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>> chris: senator durbin you and senator cornyn are the whips, the vote counters, know whether or not there are are enough votes. are there enough votes when this comes up this week for you to pass the manchin toomey compromise on expanded background checks? >> i think john will concede that pat toomey of pennsylvania is one of the most conservative members of the republican senate caucus and joe manchin one of the most conservative members of the democratic caucus. the two have come up with a background proposal supported by 90% of the people in america and 75% of the members of the national ...

Terrible tragedies. >> chris: senator durbin you and senator cornyn are the whips, the vote counters, know whether or not there are are enough votes. are there enough votes when this comes up this week for you to pass the manchin toomey compromise on expanded background checks? >> i think john will concede that pat toomey of pennsylvania is one of the most conservative members of the republican senate caucus and joe manchin one of the most conservative members of the democratic caucus. the two have come up with a background proposal supported by 90% of the people in america and 75% of the memb...

Idea. >> let's move on to whether or not this is reasonable. let's talk about the fiscal cliff in terms of what is going on there. we have on friday house speaker boehner who tried to explain the failure of his plan b. then the president urge congress to pass a bill to keep the taxes from increasing on 98% american people taxpayers. let's take a listen. >> we have a number of our members who just really didn't want to be perceived as having to raise taxes. >> i expect democrats and republicans to get back to washington and have it pass both chambers. i will immediately sign that legislation in...

Just a handful of battleground states. so let's check in with our reporters at several of them. alicia acuna at the county clerk's office in denver, colorado. steve harrigan is in tampa, florida. steve brown is with vote counters in columbus, ohio. shannon bream at the republican watch party if des moines, iowa. good evening, shannon. >> reporter: hello, bret. well, republicans here in iowa are hoping that romney will pull off a somewhat unexpected win. there is something down ticket that could help him. in 2009, the state supreme court here legalized same-sex marriage. that motivated and mobi...

So you know 113 could go either way. you can bet both campaigns are watching this with baited breath right now. vote counters continue totally. and when you look at the counting and how it's come down between candidates it tells a story. >> you can see it directly on fox news.com/iowa. if you go to that site you can track the counties and precincts. and here is something interesting. herman cane got 57 votes. and as you scroll down, you can see the colors of the counties. brown is rick santorum. pins a picture of how expansive as well as space that santorum is taking, romney is the red. paul i...