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It? >> reporter: they are trying. you know, this bipartisan group has been meeting during this congressional recess here on capitol hill, senate lawmakers are not here this week, they are in their home states. so they have been meeting virtually to try to reach some sort of deal that could get 10 republicans on board so that they could break that filibuster, that 60 vote threshold to pass any sort of gun safety legislation in the senate because that is where the bills get stuck. but senator chri...

Can past anything regarding this issue there. theyll need a 60 vote threshold. that means republicans never mind and democrats like joe manchin to come along with them. the one thing that i would say and more of a question raised and certainly talking to republican sources, they are vo vo involved in the conversation. that does not help because we are trying to get something done. the more you push, very divided and in transit of gop base hes going to get. the other important part of this discus...

In 1970, on her third visit to australia, queen elizabeth ii opened the national carillon, a bell tower on lake burley griffin here in the capital, canberra. bells ring it was a gift from the british government to mark 50 years since canberra was established. now, as australia celebrates her platinum jubilee, the island on which the carillon stands is being named after the queen. music gliding through sydney hedge, the sleek liner brings her majesty the queen and the duke of edinburgh to the thr...

The sleek liner brings her majesty the queen and the duke of edinburgh to the threshold of australia. she arrived at the shores of sydney in 1954, becoming the first reigning british monarch to visit australia. with her husband, the late prince philip, by her side, canberra was one of the many cities she visited on her historic commonwealth tour. for four nights this week, old parliament house and the new building that replaced it as the seat of government are being bathed in purple, as well as ...

Like abbott feels comfortable saying, were not gonna put new restrictions on guns. >> jeff, house democrats are about to pass yet another gun safety measure. really good effort, theyre getting a lot of support for, it however, it is meaningless unless the senate gets on board. why not wait and see with the senates next move is? >> because, house democrats have already passed two pieces of legislation that basically never made it across the threshold of the senate chamber, so youre right, congres...

Illicit drugs, 2.5 g, is very, very small, so its not going to make a big difference to people who are dependent on drugs, for instance. people are still going to access the drugs they need. the 2.5 g is such a low threshold that it may have unintended consequences, so we arent, as advocates, not that happy about the 2.5 g. we wish it was higher and we will continue to have dialogue with the different levels of government about that amount, but the decriminalisation itself is — hopefully, it w...

Openly with u.n. inspectors able to monitor this begun to blow past all those restrictions and theyve new built up a really sick stb and so its really reaching a crisis point where iran is really getting to the point of being a nuclear threshold power, where if they chose to build a bomb. >> so what happens now since were still trying to renegotiate the iran nuclear dean? >> well, this is the problem, isnt it? the deal -- the time has passed and the deal is a little less attractive than it was f...

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This week so mps are back in their constituencies. i understand there are no formal rules saying what would happen if the threshold is reached while people are away but there is no real appetite for a leadership contest, sorry, a vote of no confidence, to happen before the queensjubilee. so it is a watch and wait, and are very much if it happens at all.— wait, and are very much if it happens at all. wait, and are very much if it ha ens at all. . ,, y., , . happens at all. thank you very much i...

Forsyth is in westminster for us. alex, how close are we to a leadership challenge? alex, lots of watery metaphors around, drip, drip, stream, trickle of letters coming in, where are we on the numbers?— on the numbers? yes, pick your metaphor- _ on the numbers? yes, pick your metaphor. there _ on the numbers? yes, pick your metaphor. there was _ on the numbers? yes, pick your metaphor. there was some - on the numbers? yes, pick your - metaphor. there was some expectation after the soo great re...