Stuart tree farm, neil. Neil thank you very much, my friend. Were focusing on that. Also focusing on bilateral talks going on between President Trump and french president macron. I love doing that everyone is so much better. I feel this compulsion to talk french. I compare it to a little bit about like reagangorbachev, kennedykhrushchev, most unlikely leaders getting quite close to one another here. This could be Donald Trumps way i saying i dont need to deal with Angela Merkel. I dont need to deal with theresa may in britain. I have a new friend. That is a long, long and durable relationship between ourselves and the french. We havent gone to war. So with major, Major Players they are all big ally. He is fully taking advantage of that. So were on top of that and that joint communique and joint press conference coming up. Were following closely developments in the United States senate as stuart indicate here. Theyre closer to something. They have been close to a lot of things before, but a Senate Health care measure were told includes provisions that senator ted cruz cooked up, would allow all types of people getting all types of insurance, depending on their need, not one size fits all, consistent rap among those that even supported Affordable Care act. If youre an older couple, you really dont need, a birthing care, that sort of thing. This idea that everything had to be, you know, the same for everybody with ted cruzs plan it would widen it out and allow people more flexibility, enticement, young people would be able to get on beard. The flip side, gerri willis, would tell you, older folks with preexisting conditions could be paying more. This is way too early to pick apart this whole thing but the cruz option heralded by no less than wall street journal in a editorial today is the one seems to advance the market as teeny bit. What do know know about this . That is one big surprise, Consumer Option put forward by ted cruz, or at least a version. We just got the bill. Were pouring through it. It would allow insurers selling plans with the Affordable Care act regulations couldoff noncompliant plans. Here is ted cruz. Im encouraged. I think were making positive steps. It was a big deal that the senate draft is now includes the con up super freedom amendment. That is an amendment that my office drafted and it is really focused on giving you the consumer, the power to choose what Health Insurance you want. So this is very controversial. Conservatives say this could bring down prices for young people which kept them out of obamacare in the first place. More moderate republicans say it would increase costs for elder enrollees. Guess what, he is not the only one with ideas. Lindsey graham, senator bill cassidy coming up with replacement plan would redirect 110 billion that goes to Fund Obamacare to states, would give the money to states to do whatever they want to with it. As i said we got the details of this bill right now. You can hear that meme comment in the back of your head when you read through what theyre doing here. In the bill, forget tax relief if youre well to do. The bill reinstates obamacares 3. 8 surtax on Investment Income for households earning 250,000. It reinstates 0. 9 hike in midcare payroll tax for households earning the same, more than 250,000. So much for those republican promises to get rid of Obamacare Taxes. Number two, no major changes to medicaid provisions from previous versions of the bill although there may be tweaks to help pay for uncompensated care. This contentious with democrats who say it will leave millions without coverage, reality, far, far different. The bill would have trimmed the growth of medicaid. Number three, more money, 70 billion for states to drive down premiums through cost sharing savings accounts, other ideas, socalled stabilization fund. 45 billion for opioid addiction treatment. Some senator desperate to get money the bill. Protesters criticizing Senate LeaderMitch Mcconnell. Their big concern, medicaid cuts. As we watch these pictures. Oh, by the way, we dont even know if mcconnell has the votes to bring the bill to the floor for consideration. That is the next stop where we expect a ton of the amendments. Reading through detail on the website out like 90 seconds ago here, it is clear theyre trying to put their best face on. This is a generous bill, not a mean bill. Neil. Neil so they hope. To win over one group you risk losing the other group. Always has been that seesawing. Gerri willis thank you very much. Gerri talked about the 45 million for on pyoid. It will be a lot more money. Republicans likely to keep in place at least two of the more prominent taxes built into the Affordable Care act. Talking about 3. 8 surtax on the well to do. Gerri pointed out earning more than 200,000 a year. Couples earning 250,000 a year, the group has to pay a. 9 of medicare surtax. It would dole out billions over the next 10 years to buy votes. Are they buying any votes . Does this make a difference . Does this get conservatives on board . Buying votes with lots of money, presumably trying to trim this then down seems like an oxymoron. But lets ask club for growth president david macintosh. What are you hearing about this . Inclusion of the leecruz amendment opting out an Consumer Choice that is a big step in the right direction. Were all for that. Weve been advocating for it. Disappointing as you point out all of these wasteful spending increases and therefore, keeping the Obamacare Tax increases which hurt job creation. It is a protection that over 100,000 jobs will be lost because of senate keeping that in there. So were going to continue to urge them get rid of taxes. You promised to do