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Whats the latest? >> reporter: the latest is, as you said, the senate is wrapping up this critical test vote. it is a test to see just how much support, particularly on the republican side, immigration reform has. technically, this is a procedural measure on that deal that we reported on late last week, on implementing more border security, putting more on those measures in place into this bill before the path to citizenship for illegal immigrants can start. so what were looking at right now is ...

Cnn chief congressional correspondent dana bash is on capitol hill. so will it pass the house? >> reporter: were going to start with the senate and it is going to be effectively a test vote, a procedural vote that will give everybody a sense of just how high the vote can ultimately go. and what this vote is an amendment about what we reported on last week, this border security compromise, this deal to add more border agents, 20,000 border agents to complete the southern border fence, to add new ...

Details on secret federal surveillance on millions of americans. some are concerned that china could make extradition a problem. and a crucial test vote coming up for the senate immigration reform bill. supporters are hoping that a border surge plan proposed by two gop septemberors will over come the concerns about border security. they propose fencing on the border. some law makers are skeptical about whether they would be enforced. i am harris faulkner, and now back to huckabee. n(applause) >>...

Areas so authorities have been forced to evacuate about 1500 people in the area. no word on when they will be able to return. >> gregg: will, thanks very much zbleitdz immigration reform front and center this week on capitol hill. senate holding a test vote a provision for a bill that calls for strengthening border security. border surge is what its called. it was introduced last week faces opposition from lawmakers but today on fox news sunday, lindsey graham and mike lee they urged their party...

Deficits by making sure that every workinger in america practice plays by the same rules and pays taxes. >> senators introduced a bill that would bolster border security. the measure includes 700 miles of fencing along the u.s.-mexico border with the addition of tens of thousands of border agents. it also enforces a nationwide everify system and needs to be in place before illegal immigrants can apply for green cards. with all the support it has, there is still no guarantee this will fly through...

Groups, who thing that erdogan needs to be challenged and supports this. so i dont think you can really say that the average turk is falling one way or another on this. it depends on their political view. supporters of erdogan by the way are planning on holding their own demonstrations which are guaranteed to be large because he does have about half of the country behind him. on saturday and sunday here in istanbul. >> all right, richard engel right now is in taksim square for us. richard, thank...

Im telling you that i refuse to accept the idea that the most powerful country on earth, the nation that put a man on the moon, is incapable of securing its own border. >> the senate is holding a test vote today, a procedural vote, on immigration reform as republican leader mitch mcconnell said today, he will not support a filibuster. is republican opposition to immigration reform beginning to soften, in the senate if not the house. mayor castro attended the presidents immigration event at the w...

Some observers that some of the controversies president obama has been facing allows some of the scrutiny on, say, congress to sort of be taken off the table as they tackle a really high stakes issue, immigration reform, and there is actually a very important key test vote tomorrow on immigration, but the problem for president obama here is that this is just another issue that runs smack up against that narrative that his administration has so carefully crafted, that theyre very transparent, and...

These republican senators might join democrats in this test vote today in the senate on this gun bill. a gun bill that president obama says he prefer was stronger was he says it represents, quote, significant bipartisan progress. first lady michelle obama took the rare step of wading into a policy debate wednesday describing how she felt when she attended the funeral of teenager hadiya pendleton who was shot and killed in her hometown of chicago. >> let me tell you, it is hard to know what to sa...

Since the sandy hook massacre in november. president obama pushing for a tough new gun measure. briana keilar joins us from the white house. >> reporter: president obama would prefer that the bill would be stronger but it "represents significant bipartisan congress." this amid a week-long offensive leading to the very significant test vote in the senate, set to take place at around 11:00 a.m. first lady michelle obama took the rare step of wading into a policy debate wednesday, describing how sh...