Well have live coverage of that as well. Two live events coming up this hour. First Vice President mike pence is back occuup on capitol hill trying to whip up support for the new republican effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act, obamacare. This was one of the key Campaign Promises of course by President Trump. The first attempt in march it failed to advance even to a vote on the house floor. This one seems to be a very close call as well with thursday a possible deadline for a vote. Our Congressional CorrespondentSunlen Serfaty is on capitol hill. The republican congressional conference, they met today. Do we have a better idea right now on how the vote looks as far as this effort is concerned . Right now, wolf, the outlook is pretty grim for Republican Leaders up here on capitol hill. Put simply, they do not have the votes they need just yet. And this is a message that was communicated to the full House Republican conference this morning when they huddled here updating members on where this process is and indicating how this could be Going Forward. They are teetering very close to that tipping point, the point wherein essence the bill cannot move forward according to cnns latest web count, 22 House Republicans say theyre opposed to this bill. That means the republicans, if one more House Republican comes out against this bill, and moves to the no column, that would stop this from Going Forward and stand in the way of the republican getting the 216 votes they need if it even went to a floor vote. That said, house Republican Leadership is trying to project confidence as they try to woo members and they show last minute support, trying to educate members who have many questions specifically over preexisting conditions. Heres what speaker ryan said earlier this morning. So the purpose of our bill is to get more choices while preserving the protections for preexisting conditions. That is a very important thing. Were sbipited about this polic. Im outside now a meeting of the tuesday group. This is a group of moderate members up here on capitol hill. Many moderates in this room that are huddling at this moment are still undecided about the bill. Many of them have certains over preexisting conditions. Not only what theyre hearing from the president but what the mcarthur amendment actually does about preexisting conditions. They could go on to kill this bill so we will know a lot more about the fate of this bill, wolf, after this huddle today. Sunlen, Vice President mike pence is meeting with republican members of the senate. Lindsey graham, one of those senators, just told kate baldwin he has no idea, his words, no idea whats in this Republican Health care bill that could be coming up for a vote in the house of representatives. So what is going on . Is there actual legislation that members in the house and senate can read . Well, its interesting, wolf, we have heard that certainly from many members. This expression that they want to make sure that theyre reading actual legislation and certainly coming from the senate side thats something were hearing a lot. They are the next step in this whole process. But when and if the house bill is voted on, they would potentially take over. But there is the expectation that when the senate gets the legislative text from the house if it is passed and thats a big if, theyre going to make significant changes to that legislation, then it will go on to conference committee. Likely what were seeing from Vice President pence up here on capitol hill today meeting with Senate Republicans so s to get in front of that, get in advance of that. But a lot of ifs and maybes if that step even happens anytime soon. Well see what happens. As you say, 22 republicans now clearly publicly have said they will vote no. All the democrats in the house of representatives will vote no. If one more republican goes ahead and says he or she will vote no, that could be curtains for this second effort to repeal and replace obamacare. Sunlen, thanks very much. President trump was pushing for a vote on health care last week, but the extra few days certainly doesnt seem to have helped republican efforts. Lets deal with. That joining us our political analyst grade gregory, nia maliekia henderson and dana bash. What does it say if the republicans fail for a second time to guarantee enough votes and there wont be a vote if they delay it one more time. Its obviously a huge failure to go back and fail. It shows you how big the disconnect is between the white house and the president and congressional leadership when theyre all in the third party. The former House Speaker said there will never be a replacement of obamacare because republicans have never been able to agree on health care reform. The issue here is fundamental. Once a big entitlement has been given, its difficult to take it away. Huge disagreement between a more moderate republican review of Big Government protections for the vulnerable and a totally free market view which takes government out of it and leaves people who are vulnerable less protected. Thats what theyre trying to bridge here. The fact is right now, dana, the first time it failed because conservatives were not on board. This time it might fail because more moderate republicans are not on board. Its the legislative wacamole that you always have to deal with. Generally its not in your own party. Generally on something this big and important it is across party lines. Democrats dont want to have any part of anything that repeals obamacare so theyre not even players. The idea that republicans still are having this much trouble getting votes amongst themselves even though this is a promise, top of the list promise in campaign after campaign for the past, un, three election cycles, im told this morning by a Senior Administration official that by the end of the day theyll know whether they have the votes for what they hope will be a thursday vote. If they dont, then they wont schedule the vote on thursday and its lights out for health care. Pretty embarrassing if they cant even have a roll call a second time. It would be very embarrassing. The specktatiexpectation and th that there are about a handful of republicans who dont want to vote yes, would feel more comfortable politically back home voting no, but have told the leadership if you need me ill be there. The question is as this is out there more and more, as we have very influential congressmen like the former chair of the energy and Commerce Committee fred upton who said today im not going to vote for this because i dont believe that people with preexisting conditions will be mandated to be covered. Thats a big deal and it may make some of those on the fence who are quietly talking to the administration think twice. They need 216 votes right now. Given a few v if 22 member republicans already are saying theyre publicly saying theyre going to vote no and one more does that its over. Speaker ryan in sort of his absence of saying that they have the votes and in privately saying the House Republicans indicating that they dont, there is some way to go. I think to spell out how difficult this is to do. When we covered, dana and i were up on the hill covering congress when they passed health care reform, Speaker Pelosi convinced some democrats to end their careers by voting for this. This is an issue that is so personal, that affects people, the compromise at this point can be