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Calling the senator to order with a speech first paying tribute to john mccain, his courage in coming back to washington for a big health care vote today days after being diagnosed with brain cancer. then senator mcconnell laying the stakes in his view the vote the senate takes this afternoon knowing full well he is the majority leader, 52 republicans at this moment he is not sure he has the 50 votes to begin this debate. that in and of itself is stunning. this is a seven-year republican promise...

>> joan, i read your new york times piece and i think we probably disagree on a number of issues because youre a liberal and im a conservative, and thats fine. i did find a few points really interesting in terms of your advice to democrats. one of which was the party needs to stop insulting people. i think that resonates with me because setting aside the policy differences, often times it feels like democratic elites truly load people who dont say share their cultural views and that could be a b...

>> joan, i read your new york times piece and i think we probably disagree on a number of issues because youre a liberal and im a conservative, and thats fine. i did find a few points really interesting in terms of your advice to democrats. one of which was the party needs to stop insulting people. i think that resonates with me because setting aside the policy differences, often times it feels like democratic elites truly load people who dont say share their cultural views and that could be a b...

Republican senators are working late on capitol hill, trying to come up with the next plan health care. this comes as the cbo says that 32 million fewer people would become insured by 2026. phil mattingly joins us now. so whats going on at this meeting tonight, what do we know about it? >> reporter: an interesting element, anderson, is most senators found out about senator mccains diagnosis in this meeting. lindsey graham came in and told more than a dozen senators. senator langford led the grou...

Is problematic. the big issue now is that the policy differences are very real. the point of this meeting, still going on, was to try and iron some of those out, trying to see if there was some path forward in the wake of that white house meeting. the dynamics havent changed, anderson. we know where the medicaid expansion state senators are. we know where the conservative senator are on regulations. the question is, is there some new juice to try and get something done? theres new talks about mo...

Support. there have been people in the trump white house arguing to the president and others that look, we shouldnt have started with health care because this is not a place where the base or core of trump supporters liked what he was saying on the campaign trail. im not going to touch medicaid, give everybody better health care thats going to cost less and were not going to hurt the health care you currently have. clearly, theres some policy differences deep policy differences between what the ...

And phil here. we have been watching this develop. you have been sitting here with me on set as were looking at our e-mails deurg the bre s durd former chairman of the white house counsel of economic advisors and lonnie chen, also served as policy director for the romney 2012 campaign. we have 4 a seconds before we get to senator schumer. you have sort of informally advised mitch mcconnell and the senators on the first draft of this bill from what i understand. from your insider perspective, wha...

Behind the scenes raising concerns. thats the reason this delay is a problem for them. the more time for that, the more people will read the fine print and think, gosh, this isnt what i want. i think no republican feels like this is a bill they would have written. its more time for them to raise those concerns and try to get something more into the bill. >> this is not a cbo congressional budget office. watch out in america, who understands washington speak, this is not a nancy pelosi holdover. ...

I think it is horrific to think that somebodys accomplishment in an administration is denying women decisions to make -- denying women the liberty to make decisions about their own bodies and to have bodily autonomy. to see that as one of the accomplishments is definitely something i disagree with because the new mexico policy actually prevents any organization that discusses abortion from being able to receive funding for family planning, which is something that we know prevents -- unplanned pr...

Remember that video, that image of the two, that handshake that seemed to last forever, white knuckling and both seemed clenched. tell us where this invitation stemmed from. >> reporter: well, francis, youre absolutely right to set the stage in that way. the first time president trump met with president macron was on the sidelines of the nato summit when they had that white knuckle handshake that seemed to last for an extensive period of time. the two have a number of policy differences, everyth...