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"cnn newsroom" starts right now. it is 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast and this was one of presidents top priorities, to overturn obamacare. but weeks after negotiations, weeks of revisions, the republican leaders pulled the replacement bill without a vote as they failed to secure enough votes within their own party to pass the bill. >> no democrats supported the measure and unsurprisingly, the president predicted democrats would ultimately be blamed for not getting rid of the affordable care...

That drama on capitol hill unfolded. i want to take you specifically to the mayfair clinic. this clin sick a free health care clin where i cic where a l people, a lot of trump voters, marly uninsured workers, go. they offer free health care services to these individuals. amid much confusion over exactly what this replacement bill that didnt go to a vote would do, one factor was not lost on voters around here, was the congressional budget offices report that said 24 million people ultimately woul...

Another obamacare lie and disappoint disappointment. democrats you will be forced to own this mess you created this mess. be as happy as you want today because americans will see day after day after day firsthand the devastation and the impact of your bad policies. now, how do we talk about and how do we make sure this never happens again? its really important to look back and examine what went wrong here. so, republicans are not in this position again. second e republicans they have got to go b...

This point. >> would have loved to have seen who would have voted for it and who wouldnt have. i would have loved to have seen, you know, where various congressmen and eventually where various senators really stand on this issue. as much as i like trumps kind of up frontness, you never know truly how up front he really is. >> reporter: that last gentleman was dr. muller, the chiropractor right next to the clinic. hes not only a volunteer there but has been a patient himself there. he doesnt qual...

Congress give us the house, give us the senate, give us the white house, will get this done. they unveil a bill that nobody saw, many people -- many criticisms that they have and they handed off to the president to do all the heavy lifting, should tell mike shouldnt have the consensus have been built after eight long years, shouldnt have been prepared and written and agreed upon and ready to go? it seems to me that it should have been such a consensus bill by that point that the president could ...

They unveil a bill that nobody saw, many people -- many criticisms that they have and they handed off to the president to do all the heavy lifting, should tell mike shouldnt have the consensus have been built after eight long years, shouldnt have been prepared and written and agreed upon and ready to go? it seems to me that it should have been such a consensus bill by that point that the president could have gone out and said heres our replacement bill and by the way he could have done it in fro...

This has to be done -- five things have to be done at, three things have to be done. this has to be done. well work around the edges with you on the replacement bill, this repeal has to happen and were going to immediately have a two year phase in. these pro competition measures have got to be immediately on the table for the american public to see, and were going to argue that and were going to litigate that in order to move on that for the next two years and we are going to win on that. that w...

Campaign chairman paul manafort confirms hes worked for a russian billionaire tied to president putin, but did he represent russian political interests? and down to the wire, the president has been shaking hands, twisting arms, counting heads, trying to lineup enough house republicans to pass the obamacare replacement bill, but its still too close to call and the white house says theres no plan b. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> bre...

See greater choice. so i think those are the things that were willing to talk about being part of this plan, because you cant -- where they erred last time is make promises that they couldnt keep. one of the problems that they did is instead of lowering costs and increasing choice it did the opposite and thats where this is headed. >> on the ahca mark meadows who appears to be a firm no in terms of his opposition to the replacement bill said that 25 members of the freedom caucus are opposed to t...

Tomorrows health care bill. president trump has pulled out all the stops to move all the republican members from a "no" to a "yes." is there anything happening for tomorrow? >> there were some members of the freedom caucus here and legislative affairs, as you know, dana, you know far more about this that i do. working of the phones, trying to wrangle as many votes as they can. focus on the hill believe the arm-twisting will go on until they decide to put it to a vote because they have the votes ...