Coverage throughout the entire hour, throughout the entire afternoon and, of course, were going to bring you any breaking news from the floor. But first, we do want to bring in peter barnes for the latest on where things stand at this hour. Peter . Reporter thats right, cheryl. Were about halfway through the four hours of debate on the bill. That debate started just a couple hours ago, the house first got through a critical procedural step earlier today, approving the rules of debate along party lines. Six republicans defected on that and voted with the democrats to disapprove it which would have killed consideration of the bill itself at that time. So right now were watching one by one as we hear from members among the moderates, the socalled Freedom Caucus, the conservatives, to get a handle on how many votes the president and Republican Leaders have. Back of the napkin it look like they can lose maybe ten of these republicans. And if they do, that would sink the bill. Ask just an informal and just an informal count of people coming out today and announcing where they stand, it looks like at least ten or more republicans will vote no. So this bill is not, it isnt looking good for the legislation at this hour, cheryl. Cheryl all right, peter, thank you very much for that update, especially on the numbers which are crucial right now. Theyve got to get to 216, and maybe they dont have it. Peter, thank you for that. I want to bring in for more reaction Fox News Contributor karl rove. Carl, what do you think karl, what do you think . Well, the actual numbers 22 if you take the number of sitting republicans, if they lose 22, theyre at 215, and they cant get it done. So its going to be, you know or or its a gamble. You dont like to call a vote unless you know that youve got the votes, but President Trump last night said, you know what . Im finished negotiating. Ive made changes to the Freedom Caucus, and weve agreed to your demand, and now you come back with more, were done, were going to go to a vote. So high stakes poker. Cheryl karl, you spent years in the white house with president bush. Did trump make the right move last night . Well, you know, its hard to say. You have to give him, first of all, hes a dealmaker and, second of all, he was actually doing the negotiation. Remember what happened is the Freedom Caucus is sort of running around, not being clear on what they want to do. They seemingly get settled on we want language that removes whats called essential benefits, there are a list of ten things every insurance policy has to have. It drives up the cost of insurance, economists say, by between 317 . So the administration said, fine, well get rid of the essential benefits language, well have language that takes it out. And the Freedom Caucus said, okay, now that we got that, we want you to do two more things, we want you to remove the limit remove the ability of Insurance Companyings to Insurance Companies to, theyre required to have no limits on how much coverage they give you. If you get a really serious or limit, theres no, quote, lifetime limit. And then they said we want you to get rid of the requirement that people cannot be denied coverage for preexisting conditions. Well, those arent at the center of the Affordable Care act. Theyre not the 700 billion worth of exchanges, theyre not the hundreds of billions of medicare expansion, the trillion dollars worth of expansion. Theyre two very popular things that, frankly, Insurance Companies have come to deal with, two very popular provisions, so i think the president was right to say, you know what . You keep moving the goalpost. Hard to get you to sit down and agree, to suggest what you wanted. Now that weve agreed to what you want, you come up with more. Were going to vote. And if it passes, its going to be that weird chemistry that happens in the republican caucus. Several members have mentioned to me that there was anincrediba freshman member from florida named brian mast. Hes a double amputee war veteran. And he said, you know, you go into combat, and its never perfect, and you never get everything you want. And it was, apparently, an inspiring talk. Well see if it has an impact. Cheryl you talked so much about the Freedom Caucus and the power they seemed to have been wielding, at least until last night. They asked for, of course, like you said, the removal of the ten essential benefits, leave that to the states, and then they got another 15 billion, again, money to go to the states. The Freedom Caucus, did they make the wrong move last night, and if they did and they realize the stack of cards is now against them, do they take the risk to their constituents and vote yes today . Is that a possibility . Or are they that hard line . You know them better than i do, karl. Well, it is possible that some of them will say, you know what . We made the bill better, guest go vote for it. It was really weird, apparently last night they not only lifetime limits and preexisting conditions, but there were some members who said weve got to get rid of that provisioning that allows you to keep your kids on until theyre 26 years old. A, Insurance Companies like it, b, its very popular, c, its good for families, and why that suddenly became an