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I talked to someone from senator murkowskis office, she was going to read it on the long flight back to alaska. both this bill and looking ahead to monday when they get the cbo score when it breaks down what this means. >> were hearing according to kasie hunt that the president called rand paul and ted cruz to talk about health care. any idea what he had spoken about? >> thats really interesting our because our capitol hill team has broken down -- were calling all the different no votes trying t...

Republicans that are holding up the repeal effort. mitch mcconnell promised to repeal it. the people standing in the way are portman and murkowski. this is not necessarily about that. you can throw a lot of money at it. the challenge is these republicans talked about the flaws of obamacare for seven plus years. now they have the opportunity to do something about it. they need to actually do it. our goal is to work with those conservative senators pushing for ideas that will increase choice and c...

Maine, murkowski of alaska. now again the president has alienated members of his own party in the senate. >> particularly if youre president of the united states of america, the greatest country on earth, you have a special obligation to be above this. and thats why i was really disappointed and zmaed dismayed by the presidents between its appropriate and wrong. the my tweet speaks for itself. >> should the president i apologize. >> if it me one i wouldnt have done it if it were me. thats up to ...

Are you going to tell your kids this behavior is okay? >> look, ive been asked before, when it comes to role model as a person of faith. i think we all have one perfect role model and when im asked that question, i point to god. i point to my faith and thats where i would tell my kids to look. >> the first ladys office put out a statement in response and its something the first lady has said publicly, quote as the first lady has stated publicly when her husband gets attacked he will punch back t...

Murkowski, then i put more in and i lost all my conservatives. could you see him throwing up his hands and saying, you know, fine, lets see if a gang of eight can get something done? is there any will on either side for a gang of eight compromise on improving what we have right now which is obamacare? >> if there is, its going to take a while. its not going to happen overnight. its not going to happen before the august recess. if youre going to be able to get democrats or republicans to come tog...

Combination came full throttle in front of you in the house when all of a sudden you had a bill that nobody liked. here we are on the senate, the exact same situation. you have a bill that nobody likes. what made it works for a lot of folks was it was done in secret. you didnt have the more moderate members who could help smooth those rough edges. at least get their support so you have someone out there like a murkowski or susan collins out there saying something nice about the bill. yes, it has...

This has just been confirmed. on whether the president will bring up election interference. it is clearly the biggest topic between the u.s. and russia. is the president going to press putin on that? >> obviously, im not going to get ahead of the presidents conversation. as we typically do, i imagine well have a readout after that conversation takes place. john? >> okay. thanks a lot, sarah. presidents tweet today, does it help his legislative agenda? does it help him win the vote of the nine se...

How they thought it was going to get done in the house, thats not how it worked out, and thats not how it worked out in the senate, especially with a senate with 30% approval rating and very little political capital in the districts the republicans need the votes the most. >> kimberly, there is a lot of reporting out that, who is afraid of donald trump was one of the headlines in "the new york times" today. someone else whose getting thrown under the proverbial bus tonight, thats mitch mcconnell...

Folks was it was done in secret. you didnt have the more moderate members who could help smooth those rough edges. at least get their support so you have someone out there like a murkowski or susan collins out there saying something nice about the bill. yes, it has problems, but this is a work in progress, were working towards something, maybe bring, you know, a senator from west virginia, for example, along to help. >> youre talking about joe manchin. >> right. >> shannon, let me ask you, is th...

What made it worse for a lot of folks was it was done in secret. you didnt have the more moderate members who could help smooth those rough edges. at least get their support so youd have someone out there like a murkowski or susan collins out there saying something nice about the bill. yes, it has problems, but this is a work in progress, were working towards something, maybe bring, you know, a senator from west virginia, for example, along to help. >> youre talking about joe manchin. >> right. ...