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The house could vote on that senate bill and also a package of fixes at the end of the coming week, which the senate will need to vote on. any way you dice it, it will be a week of arm twisting. >> julie: oh, yeah it will. all right. thank you very much. >> gregg: one democrat accusing party leadership of ignoring him outright, bart stupak of michigan, says his vote is no unless lawmakers insert language prohibiting federal funds of abortions. here is what he said earlier this week. >> he came back a while later and said, but we want to pay for abortions. i said, mr. chairman, that's where we ...

Pitfalls ahead. so what is the plan? joining us is republican congressman mark kirk a member of the subcommittee on financial services who is also running for the u.s. senate. thank you very much for talking to us. we had a democrat on and now to be fair and balanced we have you on to talk about republicans and how they plan on fighting this. house democrats believe they may be on the brink of victory. they lack the ironclad commitment needed, 60 lawmakers and many republicans are determined to stop them. what is your plan? >> the plan is to offer a better plan. house republicans want the kind...

The midwest. >> gregg: if you're flying out this evening, you're urged to contact your airline ahead of time. we have complete forecast in a few minutes. stick around for that. >> julie: heading for a final health care reform show down. democrats close to the 216 votes they need to pass reform. right now the tally is 211 to 220. that's with five democrats planning to change their yes vet to no. things are so close, in fact, the president is changing his schedule, pushing back a trip overseas to be here in person to help see his initiative through. live with the latest there washington is julie...

Sweater. that was cost of team usa losing to canadians in the gold medal olympic hockey game. he shed the red and white for red, white and blue taking questions that way for most of the briefing and for the first time, gibbs said mr. obama feels the wind at his back on healthcare. >> the president feels momentum on this issue. i think the president believes while many thought this issue was going to go away or was dead a few weeks ago, has gotten new life. >> but not so much momentum that the president who conducted a 90-minute review of the afghan military offensive in the situation room toda...

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