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Live pictures right now. this is air force one just touched down at joint base andrews. president trump has just returned from his trip to the g20 summit. and we are awaiting him coming off the plane. the question of course on a lot of peoples mind tonight, will president trump respond to putins claim that he agreed that moscow did not interfere in the u.s. election. we will be watching and waiting. we of course will bring you any news if he comes off and makes a statement. well keep you posted....

Currently part of the obama care issue. pat toomey had this to say over the replacement bill. >> we didnt expect to be in this situation. it was hard to force that. is senator toomeys comment an admission or excuse for why republicans cant get it together and agree on a reform health care plan when theyve been working toward this for seven years. >> i have to say, i like senator toomey and i voted for him, i was really taken aback when i heard this. as you had exactly pointed out, they had been ...

Up with a better product because they will have heard a lot more from the public. >> so you dont believe theyll get this done before the august recess? >> i think they will -- i dont know. if they do, its going to be jammed. down the throat of a lot of people and its probably not going to be very durable, probably not going to be very sustainable. the republicans wont be able to crow, well, we got it passed. but it may come back to haunt them in the 18 elections. >> senator leader mitch mcconnel...

This is not our friend. and we need to make it clear and stand up to him, keep the sanctions on, stand up to on ukraine and i dont think thats what happened in this meeting. eventually well find out, but today, what actually happened down there, were getting two very different stories from both sides, and it will be a while before we know. >> sure are. very grateful to talk to you today, ambassador nancy soderberg. appreciate you being here. we will turn from hamburg to health care right after...

Stop and listen to your people. thats something that actually senators from rural states in particular kansas, maine, north dakota, went home and they realized this week when they talked to people they realized that their constituents who live out in rural areas where the hospital was the number one employer in town, you saw the economic impact that the repeal and this replacement bill would have, they heard directly from those people and now theyre stepping back. these are usually very solid re...

This. and i know some of you watched yesterday and saw it, but here it is again. >> you have seen how difficult it is to get a republican consensus. until the election last fall, which surprised me, i didnt expect donald trump to win, i think most of my colleagues didnt. so we didnt expect to be in this situation and given how difficult it is to get to a consensus, it was hard to force that. >> that was a lot of poll tesit speak for we didnt think there would be a republican president, so we did...

Before too much longer. eric: republican senators left washington for the july recess without coming to a consensus on the healthcare bill. they are being called upon by some senators to cancel the august recess. whether they will do this. pretty revolutionary to cancel their 3-week vacation. reporter: a lightning way to go to cancel recess. but they may be on recess this weekend. but a lot of republicans are hard at work trying to come up with a replacement bill that will be able to pass. senat...

But this unusual fight, while disturbing, is not our top story tonight. the top story rounding out this week is the story that impacts more americans lives than anything the presidents been tweeting. its the story of the demise of this congresss current plan to repeal obamacare, and its important whether the president wants to talk about it or not. consider that just at this hour, say, last week, majority leader mitch mcconnell was pledging in public to hold a vote by this week on health care. a...

Investigation. there are other big policy issues that arent getting attention. when the president says very conversation sparking tweet. >> richard. >> kelly odonnell there in new jersey. thank you. with the senate in jeopardy, the point care seems to be b trying to do damage control can mitch mcconnell. on friday, the president suggested repealing obama care now, then working on a replacement bill later on. mcconnell quickly made clear splitting the two did not work for him and this morning on ...

They would give up the august recess. if they repeal, if they did repeal you can bet they have to give up the august recess. by labor day they will have had to deliver a replacement bill or be in trouble politically. and the american people will be in trouble because of the uncertainty they would see in health care markets and their ability to get the health care insurance they need. >> support for the senate health care bill and three major polls. 17%, 12%, 16%. thats in the house side. if you ...