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Least for the next two years what this compromise lamar alexander and patty murray legislation is all about. >> reporter: thats right, they do not have the votes. the republicans do not have the votes on their side of the senate or they would have passed it and moved it through. we, of course, know the house supported this version of health care, the senate did not. but by the president saying that he supported this short-term deal in principle between democrats and republicans, its certainly a ...

This country and, frankly, the world has a drug problem. but we have it and were going to do something about it. im going to have a major announcement on that problem next week. were going to be looking into tom. >> the president hinted he might make a change and democrats are urging just that. senator chuck schumer of new york said confirming representative marino as the drug czar is putting a wolf in charge of the hen house. and now democrats have introduced legislation to repeal the controv...

President. . >> the cnn military analyst and global affairs analyst and former deputy secretary of state under president obama. cedric, does the president deserve the credit that he is claiming for the liberation of raqqa right now saying its because of him and a change in strategy? >> not really, wolf. having said that, every president is going to take credit for any victory that occurs on their watch. the fact of the matter this this skas that the rules of engagement did not change under pres...

Several democrats are urging just that. senator chuck schumer of new york said confirming representative marino as the drug czar is putting a wolf in charge of the hen house. and now democrats have introduced legislation to repeal the controversial opioid law. >> tom thanks very much. just before air i spoke to claire mccaskill. >> before last nights 60 minutes" story, did you have any idea about just what kind of impact this law was having? >> i didnt realize a couple things before we began vis...

Many people including the west virginia senator said he would block this confirmation. it is one more nominee from this administration and the white house getting blocked and with drawn even before the confirmation hearings. several controversial here, but it adds to the list of unfilled government here in the cabinet and these positions as top advisers. >> at the white house, thanks. we are standing by the for the joint news conference with the visiting greek prime minister. we are also followi...

A farm in panama that has funneled funds to her through the leader of azerbaijan both the prime minister and his wife deny this. one of the journalists three sons matthew took to social media to blame god and his government for his mothers death saying you were all complicit he said she was targeted because she was the only journalist exposing ties between organized crime and the government. multis investigators will work with forensic experts from the u.s. and the e.u. to determine the extent t...

House press secretary, were involved in many of those meetings as they were crafting the responses to this investigation. so certainly sean spicer has, you know, an inside window into what was going on inside some aspects of those meetings in the west wing. and wolf, we also know that he was a very diligent note taker. he was known from his time here in the white house and before that, in fact, of taking a lot of notes, detailed notes from this meeting here. so we do know that bob mueller has no...

This. so thats one of the reasons hes supportive of this bipartisan move, wolf. but this is just the beginning of this. it certainly is not the end of he can. and health care. in terms of the votes, he hopes to move on after tax reform, but the reality of that is, wolf, thats many months away, likely, even though he said he would like to get some type of tax reform package done this calendar year. thats seen as a long shot by some republicans on capitol hill, wolf. >> yeah, they got to pass a bu...

Likely make or break whether this moves forward. >> well see what happens in the house. chris soliza is with us as well. the compromise of democrats and republicans working together. you heard the president saying mitch mcconnell is on board, but as phil mattingly correctly points out, this is far from being a done deal. >> reporter: right. wolf, lets talk about trump first. remember that donald trump essentially, as recently as today, has described those subsidize as big payoffs for the health ...

Will be extremely important as to whether or not this has a future. but right now, a deal has been agreed to. the big question now is, will it actually move forward beyond the deal phase and into something that actually passes into law, wolf. >> it sounds to me like it is an issue that right now the democrats are on board, a lot of republicans are on board, will the speaker in the house, will paul ryan insist on a majority of the majority on board in order to allow it to come up for a vote? beca...