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And i think that democrats really like her a lot. >> well, what about how they are handling it so far? >> i think what they are banking on is what axelrod was saying which is people don't care about process. voters don't care about process and they see this as a process issue. if you read "the new york times" story, as we all did, we read it because it's our job. that was a hard story to read. if you're just a regular person reading, you start to get confused. you know what is going on. you like clinton and she comes out and says bad right wing man wrote this book okay here we go. they are att...

How long to extend these benefits. some democrats wanted three months, others wanted longer. and more importantly how to pay for it. democrats at the beginning didn't want to pay for it at all, didn't want to offset it saying it was an emergency. republicans said absolutely you have to offset it with other budget cuts and couldn't come to an agreement despite eight republican senators were working in earnest trying to come up with a deal with democrats. talks just dissolved. yesterday everything went out of whack because of a process issue, because republicans were upset that democrats wouldn'...

After the navy raised concerns over his mental stability. he was hearing voices and a whole bunch of other things. let's not forget this guy passed the background check just two months ago. how does this happen? how do we stop it? let's ask former d.a. assistant secretary of infrastructure protection, robert la cowski. what's the problem here or is this just one anomaly? >> this isn't an anomaly in terms of the process. there is a lot of improvement that could be made to the process. what's is the fact that -- what's happened is the periodic process doesn't include a search of information that...

Harris joins me now. hey, john. well, they basically said the 60 vote requirement is still there except for moving things along to the floor. >> that's a clever line by your colleague, rachel maddow. she may be on to something. >> she's the aboutest. >> the other thing i would point out is the choice wasn't doing passing something and having a wealth of legislation and activity take place. if senator reid had made the choice, we are reallying to fwg to have a huge battle over this. i think the likelihood is that this would have dominated the senate's proceedings for the next several months, an...

Be important. >> one of the issues we have seen before, this is a process issue. if you indulge me, the way the filibuster mutated over the years. there's a push for filibuster reform. basically, you get a one day window to do anything with the filibuster where the rules are passed for the new term of congress. there's been more rumblings about filibuster reform. i'm curious where you are on this issue. is it something you want to see prioritized and pushed for or something you can take relief? >> i'm not a leader like the senator of new mexico. senators that weren't so certain have watched wh...