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We saw it during the original kavanaugh hearings. what has this been like this week? >> definitely much bigger crowds of protesters than at any point during the tax reform debate or the obamacare repeal debate. but something else you notice away from these crowds of protesters because they're so loud. a lot of them are bringing whistles. everywhere that you go while those hearings are on, there's nobody in the halls. we'll be listening in our ear so we can get from place to place, but everywhere you go the halls are completely deserted in the common areas, like the coffee shop or cafeteria whe...

She's lauded to this president the more i wanted her out of office. >> reporter: and the obamacare repeal debate convinced majority leader lisa brown to return to lisa brown to return to politics and challenge rogers. >> after that healthcare vote i realized that we needed voices really speaking up for affordable healthcare. >> we knocked on doors with brown in spokane and joined her on a tour of a cattle ranch, more traditionally republican turf. >> a lot of people would be surprised to find a democrat standing at a cattle ranch in eastern washington. >> there are a lot of rural democrats, no...

Day said they're deadlock. he said go back and deliberate more. so we're waiting. >> policy ping-pong to heidi, go. >> this mandate repeal that republicans have put into this bill is exactly the gift that democrats wanted, mika, as soon as the obamacare repeal debate went down democrats started running an ad that said, quote, never stop. because they wanted to make this argument that republicans will keep coming back at obamacare. and they think that health care is the top winning issue for them going into the midterm. so this is a christmas gift, but it is a gift to the democrats. >> yeah. ag...

Pre-existing conditions. the bill's co-sponsor also toeing the line. >> more people would have coverage and we protect those with pre-existing conditions. >> reporter: trump's defensiveness over the issue is understandable. the issue of whether the gop proposal maintains protections for all has been a central and toxic piece of the repeal debate for months. and one that has been magnified exponentially by, of all people, a late-night talk show host on a two-night attack. >> so last night on our show, i -- a senator from louisiana, bill cassidy. i took him to task for promising to my face that ...

Protect those with preexisting conditions. >> reporter: trump's defensiveness over the issue is understandable. the issue of whether the gop proposal maintains protections for all has been a central and toxic piece of the repeal debate for months. and one that has been magnified exponentially by of all people, late night talk show host on a two-night attack. >> last night on the show, a senator from louisiana, bill cassidy, i took him to task for promising to my face that he would oppose any health care plan that allowed insurance companies to turn people with preexisting conditions away, and ...