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Kill this bill. >> thank you for joining me. >> and joining me, republican congressman burgess, you are one of the people who worked on the aca in the house and i remember he, rand paul came over from the senate. and sort of made fun of you with a copier. you wouldnt let him see the bill. he was poking fun at the secrecy of the house process. shouldnt you be there now? >> can i say a couple things? first, it is good to be on with you again. it has been a little while since weve had a chance to c...

Of the bill should be available by tomorrow. listening to the briefing yesterday at the white house, sean spicer admitting that the president hadnt seen any bit of it so far. is that a good sign for republicans, that theyll have this draft by tomorrow? >> well, president trump and the white house have made pretty clear that they really want a bill to pass, and they made that clear during the house process and now during the senate process. the presidents comments about wanting the bill to have m...

Can complain all we want about the way its conducted but a win is a win if he gets it. >> remember the house process. the original version was scuttled by republicans but had -- when they came out with a second version, it was a similar bill but what got everybody on the table was the fact that leadership needed a win and thats what theyre going to put to republican senators, get behind this thing or the rest of the agenda is scuttled and theyd be right in suggesting that. while at the end of th...

Whats going on. its so obvious that theyre really trying to hide the ball here. >> its true but its not without reason and im not excusing it. but look what happened in the house process. when the white house got involved and all of these other people got involved, it became a huge mess. im not saying this wont end up being a mess. it might be a disaster. but at least in the nuts and bolts when they were putting it together, you remember the president would come out saying hey, we had a deal and...

So we need to be reading into every interview that they do or learn about. it really should be shrouded in secrecy, correct? >> exactly. and as long as they have clearance, they can talk about anything they need to talk about in the case. iran-cont iran-contra, its part of the process. we let it play out. lets see what happens. its going to be fun. elizabeth: the former fbi assistant deputy director. >> thank you, i enjoyed it. leland: amidst the russia turmoil. the white house is committed to r...

Likelihood of succeeding strategically speaking. >> right, but what if bob mueller clears him in the end? then weve called it all into question, but anyway. >> theyll take that risk, i think. >> i guess so. peter, you worked for special prosecutor patrick fitzgerald. youve been in the middle of a storm something like this before. what is the impact, not with this kind of talk, though -- what is the impact of this kind of talk coming from allies of the president? rod rosenstein being asked, you k...

National security, we could expect the attorney general to invoke executive privilege. the question then becomes whether the senators want to go forward and try to compel him through litigation to answer, nonetheless. >> and that, of course, is a bit of a longer, drawn-out process that would be, you know -- >> absolutely. absolutely. on the other hand, if the question were, were you in the room on such-and-such a date at this televised event, obviously, theres no cause to claim executive privile...

Attacking the process or the prosecution. there were allies of the president who would take shots at a time, but that was, you know, that was nothing that really was a concern to us. as to what muellers team is doing, i think they got their heads down and theyre blocking this out, and they are going to control what they can control. the stuff that they cant control, they cant. so, i dont think theyre losing sleep over the possibility that they could all be fired or the special counsel could be d...

Counsels office? >> no, senator, it is not a disqualification. it is not. >> as a matter of fact, many states, the judges and prosecutors are actually elected. donations are a part of that system, is that correct? >> yes, thats true. >> would it be a disqualification for somebody in the special counsels office who had represented ms. clinton in the past to serve? >> you know, senator, it would depend on the facts and circumstances. as a general matter, i think the answers no. >> isnt that much c...

Jeff sessions, the attorney general, will be testifying in just a few hours. rod rosenstein, his deputy, testifying today as well, but there are also critical health care talks under way. remember health care and how important that is to republicans to get that passed and through? just moments from now, president trump will be hosting 13 key senators for a lunch to push for action on this very issue. senators have been working on their own version of the health care fix for weeks after the house...