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This. and i know some of you watched yesterday and saw it, but here it is again. >> you have seen how difficult it is to get a republican consensus. until the election last fall, which surprised me, i didn't expect donald trump to win, i think most of my colleagues didn't. so we didn't expect to be in this situation and given how difficult it is to get to a consensus, it was hard to force that. >> that was a lot of poll tesit speak for we didn't think there would be a republican president, so we didn't bother with a replacement bill. that was another way he could have said that. >> yes, jaw dr...

Before too much longer. eric: republican senators left washington for the july recess without coming to a consensus on the healthcare bill. they are being called upon by some senators to cancel the august recess. whether they will do this. pretty revolutionary to cancel their 3-week vacation. reporter: a lightning way to go to cancel recess. but they may be on recess this weekend. but a lot of republicans are hard at work trying to come up with a replacement bill that will be able to pass. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell didn't have the support he needed to pass the

But this unusual fight, while disturbing, is not our top story tonight. the top story rounding out this week is the story that impacts more americans' lives than anything the president's been tweeting. it's the story of the demise of this congress's current plan to repeal obamacare, and it's important whether the president wants to talk about it or not. consider that just at this hour, say, last week, majority leader mitch mcconnell was pledging in public to hold a vote by this week on health care. as you know, that vote hasn't occurred. and after the congress's own number crunchers found the ...

Investigation. there are other big policy issues that aren't getting attention. when the president says very conversation sparking tweet. >> richard. >> kelly o'donnell there in new jersey. thank you. with the senate in jeopardy, the point care seems to be b trying to do damage control can mitch mcconnell. on friday, the president suggested repealing obama care now, then working on a replacement bill later on. mcconnell quickly made clear splitting the two did not work for him and this morning on "meet the press" with chuck todd, chuck asked price about the president's call to separate repeal ...

They would give up the august recess. if they repeal, if they did repeal you can bet they have to give up the august recess. by labor day they will have had to deliver a replacement bill or be in trouble politically. and the american people will be in trouble because of the uncertainty they would see in health care markets and their ability to get the health care insurance they need. >> support for the senate health care bill and three major polls. 17%, 12%, 16%. that's in the house side. if you were back on the hill, would you vote for a bill that had such low public support? >> it would be d...