issue of controversy for them is beyond me. But all along ive been mystified. One of the leaders was saying, you know what . What i dont like about this bill is that it includes a tax. When you finally explained what it was, it was that under the republican bill they said were going to keep the provision that says you cant be denied insurance, coverage Insurance Coverage for a preexisting condition, but were killing the individual mandate, and were killing the employer mandate, but what were going to say is if youre not, if you dont have, quote, continuous to Insurance Coverage and you show up and say im ill and i need Insurance Coverage now, the insurer can charge you up to 30 more for that coverage. And jim jordan of ohio was saying im against that, that you shouldnt penalize people who dont have Insurance Coverage. Well, okay, get rid of safe driver discounts then, because its unfair to the unsafe drivers. Get rid of that discount you get on your Homeowners Insurance because youve got a fire alarm or Smoke Detector in your house because its unfair to people who dont. It was mindboggling. Cheryl i know, its mind blowing to the American People as well who have given up on all of this, and youve given such great detail and a really clear picture, so thank you for that. I do want to ask you broader scale, broader picture, what about tax reform . If the Freedom Caucus doubled down so hard on health care, what about tax reform . Thats what the markets care about. Right now were looking at a dow and investors not happy with what theyre seeing out of washington. We were on the trump rally. Weve maybe pulled off of that train if tax reform doesnt happen soon. Yeah. Big problem because our markets have risen in part because the expectation is the republicans will get tax reform done, therell be a significant Corporate Tax cut. So these pe ratios that the market has at a relatively historically high would suddenly unsustainable. So if the republicans look, if the republicans dont get this done in the house, its going to damage the, theres going to be discord inside the Republican Party that may bode badly for tax reform. And then the mindset of some in the house, its got to be my way or the highway. If its not exactly perfect the way that i want it to be, im voting with nancy pelosi, that could be drawn into the tax reform debate as well. Cheryl all right. Well, thats not what investors want to hear. Karl rove, thank you very much. Really appreciate having you here, sir. You bet. Cheryl right now theres so much going on in washington, guys. Members of the house are, of course, debating the gops obamacare replacement bill following days of intense negotiation, compromise back and forth, name calling, Party Leaders working down to the wire, making last minute changes to try to persuade republican holdouts to the stand behind this legislation. But what are some of these changes, and how are they going to impact the lives of Everyday Americans . Gerri willis has the details on that. Gerri, you more than anyone else i know knows the ins and outs of this bill. How are you feeling right now . Theres not a lot of optimism, and what was so funny about watching sean spicer in his Daily Briefing with the press was that he was just begging them to be more optimistic, but even he sees there are problems ahead. I want you to hear what sean shieser had to say. Spicer had to say. The question is can we get to 216. But make no mistake about it, i mean, the president made it clear last night, this is it. You know, you have an opportunity to do what youve told the American People, the commitment that we, the party, have made. But this is your chance to do what weve done. Weve listened, weve incorporated, weve updated in every way possible. I dont think when you look at legislative efforts, i think the president has given it his all. Weve gone as far as were going to go, thats what sean spicer had to say. And i talked to an expert on this kind of maneuvering who told me they thought it was a very brave kind of stake to make here to say, well, were just going to have this vote anyway. They said win, and youre the man. Lose, and you start a new battle, tax reform. And i just want to tell you, cheryl, i spoke with one of my sources whos an expert on how this legislation proceeds, he says its not easy to get tax reform up because you need a reconciliation bill, he says, to do tax reform. And that requires what a budget resolution, that will be as debatable, as up in the air as a what weve had with obamacare here. But the get back to your original question about changes in this bill, and karl rove addressed some of this. First of all, weve got the expansion of surtax. Remember, that was originally a part of obamacare. Thats ninetenths of 1 , 0. 