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To get a voice of reason now? probably not. so on that hand, yes, it applies a lot of pressure to senators murkowski and collins. i really think the pressure, laura, like you would probably agree is on the legal community. the organizations like the national bar association and the hispanic national bar association and they have been pretty quiet in the jushld nominations front for the last year. it is time for them to step up. some of us have to renew and pay our dues but that is an important role they have to play. >> big victory, though, for senator mitch mcconnell who has been a stalwart i...

American people, earning less than $75,000, seeing a tax increase because of changes to the affordable care act. potentially 13 million people lose their health care. consider this. 1.4 trillion that they're adding to the federal deficit will necessitate spending cuts down the road, whether an important program like education, medicare, medicaid. that's going to effect everyone across the board. losers are the american people. >> there are promises made in the late night deals that were made. senator collins, murkowski have promises made to them by the president, this is reflective of the indi...

That's at president or as business leader. just go back a couple of months ago, pelosi and schumer thought they had a deal on daca, leaving the oval office. apparently now the president has backed away from that. if i am senators murkowski, collins, flake, any of these people, i would not be depending too much on assurances they received because i don't think they'll be able to follow through. >> it is not going to be in this bill, at least not right now. thank you, chris. appreciate your time. >> thank you. coming up, we are diving back into the russian investigation. the president insists ...

It's unclear if that will happen. senator collins has expressed grave reservations about it. senator murkowski has been pretty mum about it. it's not clear, though, if ultimately those changes will clearly help those states as the funding for medicaid is going to be cut quite significantly. but again, dramatic images out of the capitol as we've seen every time health care has come up for a vote. this one, though, probably the most dramatic. a number of folks with disabilities, folks in wheelchairs being forced to leave the hearing room, saying they cannot watch this hearing take place. senator...

Well. >> white house officials say they have worked with homeland security and the state department to create some new guidelines here. those are based on how a country issues passports. their security levels. and whether they share information about terrorists inside their borders. the president recently said the ban needs to be, quote, far larger, tougher, and more specific. the president's previous ban restricted travel from these six countries. you see them there. multiple courts ruled against his order, though. this is all happening as the president enters a critical week for health care ...