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Strategy in a public way, but i think he's been clear that he would certainly do what it takes to protect american citizens. >> thank you. thank you, sarah. two questions. first on health care. the senate wants to vote in less than a week or in about a week. can you say whether the president supports the bill as it is right now? because we don't know how many changes can be made in the course of a week. >> again, i think he wants to bring the stakeholders to the table, have those conversations and we'll get back to you as we go through a process. but i think right now, we're in the negotiation...

Parliamentary privilege, leader time. >> the senator has the floor. >> thank you. >> 142 pages thus far of this supposed bill have been printed online and that's what i have used -- >> minority whip. >> mr. president, several weeks ago the house of representatives passed a bill to repeal the affordable care act and replace it. it was placed without hearings and an amendment process and passed before the congressional budget office provided the traditional analysis, which we count on before we take up a measure of such magnitude. that measure passed with a party line vote, all republicans, two ...

White house and the president himself, we were told, has -- they've been sort of told to back off and that the senate majority leader kind of wanted to handle it himself this time, got a little bit messed up for lots of reasons. but the house was a little bit messy when the process went through the house. and the fact that the president is reaching out to people like rand paul, you know, maybe it's because, you know, they know each other, they've known each other since the campaign and they have that kind of relationship, or maybe he's, you know, inserting himself in another way. who can blame...

Do is buy low-cost catastrophic policies and enable people who don't have insurance right now because they can't afford it to be able to afford insurance. and it doesn't take anything away from anyone. instead, it adds additional choices, more choices, more competition, more options, lower prices. that's what consumers want. and it's what the republican majority should give to them. >> senator, early on you said it was important that these things not be negotiated in the media. why are you coming forward publicly with your complaints about the bill now? >> well, look, this has been an ongoing ...

Be banging his door down in the hallways asking what was happening in these talks. >> let me introduce these two to everyone else. david used to serve as chief of staff to house speaker paul ryan. he is currently senior consultant for the one nation health coalition. also with us, we have business analyst dylan ratagan, so david to you on dana's point on leverage and all the knocks that will be on, presumably, mitch mcconnell's door, how will this work so far with these four no's for now? >> well, i think it's helpful to understand it's not just these four. there's another group of members, pr...