bret baier up next with a special live edition of the "special report." we will see you back here tomorrow night. >> this is a fox news alert. i am bret baier coming from inside the u.s. capitol where almost all republicans at this hour of peeler willing to pass something, anything, to keep the health care process alive. where the headcount is, that's a question. i just talked to a senior aide who put the republican vote of 49. they need 50 with the vp breaking the tie. taking a lot of oxygen out of the room in washington's mind on what could be the start of historic change to health care. president trump's communications director unfiltered and swinging at others. we are following all of it on

this prime time late-night edition of "special report." throughout the hour, will have team coverage on the senate roller coaster toward a health care overhaul. peter doocy on the hill. also life, kevin corke at the white house with the profanity-laced tirade from president trump's new hire. chris stirewalt and dana perino, former white house press secretary coming here to take on the scaramucci choice words. you look live at the senator from hawaii on the floor. that's where we will begin tonight with the political theater as the u.s. senate works late into the night on health care. will they or won't they get something to pass? that's the question. mike emanuel joins me here. this is amazing.

welcome to capitol hill. in about an hour, mitch mcconnell released the details of the senate plan. they are calling at the health care freedom act. repeal and replace the individual mandate and the employer mandate from obamacare, provide flexibility as states. three and are 32 waivers. more flex ability for consumers. increase health savings account contributions. it would repeal the medical device tax and fund community health centers. o'connell issued a call for action. >> passing this legislation will allow us to work with our colleagues toward a final bill they can go to the president. repeal obamacare and undo its damage. i would urge everyone to support it. >> two moderate republican senators. shelley moore capitol and lisa murkowski told fox news they know how they will vote but would not reveal it.

speaker paul ryan offered a statement saying that the skinny repeal won't be rubber-stamped by the house saying "if moving forward requires a conference committee, that something the house is willing to do." ryan added "we expect the senate to act first." that was in response to four republican senators coming out today saying they would not support the so-called skinny repeal bill unless they had a guarantee from the speaker that there would be a conference on a more comprehensive plan. john mccain told reporters that the speaker's statement was not enough. >> we've got to have republicans and democrats attempt together and come up with a bill that gets a majority in both houses. otherwise were going to see this continuous gridlock. i don't want to go on and on but when we passed obamacare in 2009 it split us, split us dramatically. >> democrats have spent a

portion of the evening attacking their republican colleagues saying they can't believe we've gotten to this point and do not have the final plan. >> we owe it to the american people to vote against this so-called skinny bill which is really a sham repeal. it's a skeletal version of trumpcare 2.0, 3.0, 5.0, 7.0. we can do better. >> if we don't have an agreement, we will not enact the senate version of the bill. they are desperate to enact a bill before the summer time starts. that's why we are all terrified. >> the plan is out that there is no guarantee there are 50 votes to support it. it may be a late night or an early morning. >> bret: the press conference with mccain and graham, i was struck. we have covered capitol hill for a long time. have you ever seen a press conference where someone said i

will only vote for the bill if the house votes against the bil bill. >> very striking. these guys are worried about going home and saying you passed this shell and that's going to be the health care system. they want assurances. speaker ryan gave them that guarantee. >> bret: the president tweeting moments ago "go, republican senators, go. get there. waiting for seven years. give america a great health care." white house making a big push. >> at 49 votes, as your sources say, the final push they get them over to the finish line. >> incoming white house medications director unleashing on white house staff in a profanity-laced tirade. dropped the f-bomb countless times, because the chief of staff paranoid schizophrenic.

he swears he wants to "kill the leakers." that's just part of it. kevin corke is live at the white house. compounds a day of scaramucci openly venting to the media. >> that is one way to put it. we still have yet to hear from the white house chief of staff. his twitter account has been silent for hours but certainly there's plenty of talking happening by another white house official earlier today. >> this is a guy who sometimes uses colorful and probably not appropriate language, and he's very passionate about the president, the president's agenda. may have let it get the best of him. >> the conversation anthony scaramucci had with a reporter from the new yorker. he criticized the white house chief of staff and senior advisor steve bannon in a vulgar

tirade that included accusations of leaks from the president's point man. scaramucci quoted as saying "reince priebus, you will be asked to resign shortly. expletive, paranoid schizophrenic." he reportedly said "i am not steve bannon. "scaramucci, who apparently didn't ask the conversation to be off the record defended himself on twitter. "i sometimes use colorful language. i will refrain but not give up the fight for the president trump's agenda. i made a mistake trusting a reporter. it won't happen again." said a white house official, this is getting out of hand. concern for my safety in the office tomorrow. this type of behavior is unbelievable. working in the white house and something like that is fed?

