here is "the washington post" reporting on what mitch mcconnell plans to do. connell practically challenged riddick's to vote against moving -- critics to vote against moving ahead. so-called clean repeal of the law known as obamacare with a two-year delay to come up with the replacement. to get the vote they have to ,roceed -- vote to proceed which senate republican leaders have been trying to reconcile with their own version. if hard right conservatives vote no on proceeding and it collapses, mcconnell can come back and say you had your chance for a clean repeal that you demanded and decided not to take it. you have shifted some blame on others and giving yourself a new talking point, which includes president trump in the clean repeal crowd. it passed back in 2015, but stakes were lower back then. barack obama was president and he was not ever going to sign a bill that would undo his signature law. there is a lot on the line now, which is why moderate republicans have openly worried the current will goes too far at attacking obamacare. now they are supposed t

secondly, ali, you heard mitch mcconnell say we worked hard on this. and as i listen to that it was a little bit like listening to a kid who does not study all year and then crams like crazy a few days before the final exam. they had seven and a half years to repeal-and-replace obamacare, this took place on a piece of paper that they wrote at lunch today. so a little more work should have gone into it to be ready for this moment, now hopefully people will take senator schumer up on his request to work on this. you heard ideas to improve obamacare, maybe we can move forward on that maybe not. but it would be great if the senate took senator schumer's lead and did that. >> david jolly is with us, david, you were a former congressman, did you ever handle legislation like this? it was reverse engineered based on what may get votes as opposed to an idea that is then written out by a staff and looked at by committees. >> and it only works when leadership can actually push it through. when they can't you see what we saw tonight. i took some obamacare repeal v

we know the white house is pressuring mitch mcconnell. they want to see this go forward. the president is desperate for a win. we remember how he celebrated the passage of the house vote, the rose garden ceremony. he's looking for something here to build off of. >> jim, i want to come to you in a second but back up to capitol hill, ryan nobles is there watching all of this. and tell me more about how this senator heller vote has become a yes. >> reporter: yeah, this is really significant, brooke because dean heller was one of the first -- the first of this group of moderate senators that broke away from the pack when this initial run of the senate health care bill came before them and decided that he wasn't going to vote for it and when he initially backed away, that's when the first attempted passing something really fell apart so the fact that he has revealed in just the last half hour that he is indeed a yes on the motion to proceed, that he agrees that republicans need to get this bill to the floor to start this process, this shows that senate majority leader mitch mc

mitch mcconnell ended all of that. and today after voting to proceed to the bill, senator john mccain harkened back to those days before mitch mcconnell became the republican leader of the senate. >> let's return to regular order. we've been spinning our wheels on too many important issues because we keep trying to find a way to win without help from across the aisle. we're getting nothing done, my friends. we're getting nothing done. >> regular order means a bill is introduced in the senate, parliamentarian refers that bill to the committee with jurisdiction over it, which in this case of health care would be the senate finance committee. that committee holds hearings on the legislation which usually takes at least a few months. then the committee has what they call a mark-up of the bill in which all of the members of the committee both parties are allowed to offer amendments and get votes on those amendments to the bill. and then that bill, final version of it, is voted out of the committee and then brought to the se

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so mitch mcconnell is saying, i'm going to make you vote.n that they will get to the bill next week. >> melissa: and somebody asked him rather smartly, does he feel political whiplash. it did seem like everybody was throwing dirt on the idea that it's dead and gone. and it turns out, he saying, we are just going to take it up and get started. and he is going to call everyone into session to vote. do you think they will take it up by virtue of shaming people? >> something not all that different happened in the house with that bill. they remembered they had been promising for eight years to repeal obamacare. in pledging they would do it and making it their top policy priority. i think in the senate they are doing the same thing. they can't just walk away because they've been talking about this for so long. so mitch mcconnell said we have members that have difficulty in saying yes. i think mcconnell will be more of that before this vote next week. >> melissa: all you're doing is voting to work on it, he was saying. senators will join me to talk

does senator mitch mcconnell know what will happen? i put this to a communications advisor who frequently consults with the white house. win.want some type of they feel that for weeks, they have not been able to get one. this will hopefully take away the toxicity of the moderates who have come under -- whoseg pressure estates would be very much affected with regards to medicare and medicaid cuts. --o some olexander ding someone like senator dean heller. this is far from over. we should also note that on a day in which the biggest policy battle of this administration is happening, the president is tweeting pressure against his own attorney general, jeff sessions. i want to let viewers know that we are waiting for the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to speak following the usual tuesday lunch. we will bring you that when he makes some comments. you are laying out all the afferent challenges here -- win needed for the administration here. i don't see any avenue here that looks like a win. a repeal or repeal and replace -- reconcilia

