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Medicaid will be at the center of the negotiations. you saw yesterday that a number of moderate senator republicans expressing serious concerns especially regarding the impact that this could have on constituents who depend on medicaid. let me walk through what the bill would do to the program. put it simply, it would make drastic changes to the program. states would get a set amount of money, either per enrollee or in the form of a block grant and essentially this means states rather than the f...

Harris interrupted by male colleagues during the senate hearing. >> the huffington post headline after what happened. she was trying to get in as many questions as possible, she kept interrupting him. would let him finish. >> a set amount of time and senators, i like the sound of my own voice too but they want to be heard more. it wasnt about hearing either from mister rosenstein or mister sessions. it was about spin. she wasnt being shut down by male colleagues but bullying the witnesses and he...

23-year-old man in connection with this bombing. they believe it was carried out by a suicide bomber who blew up an ied at the scene. police believe they know the attackers identity. they are not releasing it at this time. >> well, jessica is a teenager who traveled from liverpool, her home, to manchester to see ariana grande perform last night and she was in the manchester arena when this attack struck. jessica and her mom join us now. were so happy to see that you are safe. tell us what happen...

That. >> hey john and poppy. we have been following the political debate on capitol hill very closely. in a few hours we dont know exactly how republicans will vote on the bill. a lot of people will be very curious to know what exactly is in this bill. lets talk about that for a little bit now. the bill would repeal the obamacare subsidies. the subsidies would be replaced by refundable tax credits based on age an income. the house has also decided to set aside around $85 billion so tax cuts can ...

A little bit here. im not trying to qualify his role during that stretch. >> got it. >> i think what the white house and the administration are trying to do is that mr. manafort worked for the campaign for a set amount of time. the issues raised were a decade previously. had nothing to do with the president, nothing in the transition team. mr. manafort had been diskissed well before then. theyre trying to put it in the proper context in the amount of time he worked with the campaign. going back ...

Conservative and moderate republicans who are on the fence to get the 216 votes needed for the bill to pass. >> every change we make conforms to the senate rules, which we have to play by. >> now the bill allows states option to receive medicaid funding as a block grant instead of a set amount per enrollie, and it allows states to allow able bodied recipients to work for their insurance and aims to repeal obama tax credits this year instead of 2018, and it sets aside $75 billion in tax credits t...

Trump -- when i was at cnn, i interviewed him when he said, any day now my investigators are coming back from hawaii with evidence that barack obama is a kenyan-born muslim. you guys kind of got caught in this. he does this. he didnt apologize last time. hes not going to apologize today. those folks in the white house press room are going to ask for that. >> exactly. again, this is where this is all a distraction. thk whatmp does not want do is get in the middle of the health cardebate. he doesn...

State, the federal money to help changes too. not anymore. under the trump plan each state would receive a set amount of money each year and there would be plan caps for federal funding for all of this over time. so they have to work it out as best they can. as much as anything else, this provision is where critics think a lot of people could fall through the cracks and wind up uninsured again. whats going to keep people in the system? if you let your insurance policy lapse under the trump plan,...

Us. tom? >> hey, don. the trump plan keeps several of the most popular parts of obamacare. you can still keep your kids under your coverage until the age of 26. you cant be denied insurance because of pre-existing conditions and there are no annual or life-time limits on insurance benefits. but it also drops some key components of obamacare. the individual mandate which says everyone has to be assured or pay a penalty would be gone so would the employer mandate. and government subsidies to help ...

It eliminates the individual mandate and replacing with a new set of initiatives. including the replacement of subsidy of tax credits. it would also eliminate the medicaid expansion. states would receive a set amount of money from the federal government every year. >> although the bill might be branded as repeal, it keeps several popular components of obamacare. children can remain on the parents plan until age 26 and allows people with pre-existing conditions to continue coverage through the mo...