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Welcome back to "early start." happy friday. >> happy friday to you. good morning. it's 30 minutes past the hour and in a matter of hours republicans plan to unveil the final version of their tax bill, emphasis on plan to because there is no uncertainty with it. . senator marco rubio said he may vote against the bill unless the child tax credit is more generous. adding to the uncertainty, two senators dealing with health issues. they can't afford to loose more than two votes. vice president pence postponing his plan to the middle east in case he needs to cast that tie breaking vote but presi...

In the end with senator john mccain casting the decisive final no vote. siding lisa murkowski and susan collins who voiced disapproval on every measure voted this week. the republicans' last-ditch amendment, the skinny deal voted down 49-51. >> this is a disappointment. i regret that our efforts were simply not enough this time. >> reporter: mccain rejecting despress plea was vice president -- desperate pleas from vice president and mitch mcconnell. none of it swaying the veteran senator who lived up to his nickname, the maverick. >> tonight was an unfortunate night. it was a sad night. i don'...

Collapse, whatever word you want to use. that, of course, would have wide ranging implications for a lot of people. as we heard in that earlier piece, it was arizona senator john mccain who cast the third no vote, this despite the president seeking with senator mccain, trying to lobby him in a last-minute phone call on the floor as vice president mike pence had gone to the capitol hoping to cast the tie breaking vote. in the end, he played the role of last-minute lobbyist. the white house is likely to turn their attention to tax reform. the other key question is whether the white house can sho...

Deal. watch. that tweet showing the president has no intention of changing his strategy of publicly blaming and shaming those republicans who stood in the way of getting this bill through, also showing something we've heard the president say quite a bit over the last several months, this whole idea of letting obamacare collapse or implode, to force democrats to the table, that, of course, would have wide ranging and negative implications for a whole lot of people. as we've seen in these stories, it was arizona senator john mccain who cast that decisive third no vote despite serious lobbying in...

Minute. next agenda item, the border wall. mexico does not appear to be paying for it. so there is a big budget item, $1.6 billion. where is capitol hill on this? >> the house is through. they got it done yesterday. republicans were able to insert it in the bill, not have to take a stand-alone vote on that issue and were able to get it through even though there were a couple republicans opposed to it. here is the issue, senate democrats made it clear they won't support anything that funds the border wall. the other issue is when you're talking about this process moving forward, senate democrat...