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>> when theres only been 85 done in history. i make it simple, krystal. its a yes or no vote. its just that simple. now its a yes or no vote. 51 yes, it goes. if its lower than 51, its no and it doesnt pass. no games in between. and this is only a nominee. this is not legislation. >> right. >> and its not even on supreme court nominees. so when they play this game, the republicans, that the sky is falling, it does not mean legislation and it does not mean supreme court. it means on administrativ...

I mean, there is no question that a vote for justice is a vote for senator gillibrands bill. >> are you saying a vote against the bill is against the troops and veterans? >> i would say that a vote against senator gillibrands bill is a bad political move. i think the american people are watching. >> do you think that were going to see broader institutional reforms inside the pentagon if this legislation passes? and if it doesnt pass is there hope that something changes other than this legislativ...

We led to the government shutdown over something thats already the law. been passed by congress. approved by the supreme court. the debate over that should be over. >> there was an election that a lot of people say was sort of a referendum on it. >> not on this vitter amendment. this vitter amendment is new because the congressional exemption is new. >> why tie it to this? >> its just a vote. thats all it is. >> no, no. senator graham is saying he will object if this is not connected to it. >> n...

Shuts down, health care stalls and it doesnt. >> it doesnt. there are some conservatives that believe everything changes tomorrow when health care starts being implemented. it actually becomes real so thats why theyre fighting so hard. thats why they think theyre going to slow this down but the facts are youre not. you keep hearing republicans in the senate say that. you hear some house republicans saying that but theres not a willingness to listen and thats where the frustration lies. >> and so...

Can do that. just looking at the map of the republican caucus, they probably would need in the ballpark of 20 republicans to go against their leadership and more importantly to go against the conservative base, who definitely would wage political war against them for doing this. >> so basically what they would do presumably all the democrats to vote in favor, but if youre saying 20 or 30 more moderate republicans join the democrats, then they would be able to pass this procedure language to allo...

In public. a couple of years ago he sharply scolded the president in public and you might see some of that today still. >> thats a question that i have, susan. hes also in a different place politically, benjamin netanyahu. he won in a very different way than he won before. there is a moderate faction inside of israel that is sort of tired of the brinksmanship when it comes to some of these issues. >> thats true, although theres a united attitude in israel about the dangers of iran. what i expect...

Numbers are, realize they can get health insurance, they hope that now will help people -- help spread the word about, you know, what the law is intended to do. >> how sustainable is it the point beth makes, were in unchartered territory with one party continuing to oppose us. were seeing it now, this weird juxtaposition, this is the week of implementation, also the week we may is a government shutdown. how sustainable is that long-term? >> it is challenging. i was in kentucky a few weeks ago, o...

They are talking about my health care needs. but this debate does matter in one way. i talked to a woman who came to the booth. she mentioned -- the person mentioned the health care law. the response was the official health care law, the woman asked but what if it doesnt pass. but what if it doesnt pass meaning its not sure if its law because theres so much debate in washington. >> i was thinking of fancy farm picnic. fancy farm picnic. >> your dark water event sounds very interesting, for the b...

This is a fight to get the washington establishment the empire to listen to the people. >> reporter: and now, of course, theres a lot of theater here. theres kind of the whole point of ted cruz standing and talking and getting a help of a handful of his colleagues throughout the night. but whats he doing? whats the purpose of this? what he has been doing and what this is all about is he has tied defunding obama care to a must pass spending bill. the government will run out of money and shut down...

Simpler, youre just having guns sold from person to person, peer to peer where theres even less checks. you know, at least in the gun shops, or the one i worked in in the store here in virginia, you know, they do a very substantial background check on every single person that comes in. and if somebody doesnt pass, they dont get a gun. they dont -- they are forced out without one. but, you know, theres plenty of other places where you can buy one from your neighbor and nobody will know if you hav...