it's a disgrace. revelation came after scaramucci accused priebus of leaking his personal financial form. scaramucci writing "in light of the info, i will be contacting the fbi and justice department." >> if reince priebus wants to explain he's not only care, let them do that. i am a straight shooter and i will go right to the heart of the matter. >> scaramucci compared his relationship to priebus as that of cain and abel from the bible. >> they are american heroes and we salute them. >> the drama unfolding as the president celebrated the bravery and loyalty of law enforcement officers who helped stop the attack on congressman steve scalise and others. it was his loyalty being called

into question of the white house. >> does the president have confidence in the chief of staff? >> i have addressed this question when it comes to staffing and personnel many times. if the president doesn't, he will make that decision. we all serve at the pleasure of the president, and if it gets to a place where that isn't the case, he will let you know. >> if priebus is on thin ice, he would join jeff sessions on the list of those under increased scrutiny. sessions said the barrage of twitter takedowns hasn't gone unnoticed. >> it's kind of hurtful but the president of the united states is a strong leader. he is determined to move this country in the direction he believes it needs to go to make us great again. >> the attorney general there with tucker carlson. as for the politico story, the reporters that she asked for the publicly available information.

the materials she received about anthony scaramucci were not leaked. >> bret: always interesting. kevin corke live on the north lawn. for more on that drama out of the white house, more insight into today's health care votes, we welcome chairman of the g.o.p. conference, senator john poon. give us an update. >> i think we will vote on the version that's currently out there which you were reporting on earlier. gets rid of the divisional and employer mandates. gets relief from medical device tax. more flexibility to design plan plans. expands the use of hsas. these are priorities. we hope we can get republicans on board and send this to conference. >> bret: do you have a number? >> 50 is the magic number. that's the number we've been

trying to hit. i think we will get there. i feel like if you are a republican conservative, this is a hard thing to be against. if you look at the four corners, these are the principles we are for. a lot of our members want to see this in conference. we have a chance to improve it, strengthen it. coming out of the senate, this is a bill that addresses a lot of priorities. gets us on the road to something better. >> bret: senator graham had this to say. >> i need assurances from the speaker of the house and his team that if i vote for the skinny bill it will not become the final product. it will be the vehicle to have a conference between the house and senate where we consider a true replacement. if i don't get those assurances,

i am a "no." >> senator mccain, graham, johnson. do they have what they need? >> i think they do. if you look at their statements, speaker ryan put out a written statement. he's had conversations with a number of members. providing the reassurances they need that this is the step in the process in the process will continue. >> bret: senator, you know the critics of the process point back to a familiar sound bite from nancy pelosi. >> is going to be very, very exciting. we have to pass the bill so you can find out what's in it. away from the fog of the controversies. >> bret: how is this

different? >> the bill she is referring to was 2700 pages. this is eight pages, a simple straightforward repeal of a lot of the core elements of obamacare. it's been a priority for us for four elections. if you look at the individual mandate for example, insurance premiums have doubled. markets have collapsed. 28 million americans who don't have insurance. it has not worked. it's a failed system. tonight we are going to pass hopefully in an hour setup an even better debate when it gets in the conference. it has a lot of the elements of our people for and things we think put us on the path toward a better outcome. >> bret: cbo score on the skinny bill is a 20% increase in premiums. 16 million fewer people on health insurance. they technically say lose health insurance but i think it's less coverage. what do you tell somebody who

says that doesn't sound good? >> the cbo score uncovered has a lot to do with the fact that the individual mandate goes away. you are not forcing people they don't want and can't afford. most of the coverage numbers have to to do that. in this bill, we are giving people the freedom to buy insurance and want to give them more options and choices, create competition. get premiums down, and we have an opportunity in conference to strengthen and improve the bill. there's a lot of assumptions made with the cbo numbers. they assume there's going to be 7 million people losing medicaid. medicaid is a free program to people and because you take away the individual requirement the people buy insurance, i don't know how you cannot be part of a program that's free to people who are eligible. they make assumptions that are illogical. most of that has to do with the fact that people, we would no longer require that people buy

