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Some people think the president is now ready to fire robert mueller. he is a special counsel not an independent counsel. if he violates the terms of his contract, or the mandate, he could be let go. that is likely something we expect to hear in the briefing. no shortage of topics. >> julie: we will have that for you live which it happen any minute now. thank you very much. more drama as senate republicans have some votes coming up. including a straight repeal of obamacare scheduled for this afternoon. what happens if this repeal bill fails? >> the next test is going to be

Problem in the short term and create even bigger problems in the long term. >> katie, we watched this week as the president tried to make chums with senate republicans and be friendly and use the charm offensive and the power of the house, but he also has been tweeting about this is aing that republican senators must step up to the place, with the tax reform and infrastructure. when? exclamation point. do you think his charm offensive is working in any way? >> there's no question that republican lawmakers do face kriet a bit of pressure to get something done that they can say meets their years...

Battling? >> well, i think definitely we're ready to move in the house. there is an eagerness to move on the health care issue, i'll be confident to address it in the house in a relatively quick fashion. what we may end up doing as 22 republicans and the problem solver's caucus that if that doesn't work we still have to do something. i hope to come together on and announce publicly this week about where we could find some fixes to the individual market and deal with some of the affordable care act in a way that's responsible for the american people. >> you do see room for compromise in the key...

>> sandra: saying, we will have to see how this plays out. democrats are not interested in working together. >> bill: and mitch mcconnell's idea to get the pass, and then you have a two year transition period to wind down obamacare as guy benson points out, that is a challenge. more coming up as vice president mike pence in a moment. another big story. a fox news alert. susan rice, and other formal obama team officials are scheduled to appear before the senate intelligence committee this week. joe manson, on the committee, spoke to us about what could happen. >> it doesn't matter who the perso...

Until the election last fall which surprised me. i didn't expect donald trump to win. i think most of my colleagues didn't. we didn't expect to be in this situation. given how difficult it is to get to a consensus it was hard to force that. >> they didn't expect to be in a position to pass any sort of health care bill. that's pretty remarkable. >> bravo for being completely honest about it. look, this is what happens when you overpromise in politics and campaigns. campaigning is different from governing. the dog has been caught the car it's been chasing. what do you do with it? you're going to...