paul ryan was basically pointing at mitch mcconnell going, your problem now. >> that's essentially what he's saying. look, we're not sure what they can do over there. that's what we're going to spend the next couple hours finding out. you heard mcconnell before paul ryan essentially laying out for the cameras on the senate floor the plan that we knew he was going to try based on the statement his office put out last night. the question is going to be, how long does this plan hold or does it start to fall apart over the course of today? the way we'll try to answer that question is to talk to those moderate republicans who, frankly, thought that the house bill was too conservative. who had a lot of concerns. who have said from the beginning that there is no way to repeal this without replacing it because it is going to be basically you broke it, you buy it. if they break obamacare without having a fix for it, they are going to pay the political price for it. that was kind of the calculus that set off all of these months of trying to write this repeal and replace plan and wrestle it throug

you are seeing some grumbling about mitch mcconnell.t's unusual for a leader of his savvy to be on the floor and 10 of his members said no thanks. mitch mcconnell should have done his nose counting better. he dropped the ball here. julia: are they learning from these areas? we were just talking about the fact that they don't have something as far as tax reform is concerned. do you think they learned from the mistakes that were made? voices already getting in washington saying there's likely be the same level of secrecy about tax reform as there is with health care fail one and two. craig: we have a little bit of evidence that the white house is taking this more seriously and doing things that a white house would normally do. we know sean spicer is working behind the scenes to try and set up groups lobbying ways for people to say we support this. kind of republican dogma. it's an easier thing for republicans to get around. have a little bit of a sense they are learning. the white house with a their learning, but for put me in the wait-an

if you listen to what mitch mcconnell said earlier this week, what president trump is saying is happeningext, is the opposite of mcconnell, mcconnell says if this works apart, we will work with democrats and find compromise on what trump and rand paul and saasa saying is the opposite. they're saying, this doesn't work, we should repeal this and worry about replacement afterwards. no, my reporting suggests there is no appetite beyond paul and sass really to get this thing done, you are right, it raises a question of why president trump would do this at this time. >> so ben, you know the financial world the business world, i think the political logic here from somebody like sass the way he laid it out is if you repeal it now and you delay it by a year, i think what he's thinking is that gives you leverage with the democrats. because a year from now the democrats will say we can't let it go altogether, it's an advantage, i'm not sure it will work out that way at all. from the standpoint of the business world the health industry, the markets, all of those things, if that were to happen, one-s

he has been fious with the majority leader about how they've handled this process, accused mitch mcconnelloffering one set of proposals to the conservative wing and another to the moderates. is he getting ready to vote no on this thing, or does he just want to make mcconnell sweat? they'll leave this open as long as they have to. that's what we're looking for on the floor of the senate. >> this is not the way the senate used to run. in the meantime, one of those would be the president of the united states. i want to go to kristen welker. he's been tweeting, he's been telling members of congress they need to get on board with this, they need to move forward, they will pay a price if they don't do it, he's in this meeting as the vote is taking place with the prime minister of lebanon. what can you tell us about the mood at the white house as this vote is being taken? >> well, they are anxious about this vote, chris. as you point out, we've seen the president sharpen his words against his fellow republicans, calling for them to vote yes to open up debate on health care, it was striking yester

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author, mitch mcconnell. when the senate is allowed to work the way it was designed to, it arrives as a result that is acceptable to people all along the political spectrum for one party's partisan legislative agenda, it creates instability and strife rather than good stable law. leader mcconnell, i couldn't agree more. it's time to start over on health care, abandon the idea of cutting medicaid to give tax break to the wealthy, abandon this new appeal and run and use the regular order to arrive at an acceptable decision for the people all along the political extract is in a mcconnell once said. it would create a much better result for the american people as well. thank you, mr. president and i yield the floor. >> jon: there is chuck schumer of new york. as you probably know by now, the republican plan to repeal obamacare and replace it has officially failed after two conservative senators announced last night they are no longer on board. so this fox news alert on the fallout after the efforts to repeal and r