something they don't want. >> bret: on this other story, and i know you've been busy but you've paid attention. do you have any thoughts on the back and forth going on? >> i hope they can make peace. there's a lot of quarreling back and forth within the family. i think it's good if you can resolve those things but don't do it in public. obviously we all have intrafamily discussions. they get quite spirited. when it spills out in the public, not helpful. >> bret: the president is tweeting you on. >> i hope, if we can get something to him, he's anxious to find something into law. >> bret: all right, senator, thanks for the time. send some others this way. appreciate the time. dana perino and chris stirewalt on the breaking developments and

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>> bret: you are looking live at the senate floor. the senator from wyoming. voting is going to start and it's going to last into friday morning. we could have a vote on a skinny bill, as they call it, sometime after midnight. then it's going to continue. senator ben sasse presiding. senator patty murray. let's turn to chris stirewalt. someone who knows a thing or two about the white house press office, dana perino. previously press secretary to george w. bush. a lot of back-and-forth about

the bill. you just heard what senator thune said. let's hear a democratic senator earlier tonight. >> this is nuclear grade bonkers what's happening tonight. we are about to reorder one fifth of the american health care system then we will have two hours to review a bill which at first blush stands essentially as health care system arson. >> bret: senator murphy. >> he ain't all wrong. this is a horrible way to reassure people that you care about their health insurance and their family and all of their stuff. this is as bad or worse than what democrats did in 2009 when they were stumbling and tumbling through on obamacare. i will put it this way. you are talking about what's going to happen, there will be

fake debate on insincere amendments to a nonexistent bill buried >> bret: other than that, it's a-ok? >> we wonder why people don't trust the process and don't believe we can govern. >> dana, paint a more rosy picture. >> i thought senator john thune did an excellent job describing the bill. the problems he had with the cbo score. if this were to pass, gets the ball farther down the field. then they go to conference and work it out. i think this is going to work for the republicans had that president trump will end up signing something. it has not been pretty and i don't think the communications has been excellent. there is a lot of blame to go around. we've been talking about this for seven years, so there wasn't a perfect plan to replace it. the republicans might have to pay a price for that but if they get something passed and i think

they will, i think at the end of it, once they are able to explain it like senator thune justin, they will be in better shape. >> bret: look at the specifics specifics. i know, it's going to look different. they have been talking about repealing the employer mandate forever. they have been talking about repealing the, providing flexibility or waivers for states. repeal of the medical device tax, both parties. increasing hsas. they are saying it's a start. what we end up with is the question. >> why don't they put down that everybody gets a new ford festiva and all of your hopes and dreams and wishes will come true. this is not legislation that anyone who is voting for it wants to become law because if you do the goodies without the baddies, take out the parts people don't like and leave the parts they do, guess what

happens to everybody's insuranc insurance? it goes kablooey. you know it's bad if they say we will only vote for it if you promise to prevent it becoming law. if >> bret: is it better than obamacare? >> the sausage making process is always unpleasant. i'm not saying the republicans are the first ones to be grody. i am saying the republicans are trying to keep alive a vehicle so they can find a way without having to reach out to democrats to beg for help to patch the hole in obamacare for next year. they need $9 billion to prop up the individual insurance market next year or a lot of families are going to lose their insurance or end up bankrupt. they've got to do something. this is a way to keep it alive. it's an embarrassing way to try to do it. >> bret: embarrassing communication deal at the white house. dana, let's listen into the reporter who took the phone call

from anthony scaramucci. and then the white house talking about it. >> he believed this dinner he had with these fox news, executives was licked by reince priebus because reince was paranoid scaramucci was burning these folks into the white house. i should say that's wrong. reince priebus did not leak that information to me. >> he's a passionate guy and sometimes he lets it get the better of him. used colorful language that i don't anticipate he will do again. >> bret: basically to sum it up, there were definitely colorful phrases. >> i learned some things. >> bret: between scaramucci and reince priebus. your thoughts. >> i feel like sarah huckabee sanders, who was then the press secretary for a few days, though she has experience being the

deputy, is one of the white house's best assets. how levelheaded and steady she is. if you are a staffer in the white house and you are looking for a foothold, looked to sarah huckabee sanders. doing a really good job in tough circumstances. she didn't say any of those things. the back-and-forth since the piece was published, anthony scaramucci say he will never trust a reporter again. i don't know if that means he thought he was off the record. ryan lizza clearly doesn't think he was. he said some things that are tough. let me back up. beyond this article which i think the white house can get over quickly. what it represents is there is a lot of turmoil inside. they've done a pretty good job keeping it under wraps. you've heard bits about if i'm not a ton. this basically shows you there's a ton of resentment.

