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How there are prom king and green. you have another couple, not king and queen. charles grassley and ron wyden. >> reporter: a couple of odd couples. ron wyden is a very progressive and others who say hard core liberal. chuck grassley is a very conservative guy trying to root out waste, fraud and abuse on capitol hill. so thead that these two guys get together and are going to make an evening of it is pretty interesting. kind of come from different generations, different points of view, so thats...

Ahead. >> i havent had a chance to talk to mike but, you know, theres always room for disagreement here. the connecticut legislature, one of eight states that has an assault weapons ban did not have this large capacity clip as part of its been a. i spoke to senator martin luney whos going to address this again this year, and hes in favor of banning these large capacity clip, not for police or for legitimate people, but citizens dont need that. >> you just heard mr. schumer, senator from new york...

Mayor bloomberg. but i understand hes against the boycott. arent you concerned about -- go ahead. >> i havent had a chance to talk to mike but, you know, theres always room for disagreement here. the connecticut legislature, one of eight states that has an assault weapons ban did not have this large capacity clip as part of its been a. i spoke to senator martin luney whos going to address this again this year, and hes in favor of banning these large capacity clip, not for police or for legitimat...

It all, the idea those from the right and the left would all it is sort of all mixed up there. how do you feel about that? >>guest: the idea was originally proposed by meeting colleague and i liked it. i was talking to senator coburn on saturday and i said why dont we it is together. he is gracious. >>shepard: what will happen when coburn is fired up and you are not and there you it is, and he is like "schumer, get up," and there is a camera on you and it is weird. >>guest: well, hopefully it wi...

Was the bipartisan vote. republicans and democrats opposed the bill. i think it will be a bipartisan vote to repeal the bill. it is interesting if one in four democrats vote to repeal the bill that is -- would allow us to override any veto the president might provide. >> greta: 34 democrats voted no last time around. we dont know how many are still in the house of representatives. theyve had a little shake-up. >> just a bit. >> greta: another thing happened today, the democratic leadership, sena...

Thee towns away from me when he came to the you u.n. >> thats right. >> the release of al-megrahi. now theyre saying maybe hell live two to ten more years. if he dies in five months well be back at it again. >> neil: would you have any closure if the guy just died? >> no, not at this point. because i would be concerned about finding out how he got released. its important the hearings take place. i dont hold out much hope. schumer loves the camera and now that this isnt going well, you dont see h...

Up against the president. 54% of democrats the most recent poll dont agree with the president. i understand harry reid issued a statement he issued a statement saying he doesnt agree with the president. i dont know where his support is. schumer and gil brand so far have been silent. this is a losing issue. gibbs said, the white house spokesman said for two weeks, this is a local issue. were not going to get involve the in it, but they stepped in and now theyre going to have to live in it. theyre...

About it. and twice now, the senate has blown it and were stuck again without the bill that will actually provide the funding to do the job on the border. bill: you know, i was trying to pick up over the weekend the difference sides on this, and some are saying the republicans, this is a quote right now, that republicans ate the democrats lunch on this bill that, when it was brought up thursday night into friday, that it was a shock to everybody and republicans made out in a way that they wanted...

Bloomberg, senators gillebrand and schumer should say we have a constitution but also a body of laws and were going to be watching you like a hawk to see where you get this money. megyn, bernard brought up an interesting point. megyn: quickly. >> the point that dan sinor made, have mayor bloomberg, others, really articulated behind the scenes and used the art of persuasion to this group to say really, must you do it here. i mean, you can make the first amendment case, megyn, but i think the new ...

That. what about the state senators, schumer and gillebrand, where do they stand ton and how is it filtered down at the house level in terms of new york house members? is it playing in at all? someone in particular who may be familiar to viewers, anthony weiner and pete king? >> well, everybody is being asked to take a stand on it. our two incumbent senators, both democrats, have indicated that theyre in favor of this, as you noted, mayor bloomberg and andrew cuomo, peter king, a strong figure o...