as mitch mcconnell and -- but i would not also count out mitch mcconnell as, you know, the house hadting t bill passed, they pulled it. they came back. same thing is happening in the senate. people have said to me that if anybody can do it, mitch mcconnell can find a way to do it but it looks really difficult and -- but they're up against answering to a campaign promise that they've been making for seven years. >> all right. bob and leslie, that was great. thank you. thanks for joining me. >>> up next, request denied, an attempt to get confidential voter information for the president's voter fraud commission causes a backlash. what's the real reason behind the request? is it an effort to back up his claims about voter fraud during the presidential election? ♪ at johnson's we care about safety as much as you do. that's why we meet or exceed 15 global regulations for baby products. and where standards differ, we always go with the toughest. johnson's. so when i need to book a hotel to me tharoom,vacation. i want someone that makes it easy to find what i want. booking.com gets it, with

if you look carefully at what mitch mcconnell says. he said, the person that will do is vote to take up the house bill. he only said that after he knew he didn't have the votes to bring the bill to the floor. now that will change. after they supposedly take up the house bill, the first amendment will be, 2015 vote that they took to repeal obamacare. if it does not get to the floor, they don't have to take these votes. remember, we have had a lot of republican senators like dean heller, shelley, sean portman, and others, charles grassley, expressing doubts about voting for a bill that was less than a full repeal. do you think they want to come back in a vote for repeal like they voted for in 2015? no. >> bill: there is a lot to go through. june 26 from the oval office. republican senators are working very hard with no help from the democrats. not easy, and perhaps let obamacare crash and burn. that is from the president. is that is where we are? >> the president's tweets have been disjointed and peered on the one hand, should they repea

mitch mcconnell is right. the other path forward is a bipartisan process that helps address some of the issues in the aca, strengthens coverage, makes it more affordable, and brings more people in. i think that is the path forward, and that's what we've all been asking for, democrats, independents, many republicans. we can get that if the republicans give up on this partisan attempt to just jam a health care bill through. >> neera tanden and ezra levin, thank you both for joining us tonight. >>> coming up, this weekend produced new excuses for donald trump jr. and jared kushner's meeting with a kremlin-linked lawyer and many, many other people. the cast keeps growing in that room. that's next. >>> the president continues to noo introducing the easiest way to get gillette blades text "blades" to gillette on demand text to reorder blades with gillette on demand... ...and get $3 off your first order delicious pasta marinara. but birds eye made it from zucchini. mmm! bird: mashed potatoes and rice. but made from c

mitch mcconnell has been a tough fight. he is fighting all different kinds of health care repeal or replace packages that can get 51 senators. he spent weeks doing this. it sounds like he has the right to bill, skinny bill, that will come up to the boat to proceed today. that will at least get the debate started. this is not perfection. this is compromise, happening in the senate right now. you can nickel and dime with the senate has had to do, but this is, can they get the votes to go to the floor and opened this thing up for debate. sb 12 of the three republican senators refusing to support , voted exactly by this measure. a year and a half ago be exact. >> rand paul says, i want to repeal it. let's start from scratch. hopefully he can make that amendment. if we go to the floor. mitch is going to let amendments come up, and rand paul can make the amendment, and see where the chips fall and republicans stand. >> julie: what about senators like susan collins of maine. she has been actually against it, hundred% a "no." shell

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republicans defected leaving that bill without enough support even to begin debate. >> late last night, mitch mcconnell explained in a statement regretfully it is now apparent that the effort to repeal and immediately replace failure of obamacare will not be successful. mel n mcconnell saying he will push for a few version that will repeal obamacare outright with a two year phaseout so there is time to come up with a new system. a majority already backed the repeal bill. >> this is just after the president tweeted along the same lines, republicans should just repeal now and work on a new plan that will start from a clean slate. dems will join in. not sure about that. fallout from the defection of the two senators came quickly. ryan nobles has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning. this is essentially the worst case scenario for mitch mcconnell. two more republican senators, mike lee and jerry moran have announced that they will not support the latest eest versio health care reform. this is what senator lee said last night, quote, after conferring with trusted experts regarding the latest ve

