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Into the fold, the states election head. >> i get it, youre talking policy and we have a report on that later this hour, but on the specific point, mitch mcconnell is not the president and the buck doesnt stop with the senate majority leader and what about the fact as some democratic officials said they choked. >> that may be, but the bottom line is that donald trump at that point in the campaign was claiming this was a rigged election. he was setting it up as a rigged election. he was telling t...

Said they dont think theyll get any democratic votes for this. so this doesnt seem like a bill ready for prime time yet. >> even if it did pass the senate, and lets say it went to the house and they worked it out. it is still a bill that many people in america are unhappy with. both parties arent sitting down to work out real solutions. first the democrats took sides. now the republicans. the american people are worried about their health and for good reason. >> the political congratulations tha...

Table making decisions in the room. the senate is about to unveil a health care plan we know will force people not to have health insurance, increase premiums for seniors by five fold. >> chris collins says not in new york. you have a one to one payment ratio. you wont suffer. best in the country. >> chris collins is good to making his case. the fact is, if and when this is implemented, were going to see that it is just going to be devastating. not just to states like new york but to states acro...

People in that room having these conversations with mcconnell include mike lee who is very conservative. the idea it will be completely watered down and get his stamp of approval or someone like him or ted cruz i think we should wait and see whats actually in the bill. but the general premise of the question is a good one. lets say they squeeze through 50 votes and they -- not say they lose rand paul on one end and susan collins on the other end but get enough people in for 50. it goes back to t...

Themselves. they would make the argument, as mitch mcconnell has, that theyre doing work behind is scenes in order to achieve consensus which is not easy to come by because of the various constituencies among republicans they have to cater to, conservatives and moderates alike, the fight over general coverage, medicaid expansion. these become big issues and there are ones democrats will run on next week. i think democrats are going to fight this hard, both because they recognize theyve got to fi...

And ultimately hell have to make a recommendation on that. >> well said. thank you so much. thank you. congratulations on that piece. front page, top of the fold, right-hand side. coming up, the latest on that shooting in virginia this morning that left four injured, including u.s. congressman steve scalise, all while they were practicing for a congressional baseball game. theres something i didnt know. how many weeks of practice go into this? cant they pass a health care bill while theyre pract...

Now, ruth knows this. kristen knows this. selective release of information is what people do in politics. you pick out "the new york times." you want robert pear to have a week ahead on the story, so you give it to him a week ahead so it appears monday morning, top of the fold, right-hand side of the paper. if you give it to everybody, youll get the third or fifth or 20th page. so this selective distribution of government truths all the time. it is not a misdemeanor or a crime or anything like t...

Mean to put you down for saying that. but everybody listening right now, ruth knows this. kristen knows this. selective release of information is what people do in politics. you pick out "the new york times." you want robert pear to have a week ahead on the story, so you give it to him a week ahead so it pears monday morning, top of the fold, right-hand side of the paper. if you give it to everybody, youll get the third or fifth or 20th page. so this selective distribution of government truths a...

>> bret: conor powell, thanks. lets talk about the war against isis and other topics with south carolina senator lindsey graham, member of the senate armed forces, appropriations, budget committee. let me talk about this qatar diplomatic row with the other golf nations. president seem to indicate qatar is funding extremism. we have a u.s.-based. >> i am with tillerson on this. we need to get the parties together. qatar has helped hamas. they have funded the muslim brotherhood. they allegedly sai...

Somebody like sadiq khan who can bridge communities is the person who can lead some of these disgruntled youth types, people drawn to militancy back into the fold of our larger community. so to attack a city official as opposed to attacking the people responsible for the violence, i really didnt get that. and viserally, i think its going to be leave a mark for a lot of londoners. >> and also getting it wrong. its not actually what the mayor said. >> yeah, don -- oh, sorry kimberley. don, just qu...