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I checked the constitution. here is the thing, john. when i watched the beginning of this week and i would tweet to the president to make sure he is clear on this. you saw 43 votes for a replacement plan that added medicaid dollars, tried to get more regulations to appeal to moderates and conservatives. you saw 45 for repeal only. >> david, great to have you here with us. thanks so much for your analysis, sir. >> thank you. minutes from now, minority leader, nancy pelosi speaks after republicans in the senate fail to repeal obamacare. what is she going to say and how is she going to react to...

Replacement plan. this is key, because this is going to be a vote that is likely to fail, because this is not something a lot of the moderates in the republican conference in the senate are eager to support to get out there and just vote for repeal only without a replacement plan. and this is going to be the moment where mitch mcconnell then can go back to the conservatives, if it does indeed fail and say, that repeal only doesn't work so now we got to move on to the next step, which is what you see there, the skinny repeal, the graham/cassidy amendment. these are other options at looking at h...

Malveaux live on capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning, chris. senate republicans obviously achieving a victory, important legislative victory, but the challenge of uniting the party around replacing and repealing obamacare very illusive. the first proposal offering $100 billion in medicaid to satisfy the moderates and bear bones insurance plans to satisfy the conservatives, well, it went down in flames. the republican effort to broker an agreement on health care suffering its first setback with the senate decisively rejecting the gop's most comprehensive replacement plan. nine republicans v...

Replacement plan, nine republicans voting against the measure. the senate expected to take up today senator rand paul's proposal to repeal obamacare with the delay on the replacement plan for two years, a measure the cbo estimates will leave 32 million more americans uninsured and is also expected to fail. >> this is just the beginning. we're not out here to spike the football. this is just a long way, we'll finish at the end of the week hopefully. >> the senate with a tie-breaking vote with vice president mike pens. >> the vice president votes in the affirmative. >> reporter: pence casting th...

Went against us, which is very sad, i think. it's very, very sad for them. >> sandra: what can we expect next? mike emanuel standing by come alive from capitol hill. we will get to that vote as soon as we see it happening, but in the meantime, what should we expect? >> now it's a struggle to see what the senate is able to pass and it is not going to be easy. the senate is expected to vote on an amendment from kentucky senator, rand paul, really, any time. it would be a straight repeal of obamacare and allow time for senators to work on a replacement plan. that is not expected to have enough vo...