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Reynolds wolf is there with stories for the flood zone. our big story, history making story possibly by the end of the day is what's happening on capitol hill. the u.s. house of representatives convening at 1:00 eastern time to take up the $873 billion senate health care legislation. the house is going to take three votes today. one of them will be on the terms of the debate. the rules. the other will be on the compromise package of change, and then finally they will vote on the health care bill itself. it's going to take 216 votes to pass or kill that measure. >> iraq's prime minister is ca...

>> exactly, because it's a very fluid situation with retirements and vacancies in the house, even today. but the answer to that question, you talk to democratic sources and say it's unanswerable until they figure out what this compromise package is. that would hold the key to whether they have the votes. you heard mitch mcconnell saying republicans will push against this with every fiber of their being. they already have been, which makes it dicey, especially democrats from vulnerable districts in the house. that's why it's unanswerable, democrats say, if they have the votes. in fact, those tw...

Compromise package, some changes that how democrats are demanding in order to have that vote. that is what would go through the so-called reconciliation process, a process that won't allow a filibuster and needs just the simple 51 votes in the senate. what's going on now, wolf is they're trying to figure out what would be in that compromise package? that is the first priority, the key, they needed the sweet spot, basically, to get the votes in order to do that. that's what they're working on. democratic sources say they hope to have something ready to send to the congressional budget office, a...

The party leaders is compromise possible or will democrats try to move forward on their own? joining us for a fair and balanced debate on the healthcare reform plan, former campaign spokesman for hillary clinton and republican consultant. tony and mo, welcome. tony, start with you. the president said he wants to compromise. do you buy that? >> i think me, you and mo would be more successful building a compromise package for healthcare than the president will be currently, with the mentality he's pursued. the president has not been an honest broker, frankly. that is a problem. president obama c...

Chain migration. it seems that the president is getting a lot of what he wants. >> he gets border security, he gets a end to chain migration. he would be giving moderates something on the dreamers and he would give them something as well. so this is a compromise. this is what congress usually does. the problem is, a lot of the republican party is divided between themselves and the question is can the party stay united on this compromise package. >> eric: do you think it can? >> president trump is the key variable on this. he has the ability on tuesday after the meeting to get the party in line...