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The key things theyre looking at. $321 billion over the course of ten years. the senate has to save $333 billion. that means they have $77 billion to work with there in terms of using money, using financing, possibly, for medicaid, possibly other issues to try to get some worrisome senators back in the fold. also premiums. when you talk to the u.s. senate, the thing they care about more than anything else is premiums. how about cutting back on obamacare help with premiums? in 2020, premiums woul...

Insurance. because a lot of those people are in her home state of maine. you also have someone like dean heller also on the moderate side up for reelection. a very tough race in 2018 next year said publicly by the elast week that he cant support something where you have basically people off the roles and it would be difficult for them to afford health insurance. the plus side of this cbo report is something phil alluded to, which is that there is a very pretty healthy number of cost savings, of ...

Hopefully theyll find a way to make 15% for small businesses, and get this thing going. they keep sharpening the pins on this, your savings will be so negligible, youll say, what the heck are they spending all this time on this anyway? >> neil: 327, 321 billion over ten years. thats a big number these days. if you look at the congressional budget office numbers. thats a big theme in your show, 90 minutes from now >> we have a lot to do tonight, neil. >> neil: lets go to chad berger who is number...

This a short time ago. and i think we have that audio. >> heres what i would tell any senator, if you count on the president to have your back, you need to watch it. the house guys, you need to understand the senates a different animal. i dont think the house bill was mean. im not so sure it was as well constructed as it could have been. our bill is a bit better. it saves more money. in many ways, i think it has a softer transition. >> reporter: so there you here r hear it from lindsay graham. t...

>> health care is a very, very tough thing, but i think we are going to get it. >> i am not committed to voting for this bill, but i do think it needs to be addressed fairly. >> do you want to socialized medicine? try to work with us and try to find something. >> republicans cannot exercise the rotten core at the center of their health care bill, no matter what tweaks they add. >> the american people need better care right now, and this legislation is a necessary tool to provide it. >> here is a...

Ari aramesh. >> i am bill hemmer in for bret baier. the numbers are in in washington. congressional budget office out with its projection on the effects of the senate republican health care bill. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has the latest from the capital trade good evening. >> congressional budget office projects that over the next ten years 22 million people would lose coverage compared to the 23 million that would lose coverage in the house bill. it also projects deficits w...

Guys on msnbc. one story you havent looked at for a long while is greece. they couldnt get another load, $10 to $11 billion. this is not near as much as the previous bailouts. despite the fact that markets are ignoring europe, the fact is they are still suffering under enormous amounts of debt. total government debt in the region of $321 billion euros. you mentioned mr. ballmer stepping down from microsoft. what are the challenges the next ceo is going to have to face? there are concerns that th...

People there bought homes based on whether they could afford the after tax mortgage payment which was suddenly increased further complicating a further shaky housing market. those are states with high local taxes that would also be reduced. administration says they will use the money to spare millions from something called the alternative minimum tax. >> we put that in the budget as way to pay for the alternative minimum tax for the next three years. >> it was passed in the 1970s to keep million...

On whether they could afford the after tax mortgage payment which was suddenly increased further complicating a further shaky housing market. those are states with high local taxes that would also be reduced. administration says they will use the money to spare millions from something called the alternative minimum tax. >> we put that in the budget as way to pay for the alternative minimum tax for the next three years. >> it was passed in the 1970s to keep millionaires very from evading taxes. s...

China held $321 billion in u.s. debt. now they hold $907 billion in u.s. debt. an increase of 182% in five years. who holds the upper hand in this negotiation. kt macfarland is the former assistant deputy of defense. >> you cant pick a fight with your banker. not only do we owe them a trillion dollars. but every year, every dollar we spend, 50 cents of our dollar is borrowed. the largest lendser is china. not only do we owe them a lot of money, well owe them more money going forward. megyn: what...