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Is taking place inside the capitol is our own bill kirkos, a cnn producer, who says that they are stuck inside. that some people were forcibly escorted outside, but for the most part now everyone who is inside that building is trapped. want to go to bill first. bill, what do we -- what is taking place where you are? >> well, suzanne, about 20 minutes ago they started, maybe close to half hour ago, they started to forcibly remove the roughly three dozen protesters who had made camp here all night...

The minority party. he has done his level best to do that. this week it didnt happen. thats unfortunate. >> greta: you have your situation revolved in the assembly one way or the other. the problem is in the senate with the 14 democrats who arent here. okay. are they coming back soon? >> i dont know. >> greta: have you heard from them? >> yes, i tacked to senator miller this morning. weve been talking everyday. he indicated they were going to watch what happened in the assembly. the assembly is ...

The minority party. he has done his level best to do that. this week it didnt happen. thats unfortunate. >> greta: you have your situation revolved in the assembly one way or the other. the problem is in the senate with the 14 democrats who arent here. okay. are they coming back soon? >> i dont know. >> greta: have you heard from them? >> yes, i tacked to senator miller this morning. weve been talking everyday. he indicated they were going to watch what happened in the assembly. the assembly is ...

Out what was really going on in the southwest border. you were out interviewing me regarding a group of mexico san army who had provided security for a a load of drugs that came across the border. >> bill: right. >> you were doing that at a time when nobody else was doing it. so i understand the border. >> bill: i do. >> let me tell you, we dont have any problem turning over to the federal government the prisoners that we arrest. when this bill first came out, i think it came out on a tuesday, i...

Out what was really going on in the southwest border. you were out interviewing me regarding a group of mexico san army who had provided security for a a load of drugs that came across the border. >> bill: right. >> you were doing that at a time when nobody else was doing it. so i understand the border. >> bill: i do. >> let me tell you, we dont have any problem turning over to the federal government the prisoners that we arrest. when this bill first came out, i think it came out on a tuesday, i...

Perspective we are seriously disappointed with the president. he is turning his back on 25 years of sound energy policy for blowing a kiss to the republicans and senate graham on this drilling fiasco. >> if there is the political calculation more than the, you know, seven or eight billion barrels of oil that might come out of it, or even if that number were 70 billion, if it is more about getting enough republican support to pass significant legislation in terms of climate change, in terms of en...

On this drilling fiasco. >> if there is the political reasoning behind this more than the 7 billion or 8 billion gallons of oil that might come out of it or if that number were 70 billion, if its more than getting enough republican support to pass significant legislation in terms of climate change and energy and emissions standards, is it worth the tradeoff? >> we have to see a bill first. the president is unilaterally disarming himself. we saw two or three weeks ago he pledged to do new nuclear...

>> if it -- if there is the political calculation behind this more than the, you know, 7 billion or 8 billion barrels of oil that might come out of it, or even if that number were 70 billion, if its more about getting enough republican support to pass significant legislation in terms of climate change, in terms of energy and emission standards, is it in any way, to your mind, worth the tradeoff? >> we have to see a bill first. i mean, the president is essentially unilaterally disarming himself. ...

People like or maybe some parts you would like to see repealed. this is question this morning. just a couple of responses. on the twitter page, first. lets go to miss kim. says replace health care with what? more tax cuts for the rich? after a year of fear and hate rhetoric, gop has offered nothing but fear and hate. well go to linda who says in order to make informed decisions, a class would need to be studies about the bill first. this is problem number one. another says republicans had eight ...

And we just heard that senator bernie sanders is going to insist that a vote comes. >> im all for that. and the signatures are mounting. bernie sanders has been a real fighter on that. this is starting to boil to a head. do you think that nancy pelosi, this leap of faith that were all talking about, do you think that the speaker can get the votes on the senate bill over on the house side? >> i believe she can. as long as the reconciliation actually fixes some of the problems house members have w...