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That had issues. a couple of members come out against the bill that we've been working closely with to get back into the yes column. i think you'll see positive developments on that this morning over at the white house. >> bill: there is a meeting at the white house, who is there, why is it so important? >> fred upton former chairman of the house energy committee where the bill went through, fred had come out against the bill as well as billy long who has been a long-time supporter of president trump during the campaign and beyond. they had some specific issues with the bill that we've been wo...

Unless they get an extension of that skilled, which is possible, time is getting thin. >> tonight is a big night, right? >> every night is a big night. this is an important week. this is a very big week and i -- i like the direction we're headed. we're working to get it done. >> will you stay past thursday? >> not sure right now. we're working to get it done as soon as we can. >> bill: screen left was this man, louisiana congressman steve scalise, house majority whip. you were the one responsible for counting votes, sir. thank you for your time this morning. i'm told the magic number is 22 to ...

Abortion rights saying no way. we are not okay with this. we are going to vote no on this bill if it goes through so it's such a tight vote you can see how this is becoming such an issue. >> you talk about the tight vote and trying to keep as close as a head count as we can here at cnn. we talk about the imagine imnumber of 216. >> reporter: that's what you have to get to pass or kill the bill. 216. all-important number. we have a lot of democratic leadership sources telling us that they're above 200. but after that, it gets pretty fuzzy and that's still a really heavy lift between 200 and 216...

Your question is the one that we have. are there any real undecideds here on capitol hill? i believe there are. not that many. i think a dozen or two dozen at the most. and i think as you say democrats like the trend. you know? and brianna talked about the no votes and yes votes we are counting. here's the trend yesterday, tj. we saw undecided come out this way. 11 new yes votes and 2 new no votes. remember, they only have seven no more votes to get. it's not just a trend they need to go their way but stop almost anyone else from saying no at this point. >> that's an interesting point you make...