senator mccain is on the floor, senator graham, senator rubio, senator menendez, senator shaheen. so many members that have gotten us to this place. this is a great moment for the united states senate. this is the way the senate is supposed to function and this is the way the senate is supposed to exercise its per prerogatives it relates to foreign policy. a great moment for our body. senator cardin. mr. cardin: well, first to senator corker. there's a reason why members want to conserve -- serve on the senate foreign relations committee. we had a long list ofle members who wanted to -- of members who wanted to join the committee. the reason they wanted to join is not only because of the issues we have globally, but this is a committee that is bipartisan and respects the views of every single member, both democrat and republican, that is on the senate foreign relations committee. the bill we have before us reflects that in the best tradition of the united states senate and the foreign relations committee. that is due in large part pause of the -- large part because of the chairman

senator blunt: thank you, senator rubio. senator capito. senator capito: thank you, chairman blunt, secretary acosta, it's nice to see you. thank you for your service. my companion senator from the great state of west virginia asked a couple similar questions as to what ways going to ask, particularly on the mine safety and health administration. obviously it's important for us who have a lot of coal miners in a dangerous situation that they remain safe. and so i appreciate your efforts there to continue -- continuous funding to fund that office and the challenges. i am happy to report that in west virginia we have 1,034 more coal miners working than we did at the end of 2016. the administration's efforts in that regard are very much appreciated. in the context of losing so many jobs, tens of thousands of jobs, program was created within the labor department to help dislocated workers from the coal industry to readjust and it's been funded at $19 million and $20 million in retraining and i believe this is still very much needed. insights no

senator cochran: senator graham. senator graham: thank you, mr. rosenstein. why isn't jeff sessions here today? mr. rosenstein: well, senator, my understanding is consistent what was in the attorney general's letter. i don't know any reason other than what he said publicly. senator graham: it's 13, june. do you know any reason for cause to fire mr. muler as of this date? mr. rosenstein: no, i do not, senator. senator graham: and that would be your decision if that ever happened, is that right? mr. rosenstein: that's correct. senator graham: and you are going to make the decision? mr. rosenstein: if i am in this position it is my -- senator graham: is [inaudible] from serving in the special counsel's office? mr. rosenstein: no, it's senator, it's not a disqualification. senator graham: in states judges and prosecutors are elected, donations are part of the system, is that correct? mr. rosenstein: yes, that's true. senator graham: would it be a disqualification for somebody in the special counsel's office who misrepresented ms. clinton in the past to serve? mr.

burr burr senator rubio. -- senator burr: senator rubio. senator rubio: i understand the need the president can talk to those particularly in a classified setting and i understand the ability of this community to function depends both on its credibility, the work that it's doing is in the national security interest of the united states and also the importance of its independence, that it's not an extension of politics no matter which administration is at play. in the absence of either one of those two things impacts everything we do, including this debate we're having here today. and the challenge that we have now is that while the folks here with us this morning are constrained in what they can say, there are people who work for you that are not and are constantly speaking to the media about things and saying things and it puts the congress in puts the congress in a very difficult position because the issue of oversight on both your independence and on your credibility falls on us. and i actually think what is being said to the media is un

senator kaine: i first would like to acknowledge senator blumenthal and senator nelson. the one principal thing is the chairs there are less comfortable than the chairs here. welcome to the hearing. mr. comey a. broad question, was the russian activity in the 2016 election a one-off proposition? or is this part of a long-term strategy will they be back? director comey: it's a long-term practice of theirs. it's stepped up a notch a significant way. they'll be back. senator king: that's very important for the american people to understand. this is very much a forward-looking investigation in terms of how we understand what they did and prevent it. would you agree that's a big part of our role here? director comey: yes, sir. it's not a republican thing or democratic thing. it is an american thing. they are going to come for whatever parity they choose to try and work on behalf of. they are not devoted to either in my experience. they are about their own advantage. they will be back. senator king: that's my observation. i don't think putin is a republican, or democrat. he's

