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>> first i want to respond to something ed said. i hope when it's over he can google quick and see how the associations work and that the point of them is -- >> melissa: we'll continue to disagree on that and we'll google later. get to the question i gave you. >> how it will sabotage healthcare. this is another step. you'll pull the younger, healthier people out of the insurance marketplace and put them onto cheaper plans that offer less coverage. junk plans basically. >> melissa: how would you solve that? they're already not buying plans. how would you solve that? more taxpayer dollars? how d...

This was a bill or vote on -- i mean, basically a vote to go to this bill that has the cruz amendment, which would allow insuran insurance to put out junk plans. i'm sure some of the defections were about that. it also score had to lose about 22 million people that would lose their health care. people with preexisting conditions because of the cruz amendment especially. but also because of the waiver estates can give to insurance companies. people with preexisting conditions lose their protection. this is just one of the many terrible republican bills that we've seen. they've had seven years t...

Center of all of this, senator al franken of minnesota, member of the senate judiciary committee. thank you for joining us on this very busy night. give us the state of play on the senate floor now. we sought nine defectiones from mitch mcconnell on the first vote. >> yeah. this was a bill or vote on -- i mean, basically a vote to go to this bill that has the cruz amendment, which would allow insurance to put out junk plans. i'm sure some of the defections were about that. it also score had to lose about 22 million people that would lose their health care. people with preexisting conditions be...

Of premiums. that's extremely critical, making sure that the cost of premiums are reduced. and so i think that's important. make sure deductibles are reduced. and take the medicaid discussion off the table at this time. >> julian, would you agree with that compromise that christopher is saying, hey, republicans in the senate, how about this idea? >> i think it's a great theoretically. it's whis ling past the graveyard. this is a bill that is having a great deal of difficulty getting enough republican support and for good reason. the cbo estimates which have been accurate on almost every single...

Skinny plans or junk plans put them out there will, i think was concerning. for the medical community and also for patients that you thought you were insured but when you needed, it wasn't there for you. >> david, i heard you say earlier this was shaping up in your opinion to be the worst first 100 days of any presidency. do you stand by that. >> i do. you forgot william henry harrison. >> that sounds like a jeffrey lourdes note. >> he was the general who refused to dress properly on a cold bitter day and rode his horse down pennsylvania avenue, came down with pneumonia and died. he had 97 day...