jeff flake, whoa, whoa, whoa. hold on a minute. what did you hear?ot of interest in marco rubio. look, i think there's a broad sense that we've been talking about immigration reform in a very big way for almost ten years and in congress they do want to move forward, but there are anxieties certainly on the republican side. i think rubio said something in the past 24 hours or at least i read it, that seemed to me kind of smart. he said make this transparent. let everybody know. let the voters know what we're doing. maybe hold hearings. but don't just have these quiet little deals again. >> wait a minute. you're contradicting yourself. on guns you said move fast, move quickly, get it done. >> move fast and move quickly on immigration is now impossible. please, this has been going on for ten years. but i'll tell you something that i read something in a book the other day that i think has a little bit to do with what's with the general mood pushing immigration forward. it is the quote from calvin coolidge, it's in a book about him about 1922 and he said

. >> jeff flake said he is not walking away. let me play that. >> i think that we will stick together as a gang and i hope that we can pull some republicans our way. i think a number of them are with us already. i don't want to talk about walking away, i don't intend to do that. >> pull some republicans our way, dana hospital. are they looking to recruit into this? >> you have john mccain and his two cloerngs lindsey graham and jeff flake. and there's a whole lot of other republicans, look, even if they are philosophically opposed to this deal, they realize, as the republican party's postmortem from the election shows, they have to get on board with comprehensive reform here, even rand paul is talking about getting behind some kind of comprehensive reform. it is a matter of what the nitty grit city when they work it out, a substantial problem but one they will have to work out. >> we haven't seen the exact language for the path to citizenship. let me play for you what lindsey graham had to say about that. >> as to the 11 million

arizona republican senator jeff flake.tart with the breaking news we've had concerning the fact that the procedural vote to move forward to debate the gun bill, you voted in favor of that? >> i did. senator reid has an open process. there will be opportunity for amendments and so i voted to proceed. >> were you surprised by according to our kelly o'donnell it seemed it got to 60 swimmingly and easily. >> no, i'm not surprised. i think republicans want to move onto most of these bills. the difficulty we've had in the past is we haven't had an open process or opportunities for amendments. when that is offered, then typically republicans will go along and vote to proceed. >> sir, i'm sure that's good news for the newtown families that wanted their voices to be heard and for all of our electeds to be able to debate this publicly and openly to move along the process itself, and that's what i want to talk to you specifically though about your work with the group immigration eight and where that stands because it has been a reall

thank you for your note, kind regards, jeff flake. freshman republican hand-writes a letter, telling a grieving mother that strengthening background checks is something we agree on. and then he walks into the senate chamber and raises his hand to vote against strengthening background checks. even though he had political cover from the senior senator from arizona, who was voting for background checks. freshman senator jeff flake rewrote himself on the spot and voted against background checks. he rewrote this letter on the spot. he voted against karen teves. he voted against the family that he said in his letter, quote, will be in heard them say somet you know, sometimes we just have to get away from the t testostero testosterone. we just have to get away from the fellows to get something done. >> this really could be -- over all the years, the different things happened, the gang of eight and these different crews get together of senators who think they're like-minded. but this continued bipartisan discussion that women are having in th

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thank you for your note, kind regards, jeff flake.hman republican hand-writes a letter, telling a grieving mother that strengthening background checks is something we agree on. and then he walks into the senate chamber and raises his hand to vote against strengthening background checks. even though he had political cover from the senior senator from arizona, who was voting for background checks. freshman senator jeff flake rewrote himself on the spot and voted against background checks. he rewrote this letter on the spot. he voted against karen teves. he voted against the family that he said in his letter, quote, will be in my thoughts and prayers. now, i've seen senators do a lot of cowardly things, hypocritical things, but i have never seen anything like this. i've never seen anything like this letter and that vote. ♪ using supercomputing and mobile technology over our secure network, verizon innovators are building a world of medical treatment data in the cloud. so doctors can make a more informed diagnosis from anywhere, in second