senators senator susan collins t against as it was written. told reporters, she is not sure if any changes would make the bill passed. >> difficult for me to see how any tinkering is going to satisfy my fundamental and deep concerns about the impacts of the bill. >> shep: senator collins and every other republican senator is heading to the white house and the next hour to meet with the president. big picture, republican lawmakers have them promising to repeal and replace obamacare for the better part of the decade. president trump put it on the top of his to-do list on the campaign trail. he promised no cuts to medicaid. this bill would break that promise pitts is the president has taken obvious with majorities in both timbers of congress, house republicans failed on the first attempt to pass health care. then, they barely passed it in the house. now, senate republicans are struggling. no compromise insight and town hall meetings coming over the holiday recess, they are expected to be attended by constituents who are opposed by the bill or any

senator franken. senator franken: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. blanco, in my state of minnesota, former minneapolis police chief ken dolen used to say crime victims are far less likely to dial 911 if they know that the police officer who responds to that call is going to check their papers. and statistics bear this out. a 2013 study from the university of illinois found that 44% of latinos report they are less likely to call the police even when they are the victim of a crime because they believe that officers will use the interaction as an opportunity to check their immigration status. 45% say they're less likely to volunteer information about crimes they've witnessed. and this here isn't confined to immigrants. 28% of latinos born in the united states say they are less likely to call the police when they are the victim of a crime because they fear police will ask them about their status or the status of people they know. now, that study was conducted before the 2016 campaign, a campaign in which then-candidate trump made scapegoating immigrants

senator hatch and senator wyden, the chair and ranking on finance, senator alexander and senator murray on help. put it in the committees. let's hear from the public about what works, what doesn't, and what can be fixed, and then let's dialogue and listen to one another and come up with solutions just like in that budget deal, just like in the rewrite of no child left behind. mr. president, you know the next thing i'm going to say, i bet, i'm in a minority on those committees, so i have some amendments like reinsurance that i want to put up, but i can't get them accepted unless i can convince some in the republican majority that it's a good idea. i've got to convince republicans it's a good idea for my amendment to be accepted. i mean, shouldn't i have that opportunity? why would anybody be afraid of being open to an idea that might actually improve the bill? just this morning, i came out of a markup that you're very familiar with, the markup of the ndaa. we finished it this morning on armed services. and we went back and forth across the table, 27 democrats and republicans. we traded a

senator brown and senator crapo. but it does in effect provide that there will be notice to congress before the administration can give any sanction relief to russia so that there could be transparency and a discussion and a debate. and then there is a process that congress, if we feel strongly and can get the necessary support, can disapprove of that sanction relief. so i think that's the proper way for us to deal with one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world between the united states and russia. and it's appropriate that it's going to be an amendment to the iran sanction bill because the review process came out of the iran agreement. now, the review process would be triggered if there is action taken by the president to give relief, but the legislation also includes additional sanctions, as the chairman pointed out, with russia. it does that in a way that codifies the president's executive orders so that they're now congressional support -- there's now congressional support for executive order

the presiding officer: the senator -- the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: before the distinguished majority whip leaves, what is being talked about here is like having a hole in the roof of your house, and instead of patching it, they want to burn down the house. what we are not willing to participate in is burning down the house. we are more than happy and in fact have proposals and anxious to work with the majority to improve health care, not rip it athe part and take tens of millions of people's health care away, but improve it. before asking a question of the majority whip, i want to indicate for all those listening, we have the bill and we can read pretty quickly. it has been out. and even though it is considered a rough draft, we have it, we are analyzing it. what our leader -- the democratic leader -- indicated is that we have read in the discussion draft, which is not only the same, but it is worse for seniors, for those in nursing homes, for children in emission, and a -- for children, for those in -- for children in michigan. i ask the m

