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Little bit of a defeat for the administration, a defeat of leadership, its a defeat of all the republicans for not being able to get to the place where we can follow through on what basically is a promise, probably our biggest promise, the number one promise that most of the republicans, close to 70% read on over these last two or three elections. >> is this a game of chicken on the house floor? >> im sorry? >> is this a game of chicken on the house floor? >> i dont think it is. listen, i have n...

"g" rated version of what hes saying right now, but i digress. senior administration officials are telling cnn this is, quote unquote, not ryans finest hour. our jeff zeleny is at the white house. jeff, what do things look like from that end of pennsylvania avenue right now? >> reporter: kate, no question the winds here in washington are blowing up some rain, i dont know if you can see that behind me, theyre also blowing around a lot of blame up and down pennsylvania avenue, which is very typica...

Because of scheduling, we ended up breaking that open hearing into two parts, the second part to take place on tuesday. the three witnesses for tuesday have all agreed to come and testify in open session, to share with the public what they know about this investigation. now of course there are many questions that they may not be able to answer in open session. but at the same time, as we saw on monday, there is a lot the public can learn about this and should learn about this, and most fundament...

Richard burr and the ranking democrat on the committee. >> lets see who pops up next for a press conference, guys. thanks for sticking with me. important things going on on capitol hill hours from now, including this one. hours to go before the republicans health care bill heads to a vote on the house floor, so were told. a live picture of the house floor. while support for the bill is still in flux, so are some of the bills key details. cnns national politics reporter mj lee is live on capitol ...

That are already pointing the finger at paul ryan. and the winds of blame are heading back to the other end of pennsylvania avenue surprise you at all? no. look. there is going to be so much blame and blame mongrg and fingerpointing if this thing doesnt go the right way. the white house is going to blame congressional, congressional republicans. but the problem for that is it already -- it will put a strain on a relationship that already has a lot of tension and really needs to be a symbiotic on...

For an insurance plan. we dont want insurance plans that are essentially junk plans, if you will, you have it, you say youre insured, but if you need it, its not doing anything for you. a lot of people dont know exactly what their insurance will cover for them if they dont get sick. but if they get sick, its all they think about. if you dont have enough coverage, youre underinsured, you have to go to a hospital, you have an operation, it may not be covered. if you need an ambulance to get you to...

On this law, they would actually argue that this bill gets rid of some of the fundamental pillars of obamacare. lets just talk through what this bill actually has. this bill would repeal obamacare subsidies, these subsidies would be replaced by refundable tax credits that would be determined by age and income. the house has also decided to set aside some $85 billion for tax credits that would be for older americans. this came because a lot of lawmakers said they were concerned a lot of their old...

If you guys dont do it, guess what, obamacare stays in place. the problem is if youre part of the house freedom caucus, if you vote for this bill, its letting obamacare stay too much in place. what im hearing too is a lot of these bullying tactics arent really working. you have people, particularly -- >> they have been used by house speakers in the past. >> this idea that were going to lose everything, well never be in power again. >> but this identify that theyll find people to primary people i...

Vote is going to happen, a lot of blame. >> that will be the headlines tomorrow and ill attribute it to you, kevin. emily, kevin, john, thank you, all, so much for joining us. stick with us were covering the breaking news and following capitol hill. republicans any closer to having the bill at this moment? were back in 90 seconds. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis like me,

Against this. >> exactly. great to see you, jeff, thank you so much. here to talk about the moving parts, mark preston, get off your phone, mark. not like hes pretending hes really talking to sources. okay. one thing that struck me that phil mattingly said earlier today, when it comes to last night, it was all about talking. the more youre talking, the more youre negotiating. today, not a lot of talking. the ultimatum has been laid out, no more talking, this is the bill, you get to deal with it....