9 income tax on people earning 200,000 as singles, or 250,000 as joint filers. That goes on for six years under the last iteration of this bill. It is not indexed for inflation, its going to take in more and more people. And then you mentioned essential health benefits. Thats now going to be up to the states. Do they want to continue them . Which of those do they want to continue . Mental, drug, newborn, maternity, some 15 billion at stake there that theyve add back into this bill. So its really been a moving item here, really up in the air whats going to be in this bill. A couple of new things to add, but ive got to tell you, this is a tough sell right now, a tough sell. Cheryl it jeopardizes so many other things in the republican agenda, and then the semantics of do we have a gop, senate, house and president that cannot agree and what does that mean for so many other things that were waiting on. Gerri willis, thank you very much. Most welcome. Cheryl well, republicans, again there you go, live pictures. Thats Elijiah Cummings from maryland. Theyre debating the Health Care Bill right now as a it stands. Should it be passed he just said, lets not give up well, does the bill give too many concessions to moderate republicans, or maybe not enough . If this bill goes down in flames, is health care dead in the water . Were going to debate that. Well be right back. Mr. Speaker, we must do better. Vote no on this bill. Donald trump everybodys got to be covered. I am going to take care of everybody. Everybodys going to be taken care of much better than theyre taken care of now. Announcer 20 million americans gained Health Coverage under the Affordable Care act. Including millions of our most vulnerable citizens children, the disabled and the elderly. Now, under some plans in congress, millions of these americans could lose that Health Coverage. The women and men of americas hospitals urge congress to protect affordable coverage for as Many Americans as possible. Kevin, meet yourkeviner. Kevin Kevin Kevin KevinKevin Kevin Kevin kevin kevin trusted advice for life. Kevin, hows your mom . Life well planned. See what a Raymond JamesFinancial Advisor can do for you. Livestreat the airport. E sport binge dvrd shows while painting your toes. On demand laughs during long bubble baths. Tv everywhere is awesome. The allnew Xfinity Stream app. Xfinity. The future of awesome. Cheryl once again, want to show you these live pictures of the house. The debate continues on the gop Health Care Bill. A couple of moments ago i mentioned Elijiah Cummings was speaking, it was actually john lewis. Looks like i need my health care for vision. The repeal and replace of obamacare if it passes, so as the bill stands right now, should it be passed . I want to bring in evan siegfried, the author of gop gps, he served as Health Care Policy director on the Romney Campaign and, evan, first, the big question here is if they dont have the votes, President Trump said last night this is it, hes done, were moving on. Do we have the votes . I think were about two votes either way at this point. Cheryl that close, you think . Its very close. By my informal whip count, ive got 27 republicans voting no and about 30 on the fence, and thats not where you want to be with less than an hour until a vote on this bill. Its the conservative republicans, the Freedom Caucus. They want full repeal. They dont like this. Youre trading one mandate9 for another. And at the same time, youve got more moderate republicans who are saying, well, you know, im not a big fan of shifting the cost to the states and absolving the government of the problem and saying its all on your back. Cheryl but compromise at the end of the day, i mean, even President Trump ended up compromising when it came to interstate competition between Insurance Companies. That seems to be coming, you know, later in the last version of this bill that weve all read. But it seems to be that this is a shortterm fix, and then theres a longerterm plan. Isnt that better than not addressing the issues with obamacare that would, indeed, eventually implode the system . I think were at a point where the choice is relatively binary. Its the status quo in obamacare versus this vehicle which, look, no one says is perfect. I certainly think there are things that could improved, but there are things that make it worthwhile to support. The reform, for example, of the Medicaid Program which will, if left unchecked, bankrupt the federal government and many states with it. So the notion that were having fundamental reform of that, that were trying to get some reform of the Insurance Markets not as much as everyone would like on the conservative side of the aisle but i think there are good steps in this bill forward. And frankly, the alternative is to allow obamacare and the status quo to continue and that, i think, is unacceptable. Cheryl lets look at this, kind of go true and give our through and give our viewers because unless you follow the exact tick tock, youre not exactly sure what this bill is anymore if you look at it. As it stands right now whats being debated, it eliminates obamacare fines and subsidies, many applauding that, a 30 penalty for lapsed coverage i want to get your take on that one, evan and tax credits based on age, in the income. A sliding scale, if you will. But the 30 penalty, some say that is too harsh, evan. It is a little harsh. I think that the penalty really isnt that enforceable because its a 30 penalty paid to the Insurance Companies themselves, not to the government. And i i think that there is no incentive. If you say im not going to have coverage, theres no incentive to really go and get coverage because youre going to be paying more as a result