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>> bret: we are live at the u.s. capital, getting ready for some votes. joined by illinois senator tammy duckworth. thanks for joining me. your thoughts on what's happening here and where it goes. >> that's my concern, the problem is i do think the bill will have enough republican votes to pass. the vice president is already here to cast the tie-breaking vote. my concern is what happens in conference. once it passes the senate, it goes back into the house and we lose control of it. there's nothing to say speaker ryan won't -- not go to conference and look at changes.

That off we'll see what happens but the question is, can he. at the moment we've been talking about republicans been home for two weeks. the reason speaker ryan won't commit to a health care vote is because everyone's home for two weeks. he says mr. president wait, i want to go around the room and see if they've changed their minds, put something on paper, but the president is standing out there, you mentioned this in the last block or couple blocks ago, look at the quinnipiac poll on attributes of the president. 63% of americans say he's not level headed. 61% not a strong person. 57% says he ...

Among trump voters. 2% disapprove. he's kept his base with talking about his promises and this is where the tax reform proposal comes in, talking about it. is he setting this up as i'm trying, congress won't give me what i want. >> i think it seems like he is and in particular when it comes to the senate. there's a lot of discussion in washington of just getting health care through the house and just sort of blaming it on the senate if it fails there. the reality is he's going to have to have some more accomplishments at some point. yes, he's held his base but his base is not enough to reelect...

And they liked what they saw but they hope more members take advantage of being able to engage their constituents in the next recess. >> if you see some of the harpoons that come in at those, we'll see if that happens. but kudos to those who have the courage to do it and do it consistently. the week ahead is a giant test of the relationship between president trump and pull ryan. during the obamacare debacle the white house and the speaker repeatedly talked of working hand in glove but let's be honest, there were many rough moments. now the white house wants a house vote on obamacare repeal a...

Until they're 26 years old and all the things people don't like. it's one of the things that make it -- >> rate of increase is better than it was before. >> yeah but if obamacare was work sog great republicans would have left it alone because people would have liked it. when you're trying to deliver goodies and you're not trying to include all the things that make them possible you're in a tough place but at the end of the day they can call this ryan's bill. this is the president's deal and it's his first big deal. he's going to get this done by negotiating with republican wls with carrots or ...