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The president on this were ready to vote against this, reworked, would say would leave. >> what we going to do? attempt to lower taxes when we dont know what the fiscal note of healthcare is going to be? it is insane. we have to fix healthcare. im telling you if you cant do your job, go home. neil: there is another thought that republicans approved this measure even though it was that is big as the presidents healthcare, it would have been unpopular because it would not have addressed some issue...

Comes to the floor. if it doesnt come to the floor, of course, we move forward in other areas, but that is a decision that will be made by our leadership. i want to indicate im a strong supporter of speaker ryan. hes in a very difficult situation. i was pleased to vote for him for speaker and i think hes doing a vine job. >> i get that you dont want top criticize your colleagues, but at the same time youve been very vocal in your willingness to vote against the majority of them on this one. are ...

Certain degree of threatening. also the president giving clear indications to conservatives and moderates who are not so sure about this bill that hes got their backs if theyre republicans. the problem for the white house is theyre running out of time, and its not clear at all that members of that freedom caucus are going to back down. in fact, there was some reporting earlier today that the freedom caucus might even hold a news conference on capitol hill to talk about their feelings. ive reache...

Aqap, al qaeda in the arabian pence larinsul peninsula, terrorists there are perfecting techniques for hiding explosives in batteries and battery compartments of laptops and other devices. ill speak wbt all these stories, much more with senator sheldon whitehouse, hes a key democrat on the judiciary committee. and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by as we cover all the news thats breaking right now. first, lets go to our congressional correspondent phil mattingly with more on ...

No. and that is plenty to kill the bill. house freedom caucus chairman mark meadows telling nbc that hes not afraid of voting no. >> i serve at the pleasure of the people of western north carolina. and when you serve at their pleasure, its only those 750,000 people that can send you home. and its a temporary job and ive niknown that from day one. >> this after the house rules committee made changes to the gop bill in an effort to get more republicans on board. and democrats also bringing out the...

Bill to pass and how they will let each state just sort of be flexible and more flexible in terms of the kind of plans they will offer. you also saw that he was introduced by governor rick scott, florida governor rick scott, who has said in the past that obamacare must be scrapped. but he was also called the new health care bill a, quote, work in progress. so i dont know if you were able to hear some of the governors remarks, but he didnt actually pull his full weight behind the health care bill...

On and off the peninsula. for now, however, the bridge like much of the integration of crimea into russia remains a work in progress. cnn, on the crimean peninsula. >> clair, this question about crimea, the pressure remains for russia to return crimea to ukraine, but is that even a consideration in the russian capital or is that just a nonstarter? >> its not a consideration at all, george. this is a closed issue in russia. russia is simply not willing to digs cu discuss any discussion of returni...

For now however the bridge, like much of the integration ever crimea into russia, remains a work in progress. >> fred pleitgen, thank you so much. claire sebastien is live with us from moscow. we just heard about the situation in ukraine. lets talk about the situation in eastern ukraine. very unstable at this point. angela merkel while in the united states alongside with u.s. president trump expressed her hopes that things might improve. lets listen. >> translator: i am very gratified to know th...

Programs that assist low-income folks for obtaining heating assistance? these are recommendations by the president. are you okay with his budget? >> i want to applaud the president and director mulvaney for putting forth a bold budget. he was elected on november 8th to come in and place some priorities and truly speak out. now you know that im a big foreign policy guy, and as we look at some of the initiatives there, i want to make sure that were strategically deploying assets in the current way...

Country. its radicalization within the united states thats concern. >> its depends on the standard the supreme court applies. but if applies more general standard does the president have the authority. is there a reasonable relationship between the six countries and national security it will survive so this is going to be a major concern going up to the united states supreme court. its a long way from being over and i think the court will also give deference to the fact that although the preside...