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Didn't like the fact that one of the cereal commercials had two gay parents and a child. >> please. i'm talking about people in media. >> when is commercial not media? >> no, i'm not talking about moms. i'm talking about people in media, political figures, actors and actresses trying to get people off of air? where do you see this? where do you see conservatives rallying around. steve: lawrence, let her finish. >> the point is not that you have people call -- people always call for folks to get put off the air. you look at. >> yeah, liberals. >> look at politically incorrect that got yanked wh...

High-risk pools, those states set up in stead. the upton amendment helped change the momentum on the bill, giving leadership enough confidence to call a vote as early as 10:00 this morning. >> let's go to jim vandehei. what's turned this? >> what's turned this is, paul ryan and donald trump needed a win and needed to get some of these moderates on board. they're so worried about the pre-existing condition, that specific piece of legislation. they feel now they have enough money to go home and justify it. think about the stakes of this vote, though. go back to barack obama when he had full demo...

Their health care and they want to be able to afford it. they know who's a republican, they know who's a democrat. do they then go one level deeper, it's not the president, it's these guys? >> no, no, this is the thing. this is the difference between what trump has to worry about. he doesn't have to worry about anything. these members of congress know what the impact of this bill will be on the ground. that's why they won't pass it because they are deeply concerned that no matter what the president says, at the end of the day there's some amendment, some trick, some hidden document that will e...

They met with the president a short time ago at the white house. there's been an amendment proposed, we're talki i-- are wy to see a vote this week? >> i had speaker ryan on my radio show this morning. he announced that, in fact, they were working around the clock on the bill and he thought it was getting very, very close. if the freedom caucus turns around the upton amendment, it will no longer be obamacare, it will be freedom caucus care. the house of representatives should send it to the senate to see what comes back. absolutely a requirement politically for the republicans to deliver on th...

I'm stephanie ruhle. this is msnbc and the clock is ticking. president trump is now making a personal pitch to republicans, leaning against that health care bill and trying to help this thing from slipping away. as we speak, 21 members are opposed to the bill. that is more than there were this time yesterday. keep in mind, republicans can only afford to lose 22. any more than that, and the bill gets killed. nbc's kristen welker is live at the white house. kristen, we've got some breaking news here. there may be a new amendment that could be a breakthrough to get this thing done? >> reporter: s...