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Republican senator? hell, no! and the other thing is, i think these senators who are being attacked by their own party, who are being cannibalized by other republicans, they are -- they cant cave. because you see, if you cave now, you might as well just hand in your spine and a couple of other choice body parts to trump and his cronies. >> you know what, anderson, im not sure what caving means considering how this was a part of his campaign and every republican that was elected. they wanted to r...

To work from. it was solid. it block grants medicaid back to the states and makes certain that pre-existing conditions are covered and we felt as if we had done a good, solid job that put us on the path to patient-centered healthcare and were ready for the senate to put their mark on it and get it to us. we were willing to stay here this weekend and work through the weekend. >> bill: the whole house? >> yeah, i think you would have seen the whole house say absolutely. lets get this done. to the ...

Meeting? >> reporter: the president summoned all 52 republican senators over here after it became obvious this was not going anywhere. so he brought them all into one room. this was important, republicans believe, because theres so many different factions inside these senate republicans. there are some conservatives, a few moderates. but all had different sets of disagreements here. but the president sat them down, and it was more of a venting session, im told, a listening session, im told. but ...

Joining me now is kevin mccarthy. good morning, sir. as youre looking across the hill and watching the job senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has, how difficult is it to get everybody on the same page? >> its not easy. this is not the end. we didnt make the deadline in the house but we worked together and found the ability to come together and move it through. the same thing will happen in the senate. it has to. every day we learn of a new failure of obamacare. just this week we found the 19...

Promised repeal. why dont we make the bill look more like a repeal. >> bill: you are pushing for that now and im trying to figure out how many are opposed. yesterday six. today we listed nine. maybe as many as 12 republican senators. what is your number? >> at least that. but i think what we need to do is pare back. were trying to say were going to do too much. guess what? healthcare was broken before obamacare. it got worse with obamacare. there are so many problems in healthcare. obamacare dea...

House armed services committee talking about the countrys military budget. u.n. ambassador nikki haley goes before the house foreign affairs committee. likely to weigh in more on the chemical weapons situation in syria. on the senate side the intelligence committee holding a hearing on possible russian interference in european elections. headlines from all three when they happen from the hill. >> shannon: the big story dominating capitol hill this morning the senate delaying a vote on healthcare...

Bill. congresswoman marsha blackburn about what her colleagues in the house expect next. senator rand paul telling us what he sees to get on board. >> lets repeal the worst parts of obamacare, he lets narrow the focus but not create a new super structure of federal government. lets make it more of a repeal bill and move on and continue to study the issue and see if we can fix healthcare. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual wont raise your rates due to your first accident. liber...

Obamacare. it is not about getting rid of the heart of what obamacare was about. >> shannon: you know, he has made very specific objections. he talked about the tax subsidies and credits and how it is obamacare lite. ted cruz is saying we need to roll back all the regulations. they know how to get my vote. we have objections at different ends of the spectrum. you have senators collins and mckoskie saying we dont want to vote for something that defunds planned parenthood. how does mcconnell answe...

I wont vote for it if it keeps obamacare. >> bill: thank you for your time. rand paul the republican from kentucky. thank you for coming back here. >> shannon: made it clear there. we know what it will take to get his vote. we have a packed show with much more on the healthcare debate coming up. house majority leader kevin mccarthy joins us at 9:30 followed by marsha blackburn in the 10:00 hour. >> bill: the entire trump team making its message clear to syria. no more chemical weapons attack on ...

Companies, no mandate, no waiting period if the coverage lapses for any american. rand paul was a no vote before the meeting yesterday at the white house. he is with us live now from capitol hill and senator good morning to you. you met with the president as well yesterday. i just rattled off a number of ideas that you have now for the senate majority leader. your colleague in the literal sense from the state of kentucky. has he given you an audience on these ideas, senator? >> we havent heard f...