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Of a major health care fight. this has plagued the gop agenda from the beginning with trump because theyre all over the place. they cant stay focused. >> so what do you think? do you think if it doesnt happen this time is it -- do you think its going to happen? >> i have my serious doubts, don. im not confident that senator murkowski wont go the same way now especially since her governor has expressed his opposition to the bill, which is really unfortunate, because the bill has a lot of provisio...

Reform now. >> right. >> theyre still in the middle of a major health care fight. this has plagued the gop agenda from the beginning with trump because theyre all over the place. they cant stay focused. >> so what do you think? do you think if it doesnt happen this time is it -- do you think its going to happen? >> i have my serious doubts, don. im not confident that senator murkowski wont go the same way now especially since her governor has expressed his opposition to the bill, which is really...

To say i tried. >> any. >> the definition of insanity doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. we have seen this twice already. nothing has really changed. the same players are making the same moves. and youre not going to see collins or murkowski turn around on this. >> i am the optimist. i think you can get murkowski and rand paul becomes a key. james, you followed this relationship. how much of this would a psychiatrist is john mccain unable to see his friend...

Existence of the ads two weeks ago. senate republicans are counting heads and doing math tonight as they prepare for a possible vote on a last-ditch effort to repeal obamacare. she congressional correspondent mike emanuels on capitol hill. >> the senate is bracing for a showdown at the white house campaigns for the 50 votes needed to push the graham-cassidy health care reform across the finish line. >> this may well be our last best chance to stop and turn around and head america back in the dir...

Republican. mccain has complained about process, and leader mitch mcconnell as called for a hearing early next week it, and there has been the talk of adjustments for murkowski to address the unusual nature of alaska, but they are warning against offering sweeteners. >> i say this to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle. if people start making special deals and certain estates get special treatment as to the expense of my state, i am going to be very unamused. >> most sources say that we wil...

Eliminates major sections of obamacare. sends block grants back to the states and governors use money as they see fit allowing states to design their own healthcare systems. but a co-sponsor of the bill says there will be limits on that. >> if a state wants to do something different than what our bill says, they have to come to the federal government of secretary of hhs and show that those preexisting conditions shall have access to adequate and affordable coverage. >> there are a number of unde...

What comes next is largely up to these four republicans. >> im a producer with abc news. >> reporter: with the senate out of session, today, our team worked the phones. >> i was just wondering if senator paul is a yes or no. >> calling to see if theres any update on the health care vote. >> reporter: their deadlines looming at the end of next week. >> and mary bruce with us again from capitol hill tonight. our political team, we see them there making the calls, as they always do. where do those ...

Democrats hold the processings hostage until the expiration date which is midnight on saturday. now we have a good idea what date this vote would happen. now we have that. democrats can do the math, they can figure out exactly how much time they theyd to fill between the start of the vote and the deadline, how many senators they need to pull off holding all that time. how long they would all need to stake awake in order to run out the clock. people at home who face the real prospect of being kic...

Given the flexibility, senator murkowski says that something i could sell to the people of alaska. >> juan: the people of alaska will get less money under this new plan. they will have less flexibility. >> dana: they have more pay. >> kimberly: may be that something -- more flexibility in terms of whether the dollar bill, perhaps people are into that. >> jesse: do you know who is not into that? jimmy kimmel. he had a young son who needed a lot of emergencies emergencies. he did a monologue that ...

Capitol hill and in the senate are hearing from, and thats why they restarted this debate in the first place. we all thought health care was dead and gone and over with, and they went home for august recess, heard from their constituents who were still worried about this issue, couldnt understand why republicans had promised them that they would repeal obama care for years and then didnt do it when they finally had the ability to do so in terms their governing majority, and so those are the peop...