's great there in that city of chicago, what you called before the great american city.

last february, the first lady attended the funeral of 15-year- old hadiya pendleton. was killed just days after performing with her school band at the presidential inauguration. for a closer look at the persistence of inner city gun violence, we turn to paul barrett. he is the author of "glock, the rise of america's gun," as well as assistant managing editor and senior writer at "bloomberg business week" magazine. and del mcfadden, outreach coordinator for the columbia heights-shaw collaborative-- a community support organization in washington, d.c. welcome to you both. and, paul barrett, to you first. for all the publicity around these horribl mass shootings, we know most gun violence takes place as one-on-one shooting. tell us, where do these take place? who is doing the shootings, and who are the victims? >> well, there's a very wide variety, but you're absolutely right, as a general matter, out of the 30,000 gun deaths we have a year, some 10,000 or 11,000 are gun homicides. many of those take place in unsafe, poor neighborhoods, and often iolveun play between one

. >> and then there was hadiya pendleton's mother who told me about the loss of her daughter.ter had just left, performed at an inauguration and killed by a bullet in her back. n her mother telling the story against gun violence. and her little brother on monday playing tennis with president obama. this is what you have. you have a group, if you will, very reluctant icons of gun violence now having to share their story over and over again. and amazingly here, being very, very open with it. >> richard lui, thank you very much. >>> coming up, our "news nation" gut check. it's one of the talkers of the day. the rutgers basketball coach was fired today after video of him verbally attacking students -- players, using gay slurs, even physically touching them. but the question is, should the buck stop there? should more people be fired? and be sure to like "news nation" on facebook. rahhhhhh! when i'm hungry, my tummy growls. rrrrrrrrrrrr! when i'm hungry, i feel like i want to faint. this is my hungry monster. one in six americans struggle with hunger every single day. if i could st

i will do everything i can, to ensure that another young woman, like hadiya, doesn't get murdered. >> the first amendment conversation. but not at the expense of the second amendment. >> it isn't at the expense. it's at the expense of our young and our youth in this country. >> very quickly -- >> the issue that george raised, that george and i are big believers in the constitution, we interpret it slightly differently. what's the infringement on second amendment rights to ask people to have a background check and to keep some record of that? the government isn't going to go rifling through people's files. it's going to give them a ability, if there is a crime committed with the gun you sold, to maybe go back and trace it to you. everybody should welcome that. >> go ahead. >> so, we have determined that the 76,000 people who were found to have lied on the background check in 2010, 4,700 were referred by the atf for further investigation or prosecution. 62 were prosecuted. every republican on the house judiciary committee signed a letter, to the president and the attorney general, askin

yet the fact is, the death of hadiya pendleton, that kind of tragedy continues to happen every single day in this country. >> you know, i -- i think the issue or one of the issues we have is -- is a lack of empathy. you know, we have elected leaders in the senate and the house of representatives who, you know, insist on obstructing any reform at all because frankly they don't know the true toll of gun violence in the way that families who have been directly affected by it, in the way survivors have been affected by it, in a way that, you know, people living in the south side of chicago have been affected by it. and these people, i assure you, are crying out for change. we're asking for the rest of the american public, that 90% of americans who agree with us, to call on their congressman for change. >> stephen barton, thank you. congressman john larson, who is compassionate and concerned for all his constituents and, indeed, people throughout this country, gentlemen, thank you. >> thank you. >>> next, the president lays out a common sense budget. the ball's in your court, mr. boehner.

saying she could have been in the same situation - as 15-year-old hadiya pendleton.s shot and killed - just a week after performing with her school band at the president's inauguration. >> pam: jacqueline? >> jacqueline: yes. the sea breeze it is impacting san francisco. temperatures are cooling down in a hurry. still in the 80s and a couple of places. however the 60s at this hour. closer to the coast temperatures are in the 50s. 55 degrees in half moon bay. 60s for san francisco and also in hayward. 70's for portions of the north bay and portions of the inland valleys. as a look ahead for tomorrow cooler conditions. 10-15 degrees cooler than what we saw today. and waking up to some fog. patchy fog. it is expected to pick up but nothing but we saw on monday but a similar pattern. it will be breezy. temperatures will largely be in the '70s but a cool down. as for the fog, near the coast is where we are largely expecting the south-bay. this will extend to portions of the east today. and also the east bay in the valleys with livermore. again, it is expected to be breezy

