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Graham immigrant immigra graham. >> republicans work, senators murkowski susan collins, republican senator luther strange alabama on budget committee locked in a senate runoff being held this tuesday. good to have you on program thanks so much join us. >> glad to be on. >> a big week ahead for sure let me ask you senator about the budget, and about the health care bill before we get into your own race, what are the prospects we will see a health care bill to the presidents desk this week. >> loo...

>> senators murkowski and collins are leaning against this bill for completely different reasons than rand paul. paul thinks it doesnt go far enough. he wants a straight repeal. whereas collins is a little concerned because the bill would leave their states with less money. thats one of the interesting things were seeing with this bill. were finding out what matters most to certain senators, whether its money or policy. because a lot of senators have said they are against this or leaning against...

50 votes for the graham/cassidy bill, well it is a not clear though if there is going to be enough to get this thing passed. if it turns out that senators murkowski or lee or mccain do not vote yes for this, should they be primaried? >> well, you know some of those senators just got reelected in november. so you are talking a long way away, six years from now. the bottom line is obamacare continues to fail the american people. i heard it at home again this past weekend in wyoming. across the cou...

Maine senator susan collins one of three republicans to vote against the skinny repeal returned to washington to a crowd giving her a round of applause at the airport. a photo that you see of the movement going viral and collins loving every second of. >> it it was just amazing. i have never had that happen in the thats right i have been privileged serve in the senate. it was very encouraging and affirming. jillian: senators murkowski and mccain are credited with killing the so-called skinny rep...

From washington to a crowd giving her a round of applause at the airport. a photo of the slow clap moment going viral and collins loved every second of it along with fellow republican senators murkowski and mccain are credited with the so-called skinny repeal last week. >> heather: well, in just a few hours president trump will come face to face with attorney general jeff sessions for the first time since publicly criticizing him for recusing himself from the russia investigation. sessions expec...

To do today with senators murkowski and collins voting no is to get 50 votes on the motion 0 to proceed. theyre dancing on the head of a needle here and get vice president pence to break the tie. >> shepard: in the next couple weeks, debates will be offered. amendments can be offered by anyone and the republicans have to keep the 50 votes and the one from the vice president to be able to not repeal obamacare because this would be a defunding of obamacare. nevertheless, the structure would remain...

Then, thus, leaves the massive question over, well, then, what happens. they may be -- they may have been nos turned yess for the procedural vote but who knows how this thing could go down the road. phil, thank you so much. well come back to you. talking to different correspondents on capitol hill, watching this vote very closely. we have the two no votes so far, senators murkowski and collins. they cannot afford another one. the vice president is there. he could provide the tie-breaking vote if...

The record and voted on the motion to proceed. this would be the new healthcare bill. trumpcare, if you will. theres two no votes. senator murkowski and senator susan collins of maine. those are the two republican votes in the negative. there are two more republicans yet to vote. senator ron johnson, the senior setter from wisconsin and senator mccain from arizona. john mccain is expected to be a yes vote. senator ron johnson were not sure. ive been told by our capitol hill producer, chad pergra...

>> joining us on set the president of planned parenthood, cecile richards. is he veal, mike pence we played a sound bite from him last week they still have planned parenthood definitely going to try to take it away, the funding. >> right. >> tell us what your biggest concerns are moving forward, especially now the bill is on hold or a failure for now? >> it was great to see senators murkowski and collins they were clear ending access to planned parenthood is sort of a deal breaker and its import...

>> well, willie, from marks previous analysis yes in theory you could do the tradeoffs to try and kind of very carefully balance the see-saw you outlined. they wrote the bill with the deep medicaid cuts to cut a deal and the problem is that fundamental math turns out is completely unpattatable to the republican senate. they want to lean more heavily towards ted cruz and mike lee because they know eventually the bill will have to pass the house and if they pass something in the senate thats overw...