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This morning, there is no vote on the republican healthcare or this week for that matter. the scramble to get to 50 votes is on and there is new word the republican leadership wants a new bill worked out by friday. >> supporting the senates draft bill, nice to have you and thanks for joining us. >> glad to be with you. thats the way i understand it. the leadership is trying to get the members to come together and have something agreed to by the time we leave on friday. >> that is a big challenge...

Is it too early to say its a solid five and we have what a whole week ahead of us, potentially? >> reporter: yeah, these are five senators who have publicly made their legislations known. they said theyd like to get to yes so thats significant, too, that suggests there is room for potential dpoegs and ongoing conversations. when these things come to sort of a head this week with getting the final draft bill and ten doing the vote, there will be lots of ups and downs, so we soul expect that over ...

Reaction to the conversation? >> well, ive just begun looking through the draft bill. it seems to be a modest change from the house version which, in turn, is to a large extent a modest change from the affordable care act thats been in place for seven years. so things arent going to be dramatically different after this year whatever happens. >> are you in the camp of believing the congressional budget office score or not, robert, when that comes out? of course, many republicans have been skeptic...

He hadnt seen the actual draft bill. he was asked if it is as mean. he didnt say anything. thats a big question. some people are getting criticism. its close to the house bill. theres some money in certain areas that are more generous. but its pretty close to the house bill and definitely less moderate than some people thought it would be. >> shepard: on the matter of medicaid, 40% of all kids, 39% of all children covered by medicaid. its one of the fundamental social safety nets in our nation. ...

Not allow for new people to come in that had the coverage expansion. this is about two to four years. theres things happening. i got to tell you, we cannot discount the conversation and the discussion. this was considered a draft bill, a discussion bill. now were having the discussion and senators are watching this program -- >> youre having a discussion. >> saying, hey, lets say rand paul, mike lee, ted cruz and ron johnson, the four senators that said theyre not in favor of the bill, they figu...

The senior that this thing will have enough votes. >> reporter: thats right, senator roberts has been working specifically on rural health care issues he mentioned with oughts who are concerned about that. senator roberts is reliable conservative from kansas, somebody who we dont really expect would be not with the leadership there. i think the question we were trying to get him to answer was, will mitch mcconnell put this on the floor if he doesnt have 50 votes. forgive me for looking around, w...

Conference better, who knows the senate better than mitch mcconnell? let him handle it. for the most part, thats exactly how its gone. that doesnt mean the rank and file is exactly happy. there are still a lot of people in the dark, a lot of people viewing this as a somewhat complicated process, potentially a problematic one. listen to the flavor of the day. >> what are some of the outstanding issues that you were refining in this meeting today? >> nice try. nice try. i gave my word i wouldnt ta...

Insurance companies to opt out of that, then maybe we with need to create a federal fund. so this is a big, big, policy debate. can they really pull a rabbit out of the hat tomorrow? a working draft, he did not call it a final bill. >> i think cornyn floated separately the possibility of doing this before the august recess. and so you hear the first hint of delaying it until the next recess. i think its going to be tough to go from a draft bill to a final vote this quickly. even with mitch mccon...

The president has and will continue to do a lot to support coal, especially the clean coal industry, at the same time, make sure we have opportunities to give the workforce of the next century, or the americans, the skill set to compete, and thats something that secretary costa spoke from this podium on extensively last week. >> has the president seen a draft of the senate health care bill? >> i dont know that. i know there was chatter today, i know the president has been on the phone extensivel...