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Welcome back to "hardball." of course, border surge, that's what the senators are calling a new border security plan authorized by republicans bob corker of tennessee and john hoeven of north dakota. it's being hailed as the grand bargain, the big compromise just agreed to, or almost anyway. it's already being blessed by the gang of eight, and it's attracting conservative voices on the issue like senator mark kirk, a republican from illinois who was considered one of the bill's biggest critics. what's in the surge? let's take a look right now. it would double the size of the border patrol alon...

Democrats that bail because of tighter security? >> i hope not. but that is always a bit of a possibility. we'll have sufficient votes i think with this stronger border surge to pass the bill. >> and what is the time frame of the full vote in the senate to pass the bill? >> it looks like we'll hopefully be able to vote on a final passage by the end of next week and 4th of july holiday will be gone. >> and the house has its own bill by the way and they will massage it a bit, correct? >> they will be unlikely to pass a big bill. >> they will not pass your bill. the house will pass the whole bill...

Democrats that bail because of tighter security? >> i hope not. but that is always a bit of a possibility. we'll have sufficient votes i think with this stronger border surge to pass the bill. >> and what is the time frame of the full vote in the senate to pass the bill? >> it looks like we'll hopefully be able to vote on a final passage by the end of next week and 4th of july holiday will be gone. >> and the house has its own bill by the way and they will massage it a bit, correct? >> they will be unlikely to pass a big bill. >> they will not pass your bill. the house will pass the whole bill...

Up next, an actor with a personal perspective on james gandolfini, jeff daniels. of course he is the star of "newsroom", but he also starred on broadway with gandolfini. they worked together every night. he will tell us what this guy we just lost was like as a person as well as an actor as well as an actor, as well as an icon. this is "hardball," the place for politics. we got adt because i walked in on a burglary once.

Good friday, everyone. i'm craig melvin in for thomas roberts. could the longest day of the year finally be enough time for the senate to seal the immigration deal? you're looking live right now at cap toil hill where the overhaul hammered out by the bipartisan gang of eight will dominate today's debate on the senate floor. it picked up serious steam in the last 24 hours with the break through on border security. and an amendment is expected to be filed today. a duo of gop senators wrote it. the goal? to get members of the party onboard. the border surge calls for hiring 20,000 additional bord...