of that. I think there are other things. Lonnie described this as far from perfect, and thats true, but its a big Dumpster Fire of a bill because it was not thought out, it didnt include the president s key signatures that he campaigned on such as eliminating state lines cheryl yeah. Thats something i feel like ive been saying for years. In addition, theres the hippocratic oath which says do no harm. This bill harms many of the people President Trump is trying to help such as in appalachia where theres an opioid epidemic. Cheryl they put that back in, that 15 billion they agreed to last night that still allows for the Insurance Companies to impose caps on coverage. And if you have a drug addiction, which the nih list z z lists as a mental illness, they can pull the plug on that. That doesnt help at all. Cheryl i dont know, lonnie, what do you make of the opioid issue . That certainly came into play, because a lot of these congressmen said i cannot go back to my home district and say that opioid addiction funding is gone. And that made them a no. What do you say to that . Yeah. I mean, look, this bill, first of all, on the lifetime limits and caps, i think that that a lot of that ark architecture frm obamacare will remain, and thats why some conservatives are upset about this. Theres a question of whether you can do that through the reconciliation process that the republicans are pursuing. But secondly on the opioid crisis, i would hope thats something where democrats and republicans can Work Together to bring out legislation to help states in particular hard hit, new hampshire, ohio, two states that have had huge problems with the opioid crisis. Look, the reality is this, this is what President Trump and the republicans in the congress have described as the first step of a multistep process. I know people are skeptical about the processes as they go forward, but there are some things hopefully they can get democratic support for and move on like interstate purchase of insurance, like the opioid crisis. Cheryl cheryl evan and lonnie, thank you so much. Theres so many machinations of this bill, certainly, as we follow the changes and now the debate is on. Thank you very much, appreciate it. We continue, of course, to monitor the live pictures of the house floor debate. The political stakes for both the president and, of course, for House Speaker ryan could not be higher today, and its the moment of truth for one of the president s Biggest Campaign promises, repeal and replace. But if the gop cant get this passed, who takes the blame . And will the president s vow to move on regardless mean were going to see tax reform this year . Are we going to see tax reform . The Investment Community wants to know about that in particular. Were going to talk about that coming up next. Yes . Please repeat the objective. Thrivent mutual funds. Managed by humans, not robots. Before investing, carefully read and consider fund objectives, risks, charges and expenses in the prospectus at thriventfunds. Com. Well see what happens. [inaudible conversations] well see what happens. Cheryl okay. That was President Trump weighing in today on the crucial house vote on his Health Care Plan after giving an ultimatum to house members last night, taking a page straight out of the, well, the art of the deal, his book. He said pass the bill or obamacare stays, it is time to move on. What are they going to move on to . Is it tax reform . That was promised by treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin to our own neil cavuto, or will todays vote sink the president s agenda Going Forward . Lets bring in blake burman live from the white house with more. Were watching the dow right now, its been pulling back, and theres a big question about health cares one thing, tax reform, so crucial to wall street, blake. Reporter well, and sean spicer was asked about this, if this Health Care Vote goes down in the next hour or two, what happens next . Well, sean spicer wouldnt, you know, say that they would, you know, it would be the endall, endall for health care, but he said, look, this is the moment. This is the moment right now, and after this they do plan on Going Forward. And part of the plan is tax reform. He says, and its still a part of their agenda, and its something that they think they can get done. Their preference, of course, would be health care first, tax reform second as they have said for about two to months now, but now this Health Care Bill appears to be in major, major jeopardy. A big shift in tone here, cheryl, at the white house no doubt about it over the last 24, 48 hours. Theres been a lot of crisscrossing here throughout d. C. The House Speaker, paul ryan, came from the hill here to the white house, from the white house to the hill went the Vice President , mike pence. This is all an effort to try to possibly cobble up some last minute votes. But also potentially to deliver the news of, hey, we just might not be republicans speaking, the administration speaking where they want to be at this point. I asked the White House Press secretary a little while ago what was the president s mindset, what was his thinking from last night in which the vote was delayed into this morning saying there will be