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Bill most leave mirrors what you see in the house version. there are key changes. more in a moment. our coverage first gifts with cnns ryan nobles. >> reporter: good morning from capitol hill where senators havent really had all that much time to digest this 142-page bill. if the early reviews are any indication, this is going to have a difficult time being passed and being passed quickly. mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader, could have a problem on both sides of the political spectrum...

Votes he needs that would allow vice president mike pence to make the tie bre-breaking vote the senate. it may take time. the reason i tend to think theyll ultimately get there is because there is a lot of pressure on republicans back home. every state is a little bit different. from the conservative grassroots, theres a sense that obamacare should have been repealed months ago. i dont necessarily think thats realistic. i think theyve been on a rather fast timeline. a lot of republican voters fi...

Happy with it and that democrats would be rewarded by being re-elected and winning more seats than they had to begin with. it didnt pan out that way. republicans are acutely aware of that, which is why this has been at times a difficult process for them because they dont have -- theyre not under any illusin that the voters are going to rush out and embrace them for this, especially if heading into the 2018 midterm elections, their primary, immediate concern, the health care system which does nee...

Border wall funding might be unwinnable if democrats will stand up against it. what kind of a position does this put the republicans in up there? >> well it gives remarkably little leverage especially the house leadership, little leverage in a congress when they control both houses. president trump picked the fights that are always on a fast timetable and because of the fast timetable give a lot of leverage to democrats, particularly in this area they were talking about fighting, trying to trade...

Away. speak to the issue is you dont necessary take it away, they are not dismantling medicaid and medicare. >> andrew: thats where the republicans need to speak with one mind or they may have difficulty changing this thing. because some will say, we have to keep finding these 30 million, others will say it is not in the constitution. it is not a job for the federal government. some will say, what we make the whole thing free market, the cost of insurance will go down. >> harris: what about sena...

Indictment, there was associated press poll that showed 92% of americans believe that she either did something wrong or broke the law, so back to the point about outrage, if he were to pardon hillary clinton given the fact that you have such a monumental amount of people that think that she does something wrong, and rarely throughout the entirety of the election thought that she did something wrong. i think you will have outrage. >> andrew: somebody who will be happy, donald trump. he will not h...

People were done already. when money is tight, you do online shopping. what are the best deals and get that out of the way really early. >> the best deal is today, after youre done watching some favorite shows on fox. apple 6 was a top seller, anything "frozen" did well and winter apparel. what do you think about the real disconnect between brick and mortar? fewer people are walking through the stores. >> i grew up in new jersey, harris, home of the mall. can not pay me enough money to go into a...

Are saying they were actually going to see the film. >> this will be a blockbuster hit, right? it is pretty unbelievable. were not listening to dictators, fundamentalist terrorists nobody. if we want to watch this and seth rogan and james franco came out, there was jess we fake fun of a lot of different things. we have fun. >> chums like me is exactly who sony was counting on. i actually downloaded movie with zero of intention of watching it. i will do the patriotic movie, i spent six bucks. i d...

The house when obamacare was coming together wall the pipes and the charts and everything. but, you know, it is what the president and supporters in congress came up with on paper to try to expand coverage under control and try to provide better care. gigantic experience, greta. >> and my only thing every time i turn around insurance company special deal protect them not the american people get on the web site. im taking the last word on that. >> nice to see you. >> a white hat hacker. and what ...

Care, managing healthcare over the years. but, obamacare is designed in part to kind of regulate how much profit they can make. regulate how much they can loose under obamacare. all kinds of subsidies. >> lets get to real numbers. take united health care since obamacare was put -- signed march 23rd, 2010. up 116.16% in stock. that doesnt sound like a company thats hurting to me. >> no. and a lot of these healthcare insurance companies and manage care companies are up because of the opportunity t...