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First to Kristen Welker with the breaking news out of the white house. The release of this student. Walk us through the nuts and bolts here. I know this has just come out in the last few minutes. This is significant because we have seen all of those recent provocations by north korea. Let me tell you what the white house is saying at this hour. They just released a statement that says, at the direction of the president , the department of state has secured the release of otto warbeir from north korea. He is en route to the u. S. Where hell be reunited with his family. The department of state c...

And how the senate will calculate the distribution of kaks credits which are expected to be more generous than the house plan. Already some republicans are expressing frustrations. I cant imagine quite honestly id have the information to validate and justify a yes vote within a week. Are you satisfied with the process . Of course not. Reporter whatever the phenyl draft, aides tell cnn leaders want President Trump to stay far away from the negotiations, describing the earlier meeting a, quote, kind of a disaster. The senate has nlt yet endorsed the senate bill but sounded hopeful last night. I ...

Something get done by august so they feel like they have a little time. I dont know the administration was all that set on having a vote this week. But i think members are kind of waiting to see what they hear from this president. I think they anticipate that this is an executive who above all really wants a deal to get done. They saw the process play out similarly when the bill went through the house, first it was withdrawn. They had to meet and get together and president had to hear a lot of concerns from a lot of different lawmakers then they got to a place where they could get a bill throu...

The future of federal Health Care Policy is uncertain this morning after republicans were forced to pull their overhaul plan yesterday. It became clear the votes simply would not be there. To get the bill to the floor and maur Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell addressed the press. We will not be on the bill this week but were still working toward getting at least 50 people in a comfortable place. Mr. Leader, is your effort to repeal obamacare dead . No, were still talking about it. I remember how challenging it was for the democrats when they were enacting this back in 2009 and 2010. Its a compl...

Back for a vote next week. Tuesday, republican senators met with President Trump at the white house to strategize just a short time ago, the president talked about the chances of passage. I think we are going to get at least very close and i think were going to get it over the line. There was a great, great feeling in that room yesterday. Passage is going to require assistance from the top down. Executive to legislative which might be tough. As republican senators in public, what they think of President Trumps efforts, most today have had kind words. In private, however, heres what they tell t...