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Legislation, stop a nomination, why is that such a good thing? why should democracy rule? >> it was always seen as empowering minority. you're going to be in power at some point. there is something that needs to be made play. that's a good point, jeffrey. democrats have enough votes to stop it. no, they don't. they don't have enough votes to stop gorsuch. you only need 51 votes. this is a filibuster move. this is a move to stop voting from happening. this is in itself is a minority play. >> you need 60. >> you never needed 60. if the democrats don't want a vote to happen, they do something cal...

In the last hour to break a republican filibuster move towards debate on new gun control proposals. the president called the families of the shooting victims of newtown, connecticut after that vote happened. yesterday we saw the first lady michelle obama making an emotional appeal in chicago to stop the gun violence. and she talked about hidya pendleton shot and killed just days after performing at the inauguration. >> and as i visited with the pendleton family at hydiya's funeral, i couldn't get over how familiar they felt to me because what i realized was her family was just like my family. ...