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>> you just fundamentally don't buy this whole notion that kelly and tillerson and mattis and all these people are just sitting there trying to mind this man that they fundamentally think is so volatile they might have to tackle him if he goes for the nuclear football? >> i don't think so. i think rex tillerson, general mattis, and general kelly, are advising the president using their years of experience to give him the best advice that they could give him, and that they're going to carry out his mission. >> i hope you're right and the reporting's wrong. congress man dan donovan of staten isla...

And certainly health care, i don't know that the president -- >> you just fundamentally don't buy this whole notion that kelly and tillerson and mattis and all these people are just sitting there trying to mind this man that they fundamentally think is so volatile they might have to tackle him if he goes for the nuclear football? >> i don't think so. i think rex tillerson, general mattis, and general kelly, are advising the president using their years of experience to give him the best advice that they could give him, and that they're going to carry out his mission. >> i hope you're right and ...

Getting to avotes for repeal only is an insurmountable pass. they recognize passing a repeal only bill, even though they pulled it off in 2015 is going to be extraordinarily difficult this time around. the consensus that is emerging among hill aides is they want to check the boxes, and when the repeal only process falls apart, which isn't guaranteed, but is possible, mcconnell can say, i did everything i could and move on to tax reform. another important concern for senators like portman is what happens to the $40 billion for opioid response under the senate bill? >> that's a great point. we h...

Health care bill. now our nbc news reporting is, i believe we're going on 20 republicans -- around that number -- 21, excuse me -- who say that they're not going to be voting for this health care bill. 22 is the magic number. it doesn't look good for them. what's the deal? do they not talk to the house about whip counts or are they just projecting confidence no matter what? >> yeah. they think the good rule is when you have the votes you take the vote. and any don't clearly have the vote right now. it is one thing that hill aides, house leadership aides, republicans in general, are deeply frus...

How they're going to pull all of that off. now, i've spoken to hill aides that beav this eventually will become law again, but it's not clear when. expect to focus on this issue to be a lot up until about christmastime when folks say it should happen. we'll see. ayman? >> wait and see indeed. nbc's luke russert, thanks for that update. we're just over an hour away from the first debate of the night. coming up, we'll go back to simi valley to see how the candidates are making last-minute preparations. s yet, but one of these kids is going to change the world. we just need to make sure she has...