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Let me be clear. many of them might not vote in the end to support any new restrictions but they said, it is an issue that should be debated. deep red states like georgia, both senators voted to move forward. tennessee another deep red state, both senators voted to move forward. and we have not been certain that would happen. we thought maybe three, four, five republicans, 16, a pretty big number. >> all right. thank you very much. >> let me bring in senator richard blumenthal who was with the newtown families today on the hill. thank you for joining us today. >> to kelly's point, you have som...

Families as well today. do you believe, sir, writ not for these families showing up on capitol hill, the way they did, flying from connecticut to washington, d.c. with the president and also, standing there reading the names of their loved ones and what they were calling their own filibuster, do you believe that is the reason this filibuster was averted? >> the newtown families really played a remarkable, maybe unprecedented role in this debate. i met with them off and on over this period. of course, i've come to know them over these last four months, very, very closely. truly extraordinary st...

Look back on what happened a few hours ago. i know you noted in your report that there were some surprises as it relates to republicans. break it all down for us. >> if you look at what has happened with there issue in just a matter of days, it really is starting when you consider the time clock of capitol hill. it wasn't long ago when there was an expectation that any bill related to this could not move forward because there was even enough opposition among democrats who are up for re-election next year. and now with the involvement of newtown families and others who have survived or had love...

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