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. >> you spent last week on the border with some of your members of the gang of eight including jeff flake who will be on the show here in just a minute. this issue of border security and the metrics involved before launching the pathway to citizenship, that's been resolved? >> well, i was very glad to go to the border and you see the expansive -- it's huge and the terrain is different in many different places and it gave me, someone from new york city, a real appreciation of the different problems in arizona so, look, we've come to a basic agreement which is that, first, people will be legalized. in other words not citizens but they will be allowed to work, come out of the shadows, travel. then we will make sure the border is secure and we have specific metrics that are in the bill. i'm not going to get into what they are to make sure that happens. and after that happens, there's a path to citizenship and i think there's agreement among the eight on all of us and i think most of the american people agree with that, that we should certainly do -- we made a great deal of progress in securin

jeff flake represents the state of arizona where 70% of owners were against background checks. 52% of arizona voters say they're now less likely to support him in the future because of that vote. same goes for rob portman whose constituents in ohio support universal background checks by a 51-point margin. and now, almost twice as many ohio voters say they're less likely to support them in the future because of his vote against expanding background checks. both of alaska senators have seen a net drop in their approval ratings since their votes against the background check amendment. lisa murkowski down 16 points from the february approval rating. and kelly ayotte, her approval rating has dropped a net 15 points since the last time checked in november. and 50% of new hampshire voters and pull olling out last week say her no vote will make them less likely to support her in the future. you can tell how serious these numbers are being taken because in the case of kelly ayotte, the folks at the nra feel they need to provide her with political coverage firming up these radio ads defending h

jeff flake is in a free fall.ion is when people do go to the polls or asked to donate monchy and get politically organized, whether they pay a price and whether people reap a benefit. that's the real question of whether it's six months or a year from now. >> let's talk about money. that's what a lot of them worry about. you can't talk about other states. i know in the state of florida, the top republican fund-raisers in the state. a man who ran george w. bush's finance campaign and jeb bush's. the top republicans in florida are getting together and saying we are not going to give you another dime until you pass rational gun legislation. they are not talking the salt weapon, but background checks and gun trafficking. that's a game changer. on the other front, they can drop 18 percentage points and rob portman. will people do that six months from now. this is an issue. you put them in a 30 second ad, they look extreme and out of touch whether they run 14, 16, or 18. this will be terrible. the side can be rational an

meanwhile, senator jeff flake talking about immigration reform. we've still got a ways to go in terms of looking at the language and making sure that it's everything we thought it would be but we're closer, certainly. >> all right. >> stephanie: well, you were until don young opened his big yap. senator chuck schumer. >> people will be legalized, in other words not citizens but they will be allowed to work, come out of the shadows travel. >> it sounds like they're making real progress on immigration reform. >> stephanie: that's what i said before. who cares why republicans are doing the right thing as long as they're doing the right thing. >> with the agreement between business and labor every major policy issue has been resolved. now everyone, we've all agreed we're not going to come to a final agreement until we see draft legislative language and we agree on that. >> stephanie: finally well-known southern bell, lindsey graham. >> from his fainting couch. >> oh, my stars. >> as to the 11 million they'll have a pathway to citizenship but it will b

we hear from house speaker john boehner, nancy pelosi, and arizona senator jeff flake.n, everyone. welcome to the united states capitol. before we begin our program, all of you know about the tragedy in boston that took the lives of innocent americans and left many others in serious condition. so if you at all rise and join together in a moment of silence for the victims of this attack. thank you all. pursuant to house resolution 364, the house visitor center room 215 of the capitol visitor center has been designated to gabriel zimmerman meeting were. they are placing commemorative plaque that you all season. this meeting and is dedicated in memory of gabe zimmerman who was shot and killed serving the people of arizona, while carrying out his duties as an aide to representative gabby giffords. his dedication to community and to the democratic process inspires all of us to help each other as fellow human beings and as citizens of a caring nation. we are honored today to be joined soon by the vice president of the united states. we're especially grateful for the members o

