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Has now been filed. state senate and house lawmakers are set to participate in limited debate this afternoon followed by a straight-up or down vote. gary is in austin. good to see you this afternoon. thanks for joining us on this. you got your hands on a draft version of the sb-7 bill. talk us through whats in it. >> reporter: i will absolutely do that. i just want to go to one thing, joe bidens statement just came out, president joe biden just released a new statement about this texas voting bi...

Analyst and former federal and state prosecutor alley helie ho. one viewer asks, if mel refuses to all to -- mcconnell refuses anyone to testify, do the democrats somewhere any recourse? >> this is the most important question.any recourse? >> this is the most important question. will it be an empty political formality. and democrats could be in a tough spot here. they have a couple options. they can try to go to the courts very unlikely to succeed, the courts do not like to get involved in what ...

That message and to call what some 270 mayors have signed bipartisanly on a letter to say we need to pass into the senate an up other down vote on hr-8. its very easy. we want an up or down vote on background checks, which 90% of americans agree with. 87% of gunowners in ohio agree we need universal background checks and the time is now. we dont want another city to be like dayton. >> you heard senator schummer there as i just played saying this is on two people. this is on president trump. this...

Articles of impeachment, is that where this is heading? >> there will be a decision at some point on whether there will be an up/down vote. there could be a decision by leadership there wont even be a vote. some public listened to the mueller testify, the five cases, five which seem more complete. there were definitely five, possibly ten. and the fact they worked with the russians in over 150 times, i think it was, to try to get information and they sought information and welcomed information fr...

Mexico canada agreement. nafta is gone. mike blakeman at the president. hey, blake. >> described this u.s. mexico canada agreement as historic. big win for auto sector and dairy farmers. return the u.s. back to a manufacturing power house. but the reality of this going forward is that the 2019 congress will have the ultimate say on this one as they will eventually give this a thumbs up or thumbs down vote. the president today in a rose garden press conference acknowledged on that end there is po...

Have liked to have asked them. this needs to be -- political aside, this needs to be an up or a down vote on the part of senate and then we need to move on. >> i need a quick yes or no. do these findings eventually get public? >> not necessarily, no. a lot of people ask for confidentiality, and then that is going to go with their statement, too. >> clint van zandt, love talking with you always, my friend. thank you. >> and a look at the events that led up to the fbi background check that is now ...

All day wednesday for yom kippur, shep? >> shepard: peter doocy live on the hill. thanks. here is a big issue here. there are 11 republicans and 10 democrats on the judiciary committee. one of those republicans is jeff flake. and jeff flake says, and i quote: we need to hear from her and i dont think im alone on this. before he is willing to vote yes on this. that would mean the democrats would win in the vote. normally you dont have a vote if you are the leadership and the party in power and yo...

Lets trust each other. lets return to regular order. weve been spinning our wheels on too many important issues because we keep trying to find a way to win without help from across the aisle. thats an approach thats been employed by both sides, mandating legislation from the top down without any support from the other side with all of the parliamentary maneuvers that requires, were getting nothing done, my friends. were getting nothing done. >> that was senator john mccain in a fiery speech on t...

Weve been spinning our wheels on too many important issues because we keep trying to find a way to win without help from across the aisle. thats an approach thats been employed by both sides, mandating legislation from the top down without any support from the other side with all of the parliamentary maneuvers that requires, were getting nothing done, my friends. were getting nothing done. >> that was senator john mccain in a fiery speech on the senate floor last year. a dramatic return to his c...

So not for the first time in his life is he in the fight of his life right now, john mccain. >> this year you could argue has been really extraordinary. one in the fight against cancer. and two, in that thumbs down vote against repealing health care. >> this brings us to number four on our list. >> the reporters. >> this is something we agreed on when he first sat down to talk about this list. basically an old fashioned print newspaper war. >> theyve also become our story tellers of this preside...