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Civil rights. thats a noble cause, but its a lost cause. you know what johnson says to them? well, what the hell is the presidency for then? >> no memorial orration or eulogy could more eloquently honor president kennedys memory than the earliest passage of the civil rights bill for which he fought so long. >> johnson gets that civil rights bill moving in the first few weeks after kennedys assassination. >> dixiecrats led by richard russell announced a filibuster. that is they would continue to ...

Little case work oos a whole as a d.c. court. >> shouldnt have been objections. we cannot get past the point that no other president has faced these kind of objections and obstructions to his appointments that president obama has. its unprecedented, the type of obstructionism he has experienced. its not right. >> so we should gut the whole system. >> do you think the president invited it? ive never seen a president talk with such -- being so vitupreative. who talks like that? its beneath him. >>...

Stripping that down, tabling the amendments, and just like a tennis match, we watch the volley back over to the house. were waiting for the final tally from the u.s. senate. as soon as we see it, well bring it to you as were talking about the deadline, midnight tonight. will the government shutdown. also, developing, as relationships get warmer, is benjamin netanyahu sitting there with president obama, warning him, dont be naive? but americans have a different take. plus, dozens are hurt after...

I hope john boehner makes a good decision, one thats good for the country. job protection time is over with. its time to start protecting the american people. >> i want to bring in our chief congressional correspondent who has been in the weeds in all of this. we keep hearing this talk about a clean cr, a clean resolution, but thats whats heading back to the house. youre getting intel because you know there are closed-door meetings happening among republicans. the question is will they be willin...

>> precisely. david, lets say that the doves win out. the doves win the day on the hill. and the president loses this thing. he gets a down vote. he has already laid out the case as to why we should strike in syria. then what? i mean, would the president feasibly still strike if congress has said, no, we dont want you to do this? >> yeah. a longtime aide to obama told me today that the president definitely, you know, would strike, even if congress said no. in reality, i dont think so. i think if...

Regional opposition to this problematic move or impending move, i think the president is stuck, and one of the reasons he is going to congress, which apparently historically he did not have to do that, is basically to just make sure that he can say that he is keeping his word regarding the red lines, but i think its an uncalculated adventure and its not going to bode well for the united states or the syrian people and for all concerned. >> colonel jack, what happens if there -- when there is an ...

Lent when tftz an or down vote. politics is the only reason it wont get done. >> 20-11 fascination attempt wrote about the gun show loophole today. we know how to fix it make a universal. one influential background check. they deserve is debate. i say senate should defend on how they are carried out. a murdered navy seals effort to promote gun safety moves on. chris kyle was in the process of organizing a concealed weapons course when he and his friend were fate logically sho-- fatal

Harry read do his job and the senate come back to town because what is now the case is the papers, the actual bill itself, is back in, in the senate and in the senates hands. as we approach the christmas holidays and then the prospects of a new year, what were saying is we want to provide families with some certainty. i think everybody in the town agrees that 60-day extension on tax policy is not the way to legislate. everyone from the president to the democratic leaders in the senate as well as...

Place. astronauts completed the second of three spacewalks. only three shuttle missions remain. in february, president obama killed nasa constellation program causing anger in the aerospace community. president obama will visit florida this thursday to discuss his plans for nasa. those are some of your top stories right now. the pending vacancy on the supreme court, chris wallace asked key senators today what the summer might hold for a potential confirmation battle. i salt down with chris for...

>> reporter: well, you know, politically today its all about the up-and-down vote. i think out here it would be a down vote for this weather. the first full day of spring, it is still snowing and the wind is still howling out here in tulsa. weve had 4 1/2 inches so far. were expecting another one to two. if you notice the roads are in good shape. the temperature right now is at 32. so, you know, its not too terribly bad. let me take you back to yesterday. we were in oklahoma city. take a look at...