which 49 of his fellow democratic senators are co-sponsored. he is sending a message that that s not going to happen. the voting rights legislation is the big single piece of this. because it is such a high priority for so many others in the democratic party. manchin s refusal to budge on getting rid of the filibuster, the 60 vote threshold for most legislation, could confound democratic efforts to pass things like gun control legislation or immigration reform. things that don t touch taxes and spending and, therefore, couldn t be done through reconciliation. if you have been following manchin for a long time, this isn t necessarily new. for those on the left who i think perhaps thought by continuing to push him, he could be brought into line on some of the other issues, it might be back to the drawing board to figure out how you could pass things that might appeal to him, like that john lewis voting rights measure, which is less expansive than the for the people act, but would set lim
well. jenna: a quick question, we talked to bob about gun control during the first part of our show. when it comes to gun control legislation or immigration reform you re laughing, you know what i m going to ask, which takes precedent when everybody gets back from their holiday recess? it s going to be immigration reform. because that s something that they can get through and both side even the white house they need a victory now and i still think that they are farther apart on gun control than they are on immigration reform. jenna: something to watch. we ll watch the president again on gun control in about 20 minutes. thank you very much. always nice to see you. jon: an update to a story we ve told you about. remember this a florida multi-millionaire to tried to save his fortune by adopting his 42-year-old girlfriend. well now a judge is reversing that adoption. so what happens to all the money? we have the latest. also, president obama just returning from a trip to the middle eas