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Simultaneous replacement plan. five republicans joining together, republican charlie baker of massachusetts and larry hogan of maryland. joe manchin of west virginia said hes arranged a bipartisan meeting of those in the senate. there are nine in all, three on republican side and six in the democratic caucus. mike brown said he would be attending the ming last night. another former governor lamar alexander of tennessee announce thats he will convene hearings of the senate house committee, all in...

Overnight. >> so the president and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell acknowledging defeat and they are now pushing if a straightforward repeal without a replacement plan. how did all of this fall apart? we have it all covered for you. lets begin with suzanne malveaux live on capitol hill. give us the latest. >> reporter: good morning. as president trump approaches his six month mark in his presidency with record low approval ratings, this definites have stating blow now to his number one le...

Moran have come out and openly said this needs to be an open process, so for some of these senators who said essentially we need hearings, we need to have committees look into this, we need regular order. >> we want some democrats on the books. >> potentially and julie was talking about how unstable things are already. republicans know this. they are not unaware theres a lot of trouble with obama cair, certain things that need immediate attention and republicans are now openly saying this is som...

Live picture from capitol hill as we have more on todays breaking political news. the collapse of the senate republican obamacare replacement plan. at that podium republican senators meeting for lunch come out to explain to us how they plan to move forward on health care. a much bigger question for the republican party, too. six months after taking control of the white house and both chambers of congress, can the gop rise to the challenge of governing? >> -- we have the president, so we can do t...

The majority leader, mitch mcconnell today? >> majority leader mcconnell seems determined to have a vote on a partial repeal without a replacement plan even though he doesnt have the votes. he expressed frustration a short time ago. >> this has been a challenging experience for all of us. pretty obvious that we dont have 50 members who can agree on a replacement. a lot of people have been involved in the discussion, its been a very passionate discussion. but than has gefb it their best shot. >> ...

Theres been a lot of infighting and the democrats havent really been involved. we need to get the republicans together, and i think we can. >> all the republicans are getting pulled together for lunch next hour, so we expect to know a lot more about the way forward including the timing of a possible repeal vote very soo soon. >> jon: peter doocy on capitol hill, thank you. just a side note, it was senator jerry moran of kansas, republican who joined with senator mike lee of utah announcing their...

We come back. republican senators, a big lunch and talked to you at the top of the show about the collapse of the obamacare replacement plan. plan b. or c., or is it d.? thats in trouble, too. then smash it into a tree. your insurance company raises your rates. maybe you shouldve done more research on them. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual wont raise your rates due to your first accident. switch and you could save $782 on home and auto insurance. call for a free quote today....

Cost sharing for the plans, make the subsidies available for the individuals and continue the reinsurance program for our sickest population and do not come off the individual mandate. we need everybody in this program for it to be successful as other nations around the globe have done. >> governor mcauliffe thank you for sharing your perspective. he echoes what we heard from president trump at times, which is everybody has to be covered. >> its true but you have this pushback of you cant force ...

Forcing opposition to a revised version to the bill in effect killing it before it can come to a vote. at the urging of president trump the senators will push for a clean repeal of obama scare instead. mitch mcconnel says a replacement plan can be two years away. the white house has informed congress it will up hold the pack for the time being but theyre warning teheran leaders if they breach the deal. now back to hannity. >> so yesterday during an interview ranking member of the house intellige...

Votes, but obviously, they need more time. i think repeal only that is on the table that most senators voted for, by the way, two years ago, is something they can do today, tomorrow, by the end of the week, and then they can work over the next two years as mitch mcconnell suggested, to come up with a replacement plan. the overall lesson, this is what happens when the government gets involved was something that should be in the private sector. >> melissa: they do that repeal, then, they put democ...