host: why is rob portman a key vote? republican consist lose two votes in the senate and still have a tie-breaking vote vice president, why focus on this particular vote? uest: well, kasich has blasted the bill. rob portman is close ally of his leadership, he worked with them, the room making suggestions to craft this bill. is a bell whether senator. ost: what is other things politico is tracking, arm twisting or dealing the effort to get republican senators on with a rewrite? guest: well, in addition to the opioid funding, they are looking at health savings accounts that nowents can use potentially to help pay for premium increases. opioid and hsa's on the table as mcconnell tries to win votes. ost: what about efforts to reach across the aisle, we talked in first segment of "washington journal" today about hether republicans and democrats can work together on of those said this would be good to work across party efforts. any effort to reach out across this point, we will wait to week.er comes of this cassidy have and al

ohio senator rob portman is in a very had similar position. his republican governored signed the letter opposing trump care that cited medicaid cuts. portman said he has real concerns about it. though he has not yet taken a yes or no position. joining me now, the dean, i so wanted to talk to you today. there is such a battle in interpretation oh what happened today with dean heller. some people say this is a faint like it was yesterday. others say no, this is him tying himself to the mast of a no vote in a very public way. >> i think it is much more of the latter than the former. he played some of what he had to say. he really boxed himself in. i've seen a lot of democrats and a lot of progressives say he is negotiating here. he is not really going to stick to that and they'll change the bill. as you laid out the politics, they're not going to move this bill, i don't think, far enough to the left to get dean heller. they've already lost those conservative think. they would lose even more. i don't see that happening. plus look at the language t

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this issue, it's critical because any formulation that gets to 50 votes in the senate must include rob portman says with a major overdose problem in ohio, the funding is deadly serious. >> we're losing 4,000 people a year. it's something that we have to be sure and cover. under expanded medicaid, there's significant treatment dollars are being used. >> vice president mike pence has been here today meeting with a range of lawmakers including mcconnell, susan collins of maine, ted cruz of texas and dean heller of nevada. that is a mix of the moderates and conservatives. they need to get to yes. >> what else are lawmakers telling you about the possibility of not reaching a deal? >> shepard: one from louisiana told us if there's no deal, then he's got other work to do back home. >> i'm having two town halls tomorrow. let me ask you. is it more important to cool my heels in my office waiting for these conversations too take place or speak with constituents? it begs the answer. to speak with constituents. i think it's better to go home and speak with constituents. the leader knows how to fibbed me.

rob portman is leading the charge.hen'ting thing about him is thee years ago the "wall street journal" published an editorial by him that says the longer we wait to enact reforms, the more abrupt and painful they will be. it's time for everyone to come together and start to erase the red ink. >> there is such a cravenness on both side of the aisle. democrats were calling for serious reform of the medicate expansion or medicaid problems. that was a program designed to help poor people. it's being used to subsidize wealthier people. this is something that's unsustainable so it need to be done. the longer you wait the more difficult thing get. that's the entire problem we have right now. it would have been easy to repeal obamacare a couple years ago. but the senate plan offers some good changes. it's a good step in the right direction and it changes the architecture of the medicaid system in a way that would be helpful even if there are electoral changes in the years ahead. david: mitch mcconnell, is he doing a lot of stu

incredible report in politico this morning about a meeting earlier this week where mitch mcconnell took rob portman you were all about entitlement. where are you now? mitch mcconnell is using the argument which you are making to which portman said it's preposterous, are you taking medicaid away from 770,000 people in my state and not fixing the problem. >> and not fixing the problem and transferring at a time when the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. >> how long have we been hearing that. >> at a faster rate than ever before in our nation's history. this is a point, where the republicans say, we will cut a trillion dollars in benefits from the poorest america and give it to the wealthiest america. >> this is the president that will change washington. >> what a pop you list, the way to stand up to goldman sachs, mr. president, we're proud of you, buddy, hey, you're a populist. >> okay. >> did you see "time" magazine. >> they're in this country -- -- -- -- >> willie can tell you the two things that were going on in 1987, this was right after, what did i do in '87? i won the ma

