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Strategy in a public way, but i think hes been clear that he would certainly do what it takes to protect american citizens. >> thank you. thank you, sarah. two questions. first on health care. the senate wants to vote in less than a week or in about a week. can you say whether the president supports the bill as it is right now? because we dont know how many changes can be made in the course of a week. >> again, i think he wants to bring the stakeholders to the table, have those conversations and...

Parliamentary privilege, leader time. >> the senator has the floor. >> thank you. >> 142 pages thus far of this supposed bill have been printed online and thats what i have used -- >> minority whip. >> mr. president, several weeks ago the house of representatives passed a bill to repeal the affordable care act and replace it. it was placed without hearings and an amendment process and passed before the congressional budget office provided the traditional analysis, which we count on before we tak...

White house and the president himself, we were told, has -- theyve been sort of told to back off and that the senate majority leader kind of wanted to handle it himself this time, got a little bit messed up for lots of reasons. but the house was a little bit messy when the process went through the house. and the fact that the president is reaching out to people like rand paul, you know, maybe its because, you know, they know each other, theyve known each other since the campaign and they have th...

Do is buy low-cost catastrophic policies and enable people who dont have insurance right now because they cant afford it to be able to afford insurance. and it doesnt take anything away from anyone. instead, it adds additional choices, more choices, more competition, more options, lower prices. thats what consumers want. and its what the republican majority should give to them. >> senator, early on you said it was important that these things not be negotiated in the media. why are you coming for...

Be banging his door down in the hallways asking what was happening in these talks. >> let me introduce these two to everyone else. david used to serve as chief of staff to house speaker paul ryan. he is currently senior consultant for the one nation health coalition. also with us, we have business analyst dylan ratagan, so david to you on danas point on leverage and all the knocks that will be on, presumably, mitch mcconnells door, how will this work so far with these four nos for now? >> well, ...

Activitys. >> but the president tweeted this. the president is the one whos actually put this information out. >> i think theres public record that talks about surveillance, that talks about unmasking. we know those practices take place. i think if youre asking about specific instances, youd have to refer to those agencies. >> can i ask one follow-up on china. the president tweeted, obviously, the other day that the chinese had failed to change the situation with respect to north korea. i just w...

To get to 50 votes, to get to consensus, to get to something we can pass to help the american people who are suffering under the american health care law, the costs ares of tr astronomic. we need to give people freedom of choice and there are ways to deal with so many of these issues without giving money to planned parenthood. >> assuming theres a vote before july 4, there will be no senate hearings on this, right? >> we have had over 30 hearings on the finance committee and the health committee...

Dictate how they do it. we have tried to be as helpful as we can throughout this process by highlighting the need for repeal and replacing a failed system. and well continue to do that. but its not for me to get up and talk about how their process works through each of their respective chambers. >> follow-up on steves question on russian sanctions. just very plainly, does plump believe that the russian government interfered in the 2016 elections. >> i have not sat down and talked to him about th...

>> well, somebody drafts a bill and they bring it out and then its brought into public view. theres hearings. you get expert input. you get a chance to amend it. there were over 300 amendments offered. i understand -- i wasnt in the senate then. i was in the house of representatives, but i understand in the senate, that there were well over 100 republican amendments incorporated into the measure. so there couldnt be a sort of starker difference between the process back then and the process right...

Bill up, the president worked feverishly to make sure that he did everything he could to get it over the finish line. i think well do the same for all those other scenarios. >> id like to follow up on health care. you were around when republicans were criticizing democrats back in the day of obamacare for it being, as you put it fairly recently, jammed down peoples throats. you said it was rushed and secretive. how is this happening now with this bill getting frankly passed behind closed doors a...