Going to happen. And no one over at the white house knows either. Can a Republican Party that is divided pass a Health Care Bill by sundown . If they cant, who is to blame . The president this morning already tweeting, pointing fingers, saying the irony is that the Freedom Caucus, which is very prolife and against planned parenthood, allows planned parenthood to continue if they stop this plan. The white house is telling cnn the president is making calls this morning, determined to get the bill passed. A different official says they have seen some movement this morning toward the bill. The question, is it enough . Thats a pretty big question. The essential question. The essential question. If it was enough, we would know already. Our reporters are covering all the facts and moving developments. Phil mattingly on the hill, what are you hearing . Reporter according to a number of aides im talking to, what im told is theyve noticed some softening of some conservatives in the wake of what the president said last night. Theyre unsure if its enough and its not yet clear if that softening will lead to yes. One aide texted me, trump needs to close, period. It is up to the president now, over the course of the next couple of hours to try to get the Freedom Caucus members on board. Another key component, where are the moderates . If you think about the deal that was put out to try to bring those conservatives on board, its problematic to the moderates, stripping essential Health Benefits from obamacare. I asked about that and two aides made clear there were concessions added last night to try to bring some of those wary members back on board including an addition of 15 billion to the bill to address some of the issues like drug rehabilitation, maternity care, things like that. That was a direct request from one of those members. That could actually bring them back aboard. To your broader point, we dont know yet. Thats an open question. When will we first start to get an idea . There is a house vote on the rule moving through right now. Expect that to be when leaders start to get a hard count, a hard idea of where they actually are numberswise and if theyre on a good path forward. Until then, guys, anyones guess, basically. Theyll take this to a vote before the white house knows what will happen and the white house will find out when we find out. Phil mattingly, thank you. Lets go to the white house,our jeff zeleny is. Jeff, the president is making these calls this morning, this is all in for him. Reporter it is all in. But its unclear how much he loves this bill. I can tell you, john and poppy, stepping back from this, eight years ago when the Affordable Care act was being passed and signed by president obama, he had spent time writing the bill, was into the bill, was fully invested in the bill. That is not the sense im getting from President Trump or his administration. Were already seeing some blame going on. You know, was this the right idea to put the bill forward, who is responsible for this. Administration officials are talking on background to a lot of reporters in this town, blaming speaker ryan for this. But the reality is, President Trump decided to bring on as his health and Human Services secretary tom price, a long time author of this. This is not only a test of the president s ability to bring something over the finish line. This is also a test of whether he can escape blame for something if it doesnt pass. It is too early to say its not going to pass by any stretch. As phil was saying, they are definitely still working to get people on board here. But lets talk about the substance of this bill for one second. One of the reasons that house Freedom Caucus members, the most conservative members, some of them may be changing their mind, are because of changes made to the bill. But it is also a big problem for moderates. And were talking about some key provisions that have been taken out of this now that really strike at the heart of obamacare, the Affordable Care act. And that is to require insurers to provide maternity coverage, to provide Birth Control coverage and Mental Health coverage. These are these essential Health Benefits we talked so much about. Thats what it means. They basically say the states can decide this. Thats why this is so controversial. As we do the politics of this, the substance so important to all of this. But at this hour, the president now starting to change the subject. Hell be talking shortly about the Keystone Pipeline. Hell be having lunch with the treasury secretary talking about tax reform. Guys, all of this is is incumbent, hinges on what happens today here with this Health Care Bill, john and poppy. Jeff zeleny at the white house. Again, live pictures from the house floor where theyre debating the rule for the bill to repeal and replace obamacare. Is it trumpcare or ryancare . It depends if they get it passed. Exactly. New jersey congressman tom mccarthy, you are a no vote, you switched to yes on wednesday after getting some assurances on medicaid issues and concerns you had about the elderly. But there were new changes added last night, stripping out the socalled essential benefits guarantees from the coverage there. Are you still a yes vote . Good morning, john and poppy. I moved over the weekend, like with any negotiation, there is sort of a life cycle to it. I learned that in business. Im only in my second term here, and i had the privilege of running a company. I started just as a trainee in business with 13,000 a year and became a ceo. So i had a lot of experience negotiating deals. And i dont think thats what youre seeing now is nothing more than people wanting to work through what matters to them. I got to yes over the weekend for a few reasons. One, i was concerned about the elderly and the disabled and medicaid. We got a 65 billion investment in that group of people. I was also concerned about the people from 50 to 64 years old in the tax credits. And we were able to get a very significant 50 increase, 90 billion for that group. And i think with anything you have to negotiate in good faith and you have to realize when something is at a point where its worth supporting. We cannot continue the way it is. We have 23 million americans today that get zero benefit from the Affordable Care act. They either pay a penalty or they get a waiver but congressman . Yes . On that point, its poppy here, you talk about these 23 million americans. The new cbo score that came out maintains that 24 million americans more would not have coverage under this bill at all by 2026. And you said in a recent interview with the new jersey star ledger, quote, no american should be without insurance and im not talking about access, im talking about insurance. How do you square the two, sir . What weve done with this bill, and let me say, as ive said before, no bill is perfect, no bill. The Current System is far from perfect. We have to fix it. But when i look at all of the different groups, those in medicaid, those even before medicaid, the 23 million i mentioned that are getting no benefit, the people in the tax credit groups, i believe every single one of them will have the ability to buy insurance. Thats antithetical, sir, to what you said in this interview. You said im not talking about access, im talking about insurance. The fact is this would mean more people uninsured. How do you square those two things . Poppy, i do square them because of