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This. >> let me bring the white house dynamic into this because the president thought the house bill was too mean and it sounds like in trump language rand paul wants to make it more mean. >> i think that that is a correct assessment and i think you're going to hear moderates say that the draft of this is too mean. i talked to a couple of them, senators murkowski and others out of the capitol. if they try to move this closer to the conservatives we'll push back really hard. but i do think at some point the president may have to weigh in one way or the other and i have a feeling the approach go...

We have heading to the white house. you have really a mix of essentially all the different constituent groups the president needs to wrangle if he hopes to get 50 votes. senators rob portman of ohio and lisa murkowski. susan collins of maine. many listed have concerns. rob portman, for example, about medicaid and cuts to that. senators murkowski and collins known to have concerns about cutting planned parenthood funding. it's possible that there is no way for republicans to get 50 votes in the senate on a bill that cuts that funding because of those women gop senators. you have also got ted cr...

Schools help educate kids with disabilities, where that money comes from. you had a surprising -- senators murkowski and collins from alaska and maine, two republicans coming out, saying they weren't going to support her. that set the stage for high drama today with a 50-50 vote. vice president mike pence coming up here to capitol hill to cast that tie-breaking vote. he's then, of course, been kind of back and forth in the hallways here, having some meetings with other members of congress, with the house republicans study conference and otherwise. he's a key liaison for the trump administratio...

Vote away from blocking that nomination. lisa murkowski is one of those and she explained why to andrea mitchell a short time ago. >> i recognize i represent a state for whom a strong public education system is an absolute must. so many of alaskan's communities will never have an opportunity for school choice because they are too small, they are too remote. >> brandy winegarten, american federation of teachers union and spoke at the march in washington. thank you for joining me. >> i saw you -- i saw you liked when i used the word woke. >> i did like that. that's an old reference. let's talk a...

You offer your super bowl pick and president trump has shown quite an affinity for tom brady. >> i think you know where i come down on that one. yeah? >> sean, senators murkowski and collins say they're going to vote no on betty devos' nomination. senator pence would have to cast the tiebreaking vote. how confident are you that you have all the other republican senators locked down? what's the level of concern in the white house that her nomination will fail? >> zero. i have confidence she'll be the next secretary of education. she's unbelievably qualified, advocator for teacher, students, par...