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The medicaid expansion, there is really no impetus to support the bill. >> so the, mike lee, rand paul objections, how overcomable do you see those? and how rigid are they? mike lee put down a marker and said there has to be a state option the entireliment on out. if guaranteed issues. all these popular protections. do you think he will stick to it? >> that's a good question. i think as we saw in the house, the house freedom caucus and conservatives started out from that far right position of wanting all 12 aca mandates repealed, or at least for the states to do so. as negotiations went on, me...

Of conservatives who have their own set of issues. mitch mcconnell, john cornyn. they ran them off and said dhoek this. losing rand paul and susan collins. well, he really threw it into chaos. now you have these other senators. the medicaid expansion, there is really no impetus to support the bill. >> so the, mike lee, rand paul objections, how overcomable do you see those? and how rigid are they? mike lee put down a marker and said there has to be a state option the entireliment on out. if guaranteed issues. all these popular protections. do you think he will stick to it? >> that's a good que...

worst fire season in history gets worse by the hour. this is the worst of the worst. southeast of austin, 30,000 acres consumed, hundreds of homes destroyed, zero containment. this fire started sunday, barely 48 hours ago, and already governor rick perry calls it as mean a fire as he has ever seen and he's seen a whole lot of wildfires this year. the texas forest service counts 294 consecutive days of wildfires somewhere in the state. you see the numbers here behind me. not coincidentally, it's been a year of historic drought. so far this year, more than 3 1/2 million acres have burn...

Called a supremacy clause. the federal government controls immigration of the united states. it's not a matter of state option. as to how they enforce or don't enforce the law. is that right or wrong? >> you know, juan, let's be honest, the law of preemption is incredibly murky. i have no doubt there are courts that could rule against arizona there are also courts based on supreme court and appellate precedent can uphold this law. it is merely reasserting what the federal law already. >> juan: i got that. >> it does not conflict in any way with the federal regime of immigration enforcement. >>...

Called a supremacy clause. the federal government controls immigration of the united states. it's not a matter of state option. as to how they enforce or don't enforce the law. is that right or wrong? >> you know, juan, let's be honest, the law of preemption is incredibly murky. i have no doubt there are courts that could rule against arizona there are also courts based on supreme court and appellate precedent can uphold this law. it is merely reasserting what the federal law already. >> juan: i got that. >> it does not conflict in any way with the federal regime of immigration enforcement. >>...