. >> reporter: senior adviser valerie jarrett says she will evoke the memory of hadiya pendleton, shot and killed just days after performing at the inaugural ceremony. >> it's a very personal speech, it's from the heart. you will feel the pain she felt the day of hadiya's funeral. >> reporter: some of the loudest voices this week have come from the newtown families who are on capitol hill urging lawmakers to act. now the nra has yet to comment on this deal. the senate could take up the gun bill as early as thursday with some republicans threatening to block a vote on the measure. but democrats tell nbc news they believe they have enough votes to block a republican filibuster. hoda? >> kristen, the compromise, obviously, was bipartisan. each side probably didn't get something. what didn't each side get? >> that's right. democrats had been hoping for background checks to be universal. they didn't get that. this is going to be a pared down, watered down version of background checks. however, they are still happy about it. republicans skeptical to some extent about background checks so thi

most powerful advocate for this are the advocates of those also the parents of high d a pendleton -- hadiyadleton. when the parents come forward and try to talk to senators, that seems to work. a lot of senators have taken the meeting. even harry reid said, i do not want to meet with these people, because i knew it would be a difficult meeting, but i did. they made their point. some of the meetings have gone very well. others have been a little more emotional. host: we sell republicans voting to move forward. some of them did vote to proceed. do we expect to see any sort of oral filibuster him any sort of stalling on the senate floor? guest: that is what we were expecting this week. there was a threat from at least 14 senate republicans led by senator mike lee of utah, marco rubio of florida, mitch mcconnell, the senate minority reader. they threatened to filibuster this, but so quickly did 16 republicans come forward to say, no, i will not stand in the way of doing this, that they dropped the plan. we dissipated last night they might try to force 30 hours of debate on proceeding to the act

obama have also been talking about hadiya pendleton and the violence in chicago.going to move people in a way that statistics have not. >> but it's having a -- it's everybo everybody's face, not having a politician's face. >> morris, your reaction to this when you heard it? >> powerful. it really tugs at your heart when you see a mother who really struggled through that. you see the human side, and i also think it's powerful that the president stepped out of the way and let this family do this. i think it will go down as one of those moments in history. >> yeah. and i have to say, i have also learned that she wrote her script there, the mom did, francine wheeler, she wrote it and delivered it and god bless. >> that's why it was probably so powerful. >> we'll switch gears with our next topic. to due ba with love. i love that. white house press secretary jay carney took sod questions about beyonce and jay-z's recent trip to cuba after jay-z made a rap about it. >> jay-z released a rap today. i know the other day you said pressure ri was the one that cleared the trip

and our hearts are still heavy with the loss last manned of hadiya pendleton, another wrung young woman of color from chicago gunned down in another victim of the city's epidemic of violence, days after returning from marching here in d.c. for an inaugural parade for the inauguration of barack obama. we bring had diao forward because even as the national mall is a place of healing, those who go to it can only be guaranteed further with greater forms of action beyond the maps, beyond the mall's mapped boundaries. the to carry us forward through tragedy and towards transformation we say the names of dr. michael eric dyson and reverend marcia dyson, scholars and leaders like them, they have taught me and so many others so much about intellectual inquiry that flows through the head and the heart and always between peoples. to the 250,000 plus attendees of the march, whose names we do not know well enough, we hope to know more of you. we want to hear your stories and we want to be able to both record them and speak them out ourselves as they will nourish both our history as well as our pathw

advocate for this are the advocates of those children -- also the parents of high d a pendleton -- hadiya pendleton. when the parents come forward and try to talk to senators, that seems to work. a lot of senators have taken the meeting. even harry reid said, i do not want to meet with these people, because i knew it would be a difficult meeting, but i did. they made their point. some of the meetings have gone very well. others have been a little more emotional. host: we sell republicans voting to move forward. some of them did vote to proceed. do we expect to see any sort of oral filibuster him any sort of stalling on the senate floor? guest: that is what we were expecting this week. there was a threat from at least 14 senate republicans led by senator mike lee of utah, marco rubio of florida, mitch mcconnell, the senate minority reader. they threatened to filibuster this, but so quickly did 16 republicans come forward to say, no, i will not stand in the way of doing this, that they dropped the plan. we dissipated last night they might try to force 30 hours of debate on proceeding to the