when there is resentment, especially among two high level staffers vying for the attention of the president, everybody else feels unstable. there is only one person who can fix that and that is president trump. this is something he will have to get his hands dirty, doesn't want to get involved in the confrontation but it's reached a boiling point and only he can put it out. >> bret: chris, what do you think? >> scaramucci told the president versus television that the president had to choose between him and reince priebus. i bet he wishes now he hadn't made that call because what a face plant in your first 24 hours. priebus to his credit has been silent. he is like a submarine at the bottom of the ocean, letting scaramucci flail. he will resurface and say oh, is there a problem? did you have a bad day? >> bret: chris, dana, thank you.

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>> looking live just outside the carriage area of the senate. the camera is flying around. we think we see the vice president. or a horrible earthquake outside. i think it was the vice president arriving. he's going to be presiding over the u.s. senate because the vote on health care is that close. still talking on the floor, the

votes will start sometime after midnight. it's believed the vice president presiding. potentially casting the deciding vote, as he did in the motion to proceed. there you see senator sasse presiding. health care dominates the conversation but there were some other stories making headlines. tough sanctions on big foreign powers. the vote in the senate 98-2. passing a bill that includes sanctions on russia, iran, north korea north korea. house vote on this was overwhelming as well. the bill heads to the president's desk where it's expected he will sign it. military officials say they are not moving forward with the president's call for a transgender ban tweeting that he will no longer allow transgender people to serve. chairman of the joint chiefs said no changes made until the order has been received through proper channels.

basically the defense secretary. jeff sessions spends the day in el salvador. ms-13 is a priority for the president. slated to make a major law enforcement and immigration policy speech in long island friday. tucker carlson was on the trip, as you saw earlier. things are at a fever pitch here because everyone is counting heads. senators working to keep the health care reform process moving forward despite a slew of setbacks. joining me peter doocy. how far lawmakers are going to go to get something passed. >> normally when a bill passes the senate it's because senators want it to become the law. tonight a group of republican senators said they wouldn't vote yes until they were promised the health care bill would never become the law of the land.

they would rather sit down with house negotiators. what do you think about this idea to pass something even though they know it's never going to become law. they don't wanted to become law. >> to build the senate is considering as a vehicle to get the conference. the reason for that is under the budget act, in order for a proposal to be considered, it has to be explored. we are waiting on scoring. it's not complete. >> very few senators knew what was in the so-called skinny repeal until this evening but very few are getting caught up in the details because they don't expect the so-called skinny build to get signed into law ever. anything that passes tonight will be unrecognizable after a conference with the house. something the senate g.o.p. leaders say has always been part of the plan. >> i think it will help with our members who want to see it as a step forward but not the final

product. >> talk like that has democrats piping into say republicans are voting on something they don't want to replace obamacare are taking an infamous pledge by leader pelosi to another level. >> i said i know how bad it was and i was upset in 2010 when nancy pelosi says you have to vote for it and then read it later. well, now they are saying vote for it and you might see something later. i hope they come to their sense senses. compassionate senses. >> one of tonight's mysteries, how will senator john mccain vote. early this evening, he said if he didn't feel confident the skinny repeal bill would end up in conference, he would vote no. we caught him in the hallway. said he didn't want to talk about it. we are outside his office hoping to see if he's going to help the skinny bill passed and moved to

conference or help end it >> bret: peter doocy down the hall. we head back for breaking details. let's bring in the panel. guy benson, julie pace, matt schlapp. we've been showing the senator from wyoming on the floor. >> for two and half days i've been listening, giving extra time to the other side to speak. i've been hoping that out of that i would get one constructive suggestion for what could be done with health care. it's all been criticism. >> bret: democrats have been sitting on their hands, i have not amendments. we are expecting to see a flurry of amendments. your thoughts on the process on what it looks like.