a vote quite possibly knowing they dont have the votes . Spicer telling me this is the moment to get health care done. Listen. I think that hed had enough discussions, and its, it is not about improving the bill anymore. I think he has taken into consideration every members thoughts and concerns and relayed those to the house. Reporter so, cheryl, they are saying this is the moment. The narrative now is the president has laid everything out on the field. Remember, they wholeheartedly earlier this week my question embraced him, President Trump, as the closer. When they were asked today are you confident you have the votes, it wasnt a yes, we have the votes, its, yes, were confident weve done everything we needed to up until this point. They are still waiting for the vote, but certainly a different tone here at the white house from earlier this week. Cheryl were getting reports that fbi director comey had walked into the white house just a short time ago. Did you see him . Do we know why hes there . Reporter i did not personally see him. Let me try to give you the lay of the land here. White house behind me, obviously, executive Office Behind our camera. In between theres a driveway, and that is used for a whole lot of folks as they come to and from the white house. And behind our camera there is a line framedden on people who come into and out of the white house, and our crews spotted james comey, the fbi director, along that entryway going into the white house per our photographers who were watching this. Why is he here, why might he be here, i asked a white house official about this, and that white house official didnt know anything, so they say. If we were to flip the camera which we cant because weve got a lot of stuff behind it, you would see a whole lot of cameras trained that way cheryl blake, sorry, we just got the video, and its very, very quick. We just got the video in from the crew showing fbi director comey entering the white house in that entrance that i know you cant see. Thats what its fast, but hes there. Hes there. Reporter and to be clear, just because hes at the white house doesnt necessarily mean he would be meeting with the president. There are a whole lot of folks that work here, between here and the eob behind my camera, so why he might be here, what the topic might be, he is the director of the fbi, of course, theres the whole russia thing, we dont know. So lets just lay that all out on the line. Obviously, youre looking at the video from what our crews caught. Cheryl all right. Keep us posted, blake. Thank you very much, blake burman live at the white house, of course, a very busy day there. 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Evan, youre no fan of this bill, but, you know, you can just see those political ads now across the country they voted no on repeal and replace, theyre not true republicans. Get em out. Midterms coming up. Lets take a step back here and look at how we got here in the first place. It was because democrats rammed a really bad bill down our throats that is now broken where youre seeing premiums increasing by triple digits. We immediate action, and i think my friend chris is one of the people who democrats should listen to. Cheryl im going to have to go to eric. I dont think thats a true characterization of this legislation. Not perfect, but, you know, its even obamacare lite, that could make, eric, a moderate happy. They would say, all right, thats at least enough for now, then you go and fix it later. It sounds like im in 2010, but thats the language im hearing lately. You have to appreciate at least Donald Trumps leadership on this. Every senator or congressman whos come out of a meeting with him has said hes been open to all suggestions, theres been plenty of capitulations and with regards to paul ryan, at least hes trying to fix a broken policy thats been going on for seven years, and its been a step in the right direction. If they cant get it right in this time, donald trump has proven he can bring everybody together, we can focus on tax reform, we can still focus on fully repealing this bill and move forward. Cheryl chris, you had obviously, the blame game is where we started here, and if this does fail today, its going to be intense. There was a bloomberg piece that white house staff are already looking to take down paul ryan. The president says hes behind him, but maybe in the back rooms of the white house theyre saying, not so fast, paul ryan is going to be the fall guy. What do you think. I think theres going to be a circular quire firing squad if this goes down today. Look, i agree there are some things that could make obamacare better, but the thing thats made it most popular is this attempt to repeal it. And i think most americans are seeing that republicans who for the last seven years said give us the opportunity, and we will repeal and replace obamacare, are not living up to their words. And i think thats why the president was kind of smart last night when he said vote on it today, or im moving on from it, because hes basically calling the bluff on the republicans in congress who for the last seven years have said give us a republican president , and well repeal it. Hes given them an opportunity to do it, theyre