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jeff flake who was on "meet the press" just this weekend saying more effective and broader backgrounds could be something that he would support as well. what happened? >> right, well i think the further we are removed from the newtown tragedy, the further this issue is in the rear view mirror. there is a lot going on in congress. huge economic issues. the senate is trying to work on a massive immigration package. it has fallen down further and further. i would say it is not just the republican who's are becoming weak order this issue. you have several senate democrats up for re-election in conservative states in 2014 and they also are hedging a little bit more on gun control issues. >> i guess what is also interesting, you bring up the agenda. we've seen bipartisan effort and compromise oim grags. we've even seen republicans come out in support of same sex marriage. others like jeff flake have said eventually the party will back a candidate who supports same-sex marriage. when you get to gun control, we've not seen that same budging that we've seen on these other significant issues. i

the family asked their ten senator, senator jeff flake to come eat dinner at their house, to sit at alex's seat at the dinner table so they can talk with him. asked by kpnx in phoenix if it is fair to use that emotional appeal it reach the senator, mrs. teeves said in response, you know what, the guns are not shooting targets, they are shooting people. people have emotions. it sim possible to take emotion out of the equation. unless it has happened to you, none of us can imagine w45 it is to lose a child, lose a family member, to senseless gun violence. but now, as a country,er with being propel had toward change by the very people who not only have experienced that loss directly but have also from somewhere summoned the strength to lead us to try to stop it from ever happening again. joining us for the interview tonight is any ni coal hokly. nicole's son was killed at sandy hook elementary. nicole, thank you very much for being here tonight. >> thank you for having me. >> i know that you have just come from d.c. as of this afternoon. i have heard you say in talking to other people you've

i'm delighted and amazed with the leadership shown by people as diverse as jeff flake and dick durbinhumer and rube. the democrats and republicans tried to cobble together a bill that's thoughtful, sensitive and tough and with an eye towards getting something done. i can imagine the dynamic. anytime you have chuck schuman, you have to have seven adults to control him. >> chris: wow. >> the leadership from all -- >> we were on the path to bipartisan. this was a beautiful moment. >> there are three democrats worried about him as well. >> chris: you're not answering my question. >> look, it helps him. he's seen to be a leader. leaders do things that are important. >> chris: is it going to give somebody to the right of him, in the tea party, ability to say you're soft -- >> wait a minute, jeff flake is a tea party. >> chris: marco rubio. >> labrador, a tea part. >> chris: you know somebody is going to -- >> that's fine. leaders do things because they're important, not because they guarantee success. >> what we saw in the last election is winning the nomination is not enough. this may comp

a member of the gang of eight senator jeff flake joins us moments from now with an update on that and we'll get his take on the gun control debate as well. that is next. >> some new information right now on paul kevin curtis, the man who was arrested and accused of sending letters tainted with the deadly poison ricin to president obama as well as mississippi senator roger wicker. jon roberts has that story live from oxford, mississippi. john. >> reporter: good morning to you. we do know that kevin curtis is in jail at the lafayette county jail in oxford, mississippi. he is probably going to have a first appearance in federal court next door some time in afternoon. he can potential ale lee face very serious charges including use of a weapon of mass destruction, terrorism charges, as well as an attempt to commit murder for allegedly sending three letters one to senator wicker, one to president obama and another one to a district court judge in tupelo, mississippi, sadie holland. that was the first letter to be received on april the 10th. haoerp is what we know about this fella. he lives

here's arizona senator jeff flake yesterday on "meet the press." could you support a republican presidential candidate someday who supported same-sex marriage? >> oh, i think that's inevitable. there will be one and i think he'll receive republican support, or she will. >> but while flake said he could support a future presidential candidate who supported same-sex marriage, he says he does not support it himself. a colleague of yours called it evolving on the issue. are you evolving, to use her words, on this issue? >> i believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman. i still hold to the traditional definition of marriage. >> flake added that he couldn't imagine changing his mind on gay marriage before ever leaving office. despite the shift in polling, particularly among younger republicans, you can count the number of elected republicans in congress who support same-sex marriage on one hand. and while one former party chair is pushing the party to moderate its message on the issue, another former party chair said sunday that the party w

mark kelly told senators jeff flake may be a good friend to him and his wife, but if he doesn't support the gun-control package, the couple may use their political muscle to replace him. tracie, how might that play out there? >> reporter: well, it's not looking good for people who are backing this manchin/toomey amendment. remember, this is the compromise that democrat joe manchin and republican pat toomey came up with, expanding background checks to gun shows and internet sales, hoping to bring the two parties together. and, in fact, there are a handful of republicans, john mccain seems to be among them, who have decided to vote in favor of this. there are also a couple of democrats from conservative states who have decided to vote against it. and a few in the middle who are undecided or unannounced. and that is why we don't know exactly how this vote may go. but it looks like it's very close, but iffy. this was supposed to be the one part of the gun-control measures that actually had a chance of passing, assault weapons and others up for vote today likely won't. it came after an impas

