over here to the battle going on in the senate, republicans took the first procedural step which sets the wheels in motion pushing toward using the nuclear option on thursday to get donald trump's supreme court nominee neil gorsuch through. in the time, democrats are using this time to rail against gorsuch. i want to show you live pictures of senator jeff merkley on the senate floor at this hour. he is entering in the 12th straight hour of the talk- talk-a-thon. they cannot prevent the inevitab inevitable. once the nuclear option is invoked, chris, on thursday, it is up for a final vote on friday. >> sunlen, thank you. north korea launches a missi missile. obvious play for attention. we often report what they do. we rarely understand why they do it. when we come back, we will look at what kim jong-un wants exactly. bria ust need to