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>> bill: we see life from the hill now and peter do we know yet what is going to take for the skeptics to get to a "yes"? >> there is not much mystery as to what these skeptical senators want to. senator ted cruz is handing his colleagues note cards with his past es printed on it. its a four-point path calling for assistance with allowing them a variety of insurance plans, let states create medicated plans. lets people buy insurance across state lines and puts some entitlement reforms in place t...

Collins, thank you for your time. good morning to you there on the hill. >> good morning, bill. >> bill: you just came out of a meeting with republican leadership on the house. what did that say about the senate revealed yesterday? >> i think the overall plan is the senate is doing their job and at the end of the day, it will be very similar to the house plant in a lot of ways. theres ways that they needed to do to get them building. we are very pleased with the result even the ones who are oppo...

>> its nice to have a conversation for the time thing, but next tuesday and wednesday and thursday, there will be troubled by the hour to figure out what they will bring into a boat and then actually came to pass. >> shannon: those are very big questions. >> bill: in the meantime, north korea is back at it. yet again conducting another weapons test, sparking a new sense of urgency on the hill. >> now more than ever is to send a message that we are going to cut off their capability of getting the...

Dershowitz. great to see you. thank you for your time. you write on the hill.com. heres the opinion piece. trumps a plus purposely legal. >> his bluff was to let comey not know whether he had tapes, so once the seven testifies in front of a grand jury, yes i think in the back of his hand, he has to be very, very careful about what he says. i have done that myself. i had a policeman on the witness stand of lying about what he told mike client. i let him to believe i had a tape recording of it by ...

People have to understand that legislating on the hill is not easy. sometimes you have to go and you got to find the ways to get those pieces and developed. when you get there, you get those folks. im a big believer in including on the floor and including people on record and thats what we did in the house. this and its got to do the same thing. we owe it to the american peopl people. >> bill: to get a sense that this is more important for congress to get it done within this president? after all...

Get to phase ii with tom price health and human services secretary to shape it more towards overall more profitable view. a lot of moderates say wait a second, we are not covering. the question is are you covering preexisting conditions in the mcarthur amendment allows states to opt out of it. that allowed the freedom caucus to get into it the moderates say im out of it. the question is, the president says if thats not in it im not involved in it. so there is a little bit of confusion. ainsley: ...

>> he has done plenty already. you look at these nominees and im more excited than i have been in the last 25 years i have covered politics. steve: you were not a trump fan. >> i wasnt initially but i definitely came along like a lot of people did convinced especially that he is going to be very serious about issues that i have reported on and care about over the last quarter century, particularly american sovereignty, american jobs, border security and our public safety. steve: sure, regulation...

What is the proper role and relationship between the individual and government? this is something that was neglected over the past 8 years because there was a presumption and entitlement on the part of president obama to be the center of the universe. steve: yeah. ainsley: michelle, we were together last night and we were walking up the hill and we saw all these protesters come down. tell us about. >> it actually underscores of a piece did i for my nationally syndicated column on the sponsors of...

Right? >> id be a little surprised. a lot of folk is talked to up here in new hampshire, theyre very disappointed at what he said about senator mccain. like senator mccain or not the service to his country is above and beyond what really most any peep have ever done in the history of our country. >> senator, always good seeing you. thank you very much. >> good to see you. >> you hear a lot about this magic number 67. that is what would override a presidential veto if one were to come. inside let...

Eric cantor lost in the primary. . the big question is, how did this all happen? could it all have come down to immigration? joining me now is director of the center for politics at university of virginia. also ben furgason, cnns commentator. russell burrman, congressional reporter for the hill.com and jeffrey toobin. and leslie sanchez, author of "why hispanics and need each other." first, ben, did anyone predict this loss? >> i dont think anyone predicted it. but there were indications that th...