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Of the senate. and so were a long way off from an actual rose garden signing ceremony. thats the ceremony we all want to keep our eyes on, don. today was a bit of a catharsis for the republican party. because theyve been chasing this for seven years. the president did come pain on it. paul ryan has had a zeal to repeal obamacare for some time. they certainly accomplished that. but its still a long way to go. >> april, talk to me about the arm-twisting from the president to get this deal done. do...

And it also would have allowed states to notify -- they wouldnt have to petition their government -- the federal government to get out of obamacare, but they would be able to notify the hhs secretary and say, were going to go this on our own and then let the states do it. theres no authority for the federal government to come in and basically compel people to pay taxes and then redistribute it to somebody else even for health care. but the states have going to be much more amenable to that. they...

Vindication from failing to pass the bill more than a month earlier. >> how am i doing? im president. can you believe it? >> reporter: now the president has no public events on his schedule today as he breathes a sigh of relief. there is an uphill battle. a white house official says the president learned a lesson from the process and plans to be more personally involved in the next phase. the reality is now he owns the reshaping of the american health care system. it is on him. the policy and th...

Than we want you to do it for the team. >> ive never been in that position in a sense that i think people know im going to vote the way i believe. to a certain extent this threat of not getting re-election funds is a real threat in these competitive districts. there are moderate republicans, friends of mine, who knew this was a bad vote but took it anyway. and thats shameful. its not the right thing to do. you know, you know who you are out there. but i have to imagine that arm twisting, in term...

No doubt about it paul ryan really redeemed himself in the eyes of a lot of republicans. because he was able to shep herd this through. it was really donald trump, president of the united states one-on-one lobbying, the arm twisting, the congealing, the negotiations we never saw that brought this to fruition. the "wall street journal" says going forward the president is the one that will to v. to sell this to the senate and to america. not just in tweets but in speeches he goes out and makes the...

With where the bill is and theyre going to get it across the finish line tomorrow is because of the work of the president. and also the work vice president presen pence put into this. he was up on capitol hill and he did some arm twisting to get the bill across the finish line. not only are a number of health care providers pulling out. but by next month, all of the carriers have to announce whether theyre staying in or not staying in. and in october were going to find out what the premiums are ...

Care. >> what are you watching for as we before it gets to the senate, when jeff is watching people, when it gets to the house? you cannot call a vote until the last vote is cast. we know that -- one time you call a vote, thats the one time youll be wrong. >> exactly. youve watched the house floor, as we all have in these moments where you see the arm-twisting going on in real time when it comes down to it. its going to be close. no members, as we know, wants to be the last person that casts the...

In a row. that hurts people, and we have 23 million americans right now as were sitting here who do not have insurance. and to add injury or insult or insult to injury, they pay a penalty for not being able to afford it. >> its going over to the senate. its not likely to pass as-is in the senate. they may do some adjustments to it. its going to come back to the houls. its only 217 votes it had in the house. you move the needle any direction, someone from the moderate group or someone from the fr...

Womens equality in the world or in america. and my daughter cannot have that happen in her future. so im fighting for her. >> reporter: so, chris, theres a smattering of what weve been hearing today and in the last two months really since the inauguration. back to you. >> thank you very much, nbcs stephanie goss. well be back to check in later as the president makes his arrival. now to the house vote to repeal obamacare. im joined by steve ratner, an check adviser to president obama. thank you f...

The house of representatives. he was down stairs in his first floor office, a parade of undecideds. the arm-twisting, the cajoling, the pressuring has gone on. you saw those two members marching down to the white house and walking out with that $8 billion commitment. now, despite all of that and despite kevin mccarthy telling me and other reporters just a few minutes ago, after he emerged from a gop leadership meeting behind me in the speakers suite of offices here in the capitol, that they did ...