>> we didn't actually meet with senators except that we did encounter jeff flake in the hallway and ied to talk to him. >> your senator. >> senator kelly from new hampshire, i can't remember how to say her last name. >> ayott. >> sorry. >> that's okay. >> i didn't get a good feeling from jeff flake, but i hoped we had changed his heart, but, obviously, we didn't. the other senators we spoke with, they are pretty noncommittal, the verbiage is, well, we don't know how the senator is going to vote. so, we didn't know where it was going to go today. we were hopeful that we would get a successful bill, but, obviously, we didn't. and it just made me really angry. i feel like those senators that voted no have no soul after the shootings in newtown and aurora and tucson, at the sikh temple, at columbine, at virginia tech. this should have been a problem taken care of years ago. >> we're going to play in just a moment some of the response from president obama in the rose garden today. it's an unusual thing, the president deciding to respond to that filibuster right after it happened in that ve

kelly ayotte, as you said, jeff flake, seeing their numbers hammered after voting no. the gop branding problem, generally, doesn't it? >> very, very much so. not only are they getting hammered, they're getting hammered in pro-gun states. look at the numbers in arizona, ohio, new hampshire, other places that have traditionally been very, very pro-gun states. those numbers are getting hammered. i thinyont - those senators are getting hammered. your point is the key point, martin. these things take many, many years to pass. the brady bill as you mentioned passed seven years. i think if the politics keep going the way day are going right now, the nra sand castles will quickly blow out to sea and we'll think of nra in a couple years as standing for not relevant anymore. >> okay. this is a very good issue if you are ted cruz. take a listen to how he describes bravely standing up against his own party on gun control. >> right. >> we've had probably five or six lunches with a bunch of republican senators standing up and looking at rand and mike and me and yelling at us at the

that's a sentiment his republican colleague senator jeff flake echoes. >> we still have a ways to go in terms of looking at the language and making sure it is everything we thought it would be. but we're closer, certainly. >> reporter: meanwhile, there has been no progress in efforts to pass stiffer gun laws. something the president claimed is one of his key second term policy goals. this wednesday mr. obama will travel to denver, colorado to campaign once again for gun control. >> kristin, thank you very much from the white house this evening. >>> there was a big accident today on a highway near the virginia-north carolina border. three people were killed in this massive pile-up in what you can see was really heavy fog. this cell phone video shot by the nbc affiliate in roanoke shows at least 75 cars involved. more than two dozen people were injured, taken to hospitals nearby. the stretch of i-77 is known for having long periods of dense fog. >>> a story of redemption and forgiveness on this easter sunday. it involves a chapter in this country's civil rights struggle and the death o

senator jeff flake. parts of the building were evacuated but the letters are of no threat. this round of scares comes after two others this week. the suspicious letter a dressed to president obama was found at the same facility where a letter to senator roger wicker was found yesterday, a processing facility in suburban maryland where congressional mail is tested before going to the capital. an employee noticed a white substance on the letter and hazmat team was seen pulling up to the building. initial field tests for ricin showed mixed results. no one at the facility became ill. >> when preliminary tests are done, secondary -- and i suppose tertiary tests are made because of the need for accuracy and to be sure about what the substances might be. >> reporter: in a bulletin obtained by the "associated press" the fbi says the letters to obama and senator wicker were postmarked memphis, tennessee, both letters say, quote, to see a wrong and not expose it is to become a silent partner to its continuance. both are signed, i am kc and i approve this message. >> reporter: investi

