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Flooding. all along the coastal line here in massachusetts, high tide was at about 1:30 p.m. today. so there is some concern for light to moderate flooding along the coast line here in massachusetts. they're going to keep an eye on that. as for travel here at boston's airport in logan, 800 flight cancellations have taken place. but all things should be back to normal come tomorrow morning, hopefully. icy roads though so you have to be careful. >> melissa: thank you. the white house briefing expected to start any moment now. let's go to john roberts with more on what to expect. a lot of issues ...

Send federal money to the individual states, so, they can decide who gets what. but the medicaid tax dollars will be capped. liberals hate that. they hate it. they want the feds to dictate health insurance costs and who gets free or subsidized insurance. so that is essentially where we are. the key question for you, the american citizen, is will your health care premiums go up or down once obamacare is history? today, the congressional budget office said that under the republican plan, the feds woulda spend about $337 billion less subsidizing health care over the next ten years. but about 21 m...

14 million more people uninsured by next year. and 24 million by 2026. >> simple answer, of course i'm concerned. the 14 million people are losing insurance, i'm concerned. that's not what president trump promised, okay. that's not what republicans ran on. >> reporter: while the cbo projects the bill would reduce the deficit by $337 billion, it would do so only after cutting medicaid by nearly $900 billion. that has unnerved some republicans from states that expanded medicaid to provide coverage to low-income americans. how concerned are you about the medicaid cuts, 880 billion over ten years?...

Against the congressional budget office's report on the republican healthcare plan. the cbo finding 24 million americans would lose their insurance over the next decade. but the health and human services secretary says that's not the case. chief white house correspondent john roberts is live in washington. who do we listen to here? >> reporter: pick your politics. that's who you listen to. the white house for its part pushing back hard against the cbo report. the reason why is found in the number. the number that the white house likes, $337 billion that's the amount of money that the governmen...

Of our plan but not the entire plan. in fact, the entire plan includes the regulatory apparatus that we've got the ability to use at health and human services. they also ignored completely other legislative activities putting into place. we disagree strenuously with the report put out. we believe our plan will cover more individuals at a lower cost and give them the choices they want for the coverage they want for themselves and their family not that the government forces them to buy. >> the cbo also found a substantial impact on the federal deficit. a reduction of $337 billion by 2026 compare...