senator hatch: senator carper. senator carper: i commend you for something you did 24 years ago and what you did is you co-sponsored legislation authored by john chafee that stablished marketplace exchanges. you established the market exchanges in every state. but to also say in order to make sure that the insurance companies had a healthy pool of people to insure, that there would be an individual mandate. can't force people to get coverage. and fine them and incentivize them. i want to congratulate you for co-sponsoring legislation for an employer mandate and providing for the idea that nsurance can't deny coverage to people who have a pre-existing condition. all those ideas are part of romneycare in massachusetts and all those ideas are part of the affordable care act. and part of the affordable care act that republican colleagues like the lease are -- least are those ideas. i like those ideas. i like market forces and harness to make market forces work. you came up with a good idea in 1993. and i just wish that

senator burr: mr. comey testified at length before the committee about his interaction with the president, highlighting your presence at the meetings, and you addressed the meeting where all were asked to leave except director comey and he had a private meeting with the president. you said he did inform you of how uncomfortable that was and your recommendation was that the f.b.i. and d.o.j. needed to follow the rules limiting further correspondence. did director comey ever express additional discomfort with conversations that the president might have had with him? because he had two additional meetings and i think a total of six phone calls. attorney general sessions: that is correct. there's nothing wrong with the president having a communication with the f.b.i. director. what is problematic for any department of justice employee is to talk to any cabinet person or white house officials, high officials, about ongoing investigations that are not properly cleared through the top levels of the department

senator murray. senator murray: senator schumer, thank you. today, it has become abundantly clear why exactly why senate republicans have been hiding this trumpcare plan from patients and families from democrats and even from many republicans because based on what we are now learning, their trumpcare plan is ever bit as bad as what the house passed. it is mean, to quote president trump, meaner, it is heartless and it is an enormous broken promise to people across the country. they are ashamed of their plan and rightly so. after seven years of refusing to work with us as democrats on actually helping families get better health care, of obstructing progress, playing partisan political games even when it hurts their own constituents, what republican leaders have put forth is truly shameful and needs to be stopped. and i have to say, it speaks volumes with only today with days they plan to vote on the trumpcare bill, the republican leaders think it might be a good idea to release their health care plan which would impact americans. just today. now

i guess senator mcconnell 100 senators need in the old senate chamber to have a discussion. it was all rejected. they did not want us to be involved because i suppose their number one goal was for tax cuts on the wealthy in our party doesn't go for that. i'm going to start it over to patti and ron. i have to go downstairs. [inaudible] >> i think that is the question we will do what they've become to it. the question asked whether or not republicans are going to vote for a bill that puts 22 million people at risk of losing their insurance increases cost and charges seniors more. we will see if they take that vote. >> let me add one thought to that. i talked to the leader about this and senator murray at the health care committee and the finance committee will certainly be our colleagues. our colleagues have plenty of ideas for material amendments, amendment that are hugely important and frankly i think generate bipartisan support. i will continue to consult with my colleagues. i can tell you on our side we have a number of senators who have really important material amendment

senator murray. senator murray: thank you, senator schumer. after weeks of secret negotiations between 13 male republican, after keeping democrats in the dark and hiding the details from patients and from families, all the while claiming the senate version of trumpcare would somehow be better, today's c.b.o. report makes it clearer than ever just how mean trumpcare is and why. the bottom line is, trumpcare is a minefield of higher health care costs for patients and families and it is a massive giveaway to special interests in the health care industry. depending on what state you live in if you're a senior, trumpcare will spike your premiums. if you need maternity care you could pay as much as $1,000 more per month on top of the rest of your coverage. if you need mental health care, care for a substance use dised or ore prescription drugs, you could see your costs go up by thousands of dollars a year. that means, despite what so many of our republican colleagues claim, i want to be very clear that trumpcare guts protections for people with pre-

chairman isakson: thank you, senator. senator manchin. senator manchin: you announced you'd be scrapping the electronic record system and using the same one that the d.o.d. system uses. whime isle -- while i'm in favor of making it easier to transfer from d.o.d. to v.a., my concern is that it will have effects that could be detrimental. here's where they are, and my question is, are you concerned there will be increased risk in having one company manage these records? what if cerner becomes the healthnet of electronic health records? secretary shulkin: i think in making a decision of this magnitude, there are risks involved with it. i have to tell you, i thought the risks were greater to do nothing. that considering the maintenance required on vista, the expense that will be required, and the lack of ability to maintain qualified software developers within v.a., the risk of doing nothing was worse. i think that d.o.d. went through to a strong due diligence process. i think they selected a stable platform. we have benefited a lot from thei

