me somewhere just below pond scum. >> dana bash joins us from washington. will any of this have an impact? >> it is really an open question and it is an untold that there are some general discussions still going on amongst some senators about a way to revive this. a lot of that really depends on how successful all of this effort is during this recess, whether or not they can effectively shame these senators or convince them that the public opinion is really on the side of gun control. so you see the numbers but they actually want the senators to feel it. i will tell you that a senate source that's familiar with their thinking says senator ayotte is willing to consider an alternative. we'll see how that goes. but the other thing i wanted to mention though, potential problem, is that the republican who is on this background check problem, pat toomey, has said that he's done. he doesn't want to do this. he said something very revealing just this week to a local paper.