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Special interests in washington. >> reporter: senator, thank you. alex. >> thank you to you, vaughn and thank you to the senator. i think that your conversation was a great prep for him before he goes inside and takes the questions from folks there on the inside there in maryland. thank you so much to you both. well, according to a nbc news wsj poll, 48% of americans say the house gop bill is a bad idea. only 16% of americans think the bill is a good idea. this is the poll also shows americans view obamacare in a more positive light with 41% saying it's a good idea. so it is pretty close the...

Amendments to the bill that are likely to make it worse and then i think leader mcconnell will ask people to vote without a new cbo score so i suspect that the cbo score, as bad as it will be, will even understate how many people will lose coverage. >> those words may be prophetic. andy, slavitt, thank you very much for weighing in. i appreciate it so much. with me now to explore what washington may be thinking with this crucial week ahead for the trumpcare fight, dan diamond and franco, white house correspondent. gentlemen, welcome to both of you. dan, i'll reach out to you first. you have ...

Sick or who have a low income have to pay a significant amount more. >> so, andy, i'm curious about the cbo score that's due out this week. could that spopstop this bill dead in its tracks because let's face it, if more than two republicans say, we're not voting this way, it is dead. >> i think there's a possibility that this bill could start to unravel fast and here's why. i can't have a senator who in their private moments will look at themselves and look at their staff and say, do i want to be responsible for the unraveling of the 52-year-old medicaid program? a vote yes is a vote to unrave...

Lifetime caps, things that rendered insurance useless if you had a premature baby, are gone. they're now illegal. people like the fact that if they had preexisting conditions, they're protected. people really like the fact that they know what they're getting. there's no more insurance policies, no more buying an insurance policy and then finding out, oh, they don't cover me for a hospital stay or for mental health or for maternity. there is a set of guaranteed minimum benefits, there's ten of them that i think are most basic and essential and people really like that. the only thing they don't ...