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Are you now past 216? >> well well past 216. >> what kind of assurances can you give pro life leaders this executive order will not be rescinded after the act? >> the president didnt sign it to rip it up tomorrow. he plans on keeping it in enforcement. we have dates in here when you talk about the act specifically prohibits use of sharing reduction payments to pay for abortions services and health insurance exchange. were talking 2014. we have assurances from the president and from others that h...

The votes right now, followed up as well by house democrat debbie wasserman schulz who said we dont have the votes and then john larson saying they have the votes. you have steny hoyer talking about it with david gregory on "meet the press" saying were going to have the votes. where are they? really. >> honestly, nobody knows where they are right now and if the defensemmocrats do have the vot theyre not sharing the list of who those 216 people are, so i think we can assume they dont have the vot...

The senate to pass the bill of fixes you all are going to pass after you pass the senate bill. do you have any assurances at all that that will be left in tact and passed? >> well, senator reid who is the leader over there, met with the house democrats on yesterday, spoke in front of the president. he assured us that he has the commitments for more than 50 senators to, in fact, pass those fixes. now, let me say a couple things to you. i do believe it will be very problematic for our party, as we...

The key issues, at the heart of the conflict. perspective, u.s. ambassador to the u.n., former ambassador, john bolton and a fox news contributor, mr. ambassador, good morning to you. into good morning, glad to be here. >> bill: based on what we have known about middle east peace and whether people talk or not does it matter what the americans think? it comes down to whether the israelis and the palestinians have the will to do this, to go forward and start these tux talks. is that will there on...

24-hours period we see it play out, what are you hearing from the white house? >> this is a history-making day for a couple of reasons. history to the third power and history if the house produces the 216 votes and if it doesnt, quite clearly and history, also, that at this hour, so close to this, climactic vote, house democratic leaders cannot say absolutely, for sure they have 216 iron-clad commitments and for that reason, the white house is hesitant to describe its overall mood. the president...

Which case then we also have time to work with the teams of physicians and the teams of providers so that we can take care of more of these communities. >> thank you very much for your time today. >> thank you. >> house democrats are working to nail down the final commitments for health care reform legislation, but not everyone on the left is supporting the bill. joining us now from new york is the former democratic policister and fox news contributor. good to see you today. why is it difficult ...

Is the most frightening and he identifies here, we look at the debt we have now and we havent started to add on the future commitments. this passes through an approach underneath the door or around the door like smoke, we have an obligation you cant get out of. you cant obligate because what youre doing is pushing other tos out. creating a monopoly. thats all you have left. when you obligate, thats all you have left. they look and say where do i go now? nothing else is there. we have to keep pay...

>> the masters is a much more controlled event at augusta national and the people at augusta do a great job of letting golf be the pristine sport of them all and an event. theyre going to make sure nothing gets out of hand and thats part of the reasons tiger feels so comfortable coming back there. he needs to get back to golf. theres no question about it. golf needs him. he needs golf. hes going to focus on his priorities which is his family, elan and his kids and, you know, i admire him for com...

Yeah. i did. and, in fact, i have talked to all sorts of people who have in the vernacular used incredibly racist terms about the people on the other side of the fence. >> bill: we will have some of your letters about tom hanks coming up shortly. i do confess we may be overdoing the hanks deal. its possible we are. the guy, i just cant figure it out. check four, our pal helen thomas giving robert gibbs some jabs over israel. >> against international law -- occupied land. why do we keep giving --...

To golf next month. jon: we could see the house of representatives vote on health care reform by the end of this week, but do democrats have enough votes to get it passed? the chairman of the house democratic caucus, connecticut congressman john larson, says he is confident the democrats do. fellow democrat bart stupak estimates his party is more than a dozen votes shy of the 216 it would need to pass this thing. lets talk about it with house majority whip congressman james clyburn of south caro...