that. Neil what if they dont get rid of those taxes . In the end well have to look at all different parts of it and see. There are a lot of very good things in there. The changes to medicaid. This cruzlee amendment. Getting rid of the mandates. In they can bring themselves to do what republicans should do and cut taxes, then we would be all for this bill. Neil all right. Now there are a lot of people you have to give up something to get something and one of the things mark meadows of the Freedom Caucus, largely conservative group of republicans had said, that shocked me when we had him on, neil, i would be open not repealing these taxes in obamacare if it was a means to getting to the next step, in other words get this done, move on to tax reform. How do you feel about that. You know, mark has a really good point there, and what it shows the conservatives are the ones trying to get the repeal through. Were having to deal with the moderates who decided they would like parts of obamacare, even when they promised their voters would repeal it. The more we point out youre the guys holding it up, the more theyre forced to keep their promise and vote for a he repeal bill. Neil i mentioned this to stuart, he touched on the show. Not end all, be all they do decide on something. They do approve it. A lot of conservatives are chafing, moderates are chafing, they can revisit obamacare itself legislators did a dozen times to tweak things. Obama himself changed later so President Trump can make changes in the regulations. Yeah, failure is not an option here. We have to get the repeal through. It wont be perfect. We can make it better in years to come. Neil all right. Well see what happens. David, always good seeing you. Thank you. Great. Neil Speaker Paul Ryan weighing in on will we stay here through august debate. Take a listen. The house stay in session through august . Yes. If senate is going to give us a Health Care Bill well stay and finish the Health Care Bill. Neil okay. Chad pergram right now, what he makes on that, capitol hill senior producer. Chad, they go ahead and produce something. House has to act on that something in conference, how likely do you think first off that is . They have to get through a lot of things in the senate, the key, right now, neil, not so much whether or not they have the votes to pass the bill. Whether or not they have the vote to proceed to the bill. You have to have at least 51 votes to get on to the bill. Rand paul, republican senator from kentucky said yesterday, that he would oppose getting to the bill. There are 52 republicans in the senate. Ron johnson, republican senator from wisconsin, who previously had opposed original version of the Health Care Bill said he would vote to proceed. So they still have to get over a lot of hurdles here. There has been pressure applied by the conservative House Freedom caucus to keep the house in special, finish obamacare. That is pretty much what paul ryan was saying a few minutes ago, to get this off the deck. You have to see what the Senate Finally passes, if there are other changes. If the house can reconcile that. Again the house bill is very different from what they have cooked up here and presented just a few minutes ago in the senate. Neil this, first this procedural vote just to continue, right . To start. Neil when is that slated for . We would get a score from the Congressional Budget Office sometime early next week, monday or tuesday. Mitch min, the Senate Majority leader has been silent specifically when they would start but he is pretty adamant he wants to move this next week because he fools like theyre running out of time. You cant start this proses is until you get that cbo score. Theyre using this special process calls reconciliation which avoids filibusters. It brings the vote from 60 to 51 but you have to get 51. It has to fill parameters of reconciliation. It has to deal with fiscal policy, not regular policy. If you do that, you can use budget reconciliation. That is why you have to have the cbo first. If they have the motion to proceed, probably next tuesday or wednesday, try to vote on later in the week but they have to get through the first parliamentary hurdle which is absolutely critical or the gig is up. Neil Mitch Mcconnell said regardless how you feel about that, at least get to the vote on that. Everything stops. We cant do anything for some of you that want to do something. Let me get a sense surprising openness of some conservatives including Freedom Caucus members mark meadows, they would be able to swallow, not happily, keeping some Obamacare Taxes largely on wealthy in there if it was a means to an end. Paraphrasing here to go ahead to proceed to tax reform. How widespread is that sentiment . Youre hearing that. One of the things to watch, what degree they do get to tax reform are they willing to add to the deficit. If you keep Obamacare Taxes. That sun where key, one reasons to dispeople them entree to do health care was get some Obamacare Taxes off the books. That would help them deal with other taxes when they do tax reform. That is going to be very interesting to watch and that is something that mark meadows, the chair of the Freedom Caucus was pushing for yesterday but here is the problem in the house of representatives. They still need to pass a budget. You cant do the second round of budget reconciliation unless you passed a budget. There is a reason it is called budget reconciliation. Just this morning Vice President pence and budget director Mick Mulvaney in the speakers office, meeting with the die an yak the chair of budget you committee. They were supposed to pass a budget midmarch and again theyre not quite there