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President of the united states? we want to welcome our viewers across the united states and the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news tonight, a senate republican leader struggle to win support for the new health care bill, a partisan effort is now out how the legislation would help or hurt americans. the congressional budget office says 22 million more americans would be uninsured by 2026, compared to the number covered ...

Change to the bill trying to compel people not to go without insurance coverage, which could cause the most conservative members of the conference to cry foul. were keeping an eye on the politics, policy and the process and seeing if republicans can make themselves impose rapidly approaching dead line. joining me from capitol hill is garrett headache. thank you tr joining us. break down the score and what it could mean for the senate conference. >> theres a couple things in here that republicans...

In jeopardy and the make of the cbo score. the center gops bill would cut the deficit by $321 billion but that same year. the average cost of premiums could be lower. well mitch mcconnell once a vote by the end of this week, the big question is whether he will have a vote at all. five g.o.p. senators -- code that vote could happen as early this afternoon. paul ryan is saying he would not bet against mitch mcconnell and expects the senate to get their job done. john cornyn agrees. >> i expect to ...

Has a lot of good things that should satisfy a lot of republicans or obamacare. >> this is the art of the possible and the art of getting 50 votes. >> reporter: tonight, the nonpartisan congressional budget office reveals the senate healthcare bill would leave 22 million more americans uninsured over the next decade. 15 million more uninsured next year alone. while some young people could see their premiums go down, according to the cbo, a 64-year-old making roughly $57,000 a year could see thei...

Conventional wisdom held that the isi was supporting the taliban for many years. but now to see it in black and white like this, even at a low level, its startling. people need to say, what the hell are we doing over there? >> you have nearly 100,000 troops there. we have spent over $321 billion over there. you see the documents. we accidentally killed civilians. a lot of times we didnt admit to. taliban is stronger than we admitted. what are we doing there? >> its all linked together. the fact ...