is because your employer. >> who are you keeping an eye on? >> a variety of senators that i think senator capito from west virginia is interesting and has been concerned about funding for the opioid epidemic. senator portman from ohio also. the senator from alaska is interesting and what she will do. >> so many states are looking over the bills and not making a final decision. >> they have been really careful. people are trying to -- they know it is closer and closer to decision time. >> mary agnus carry, a health expert who follows kaiser health news. thank you for being with us. >> alex roger is a correspondent with national journal and what are the next steps in the senate as they work to replace the current health care law? >> the congressional budget office will score the revised

health care bill on monday and we could see the motion to proceed on tuesday. and then if they can get 50 republican senators for that then we could see extended voting session throughout the week with a final vote on passage at the end of the workweek on thursday even up until friday morning. >> the majority leader released a new version, a draft version of the bill on thursday, cuts to medicaid bill in place. there were some consessions to moderate republicans. so, you need to get 50 republican senators for the spot and you have already seen two republican senators, rand paul of kentucky and susan collins from main. there is a number of senators from medicaid expansion you are seeing. senators like dean heller of nevada, rob portman of ohio and

all of them are surrounded by reporters this week trying to figure out what is on the set. three senators are going to do that on monday. we will see early next week what they are actually going to decide to do. >> you mentioned what the week ahead was like with the cbo score coming out. he talked about it on twitter. what does the debate look like? what does the process look like? >> it a big victory for mitch mcconnell if they were to have unlimited debate. then they are hoping that after this long process and it opening

up the final project to deliver on the promise they having saying which is we'll repeal and replace obamacare. >> what are you hearing in terms of delay of vacation or going back to district for august break? it is a unusual. what is everyone saying about it? >> extra time in washington d.c. but they are willing to be here. i think mitch mcconnell says there is a way to sharpen the spokes and we will be here as long as necessary to move this forward. we are going to possibly not move on to health care after this week. ....

machines take over just from -- manufacturing jobs. that's natural. now the only difference is machines coming after people with college degrees, political influence and twitter conditions, and suddenly it's a big story. >> at 9:15 p.m., "wall street journal" columnist jason riley, discusses his book "false black power" and his argument blacks are disadvantaged economically. >> who have risen economically have done so with little or no political influence.

and groups that have enjoyed political success have tended to rise more slowly. it's not that you can't take the political route. you can. but chances are you are going to rise more slowly than you would take ago routes. >> for more of this weekend's schedule go to booktv.org. >> the national governors association summer meeting, live saturday on c-span, starting at 93:00 a.m. eastern, governors talk about computer coding and the importance of computer science in school with steve ballmer and tesla ceo elon musk. wash the summer meeting live on the c-span2 network and listen ton at the free c-span radio app.

>> the medicare board of trustees has issued a report saying the federal healthcare program will remain solvent through 2029. we'll hear more about that and some of the reports other findings and ways to improve medicare's lock-term fiscal condition. this is just under two hours. >> hi, everybody. welcome to everyone here and everyone on c-span to the american enterprise institute. we're having a discussion today about the medicare trustees report, the report was issued late yesterday afternoon, and is an annual report that gives some indication of not only the current fiscal status of the medicare program but also the long-term outlook. i'm joe