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Thank you for being here joe. >> thank you. >> will senator mcconnell drag this out any longer or is he out of excuses? >> he's out of excuses. we know it would take now probably 15 minutes to take that vote. actually, they could take the vote before they leave for the easter recess, reverend sharpton. >> well, they left last friday but back on the 13th a monday i think they can do it right then. but let me ask you this joe. senator kirk has a tough re-election next year but there are several other republican senators up for election in states that president obama won. some of them not announc...

Thought be the end of fiscal funding. a flurry of activity before lawmakers go on their easter recess. the middle east becoming an even more chaotic landscape. while in yemen saudi arabia launches airstrikes against iran-backed rebels. why the next guest says this could be president obama's mission accomplished moment.

It was on a friday before the easter recess, the easter break, and they really thought that the people that were putting this on would -- if they scheduled votes in the right way, wouldn't stick around to do it. and -- because most, most leave town and it doesn't matter what's happening back in washington, they zip back to their districts. >> i think there's been a habit of a bunch of members missing these classified briefings. there's been a bunch of stories about that. you're right about this. i think robert whim remember, rahm emanuel used to say, the thing that motivates members more than ...

Is a small group, about five republicans, including senator marco rubio, probably the headliner in this case, who have threatened to filibuster, essentially, any gun control bill that comes to the senate floor, that they think infringes on the second amendment. that's a pretty wide avenue, but nonetheless, you know, the white house, as you saw with the president this week, really does feel that time may be slipping away to get anything major down. there'll be a big push by the president and likely a big pushback by republicans as they gear up for what will be, we think, their first debate when...

Is pushing to get something done before the numbers might fall even further, brooke. >> jessica, as the president stands there today and says shame on us, talks about legislation, what kind of legislation are we talking about here? >> reporter: right. so, the senate's goal is going to come back from easter recess, spring recess, and take up a measure that bundles together a bunch of proposals that will include stricter background checks on firearm purchases, limiting purchase, where i might ask you to buy a gun for me, and more funding for school safety. what it does not include, an assault we...