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Cuts would be catastrophic for them. phil mattingly, no reporter in america better understands what is going on and where this is headed than you, phil, tell us everything. >> reporter: the best way to view yesterday, the release of the discussion draft was that. it was a discussion draft. it is the first step in a complex bill. senators said they cannot support the bill as it stands. you have to pay attention to moderates. dean heller, susan collins have concerns about the direction of the bill. what is happening behind the scenes? senate is out right now. they have gone home for the weekend....

Onboard and certainly know the difficulties of getting conservatives and moderates to work together. does it surprise you we're already seeing a split with some conservative members in senate on this bill or is that just kind of routine? >> no, i'm not surprised at all. i think that those fault lines are there just like in the house and the senate's going to have to work through them. you know, bear in mind, anderson, this is a discussion draft that many of those senators are just seeing today. so, people may be posturing, people may have serious concerns, and i think the senate's going to hav...

500,000 a year. >> this is a discussion draft. we're seeking input and we're having ongoing negotiations with senators. we would invite our democratic colleagues to join us. so far they have refused to participate in the process. >> i'm going to do everything i can to see that that terrible legislation is defeated and move this country to where every other major nation on earth is and that is guaranteeing health care to all people as a right, not a privilege. let's get right to where all the action is on a friday afternoon. it is in washington, d.c. cassie hunt is squeezing in time to talk t...

Expensive? what do you say to the republicans who are opposing this as well? >> this isn't going to be a tax cut. obamacare raised $1 trillion in taxes to pay for obamacare, but this affects middle and low income people wear their insurance premiums are taxed. their pharmacy benefits are taxed. we're going to repeal that along with the original mandate. this process that we are going through right now, this is a discussion draft. we are having ongoing negotiations with senators. we've invited democratic colleagues to join us. so far they have refused to join us. if they continue to do so, we h...

A split with the conservative members on the senate with this bill or is that routine? >> i'm not spruzurprised at all. those fault lines are there just like in the house and the senate is going to have to work through them. this is a discussion draft that many of the senators are just seeing today. so people may be posturing. people may have serious concerns and i think the senate's going to have to do the exact same thing we did in the house, find a way to bridge this divide and two two critical things, bring down costs for everyone and protect the most vulnerable. it's difficult and they ha...