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American people we were going to do. >> as we await the congressional budget office numbers in terms of projections for what this new republican health care package would do, there does seem to be concern about in terms of the coverage numbers. but republicans who are in favor of this package say that they believe it will be a decent projection in terms of the price tag of this gop healthcare replacement. what we've heard jabs already about the congressional budget office being wildly wrong on obamacare. some republican leaders say gop differences over this legislation aren't really that big. ...

Representatives do not walk the plank and vote for a bill that cannot pass the senate and then face the consequences. >> reporter: the president himself aware of the tenuous political situation they're in. >> the press is making it so wonderful so if we end it, everyone will say remember how obamacare used to be. how wonderful it used to be. it was so great. it's a little bit like president obama when he left. people liked him. when he was here, people didn't like him so much. that's the way life goes. >> reporter: and wolf, in talking to republican officials and some of the statements that we...

Steve. we are. we have a statement in from the house speaker. and he, of course, actually cites the cbo estimates to say that this confirms that his plan will lower premiums and improve access to affordable were quality, affordable care. so, he is not unlike some people in the trump administration, discrediting the cbo here at all. and again, his focus is on access. the speaker has never publicly argued that this bill was going to improve the numbers, the coverage numbers. now, what i will say is that these numbers, this high number of 24 million americans who would lose coverage by 2026 under...

On capitol hill is going to pour in by the hour. so keep it here. and the white house is responding right now. take a listen. >> mul vany wanted to make sure that they had an opportunity to look at the top lines and get to you. we'll obviously have more tomorrow as we go forward. with that, we turn it over to dr. tom price, the secretary of health and human services. >> thanks sean. thank you so much. it was good cabinet meeting that we had during that cabinet meeting. the cbo report came out. i think it's important that we ask the question, compared to what? and the fact of the matter is the ...

To this. but one thing you want to watch for, steve, in the next hour or so as weontinue to t reaction here on capitol hill is how house conservatives react to this. one thing that they have been arguing is that the changes to medicaid should come in sooner than in 2020. the timeline for these adjustments to medicaid is for 2020. if you were to change that, it would potentially cause these coverage numbers to go up, make this bill more unpalettable. i think it's possible that you could see this analysis quieting down some of the conservative opposition. also may not happen. you may still conti...