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Than obamacare was at this point. its also far more unpopular than bill clintons health care bill. both of those bills became more unpopular over time. the fact this is so unpopular already is not exactly good news for the president. >> dana: but that doesnt mean necessarily that obamacare as it stands today is popular, does it? >> well, no. obamacare isnt that popular, but it is certainly more popular than the american healthcare act is. obamacare has a tpaeufrb rablt rating i believe of about ...

This. and they have -- >> they give everything new names, border adjustment. that means tariff. i mean everything gets a new name. this was supposed to be repeal, it wasnt repeal, it was an amendment. i dont know what america can game for all these names that the politicians put on it. >> its a tariff, and the biggest retail giant walmart, and they dont like it. you pick a fight with the biggest private sector employer, you have to lose. >> and the american people have a sense of that as well. w...

Does this bill get through. pointing fingers at the president but also paul ryan. ainsley: pass the bill and read it later. clayton: you should have seen the glee in her face yesterday. pete: cant glee in her face. it doesnt move at this point. she is the rookie who, as you said, i want to pass it so we can find out whats in it and impoise obamacare on america for the last seven years. such a disaster that president trump made it his first priority. ainsley: -- hillary clinton. she is out of tou...

Whether or not -- whether or not you like nancy pelosi or you do not, you saw how strong a leader nancy pelosi was. her pure leadership skills. paul ryan does not have that. paul ryan has a caucus thats running all over the place. and not only that, but you didnt see one democrat -- you dont have one democrat thats in the "yes" column for this piece of legislation. >> and im supposed to be shocked, how? >> in the past, youve had moderate democrats in swing districts that would come out and suppo...

Theres a lot going on. you have a lot of meetings on capitol hill, you have the president who who is still doia lot of arm-twisting. i was talking to an official who says he is constantly on the phone. hes with his staff in the oval office. hes meeting, hes really putting a lot of effort into this. theyre supposed to take a vote later today, but its unclear if theyll be able to get all the pieces together and give everybody something that they want in order to get a bill passed. this is been rea...

Prevails. >> leland: do you agree with this? do you think theyll pull this out whether it be at the 11th hour tonight or perhaps tomorrow? >> i think thats the only way theyll pull it out, it will be at the 11th hour, either very late tonight or the next day or so. these votes are really tough ones. it takes a lot of arm-twisting by the president to get them over. ive seen this before. >> leland: what do you make of the fact that this bill is really being sold on its political necessities when y...

Arm-twisting will take place at the white house. >> good morning to you. whether the vote will happen tonight depends on the man in the oval office today. republican leaders sing the whole thing depends on whether or not the president can make a deal. he took to twitter this morning suggesting that it people had been sold a bill of goods with obamacare. he said they were lied to and their need to be a change. >> go with our plan, its going to be terrific. youre going to be very, very happy. call...

Thats basically unprecedented. >> thank you so much, marc warner and a ranking member of the senate intelligence committee. >> that was where i was heading. coming up, house republicans postpone a vote on their plan to repeal and replace obamacare the vote was supposed to happen tonight, after days of arm twisting, president trump doesnt have enough members of his party behind him. thats next. >> trump and russia, new details about his former campaign manager and his ties that figures close to t...

Back if they sign on. >> obamacare is making their lives so much more difficult. >> that presidential arm twisting for some is not enough. >> i dont think the votes are there today. >> the chairman of the house freedom caucus is still a not. e >> the best approach is to actually start over and do something that actually lowers premiums. we need changes to the underlying bill before we vote on it in the house. >> from capitol hill, new information that paul ryan is open to making more changes to ...

Pretty. >> dana: i was good at it. >> i dont doubt that you were, madam. but it is not good to watch, especially when its members of congress trying to figure this out. the making of law is always ugly. when you get down to it, its arm twisting, this, that. this is a particularly odious spectacle. they have had seven or eight years to try to get together behind a replacement, get to the moment where they have the opportunity. theyre trying to put the replacement in. turns out nobody likes it. th...