any calculation to get to 50 votes must include rob portman. $45 billion are added to the bill to address the opioid problem but portman is still non-commit tall. mcconnell urging colleagues time for action. >> mr. president, senators in the white house are continuing discussions on path forward to bring to obamacare and its collapsing markets. we'll made good progress and we're keep working. we work on obamacare problems that continue to hurt americans all across our country. reporter: senate republican sources say most likely gop nos are susan collins, rand paul, a conservative, and dean heller up for tough re-election next year in nevada. the problem for leadership is, they can only afford two republican nos an still pass a bill. >> i still sense that we're at impasse. i said that yesterday at lunch with our republican caucus. everybody kind of laughed because, yeah there is still quite a bit of disagreement. and there is basically two factions. reporter: sound hopeful the gop struggles will allow some talks that will give them some leverage. >> president trump, i challenge you to invi

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senator rob portman came out in opposition to the healthcare draft. i was speaking to some folks with this group and they want to make sure that he doesn't support anything that could replace the affordable care act. so even though portman was a no, they are still out here screaming their lungs out on the floor of his office building causing quite a ruckus, shep. the capitol police have been letting -- there are some arrests going on this. is what the capitol police has been dealing with the last 2 1/2 hours. we've seen them here at portman's office. we've seen them at rubio's office. if the photographer could just zoom in a little bit. the capitol police let them have their voices heard for a while. then they just start taking them out one at a time. when the people refuse to walk, they had to be carried. they're all being taken out one at a time in plastic handcuffs. that's what we're looking at right now. the capitol police have it under control. they do have to every time this happens, they have to close down the entire hallway. nobody can go thro

rob portman and shelli moore sent out a joint statement.usan collins offered this blunt assessment of why the president had come up short. >> with the big picture, settling on corralling republicans. it just seems like he doesn't have the political capital that most presidents do to kind of get the party in line. >> this president is the first president in our history that has no political nor military experience. and thus, it has been a challenge for him to learn how to interact with congress and how to push his agenda forward. >> here's an interesting note four, though. the house sought to pass the repale on the anniversary of president obama signing the affordable care bill into law. they missed the mark on that. today is the fifth anniversary of the supreme court upholding that law as constitutional. for more on this joining from us washington capitol hill reporter molly. he gave his own idea of how it could progress from here on out, hoping for a new agreement. he says in the next 72 hours if the cbo can start scoring during the july 4

rob portman also came out and said no against this bill today. jerry moran from kansas, he was not on the d.c. radar in terms of a potential no vote, but people in kansas who have him as their senator, they have been letting him know what they think on this subject, jerry moran surprised everybody by also coming out against this bill today when the republicans started to fall apart on this. so this isn't like the republicans getting close and then losing. this is them losing badly, get worse by the minute, so there are going to be some drinks took for people who have been fighting to save obamacare. as of tonight they saved it, but there's also a real worry, because people who have been trying to save the affordable care act have seen this before. the same thing happened in the house earlier this year. republicans did have to pull the bill before a vote in march, because they knew they were going to lose, remember that clams "new york times" headline. republicans land a punch on health care, to their own face. that too was seen as a big victory,

rob portman, shelly capito. in ohio and west virginia. they say you're going to need to add far more money. this bill doesn't do that. >> i would point out that president obama through obamacare and else wise poured money into crises like this. and where are we? you can fill up every seat in yankee stadium. and that accounts for the number of people who died of drug addiction in the country wjust last year. it's a gateway to heroin use. fentanyl. pouring money into the problem is not the only answer. we have to get serious about in-facility treatment and recovery. >> that takes money, kellyanne. >> it takes money and a four-letter word called will. it takes a focus that includes money but includes understanding the difference between just interdiction but also recovery and treatment. we have a lot more success stories now. even though no state has been spared and no demographic group has been untouched. money alone hasn't solved this problem. obamacare spent gazillions of dollars. we have people that came to the white house last thursday,

rob portman from ohio? a wild card, could a flake from arizona, cory gardner of colorado. if you get it one vote can sink it. the other thing is the politics of this, if republican dos succeed in passing this, if they do succeed in implementing it, take a look at this. it's the history of how parties pay a price for touching health care, three times, int '90s, hillary care, remember this, democrats had the advantage, a 48 point advantage when bill clinton came to office over republicans on health care. then they propose what happened they called hillary care. in that 48 point advantage, they lost 39 points. it was fought popular. republicans won the congress in '94. then barack obama came to office. in that campaign if 2008, it was 31 points. obamacare proposed dropped all the way down to 7. now look what we are seeing. this is our brand-new pom. democrats had an advantage of 7 points at the end of last year's election. republicans put tear plan out, that democratic advantage more than doubled. just ten points, it jumped to 17 points. what's the seeming political message f

