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Recruitment. i think some are thinking why should i work for a guy whos laughing when i have my communications director accusing my chief of staff of a felony? and saying words i cant say on cable news about it and whos chuckling about it and who wants -- who is kind of participating himself in the twitter in the name calling. unbelievably petulant and childish. i think its a problem. >> ana, theres no problem with recruitment in this administration. there are plenty of people that want to come ...

Everyone. were going to take care of people, and people are going to pay much less and get it so good. >> that was too easy and lets talk about what happened last night. in the well of the senate, it came down to one very dramatic moment, senator john mccain walks in, asks to be recognized, raised the right arm, kwatd a thumbs down. schumer waves off any verbal action. with that, it was done. seven years of talk about repeal and replace, done in one hand gesture. our panel remains with us and we...

They are not liberal senators like massachusetts or bernie sanders, who might like that. this backfired on the republicans, trying to force that vote. >> politics, so fun. >> im shocked! there is gambling in the casino! >> what? nancy pelosi went on to say "the collapse of child care is a tribute to the power of the american people to organize, mobilize, and make their voices heard. as ever, democrats extend a hand of friendship to our republican colleagues to join us in forging constructive pro...

>> we have been watching every detail of this live picture of the senate floor for an hour. mcconnell comes in, goes out. various floor leaders doing the same. we cant tell whats happening and im hoping you can. >> well, brian, the person im watching in all of this is john mccain. >> oh, look at this, this is john mccain has just wandered over into the democrats side of the aisle. top of your screen about 12:00 noon on the clock face hes talking to schumer, klobuchar, feinstein is leaning in the...

Improvement. i know you dont like the cbo members but it wasnt going to be a great improvement and thats why americans rated it as poorly as they did. it wasnt really a good plan. i havent met a single person who thinks obamacare cant use repair and fixing and feeding and watering. but you didnt have a better plan, which is why it didnt work. >> i disagree with that. it needs more than feeding and watering. listening in my state of louisiana weve had premiums going up 20% on average since obamac...

Repeal. now to a certain extent, this is just theater by the minority leader. democrats will never have enough votes to stop the process if republicans are able to cobble together at least 50 votes on a plan that they can agree on. at this point that seems like a long shot. republicans still have yet to write the language of the so-called skinny repeal. and we dont exactly know what will be contained in the legislation. many while, a group of bipartisan -- meanwhile, a group of bipartisan govern...

I think dana is right, the skinny version will be the one that is going to be on the table. talk is that it will include the consumer freedom aspect which is ted cruzs version, whether youre shopping or selling insurance, you can have more choices. portmans amendment will be included. >> on opioids? >> yes, exactly. they want to make sure they also protect the medicaid funding, which the states want, thats critical, because the senators are going to do what their governors want to do, a lot of t...

Lot of people have come in defense of jeff sessions. its surprising though because those same people that are coming in his defense are a lot of democrats which, lets just remind our viewers how against they were of this guy being nominated attorney general. he was called everything from a racist to a hypocrite to every name in the book. and now all of the sudden they are coming to his defense. smart and respected man, nonetheless, from both sides of the aisle, clearly. >> the only thing they ha...

Will be contained in the legislation. meanwhile, a group of bipartisan governors including some from some key states of ohio and nevada sent letters to both mcconnell and schumer pleading with them to return to regular order as it relates to health care and pass a bill that has bipartisan support. this is something that still seems unlikely. >> thank you. lowering premiums has been a consistent theme during the health care debate. but a so-called skinny repeal of obamacare will do just the opp...

Portmans amendment will be included. >> on opioids? >> yes, exactly. they want to make sure they also protect the medicaid funding, which the states want, thats critical, because the senators are going to do what their governors want to do, a lot of them are up for reelection. >> the cbo came out with scoring on the skinny repeal, and it could, according to the congressional budget office, raise premiums by 20%, and 13 million americans, which is certainly less than 31 or 22 but a lot of america...