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Critical because congress is on easter recess. members of congress will be back in their home state hearing from constituents for and against new gun control measures. heather? >> doug lou ziader joining us this morning. thank you. >> it is time to take a look at who is talking. this morning we are hearing from kentucky senator rand paul recently stole the show and the spotlight. remember that 13 hour fi filibuster? the president's controversial drone program and regained a lot of tanks after winning the presidential strong hold. could a white house run be in the senator's future? heebs what h...

Afghanistan, camp le jeune, north carolina or anywhere else, it's not -- every tragedy, every loss is a tragedy. >> proudly, we remember their service. >> a tragic loss of soldiers who trained to sacrifice. that sacrifice now honored in nevada and nationwide. did senator harry reid cave on new gun control legislation? the ban on assault weapons is being dropped from a bill being considered next month. dianne feinstein fought hard to keep the revision but promises to block the full package prevailed. senators will take up increasing penalties. the ban will be offered as a separate amendment b...

Procedural vote last night. does not appear to be a whole lot of drama but as yogi bear says, it ain't over until it's over. >> we are going to finish the cr and finish the budget before we leave here for easter break. that's for sure. my caucus noses this. the republicans should understand this. senator sessions who was on the noor today saying, i've got a great idea, wait until after easter to do that. not a chance. we're going to move forward on this. reporter: we expect they'll pass the continuing resolution in the next day or so, and as you hear from senator reid, he wants to work an the ...

> shannon: preparations are underway for the arrival in israel on friday. president obama will talk to israelis and palestinians about what it would take to restart the peace process. and other items, iran's nuclear program, civil war in syria and problems in egypt. we are at as away from a possible government shutdown and there is no deal on capitol hill. the house has passed its version of a funding measure. the senate is expected to do the same this week. with the easter recess looming, will they find common ground in time? we have ben carden aircrafts member of the finance committee. welco...

>> reporter: so it appears that the senate will take up the continuing resolution in some way, shape or form. there is a lot of time pressure involved here. the easter recess is coming up. if they don't reconcile the bill with the house version of it by march 27th, the government technically runs out of money. neither side wants to take credit for a government shutdown, jenna. jenna: no 13-hour filibuster, a la rand paul to look forward to. we'll take that, we'll take that for what it is and see what happens over the next couple days. what about the house republicans though, doug? what do they...