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Follow up on what john just asked you. i dont think you got to that particular part of the question. >> sorry. >> is the president picking up the phone? is he calling those seven or eight republican senators making the case for them that this may be their last best hope for repealing and replacing obamacare? and, if he is, whats his message to those particular senators? >> the same one he has been making all along. lets get the job done. lets replace a terrible healthcare system with a better on...

>> thank you, tom, rob. just like the dedicated men and women of ice and doj who are unquestionably producing results every day in these fights against vicious cartels, senate republicans now have an opportunity this evening to deliver on one of our biggest promises to the american people. on the hill the senate is gearing up for a series of votes on the republican plan to finally repeal and replace obamacare and replace it with the freedom healthcare bill. congressional republicans have been te...

Caucus say that they would oppose the skinny repeal that was referred to earlier, that if a measure came out with just ending the ma mandates and ending the tax on medical devices, that that would -- and not addressing anything else that they would vote against it. is the president aware of this and is he making any calls for specific parts of the repeal effort? >> look, the administration has been working hand in hand on pushing repeal and replace of obamacare. we actually like the term freedom...

Didnt even want to vote to begin debate on a healthcare bill, an obamacare fix. so i asked her if there is any amount of pressure that the white house or g.o.p. leaders could put on her to get her on board. here is how she answered. >> what im going to do right now is go over to our weekly meeting, find out if there is something that has been agreed to with this so-called skinny plan. we will look at those details. and i will make my decision accordingly. i think i have got a pretty good track r...

Cant make policy changes via statements on twitter? >> i think he was making the announcement of the policy change. >> so the policy hasnt yet been formulated? >> like i said, they are going to have to work out the details on how that all moves forward to lawfully implement that policy change from this point. >> sarah, thank you. moving on to healthcare, you talked about how senate republicans have the chance tonight to really undo obamacare. but it seems like the thing thats most likely to get ...

Repeal measure have so far? >> >> reporter: senator roy blunt just told us in the hallway he thinks its going to have more than enough support today or tomorrow. >> limiting those mandates would be a significant step. there may be 50 republicans or 52 republicans prepared to do that. >> reporter: and one of those republican senators, john kennedy, had the line of the day when talking about how excited he is to vote on an obamacare fix. >> i told my people that first chance i get im going to vote...

Gangster as being a leader and praised him repeatedly, i have a problem with that. its not a reset. thats appeasement. >> lets talk obamacare. this is a big issue thats affecting millions of americans. every single american here in this country. republican rand paul said this morning on cbs that speaker paul ryans approach on this has been, quote, his way or the highway. cory booker said this to jake tapper. >> thats really where we are. republicans cannot force this down our throats. its going ...

The discussion about when that would happen. >> their independent commission to confirm it. >> an expansion is future things. expansion is growing a program. >> these are people who have medicaid that was expanded because of obamacare. its my understanding of that. these are folks who would stand to louz their current coverage or money that is coming from that funding currently. >> is there a a subsidy thats coming in to cover part of that. the answer is if you look at the bill, yes, there is. s...

The people are expecting it. thats the reason republicans are in charge of the house, senate and the white house. i think corey bookers point there is laughable. remember, he was in a party with a group of people inclouding nancy pelosi who says we wont know whats in the bill until we pass the bill. for him or bernie sanders to be saying we want to know whats in the bill, you can look at it online. read the bill online. republicans have been incredibly transparent about whats in this bill. read ...

>> bret: steve, is their common ground? is this unity optimism pitch we are hearing from the white house on the president a possibility tonight? >> sure, i think there is common ground. one of the things we said last week was hes likely to come out and positioned himself on tough on deporting criminal aliens, on the wall, and seek a broader compromise. i think that is still true. its a different tone than we heard during the republican primaries. they heated exchanges he had with marco rubio and...