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We shouldnt leave town. we should hammer this out and get it done. >> he at one point even threatened dean hell here opposed the most recent version of the bill. >> this was the one were worried about. you werent there. but youre going to be. he wants to remain a senator. doesnt he? i think the people of your state, which i know very well, i think theyll appreciate what you hopefully do. >> they had done relatively little and at times undermined the effort, most notably when he told the gop sena...

President trump and a warning shot. >> we shouldnt leave town until this is complete, until this bill is on my desk. were very close. >> he hoped to sway -- the most vulnerable republican up for re-election, with a jab, couched as a joke. >> look, he wants to remain a senator, doesnt he? >> president trump deploying his bully pulpit and holding on to hope that the health care reform will happen. mondays message? repeal and replace. >> we will end up replacing it. >> turned into repeal now, repla...

This is complete. >> the president took half joking shots at particular senators. one source says the president invited rand paul golfing thinking it would keep him off tv. listen to the president seeming to taunt nevadas dean helder, who was an early hold out against the republican bill. >> the other night i was very surprised when i heard a couple of my friends, my friends, they really were and are, they might not be very much longer, but this was the one we were worried about. this is the one...

then little things happened, but now were very close again. we have to get it. we never -- if were weak on anything, its on letting people know how good it was. >> that statement appeared to be an about-face from what the president said on tuesday when his message was let obama care fail. in an interview with the "new york times", president trump said one of my ideas was repeal, but i certainly rather would get repeal and replace because the next last thing i want to do is start working tom...

But youre going to be. he wants to remain a senator. doesnt he? i think the people of your state, which i know very well, i think theyll appreciate what you hopefully do. >> they had done relatively little and at times undermined the effort, most notably when he told the gop senators upon which their bill was based and for which he threw a big pre mature party in the white house garden was, quote, mean, mean, mean. today he blamed the fellow republicans for not building up their plan enough. >> ...

Time means more votes, lets stay here, get the votes necessary, and save the american people from obamacare. that is what we are here to do. >> sandra: and senator, i want to show the present sort of joking yesterday, hey, yall better come around or you may not keep your job. listen to this. >> i was very surprised when i heard a couple of my friends, my friends, they really were, and they are, they might not be very much longer. this was the one we were worried about, you werent there. but your...

Had an easy route. well repeal and replace. he is never going to sign it. but im signing it. so its a little bit different. >> reporter: the president also making a veiled threat against one of the senators who signaled he might bail. senator dean heller of nevada sitting right next to him. >> he wants to remain a senator, doesnt he? okay? >> reporter: meanwhile back on the hill -- protesters swarmed the capitol making clear whats at stake for republicans. [ chanting ] tonight, republican leader...

Obamacare now and work on a new health care plan that will start from a clean slate. demes will join in. tonight the president returning to his partys long-standing campaign pledge to repeal and replace the affordable care act. >> i intend to keep my promise and i know you will, too. >> reporter: and in an awkward moment, the president calling out nevada senator dean heller by name. heller, a key swing vote on health care, who recently became a target of a political action committee that support...

He wants to remain a senator, doesnt he? okay, and i think the people of your state, which i know very well, i think theyre going to appreciate whenever you do. any senator who votes against starting debate is really telling america that youre fine with obamacare. but being fine with obamacare isnt an option for another reason, because its gone, its failed, its not going to be around. we pay hundreds of millions of dollars a month in subsidy, that the courts dont even want us to pay. and when th...

Were and are. they might not be for much longer. i think i have to get them back. you didnt go out there. this is the one we were worried about. you werent there. but youre going to be there. he wants to remain a senator, doesnt he? okay. and i think the people of your state, which i know very well, i think theyre going to appreciate what you hopefully will do. >> on that let me also bring in april ryan. shes a white house correspondent for urban networks. april, at that moment you sort of see t...