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Election. >> no doubt about it. >> i think since then he has done himself more harm than good with the tweeting. and this is an example. but look, like gloria said, this is a tactic. this is a lawyer tactic. i'll tell you as a lawyer. jeffrey would say the same thing. on your desk, and you kind of infer rengsly wave it around like, i know the answer to this question i'm asking you, so you better tell the truth. and that's how i read that original tweet. i do think that it really -- it has its place in in a courtroom. i'm not sure it has its place in a presidency because of the credibility issu...

Is a tactic. this is a lawyer tactic. i'll tell you as a lawyer. jeffrey would say the same thing. you put some potential exhibit on your desk, and you kind of wave it around like, i know the answer to this question i'm asking you, so you better tell the truth. and that's how i read that original tweet. i do think that it really -- it has its place in in a courtroom. i'm not sure it has its place in a presidency because of the credibility issues. that's important for president trump as it is for any president to be believed when he speaks. at least on twitter, i don't think that's the case any...

Opposition to the initial draft and its secretive process boiled inside the republican party. almost immediately after the release of the gop senate plan to repeal and replace the affordable care act, frustration for conservative senators about how little the bill repeals and replaces. senators ted cruz, rand paul, ron johnson and mike lee say the plan doesn't go far enough to change the current law. >> i think we can do better than this. my hope is that not to defeat the bill, but to make the bill better. >> on the other side of the spectrum, concerns moderate republicans that the bill goes t...

Among the key provisions, draft repeals obamacare's taxes and individual mandates. provides more generous subsidies to purchase insurance than the house passed bill and takes a different path to cutting back obamacare regulation. priority for conservative aims to drive down premiums. dropping the house effort to grant state waivers for rules that provided price protections for those with preexisting conditions as well as the ten essential health benefits required by obamacare. while it institutes a slower phaseout than the house counterpart, a key ask for moderate senators, like the house bill...

Under lock and key until today, away from even most rank and file republicans a week before the gop leaders were going to vote on it. prpt wrote on twitter, i'm supportive of the senate health care bill. look forward to making it really special. remember, obamacare is dead. the question remains, does it have support of enough senators at this point? the latest from capitol hill. >> reporter: after weeks behind closed doors, the senate republican health care track ws revealed. but not embraced. >> we debated many policy proposals. we considered many different viewpoints. in the end, we found th...