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Because of the provision on preexisting illnesses. and he said he wanted it covered. trs. >> and the result of that was this deal, fred upton, now a firm yes on this bill. also willie long, who helped work on that amendment is a yes as well. im told from aides interest this process, a full on blitz is behind the scene on the hill. president trump making phone calls. house republican leaders making every individual member they can to try and get them on board that they are cautiously optimistic t...

Pre-existing conditions, by trying to go back to that day, republicans are touching a third rail. and jimmy kimmel brought me to tears last night and every person who has gone through this experience was crying as well, and it was very, very powerful. i wouldnt be surprised if it did turn a few votes in this deliberation thats going on today. >> brought a lot of us to tears. it was indeed very powerful. stand by. theres more coming up. a former charleston police officer plead guilty to violating...

To believe it yourself and it certainly has been that way from the very start. whats more troubling for me, though, is the folks out there who are supporters of him, which is fine, who dont care, who brush off the fact that he is introducing lies into the discussion about president barack obama, about how many people showed up and watched his inauguration and go down the line and down the line. they embrace this idea of alternative facts. an alternative fact is a flat-out lie. thats what is most...

Dope doesnt shame an entire ballpark or an entire city but guess what, ali, one dope is one too many in the modern world. and again, for this to go on just reminds you all over again that race is and always will be the third rail in this country. >> by the way, there might have been a bunch of people. the red sox reportedly said about 30 people were rejected last night so that may have been the group among these people were. what do you do about this? how do you fix something like that? is this ...

From the moderates and today we have that the american medical association has come out against the bill and said that the new measure as planned would cost people who have pre-existing conditions a lot more money for their coverage and it would make it unaffordable. that is a big problem for republicans because touching the pre-existing conditions is like touching the third rail. you cant do it. >> its a very important issue. one of the negotiators working on this amendment to deal with this, t...

The trump folks have done is a this is a partisan investigation and that this is just a political nature. thats what carter page is doing. i would say this is the white house which has distanced itself from carter page overnight. the president said when he was a candidate, page was a top foreign policy adviser. they reeled that in and walked that back. >> pulling a paul manafort move there. thank you very much, panelists. jimmy, big reporting from you. thank you for advancing the story. sean s...

Im saying in the way assad used them going into towns, dropped them down to innocent -- into the middle of towns. >> you were in the room. what was your reaction? >> i was actually writing and i was listening, and when he started making the statements, i was -- it was -- it was an impacting statement. something that youre not -- he touched a third rail. and i quickly lifted my head and i heard audible gasps in the room. i heard people saying things and turning and looking. people were very upset...

Was -- it was -- it was an impacting statement. something that youre not -- he touched a third rail. and i quickly lifted my head and i heard audible gasps in the room. i heard people saying things and turning and looking. people were very upset, particularly many of the jewish american reporters that were in the room. it was -- it was not a shining moment for him to make that statement. you never compare hitler with anyone. you dont even bring hut ler up. it was just a very bad cent. >> nia, ho...

Presidency and tackle social security reform. jim baker, the consummate insider knew that was the third rail of american politics. you touch it, you get electrocuted. he turned reagan around on that issue. guess what? they pursued tax cuts, and the rest is history. >> we know that is something this president wants to do as well as infrastructure. here is james baker talking about the role as the white house chief of staff and how tough it is. >> there are any number of people in this white house...

Republican majority. >> it would be a tactical victory. its not guaranteeing repeeling and replacing obama care. it gets you through the house. knee made changes largely in the medicaid slice of this to get more house votes, which has damaged their case with the more moderate members of the senate. this will be tactical victory. if they can pass something. if they can do that in the house, dont count. thats not the final bill. it will be changed again in the senate, and then the question will be...