haz-mat teams searched jeff flake's office in phoenix but found nothing suspicious. >> we have had situations where there have been ricin scares. until this date there's never been any proved to have gone through the system. >> reporter: ricin, the poison made from castor beans was used by the soviets in 1978 to assassinate a bulgarian dissident in london by putting it on the tip of an umbrella and stabbing him in the leg. only a drop can kill in 36 to 48 hours. >> if you purify it, it can become much more lethal. in fact, deadly in very minute quantities. >> reporter: tonight federal officials say a suspect named paul kevin curtis has been arrested in mississippi and will be charged with sending the letterers. the fbi sees no relationship with the bombings in boston. still there is an eerie coincidence with the anthrax attacks after 9/11. also unrelated but frightening nonetheless. brian? >> andrea mitchell in washington. andrea, thanks. >>> we're back in a moment with a big apology from an airline ceo after a big nightmare day for travellers. >>> the united kingdom said good-bye to margaret

rnc chair ed gillespie said same-sex marriage will never be on a platform but republican senator jeff flakehe believes the gop 2016 presidential candidate will support same-sex marriage. is the gop hopelessly on the fence here? >> well, this issue is changing so fast that it's hard to kind of understand where it'll be in a few years, but i do think that gillespie has a point that it would really fracture the republican coalition because they rely on those evangelical social voters at the polls. if they lost them, then they wouldn't have even close to a winning coalition as we understand the party right now. >> "roll call's" jonathan strong. we appreciate you phoning in. >> thanks very much. >>> here's your first look at some of the other news. powerball winner pedro quezada is spreading the wealth. the $338 million winner has agreed, get this, to pay the rent for everybody living on his block. >> it's pretty cool that he said that he would do something like that, you know? >> yeah, it is. good gesture is expected to last one or two months. not bad at all. >>> now to massachusetts for an eas

. >>> arizona senator jeff flake was in favor of gun background checks before he was against them. in a letter flake wants they both have common interests including strengthening background checks. that's a nice gesture except the republican was one of 46 against expanding those checks last week. >>> secretary of state john kerry is helping democrats keep control of the chamber. records show he gave $100,000 last month to the democratic senatorial campaign committee. >>> a 21-year-old former intern for the romney/ryan campaign has been charged with extortion and cyberstalking. the fbi says adam paul vader sent aanonymous text messages to women. >>> five months after an affair ended his career at the cia, general david petraeus has a new job as a professor at the city university of new york. >>> former obama strategist david axlerod will join mitt romney at a retreat this summer. axle record will talk about trying to find a cure for epilep epilepsy. >>> and george w. bush's approval rating just hit a high. 47% say they approve how he handled himself in office. we'll have extensive l

, senator jeff flake. in three minutes we will speak with a former homeland security official about the series of incidents a poison letter someone tried to get the president of the united states. it's happening, fyi, across ideological lines and we've now seen democrats and republicans reporting suspicious packages and/or letters sent to them. we will go back to boston as well for the story of a blind man who ran the boston marathon as those bombs went off and this story is nearly as incredible as the everyday hero who was already guiding him those 26 miles when he realized what was going on around him and what he did. and today we will ask the hero with the harvard pedigree about the moment he realized his duties as a guide would involve a lot more than crossing the finish line. okay, team! after age 40, we can start losing muscle -- 8% every 10 years. wow. wow. but you can help fight muscle loss with exercise and ensure muscle health. i've got revigor. what's revigor? it's the amino acid metabolite, hmb

. >>> according to public policy polling, jeff flake of arizona has a minus 19 approval rating. that makes him the least popular sitting senator eclipsing who? any guessing out there, kentucky senator, mitch mcconnell. >>> senator, lisa murkowski, once among the country's most popular is down 16 points from february. her counterpart, mark begich dropped six points. rob portman's approval dropped 18 points in ohio over the last six months. in nevada, republican, dean heller has seen a smaller drop, shedding significant support among the state's key independent voters. kelly ayotte's numbers go from a net positive to now a negative. a majority of voters support expanded background checks in each of the five states ranging from 60% in alaska to 75% in the state of new hampshire. >>> meanwhile, quinnipiac polling shows that pennsylvania voters gave pat toomey hi highest marks ever >>> senator ted cruz who threatened to filibuster the gun bill is openly mocking members of his party. he broke tradition by publicly discussing what went on behind closed doors when fellow republicans cri

