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Obviously reached his tipping point does he have the clout in alabama to get rank and file to follow his example and write in a candidate other than roy moore? >> well, first of all, think about how extraordinary that is to have a sitting u.s. senator make that statement the sunday before the election, an election that looks like is going to be on by roy moore. hes going to be sitting next to roy moore relatively shortly. the question youre asking is well find out on tuesday night. the black vot...

Binary choice. i think his remarks were an exhibit of his frustration at certain points of being forced into a corner by advisers and wanting to have an array of options that give him more flexibility. >> can you get flexibility? i get your point of a lot of people need to leave the old rules behind. some people think thats not presidential and not the way obama or bush or clinton would have done it. forget that. there is a special place for those who shed blood for us. hes the commander in chie...

Important, historic, bipartisan. now we are moving toward another partisan approach. no cbo score, no hearings. >> the breakdown of the talks means the only option to address health insurance market issue short term will be graham-cassidy, trying to make it a binary choice between obamacare and a new plane. plan. >> bret: do you think republicans will repeal obamacare? let me know on twitter @bretbaier. use the hashtag #specialreport or on facebook at facebook.com/bretbaiersr. hurricane maria dr...

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Go into the 2018 election having cast the vote that will be seen by republicans as having been the vote that saved obamacare. there are going to be political headaches from the bill itself, but i think its a pretty good argument that the headaches for being the one who saved obamacare for any republican senator would be worse. >> bret: theres a group we know are concerned about the current version, it may be waiting for that congressional budget office with the score. seems the leadership and ad...

>> me too. >> thanks, kevin. more on the battle over healthcare. lets bring in sara westwood, white house correspondent for the washington examiner. so repeal first and then later replace. but would they have the 50 votes for the repeal? >> the problem is president trumps sudden reversal on the strategy for replacing obamacare that he endorsed during the campaign has put senate leadership in a tough spot. mitch mcconnell and some members of trumps own administration are still trying to frame the...

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This is again a binary choice for republicans in the senate and in the whole congress, you either stick with the status quo if you dont pass the bill -- >> which is obamacare. paul: or you pass this in some form? >> thats exactly right. the obamacare status qo isnt working. i mean, everybody knows that these exchange are falling apart in state like iowa, kansas, new hampshire. paul: even virginia. >> big insurers pulling out of exchanges. the goal is to take a complicated law, a very complicated...

Williams spoke to that. and everyone noticed the animated nature which james comey, director of the fbi, answered these questions. we could have came prepared. he knew he was going to be grilled. the no regrets, he says he has no regrets about any of the actions, just a mild case of nausea, as he put it. and he knew there would be a huge storm. but when he was making these decisions around october 27th, when investigators of the fbi came to him and said we have these new e-mails, particularly ea...

>> thats the way it works, right, they will pass theirs and we will pass hours of logo to conference. i dont think it necessarily protects what will be in the senate bill. >> they worn they better not change it, the house bill one iota. if you change it you wont have 218 votes in the house. given the fact that it barely passed the house, what does he think of the senate making major changes and maybe taking months to do it. >> first of all, he thanks and i think a lot of people think this is a b...