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Some hesitation. >> we can fix this bill by doing a tweak here and a trim there. it needs a complete overhaul in order to garner my support. >> i think there's still a path. i'm not polyannish about this. it's very difficult when you can only lose two votes, and there may already be two that are irretrievable. we're in a tight spot. we have to give this every effort. >> some of the possible changes to the health care legislation include $45 million for opioid funding and expanded use of health care savings accounts. senator ted cruz's amendment that would allow states to offer non-compliant ob...

As president trump looks to score with health care. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: president trump will spend the day preparing for his upcoming trip to paris and will spend the day pushing to get the senate health care bill passed. this is a big campaign promise and right now it looks like the bill is faltering. president trump expected to work the phones. vice president mike pence will be on capitol hill today. he'll have lunch with senate republicans and then he hits the road tomorrow to lexington, kentucky to sell the bill. this all comes amid fresh questions about the russia probe, a...

With additional legislation, which we've talked about being bipartisan all along. it is a process. >> let me ask you to get in the political weeds a little bit. do you feel a little more freedom perhaps to oppose where your party is going on this because of your standing in north dakota, do you feel that's playing in politically to your decision-making, in the sense that you can if the president wants a bill say no and feel comfortable about it? >> i want to get to a good solution for my state of north dakota and people of this country. >> one more before i let you go too, donald trump jr. has...

And the lack of travel we've seen from donald trump out there trying to sell this to his supporters. >> president obama held a news conference tapitch it to the american public. >> i think people are too lost in the weeds on this bill. the headline is the bill cuts -- >> would never think you would hate being in the weeds. >> cuts a trillion dollars on spending over a decade. the bill will require individual americans to spend a trillion dollars more out of their own pocket on health care over the next decade. of course, that's unpopular. you can make changes to like, oh, we'll tweak the age r...

Utah governor mike levitt and epa administrator in the george w. bush administration. back with me holly and josh borro with "business insider." garret, you have been running around and doing a ton of reporting on the hill. fill us in on what you got. >> sure. i think we're seeing senators start to come back today and they're facing essentially two big political realities. the number one they went home and heard from their constituents and they know the bill they left town with is not popular and not going to get popular. it needs to be changed. the second reality is republicans say they know ...