felt by some people as being penalized by having a preexisting condition. This is the kind of thing that if the republicans are serious about whipping they will have to convince some of their members to maybe sacrifice their political futures to do this. And a lot of members dont want to do that obviously. Theyre nwill they do it for the question. They want to be reelected. They wont have time between now and thursday if there is a vote for the Congressional Budget Office to give a report to all the members of the house of representatives what the actual impact of this legislation will be. Thats right. And that was a big speed bump for the last piece of legislation because the cbo essentially said it would raise premiums from 10 to 15 over the next couple years and then lower them. And then 24 million or so people would be uninsured over the next couple of years. So i think if you are a member of the house and you are wavering on whether or not to vote for this, do you really want to vote for something that hasnt been scored yet and might come back showing a premium increase. So thats something certainly at play here. Folks in the senate some n some ways are saying if the house cant get it done, maybe they can get it done. This is a tricky thing. And it hasnt helped that you have had white house Officials Say this is going to happen this week. And it just might not happen. And if they cant get it done this time, does it actually come up again or as dana said, it seems like gary cohen one of the top economic advisers. If they want to take on tax reform, theres also this has been a rather rushed process. The president is all over the place generally. Take hospitals. They want more coverage. Theyve gotten more revenue because of obamacare. Its taken a few years for it to actually settle in. These are constituent groups who are talking to these members who are just now learning about the certainty of what obamacare means. Warts and all. Thats an issue that i think gives a lot of members pause. Everybody stick around. Theres a lot more coming up. Hillary clinton, she will be interviewed any moment now at the women for Women Charity luncheon in new york city. Youre looking at live pictures coming in. Well have live coverage of that as soon as it begins. The White House Press briefing also by the way set to begin later this hour. Health care, north korea, the president s tweet this morning calling for a Good Government shutdown are just several topics likely to be discussed. Much more coming up. Lots going on this hour. Turkey has no added nitrates, me nitrites or artificial preservatives. Now its good for us all. Like introverts. Extroverts. cheering and even bert. Man you gotta try this sandwich. Whos just overt. Oscar mayer deli fresh. 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While we wait for the white house to release details of the call, i want to bring in our Senior International correspondent Matthew Chance whos joining us from moscow. Matthew, this is the first time theyve spoken since russia denounced the u. S. Military strike in syria last month. Do we expect there will be more tension on the call because of that . Well, certainly there will be if that issue is raised by President Trump or by president putin. Certainly there were scathing criticism after those u. S. Missile strikes last month against that syrian air base, Syrian Government of course of bashar al assad, strong ally of Vladimir Putin. The kremlin at the time called it a violation of International Law and an attack against the sovereign t soverei sof sovereignty of syria. Hes met with his russian counter parts and they both expressed the intention, lavrov and tillerson to build better relations. This telephone conversation is only the third time theyve spoken on the phone but its going to be krut niscrutinized can get an idea of what the policy will be. The russians say theyve had mixed messages over syria and ukraine and the russians are going to be listening closely as are we to get any sign of what the policy of the Trump Administration is towards russia moving forward. It will be fascinating to get details. Amidst this as you know, matthew, the german chancellor angela merkel, shes in russia today for talks with putin. Its her first time there since 2015. What do we know . What has come out of those talks . The talks have already happened. They gave a joint news conference. It wasnt great in terms of if youre looking for signs that the relationship between russia and germany was improving t wasnt great. Of course, germany has been leading the charge if you like towards tightening sanctions against russia over its involvement in the conflict in eastern ukraine. The two of them publicly disagreed about the situation in ukraine. Angela merkel criticized Vladimir Putin for the treatment of guy rights, the treatment of guy men in russia where there have been lots of report of guy men being persecuted and killed because of their sexuality in that part of southern russia. A pretty tense joint press conference and no sign the relationship was improving. All part of the diplomatic flurry with putin at the center of that. Tomorrow hes going to be meeting president erdogan of turkey. I think it underlines how important putin has become in global diplomacy. Matthew, thank you. Reporting live from moscow. Were waiting for todays White House Press briefing to begin. Take a look at live pictures coming in from the White House Briefing room. Were expecting sean spicer to take questions on the fate of the repeal and replace obamacare legislation. The president s phone conversation with Vladimir Putin. Thats ongoing as we speak. And the north Korean Nuclear threat. Well go there live as soon as that White House Briefing begins. In the meantime lets go to our senior White House Correspondent jim acosta. Jim, the president spoke last hour during an awards ceremony for the u. S. Air force Academy Football team and as he was talking about victories he mentioned the budget deal. Thats right. He is framing the spending bill that is expected to get through congress and get signed to fun the government through the rest of the fiscal year. They are portraying this as a victory and you heard that from the president earlier this afternoon. He was describing the uptick in military spending over at the pentagon, pretty significant increase in spending over at the pentagon as well as Border Security. As you know, he did not get funding for that wall on the u. S. Mexico border. Theyre hoping to fight that battle in the next fiscal year budget, but heres more of what he had to say about what theyre describing as a victory at the white house. After years of partisan bickering, and gridlock thr, th bill is a clear win for the american people. We brought lawmakers together from both sides of the aisle to deliver a budget that funds the rebuilding of the United States military, makes historic investments in Border Security and provides health care for our minors and School Choice for our disadvantaged children. Very importantly, there is no long term bailout for the Insurance Companies that the democrats desperately wanted to subsidize, donors, the badly failing obamacare. Do you know what a donor is, fellows . Youll learn when you get a little older. Youll learn about donors. I used to be a donor. Used to get everything i wanted. This is what winning looks like. 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