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Be voting no. lindsey graham said that holding a vote was the right thing to do. >> we are going to press on. it's okay to vote. it's okay to fall short if you do for an idea you believe in. >> one of the bill's most passionate critics is late night talk show host jimmy kim em who kimmel whose son needed surgery. >> i can't believe we pulled it off, but it's amazing. >> phil matingly joining me to talk about this. phil, it seemed that when senator mccain came out, the writing was on the wall. now -- >> that started to spiral. i will note that mcconnell even though he was not enthused about try...

>> with us is cnn's mallika henderson. phil matingly and mary cather e catherine. this has been your life for the past months. i felt bad on what appears to be awake. is there any way and i don't mean to make light of it. from health care to family budget to life and death decisions. it is a central promise of the republican party. this latest version is done. >> by all accounts. we have seen this happen over five or six months. iterations have phoenix-like properties and reappear, but the math is not there. it is a deeper issue and we discuss this a lot over the past couple of months. there a...

Reconciliation. i want to ask you about phil matingly's piece right there, the argument about preexisting conditions. under the bill, people will still have to be covered, but it is factual that the protections on the pricing. stating will be able to get out of what's called the community rating. they will be able to charge people with preexisting conditions more. >> doesn't mean they will. this power -- >> but they could. the fact is, the fact is, and this is where senator cassidy isn't being as wholesome as he could be in his explanation. the protection exists right now. people wl preexistin...

Could be the most extreme yet. our correspondent phil matingly is on capitol hill that would make major changes to medicaid and preexisting coverage while transforing more of the decision making power to the states and taking the decisions away from the federal government. talk about the new plan where support stands right now and why the process seems to be very much rushed this time. >> it's a compressed time table, but it has to be. senate republican fist they want to pass this repeal and replace effort, the latest repeal and replace effort, they have to do it by september 30th if they want...

Well. you look at what's happened since charlottesville, a lot of people are saying and have actually written trump might have a point. i said you have bad people on the other side also, which is true. >> that might feel familiar. that was the president yesterday referring to his comments on the violence in charlottes group equating hate groups. he made the remarks hours before signing a resolution and a day after a key meeting with senator tim scott, the first african-american elected in the south since reconstruction. that meeting was part of an effort to turn the page. instead the president...