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Follow up on what john just asked you. i don't think you got to that particular part of the question. >> sorry. >> is the president picking up the phone? is he calling those seven or eight republican senators making the case for them that this may be their last best hope for repealing and replacing obamacare? and, if he is, what's his message to those particular senators? >> the same one he has been making all along. let's get the job done. let's replace a terrible healthcare system with a better one. and he is going to be gauged and i will keep you posted on any specifics and people that he t...

>> thank you, tom, rob. just like the dedicated men and women of ice and doj who are unquestionably producing results every day in these fights against vicious cartels, senate republicans now have an opportunity this evening to deliver on one of our biggest promises to the american people. on the hill the senate is gearing up for a series of votes on the republican plan to finally repeal and replace obamacare and replace it with the freedom healthcare bill. congressional republicans have been telling the american people that given the chance they would save them from this increasing damage of ...

Caucus say that they would oppose the skinny repeal that was referred to earlier, that if a measure came out with just ending the ma mandates and ending the tax on medical devices, that that would -- and not addressing anything else that they would vote against it. is the president aware of this and is he making any calls for specific parts of the repeal effort? >> look, the administration has been working hand in hand on pushing repeal and replace of obamacare. we actually like the term freedom bill a lot better because we think it addresses what this bill actually is. it removes a lot of tho...

Didn't even want to vote to begin debate on a healthcare bill, an obamacare fix. so i asked her if there is any amount of pressure that the white house or g.o.p. leaders could put on her to get her on board. here is how she answered. >> what i'm going to do right now is go over to our weekly meeting, find out if there is something that has been agreed to with this so-called skinny plan. we will look at those details. and i will make my decision accordingly. i think i have got a pretty good track record of being an independent thinker and making sure that my state's interests are represented an...

Can't make policy changes via statements on twitter? >> i think he was making the announcement of the policy change. >> so the policy hasn't yet been formulated? >> like i said, they are going to have to work out the details on how that all moves forward to lawfully implement that policy change from this point. >> sarah, thank you. moving on to healthcare, you talked about how senate republicans have the chance tonight to really undo obamacare. but it seems like the thing that's most likely to get through is this skinny repeal and that was just kind of -- that would maybe get rid of the mandat...