first? hold your tongue, said the queen, turning purple. i won't, said alice. release the drones, said the queen, as she shouted at the top of her voice. louis carroll is fiction, right? >> reporter: soledad, several republicans took to the senate floor to help paul. even ron white of oregon, a democrat, he supported it. he's also concerned about it. one last point. although rand paul went almost 13 hours, he doesn't hold the record, that belongs to south carolina senator strom thurmond who filibustered for over 24 hours. >> what was he filibustering over? >> over the civil rights act of 1957. >> and still, there it went just like is going to happen to rand paul. that's really, really interesting. thank you, shannon travis. appreciate the update for us. weather system is what we're also talking about this morning. a dozen inches of snow on d.c., battering new jersey and the massachusetts coast. john has a look at that and other top stories this morning. it is a windy, snowy, rainy