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Entirely behind closed doors but republican leaders promise details are coming soon. senator john cornyn says starting tomorrow all the anxiety surrounding the bill's secrecy will, quote, evaporate. >> a working draft will be released tomorrow. i think all of the concerns people have had about the process will evaporate. because i think there will be unlimited opportunity for people. >> with me now from the white house, mark lauder, a special adviser to the president. he's also the press secretary for the vice president, mike pence. mark, nice to have you on, sir. welcome. >> thank you for hav...

Legislative recess. >> a working draft will be released tomorrow. i think all of the concerns people have had about the process will evaporate because i think they'll be unlimited tounts for people to read it and understand what's in it then debate it. >> reporter: now, president trump is arriving here with a bounce in his step. he'll be talking to a rally here in downtown cedar rapids to thousands of supporters. but he's also arriving to a piece of advise from the local newspaper, cedar rapids ga sell. it says this. dear mr. president in a front page editorial, now is not the time to rally. n...

A working draft will be released tomorrow and i think all the concerns will evaporate. >> senator johnson, whether or not he's a leading indicator or a canary in a coal line. if just 3% of senators say they -- they need 50 of their 52 members to vote for this in ordered to move forward. so if process is that big of an issue, that they're willing to vote no because of what's going on. the real issue remains the policy. i'm told behind closed doors yesterday there was a very tense, very contentious meeting with several members who are concerned about the direction of where this bill is going to ...

Insurance companies to opt out of that, then maybe we with need to create a federal fund. so this is a big, big, policy debate. can they really pull a rabbit out of the hat tomorrow? a working draft, he did not call it a final bill. >> i think cornyn floated separately the possibility of doing this before the august recess. and so you hear the first hint of delaying it until the next recess. i think it's going to be tough to go from a draft bill to a final vote this quickly. even with mitch mcconnell's depth skills there. it's going to be hard to gather rand paul and ted cruiz on the right on ...

Ceo ceos before a vote. is that enough time to vote on such an important piece of legislation? >> in the last week or so, a number of republicans have voiced their own unease in this process, acknowledging it's too secret, particularly rank and file members, have no idea where this is going to end up, despite the fact senator mcconnell said there would be a working draft done on thursday. there still are major issues that need to be resolved before thursday. first off, the frustration about the process, and second off, that they're not there yet. those things have yet to be resolved. >> when t...