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Gimmick and said the filibuster was part of the fabric of the senate. senator mcconnell who was threatening the same move a few years ago said he is glad they did not proceed with it. all senators will gather tonight, martha, in the old senate chamber in hopes of finding some compromise. martha. >> we will see. jim, thank you very much. see you later. >> like a patient in an operating table where mad scientist were committing experiment is on him and he had no anesthesia. he didn't know why he turned into this monster. but you add lot to do with it. you just did. you took a story that was sent...

Triggers what is called the nuclear option. rules change that would allow democrats to approve presidential appointees with a simple majority that could get us through on 51 votes. chief national correspondent jim angle with me now live from washington. hey, jim. >> reporter: hello, martha. that's right, it is called the nuclear option because it threatens to blow up the senate. but senate democratic leader harry reid, as you said, said he will bring up several nominees tomorrow and if not approved, he will move to change the rules. listen. >> we have a responsibility to give advice and consen...

Again today mark o'mara, the defense attorney for george zimmerman, kept asking all of these witnesses, do you hear any of that in those recordings that george zimmerman made with police, ill will, spite or hate? they all said, no. the defense expects to wrap this case this week, so this could be going to the jury perhaps by thursday or friday. back to you. jenna: very interesting, phil. thank you. jon: there are new concerns out there that the price of obamacare is spinning out of control. a leading republican senator now asking the administration why the costs of insurance subsidies keeps ri...

There on our screen. yeah. the sign there, essentially, blaming obama, president obama for part of what has gone on there. and here's, here's another one, a little hard to make out on the screen, but it talks about loving the u.s. people and is forth and blaming some of the u.s. media for the coverage of what's gone on there. jim, what do you think about the way the media have handled coverage of the uprisings and the government's situation in egypt? >> yeah. i don't think there's any question the media are a major part of the story itself when you read that the muslim brotherhood and morsi we...

Jon: and then there are these disputes about what happened in that attack this morning that left more than 40 people dead. jim, the media suggested that it was a peaceful sit-in outside the military compound. the military then released some videos that made it look like it was a pretty violent protest. >> >> or an attack even. again, we don't know. that's the enormous challenge of it. there's a piece by a fella named -- [inaudible] in the journal this morning that said that, you know, we could be looking at a civil war like in algeria where there was a similar situation where the military over...