mark kelly told reporters that arizona senator jeff flake may be a "good friend to him and wife gab yby giffords but they y replace him." tracie potts is live in washington with more on today's vote. good morning. >> good morning. and they also urge democrats planning to vote no at least two of them that we believe coming from conservative states that they would lobby for them if they supported this legislation. this is the manchin-toomey compromise. they tried to come up with a compromise that both sides can live with. it expands background checks. it looks like it doesn't have enough votes to pass. we know there are four -- at least four republicans who are likely to cross party lines and vote yes including john mccain who expressed some support for this. on the other hand, there are at least six democrats and republicans whose votes are unknown and all six of those would likely be needed to get to the 60 that they need to pass. supporters say they're not giving up. harry reid, the democratic leader on the senate side, says the wind is at our backs. they seem to be within two to four

the sort of amazing this about jeff flake is what happened yesterday, yesterday "the new york daily newsstory. they were given a letter, handwritten letter, that jeff lake had written to the mother after victim of the shooting last summer and had written his office with a personal me for him -- for a meeting with him and to get him to support background checks. she got a form letter in response. and then flake's office found out what she had been asking. they had him write a personal letter. the personal letter was released yesterday. in it he says you and i -- he thanks her very much for the story. and you i may not agree offering here. but strengthening background checks is something that we agree on. so that letter to conclude she received a commitment from jeff flake to vote yes and yet, when the vote happened, you know, he was a no vote. i guess i'm trying to understand what -- forces are that would have made jeff flake vote no. he's from a state that's sort of a swing state. little bit more republican than democratic but trending on the democratic side. the rise latino population.

yesterday, republican senator jeff flake, he cast doubt on the upcoming senate vote.dge too far for most of us. >> why is that? why shouldn't we have to go through tsa check points, law-abiding citizens have to do that, what's wrong with law-abiding gun owners -- what do we have to hide? what's wrong with going through an expanded background check? >> the paper work requirements alone would be sisgnificant. i think there would be issues. so i think universal background checks, we can scale back and still make significant progress by strengthening our background check system without going too far. >> all right. there are now five republican senators threatening to filibuster any legislation that imposes additional gun restrictions. democrats would need 60 votes to overcome the likely filibuster. senator chuck schumer, however, is still optimistic there can be compromise when it comes to universal background checks. >> i'm working very hard with both democrats and republicans, pro-nra and anti-nra people to come up with a background check bill that will be acceptable to

senator jeff flake of voicing his concerns. >> as part of this legislation obviously we will providef additional resources for the border. what we really need is further vhs to develop a plan to get there and to determine what a secure border really looks like. and we really have not had the cooperation that we need so far. lori: today republican members of the senate judiciary committee of blasting the gang of eight over the lack of transparency concerning a proposal. here to discuss the future of comprehensive immigration reform as well as border security, manhattan institute fellow at city journal contributing editor, and the mcdonald. so your thoughts on this lack of transparency from the gang of a negotiation. what are we missing? >> well, missing a lot of the backroom deals, but i think we're going to have transparency in the future. i am not so worried about the negotiations up to now, but i think what we need to year is what will be the impact on the 27 million americans without jobs who have only high-school degrees. lori: just a comment on why that strategy, why they're doi

. >> congressman jeff flake says the deal is not done yet and still has to get members of his party to follow along with that agreement. listen. >> we're much closer with labor and business agreeing on this guest worker plan. that doesn't mean we've crossed every i or dotted every t or vice versa. we've still got a wades to go in terms of looking -- a ways to go in terms of looking at the language. but we're closer certainly. if we can get the language right -- and i think we'll stick together as a gang, and i hope we can pull some republicans our way. i think a number of them are with us already. i don't want to talk about walking away. i don't intend to do that. >> schumer also said he's confident a deal will be reached this week. the president said it will happen before the end of the month. we'll see. >> let's talk about weather. time for your weather update with maria molina. maria, we're finally getting a taste of spring. >> just a little bit across the east. enjoy it while you have it because you're going to be seeing changes. colder air moving into parts of the midwest. all tha

