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On capitol hill today, reports a secret deal is under way to move forward on gun control legislation. "usa today" reports a bipartisan group of senators including republicans coburn and kirk along with democrats manchin and schumer, its working on a proposal to expand background checks on gun buyers. that is a policy that was soundly rejected by nras wayne lapierre yesterday but one that most americans support. on monday, president obama will travel to minneapolis to promote the white houses pro...

>> the no-votes so far, senator corning, senator in hof, senator wicker, tom coburn, pat roberts, dan coates. but going back to the television ads and, for example, the one ad i have seen a lot that tempted to put pressure on chuck schumer for coming out and supporting hagel basically alluding that some secret deal made with the president so that schumer would give i guess the thumbs up to chuck hagel and other democrats would come along but you heard wicker on just now say how he believes that ...

Their boats, all terrain vehicles, out on horseback. ive been there when people have been arrested. i personally seen a tunnel that was dug from mexico right into san diego. ive also been into a drug warehouse confiscated drugs headed to your kids. ive interviewed police that have impacts directly what has happened in their town. what assurances do we have that we are going to secure the border? we dont. this is president that is a president that has refused to enforce the current laws. so, toni...

National security priority. now, this issue is a whole lot bigger than people just coming to america they want opportunity. because the terrorists across the border, drug smugglers, and the impact has been massive. and impact on education, criminal justice system has cost this country billions and billions of dollars. now, as this debate moves forward. i want to warn republicans in the house and senate that as president reagan once said, trust, but verify, now, any deal that is made with democra...

Take a look at them together. this is when they were asked about whether this really amounts to amnesty, which, of course, is according to some republicans a dirty word. lets watch. >> this is not amnesty. it is a tough path to citizenship, but it is an opportunity, and they get in line between -- behind everyone who has come to this country legally. >> you have to work. you have to pay taxes. you are going pay a fine. there will be some admission of wrong doing. so it is not amnesty in any sens...

They believe that the public opinion is generally on the presidents side, and by going out to these different locations like las vegas, where theres a large contingent in that state of hispanic voters supporting the president, that theyre going to continue to sort of make progress in keeping this issue alive and keeping pressure on congress. >> and theyre being very careful about how they talk about this. i mean, theyre getting talking points about how you approach these kinds of issues, what wo...

Him. so he has to decide whether to take that. even the budget negotiators iss, the gang of six, said that was a nonstarter. on immigration, you see these negotiations with lindsey graham and mccain and rubio on the republican side. and durbin and schumer and others on the democratic side. they are really making progress. the president is giving a speech on tuesday with outlines. the question now is, is he going to send legislation up? that is still to be determined. and he just met with the his...

Retirees, the whole liberal base exploded against him. the aarp went to war against him. so he has to decide whether to take that. even the budget negotiators iss, the gang of six, said that was a nonstarter. on immigration, you see these negotiations with lindsey graham and mccain and rubio on the republican side. and durbin and schumer and others on the democratic side. they are really making progress. the president is giving a speech on tuesday with outlines. the question now is, is he going ...

For sure. we owe it to our constituents and our country to try. new york city senator, you have a bill on an anti-gun trafficking measure. tell me about whether or not you think that you can push ahead with it, where the support is, what can you tell us about it today? >> well, i have been working on this anti-trafficking measure for a while because we have such a challenge in new york. 58% of the weapons used in crimes come from out of state, and 90% are illegal. senator mark kirk and i sat dow...

It comes politically from the hard right. >> we will leave it there. you spend your morning with cruz, and then you get to hang out with beyonce as chair of the inaugural committee. working hard. >> david, let me point out, every one of those issues that chuck just mentioned for hagel, he disagreed in his record with chuck schumer on israel, on iran, on hezbollah. hagels record is directly contrary. and im always skeptical of confirmation day conversions. i understand its difficult to oppose a p...