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Left with is this kind of symbolic -- you know, he's playing to potentially republican primary voters. >> a lot of liberals, kristen, have complained this bill that they're threatening filibuster is watered down and not really that strong to begin with. >> rand paul and the other two who are planning to join him in this will always take an opportunity to make a stand on the floor. i mean, these are guys who are about making their point whether it's in line with the polling, whether it's in line with leadership. they want to get on the floor, put themselves on the record, and they know that if ...

Closing the gun hole loophole or making background checks genuinely comprehensive, mandating they be used in citizen to citizen point of sale. >> right. >> that is going to be in the legislation that's sort of the base body and then other stuff in amendments, but the assault weapons ban and magazine clips are not in that base bill. i want to play you this clip and get your response congresswoman from a very thoughtful sort of conservative although interesting ideologically person we have on the show sometimes. he made this distinction between gun control and people control and the difference b...

The main argument against this from gun rights supporters is, well, if you do this it's a slippery slope to creating some federal registry. federally licensed companies, like dick's sporting good they do a background check and keep a piece of paper and put that paper in a binder and keep it. it's not part of a database so there is no registry now. how do you go from there to the fear if you try to close this loophole where 40% of purchases are made without any record at all or background check, that somehow the flood gates are open and, all of a sudden, the registry is created. so that's the i...

Tonight for gun control advocates if this reporting is true that they will have background checks in the base bill. >> i'm still making the push, because they have to vote for the bill even if it's in the bill. let me ask you about the reporting here. does this mean that the senate majority leader harry reid from nevada does believe he can get 60 votes for a bill which includes tougher, broader background check program? >> reporter: that's exactly what it means, the whole idea was to put some base piece of legislation on the floor that could pass. they wouldn't put a provision into the bill if...

Supporting today, and i'm very proud of it. i think this shows the american people with can manage our country wisely. before you go to the floor, i wanted to quickly ask about the assault weapon ban. harry reid has decided not to put it in the gun legislation. dianne feinstein is angry, deeply disappointed, still wants a shot at it. what do you think about the decision by the leadership to not perform a vote on the assault weapon ban? >> i personally have supported a ban on it, i support the second amendment rights, but i think we have to address the issues of weapons of war on our street a...