the senate stands adjourned till the senate stands adjourned till republican senators say the healthcare bill as it was introduced by senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. washington post says this the effort to overhaul the american healthcare system in jeopardy, as it has for anticipated vote in the senate next week. the senators, iran paul of kentucky, ted cruz of texas, ron johnson of wisconsin, and mike lee of utah. here senator paul. >> myself and the other senators are releasing a statement saying that we cannot support the current bill. we are open to negotiation but we want the bill to look more like a repeal. were afraid that when we read the bill, that it looks like a reiteration or keeping of obamacare. as we estimate, the cost of the

here we are again in the senate, but bringing this back in the senate will be even harder than it was to bring back in the house, but you're right. it is not over until it's over, but this is a very big day for people who want to preserve obamacare. and tactically, it's interesting to have seen the senators learn from the house. the house did it openly, crashed and burned, amended it secretly and that's how they got it through. the senate started off doing it secretly. they also crashed and burned. the question is what can they now evolve to to try to pass it after this recess and we just don't know yet. >> i think now we know there were probably a handful of republican senators who were so happy when it crashed and burned in the house the first time and thought, okay, it's not going to come our way. we dodged that one. >> guess what? it followed you home. >> thank you, rachel. >> thank you, lawrence. >>> today president trump invited all the republican senators up to the white house to convince them to vote for the republican health care bill they had just decided to not vote for. in

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senator reid. senator reid: thank you, senator mccain. i want to welcome our witnesses to testify on the programs for the department of the navy for fiscal year 2018. we are grateful to all of you for your service, particularly grateful to the men and women you lead and express our consideration and thanks to them. senator reed: i want to thank senator stackley for his service, this may be your last appearance as secretary, thank you very much far job well done. senator mccain: i'm sure this is a sad moment for secretary stackley. senator reed: he was very upbeat before. thank you again, mr. stackley. witnesses face challenges, they eed to balance maintaining readiness. the department of the navy faces serious readiness problems caused by deferred maintenance, canceled training and deployments. the continued emphasis on readiness in this year's budget will address some of the navy's most serious readiness problems and i'm interested in hearing the witnesses' views on this matter. i'm most interested in hearing what the navy is doing for t

it was senator jon thune and senator barrasso coming to the mics talking about how the senate health care bill is not dead. also, talking about how obamacare is failing and that it needs to be repealed and when asked whether or not mitch mcconnell would be willing to work with the democrats to propose something different, he said basically no, the democrats are not interested. kasie hunt, we are hearing something different from senate leadership than we are hearing from rank and file. specifically senator murkowski who says we need bipartisanship. >> reporter: sounds like from what mitch mcconnell just said here, what they are going to try to do is stay on the same path but spend a little more time trying to do it. i asked him whether or not this meant that this effort was finished and done, and he seemed to say no, this is something we are going to continue to try to push forward with. that of course expected. but the line he delivered about potential bipartisan negotiations is what we have been hearing from him so far which is that democrats have declared they have not interested i

he spoke to senator mcconnell this morning and he's invited all republican senators to the white house later this afternoon to continue these discussions. the president is optimistic that republicans will live up to the promise that they've been making to the american people for seven years by repealing and replacing obamacare. i know you guys are probably a little bit tired since we've been here a while. so you want to skip on the questions? i figured it was worth a shot. and with that, i'll take your questions. charlie. >> recently, breitbart news challenged the accuracy of the cnn story and afterwards it was retracted, deleted, and the editors responsible were fired as well as the network apologized for the story. the target of the -- one of the targets of the story accepted the apology, the president went on twitter this morning and repeated that cnn was fake news. why isn't their response good enough for the president? >> i don't know that it's that their response isn't good enough for the president. i think it's the constant barrage of fake news directed at this president, probab