>> chris stirewalt refer to it as sausage making. there is sausage making and then there is whatever this is. you have senators openly begging the house of representatives never to vote for the thing they are about to vote for. they are saying we're going to pass a garbage bill. we know it's garbage. that's an unusual thing to see. i understand the reason why. they want to get it to conference. they want to come up with something better. i spoke to some leadership aides earlier who said there were reasons behind it and why they think they might be able to come up with something better. but getting there the way they have in the middle of the night with a bill that just came to us an hour ago before everyone is supposed to vote, it's very, very difficult. >> bret: julie, if you look at 2010, someone asked

president obama about the process. take a listen. >> we don't know exactly what's in the bill. >> by the time the vote has taken place, not only i won't know what's in it, you'll know what's in it because it's going to be posted and everyone can evaluate it on the merits. >> bret: republicans say the post of the bill and now you're going to have a conference to iron it out. >> i don't know how many people are sitting at home online dating to the bill right now, trying to figure out what's in it. when you talk to republicans, they know they are pretty far out on the ledge on this. it's something they promised for seven years they wouldn't peel obamacare and put something better in place. they also know what happened to democrats when they went through this process. democrats started to suffer losses not just in washington but around the country. in part because of the american americans' frustration with the process. so big and complicated and they didn't know what was going on.

privately republicans feel they have to do something. they are worried about the effects. >> bret: all right, matt. >> watching the debate for seven years and you thought republicans had a great plan, we learned shortly after the election that wasn't true. they've been trying to figure out what the plan is. i disagree with what guy and chris are saying. i worked on help. it's never a good process. sometimes you want to kick legislation into conference because it's the only way you can build a consensus. mccain is somewhat right. they do need to go to conference and they do need to walk through what the bill looks like. let's remember the republicans in the senate, all but susan collins, voted in 2015 for a repeal of obamacare. that very same valves on the floor and we had seven senators vote to not repeal obamacare. it's hard for people across the country to say anything other than these republicans were

lying or went back on their word. that they gave over and over and over again. same strategy to politically indict obamacare. leader mcconnell is faced with few options. do his best to keep political pressure to get this done. if we don't get it done, it's hard to go to the american people and say a republican majority was needed. >> bret: i don't think senator mike enzi has received this much tv time in a long time. we are getting word the motion to commit is expected sometime around midnight. that means getting to the skinny bill, the vote in the boat itself will happen and what happens is the vote-a-rama on these amendments. fast votes. it's late here and you may hear the janitorial staff rolling

through with garbage cans. disregard that. if they get to conference, whether republicans can somehow pull this out to a win. >> by that point, we are going to be talking about legislative mentorship. they would've gone from point a to point d. the theory they hopes is true that they will be so close they will come up with something. more data in terms of what members are willing to vote for. if they can get something better than the skinny bill. on that point in terms of policy, i would point out yes this would repeal the individual mandate, the other so-called repeals in this bill are temporary. eight years, three years, they are patches. not long-standing, permanent legislation. not crafted that way. one of the reasons why i think this bill would have to be changed and why you have so many senators worried about this piece of legislation being implemented into law is that it gets rid of the individual

mandate but nothing else in terms of obamacare's regulations which would have the effect in isolation of destabilizing the individual market even further and rising premiums more than what we are seeing with obamacare. those are the central arguments against obamacare. standing alone, the bill that senate republicans are about to vote on i think would make in some respects the problems worse which is why the conference is going to be absolutely crucial. >> bret: talk, julie, about the white house point of view. they are looking for a w, annie w. but they been pushing and the president's tweet, they've been making calls. i know they've been busy with other stuff. the president wants to sign something. it's no secret.

he wants a victory. he's promised action on health care. whatever ends up on his desk he is almost certain to sign. i think the white house has taken a more hands-off approach with the senates. eve seen the president making calls privately. he's been tweeting messages that have been alternating between threats and encouragement. some republicans say if he keeps up with the encouraging tweets, they are all for it. but these ones were he's going after individual senators are not helpful. it's been a mixed bag but for the white house, this comes down to get something through, get it on the president's desk. have everybody over. probably another big signing ceremony. policy details are secondary. >> bret: they are anxious to get the tax reform. a vote any minute now. stay with us, the latest on the

