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Pressure. take susan collins of maine yesterday, protesters from the far left center for popular democracy staked out her office demanding that the bill spare medicare from any cuts. collins tried unsuccessfully to persuade them that medicare will be spared. >> what i am telling you is i believe the commitment that i have received -- >> but its my life on the line! >> other senators are making demands. floridas marco rubio tweeted that he wants a bigger child tax credit, adding at least a few hu...

Coming up to capitol hill and trying to sell the conference on things, as suzanne hinted the president has been involved in the administration reaching out to senator johnson. they put a lot of effort trying to understand his concerns and see where he is. if they dont come up with a solution before that senate budget committee mark of a 2:30 p.m., the president will be meeting with all the senators including senator johnson, right before that meeting actually starts. theres hope that maybe the p...

Apart after manafort privately interviewed with the senate intelligence dme morning, a separate committee and he told the senate judiciary committee he would not agree to another interview, according to the judiciary committee, saying that. now, paul manafort could face a contempt of congress charge if he does not appear. thats what senator dianne feinstein said earlier today. heres what she said. >> we can hold him in contempt, and thats a more complicated process. i hope thats not the case. i ...

Hes chairman of the conference. the effort to pass repeal only seems doomed to fail. what happened? >> well, right, jake. i think we knew this was going to happen. we had a lot of our members who wanted to have this vote, and we had a number of our members who had indicated early on they probably wouldnt support it. but this is part of a process which is wide open to amendment, and one thing you have to say is there is nothing pre ordained about what the outcome might be there. this was the late...

Election. he voted for the motion to proceed. mccain expressed reservations and would try to work to amend the bill. senator mccain says he almost always votes yes on procedural motions. on the final product, thats the key. i want to point out something that is very important. ill come back to the term "budget reconciliation." what it does, it robs the senate of its basic glory, which is unlimited debate and unlimited amendment process. so once they get on the bill, they have 20 hours of raw deb...

After that, theyre planning to vote on the senates legislation to repeal and replace obamacare with a few amendments. that vote is expected to fail, too. so that leaves them with basically a free for all amendment process thats going to try to chip away at the law piece by piece. lets bring in a couple of my msnbc colleagues for the latest from washington, chief white house correspondent hallie jackson is there at the white house. garrett hague is on capitol hill. hallie, this is a president des...

Brian: i thought they were going to come together and understand like the house did what was at stake and come together with the best plan possible under the parliamentary rules of not needing 60 votes. i spent a lot of my life not being perfect. this just adds to that i lost a couple of things. number one, of the process that they did, having mitch mcconnell with all his experience having nine people get together and say heres the plan and now we will put it out to everyone, make some changes a...

A large number of members of his administration that are involved in the process and continuing those conversations. >> sarah, another question if i can. the presidents meeting today with the international olympic committee. can you talk a little bit about what that meeting is for and will he use it as a chance to lobby for los angeless bid for the olympics. >> i know hes certainly supportive of the committee and we plan to have a readout after the meeting. i dont want to get ahead of that befor...

Have the votes to pass? join us to discuss we have the number two democrat dick durbin and in washington wyoming senator john barrasso. first gu senator dick durbin. lets pick up where secretary present off. is there a single senator that you can identify that will vote for this plan? >> no, not as written. also you two things omitted from secretary prices interview with you.i asked him heavy silly republican plan re: part of the discussion? he said no i have not seen it at all. this is the man ...

>> i believe the reference in the hoax is about the fact that theyre trying to delegitimize his win. in the election process and less about the hack itself. i think hes said several times now that he believes that russia was part of it, but he also, some of those same members have said that they dont think it influenced the election. and i think thats what a lot of this process is about, its about trying to make excuses for why democrats lost. and the president, i think, has been pretty clear wh...