democrat senators.he >> julie: us now, and martin. and don calloway, strategist and former state representative. give her talking to us. there is a lot to lay out here. about this senate health plan. the legislation repeals the vast majority of what republicans are calling harmful provisions of obamacare, replacements with better ones. i want to go to the reported improvements of this bill. it apparently helps stabilizing blasting insurance markets. it frees the american people from the obamacare mandate that requires them to purchase insurance. at supposed to improve the affordability of health care insurance. ed, let me start with you first of all. let's separate fact from fiction. according to the democrats, millions of americans will lose and medicaid costs will skyrocket. republicans say that's not true. can you tell us? >> i'm not here in middle america. when you look across the river in illinois, it's going bankrupt because of bad spending. and missouri, people can get health care because insuran

the senate health care plan.s saying optimistically he will get the vote but will they? and now we have the head of heritage action for america michael needham. bob woodward of the "washington post", fox news national security correspondent jennifer griffin. and josh holmes mcconnell's former chief of staff. and the republican strategists. let's start with this question. there down five, they cannot afford to lose more than two. maybe others waiting in the wings who may oppose the measure.what are the chances, michael? >> it will be very tight as you mention. probably seven or nine senators who have concerns. i'm optimistic but i think the different camps are looking at different parts of the bill. conservatives are looking at what's going on with regulation. the ability to bring in premiums. some moderates are looking at medicaid expansion. and in a negotiating situation when people want different things change there is an optimal. there is an outcome where people can, the presence of his money may be not like t

joining us now, maryland democratic senator ben cardin, ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee. do you see anything about this bill that would bring democrats support? >> no, i don't. i think it is probably worse than the house passed bill, medicaid cuts look like they are deeper, millions of americans lose their health coverage in my state, about 400,000 are in danger of losing their coverage. everyone in my state, just about. i think this bill carries out much of what was wrong in the house bill and has not corrected its defaults. >> jon: one of the things you heard senator thune essay is let the states handle their medical money individual. >> what they are doing is putting the burden on the states, they are capping the medicaid program, 1.2 maryland residents are in that medicaid system including many of our seniors to get the long-term care needs. with the bill does is say we are going to cap the federal government exposure to medicaid, the burden is going to fall on the state. this is not a favor to the state, this is a shift of the burden from the federal gover

, have you talked to your senators about this? you each have one democrat and one republican representing your state. >> i'm sure he's not for it, but with senator portman, my office is in touch with his office all the time. he knows about my deep concerns of medicaid expansion, about the funding of medicaid, about the ri rickety-rockety nature of medicaid. if people have health care and they're sick, they're not likely to work. if they're hungry, they're not likely to work. so we need to make sure people can get primary health coverage so the drug addicted can get what they need and get on their feet. contrary to what people might think, the medicaid expansion, they're only on the program for about 18 months. >> governor hickenlooper, what fixes would you like to see made to obamacare to make obamacare run more smoothly? as you know, a lot of people have seen their premiums go up and they don't think it's a good program for them. >> well, certainly the exchanges have seen some of their premiums go up dramatically. remember, these

senator durbin. for the last several months with the new republican majority in the senate and house, we have really seen a national -- spiel we are looking at your screen on the right, sean spicer leaving capitol hill. >> what brings you here, sean? >> it is an important subject. >> is the present talking to senators are listening to their concerns? >> it is a two-way street. he must to hear their ideas. we look forward to hearing what they have on their minds and figure out how we can repeal and replace obamacare. >> was he up to negotiate on? >> watch your step. it's an opportunity for senators to voice her concerns and hear his ideas. >> is it it a delay? >> he wants it done right. >> is the president negotiating on his own? >> it is a team effort. >> thank you, sean. >> does a press secretary, sean spicer. we heard, he was going to miss the white house press briefing in the briefing room, because he was here on capitol hill. you can see, we caught him on his way out. you want to let senators bef