. >> we know there are republicans like rob portman and susan collins.'s not just a democratic issue. let's see where this heads. senator markey, thank you for your time, appreciate it. >> you're welcome, thank you. >>> we continue to invite republican senators and lawmakers on all the time. we hope they can join us as their schedule allows. republican sides matter in this health care debate. >>> coming up, president trump is launching a new attack againls his predecessor, accusing president obama of obstructing or colluding or both, in his words, to help hillary clinton during the election. details on that, ahead. >>> just let obamacare crash and burn. president trump tweeting that moments ago. republican leaders in the senate work around the clock to get enough votes for their version of an obamacare overhaul. what's going on? what's the latest? back. we'll be right back. flz . >>> the white house, the president repeatedly said washington's focus is too much on russia. what is the president focused on today? russia. this morning, here is one of his sev

yesterday you had rob portman of ohio saying he is concerned about what the medicaid cuts meant to constituents in his state. in ohio and other states, the -- prescription epidemic is a big problem and medicaid covers a lot of those people. heller of nevada said he has syria's concerns about what this bill means for veterans on concerns-- serious about what this bill means for medic and -- veterans on medicaid. for even the fiercest radix of obamacare, medicaid was viewed as a very important thing. they also acknowledge it is not necessarily sustainable or pat toomey who helped write this bill, he put out kind of a fact sheet yesterday or argument sheet defending the bill and said medicaid is not sustainable. maybe one of the arguments -- i think one of the arguments that can be made for reforming medicaid and reducing payments is we need to keep it around for the long-term. i think both sides agree medicaid is important. host: davenport, iowa, jack, a democrat area good morning. caller: good morning. i went to the annual work for hathaway meeting and warren buffett said the u.s. is spending 17

rob portman is going to triple the money for opioid addiction. >> we're going to get $10 billion andrelease and tell our constituents we really got something from mcconnell. >> or heller does something on medicaid expansion, on the phaseout or the cost that they're using. i mean doesn't it seem to you, jennifer, that they've essentially set it up so they can dial a bunch of knobs and give people these public wins that they need to get to the 50 votes? >> well, you're talking about sort of normal senators i would say yes. but i think you have some people in the senate who are really i'd logically dead set against the federal government subsidizing health care. that's the four people who said they wouldn't voted for it right up front. i think it's hard for those people to walk back because you're going to change the structure of the bill. the second problem, and i think susan collins tipped her hand when the cbo does their scoring, and it's not going to be all that different than the house bill, that's going to be the signal for the moderates. so i think you can only turn the knobs and

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legal help is here. >>> the opioid crisis is a big flash point in ohio potentially affecting rob portman'sealth care bill, which critics say slashes the money for treatment. republicans can only afford two no votes in the senate. they may not be able to spare portman. joining me now onset is msnbc's jacob soboroff. tell us more. >> now opioids are central to the health care debate with med kid ob the chopping block. so is addiction treatment. this as overdoses are killing more americans than ever before. ohio is the epicenter of this crisis on track for a staggering 10,000 deaths this year alone. politicians back in washington on the ground. the death toll continues to skyrocket daily because the drug so powerful it could kill you simply by touching it. >> reporter: in what local fushls say is the overdose capital of america,en montgomery county sheriff phil plumber finds a crisis on his hands brought on by the opioid, up to thousands times stronger than heroin. it's used legally in chronic pain management and now manufactured, trafficked and sold as a street drug. >> we're on pace to have