not going to do it, but a lot of damage on both sides, both the president and the house op of representatives, a lot of blame to go around. Cheryl ive got some belated quinnipiac polling right in front of me, and you might be on to something. If your congressperson votes to repeal, you know, votes yes, likelihood of your support, less likely, 46 . To people are saying, not so fast. And then if you also move on and look at in this, do you approve of the Gop Health Care plan, 56 say no. 56 . Right. Who knew it would be to is complicated, cheryl . Thats really bad. Its really bad. When you get the more you find out about it, the worse you hate it. And erics talking about the president s leadership on this . The prime president didnt get f his key issues into this. He also has been going out and attacking people for not voting on it. He attacked the Freedom Caucus this morning saying theyre prolife hypocrites. Thats not how you win over [inaudible conversations] the president is also going out [inaudible conversations] eric, please let me finish. Eric, let me finish. What is also a happening and im hearing it on wall street, this should have been an easy layup of a bill to pass if they had given a good bill. Now wall street is panicking because they think so dysfunctional in congress and the white house that they cant even Work Together to put together a simple bill that tax reforms not going to happen. Cheryl eric, i want you to respond, but i dont agree with that, that wall street is panicking. Go ahead. What other positions . You want to stick with obamacare, the democrats, what is their position . Do they want to stay with obamacare, these failing policies where premiums skyrocketed . Look, donald trump could have taken the most politically expedient path and just continued with obamacare and let it continue to fail. Hes got a reform agenda that includes tax reform. Hes already creating jobs. Hes handling in the right way, the way a ceo would,ing bringing all the ideas to the table. Hes a president , not a ceo. People come to the table [inaudible conversations] hes the ceo of the country. Cheryl chris, go ahead. I think democrats would have been with the president if he would have put together a bill that said what he was going to do when he was campaigning, better plans that were more affordable and covered more people. This bill does not do that, and the republicans have had seven years to do it. Its not all on donald trump, its got to be on the House Republicans as well who for seven years said they were going to come up with a better solution than obamacare. Why werent they working on it in the hope they would have a republican president to sign it . Theyve failed. Theres a lot of blame to go around both on the president and the congress. Cheryl evan, eric, chris, thank you very much. A spirited debate as were watching the debate, of course, continue in washington live on our screens, guys. Thank you. Youve got pundits, politicians pontificating about pros and cons of Health Care Reform ad nauseam, but what do doctors think . Is obamacare as it stands, the republican bill or anything else, whats best for doctors and patients . We are going to ask dr. Jeanette what shes seeing and hearing from her patient9s and what she thinks of the vote thats about to take place this afternoon. Thatsing up next. Can i get some help. Watch his head. Im so happy. Whatever they went through, they went through together. Welcome guys. Life well planned. See what a Raymond JamesFinancial Advisor can do for you. What we do every night is like something out of a strange dream except that the next morning it all makes sense. To power global ecommerce Fedex Networks are massive farreaching and, yes a little magical. Cheryl all right, breaking right now, we are awaiting the house vote on the gop Health Care Bill. If it passes, this new legislation will replace a failing obamacare system that over the years has caused premiums to rise and care quality to diminish. And if the gop can follow through with its promise to repeal and replace, the new bill will have a major impact on all of our lives, including americas doctors and patients. Joining me now is family and emergency medicine director dr. Jeanette meshwat. First, your biggest thought here. Whats your biggest fear about what youre seeing today . First of all, as a primary care and emergency medicine doctor, ive got to tell you, i see firsthand how vital and how important it is and how meaningful it is for patients and families and individuals to have meaningful, Affordable Health care. No one in this country should be denied medical care because they cant afford it cheryl do they have it now, in your opinion in. Some do, some dont. And no one should be forced to go into financial ruin or bankruptcy because of medical care. Cheryl do you think what theyre proposing might fix that . It might. Finally, the day has come to salvage us from this imploding health care system, and i do hope the bill passes because the Current System is broken, and it needs to be fixed and replaced with a plan that e effectuates the purpose predicated on the idea of a patientcentered health care system. Cheryl one of the things were not seeing right away, interstate competition