senate a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: mr. president, it's hard to argue that obamacare is not a failing law. seven years after it became law, its laundry list of problems continues to grow. higher premiums, higher deductibles, customers losing health plans, patients losing doctors, fewer choices, failed co-ops, unraveling exchanges. unfortunate, without action that list will only become longer and the consequences will only become more severe. republicans know that. democrats know that. unfortunately, many americans know it firsthand. the american people deserve better, and they rightly expect us to act. and that's why choosing to watch from the sidelines as obamacare fails is not an option. to say that obamacare has created significant problems for the american people is an understatement. and that's why senate republicans are working to fix the mess created by obamacare and to provide real solutions to this failed law. we want to save the millions of hardworking families who are trapped by obamacare's taxes and m

the presiding officer: the senator -- the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: before the distinguished majority whip leaves, what is being talked about here is like having a hole in the roof of your house, and instead of patching it, they want to burn down the house. what we are not willing to participate in is burning down the house. we are more than happy and in fact have proposals and anxious to work with the majority to improve health care, not rip it athe part and take tens of millions of people's health care away, but improve it. before asking a question of the majority whip, i want to indicate for all those listening, we have the bill and we can read pretty quickly. it has been out. and even though it is considered a rough draft, we have it, we are analyzing it. what our leader -- the democratic leader -- indicated is that we have read in the discussion draft, which is not only the same, but it is worse for seniors, for those in nursing homes, for children in emission, and a -- for children, for those in -- for children in michigan. i ask the m

the house and senate are out. the senate hoped -- there had been some talk about the health care law replacement bill being submitted today to the congressional budget office. but that is unlikely to happen. president trump tweeting about the health care debate this morning saying, if republican senators are unable to pass what they are working on now, they should immediately repeal and then replace at a later date. we talked about the health care law replacement bill and other issues on this morning's "washington journal." we'll show you some of that as we wait to hear from the two presidents. >> we will have that conversation for you momentarily. again, south lawn of the white house in the rose garden. waiting to hear from president trump and the south korean president, moon jae-in. they've been meeting in the oval office this morning. we'll show you their comments shortly. once they are -- once they come out, obviously. later today, the south korean president will be speaking in washington at the center for str

the senate bill is on the table. >> the senate is going to have a vote at the end of next week or the end of this week and we'll know more on how things shake out once they have an idea of how many votes they think they can get. >> and what if the senate rejects this bill? >> we're back to a starting line. the house rejected the initial version of their bill and everyone thought it was great and it came back and never there is a set back in the senate it would seriously hamper the potential for something get dung this year. >> and what if something is done? let's say the senate does pass the bill this week or meets the july 4th deadline which is the deadline that's been thrown out there. >> the senate is successful and they pass the bill out they'll get a conference assuming they try to mesh these two different versions together and whatever comes out of that conference committee both will have to vote on and assuming both shame bermudas a agree and pass it it will go to president trump for a vote. >> you have already explained i think pretty clearly that there's issues that need to b

you know, we were talking to republican senator after republican senator who were saying they were going to vote no simply on that and on a republicans who were pleading with the majority leader to give them more time. to read this bill, to get a sense from their constituents, and also from the cbo report that came out yesterday of how exactly it would affect their constituents, and so basically, mitch mcconnell decided to heed their concerns, to heed their warnings, and decide that it's better just to sort of take some time, take a breath, and take the risk, and it is a very big political risk to send everybody home, be back with their constituents, probably get hammered on some of the negative things they've heard about this bill and still hope that they can come back and vote yes as opposed to putting it on the senate floor for a procedural vote that he knew was going to fail. look, this is a very, very difficult need tole to thread a the republican leadership has known that. it seems to me and to my colleagues walking around the halls here that the leadership focus is probably more o