this. When i say access, im not talking about access to health care. Im talking about access to insurance. I do believe that. As ive shared before, i went through what its like to struggle with Health Care Bills. My oldest daughter had over 1 million of medical bills in her 11 years of life. And i fought with Insurance Companies and health care providers. I have lived this. There is a lot of noise about this bill and i know theres a lot of fear. I know that. But when you really look at the bill and you look at the cbo score, and ive read it, they are assuming that when theres no mandate, millions of people wont buy insurance. Thats not what i see in the bill. I see that every single american, every single american will have an advanceable tax credit, they dont have to wait for it when they file their congressman . They will be able to get it up front and buy insurance. Your majority leader, Kevin Mccarthy, just told our reporter Sunlen Serfaty that hes feeling very good about this. He just said to our Sunlen Serfaty that it will get through today. That is from your majority leader. Im not sure if thats posturing or a genuine optimistic feeling theyre now getting. I want to push it a little bit more on the essential benefits that have been included in obamacare, thats guarantees of maternity care, Mental Health care, Substance Abuse coverage. Those guarantees are out, right . And are you comfortable with that . Do you think its a better bill, do you think it provides better care to your constituents without those guarantees . First, i support essential Health Benefits. Im very fortunate to be in a state, new jersey, that takes really good care of our people, especially for opioid addiction. Im the chairman of the Heroin Task Force here in congress, and our governor and our Legislature Passed really groundbreaking legislation that gives people six months of coverage for dealing with opioid issues. But thats out. Thats out now at the federal level, the guarantee, from the federal bill. I know states can choose to do differently. Again, is it a better bill in your mind without that in there now . I think you have to step back and look at the Bigger Picture. The essential Health Benefit doesnt apply to the vast majority of plans today. Youre talking about less than 10 in the individual market that this essential Health Benefit is dictated by the federal government. It doesnt include any Employer Sponsored Group plans or self insured plans. Doesnt affect medicare or medicaid or va care or military tricare. The federal government is only dictating Health Benefits for a very small band. And all this does is says, you know what, the states do this everywhere else, you can do it for the individual health plans too. So i dont believe this is going to hurt people in the way that all this noise is suggesting. Before we go, you did meet with the president yesterday. What did he tell you . Ive been really thrilled with the president s response. Hes obviously very engaged. But hes treating the legislature as a coequal branch of government, which i havent seen in quite some time. Hes engaging with us, but hes not trying to dictate this legislation. Hes trying to help bring people together. And so i think hes been helpful to the process. And my part, im one of the cochairs of the tuesday group, the moderate group, and we are in discussions with our leadership, with the white house, with our friends and colleagues in the other caucuses here in the republican congress, and were working it out. This is like any negotiation. Everyone has to be heard and you have to find ways to get to yes. We need 216 votes. Congressman, you are hearing and painting a much more kumbaya picture than were hearing from others. Thank you very much for being with us, congressman. Im a realist, not an optimist. Clearly an optimist. Well be watching, thank you. The president is attacking the Freedom Caucus this morning. He is. Again, our breaking news, House Majority leader Kevin Mccarthy says hes feeling optimistic that theyre going to get it done today. It is all going on right now. Well hear from a key democrat in all this. If you have moderate to severe Rheumatoid Arthritis like me, and youre talking to your rheumatologist about a medication. This is humira. This is humira helping to relieve my pain. And protect my joints from further damage. Humira has been clinically studied for over 18 years. Humira works by targeting and helping to. Block a specific source. Of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. 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A flurry of action on capitol hill. House minority leader nancy pelosi, the lead democrat in the house of representatives, speaking out how against the bill to repeal and replace obamacare that may be voted on later today. No surprise that democrats are against it. 100 of House Democrats are against it, which complicates matters for house republicans. Right now we do not know if the bill will pass or not. House Majority Leader Kevin Mccarthy told our Sunlen Serfaty that he is feeling great, he said were going to get it done today. Joining us, mark preston, aaron lewis, van jones, and alice stuart, a republican strategist who worked for ted cruz during the election for a little bit. Mark prestopreston, kevin mccar telling Sunlen Serfaty that hes feeling great. If he had the votes, he would be feeling excellent. Thats his job. He told dana bash last night that he felt good about it. This is problematic for republicans. We talk about the inexperience of the white house and their inability to try to get votes on capitol hill. This is a very Young Congress right now. They came here on ideological terms. They dont feel invested. They havent been through, you know, really, really big fights. If youre a republican, a lot of these folks didnt have the house, the senate, and the white house. They dont know how to win right now. In many ways this vote today should have been cast by the white house in the Republican Leadership as the first of many votes. Dont deal the president a losing hand on his first major legislative accomplishment, because youre going to have an opportunity to vote against it anyway if you dont like it. Alice stuart, an interesting tweet from a member of the Freedom Caucus. Here is what he tweets. If the executive branch tells the legislative branch when to vote and how to vote, with an it will be allowed to work on if the vote fails, is that a republic . Your take . Look, clearly the house Freedom Caucus is not going to go down easily on this. Theyre Standing Firm on this. Look, while theyre getting a lot of these last minute calls and conversations and meetings with those in the white house, theyre also getting messages and calls and emails from their constituents that are saying, please stand firm, please dont give in. Look, they promised their constituents throughout this campaign, and won their campaigns on lower premiums, greater access to health care, and thats what they want. They dont see that in this current bill. Theyll continue to stand firm regardless of the pushback from the white house. Heres the rub. We saw the tweet earlier where President Trump reminded those in the house Freedom Caucus who are very strong conservatives that are, many of them, certainly prolife, pro faith, pro family, he reminded them that obamacare doesnt defund the nations largest abortion provider, planned parenthood. Ank Kellyanne Conway will reach o