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Chicago and its southwestern suburbs. congresswoman newman, good evening. welcome. >> good evening, thank you for having me. >> where do the members of your caucus stand on the handshake-bipartisan plan, at least as it appears right now? do you feel like you know enough about it to take a position on it? or are you, still, waiting for more details? >> well, the devil is in the details. and i just want to make a quick correction, from the journalist that was just on. very quickly, we're not playing politics. we are -- we are keeping our commitment that, in fact, madam speaker and our caucus has...

President and it's not covered by executive privilege. this is the ongoing effort of this white house to stonewall oversight and refuse to be held accountable for absolutely immunity. you can't ask anyone in the administration anything and that is made up. if she has a lawful privilege to assert she can invoke it before the committee. you don't get to just defy the subpoena. i hoped they will hold her in contempt and compel her before the committee. >> you just came from the caucus and heard the speaker and there is this vote tonight about the president's comments and about four of your collea...

More conservatives and the caucus stand. you don't like this plan. >> no, this is not a conservative solution. it's really not a solution at all. it's a repackaging of obamacare. it won't lower costs. if this goes through, six months from now, 18 months from now, ordinary people making $50,000 a year will pay more out of their pockets for health care. prices will be higher and the republicans will be terribly embarrassed by the outcome. >> your reaction? >> well, this is a part of a process and the first step in a process. obviously if you're using reconciliation, there are things you can do a...

A vote a week from today and a full vote on the house floor next thursday. joining me now, nbc's luke russert. luke, are things any better today with the house freedom caucus? because we heard from labrador and hill's camps. they're not in yet. where does the rest of the caucus stand? >> no, they're not, chuck. and i think this is a very important part of this story. in fact, this is the entire story now, this is the entire game. as i speak to you, paul ryan is about 25 feet away from me, in his hide-away room, right off the floor of the house of representatives chamber, talking to dozens of t...