governor kasich made it impossible for ohio senator rob portman to vote for the mcconnell bill, but rob portman, in a typical delay of senatorial courage, did not announce his opposition to the bill until mitch mcconnell announced he was giving up and that he would not even bring the bill to a vote. mitch mcconnell announced that when enough republican senators announced clear enough opposition that would lead mitch mcconnell one or two votes short of passing the bill in the senate, that's when he pulled the bill. some of the senators left enough vagueness in their willingness to negotiate with mitch mcconnell that wasn't really completely clear how many of them really would vote against it if mitch mcconnell brought the bill to the floor. but now that he's pulled the bill, we have republican senators on the floor tonight. that means he would have gotten 20% of the senate floor. no one felt ashamed or humiliated by that. it would be a clear loss, but not an outright humiliation. but the truth of the senate is mitch mcconnell wasn't going to come close to 41 votes. and he knew that, and

talking about senators like rob portman in ohio, dean heller in nevada, where medicaid expansion would make effects of cuts, growth of medicaid feel more acute than states where expansion did not take place under the affordable care act. so those particular republicans are going to be difficult to get back on board without using some of the money the cbo identified as savings to pad the budget a little bit, maybe soften the cuts. that is the problem the republican senators are facing. neil: sarah, will that be enough? i think you're referring to the $200 billion the cbo reduces benefits from the house plan.ç i'm a little appalled to use that as bribe money to get reluctant on board, whether for opioid funding or something like that. seems like a twisted way to get something done. i know how washington works but seems weird. the objections on the other side, conservatives like mike lee, rand paul, they opposed bill because it doesn't do enough to stop the obamacare. they think cuts are superficial to medicaid. they don't think the bill does enough to fully keep the promise on repealing

he's trying to figure out right now in this inside game, can he get senators like rob portman of ohio on board with some more funding for opioid addiction coverage, senators like susan collins and lisa murkowski on board, the moderates and still hold on to paul, mike lee, senator ted cruz, the conservatives who want that? it's very hard to square that circle at this moment. he's a patient, political figure trying to work more behind the scenes with the senators than publicly. >> i want to bring in carol and vivian here, but it feels like the framework of the day are these three big priorities for the president. health care, travel ban. we'll talk later in the show about what's happening on the immigration front when it comes to sanctuary cities and case law, something he talked about all the time on the campaign trail. frame up, what are the wins and losses today for this administration? >> the administration is more enthusiastic about their progress on immigration, on the travel ban. health care is an ideological republican issue that they know they have to pursue because they made i

on a rainy afternoon in ohio today senator rob portman's constituents laid down on the wet sidewalks and protested the bill that was outside four of his district offices in ohio. protesters also showed up at the airport in washington d.c. yesterday thinking that might be an interesting bottleneck spot to try to catch senators on their way home so they could tell them to vote no on the bill. in pennsylvania senator pat toomey says he supports the bill. his constituents held a series of 24 hour-long vigils throughout the united states. they stayed outside his offices through the night and into the morning. this afternoon constituents showed up at senator jeff flake's office in phoenix, arizona, in the scorching heat. they wanted the staff to get him on the phone so they could tell them which way he plans to vote. this is from outside one of senator tom cotton's offices that posted tom cotton, we're outside your office. talk to us about the bill that will take away 300,000 in our kansas's health care. >> he has been silent on whether he supports the bill or not. there's a lot of that. a

in the centrist column, lisa murkowski, rob portman, dean heller. the math is very difficult. always has been, always will be, almost no matter what you do with that bill. >> you're starting to have a discussion within the republican ranks about taking a different approach to this like we're seeing with the immigration debate. instead of doing one huge omnibus bill, maybe you start taking it on in parts. we'll have to see if they keep going in that direction. a.b., the main problem with this situation is it doesn't live up to its name. it's supposed to be a better law than the aca, but it's not covering as many people, so that's not better, and it's not lowering premiums the way they said it would. so that's not better. this is a fundamental proposition, no? >> right. what we keep sort of trying to debate -- discuss this and analyze this as one big bill, but remember, so much of this is really a two-track process. you look at the club for growth and the conservative movement that is opposed to this bill because it is truly not a repeal over obamacare because it keeps so much o

people like ohio senator rob portman, moderates, if you will, in the senate republican caucus who think that perhaps the house bill has gone too far. they are very much in favor of medicaid expansion. the president has softened his tone and said that the house bill has gone too far, too harsh. it will be interesting to see once we get the discussion draft out tomorrow what is in the bill, what will the president push for, what will the house republicans do once the senate draft is published, and ultimately, what version can the two chambers reconcile to send you president trump for his signature to undo one of president obama's signature achievements? laura: ron christie in new york, thank you so much for joining us. saudi arabia's king salman has made his son the next in line to the throne. president trump called mohammad bin salman to congratulate him on becoming the new crown prince. the 31-year-old has been pushing for major economic reforms in the country and has overseen the military campaign. the king's nephew as crown prince in what is a major shakeup. alan johnston now reports.

