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Still, though, not clear if there is enough support in the gop to give it a green light. garret haake is there watching all the action live. this is the so-called mark up. a lot of folks might not be familiar with that process. but, bottom line, what are you looking for? what are you expecting to happen today? >> yeah, sure. so, today is the final day of this markup process which makes it the most interesting day and some point today we'll get the manag manager's amendment. take all the input and all the amendments and everything discussed in this committee process over the last few days and h...

>> well, that's right. it's really -- would be a three-part step. we would go ahead and vote on the senate bill next week, start the markup process the following week. hopefully have a floor vote in the house seven to ten days after that. i'm optimistic that we'll get there. >> neil: on this additional rate, you're against that. you don't think that is necessary? >> i mean, really, what it's about is i'm against having a top rate. if we're going to do that, we need to just admit that at times that having a top rate for those that earn a million dollars or more is a political reality but doesn'...

People and better quality coverage at a more affordable cost. >> do you hope they can work together? one criticism we're getting from republicans now is, look, democrats won't even talk to us, they won't help us craft something. >> just not true. democrats have talked with republicans, we have been doing this for many months, trying to get together to see areas that we can improve the law. they weren't interested. this bill came out of nowhere, didn't come out of committee hearings, didn't come out of any committee markup process. it was the creation of the majority leader, mitch mcconnell, an...

Republicans afford to have this thing go down in flames? if it doesn't get changed, is this their best shot and maybe their only shot, at least in this legislative session? >> yeah, because they fused the reconciliation process, because republic is in the senate don't have a filibuster proof majority. if that's the only way at this point of this is going to get done. it will be really bad politically if this falls down. they need to take heed of those defectors in the various members of their public and party, that's part of the markup process as well, as it moves through various committees, a...

The united states, the bulk being in the northeast and even dallas with a record-setting 3.5 inches of snow the most snow they have seen there since february 2010. kind of amazing here in d.c. that we actually had to wait until march to get our biggest snowfall. year in the district. back to you. >> unbelievable. thanks so very much. a month left to go before we hit the target date to build the framework for a nuclear deal with iran. the final deadline for a done deal is the end of june. now senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is fast tracking a bill to give congress a chance to weigh in bu...