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Didnt like the fact that one of the cereal commercials had two gay parents and a child. >> please. im talking about people in media. >> when is commercial not media? >> no, im not talking about moms. im talking about people in media, political figures, actors and actresses trying to get people off of air? where do you see this? where do you see conservatives rallying around. steve: lawrence, let her finish. >> the point is not that you have people call -- people always call for folks to get put ...

High-risk pools, those states set up in stead. the upton amendment helped change the momentum on the bill, giving leadership enough confidence to call a vote as early as 10:00 this morning. >> lets go to jim vandehei. whats turned this? >> whats turned this is, paul ryan and donald trump needed a win and needed to get some of these moderates on board. theyre so worried about the pre-existing condition, that specific piece of legislation. they feel now they have enough money to go home and justif...

Their health care and they want to be able to afford it. they know whos a republican, they know whos a democrat. do they then go one level deeper, its not the president, its these guys? >> no, no, this is the thing. this is the difference between what trump has to worry about. he doesnt have to worry about anything. these members of congress know what the impact of this bill will be on the ground. thats why they wont pass it because they are deeply concerned that no matter what the president say...

They met with the president a short time ago at the white house. theres been an amendment proposed, were talki i-- are wy to see a vote this week? >> i had speaker ryan on my radio show this morning. he announced that, in fact, they were working around the clock on the bill and he thought it was getting very, very close. if the freedom caucus turns around the upton amendment, it will no longer be obamacare, it will be freedom caucus care. the house of representatives should send it to the senate...

Im stephanie ruhle. this is msnbc and the clock is ticking. president trump is now making a personal pitch to republicans, leaning against that health care bill and trying to help this thing from slipping away. as we speak, 21 members are opposed to the bill. that is more than there were this time yesterday. keep in mind, republicans can only afford to lose 22. any more than that, and the bill gets killed. nbcs kristen welker is live at the white house. kristen, weve got some breaking news here....

Shoe drop from the standpoint of someone getting arrested or pulled out of this administration beyond flynn. this either makes mike pence look like an idiot or a liar or trump look like an idiot. but sally yates is going to be the hottest ticket in d.c. for years. if she does well in this testimony, shes got a governors race in georgia, shes got a vice -- there are lots of things that she could do politically to launch her life after this testimony next week. >> i want to know what mike flynns s...

Billion over the next five years to help people living with pre-existing conditions to pay for their coverage. the reaction, were still waiting to get that. what we do know is that fred upton and billy long of missouri, whos also currently a no vote, are planning to meet with president trump here at the white house later on this morning to discuss this amendment and this sticking point, this major sticking point. president trump now getting personally engaged in this plan and in this effort to r...

Particular, when he takes to twitter about the budget or about the health care bill. and youre right, opposition from outside groups very influential outside groups, including the american medical association, the aarp still coming out against what has been transpired here over the last few hours, the upton amendment, that extra $8 billion. and katy, theyre doing it the old-fashioned way. the members who are wavering go down to the white house, they walk away with a prize of $8 billion. they say...

Question about if one likes his or her health care, they can keep it. in 2013, the chairman of the house energy committee offered a legislation that put precisely though words into law and it received the votes of every republican member in the house and between 40 and 50 democrats. then it died in the senate. would the administration support a revival of the upton amendment? in other words, putting the right to keep ones health care plan and doctor if he or she liked it today? >> i think thats ...

>> thank you, sean. >> just getting back to the question of if one likes his or her health care they can keep it. in 2013 congressman fred upton then chairman of the house -- committee offered legislation that put precisely those words into law. and it received the, et cetera votes of every republican member of the house and between 40 and 50 democrats, and then it died in the senate. would the administration support a revival of the upton amendment? in other words putting the right to keep ones...