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Up. there are some vestiges of obamacare that are going to stay as part of this law, which is angering lots of conservatives who want to see this ripped out. >> my question is, was there this much arm twisting when it came to obamacare? was there this much? david gergen? then axelrod. either one. >> go ahead, david, please. >> i was there, so i can tell you that that was a lengthy process. it died a thousand deaths along the way. in certain ways theyre mirroring that process because what happene...

Line up behind the president, certainly president threatening members of his own party that he would campaign against them? its odd thing. and republican party hasnt had a real philosophy in terms of health care or at least one that includes government intervention with health care, what you have here with the way the program is set up. vestiges of obamacare going to stay as part of the law, angering lots of conservatives who want it ripped out. >> this much arm twisting with obamacare? david ge...

To lose your seats. some of those guys on capitol hill tou give us an implicit threat if you dont support me im not good to help you and im not going to campaign for you. its a little disturbing that this early on in the administration, the trump folks have to resort to the arm twisting, what happens but it doesnt usually happen this early in the administration bread thats a little concerning. i think a better groundwork could have been done on the health care bill by the ryan people in the whit...

Donald trump says she gets her to lose your seats. some of those guys on capitol hill to give us an implicit threat if you dont support me im not good to help you and im not going to campaign for you. its a little disturbing that this early on in the administration, the trump folks have to resort to the arm twisting, what happens but it doesnt usually happen this early in the administration bread thats a little concerning. i think a better groundwork could have been done on the health care bill ...

Was where are you, what can we do to help bring you along and it was a very productive meeting, i came into the meeting being a no and i left being a no, but i can tell you theres a lot of negotiations going on and i truly believe and ive got to give credit to our leadership because they have been working tirelessly promoting this, and theres a lot of great reforms in it, but i know we will get this right, we have to get this right. the people that sent us up here number one theyre counting on i...

Nunes is coming out here and saying essentially that there is more information that he believes he has than what seems to be the case on monday during the hearings. we dont know who is going to get picks up. everybody stand by. were getting new details of last minute arm-twisting by the white house to get the votes to pass the house healthcare bill. well update you on that right after this. our heart healthy idaho potatoes, americas favorite potatoes, and donating to local charities along the ...

>> this is plan a, were going to get this und. >> reporter: this reality setting off an aggressive last-mi last-minute offensive to change minds and make deals. >> this is legislating. people want to get various provisions in the bill. we have to broker compromises to make sure that we draft legislation that can actually pass. >> reporter: and behind closed doors today, president trump ramping up his personal pleas to some of the hold outs. so many members of the conservative house freedom caucu...

He is a heck no on trump care. >> im a heck no on this. i think theyve got problems with the vote. ive personally spoken to 29 of my conservative colleagues who are no on this as of today and were not even counting the moderate republicans who are a no. i think theyve got a lot of arm twisting to do between now and thursday if theyre going to pass this bill in the house. >> does he sound scared to you? because congressman massey was in the room today when donald trump came to the house of repres...

Deals and change mipds before the vote. in public -- >> this is called legislating. there are people who want various provisions in the bill but whats important for us is we have to broker compromises to make sure we draft legislation that can actually pass. >> reporter: and behind closed doors today. president trump ramping up his personal pleas to some of the holdouts. so with so many members of the conservative house freedom caucus to the white house today. >> big vote tomorrow. >> reporter: ...

Vote. theres no shame in that. i think what youre doing is youre crafting a better bill that will meet those requirements that we all ran on that we all want. and bottom line is, everybody wants this health care bill fixed and repealed. i talked to a democrat today that says i cant believe you guys are bringing up this bill. this is a bad bill. this is worse than the bill we had. >> you want to out that democrat? >> whats that? >> you want to name that democrat? >> no, i dont want to do that. >>...