and so the question really is, going to 2012, could that turn out the be a plus for the democrats given immigration reform. don t forget, they did bring the dream act to a vote in the lame duck session. they didn t get it. a lot of republicans on the record voting against it. i guarantee you that immigration is going to be a huge wedge issue as we head to the presidential. another huge issue also today s big, big story out of capitol hill. the starr treaty. not only did they get the 60 votes. they got the 67. they got to 67. i m waiting to see. i know dana bash is doing great reporting on this. i m waiting to see whether in the end they cut a deal waiting to get john mccain. there are a lot of people going to the lame duck session that said barack obama wasn t going to get much. turns out he got a lot more than many people in the white house
the official vote which would have to be two thirds majority or 67. we won t worry with that for now. we ll keep our eyes on this procedural vote unfolding. staying in washington, remember the brouhaha over the census? there were bloggers, some members of congress warning about citizens don t respond. americans did respond and today the numbers are out. you esome of states highlighted experiencing population growth. you see them in blue. look at texas, see the plus 4? that means texas has grown enough to game as many as four congressional seats. now, switching the graphic, here s some of the states where the population is shrinking. this is important because these states will lose representation in the house of representatives, states in the north, in the midwest, plus louisiana which
amendment that perhaps put on the senate floor after this key test vote that might, might, might get the vote of john mccain, which would be pretty remarkable for the white house. they re talking about some kind of language. his biggest issues is that he s concerned this treaty with russia would hurt america s missile defense capabilities in america and elsewhere. so he s looking for language that would simply state u.s. policy. if they can come up with that, that would be something very interesting to get john mccain s vote. dana bash, we are watching the action there. as soon as we start learning of the procedural vote, definitely flag us, and we will bring that to our viewers live. dana bash on the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty, thank you. thank you. also this story, a lot of people talking about this one today. this 31-year-old las vegas dancer, she goes missing for over a week, and police are out
this procedure vote that would then get things moving on the s.t.a.r.t. treaty, the nuclear arms agreement that slashes russia s nukes as well as our own. the debate has been multiple times delayed here. in california, we are all over the washout. have you seen those? some of the imaging of the flash flooding? obviously this is not the stuff you want to get stuck driving in. we ll be tackling all those stories. first i want to begin in washington. let s take a live shot of the u.s. senate. i want to tell you what s happening this hour. our u.s. senators are moving toward a vote on this house turkey international treaty, the test vote, a procedural vote. it should happen any moment now, and the treaty would trigger deep reductions in america s nuclear arsenals and the russians nuclear arsenal. there has been this bloc of senate reps who have continued
no good choices. he knew he was going to have a tough race. he switched to being a democrat. think of the ad that was generated or you think would be generated, a guy in 2004 george bush saying what a nice senator this is. then suddenly he s a democrat. specter said publicly he did it to improve his chances of getting re-elected. still got beat. so it was the democrats that ended up killing his career. more than one republican i spoke to when he made that switch said they were glad to see him go, quite frankly. he was a storm in their side. away he goes. wish him well. we tease this. a lot of people heard from a lot of years, perry reed. what does he have to do with lady gaga and lindsay lohan. connect the dots, sir. this sort of surfaced over the weekend. he heard so much from members of the stark treaty that he hasn t had enough time to study the