this as some in congress, including ohio's republican senator rob portman, warn president trump's healthcare bill will cut funding for treatment that addicts need most. lester? >> a gripping account. >>> jacob, thank you. when we come back, a star is born. how a brave young fan shared the screen with his favorite hollywood heroes. >>> it's summer >>> it's summer blockbuster season, that time when all sorts of superheroes are flying into battle at the multiplex, and for some courageous kids their hollywood dreams of being up there on the screen in the middle of the action are coming true thanks to some folks who are inspiring america. here's nbc's kevin tibbles. >> he's too strong. if only conner were here. >> reporter: as far as superheroes go, he's tiny, but this full-fledged power ranger makes up for his diminutive size with heart. 6-year-old conner goldhammer battles osteogenesis imperfecta, or brittle bone disease. the slightest contact can cause a fracture. >> we guesstimate over 200 breaks from sneezing or from trying to stand or just moving a bone. >> reporter: yet throughout the pain

if you look at people like rob portman from ohio.t here is that the medicaid growth rate on the one hand might slow down, might square moderates. if you delay the rollback for the bill compared to the house bill, that could be a pot sweetener. it will be critical to determine managementer they can rope -- whether they can rope together the swing vote across the finish line. >> right. of course, we wish this morning, we were talking about how many americans will lose coverage. will this bring down the cost of health care, premiums, things like that. we don't know. we've seen the bill and the cbo -- we haven't seen the bill, and the cbo hasn't scored it. we're talking about a number, 50, and how they get there. you have rand paul, mike lee, conservatives, then on the other side, lisa murkowski, susan collins. you almost have to say for mitch mcconnell i'm going to sacrifice one end of this. who is it, and can they cobble together 50? >> that will be in the eye of the beholder, terrific question. there will be a lot of points of pressur

on a rainy afternoon in ohio, senator rob portman's constituents laid down on the wet sidewalks on theutside of four of his district offices in ohio and protesters showed up at the airport in washington, d.c. thinking that might be an interesting bottleneck spot to try to catch senators on their way home so they could tell them to vote no on the bill. in pennsylvania, where pat toomey so far said he supports the republican bill. his constituents held 24 hour long vigils and stayed outside of his offices through the night and into the morning. this morning they show up in phoenix, arizona, in the scorching heat, chanting for the senator -- to phone him so he could tell them which way he plans to vote. and this is outside of tom cotton's office in arkansas. they posted, we're outside of your office, talk to us about the bill that will take away 300,000's health care. he is silent on whether he supports the bill or not. there is a lost silence. and reviewing and considering and having concerns going on among republican senators but time for that is running out. republican leadership in th

they sat down inside senator rob portman's office, in the sitting area at his office.sked the capitol police not to make any arrests of the protesters. the police nevertheless brought out the zip ties and arrested some of those people anyway. marco rubio's office, a makeshift march in a tight senate hallway outside his office door. people got thrown out of the capital there. pat toomey had a small human blockade sitting outside his d.c. office today. one of those protesters was arrested and dragged away by his arms. this friendly looking group here swung by arkansas senator tom cotton's office, a lot of them from the indivisible chapter that calls them the ozark chapter of indivisible. katy mcfarland uses a wheelchair, and she told senator cotton's office that the medicaid cuts in the republican bill would kill her. she was arrested today. her hands put up in zip ties. by the end of the day, at least 40 people were arrested after the u.s. capitol today in protest against the senate republicans' health bill. protests were outside the senate offices, too, in considerable

lisa murkowski, rob portman, shelly moore capito, these are not moderates.servatives, but what they're indicating at least right now is some concern about what impact the bill is going to have on their constituents. lisa murkowski understands that in alaska there are thousands and thousands of people who depend on the affordable care act for their health care. shelly moore capito understands there are hundreds of thousands of people in west virginia who benefit from medicaid expansion so they can get treatment for opioid addiction. so they are in a position where they're susceptible to changing their votes because they actually care what impact the bill will have on their constituents. all these other republican members of the united states senate right now are demonstrating a commitment to ideology and giving tax cuts to the wealthy over the interests of their constituents. >> all right. we'll take a break. it's extraordinary. i spoke to a member of president trump's team last night who said we need to focus on our agenda, our agenda is what is winning thes

