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So, you know, i do think legally it's probably a long shot, but you know, the question of who -- where this money came from and why is certainly one that i would imagine would be of interest to voters and the public. whether it's a crime, it's hard for me to say. >> thank you very much. we appreciate it. >> counselor -- >> we got through a lot there. so this morning the government is open, so now what? >> the president just wrote the last hour, nobody knows for sure that the republicans and democrats will be able to reach a deal on daca by february 8th, but everybody will be trying with a big...

Why the government can't find any other way than to take the money out of their pockets. why not take it out of some of the bureaucracy in washington and drain the swamp and save some money that way? >> these are two separate processes, so under the senate rules, you are capped at $1.5 trillion over the ten years before the taxes, you can deal with the other stuff on the budget side in a separate bill, and you know that the republicans will do that. the president introduced a budget blue pen that was definitely shrinking the size of government earlier this year when he introduced that. all of ...

Realized they can save some money on this bill is if they try to repeal the individual or the employer mandates for obama care. that saves them a couple hundred billion dollars. very attractive on the pay for side of this. but, boy, talk about a political landmine putting health care policy in the middle of this tax bill. i asked lindsey graham about that a second ago, too. listen. does that make it a lot more complicated if you introject health care policy into this, as well. >> both of them are tax policy. >> so, lindsey graham in favor. i talked to john cornyn the senate whip. he says they'...

I think those are good things and when they focus on the budget side, that's probably a good thing. >> cherry picking? you decide yourself. more now what led up to the gop decision to punt for the time being on replacing obamacare. phil mattingly joins us now. do you have any sense how far away they are from getting the votes they need? >> reporter: very far, to put it plainly. within an hour of senator mcconnell telling his conference that they would be waiting until after july fourth to vote on this bill, three new republican senators came out and opposed the discussion draft. that brings it...

Statement for public release. >> i can tell you that leadership from the state department, d.o.d., dni, the cia, as well as members of the administration within this building were part of that process from the very beginning, and fully aware. >> can you give us a time line from the very beginning, was that a yesterday -- >> i'm not going to walk through the detailed process of a time line on how that was released for intelligence purposes. >> and on health care, you just said you accept or find valid the cbo numbers on the budget side. is that true? >> they're -- i mean, they're a budget -- th...