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Health care bill. now our nbc news reporting is, i believe were going on 20 republicans -- around that number -- 21, excuse me -- who say that theyre not going to be voting for this health care bill. 22 is the magic number. it doesnt look good for them. whats the deal? do they not talk to the house about whip counts or are they just projecting confidence no matter what? >> yeah. they think the good rule is when you have the votes you take the vote. and any dont clearly have the vote right now. i...

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Obviously, hes not watching nbc. he doesn know that the house vote on health care has now been delayed. an official telling us its delayed for scheduling reasons. he did say, i dont want to spend too much time with all of you truckers because i dont want to lose tonight by one vote. he made a joke about that and said they have a very good chance of passing the health care bill, which we know the vote is delayed. lets go to kristen welker. sometimes these events are prescheduled are happening and...

>> what i dont get is the impetus that this must be done right now on thursday, some sort of do or die date. its not. >> reporter: the house needs 216 in order to pass and lose no more than 21 republican vote. by cnns count there are 19 republican noes, seven who are still on the fence. now, the senate republican leadership, including senator john cornyn who i spoke with yesterday, are trying to project confidence, saying they believe this will pass the house, that is far from certain. they want...

These gop numbers in new hampshire. trump leads, but theres a new second-place contender right now. >> thats right. so donald trump is the clear front-runner as well for republicans and the granite state, but were talking about governor john kasich. he has jumped ahead now the rest of the pack, so kason is up five points since the last poll, possibly due to a heavy dose of the town has weve been seeing and paid ads by a pro-kasich super-pac. also gaining support is carly fiorina. she is now up f...

>> reporter: far behind is jeb bush with just 6%. down from 12% in july. >> good to see you. >> reporter: and wisconsin governor scott walkers support plummeted from 19% two months ago to just 5% now. walker spent the holiday in new hampshire on a two-day motorcycle campaign swing. trying to project confidence, desmite the drop in his support. >> we dont have ads up yet. i think we get our message out, talk about who we are well be in good shape. >> reporter: in new hampshire, the number two spo...

Canceled. john king is here with a look ahead at what is to be expected today. i think it might be an understatement of how high the stakes are for kathleen sebelius today. what does she need to do in this hearing? >> well, kate, what she needs to do is project confidence they figured out the problems and are going to get it right. she is going to face mostly from republicans but watch the tone of the democrats. that will be important today, questions about her credibility and confidence and in ...

Day and yesterday, swirling around of what the candidates should do. loosen up, sfudsy up, be aggressive, dont overdo it, admit mistakes, project confidence, as emotion, use humor. both camps continue to lower expectations for their candidate while trying to raise them for the other. >> weve expected all along that governor romney will have a good night. hes prepared more than any candidate in history and shown himself to be a very good debater for the years. >> i think for us to raise the expec...

This is an example of where we have to get our facts straight. >> reporter: a cnn fact check gives the edge to the president. the cbo found his plan would lower premiums for millions of americans. and those facing hikes would get better coverage. >> i tell you, ed, sort of listening there, both sides really claiming victory. we understand you have more reporting that moves the ball a little further? >> reporter: it shows how the democrats are more nervous than letting on publicly. what im pickin...

But maybe theres a sense of people who havent decided even at this late point in the game will want to side with the guy thats going to be the winner. but regardless, both sides do it every year. in the last few days before the vote in particular. thats why youre seeing david axelrod making a bet that if president obama does not win michigan and minnesota and pennsylvania, he will shave off his mustache. hes betting his face. thats how confident he is. because this is the time in the campaign wh...