senator rob portman's constituents laid down on the wet sidewalks in protest of the bill outside of fourof his district offices in ohio. protesters also showed up at the airport in washington, d.c., yesterday thinking that might be an interesting bottleneck spot to try to catch senators on their way home so they could tell them to vote no on the bill. in pennsylvania, where senator pat toomey says he so far supports the bill, his constituents held 24-hour vigils and stayed outside his offices through the night and into the morning. this afternoon constituents showed up at senator jeff flake's office in phoenix, arizona, in the scorching heat. they were chanting for the senator's staff to please get him on the phone so he could -- phone him, phone him, so he could tell them which way he plans to vote. this is outside one of senator tom cotton's offices in arkansas. tom cotton, we're outside your office. talk about the bill that will take away 300,000 arkansas' health care. there's a lot of silence and reviewing and considering and having concerns going on among republican senators but tim

you talk to senator rob portman, he said he's been very concerned that if you have fewer people on medicaidyou'll have fewer people getting treatment for opioid addiction. however, he is somewhat flexible on this issue, he said it's possible it can be made up, for example, with private insurance, perhaps, or funding elsewhere. but this is something that they're seriously going to have to look at. >> yeah, i think the "los angeles times" reported this week that over a third of people on the medicaid expansion in ohio alone report some form of dependency treatment and that's the reason they're using that medicaid funding. what do we know about time something is this thing definitely going to happen this week and we're going to get a vote? >> in theory, everybody on the republican side would like to get it through pretty quickly and out of their hands before the july fourth recess. that means this week. this week. in the next few days, even while this bill still is changes that are likely to happen, even before we have a cbo score, though one is going to come out before a vote, this really is

senator rob portman's office take b over by protesters, staging a sit-in, demanding to know what's this the bill. another demonstration by democrats here on capitol hill concerned that it will roll back benefits for working families. listen. >> we have a very simple message. no hearing, no vote. >> we only have a few days left. we have to stop this bill. >> we can whimper about it, we can whine about it or we can fight back. me, i'm fighting back. are you fighting back? >> our job is not to throw 23 million more americans off of health insurance. it's the guarantee health care to all as a right. >> more than a dozen republican lawmakers were supposed to be crafting this, but it turned out to be just a few. some of these complaining that they were left out of the process. but it's unveiled today and there are at least eight republicans to watch very closely because as the president said last night, this is a razor thin margin. they can only afford to lose two. if three republicans decide to vote against it, it's dead in the water. the schedule at this point is to unveil destales of the b

rob portman, for example, about medicaid and cuts to that.urkowski and collins known to have concerns about cutting planned parenthood funding. it's possible that there is no way for republicans to get 50 votes in the senate on a bill that cuts that funding because of those women gop senators. you have also got ted cruz and mike lee. they are on the working group for health care. and they voiced concerns from the right about this health care bill. remember when rand paul was talking about how it was obamacare-like. those are some of the other voices along those lines. you are leadership figures. john thune, cory gardner. tom cotton of arkansas. another person who, while more conservative is concerned about cuts to medicaid because the medicaid expansion in arkansas has worked pretty well relative to some other states' experiences. and there are concerns about how that might impact the bill. this is still a very tough road to 50 votes. senator mcconnell, the senator majority leader, has said privately they're thinking about putting it on the f

