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Steve: eric shawn live where it is starting to snow there in pennsylvania. eric, thank you very much. brian: if you are covering this for a long time, if eric is listening, layers. don t just wear one bulky coat. janice: where is your little spandex. brian: i don t have that with me. ainsley: thank you for that advice in march. steve: go out to the keystone state of pennsylvania. todd piro talking with voters at shellie s pike inn in houston, pennsylvania. hey, todd. todd: what s going on, guys? we always learn so much from brian, we appreciate that. let s get right to the voters. david, you are voting for rick saccone, why? the reason i m voting for rick. he s a man of integrity. i have known him seven years now. being a veteran myself, i respect that about him and good christian man and big thing is the integrity about rick. todd: greg, voting for rick saccone? yes. ....
Having big jim as the republican is such an honor. i will tell you. such an honor. [applause] fantastic man, a fantastic guy. and thank you, jim, very much all over the nation they re watching and they really appreciate that. and we have another friend with us tonight who voted for us on healthcare and honestly, how the republicans and the democrats let us down on that is hard to believe. repeal and replace. hard to believe. [crowd booing] senators, but a senator that voted for it shelley moore capito, who is here with us tonight. [applause] thank you, shellie. jim came to the oval office ....
Republican senators are unable to pass what they are working on now they should repeal and then replace at a later date. what are the main obstacles of an agreement and what are the consequences of the g.o.p. if they fail to pass a bill? let s ask wall street journal columnist and deputy editor dan henning gear editorial board member and columnist bill mcgern. joe, you cover this for us. what are the divisions inside the republican party that are preventing an agreement? well, there are two camps. one it s the conservatives. people like ted cruz, ron johnson who are kind of disappointed that it doesn t do enough on deregulation. i think they are amenable to a deal. the real problem are the moderates. they paul: who are you talking about? i m talking about rob portman. paul: of ohio. shellie of west virginia. bill cassidy of louisiana. i mean, there is a whole list of them. paul: all right. what s their beef. ....
Number of those republicans come forward to help undermine this bill. not only before. but after. now, that is what is unusual. you saw senators like shellie kind of heading to the exits to put herself on the records that, yes. profile. the toxicity of the moment that we re in and jonathan is right. what is going to happen now? it will mareinainate over this recess. i know we re all old enough now to remember the house vote a few months ago. when we were all sitting here and ryan pulled the bill and i don t know how they re going to come together. the freedom caucus and the moderates and it will never happen and the republicans were really deflated. they went back to their districts and got yelled out and came back and they got it done. they, you know, maneuvered this thing just enough so they can all sort of hold their nose and swallow it. ....
wbr-id= wbr600 /> sydney watched as seven tons of fireworks blasted over the famed harbor. it lasted nearly 15 minutes. i always think i want to go to sydney after i watch that. hellie, i m stephanie gosk in new york at msnbc world headquarters. it s high noon in the east, 9:00 out west. while parts of the world are already into the new year, 12 hours from now, it s new york city s turn to reign in 2017. times square is ready. up to 2 million spectators expected to pack the area amid unprecedented security measures. adam reese is there for us. what does it look like out there? have you seen any of the sand trucks they have been talking about a lot this week? reporter: hi, stephanie. they re already gathering here in times square. they want to be in the front row to see that crystal ball drop and bring in 2017. as you know, stephanie. security very tight, the nypd out in force. some 7,000 officers to protect ....