yet. Neil chad, thank you for the reporting and the twists and turns. If i take a peek at the market. Talking about up 26 points. A lot of that gain came on word they would endorse the cruz amendment. Would allow greater incomessability for people to purchase insurance that wouldnt necessarily be a onesizefitsall as the case with the Affordable Care act now. Beneficial to keeping young people on because they would obviously choose cheaper policies, ones with higher deductibles what have you. Only to get the insurance but, not get coverage for some of the things. Now what caused rankles among moderates, you win over conservatives, that is important. They say that will make coverage for those who are older or preexisting conditions much more expensive because young people will sort of opt out the program and go for the cheaper private insurance plans which republicans generally, and by and large like but it could torpedo them as far as getting coverage and affordable coverage. It would be for those who are young and healthy. Maybe not for those who are not young and healthy. That is hurdle to be addressed. It assumes votes are there to support that and put this over the top. Anyones guess on that. I want to go to my buddy Charlie Gasparino out in sun valley, idaho, allegedly doing work where he can update us on where this rollout stands. Sir . You know, listen, it is beautiful here. I hope youre eating your heart out back in new york. Weather is perfect. Not a cloud in the sky. Were having a lot of fun here. Were breaking a lot of news. A lot of people here plugged into what is going on in washington. We should point out ivanka trump and Jared Kushner are here. Here are what were hearing legislatively what is going on as trump deals with major controversies surrounding russian influence in the 2016 election. There is talk once again combining, trying to get the dual bill through that combines something with health care and something with tax cuts. We do know that yesterday, before President Trump went out, went to france, he was meeting with some of his economic advisors on taxes, how to push this thing through. You know, the impression that were getting from some of these people in the white house that are telling us about these meetings is that he is looking at his sort of domestic reforms, health care, and reforming health care, getting rid of obamacare and reforming it, getting tax cuts through, neil, as a way of changing dialogue about what is going on in, regarding the russian probe and his son and these, the legal mess that is engulfing the administration right now. So there is some activity, some significant activity behind the scenes in doing that. We understand that mike pence will take a, play a major role pushing some sort of a Health Care Bill through congress to get that done. You know, as much as people think Mitch Mcconnell has a lot of stroke in congress which, in the senate which he does obviously as Senate Majority leader, mcconnell, mike pence, has a lot of stroke with more conservative members. He might even be able to bring them into some compromise. So that is the sort of frenetic activity that is going on behind the scenes. Its a dual track looks like. Looks like getting something done you through health care. Looks like theyre talking about these tax cuts, particularly that Corporate Tax cut which the market is relying on. Which is why the markets have been up. There is, there is a thought inside of the Trump Administration if they can focus on the domestic agenda they can take heat off of the scandal. If you agree with that, markets are not imploding. That is what were hearing. Neil im sorry, buddy, real quickly this notion that they are very confident that the, this will pass, something will pass, because the president is throwing the hammer down in this interview with robertson yesterday which he said he would be very angry if they dont do that. How serious that this is not the nice president , well do our best, what do you think of that . They look at it like this. They see this as a crisis. In the Trump Administration right now. I mean, listen there is a lot of smoke, no gun on this russian business but it is taking up tremendous amount of time. One way, tons of political energy, okay . One way to change the narrative is to focus on the domestic agenda which, you know, nothing like saying stock market likes my domestic agenda. It is sort of affirmation. That is what is going on. Why you see renewed emphasis to get the tax cuts through, get some Health Care Bill through, and you see it is mainly behind the scenes but it is frenetic activity among his senior advisors. People like pence, the Vice President , gary cohn, head of nec, steve mnuchin, treasury secretary. A lot of others. That is what im hearing. Getting it from good sources. You know, ill tell you, neil, if there is anything you know donald trump actually does better when he is under the gun. He is under the gun right now. Maybe well see this thing happen. Maybe well see this happen. Neil thank you, buddy, very, very much. Enjoy all the hard work out there. He is perilously close what appears to the highway, maybe the cameraman messing with him. Were awaiting President Trump and french president emanuel macron. Im just a child but i love this sort of stuff. Anyway, those two are getting along famously. The one is 39, the other is 71. What started out as bumpy relationship,ed handshake, i can squeeze your hand harder than you can squeeze mine, they are getting along famously despite the european connection here. After this. I joined the army in july of 98. I did active duty 11 years. And two in the reserves. Our 18 year old was in an accident. When