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Civil rights. that's a noble cause, but it's a lost cause. you know what johnson says to them? well, what the hell is the presidency for then? >> no memorial orration or eulogy could more eloquently honor president kennedy's memory than the earliest passage of the civil rights bill for which he fought so long. >> johnson gets that civil rights bill moving in the first few weeks after kennedy's assassination. >> dixiecrats led by richard russell announced a filibuster. that is they would continue to talk and prevent the bill from coming forward for a straight up our down vote. >> this bill whic...

Little case work oos a whole as a d.c. court. >> shouldn't have been objections. we cannot get past the point that no other president has faced these kind of objections and obstructions to his appointments that president obama has. it's unprecedented, the type of obstructionism he has experienced. it's not right. >> so we should gut the whole system. >> do you think the president invited it? i've never seen a president talk with such -- being so vitupreative. who talks like that? it's beneath him. >> i looked at several appointees not brought up for an up our down vote by republicans filibuste...

Stripping that down, tabling the amendments, and just like a tennis match, we watch the volley back over to the house. we're waiting for the final tally from the u.s. senate. as soon as we see it, we'll bring it to you as we're talking about the deadline, midnight tonight. will the government shutdown. also, developing, as relationships get warmer, is benjamin netanyahu sitting there with president obama, warning him, don't be naive? but americans have a different take. plus, dozens are hurt after commuter trains collide in chicago this morning. investigators say there is a mystery unfolding...

I hope john boehner makes a good decision, one that's good for the country. job protection time is over with. it's time to start protecting the american people. >> i want to bring in our chief congressional correspondent who has been in the weeds in all of this. we keep hearing this talk about a clean cr, a clean resolution, but that's what's heading back to the house. you're getting intel because you know there are closed-door meetings happening among republicans. the question is will they be willing to take this cr for a clean up/down vote. >> the answer is no, and we have been reporting sin...

>> precisely. david, let's say that the doves win out. the doves win the day on the hill. and the president loses this thing. he gets a down vote. he has already laid out the case as to why we should strike in syria. then what? i mean, would the president feasibly still strike if congress has said, no, we don't want you to do this? >> yeah. a longtime aide to obama told me today that the president definitely, you know, would strike, even if congress said no. in reality, i don't think so. i think if congress does not give him the vote, he won't act in syria. this gives him an out, in a sense. b...