for Insurance Companies, tort reform, debate add nauseam in 2008. Delayed but not forgotten on this bill. Does that count, in your opinion . It does. It matters, it counts, its very important. We have to look at what the Current System is now compared to what they are proposing. Right now i cant tell you the negative impact the Current System has on my patients. Its literally, cheryl, its literally lifechanging for some of my patients because some of them are delaying seeking medical care. I had a patient the other day, 55yearold man, he came in with chest painful for a few days hes been having chest pains, and i said, why didnt you call 931 . Why didnt you go to the e. R. . He had a 5 6,000 deductible, and it was more important to him to feed and house his children and take care of his family and pay the mortgage and buy groceries cheryl was he on the exchange . He was. And thats very heartbreaking to me. That, in addition to the delay in seeking medical care, you know, patients are losing their doctors because doctors are no longer in their network, so they lose access to their doctors, and that directly harms the patient doctor relationship. Cheryl what do you make of this argument, the Freedom Caucus brought it up last night about the ten essential levels of health care. We heard sean spicer say yesterday a 40 or 50yearold man does not need maternity care. Thats now been pushed down to the states. Do you agree or disagree . You know what . Its not a one size fits all, and thats exactly right. Cheryl a la carte. Yeah. It should be customized to your needs. I was speaking to a young mom the other day, she has three children, a 5yearold little boy. Her 5yearold shouldnt be paying the same amount in Health Care Costs as his 36yearold mom. He needs routine advantaging seens, his mom needs vaccines, his mom needs routine pap smears. Cheryl the doctors that are in your group, at your clinics around the country and, actually, ive been to one of your clinics. Theyre great. What do they say . How do they feel just in general . Is it a yes or a no with doctors right now . To its kind of a so its kind of a mixed feeling just as we see in the house of representatives. Not everyone has obamacare. Some people have, you know, private Health Care Insurance, and some people already have insurance from out of state, and thats why we do need to see these proposed changes of, you know, the markets being able to obtain Health Care Insurance across state lines. But the other thing people are forgetting, youre going to be able to stay on your parents Insurance Plan up until 26, youre going to have preexisting conditions which are covered, youre going to be able to put more money into a Health Savings accounts, get tax credits, theres a lot of good cheryl President Trump is the one who put his foot down and said do not touch preexisting conditions. Doctor, thank you very much. Good to have a medical perspective, and theres a lot of perspectives and opinions. We watch this debate happening in washington right now. As far as the markets, well, hitting session lows as we wait on the vote on health care. All right, coming up, what it may mean for how quickly congress can take on tax reform. 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Sources are telling fox that the are palin Leadership Team is Republican Leadership team is preparing to a blame the Freedom Caucus. Republican congressman joe barton, a e Freedom Caucus member who is a yes vote, is joining me now. Thank you for being here. What a day. Yes, it is. Its both exciting and frightening because were actually, in all probability, going to have a vote up or down on the first step to repeal and replace obamacare. Cheryl congressman, you were a no, and you just went to a yes. Why . Well, there are three big pillars of obamacare. One the mandates on employees on employers and individuals. We repeal those in this bill. The other is whats called the essential benefits requirement at the federal level that a number of socalled essential benefits had to be covered by every Insurance Plan. The bill as it came out of the committees did not have that in it, but it was put in it two days ago, and thats what got me to a yes. I still think we ought to restrict the Medicaid Expansion states from continuing to expand, but my amendment on that was not made in order. Cheryl okay. So you were willing to at least bargain on that. Now, we just saw, we believe that Vice President pence is still at the capitol club. Did you speak with the Vice President . I guess its okay to admit that he came to meet with the Freedom Caucus. Thats, i think, been reported. So, yes, i had, you know, myself and the other Freedom Caucus members had a very positive exchange with the Vice President. Cheryl what did he say . I realize that you already changed your vote to a yes, but what did he say, and did any of your colleagues change their minds in the last few, in the last hour after speaking with the Vice President . Well, those communications within the caucus are privileged and confidential, so i really cant comment on it. I can say the Vice President was sincere, and his audience was receptive and listened to him very respectfully. Cheryl can you at least tell us maybe the main point