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Voters. the white house said the house will vote on the bill in just about 50 minutes from now but there are reports the republicans do not have the votes to pass their own measure. still, the white house said the train is leaving the station. we'll have the very latest live from capitol hill and the vote as it happens on shepard smith reporting. see you then. >> dana: as we await the health care vote, we're following another big story. as hearings wrapping up this week, senate democrats are vowing to filibuster the nomination. joining us to discuss senator john kennedy of louisiana. pleasure ...

Andly vote for a bill to replace obama care that i think is an improvement. is this that bill? i think we can make it better. if it happens, if it doesn't pass, it's not tend of civilization. we can move on to tax reform, maybe come back but the ultimate result will be that a small group of republicans joined with the democrats to keep obama care alive. forget the politics. that will be terrible for the american people. that's majority rules. >> dana: i think everybody on the senate side should be glad to have you around. great demeanor and also great sayings. i am gonna take that loam to mama...

Now mike emanuel live on capitol hill. how's it looking now, mike? >> reporter: hi, dana. good afternoon. the scramble is on trying to get final votes as this is deadline day on capitol hill. we've seen vice president mike pence in and around capitol hill, meeting with various lawmakers, believing to be meeting with the house freedom caucus this afternoon trying to make that final push for support. house speaker paul ryan has been meeting with his leadership team. went to the white house to brief president trump on where things stand. last time we heard from the speaker was last night when he ...

Little. unable to predict the future. >> reporter: you're right about that. he heard the question probably 35 different times, maybe 40, 40 different ways. but again, the answer is always going to be the same. we're going to stay positive. we're not giving up the fight. we're going to take this down to the wire. you also heard him say, hey, paul ryan has been here conversing with the president. this is going to fall on the members of the house. are they willing or not to step up and hold up their end of the bargain and obviously follow up on their promise to the american people? and that is to...

The american commitment organization. phil, do you have any inside information? do you think this is gonna pass or fail? >> well, it looks like they're short right now, so it doesn't look like it's going to pass. of course, we could be surprised. this is a president who has a track record of pulling out unexpected victories. i don't think we can completely discount the possibility. all of the public statements suggest it's pretty well shored at this point. >> dana: i want you to listen to nick mulvaney who knows a lot about the house freedom caucus. take a listen to this then i'll get your rea...