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>> it is conceivable that is it gets through the senate with 50 votes, that the senate will say folks, take "this it or leave it" and they will come on saturday and they may be able to string together enough votes so they could actually just adopt the senate plan in toto and senate directly to president trump's desk. it could happen very fast. amy: you are one of the architects of romney care in massachusetts. >> we did not collect that. much based on republican plan under republican governor of massachusetts, governor romney who later run for president. how far away are the republicans today in congress, in the house and senate, from that republican plan in massachusetts that did get past? >> there is a significant with draw. the original was republican conservative idea going back to the 1980's and 1990's, the alternative to bill clinton's universal coverage plan. they continued to promote it throughout the process where we passed it in massachusetts will stop them when it got to stop them when it got to congress in 2009 and it was barack obama who was supporting it, then they all j

every senator is different. and that's exactly why this is not simply a partisan lock step issue, because the opioid issue as he said, medicaid cuts in ohio and virginia and other places are making republican senators there say we simply can't vote for this. first and foremost, mitch mcconnell does not want the president sort of dealing in details. they would love him to explain the need for this bill and try and get that approval rating out of the basement. >> jeff zeleny, thank you. the fight over health care went right to the door of republican senator pat toomey from pennsylvania. >> they'chanting, "don't kill m kill the bill." these are protesters demonstrating just now at the senator's office in washington. senator marco rubio of florida had demonstrators rally inside his office. but the question is how much of an impact will these voices have right on the future of this bill in the senate. there's so much to discuss with me now. cnn political director david chalian and shelby holliday. so, great to have b

senator heller already said no to the bill and senator collins. already votes that they could spare. those were not all the votes they're going to lose. a bunch of other senators started to say no. more came out today and said they would oppose it after the vote was pulled. senate republican leaders today yanke yanked. last night we highlighted the protests going on. rob port man of ohio has been the protest of trump care. portman came out and saying no on this bill. >> you know what? people in kansas who have jerry morand, he's surprising everybody by also coming to this bill today when the republicans started to fall apart on this. >> this is not like the republicans are getting close and then losing. >> this is them losing baddeley. this is them getting boworst by the minute and it continues to get worse over the course of this day. >> there will be some drinks tonight for people who have been fighting to save obamacare because as of tonight, they saved it. >> but, there is also a real worry because people who have been trying to save the affor

after senator mcconnell announced the delay prt hosted senate republicans for a frank discussion at the despite the holdup, don't assume the senate bill is dead. after all, the house, it managed to pull back from the brink to rally and wind up passing their health care bill in may. >> so what will it take to rescue the senate bill? let's ask cnn political analyst at princeton, university. >> thanks for having me. >> what went wrong here? the first time they all met together was yesterday to air their grievances. >> if you had a closed door meeting and came out with something attractive to the party it would have passed. so it's the impact of the bill that scared moderates like susan collins and she can't see a way around the

>> i do, senator. at the same time i raised the point about enforcement, the paragraph before that i talked about compliance assistance and the point i was making is compliance assistance i think is very important. we need enforcement to go hand in hand. compliance assistance at the end of the day i think can bring about sometimes greater compliance. when i was united states attorney, i would talk to chambers and say, look, we can prosecute cases, but preventing wrongdoing in the first place is more successful. isn't it better to have a traffic light that prevents accidents rather than give people tickets after the accident has occurred. so the current budget requests an increase in compliance assistance within osha, for example. just this morning, the department also announced the return of opinion letters within the wage and hour division. opinion letters had been in use for 70 years up until 2010, and they're a mechanism by which small businesses can write and ask a question, how does this work? som

these things the senate -- a saying the senate going to have 10 hours of debate on the bill.lanned the final goat could -- vote could occur at the end of next week. we want to hear from you. joe is in sarasota, lord. democrat. good morning. they need to stop this because too many americans don't have access to health care. a few republicans haven't even seen the bill. why are they doing it behind closed doors. that's kind of shady. there's only like a or 12 republicans that want to pass trumpcare. there's another lady from a less same thing. and mccain. there's a few good republicans and they need to stop this just like it happened the first time. there's going to be a lot of people sick. we're talking 23 million americans. close to half the republicans voted for donald trump. they need to stop this because it's going to be chaos. if it passes the republican party can lose next year in 2020. they're going to pay dearly because the voters are going to see this and not vote for them anymore. host: you mentioned lisa murkowski. an article today focusing on her and what it will t

