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Something -- >> what, 70 votes, 75 votes? >> by the time they finish, maybe. but he'll have enough votes. the bill itself, as geithner was telling you guys yesterday, it dismantles these firms. they won't be keeping -- >> like gm. >> they will get rid of the board, they'll wipe out the ceos. >> i've got to tell you, mika, at some -- go ahead, pat. i'm sorry. >> look at what we saw yesterday. they're laying off some teachers in the states. >> a lot. >> which they've got to do. if the states are going to be solvent. they did it and fb's weeping over that so we need to bail out -- we need $23 bil...

Security or medicare did something for the american people. >> bret: senator mitch mcconnell the minority leader in the senate says you will be history if you vote for this bill, charles. >> i was just smiling. i wasn't laughing outloud. i was being polite. the guy will have to be remembered because he won't be around. look, the reason that pelosi sounded relatively uncertain is because there are two problems. do you have enough votes in the house to pass the senate bill as is? and i think she may not. and that's why they are talking about the slaughter solution, named after the chair of the r...

Security or medicare did something for the american people. >> bret: senator mitch mcconnell the minority leader in the senate says you will be history if you vote for this bill, charles. >> i was just smiling. i wasn't laughing outloud. i was being polite. the guy will have to be remembered because he won't be around. look, the reason that pelosi sounded relatively uncertain is because there are two problems. do you have enough votes in the house to pass the senate bill as is? and i think she may not. and that's why they are talking about the slaughter solution, named after the chair of the r...

Day after tomorrow. what gives the president his sense of optimism that he can get this through? and might he request more changes from speaker ryan before it goes to a vote? >> well, i think we've talked about this for days. there's been a lot of input from members of congress. and i think that the meeting this morning really was a huge sign of support. there was a lot of enthusiasm and optimism. not just for the bill itself, but for something that as i noted conservatives and republicans and a lot of democrats have been fighting for for awhile, which is a more patient centric health care sys...

Jordan said the president is great but it's still a bad bill. what gives the president the sense of optimism he can get this through? might he request more changes were speaker ryan before it goes to a vote? >> we have talked about this for days. there has been input from members of congress. i think that the meeting this morning really was a huge sign of suort. there was a lot of enthusias and optimism. not just forhe bill itself, but for something that as i noted conservatives and republicans and a lot of democrats frankly have been fighting for for a while which is a more patient centric he...