mitch mcconnell needs 50 per this to pass. at the beginning of the year they thought they would have 52. it seems like this is going to be a 50-50 about if republicans are even successful in getting to that point. the vice president would have to come in and break the tie as , president of the senate. there is a bit of politics behind the caller's question. the affordable care act was extremely divisive. was a poll of the kaiser family foundation does every month on the a formal care act. that's why questions are favorable and unfavorable opinions. those numbers were stuck in concrete for seven years. if the law was slightly more unfavorable than favorable, that really did not change until the repeal effort became a possibility. at that point, it became slightly more favorable. i think that is weighing on every republican is considering voting for this will that whatever they do here is going to be remembered in the short term by their voters and in the long-term. it will be the skin of your teeth vote. host: i will ask you ab

and mitch mcconnell was willing to hold the senate so that it never technically went into recess the whole time president obama so he couldn't have a recess appointment. he totally has the ability to do that now in order to stop donald trump from doing something like this. we will see if mitch mcconnell has any appetite for doing that same thing. >> jeff sessions will find out who his friends are sooner rather than later. thank you, rachel. >> thanks, lawrence. >>> well, jared kushner spoke today. big news. we heard his voice, that little voice in the white house driveway. but he didn't say much. he will have more to say tomorrow under oath. >> my name is jared kushner. >> kushner spent two hours answering questions posed by staffers on the senate intelligence committee. >> i did not collude with russia, nor do i know of anyone else in the campaign who did so. >> he's still giving himself an out there, saying he wasn't aware of it. >> there's a lot of behavior going on in that white house that makes me think this is how people would beleahave if they e guilty of colluding. >> trump c

he's got to pull it off. >> but mitch mcconnell has come up short.e's being forced to abandon repeal and replace of obamacare after he could not get enough republican support. repeal and delay, perhaps, the new plan, but even that, can it pass the chamber? that is a heavy, heavy lift. welcome back to "early start," everybody. i'm dave briggs. >> and i'm christine romans. 30 minutes past the hour this tuesday morning. it is a devastating blow to president trump's top legislative priority this morning as mitch mcconnell concedes defeat, defeat on the senate health care bill in its current form. the senate majority leader has essentially no choice after two more republicans defected from the bill, leaving it without enough support even to begin debate. >> late last night, mcconnell explained in a statement, "regretfully, it is now apparent that the effort to repeal and immediately replace the failure of obamacare will not be successful." mcconnell now making a major pivot, announcing he will push for a new version that will repeal obamacare outright wit

mitch mcconnell proposal for a simple repeal obamacare lacks the number of votes to pass. d the press just moments from now and we will bring you those remarks live and we begin. in markets, a role reversal, bank of america leading wall street estimates on trading well goldman sachs reported record incomes and lending and both disappointed on core businesses. in on theiel ways recent retail rut. why he's bucking the trend in

mitch mcconnell has been on the right, attacked as a rhino, mitch mcconnell has been on the right, attacked as a rhino, a wimp, a squish, mitch mcconnell did more to advance conservatism than ted cruz has ever done. - in that one act. - in that one act. - well and also go back to the time that mitch mcconnell, i don't think this is in dispute, said that my job as the leader of the republican party and the senate is to ensure that barack obama serves only one term, he wasn't successful, but his messaging has trailed along behind him and in that respect, mitch mcconnell has been a lot tougher in reputation than many people give him credit for. off of gorsuch and garland but onto this general question, you made a passing reference to donald trump did something different to what he had said he would do, i guess on syria. there are an awful lot of things that donald trump has done or not done that differ from what he said he would do or the long history of tweets, he would do or the long history of tweets, it's almost always the case these days that you have a policy position expressed by the tr

what is mitch mcconnell's next step? >> we'll hear from mitch mcconnell himself in the next hour, we may get more direction on that. most likely i think we will see the failure of repeal and then replace played out on the senate floor at some point. it seems likely the majority leader would want to have some kind of vote to have those three no votes that we know exist so far, and who knows how many more are out there be recorded officially. if he wants to turn the page and move on. there's going to have to be a hard vote on this. what comes after that is the more interesting question. do republicans go back into their silos and continue to work on health care themselves. or do they do what lisa murkowski said to me to work on replace and then repeal and come up with something all together. this was from our conversation a few minutes ago. >> the motion on this repeal and replace? >> i'm not there. >> not there? >> no. >> you would vote against the motion to proceed? >> i said in january, we should not repeal without a re

this week was meant to be the culmination of everything mitch mcconnell and the republicans worked onto open debates on the new bill. this thursday, going to pass it, because for mitch mcconnell, passing healthcare should be treated like jacking off. you go into a dark room, get it done as quickly as possible because the longer you spend thinking about it, the more likely you will feel shame. i understand. i understand. ( laughter ) so last thursday, the new healthcare bill came out and much like last night's "game of thrones," we were all anxiously awaiting to see how many people it would kill off and also if it would include ed sheeran for no good reason. and spoiler alert, healthcare winter is coming. >> there is the $700 billion cut in medicaid, something that does not change in the senate bill compared to previous bills. many millions of people are going to lose insurance and that has been very bad for republicans' prospects every time the c.b.o. has come back with that finding. >> trevor: basically the republicans created a bizarreo lottery where everybody is waiting to find out

