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Was someone who was a maybe on the first draft, seemed to be coming around on this draft of the bill, whose told me he heard new analysis on the medicaid portion of this that makes him less sure of it than he was to go home for the weekend. so every day that mitch mcconnell doesn't get 50 hard yes, sirs it gets a little bit harder to rang elthis. and right now those rose aren't clicking into place. that's not to say that it won't, but it doesn't appear that anything that happened today has changed that calculus. >> any idea when we're going to get a cbo score. >> well, we thought it might come...

Steward of the state of arkansas, what do you want to see for your people? >> i'm answering your question. as the bill stands right now, it's too great of a cost shift to the states. that needs to be adjusted. we'll work with them to create savings in terms of the federal government because we need to have savings. give us the flexibility we can do it, but right now it is too great of a cost shift that i'm looking at. >> governor asa hutchinson of arkansas. sir, thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> and still ahead, just how vulnerable to hacking is our election system? (baby cr...

Yogig-speed internet.me? you know what's not awesome? when only certain people can get it. let's fix that. let's give this guy gig- really? and these kids. and these guys. him. ah. oh hello- that lady. these houses! yes, yes and yes. and don't forget about them. uh huh. sure. still yes! you can get it too. welcome to the party. introducing gig-speed internet from xfinity. finally, gig for your neighborhood too. kill the bill, don't kill us. kill the bill, don't kill us. >> wul back. that was just one of several protests against the senate republican healthcare bill on capitol hill today. aso...

Susan collins opposes from the center. >> for all the republicans complaint from about the death spiral of obamacare. >> this bill would impose fundamental sweeping changes in the medicaid program, and those include very deep cuts. that would affect some of the most vulnerable people in our society. >> without paul and collins, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell needs the rest of the caucus 50 members to vote yes to simply begin the is debate on the bill. and that is not a sure bet yet. joining me now from capitol hill is nbc's garrett headache. garrett, thanks for joining us. what's the...

-- that it's not really sustainable for a long time. >> are you saying those people that are on the medicaid expansion right now aren't working? >> no. we're saying that we want -- some of them aren't working. we want to put a work requirement in. i think it's about 60% that are working, but some of it's not a matter of just working. it's not training. do they have the job skills to get the job and move up the economic ladder. we want to be able to provide that training. so it's the assistance. we don't want to make medicaid a permanent entitlement in terms of that expanded population. we want...