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Suggesting some of the president's associates may have communicated with russia in an effort to release damaging information about hillary clinton. and london is in mourning and on alert today. a terrorist stopped while trying to storm the houses of parliament, but not before leaving several dead. welcome back to cnn's "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. history will be made today. house will take the first vote to repealing and replacing the affordable care act or a staggering blow against obamacare. perhaps to the trump agenda. the white house and republican leaders de...

Bill? the president for one of the groups says, we want to make certain that lawmakers understand the policy consequences of voting for a law that keeps obamacare in tact. we have a history of holding politicians accountable. we will be there to support and thank the champions who stand strong and keep promise. >> you wonder, christine, will they take it a step further. not just promise money to no votes, but promise money against those that vote yes on the bill. the aarp type at this point. >> it shows you how powerful forces are lining up on each side. >> money is a major part. breaking ov...

On whether to end debate on the government funding bill. lets go to nbc capitol hill correspondent luke russert for the latest. luke, what's happening? >> joy, cloture has been reached. they have 60 votes. cloture is invoked to use parliamentary lingo here on capitol hill, which means they can now proceed to harry reid's plan of stripping the defunding of the president's health care law away from the government funding bill by simple majority vote. reading in between the lines, i counted 18 republican votes in opposition to this move. this is the move ted cruz rallied against saying if you vot...

The hottest stories in a flash. rapid fire. roll it. at this hour the u.s. senate is preparing for debate on one of the president's cabinet nominees after a deal was reached this morning to preserve the filibuster declaring the senate, i'm quoting, broken because of the repeated filibuster 60 vote threshold. senate majority leader harry reid had threatened an end run by simple majority vote. scientists now have evidence that the tie ran na sawyer russ rex really was the scary hunting predator like we all saw in the movie "jurassic park." kind of obvious to you and me, perhaps, but scientis...

Elections. they could conceivably get to the senate in 2014. we are going to get rid of the filibuster altogether by simple majority vote. >> i think that's what worries about like levin. getting rid of the filibuster for nominees will not solve all of the problems with president obama's nominees. another norm that has been overturned is that traditionally when there is a judiciary vacancy in a certain state the president works with those home state senators and to come up with a nominee. and part of the reason right now is that there -- not a lot of nominees is had a in states especially with...