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>> the guy says, you better talk to us because youre facing the death penalty, and he pulls out pictures of dead babies, okay? he slides them toward me and says, youre familiar with the oklahoma bombing, right? some way to introduce the pictures and make me feel bad and start talking. well, it didnt work. i kept a straight face and said, i want an attorney. >> that same afternoon in harrington, kansas, after learning he had become a person of interest, terry nichols turns himself in. unlike mcve...

Public, if you call their line, that only direct family call. they said theyve been flooded all evening, as you can imagine, with people calling about loved ones, seeing if theyre okay, and theyre just asking that immediate family call only. that way they can make sure everyone gets through. >> that is some relatively good news considering the difficulties that weve gone through tonight. chris, who was at hillcrest baptist tonight, reporting for us. thank you. we appreciate that information. >> ...

Texas, as we speak. this is according to governor perrys office. commission of environmental quality headed there. an emergency management team. also responding is the states top urban search and rescue team of the as i told you, this has now become a search and rescue effort. theyre trying to get into the homes to make sure everybody made it out okay. medical units on their way.

Line with it. >> susan, not to be a total -- pour cold water on this for gun control advocates, so they might get 60, 61 votes and get manchin-toomey passed, this has no kmachance in the house. >> wheres the finish line, the senate finish line? you know, maybe. >> none of us would have thought that three months ago. >> and i think at this point we would be very skeptical that anything gets through the house. on the other hand this is a debate that is alive in america. the supreme court decision,...

>> i mean, how many of you would -- if i would have said who do you think the founders of the naacp are, do you think they were republicans or democrats? would everybody in here know they were all republicans? >> yes. >> all right. you know more than i know. and i dont mean that to be insulting. i dont know what you know and you dont -- i mean, im trying to find out what the connection is. >> you know, your latest article, perry, is titled "can the gop court blacks without changing policies?" ca...

Giving that same sort of raw emotional message. some of them have even been leaving behind pictures of the loved ones that they lost in these shootings, adorable, beautiful pictures of children, and i cant imagine that senators can meet with these families and see these images and hear these stories in these intimate settings as well and not feel something. so i think that theyve been very effective lobbyists for the white house this week and i think it was a smart move to -- for him to let them...

Phone with senator begich talking to him, trying to convince him and talking to him about what hell be doing. this is going to be a perilous week for these red state democrats. they are running next year in states that mitt romney carried in the last presidential election. so this is a very perilous week for them. theres going to be a lot of amendments on the senate floor, not just the background checks, but it looks like other measures that could even possibly expand gun ownership or loosen rul...

To comprehensive immigration. they have made a big change to win the hispanic vote. if you look at the african-american vote, the republicans have not won more than 12% of the black vote in the last four elections. they had less than 12% in the last four elections, thats even before obama. john kerry, al gore also won 90% of the black vote. if you look at what the republicans pack titactics are arent interested in changing their policy views. rand pauls speech was full of look how great abraham ...

Places in pennsylvanias suburbs outside philadelphia that are swing areas that will matter for his re-election, where people really care about this issue. so their challenge is proving to people that they should be just as afraid of voting against this as they should be of voting for it. >> perry, talk about that. pat toomey, here hes the one republican working with democrats right now, and with that ad running, you know, instead of encouraging him to vote for background checks, could it instead...

>> those have been yelling the most for this free and open debate are the people sent me a letter saying were going to filibuster everything that relates to guns. talk about speaking out of both sides of their mouth. this is the poster child of that. >> okay. perry, the president speaking in connecticut, straight on on that very issue of coming up, going straight on against the issue of the filibuster. how do you see harry reid dealing with this? >> youre seeing a few republicans, lindsey graham...