One of the prognosticators on this said that this opens the way for the democrats next election year. As far as some of the enthusiasm and my caucus, i always listen to my members. Its a part of our life, but i am proud of the unity that we have had and frankly, my leadership in terms of keeping everybody together and fighting the Health Care Bill in the house of representatives. Very proud of our success in defeating at the first time, moving them to the right to the place where i think is unsustainable, but defines who they are very clearly. Im very proud of our unity which gave me leverage to succeed enormously in negotiations on the bill. When it comes to the issues, we are united in terms of our concern for americans families. Thats what unifies us. When it comes to personal addition and having fun on tv, i love the arena. I thrive on competition, and i welcome discussion. Every action has a reaction, every attack has a reaction with that, im pleased to take any questions. Reporte
Shook out in 1978. Calendar fell the same way that year. July 4th was on a tuesday. Lots of people got off the 3rd and the 4th. But pretty much everybody had to come back to work after an extra long weekend for the 5th and the 6th. Except in denver, colorado, that year. Right after the 4th of july in 1978 in denver, colorado, everybody tried to come back to work on the 5th but nobody could get to work, at least nobody could get there on time. This was the headline from the Rocky Mountain news in colorado on july 6th, 1978. The 6th was the day after everybody was supposed to get back to work, right . After the long Independence Day weekend. You see the headline there. Disabled, snarled traffic in protest. Quoting from the article, about 25 disabled persons seized two buses during wednesday mornings downtown rush hour snarling traffic and daring police to make arrests. Shortly after the 8 30 a. M. Takeover Police Arrived admitting they were not sure what to do. As Police Commanders came
Ten other republicans refusing to commit saying they want time to review a bill that was under lock and key until yesterday. Of course, the entire Democratic Caucus totally opposed. On the policy front, the senate bill mostly mirrors the house version, but some key changes here. More on those in a moment. First, our coverage begins with ryan nobles. Reporter good morning from capitol hill where senators havent really had all that much time to digest this 142page bill. If the early reviews are any indication, this is going to have a difficult time being passed and being passed quickly. Mitch mcconnell, the Senate Majority leader, could have a problem on both sides of the political spectrum. Theres a group of moderate senators voicing concerns about the bill. This Group Already a little queasy after the house bill that was passed a month ago. He also has a problem on the far right, as well, as a group of four republican senators have said that they cannot support the bill in its current
Vladimir putin specific instructions defeat Hillary Clinton and help donald trump win the white house. It would be another two months before the public would learn about russias role and even longer until americans would be told about the kremlins exact goal. Lets get more on what President Trump is saying about all this as well as the russian reaction. Cnn correspondent athena jones outside the white house, also with us cnn contributor and cnns former Moscow Bureau chief Jill Dougherty joining us. Athena, is the president now saying he does believe definitively that russia hacked the election . Hi, ana. Well, it certainly sounds as though the president now agrees with u. S. Intelligence agencies who concluded months ago that russia meddled in the 2016 election. He still hasnt given a definitive denunciation or a definitive stand alone statement about that issue. But listen to what he told fox news. Well, i just heard today for the first time that obama knew about russia a long time be
Matter how good it is, well hopefully get something done, something with heart. Coming up, our prognosis, brandnew polling from nbc news just out showing what most americans think. And where the votes now lie. Plus, reaction from republicans, can the democrats peel off the three republican votes they need to stop this bill . I cant speak for the whole room and youre going to get, you know, 51 different 52 different ill be 1, 51 different opinions. And good day. Breaking news here on capitol hill, im Andrea Mitchell in washington, where the secret is out. Senate republicans finally unveiling their draft of the bill to deliver on their long held promise to repeal and replace obamacare. The proposal largely mirrors the house bill including deep cuts to medicaid, big tax credits for the wealthy. Reaction from democrats has been swift and fierce with only one week to go until a vote, they say. Democrats are turning up the pressure hoping to peel away the three republicans they need to defea