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>> bret: you are looking outside u.s. capital. senator al franken just addressed protesters. there were a couple hundred. now there is may be a few dozen. senator making his way back into the capital. protesters they are to protest a vote on the skinny bill to repeal obamacare. joining me, chad program in statuary hall. let's get in the weeds. the vote probably before midnight. give us the motion to proceed. >> first vote, don't worry.

the key vote is the second one. this is an amendment by mitch mcconnell on the skinny repeal, takes out the basics of obamacare. that's the key vote. if it fails, the gig may be up. that's not final passage or final failure of the bill but it's key to get people on board and that's why at the vice president is here. they think it's going to be a narrow vote. there are a lot of senators who expressed skepticism. >> bret: earlier we saw senators graham, mccain, johnson talking about how important it was to get an oath from paul ryan that he's not going to vote on whatever passes in the senate. i am just a bill sitting here on capitol hill. >> two ways to get the house and senate on the same page.

ping-pong, they bounce the bill back and forth. the other version is conference committee. you take people from the house and senate and they debate. they come up with the unified product. once you have created of conference report, it has to go back to both the house and senate and they have to pass it again. only then does it go to the president. the one you've talked to a lot of people here. do they sense they have what they had on the motion to proceed. right around 50? >> this is the razors edge. probably on 50. vice president pence would not be here if they didn't think there was a need. what we keep hearing is that it seems the republicans are going to pass it. they just want to pass something because you can't go to conference if the house has passed something and the senate has passed nothing. >> bret: the conference committee could be ugly.

you have conservatives fighting to cut things, moderates fighting to hold things. it's not like the problems are solved by going to conference committee. >> on christmas eve day of 2009, harry reid moved to appoint conferees. senate minority leader chuck schumer, excuse me, mitch mcconnell objected. they couldn't create conference committee. you have to have agreement. it took the democrats three months after that to get a final version of the bill which they sent to the president. it could be months off even if it's successful. >> bret: i i remember it well. christmas eve 2009. thank you. health care reform, feisty conversation with the president's new hire. we break it all down on this special edition of "special report" on fox news.

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>> bret: we are live at the u.s. capital, getting ready for some votes. joined by illinois senator tammy duckworth. thanks for joining me. your thoughts on what's happening here and where it goes. >> that's my concern, the problem is i do think the bill will have enough republican votes to pass. the vice president is already here to cast the tie-breaking vote. my concern is what happens in conference. once it passes the senate, it goes back into the house and we lose control of it. there's nothing to say speaker ryan won't -- not go to conference and look at changes.

lindsey graham called this bill of bad policy, a disaster, fraud even. >> bret: i asked senator thune, the republican from south dakota, that question. here's what he said. >> if you look at the statements they made more recently i think speaker ryan put out a written statement. he has had conversations with a number of our members. to provide the reassurances they need that this is a step in the process, the process will continue. we will have an opportunity to make the build stronger. >> bret: suggesting to have the pledge of the house speaker. >> right, but how long will conference last? it could last a day, 5 minutes. completely up to the speaker to call it up for a vote. >> bret: what about critics who say where is the democratic alternative? where are the democratic solutions to obamacare. >> we have quite a few solutions.

i think we can look at cost-cutting measures that can happen. allow medicare to negotiate prices and terms of pharmaceuticals, go after the pharmaceutical industry. i even look at making sure people don't abuse the system, only sign up for health insurance, they know they need knee surgery for example. once you sign up, you are in it for a year. you don't just sign up for knee surgery. >> i can see there are problems. i was one of the democrats who voted to get rid of the medical device tax. the tax gets passed on to patients. democrats have been completely shut out of this process. we were not allowed in the secret room that the 13 men met in. we can't vote for something that literally just got read out loud

15 minutes ago. >> bret: senator mcconnell claims there was outreach. obviously a different point of view there. i want to say thanks for your service in uniform and out. i know you've put out a number of statements this week about the issue of transgender service people in the military. i want to get your comment about the chairman of the joint chiefs saying they are not moving forward unless there is something official. >> i think that's the right thing to do. i want to -- pretty bipartisan in terms of reaction to the terrible idea the president tweeted out and i'm glad the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said we are not moving forward. >> bret: senator, thanks for your time. special coverage from capitol hill as you look live. waiting for the vote and were going to stay until the first vote we will see what happens in

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