on? well, let me address this in fwoin two points. politically this bill is going nowhere because it has no public support. now it has worse public support than the house bill. you have moderates on one side of the republican party, not even talking the democrats. you have conservatives in a fundamental disagreement about what this bill should be doing. so it doesn t. now mcconnell, who you would think, because he really is a good strategist and he would know how to get this bill through, he now says he can t get the bill through, it s going to be delayed. so i don t see that there s any way unless we are working somehow in a bipartisan way, but this has been a colossal communications failure because you saw the president there. he doesn t know what is in this bill, doesn t know what the details are. he talks about we are trying to get it perfect but he doesn t offer why the premiums are going to go down or why more people are going to be covered or why it s better. so it just has no
that s why this is making history on many fronts. let me bring in a panel to discuss. aby phillips. cnn analyst and kevin matten with me as well. cnn political commentator with years of experience on capitol hill. brian fallen years of experience on capitol hill as well. sneen political commentators joining us now and cnn police political gloria gorger back with us. so gloria, we don t they wrapped it up one step down. and important step down. and now what? well, now mcconnell is going to use the nuclear option and so they re going to get gorsuch approved by a simple majority. i have to say this is symptomatic of the ware the congress has been so start san. fonl nor supreme court nominee,
all of this saying he had information of russia s hacking and he ignored it. yeah, but i thought it was interesting in the interview, harry reid had a totally different approach to this whole russian hacking story than does chuck schumer or other democrats left behind. remember, harry reid s leaving, to actually work then this and investigate it. harry reid played into donald trump s hands a little. he is using it as an excuse for election results. he unloaded on jim comey saying the whole wikileaks leaking of russian hacking is, was indeed all about trying to make trump win. that is different from what you re hearing from schumer and mccain and graham. the bipartisan effort, now mcconnell joined as well to investigate, if indeed, russia was up-ending our ability to have free and favor elections, irrespective of the raunchelect
to this institution, the senate operates based on trust. whether we are democrats or republicans, these 100 senators have to be able to trust that when a senator says something he or she will do it, even if we disagree on substance, that we don t lie to each other. it s rare to see this sort of personal attack in the senate. especially among members of the same party. and it may have even violated a senate decorum rule. now mcconnell so far has been potentially we could hear from him for the first time. now ted cruz is, of course, running for president. he is already raising money saying in a fund-raising e-mail, quote, we ve been betrayed by the senate majority leader and asking for campaign donations. sunlen serfaty, we appreciate
los angeles clippers. los angeles clippers. i prefer he sell it. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morn, welcome to new day. the republican establishment strikes back putting the tea party in its place in several big primary races. voters went to the polls in six states. not a single one saw the more conservative candidate come out on top. let s have a look at them starting in the most important one arguably, kentucky. why? senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is there and he s going to be able to defend his seat in november after easily topping matt bevin. now mcconnell gears up for a fight with kentucky secretary of state alison lundergan grimes. my opponent is in this race because barack obama and harry reid want her to be in this race. a vote for my opponent is a vote for obamacare and a president who sold it to us on a mountain