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Up. i spoke to freedom carcass members earlier today. there were at least 30, probably more that were not going to vote for this bill. in the course of today, there have been meetings with the white house and more specifically the president and mark meadows himself. there has been a breakthrough tonight. the only thing i hear is remaining as the actual language, but an agreement and principle has been made. how important business of the president is the one who make that breakthrough? >> this is...

Against the plan. branded the bill obamacare 2.0. mark meadows indicated the logjam with his members was beginning to break. as for the president, hes set to meet with the house freedom caucus. a program known as essential health benefits or ehbs. still there could be issues reconciling them under the bird rule when it goes to the senate for a veet. senator schumers office saying as much on twitter. majority leader kevin mccarthy say they plan to walk off the floor with the bill passed by 7:00 p...

The hearings. we have mark meadows and congressman dave bratt coming up. i spoke to freedom carcass members earlier today. there were at least 30, probably more that were not going to vote for this bill. in the course of today, there have been meetings with the white house and more specifically the president and mark meadows himself. there has been a breakthrough tonight. the only thing i hear is remaining as the actual language, but an agreement and principle has been made. how important busine...

Seven years ago. as of today, votes are scheduled to repeal and replace much of it. while the president and house leadership appear to be down in votes, there appears to be a movement toward a deal. the last msnbc head count had 20 no votes. speaker ryan and his leadership team met late into night with spent cal members like charlie dent of pennsylvania who earlier announced he was a no. more conservative members like thomas massey had been less than subtle about how they intended to vote. last ...

>> reporter: they dont have it get, thats the baottom line, kate. the scramble is on and they dont know whats going to happen coming out of this meeting. it is so crucial, the outcome of the discussion going on behind closed doors to determine whether or not theyre even going to start the debate, as their plan is tonight. and again, as the white house is really pushing thousands republican leaders to do, kate. >> what breaks up this logjam is unclear at this moment. dana, thank you so much. dana...

To get serious work done and now we have the logjam that will take all of the oxygen for the next several days. >> i dont know who wassic whicheling there. i dont know if that was you, howard. >> that was me! >> that was you. so you have called for this investigation. what -- what is the goal here? what is the white house aiming for and really, where can this investigation go? >> what investigation? first of all, it doesnt work like that. the president of the united states cannot order somebody ...

Watch out, piggies! (child giggles) symbicort. breathe better starting within 5 minutes. get symbicort free for up to one year. visit saveonsymbicort.com today to learn more. steve: we are back with a fox news alert. overnight georgia senator tom price confirmed as the next health and human services secretary. this as the trump administration continues to blast senate democrats for their obstruction in confirming the presidents cabinet picks. >> the fact that we had to get to the point where the...

Three decades of her time and talent to promoting educational opportunity. as secretary, she will ensure every student has access to a good school, whether it is public, private, parochial, charter or any other kind of the fact we had to get to the point where the vice president had to be pulled into overcome the democrats historic and partisan logjam with the presidents qualified nominee is another glaring reminder of the unprecedented obstruction that the senate democrats have engaged in throu...

Was bitter at ronald reagan because of iran/contra. so, jimmy baker had to go up and break that logjam. george bush got personally involved. so a president thats willing to lead, and spend political capital can make the change. a president who wants to go down and dictate, which i really do believe obama went down trying to tell them this is what were going to do, and you either take it or leave it, they wont respond to that. >> hmm. >> george bush showed how it could be done and i think thats a...

But then you have the logjam for second place. a bunch of establishment candidates. im not sure if we have it for you. a bunch of establishment candidates who are sort of bunched there around 10%, 12%. marco rubio his strategy to move up is to do well in iowa. other candidates have different strategies. right now until and unless one of them can step forward, new hampshire is donald trumps to lose. >> thank you very much. the 2016 presidential race is expected to factor heavily into president ob...