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This cbo score that may be coming may not be all that reliable but, of course, that's a major fight coming up in the next couple of weeks when that cbo score comes out. if the republicans succeed getting this through the house and i was talking to one white house official a few minutes ago they were saying it might pass by two or three votes. i'm hearing from one official in the last few minutes who said this might pass by one vote according to some of the score keeping they are doing over here at the white house. this will be a nail-biter. as we've been reporting we do expect if this does pas...

Two more seats than the democrats do. so they're going to use this project called budget reconciliation where they only need a simple majority of members of senators to advance something. but that's going to be tough. they really -- if they don't do it with the budget reconciliation, then they're not going to do it this year in the senate because there is virtually no chance that they would get the 60 votes they would need otherwise, jon. >> jon: peter doocy on the steps of the capitol. thank you. so president trump is getting ready for a news conference with house republicans at the white hou...

>> jon: republican senator tom cotton of arkansas calling on his colleague to rethink their plans for replacing obamacare. cotton says they do not get it right it could cost them the majority in 2018. that warning as congressional budget office analysis of the gop plan suggests 14 million americans could lose coverage under it by next year. let's bring in former adviser of hillary clinton. welcome to potato of -- both of up. richard 14 million would lose their healthcare coverage. as we just heard from kevin brady the chairman of house ways and means committee, most of that would be because th...

They need to lead. they need to realize that this is a team sport. they need to work together. >> jon: there are projections that republicans could lose badly if this thing isn't handled. tom cotton said so. do you see that? >> so 23 seats now held by house republicans in districts that hillary clinton won. they're at the top tier of those we consider most vulnerable. look, it's not just tom cotton. it's lisa murkowski and susan collins. the list of senate republicans who expressed reservations about this house bill frankly is growing by the day. just ask any house republican that's been to a ...

For conservatives, there are some major wins here. huge cuts in spending from washington. huge tax cuts that have landed on people major deficit reduction more than almost nearly a year of government deficit reduced out of here. i think the most important thing, medicaid is the fastest growing entitlement we have. it is exploding. not only does that stop explosion, it reverses it, bend the cost curve just by giving states more control and flexibility. these are major achievements. >> jon: you also repeal a bunch of taxes through this healthcare act. what does that do for employment and job cre...