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From west virginia and others from kentucky that were here when we did the eo signing a few days ago. from a mining perspective, the miners and the owners are very, very bullish on this. so the people who are actually in the business, applaud this effort, believe that it will do a lot to revive the industry. its, obviously, a private industry so im not going to get into who does what, but i know that the industry itself said so. steve? im sorry. >> [ inaudible ] you just said that the announceme...

Kentucky that were here and we did the eo signing a few days ago. i will tell fyou from a mining perspective, the miners and the owners are very, very bullish. the people in the business applaud this. its obviously a private industry so imnot goim not goit into who does what. >> you said the announcement today comes two weeks after the automakers met at the white house. did the white house or the president do anything in that meeting that led to this today? >> i think theres been some regulatory...

Had with kislyak, the russian ambassador, and we learned that he had the sit-down with a major russian banking executive, a bank that was under sanction. is there a there there? >> well, thats what the committees going to find out. they need to look at the timeline. when did these take place? under what authority was mr. kushner operating? i believe at that time he had no real official position in the white house, so under whose authority -- >> he was on the transition, and the president had tol...

Anybody that they had put forward, to be honest. he is among five senators to declare their opposition to gorsuch on thursday. they believe he was too e vase i during 20 -- evasive during 20 hours of questioning this week, but isnt that what a fair judge is supposed to do, not to comment on specific issues that could actually affect his nonpolitical stance on future cases? >> absolutely. its a judges job not to make any promises or commitments about where hes going to be in future cases. thats n...

>> theyre really not going to survive the senate. its not about conservatives or moderates in the senate. were talking about people like senator tom cotton thats not a moderate by any stretch of the imagination. and its concerned about those numbers that are going into the system. hes concerned about how the feedback from the governors has been you guys are shifting all the responsibility on us and one of the interesting things im hearing a lot this week is that you know republicans in the house...

Read a letter from the president and secretary price of health and human services, making commitments of how they could lower premiums in the future, telling them theres no plan b on health care, the vote was coming tomorrow and the president was demanding and requesting their support. >> now robert, thats a controversial strategy. usually as you know, you dont put anything out, you dont expose a piece of legislation until youre pretty sure of the nose count and i dont know anyone tonight who is...

Read a letter from the president and secretary price of health and human services, making commitments of how they could lower premiums in the future, telling them theres no plan b on health care, the vote was coming tomorrow and the president was demanding and requesting their support. >> now, robert, thats a controversial strategy. usually as you know, you dont put anything out, you dont expose a piece of legislation until youre pretty sure of the nose count and i dont know anyone tonight who i...

>> reporter: the benefits, is that their main sticking point? >> some that was their number one thing but its not universal across the board. some of the members that have been taken along the way have really -- again, theres also -- beyond that theres a lot of discussion about phase one and phase two. the president and vice president are both committed to working and improving and making commitments on the totality and the comprehensive nature of how were going to do this. for a lot of these gu...

That they are willing to be part of it. the president went over several commitments and changes that have been made to ask assuage different folks and we will continue to see the number rise. we see the number go up, not down and that is a very positive sign. >> reporter: any statement on what brought them across? >> press secretary spicer: it depends. i dont think there is a singular issue. in a lot of cases, we talked a little bit about sections of the bill that they -- there was an issue with...

Tuesday group. there are members that had not been with us that are expressing that -- their willingness to be part of this. the president went over several commitments and changes that have been made to assuage different folks that have continued to evolve. and i think that we continue to see the number rise. but i think we continue to do you know how many came across and what it was that brought them across? >> its depends. again, i dont think theres any singular issues in a lot of cases. th...