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Here is a tough question for you. what was your political highlight of 2013? naming a low light is almost too easy. president obama has had plenty this year. both democrats and republican leadership in congress got. he willed on a variety variety of issues. even is ending the year with lower approval ratings than they started with 12 months ago. edward snowden's decision to leak what might be a million secret documents is still causing problems for the white house. the highlight of his year could be getting am naes ciamnesty fr country like brazil. the same-sex marriage is now legal in 17 stat...

Debates that need to go on. i don't thank at least on the senate floor that it's three debates that should be happening at the same time. i know there are advocacy groups in newtown throughout the country that are looking to control or put controls on gun use and clip size, things like that. but with the other aspects, i think those are debates that need to occur and need to occur soon. but they are separate. >> just the last question for you. are you relieved that some sort of gun control involving background checks finally is going to be debated by the federal legislature? >> i think most pe...

Get others and 60 votes they need to pass what essentially will be an amendment. as soon as they were done with the press conference, the nra put out a press release saying they are opposing this. i'll read you the first line that says it all, ebs up and down expanding background chens will not prevent the next shooting, not solve violent crime and will not keep our kids safe in schools. this is really going to be a true test for the power of the nra that they are now going to be up against two of their -- has been most loyal senators who are breaking with them and saying they want to at least...

Lee of utah. they saw that the stand with rand filibuster covered the drone issue was so effective it not only gummed up the senate but also got huge street cred for rand paul among conservatives that they are going to try it again. and what they're trying to disarm here, what they're trying to defuse here is an effort to add amendments to this to tighten up the restrictions. so as you said in your set-up, the bill they're going to take up when they come back two weeks from now is going to be mostly about universal background checks and trafficking prevention. but they figured there are some a...