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Starting to narrow the gap in terms of what it's going to take to get republicans to vote for something that not only repeals, but replaces obamacare. >> harris: the last ditch health care push comes on the heels of a report from the nonpartisan congressional budget office regarding the cost. the cbo says repeal only of obamacare would lead to 32 million fewer americans being insured and ten years and double premiums over a decade. repeal only what slash the deficit by $473 billion in that same period. the leader of the senate democrats, chuck schumer said this. the latest cbo score confirms i...

More breaking news tonight. republican senators working late on capitol hill meeting with white house staffers, trying to come up with the next plan on health care. this comes as the cbo says that 32 million fewer people would be insured by 2026 and premiums would skyrocket if obamacare is repealed. the cbo also says the move would decrease the deficit by $473 billion over a decade. phil mattingly joins us now. so what's going on at this meeting tonight, what do we know about it? >> an interesting element, anderson, is most senators found out about senator mccain's diagnosis in this meeting. l...

Months. i'm ready to act, i have pen in hand, believe me. i'm sitting in that office. i have pen in hand. you've never had that before. for seven years, you've had an easy route, will repeal, will replace and he's never going to sign it. i'm signing it. it's a little bit different. >> the congressional budget office gave components some new ammunition last night in their projection of what the repeal only would be. the cbo estimated that an additional 32 million people would be without health insurance, though it would reduce the deficit by some $473 billion. melissa, that does not include any...

Why they turned it around so quickly is this is essentially a very similar version to the 2015 bill that the senate also voted on and the numbers are devastating, there's no question about it, because it's repeal only. it would save $473 billion over the course of 10 years, but in terms of coverage, by 2026, 32 million fewer than under current law would have no coverage. and the bigger issues would probably be premiums because republicans have made that the core of their issue here. premiums would jump by 25% by 2018, by 50% by 2020 and by 100% over the course of 10 years. a caveat here that's...

I'm just so -- i feel so privileged to be an american to live in this wonderful country, and if i'm going to worry about my own political self before i worried about the public, then i'm here for the wrong reason. so many trump, president trump got elected through the process. he's our president. i'm going to work with this president the best i can to do the best i can for the state of west virginia and all the wonderful people in west virginia and for this country. now, when he's wrong, i'm going to respectfully disagree. i don't have to kal him names and this and that. and i can give input. ...