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Suggesting some of the presidents associates may have communicated with russia in an effort to release damaging information about hillary clinton. and london is in mourning and on alert today. a terrorist stopped while trying to storm the houses of parliament, but not before leaving several dead. welcome back to cnns "early start." im dave briggs. >> im christine romans. history will be made today. house will take the first vote to repealing and replacing the affordable care act or a staggerin...

Bill? the president for one of the groups says, we want to make certain that lawmakers understand the policy consequences of voting for a law that keeps obamacare in tact. we have a history of holding politicians accountable. we will be there to support and thank the champions who stand strong and keep promise. >> you wonder, christine, will they take it a step further. not just promise money to no votes, but promise money against those that vote yes on the bill. the aarp type at this point. >> ...

On whether to end debate on the government funding bill. lets go to nbc capitol hill correspondent luke russert for the latest. luke, whats happening? >> joy, cloture has been reached. they have 60 votes. cloture is invoked to use parliamentary lingo here on capitol hill, which means they can now proceed to harry reids plan of stripping the defunding of the presidents health care law away from the government funding bill by simple majority vote. reading in between the lines, i counted 18 republi...

The hottest stories in a flash. rapid fire. roll it. at this hour the u.s. senate is preparing for debate on one of the presidents cabinet nominees after a deal was reached this morning to preserve the filibuster declaring the senate, im quoting, broken because of the repeated filibuster 60 vote threshold. senate majority leader harry reid had threatened an end run by simple majority vote. scientists now have evidence that the tie ran na sawyer russ rex really was the scary hunting predator ...

Elections. they could conceivably get to the senate in 2014. we are going to get rid of the filibuster altogether by simple majority vote. >> i think thats what worries about like levin. getting rid of the filibuster for nominees will not solve all of the problems with president obamas nominees. another norm that has been overturned is that traditionally when there is a judiciary vacancy in a certain state the president works with those home state senators and to come up with a nominee. and part...

With more. >> reporter: now, christine and dave, for weeks its been on the table and for weeks republican leaders made it clear they dont want to actually put it in the tax reform bill and yet its there, at least in the senate version. thats the repeal of the obamacare individual mandate, something that the con gregs gnat budget office would relouis those with health insurance by 13 million and introduces whats been a politically toxic health care debate back into play for senate republicans, on...

London on alert after a terrorist tried to storm the houses of parliament, but not before leaving several dead. we go live to london. good morning. a lot going on. welcome to "early start." im christine romans. >> im dave briggs. we start with history being made today one way or the other. republicans will take the vote to actually repealing and replacing the affordable care act or we could see a staggering blow against obamacare and perhaps the entire trump agenda. the white house deep in a fur...

The health benefits. now looking for more concessions. eliminating another costly requirement. coverage for pre-existing conditions. that is a popular, popular part of obamacare. >> deal breaker for many. the moderates. >> you lose moderates. >> running for the exits without question. >> promises on the health care bill. the promise is vote yes and ill have your back during re-election. the message from two gop donors vote no and well bank roll. donors backed by charles and david koch. they will...