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We will check in with you and the crew in dubuque in a little bit. brine brian president obama invited four democrats over to the white house because he wanted their votes. you had congressman long and congressman upton. he said i need your votes. what do you need? and the president started wheeling and dealing and next thing you know kevin mccarthy is confirming it looks like the vote will got republicans' way today. ainsley: we heard what's his name, the talk show host talking about his son. brain brian jimmy kimmel. ainsley: he was talking about his son born with a heart condition. he is go...

Could change and you still have a very, very difficult conference in the senate just amongst falcons trying to figure out the path forward. not only do you have to worry about the senate, then you have to worry about the house having to come back and vote on whatever the snetd does. it gets more complicated going forward, really. one step in a multi-step process that's going to undo the things that americans fought so hard on. >> thanks, phil mattingly. the central aspect of the mcarthur amendment. tom mcarthur, his amendment is the major reason it passed. congressman i appreciate you being wi...

Visits of members up to the white house, meeting with president trump in the west wing. they are desperately in need and desire this victory. this legislative victory. it can demonstrate to their constituents when they go home after today for another week-long recess. we're into procedural votes here in the house floor. there are three measures they'll be coat voeting on today. first o all, fred upton, the member from michigan who got the $8 billion t help pay for those with pre-existing conditions, helped them out with their premiums, which are expected to skyrocket under this legislation. th...

Healthy people. let me just ask you because you supported the first version, this bill that did not allow for waivers for states on the issue. >> i do want to mention one thing, though. under the aca, there are folks out there that they are not -- they refuse to buy the coverage because it is too expensive for them. but when they get sick, they buy it and one of them is getting an operation and then he's going to not pay for it. so we have to fix those things. we have to encourage people to be responsible. >> that's a separate philosophical argument, what the amendment does. all we're trying t...

Money you have, i said this could be the crushing blow to the efforts that are going on in the house to overturn the affordable care act. the big issue is pre-existing conditions, which cuts across lines of race, party, class, geography. everyone in america knows someone, if not in their family than a neighbor's family that has gone through these horrible, horrible experiencing with pre-existing conditions before the affordable care act took hold and gave people coverage that they needed. and, so, i think jimmy kimmel really put a human face on that issue. and if i were a waivering member of t...