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Those people. >> reporter: translation, seems like fix nics is the farther congress will go and still not clear there's a route for that to pass. >> thank you for that. one of president trump's closest aides is on the hill right now to face questions. >> why testimony is so critical to this case. we'll be right back. thou hast the patchy beard of a pre-pubescent squire! thy armor was forged by a feeble-fingered peasant woman... your mom! as long as hecklers love to heckle, you can count on geico saving folks money. boring! fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insuran...

Answers. >> we begin today in washington, where there has been little sign, are you hearing me, little sign that lawmakers are willing to break the decades long pattern of doing nothing when it comes to gun control. even the least controversial ideas might not be able to get through congress including at least one that has the support of the public, the president and the nra. if that were true, well, then, you would think it would get through, which makes me think it's not. i have a great team. starting with nbc's kacie hunt, on the hill. let's start with a bill that seems to have the best cha...

President seems to be willing to do something on background checks. fix nics is a good bill. if republicans are intending only to debate that bill, that's not something i can support. >> the president's made it clear he's going to act on bump stocks and we should do that too. either/or both those things are appropriate. i certainly think the background check issue is something we can work on as well. >> so kelsey let's break a little bit of that down. first, based on my report, it seems like the piece of legislation that has the best chance to get passed is that fix nics legislation. house spe...

Sort of like swiss cheese. >> there's a lot being done on the hill or talked about. kasie hunt is there live. there's a lot of proposals before congress. are you hearing majority of support for any of them or that paul ryan will bring any of this to the floor? >> reporter: i think your characterization of talking about than to say things are being done. gun politics are basically the same even in the wake of this terrible shooting in parkland. the one thing that may be a bit different is this question of fix nics. they're talking about requiring the air force in the case of that sutherland spr...

About measures that truly respond to the epidemic of gun violence. if they are only going to debate that bill, that's not something that i can support. let's see where the debate ends up. i don't presuppose there is the vote for other measures, but let's see if we can get votes for broader background checks and protective orders. >> so they said they may be able to work out a deal with where both sides can offer amendments to see if they can get 60 votes to pass additional legislation. right now, the leader says i want to hear that from mitch mcconnell. so there is a lot of political calculus ...