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gop insiders expect rob portman of ohio, west virginia, to a cuts to the deep medicaid.f mcconnell gets those for afford, the conservative bloc, including two of mr. trump's highest profile opponents in the primary, ted cruz and rand paul, would present the final hurdled. ted cruz and likely issuing a midday -- and mike leigh issuing a midday referendum they cannot support the legislation as written. the fate of the bill could ultimately live with curzruz. he has spoken with his texas colleagues, who on thursday was carrying a memo in his jacket pocket that contained a list of his demands that marked the pas s. i the end of next week, it will be clear if he got there. in the olympia, washington. independent color. caller: as a real dilemma. middle-class americans with the high deductibles and premiums are being absolutely decimated here they are losing their houses, they are not going to the doctor, they are not taking care of their health. on the other hand, we have people that have dropped out of school, had children out of wedlock, chose to sell drugs and center worki

i'm thinking of rob portman of ohio who could be brought along. shelly morcappitto of. a low-key donald trump, where the president is helping but a bit under the radar, letting mitch mcconnell run this but it's high stakes. i haven't talked to anyone who will say it will pass but they're going to work like heck to get there and they think that if they don't do this, it's a major failure for the party. the house did act, however their process was, however messy and unpopular their bill is, senate republicans feel immense pressure that they have to do something and we've got a recess coming when they'll have some judgment at home. but if they could get it done, they can then move on to some other things that might be more popular to build up momentum for those that are up for re-election and may be vulnerable. >> mitch mcconnell has going for him what house speaker paul ryan had going for him is that every single republican in his caucus campaigned and won their elections saying they were going to do this and to senator roberts' point, they don't love this bill. there is

we didn't get as for as the rob portmans of the world because the people that were on the edges came out and said so many things are so deeply wrong with this bill that nothing around the edges will make a difference. i think for somebody like senator rob portman, probably wants to be with the leadership, wants to run on repealing obamacare but did want more money for opioids, he potentially would have been gettable and still maybe could be. we don't entirely know. but the reality was at this point, his vote didn't matter because the other votes were unavailable. susan collins, her tweets were pretty strong yet, essentially saying look, medicaid covers one in five people in my state. this is going to decimate them. on the flipside, you have rand paul who is saying look, this doesn't repeal obamacare. those are two really polar opposite positions pretty difficult to reconcile even if you have an extra $321 billion lying around. >> will they be working with democrats now if this does not happen in this vote this week? does that mean they will try to be working with democrats as susan c

bill include rand paul ted cruz susan collins and now a pivotal player in all of this ohio senator rob portman mcconnell spoke to the difficulty of getting fifty votes as well as the president's involvement in the legislative process we're going to continue the discussions within our conference on the differences that we have that we're continue to try to litigate. consequently we will not be on the bill this week but we're still working toward getting at least fifty people in a comfortable place the president very involved. over the last week talking to members individually. he wanted to talk all of us together today. helpful meanwhile the congressional budget office says latest numbers on the health care bill are discouraging to say the least according to the c.b.s. report twenty two million americans will lose coverage by two thousand and sixteen twenty twenty six and fifteen million as early as next year chuck schumer and the democrats were adamant the american people do not want obamacare repealed or replaced but the truth is as c b o made clear yesterday the republicans cannot excise the

leaning states like ohio and west virginia potentially sweetening the deal for current holdouts like rob portman and shelley moore capito so is one hundred eighty eight billion dollars enough from a column to buy the votes of these holdout republicans i hope not. because this is a good this is an example of how things get done that are not holistic solutions for health care do other problems that we face around the country this is not like this is not like trading baseball cards we're talking about one sixth of the economy we're talking about millions of people who right now can even say you know i'm a big defender of obamacare. and yet we know that obamacare did not solve all of the problems all do shoes. i personally think we need to be moving toward a single payer system you probably think something else we should be having that debate instead of doing these backroom deals i completely one hundred percent agree what i will say though is the fact that there is anybody out there in this country now that is freaking out wondering what's going to happen to them tomorrow in their health care becau

support it i think you'll probably see a few other senators like leader mccaskey of of of alaska and rob portman of ohio may be joining her it may be more difficult for mcconnell to get those fifty votes then that he would like for us to believe you know back to something you said earlier i think that if this does pass well they'll try a great deal of mr rection when they go back home they'll point to premiums and they will say look what we're doing will lower premiums with health insurance it possibly can for some people not for not for all but for some they can say that the problem of course is that the coverage will be so less valuable it will it will allow insurance companies to once again sell junk insurance and the premiums are lower for junk insurance but you don't get much for it and the medicare expansion of course is going to be all but done and it's going to give the states a great deal of power this will give it no state legislators a tremendous amount of power as to who gets the health care in their state who doesn't. yeah it really well and i would imagine that a lot of the states