that he wanted to get across to the Freedom Caucus just now . [laughter] again, maam, i cant really comment. Obviously, he wanted us to vote for the bill, thats no secret. He enunciated some reasons why we should or at least could vote for the bill, but he didnt make any threats, and it was all a very positive interchange on both sides. Cheryl congressman, i want to ask you about keystone, just to let you know really quick, i do want to say is there concern among fellow Freedom Caucus members that if they go back to their constituents and say theyve changed their mind, youve just done that, are you worried when you go back for the midterms youre going to get heat for changing your mind on repeal and replace . Well, again, every member of the Freedom Caucus, i think, is an individual of integrity and character, and they all decide what to do based on what they think is the best interests of the country and of their constituency. As long as you feel good about your vote, i dont think theres going to be a huge backlash one way or the other. You know, i think most, most of my constituent withs at least respect that constituents at least respect that i attempt to vote the right way, and ive won 17 elections, so i must be doing something right in that regard. Cheryl you have, congressman barton. Unfortunately, were out of time, but i did want to ask you about keystone, of course, that permit being granted today to Start Construction today. I know thats good for your district as well, sir. Yeah. I think thats a very positive thing, its good for the country and helps the canadians and will help consumers in the united states. Cheryl all right. Congressman barton, thank you for your time today. Thank you. Cheryl well, markets right now, stocks mixed ahead of the obamacare replacement vote. Youve got the dow, the s p and the nasdaq, really nasdaq pulling back a little bit, dow and s p near session lows at this point. Wall street remains hopeful that republicans can gather enough support to get the bill through the house. Of course, this would improve chances for tax reform later this year. Adam shapiros at the New York Stock Exchange with more. What are they saying, adam . Reporter there are a bunch of sell orders that are getting triggered, literally within the last 15 minutes we dropped about 40 points on the dow, and that vote is coming up at 3 30. What people are paying attention so to is the fact that the administration, sean spicer, the president , theyre committed whatever the outcome of this vote are, tax reform. And you and a lot of people realize and know that whats helped propel this market was the promise of tax reform come august. Take a look at whats going on. For the week, i mean, at this point this is the worst week for the dow since november 4th. Nasdaq since december 30th. But the trump rally continues. We are still up year to date on the dow and the s p 500. Some of the losers this week, Goldman Goldman sachss, jpmorgan, nike, unitedhealth, theyre all down. Bank of america, charles schwab, capital one financials, they are also down. But i have to tell you, cheryl, literally within the last 15 minutes we have picked up to the downside. We were maybe off 20 points on the dow, were now off almost 70 points. Back to you. Cheryl adam shapiro live on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Investors want tax reform. Adam, thank you very much. All right, well be right back. Yes . Please repeat the objective. Thrivent mutual funds. Managed by humans, not robots. Before investing, carefully read and consider fund objectives, risks, charges and expenses in the prospectus at thriventfunds. Com. We ship everything you atcan imagine. N, and everything we ship has something in common. Whether its expedited overnight. Or shipped around the globe,. Its handled by od employees who know that delivering freight. Means delivering promises. Od. Helping the world keep promises. A couple of news breaking just now, were just getting word that fbi director comey just left the white house, youre looking at the debate that continues on the house floor. We expect that to be somewhere 3 00, 4 00 p. M. Hour. Of course were waiting on that vote on health care. And then markets, really quick, were at session lows on the dow. The seventh down day if we finish at these levels and at this point it looks like investors really not happy with what theyre seeing out of washington because if we get a delay on tax reform, that means that that is something that wall street has been looking for, hoping for, and rallying for since President Donald Trump of course elected back in november. That is it for me. Ashley webster in. Ashley it is too early to say that the Obamacare Repeal is on life support. But might have to pull the plug. You are looking at live house floor, that vote, by the way, could come at any time. We think. Speaker ryan briefing the president early this afternoon when it appeared there was still not enough votes to approve the American Health care act. At the White House Press briefing, press Secretary Sean Spicer said the president is confident that the white house has done every single thing possible to fulfill its promise on health care and that it is still working with paul ryan to pick s