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Period. now, you noted the deficit reduction. $321 billion in deficit reduction in this bill. why does that matter? the house bill has a baseline of $133 billion. that means the senate at least has to match that. so, they've obviously matched that, and they have about $200 billion to work with. that matters, because when you look at moderates who are concerned about how deeply this bill cuts back spending on things like medicaid, mitch mcconnell has a pot of money to work with to win some of those moderate senators over. as is always the case here, there's a push and a pull. if you spend some ...

Which seems like a really odd thing. one of the president's top advisers is saying maybe you don't have an office in the west wing, that may make you stay out of politics. let's get right to cnn's senior political analyst, mr. mark preston with our breaking news now. mark, the nonpartisan congressional budget office, cbo, it's out, and the senate gop health care bill, so break it down for us. what does it say? >> well, what it says right now is that it is actually better off when you look at the numbers compared to the house bill, we saw 23 million would be uninsured. and there would only be a...

Pretty dramatically, about 30% and continue dropping from there. bear in mind, anderson, even if you talk about the drops in individual premiums out there, people are getting something very different for that money than what they're currently getting under the obamacare plan. >> this is not all apples to apples. no matter what it costs, the senate plan would offer something different than obamacare anyway, right? >> exactly. and that's why these numbers are a little hard to follow. look at this. some of the things that would be changing in the equation, under the senate health care bill it wou...

President who promised retaliation if the assad regime uses chemical weapons. heather: republicans turning up pressure on colleagues who opposed the gop healthcare package hoping this tweak will get them on board. rob: donald trump slams doomsday predictions thank don't believe them. kelly right joins us with details. >> reporter: as soon as the cbo score came out a top ranking democrat in the senate, chuck schumer, blasted republican saying the cbo report should be the end of trumpcare. the congressional budget office released this report on the senate health care bill monday, it predicts it ...

We'll take their joint remarks as they happen. but tr now, it's make or break for republicans on health care. the entire political world, including the trump white house, is watching the senate trying to pass a bill this week before the july 4th recess. we're told the first procedural vote could kom as soon as tomorrow afternoon. just in the last hour, we got the nonpartisan analysis from the congressional budget office. a crucial test that could determine which republicans go from a yes to a no vote or to a no from a no to a yes. the bill would reduce the federal definicit over the next ten y...