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Well-established gift proven by history and social science alike of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory and if they, after seven years, win back total control of the government and can't fulfill their signature campaign promise, to get rid of obamacare and then they have to go to the democrats who know that they aren't going to have fingerprints on anything in the 2018 election and think they'll get a better deal from them. i think that's insane. >> shannon: it will be here before we know it. you know how the political cycle works. the elections are never over. great to see you today. th...

That's true. i've been meeting with a group of members of the democratic caucus for about three years trying to develop some fixes for obamacare. nobody argues that the aca is a perfect law and it can be -- it certainly can be improved. we've got to deal with things like premiums and deductibles and how the whole system works and how it works with small businesses. so, there are lots of things that we can do. i have a radical suggestion for the majority leader. submit the bill to the health education labor and pensions committee, have hearings, have a mark-up, involve experts, let's talk about...

No work done at all by members. >> no, i get that. and i get that -- i understand that for many democrats, you won't even listen until they take reconciliation off the table. is that fair? >> we want to have equal rights in the discussion. we don't want to be told how we're going to consider our bill. and reconciliation makes that virtually impossible. >> and if president trump issued an invitation to all the senate democrats, would you go? >> i would. he had an invitation before and i was there. absolutely. he's the president of the united states. i might disagree with a lot of his apologies....

President's warning will certainly get russia and iran to take a second look and i hope that it will caution assad. >> reporter: trump's warning was closely held until the last minute. the white house and the defense officials say secretary of state rex tillerson and defense secretary james mattis knew about the intelligence, but many other officials unaware. the u.s. military has options for president trump if he decides to act. the president has drawn a red line, suggesting conditions for action, something he said he would not do. >> i don't want them to know what i'm thinking. >> reporter: ...

Blow to their party's promise to repeal and replace obamacare. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell forced to delay a vote on the gop health care bill until after the july 4th recess. mcconnell failing to secure enough republican support to pass the legislation. senate republicans leaving the white house a while ago as the president ratchet s up the pressure to find a compromise. the president insisting they are getting very close, but senator susan collins and others are questioning whether tinkering with the bill will make a difference. the gop revolt intensifying after a nonpartisan rep...