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Something. and i'm glad these republicans have come forward and that's helpful, but it's just the beginning. >> well, doesn't it have to be more than a strongly worded statement because i say that because the senate majority, john cornen said there are talks on capitol hill to reaffirm the assessment that russia interfered in the election. >> sure. >> have you heard this? >> i have heard them talk about it. i love to just take senator mccain's statement and vote on that. that would be a good idea. but i have also, there is bills that i'm working on right now, one with senator langford that we'...

To this is multifaceted. the problem with the debate is if you talk about anything other than gun control, you are called complicit and a child murderer and making excuses on that front. that's not the case. you have to do several things, and when you do, gun control stuff like fixing the system as we did in 2007 post virginia tech, you end up is state governments not compelled to put things in the data base, people who are not putting mental health flags into the data base, creating a data base that does not give tips needed. they need to improve that as well. >> there is a move in the congre...

You can tell. what should we be watching for over the course of the next hour? >> we're looking at whether or not more senate democrats will come out in support of this house c.r. there will be this vote at 10:00 and they need 60 votes to move forward to a final vote on this bill, and right now they don't have those votes. they are looking at a failed vote in this instance. you have four senate democrats who have come out and said they would vote for this measure, but that means they need at least nine more, and so they are in a situation here where they actually have been shuttling around. th...

They're focussed on growing the economy, creating better jobs and in this regard, the president, his team, and the congress are starting to put points on the board, important points. i think that's where the american people are focussed. those kind of issues. not the inside beltway issues that gets a lot of attention. >> let me ask you about north korea, you're on the senate armed services committee and obviously alaska has concerns about north korea and their missile abilities. president trump says he's the reason for the diplomatic opening. he tweeted, quote, after claiming that his -- oh, i...

Senator number two john cornen said they're in a good place, they're trying to finish issues and they're going to get that eventually. perhaps by tonight, likely by tomorrow, right now, that looks at least somewhat in doubt. or at least, wolf, they need to figure some things out before they actually finish this vote that again, was not supposed to be a problem for republican lead percent. >> yeah, sent it back to committee, that would be a very, very big deal. major setback for republicans. we'll stay in close touch with you, phil, you'll update us on the latest. let's get back to senator ben ...