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Fascinating that the president's answer to this problem is to propose an appropriation larger than the entire border patrol for lasted year. now, this is a problem which can be solved largely by a single fix. because prior to the feinstein amendment being adopted in 2008, the number of people coming across the border, unaccompanied children from those three countries, was somewhere in the 6 to 8,000 a year range. and since that amendment this has gotten worse. in the crossfire, let me ask you, ben, this is say theation where literally, you wouldn't solve all of the immediate and past problems ...

The senate floor and filibuster this bill before it goes to a vote. we will filibuster the bill. we won't let them bring it forward because our fear is that once it comes forward, they'll come forward with something that sounds benign in the beginning, but we already have the feinstein amendment that talks about banning certain types of guns. that's inconsistent with the second amendment. and what people need to remember is that most claims are committed nearly 90% of crimes are committed with guns that are bought illegally. criminals do crime. they don't pay attention to our laws. we have law...

And i think this signals that this issue, as you say is going to be front and center. >> senator feinstein has been very overt about the idea that this is more doable than people think it is. obviously, there had been an attempt on an assault weapons ban, shepherded by then senator biden before senator feinstein was successful with her bill in 1994. do you feel like there are lessons learned about how to get these things done, how to find some common ground, how to find some republicans that will express not just support for this idea, but will actually go there when it's time to vote? >> well...

This is more doable than people think it is. obviously, there had been an attempt on an assault weapons ban, shepherded by then senator biden before senator feinstein was successful with her bill in 1994. do you feel like there are lessons learned about how to get these things done, how to find some common ground, how to find some republicans that will express not just support for this idea, but will actually go there when it's time to vote? >> well, rachel, one of the intriguing things about the vote on the feinstein amendment was it was not fill bust ibustered. she reminded me the other day ...

Attempt on an assault weapons ban, shepherded by then senator biden before senator feinstein was successful with her bill in 1994. do you feel like there are lessons learned about how to get these things done, how to find some common ground, how to find some republicans that will express not just support for this idea, but will actually go there when it's time to vote? >> well, rachel, one of the intriguing things about the vote on the feinstein amendment was it was not filibustered. she reminded me the other day that carol moseley-braun was running late, and we held our breath and carol came ...