216 votes needed for passage. >> i don't see how that would work. >> reporter: and that means leadership cautious behind the scenes sits in a very similar place with one senior gop aide telling cnn that any talk of a final deal is, quote, premature and the best way to describe the new talks would be very early discussions. with only one goal. any compromise must add net votes. >> now we're throwing around concepts to improve the bill. that's occurring right now. but that is not to say that we are ready to go. because we want to make sure that when we go we have the votes to pass this bill, we've got the consensus that we've long been looking for. >> phil mattingly joins us now. wuf been staking out an ongoing late-night meeting between the vice president, just about all of the big house republican stakeholders. what are you hearing now? >> this is essentially the been waiting for.olicy they've - this is what was promised last night when they first unveiled kind of the topline components of this new compromise proposal. and what they're doing, they've got staff in the room. the tables i've been told are set up in a rectangular fashion.