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0 what we expect is when the senate is back at 2:00, they may spend part of the afternoon talking about some of the substantive issues within the bill. you'll be seeing senators manchin and toomey whose names are now totally associated with the expanded background checks measure. available on the senate floor to talk to their colleagues, to try to proverbially twist arms. we expect a vote will come wednesday. so what it really falls down to, chris, are a very small number of senators who are considered on the fence. and we know that the majority of democrats are in favor of this, the majority ...

wanted? no. but does it at least help in some small way? >> no. probably not. it doesn't. >> good day, i'm chris cillizza, live in washington, where the next step for gun legislation is a senate numbers game. nbc news political unit has confirmed that the majority support for the background check amendment that will be offered by toomey and manchin. but the bill is still short of the 60 votes it would need to be added to the larger package. joining me for our daily fix, is nbc capitol hill correspondent, kelly o'donnell. kelly o, give us the timing. this is the first amendment that w...

>> we have an expert panel. this is not a debate panel. we do have time 12 minutes to be exact for a couple of questions. o if you have them, go ahead and start. t it's not necessary we hear from all four on all of the answers so i'll try to moderate that. keep in mind we now have 11 minutes but we'll get these questions in. >> scene, it's nice to see you again. and everybody buy her book it's great. last time i talked to her she was looking for a job. i'm kelsey alexander. i'm a capitalist and i would invite you all to come to the gun club and learn to shoot. if you would like to co...

0 real public dialogue, and i think you're doing to see a lot of critics in the conservative side try to amend the bill, maybe water it down and change some of the provisions, including that path to citizenship. i think all eyes are on marco rubio, one of the members of the gang who is deeply conservative and popular among hispanics as well. he's got a critical role to play. he's going to be on all the sunday talk show this is week trying to talk about what's in this bill and we're going to see at least one public hearing next week. so i think the president is hoping to get a bill by the end o...

north korea prepares for a potential missile launch. secretary of state john kerry arrived in beijing late friday, and today, he is meeting with chinese leaders in an effort to persuade them to put real pressure on pyongyang. while in south korea friday, kerry issued a stern warning to north korea's kim jong-un. >> kim jong-un needs to understand, as i think he probably does, what the outcome of the conflict would be. >> kerry's trip came after a pentagon intelligence assessment surfaced earlier this week suggesting north korea may have developed the ability to fire a nuclear-tipped ...