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Are you suggesting rand paul is not a no. >> we hope we can win his support. when else will he get a chance to vote on a bill that has real entitlement reform. and gets rid of the individual mandate, the employer mandate and something else i know thats important to rand paul. life. this administration stood for life and this bill protected the sanctity of life by not providing federal gallon dollarl p -- federal dollars to abortion. chris: rand paul says he wants to repeal obamacare. it leaves a...

On friday, paul took to twitter as well telling his followers he wants to repeal obamacare that the graham-cassidy bill doesnt do that. he called and obamacare light and said it keeps 90% of the taxes and spending. john mccain says he is not supporting the bill. republicans cannot afford to lose weight into republicans on that. lisa murkowski undecided. is the bill even final? according to the secretary of the health department, it is not. >> the reasons its not dead is because its not finished....

What do you make of what hes talking about here, not just about john mccain and the support he does or doesnt have, but specifically about block grants? there are questions about their effectiveness. >> couple things. first, christi, i want to assure your viewers this is not over. i think that theres still a good chance that rand paul can be turned around. i worked with rand paul on the presidential campaign. he is fervently in favor of getting rid of obamacare. his feeling is maybe this doesnt ...

Set up, too. its really tough to tell how bad this storm has hit the island of 3.5 million people, no figures on casualties or damage yet, very tough to move around on some wet roads with lot of debris out there. >> julie: thank you. >> jon: incredible what that storm is doing. new information on the florida nursing home tragedy, the complex that lost air conditioning during hurricane irma in an apparent major case of neglect. plus, a race against time to repeal and replace obamacare. why republ...

Like the obama debate, under this bill, if it became law, we would have it in 50 states for who knows how long. to the point about getting to 52, rand paul is a no. i sort of sense the same quick sand weve seen in past repeal efforts. the president tweeting this morning, rand paul is a friend of mine but hes such a negative force when it comes to fixing health care. graham/cassidy bill is great. ends o care but rand paul just last hour tweeting back, this new gang bill is another graham necessit...

Can afford to lose two. they have 52 in the senate. no democrats are expected to vote for this. mike pence would break the tie and go forward. rand paul already is a no. it sounds like he has no indication hes going to change his mind. >> thats not repeal. i didnt promise people to keep a trillion dollar spending program and reshuffle the money among the states. this is not repeal. its barely obamacare light. it keeps obamacare. its not what we promised. >> we could list a dozen or so, quote unq...

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Thats top of the hour on shepherd smith reporting. see you then. >> harris: president trump took a swipe at rand paul for opposing the republicans last gasp at repealing obamacare. the president tweeted rand paul is a friend of mine but he is such a negative force when it comes to fixing healthcare. the graham-cassidy bill is great. senator rand paul explains his resistance on fox and friends. >> its a $1.2 trillion federal grant program. thats just not repeal. i didnt promise people to reshuffl...

Swayed this time. the namesake of obamacare weighed in today. a former president president oa claiming that to see people trying to do his hard-won progress is "aggravating" to hi him. the real aggravation goes to people who lost their doctors and health plans. you have to watch this because the other big thing here is the former president getting involved may actually get the right more excited, more invested in this boat and rally behind the current president, president trump, right after pres...

Keeps 90% of obamacare in place. graham cassidy is not repeal or replace, it is more obamacare light." and this is just interesting right now, chuck schumer, because we mention his name, so -- im not saying he has an event because we mention him, but wild, he is having an event. later to push against this, but democrats, how do they win if they promise to be bipartisan? >> christopher: at no point will this bill be bipartisan. maybe if they persist through on a partisan level, maybe they can com...