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mitch mcconnell telling republicans behind closed doors over lunch some of the details.s in there for moderates. some in for conservatives. there's already opposition, and it looks like he has no margin for error. senate republicans with no room for error hours after unveiling awe nigh health care bill two gop senators have already said they won't vote for it. >> this bill doesn't repeal obama care. >> i've been very vocal about my concerns. >> reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has to convince everyone of the 50 remaining republicans to vote yes or the bill fails. >> what's your bet on whether mitch mcconnell can pull this off? >> he is good. he has pulled more than one rabbit out of the hat. >> reporter: to try to win over moderates still on the fence, the new bill includes $45 billion to fight the opioid epidemic, $70 billion more to help lower income americans pay for care, and it keeps some of obama care's taxes on wealthy americans. >> everybody is looking for an idea that is more republican and does not run into the concept you're taking money from p

>> mitch mcconnell isn't one to take these political gambles. there is an argument that he knows it might fail and it's close and he brings it to the floor because he's hoping there's some sort of arm twisting out there and if it fails he can say look we tried everything. but if people are going to come out of this and say they are against this bill i don't see how they can bring it to the floor. someone like rand paul isn't going to be persuaded. mitch mcconnell isn't even taking the calls back about his concerns, so i don't think he has a lot of influence. >> and republican colleagues. >> the story today while senate republicans are plowing ahead on the goal of the path of the bill is also a bipartisan set of discussions happening behind the scenes. please explain. >> it is an initial discussion because democrats won't say they are working with republicans until they take the term off the table. so if they say we are going to fix things and change things, he might be more willing to get on board with the accommodations and he has said he's hap

can mitch mcconnell delivering health care when for the white house?our panel makes predictions as someone lays down the law. >> if anyone can get it done, mitch mcconnell, president trump working together. will they pass? the >> delegate a repeal and replace bill done. i believe that. >> before the august recess? like maybe before coming maybe little bit into it. they are expected to get this thing done. not a pretty picture. (vo) luckily, tidy cats lightweight with new ammonia blocker tackles tough odor, even ammonia. so long stankface! (vo) ammonia like that? there's a tidy cats for that. introducing the new sleep number 360™ smart bed. the only bed smart enough to change sleep as we know it. it senses your every move and automatically adjusts on both sides to keep you comfortable. and snoring.... does your bed do that? right now save on sleep number 360™ smart beds. plus, it's the lowest prices of the season with savings of $500 on our most popular p5 bed. ends sunday. the roles you play in life are parlet's dance grandma! you. and you're not going

what is mitch mcconnell doing? why is this difficult? is it people are behaving in the way they are. and mishmashing this whole plan to a point where it's unrecognizable. lou: the performance has been passive-aggressive of paul ryan and mitch mcconnell. you have to believe this is not their best possible work. kimberly: should they add it to the resume? lou: they should not. it's difficult for most americans who voted for donald trump to watch him being treated this way. to have an administration that's not filled out with warriors who can advance his agenda and support him and there have been misopportunity. kim: he need to revamp' communications and get some of these spots filled. i won't even say a lean mean army it's just lean. he needs warriors in there to run the operation and make sure things get done. i don't blame him. i think he could do something to get better people in charge to help him put forward his proposals. i know he's frustrated about this because he want to get these things done, and he has had success in the past be

