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Trump white house facing serious questions about accountability and transparency again this morning. weve got it covered. we want to begin with cnns suzanne malveaux live on capitol hill with the battle over health care. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, david. well, it is now up to the senate side, lawmakers heading to their home states, to go back to face their constituents, the voters, to explain why their health care version is a better version than what theyve had before. so far with...

Senate republicans finally unveiled their long-awaited health care bill today, but not everybody is -- even in their own party -- is onboard. >> i just didnt run on obamacare lite. i didnt run on replacing it with more government programs. i didnt run on allowing the death spiral of obamacare to continue just to subsidize with taxpayer money. >> holding a vote this next week would definitely be rushed. i couldnt imagine, quite honestly, id have the information to evaluate and justify a yes vote ...

Call your senator today. help us save the aca call your snore today. >> those were protestors trying to sway laurms at the airport as they leave d.c. and think about how to vote on the health care bill. for those who stuck around town president trump through the congressional picnic at the white house. he spoke briefly but did not mention et senate health care plan released today even know less than an hour before he spoke he backed the plan on twitter writing quote im supportive health care bil...

Call your senator today. help us save the aca call your snore today. >> those were protestors trying to sway laurms at the airport as they leave d.c. and think about how to vote on the health care bill. for those who stuck around town president trump through the congressional picnic at the white house. he spoke briefly but did not mention et senate health care plan released today even know less than an hour before he spoke he backed the plan on twitter writing quote im supportive health care bil...

Georgia. what are insiders thinking here? whats the strategy for them? >> i think democrats feel like they need to fine-tune their message that, you know, to win next year to capitalize on this huge democratic fury thats been unleashed in the last few months, you have to both find a great message and good candidates and they feel like theyve been lacking that in the last few special elections. they feel like the insiders i talked to say that if the republicans pass health care repeal next week a...

Diving accident and saw two people in similar situations die of dead sores untreated when they ran out of money. for them medicaid is a life or death issue. tremendousality of backlash from this legislation. talking about the aarp, the american medical association, democrats, of course, united behind this, but also you have on the other side conservatives. conservative senators who say this does not go far enough in repealing obamacare and does not lower the cost of premiums or health care in ge...

It coming. no one predicted it. but for the last 41 days, we all knew this was coming. we all knew that donald trump was going to have to admit that there are no tapes of his white house conversations with james comey. >> the secret is out. >> this is not the best possible -- its the best bill possible under very difficult circumstances. >> we will hopefully get something done, and it will be something with heart and very meaningful. >> ive had more republican senators run the other way from the...

Part of the working group. indeed starting four months ago, lamar alexander and i worked to bring together a working group, initially of six senators, that ran the full spectrum of the ideological differences among the conference, and weve been working collaboratively, that entire time, trying to solve the problems. the underlying problems in health care. this current draft doesnt get the job done. but i believe we can get to yes. i believe we can get this done. there is an agreement to be reach...

The strongest candidate. he was a good candidate, its a plus 20 republican district. well kick these guys butts in 2018. >> senator ted cruz speaking on the health care bill. lets listen. >> the ideological differences among the conference and weve been working collaboratively that entire time trying to solve the problems. the underlying problems in health care. this current draft doesnt get the job done. but i believe we can get to yes. i believe we can get this done and i have been for the las...

Cruz of texas, rand paul of kentucky, and ron johnson of wisconsin, pulled their support for now. >> this current draft doesnt get the job done, but i believe we can get to yes. >> president trump announcing that he did not secretly record conversations with james comey. >> he could certainly be viewed as once again trying to intimidate a witness or obstruct justice. >> it makes comey look stronger. it makes muellers case easier. >> the president still leaves open the possibility that someone re...