senator susan collins of maine, senator lisa murkowski of alaska, two of the most vocal critics of this bill were sitting on either side of the president. republican senators arriving by bus at the white house tonight, struggling to find a way forward on their biggest promise. >> we'll discuss health care. we have really no choice but to solve this situation. >> reporter: overhauling the nation's health care system. >> this will be great if we get it done, and if we don't get it done, it's just going to be something that we're not going to like. >> reporter: president trump trying to unite fractured republicans, holding what aides describe as a session held by the board with a gop defeat. >> i think we have the chance to do something very, very important for the public. >> reporter: republican senator susan collins whose opposition helped delay the vote said it's time the president heard directly from the senators. >> personal relationships do matter, and i think the president is smart to bring the members of the caucus. i think it would have been more effective earlier in the process.

the senate bill may be meaner. the senate republican health care bill is a wolf in sheep's clothing, only this wolf has even sharper teeth than the house bill. it's clear that republicans know that cutting medicaid will hurt so many people in the middle class, so many in my home state of new york. republicans know that people want to sengs -- want essential health benefits. so they created a disguise by saying these changes won't occur for a year. but in reality, the senate republican bill is a wolf in sheep's clothing, only this wolf has even sharper teeth than the house bill. and we're potentially voting on it in a week -- no committee hearings, no amendments in committee, no debate on the floor save for ten measly hours on one of the most important bills we're dealing with in decades. that brings shame on this body. we won't even know the full cost or consequence of the bill until c.b.o. scores it. and that could take a few days more. how can my friend, the majority leader, expect this body to fairly consider th

the senate moving to the senate side, as well.hether you like her not, as someone who rose up through the democratic ranks at a time when there were not a lot of women in power in this town, and has proven to be a good organizer, you've been through this several times. is this deeper than before, the same as before? are there more of them than before? >> there are a few more of them. i think it's -- the danger for her, it is that it's the accumulation of times that this happened, right? the open question is exactly what you said -- if not her, who? >> i also am skeptical about what you said about the fund-raising rate. an old-fashioned way of thinking about this, that she's the sort of speaker or the leader needs to be there to raise all this money. >> right. >> ossoff raised a lot of money. a lot came on line. and that democrat base starting with bernie, maybe before that somewhat with bicycobama. it's a different kind of world that we live in. and there is going to come -- >> and with that money he didn't win. >> and with that m

how open is he to having the president involved on a minute by minute, senator by senator basis? >> i think as much as the president could potentially help the majority leader is certainly willing and open to getting that help. it's just an open question of how much it helps. i talked to senators who the president has called in the past couple of days, one senator in particular who was and is on the fence, who, you know, was very respectful but made very clear that the president's not a detail guy. and that's not his thing, it's just not. the voters didn't say let's get him in there because he can, you know, recite policy up and down from health care to anything else. he's a closer, the question is whether or not he has just enough of a grasp of the specifics to close. because this is very complicated. and i thought it was really interesting that the vice president was up on capitol hill yesterday early in the morning, he was meeting with mitch mcconnell, he was meeting with dean heller saying get on the bus please. >> to your point about he's not a detail person, that is of cour

i'm a united states senator. i remember my conversations with ambassadors from different countries and what i discussed. this whole thing to me is just another example of a person that should not be the attorney general. >> all right. senator cory booker, thanks for your time. >> thank you. >>> later, senate republicans continue to hide their trumpcare bill. i'll talk to a democrat who is talking about shutting down the senate before any vote can happen. >>> and more rumors and reporting swirls about the president's intentions over the future of the special counsel investigating russia as one republican goes to the house floor and says, get rid of mueller. he's dirty. that story after this two-minute break. new neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair with the proven power of retinol. reduces wrinkles in just one week. neutrogena® lwho's the lucky lady? i'm going to the bank, to discuss a mortgage. ugh, see, you need a loan, you put on a suit, you go crawling to the bank. this is how i dress to get a mortgage. i just go