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Within the last 24 hours. what are you -- where do you think this will end up, here, representative, once the senate comes back after the ten-day break? >> boy, i don't know. like i say, i know what i hope. but you know, this politics is a different line of work than business where you have to take tough positions and back them within w money and people's careers. i hope that they realize that they have faced the people that disagree and that it is not the whole country, that our half of the country wants this kind of reform, that we all ran on it, we've got to live -- live up to the commitmen...

This part has gone smoothly, but officials are still saying allow the extra time and traffic is steady and moderate and the hope is that it stay this is way as we get through the rest of the holiday weekend. richard. >> it is a saturday. we'll see how it is on friday -- excuse me on tuesday, on july fourth itself. thank you, scott yoen. and now to the health care debate. after putting health care on hold for the holiday break, a poll showing six in ten americans do not like the current senate bill. and even among republicans, fewer than four in ten are in favor of it. and with me now, republ...

Had no recourse with. >> it is great to have him here with us for this conversation. scott, you may have heard what the representative from florida said. it does not represent a district in your state. but when you hear the responses from lawmakers, about medicaid, what is your reaction been and have you been satisfied with the answers that you've heard? >> i have not. i think one thing is we were -- we pay for primary insurance and i have a great job which allows me that great primary insurance and i don't feel that this is helping our medically fragile kids, amongst other children that need ...

Protects texas fragile children but it is really to protect our medicaid. this is life saving. by cutting nursing and cutting any of the attendant care or the therapies, you are taking profit from our children's pain. and that is really what i want them to know. this profit is at the expense of our fragile and most vulnerable population. >> adrian and scott and rachel and hayden and i know you can't hear me but thank you so much -- excuse me, trig, thank you for being here with me today. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. >> we'll be right back. i just saved a bunch of money on my car insuran...

Reductions in funding for medicaid has resulted in several businesses closing across the states, across the continuum and thousands of children going without services. >> adrian, what has that meant for you and your son hayden? >> well, the state changes and cuts in medicaid this year, we did have a delay of services. it quite honestly was meaning trips to the doctors office because we had delays with his medical supplies and we couldn't get medicine or catheters that he uses. he's had to wait 14 months for a wheelchair to come due to these cuts in medicaid and shortfall in our state budget. s...