russ feingold said he won't support it. that means the measure is at least one vote short of the 60 needed to get past the filibuster. the newshour is always online. hari sreenivasan, in our newsroom, previews what's there. hari? >> sreenivasan: there's more on the life of senator byrd, including photos from pivotal points in his career, samples of his famed oration, and links to stories from our colleagues at west virginia public broadcasting. on the kagan confirmation, send your questions and we'll pose them to marcia coyle during breaks in the action. submit them to us through our rundown news blog, twitter, or facebook. we also have a live stream of judy's special coverage of the kagan hearings, a live blog of the proceedings from scotusblog, and a reader's guide on what to watch as the process unfolds. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, an

senator dodd has to keep liberals like maria cantwell, russ feingold, some of the more liberal wing of voting for this bill, or he is going to have to get more republicans to vote for it. on the house side, more moderate democrats threatening to withhold support. host: on the theory that dynamics and the room affect the outcome. they have been added for a long time. they have got to be tired. at this point, is that light of the end of the tunnel fuelling adrenalin or are they really tired and you can see the effects? guest: no doubt they are tired. it kind of is like the wimbledon match tied at 59 match points, these last two issues are kind of how all of us will judge whether or not this has been a worthwhile effort, to the degree of which they will try to change the system they had that got us into this financial crisis. host: now it is time to find the energy to get through it. guest: the other part is the ball or rule, whether banks -- volcker rule, where at the spin off proprietary trainee -- trading so they did not blurred the lines. it affects really the largest banks of the cou