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Consistently insisted the senate bill they were having to vote on in the house would use taxpayer funds to fund abortion and said he could not support that bill unless that changed. while the language in the bill did not change, the white house stepped in, offering an executive order at the last minute that was enough to get stupak's vote. here is bart stupak on the house floor last night, arguing against the republicans' attempt to reconsider the passing vote. >> it is the democrats who have set up for the principle of no public funding for abortions, it is the democrats through the president...

They have been very much opposed from a bill since the very beginning. six of the seven senators had the opportunity for the same bill back in 2015 and they all voted in the affirmative. this is when republicans had control of the senate but barack obama was in office and he was going to veto any measure that appealed obamacare. now that they have the republican base in the white house, their perspective on this has changed a bit. susan collins, the only one of this girmd system. another thing i would point out here, jake, this demonstrates how tight the margins are, the idea that you're going...

Made, the president now going to get involved in the process as well. can he pull out a deal. >> president trump lashing out at reports he was side lined during healthcare negotiations as his administration ramps up their war on the news media. we have it all covered as always. let's start out with cnn's suzanne malveaux live on capitol hill. what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning. the future of the senate healthcare bill is uncertain at this time. estimate leader mcmcconnell dramatically lowering his expectations saying he would have a vote by the weekend and now saying he wants 50 peop...

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Condemning the violence and also continuing to monitor the evo e evolving situation there. >> we'll continue monitoring from our end as well. we have a live report later in the show. with you, i want to switch gears to the president and the congress. nine days to avoid a government shutdown. the president and john boehner spoke by phone last night. where do things stand right now? >> reporter: nothing was accomplished during that phone call last night. to bring everyone up to date, the republican-controlled house passed a measure that would fund the government but would do so by defunding the ...