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Approve of the job the president is doing. his base is very much still behind him. so is the president's absence on health care by design, and what do you expect is the future of the health care bill? we understand they want a vote by late next week. >> yeah, that's right. so a, i think it is somewhat by design. keep in mind that when the house was doing this, trump did try to be actively involved and got in the way. he goes in to meetings with republicans and starts to make some promises to them about negotiating the bill. and every time leadership was in a good place, there would come a mess...

Bill. >> this senate bill now that is circulating does even deeper damage to americans with medicade. president has called the house bill mean. this is even meaner. republicans will do all of this to damage seniors, children and working families just to hand tax breaks to the richest. >> reporter: one to watch, ohio senator rob portman who said he is undecided on the motion to proceed. if portman decides he's a no on that procedural vote, then the senate is stuck again. harris? >> harris: wow. i mean, you've heard it a couple days in a row. we've had lawmakers saying, nope, they're going to ge...

Editor -- >> i'm just joking. >> i thought you were the inspiration for eye goodwill hunting." >> i was. >> there are a number of reporters having preliminary, informal talk with republicans about things like reinsurance, co cost. keep in mind some of these marketplaces are actually doing okay but the rural areas are not doing okay. the precondition for all of this is that they take repeal and replace off the table. so everything is predicated on the vof that will happen after they i will add one more thing. trump has complicated this in ways that are understated. when he went out and cad the ...

That bill mean, and turned to the senate. the senate bill in some ways is worse, at least the draft that they got close to putting on the floor. 22 million people lose coverage. >> so then, tim, more on your thought. how does the -- the president try to turn so many losses potentially into his win? >> i don't know how he does it in his own mind, but i'll tell you, we're watching something remarkable. i'm sure julian feels the same way. we have never seen a major federal entitlements taken away from the american people. if you look at evolution of our social safety net, there's always -- it's a...

>> the house bill decimates medicaid, would cause 23 million people to lose coverage, raises prices, according to every economist, anybody who's in the market now would pay more, not less. pay more out of pocket, pay more deductibles. then the president called the bill mean and turned to the senate. the senate bill in some ways is worse, at least the draft that they got close to putting on the floor. 22 million people lose coverage. >> brian, that's very different than the current hhs secretary, tom price, who told dana bash last week, that no one will lose coverage. >> well, the -- there's a ...