joe manchin is also a conservative democratic senator, you've got john mccain, jeff flake who also votedstate of arizona. it's pretty clear that this thing is rolling down the track. the question is, is there enough momentum once it gets out of the senate that the house takies it up and passes it. >> what you're hearing about the prospects of the the manchin-toomey bill. >> with people like jeff flake and john mccain on board, we're seeing good signs for the bill for the wednesday volt and i think that's a good thing. in the house john boehner has not agreed to hold a vote on this measure. >> specifically here immigration, what is his goal by going on this interview blitz? >> well, what he's trying to do, since he's taken up an issue that's very controversial within the republican base and has, he's trying to lay the predicate for responding to concerns like the ones that you were alluding to from jeff sessions before. but this is another issue and another piece of legislation that is rolling down the track and is going to pass. the question is, what are the particulars? look, republican

but for example tonight we're going to be talking with senator jeff flake.ects of this legislation. the truth is right now no one has a real sense of where this thing is headed. because it is already being charged with being too much pitiful amount to over $2 trillion, rising to perhaps four and have trillion would include unfunded liabilities. a disastrous process we are embarking upon. the senate judiciary committee says he only wants to have one hearing with the bombings in boston have been delayed, one hearing for the american people to learn to understand and to comment on legislation that will significantly affect our society, our lives, our country. gerri: didn't they post this thing behind closed doors to begin with? speak of the democratic impulse plans out not to be so democratic, right? the republicans have an opportunity to stand up and say we're going to be open, we're going to be transparent as the president has said he would be. he promised it. republicans have an opportunity to differentiate themselves from the democrats and to be respective

moving on from buff arms to firearms, when it comes to approval ratings jeff flake acknowledged a newom public policy polling which found he had a dismal 34% approval rating. he wrote nothing like waking up to a poll saying you're the nation's least popular senator given the politics dim view in general that probably puts me somewhere below pond scum. well said senator flake although some may think that pond scum my it's a future source of energy. it may serve a purpose. i can't say the same for you l make. and mark sanford is the latest to fall. this billboard advices us to next time use ashley madison.com to find your running mate. other running mates, mitt romney and no surprise at all, former new york representative anthony wiener. today's presidential news conference left our brett erlich with more questions than answers. the only problem is some questions have no answers. so everybody just calm down because it's only brett talking. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> so i know a lot of things, but occasionally something will come across the news that leaves me just baffled. so ned instead of prete

lisa murkowski in alaska, ohio senator rob portman, jeff flake. i mean, these are just a few that are down. flake, down 32% after the "no" vote on background check. murkowski down 16 points. i mean, when you stand against people, people stand against you, i think sometimes they forget they are elected by the people not selected by the big money guys and the lobbyists. >> you do have a kind of split that you're seeing what the bulk of people, voters say that they support and kind of what small activists in the party will come back and bash you at election time. the beauty of his vote here is that he's got a six-year term to serve and he's betting that people will cool off about this before they go to the polls and vote for him again whereas the nra does not forget and they come back and bite you come election time. that's the kind of calculus these politicians are having to go through. >> isn't it true, governor, if there are groups on the other side forming some of which formed when you were chairman of the party and others are forming, and i know

filibuster even though he has an a plus rating and it goes on like senator tom coburn of oklahoma and jeff flake of arizona. republican state lawmakers answered the mass shooting in tucson in his state by calling for loser gun laws. bob corker of tennessee says he will not vote for anything that compromises gun rights but neither will he stand in the way of debate. more than 20 a rated nra senators voted against this filibuster. the overall vote, 68-31. so, yeah, the nra is still beating its chest saying it will score the votes on the final bill. everybody's a ratings are going to be in danger as if that is the most important thing in the world and maybe some people think that is the most important thing in the world. it is not the only truth here not. not the only truth or consequence to a vote ike this on an issue like this in a country changed like we have been with the decision-makers talking to the people most affected by it. the senate needed 60 votes to break the filibuster. they got 68 votes and broke the filibuster at a trot. gun reform moved for ward. this is only the beginning. the wh