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Overhaul obamacare and not happy with the republican proposal so far. the senate republicans are meeting behind closed doors this hour to go over those revisions to their plan to see if they can take another stab at it. the g.o.p. plans to unveil the legislation today, although it still remains unclear if the bill has enough support to pass. some republicans say they think there is a better third way. >> i want to give democrats an opportunity to at least have input, but i may be wrong, but i th...

Act, its a dereliction of the basic duty to defend the country. >> joining us now, senior white house correspondent for bloomberg, who broke todays story about trumps lawyers, and mieke eoyang, the vice president for the national security program at third way. margaret, so this is obviously a change in style for trump lawyers and the new lawyer, mr. dowd, is the one with the kind of experience that one would expect this from. >> so, lawrence, this has been going on, as you know now, for about al...

>> i dont believe any previous american president would argue that your own hearings in the senate are a waste of time or, in the words of president trump, a witch hunt. theyre not. youre doing your duty that the people elected you to do. it is his duty -- president trumps -- to be skeptical of russia. its his duty to investigate and to defend our country against a cyber offensive because russia is our most dangerous adversary in the world today. if he continues to refuse to act, its a derelicti...

Viciousness that i was not expecting, i was not expecting the intensity of this experience, but this isnt supposed to be easy. my father and this administration intends to be transformative and we want to do big, bold things and we are looking to change the status quo, so i didnt expect it to be easy, i think some of the distractions and some of the ferocity -- i was was a little blindsided by on a personal level. >> martha: a lot of reaction to that today, here with us this evening, katie pavli...

Admits theyll be watching at the white house. joining us from capitol hill, nbcs kasie hunt. and from washington, mika, vice president for third way national security program, and a former staffer in the house intel committee. kasie, let me start with you. a lot has happened since we last saw james comey on the hill. hes been fired. he cleaned his yard. sent a letter to staff saying im okay, dont worry about me. but weve also heard a lot from this president about him. he told the russians that h...

Hospital for treatment. [music] >> new details on a potential time line to repeal and replace obama care the republican plan passed the house and now to the senate. texas senator keep itting short and sweet when asked if republicans can get it done by the ends of the year? >> absolutely. we will get it done the end of july at latest. >> you hear that. end of july. lets bring in adam a campaign strategist and jim kessler former legislator and policy legislator and cofounder of third way. thank yo...

Staff of attorneys. according to bloomberg, weismans specialties have included corporate wrongdoing and foreign corruption. weisman previously worked for mueller as the fbis general counsel from 2011 to 2013. the house intelligence committee approved four subpoenas today for former national security adviser michael flynn and one of michael flynns businesses as well as subpoena for presidents person lawyer michael cohen and a subpoena for michael cohens business. the republican and democratic lea...

Investigative reporter for politico. and mieke eoyang. she is a lawyer, a former house intelligence committee staff member, and now the vice president for national security programs at the third way. mieke, i wanted to get your reaction to this, since youre an intelligence professional having worked on the intelligence committee in the house. you hear what weve just heard from both the reuters report, more contacts than we knew about between jared kushner and russians, and now this block buster ...

Attacking a reporter on the eve of the election. he addressed the controversial incident head-on in his victory speech. >> last night i made a mistake. and i took an action that i cant take back. and im not proud of what happened. i should not have treated that reporter that way. and for that im sorry, mr. ben jacobs. >> ben from the hill joins us right now. ben, when we look at this, some pressure here given the amount of resources that are available for the democrats as well as the republicans...

More witness interviews. we still have to hear from director comey who said he would testify before the committees about these concerns over obstruction of justice. we have a lot more still to go. >> what are you hearing from your former colleagues on the hill? >> i think that they are really overwhelmed. we havent seen the committee staff up the way that you would want them to be staffed up for this kind of a major investigation. they need more hands. >> thank you so mu, former staffer for the ...