. >> harris: mitch mcconnell is speaking right now. he was called out earlier by rand paul, senator rand paul. repeal only is what rand paul is saying. here's mitch mcconnell. >> the engagement we've seen has been important to our efforts and it's sent an unmistakable signal to the country that this administration, not only understands the pain middle-class families have felt under obamacare, but it has also committed to do something about it. by now, we are all keenly aware of the pain that obamacare has caused for literally millions of families. premiums have skyrocketed doubling on average in the vast majority of states. many have zero or even one insurers. it's wrong. many americans now face the real possibility of having no options at all and could find themselves trapped, forced by law to purchase obamacare insurance, but left out of obamacare without any means to do so. all the while, markets continue to collapse under obamacare and states across the country is a troubling indication of what's to come unless we act. fortunately,

i love your vote of confidence and mitch mcconnell. i just can't share it because i don't have any indication, no facts, no evidence to indicate he's got anything better. >> eric: he has repeal and the numbers, if john mccain comes back in time for the vote which it looks like he might, that's three people holding out right now. if he gets one to agree, he's got 50 and he's got vice president pence to break the tie. politically it's the only answer right now. >> eboni: you might be right. >> kat: speaking of senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, he's facing a growing insurrection for more conservatives after the health care bill's failure. raising questions about whether he is fit for the job at all. >> he doesn't seem to be down with the president's agenda. where is the wall, tax reform, obamacare repeal? these are things that go to the senate and then they die. it's not like there aren't the votes in the senate to get them past. we can't even blame filibuster for this. the way they structured obamacare repeal, you only needed 50 vo

he needs to use party pressure which mitch mcconnell has chosen not to do. to express confidence i he never has. and he needs momentum. he needs to move as fast as possible, which mcconnell has deliberately not done. today mitch mcconnell admitted publicly in his home state of kentucky that the republicans might never be able to agree on a bill. >> if my side is unable to agree on an adequate replacement, then some kind of action on -- with regard to the private health insurance market must occur. >> majority leaders on their way to passing bills don't ever talk about what will happen if any don't pass the bill. because the majority leader has to convince his own party to hold hands and vote for a bill that is going to pass. remember when the rumor spread the week before the fourth of july that mitch mcconnell was going to find way suddenly to revive his health care bill and have a vote on it on that friday before the fourth of july recess. it sounded impossible at the time and of course it didn't happen. now republicans in the congress and in the white hous

senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's state is expected to be hard hit by the proposed cuts in medicaid. omar villafranca went to kentucky coal country. >> this one is for my immune system. >> reporter: every day kathy collins has to take 27 pills in her fight against the autoimmune disease lupus. >> my legs hurt. >> reporter: 50-year-old collins lives in rural kentucky with her sister carol maggard. collins is on a fixed income and uses medicaid to help pay her mounting healthcare bills. what would your medical bills look like without medicaid? >> last year they were $945,000. >> reporter: nothing that we've advocated so far would cause anybody currently on medicaid to be taken off of medicaid. >> reporter: that was senate majority leader mitch mcconnell of kentucky, trying to calm fears about the future of medicaid. under obamacare, kentucky expanded medicaid and cut the uninsured rate from 14% to almost 6%. but right now, the bill calls for significant cuts in federal funding of state medicaid programs. to make up for the loss, kentucky governor matt bevin has proposed changing the s

sort of knocking his fellow republicans for not getting it done and even sort of calling out mitch mcconnellmitch m. as he describes it. clearly are the president is frustrated. there could have been a celebration. that didn't come to pass. now on monday they'll be a big change around here, richard? >> a new chief-of-staff there at the white house. kelly o'donnell at the white house for us. thank you kelly. >>> let's bring in erica warner now. research fellow at the hoover institution and former advisor to marco rubio and mitt romney. let's start with you on this part and you heard what kelly o'donnell was reporting for us and she was saying the president going after mitch mcconnell, now the question might be, okay, who is wleeding the republican party at the moment outside of donald trump when it comes to policy? >> i'm not sure there's an easy answer on that. i think you saw really some of the divisions within the republican party particularly on health care policy laid bear here over the last couple of weeks for seven years, it was very easy for republicans to say we want to repeal and re

we will see where mitch mcconnell goes next, but he is getting on the floor now. us listen in. >> and, so there won't be anything until they finished the vote until they have all 100 senators cast their ballots. >> what we are looking at here is the big picture. this is a big defeat. you saw vice president pence clearly working to try and get mccain to change his mind. and then, there were a bunch of senators who were around lisa michalski >> this does not necessarily kill the bill as brett says. but what were the mistakes that republicans might have made? even on the floor as senators crowded around the senator from alaska, with deciding the money that deals with health centers, especially in a state like alaska where you might have to travel hundreds of miles to get medical treatment. but what we are releasing here is the chasm that has always existed between republicans. they have had seven years. there is a reason why they have never been able to repeal and replace obamacare, it is because, if they fix one thing for conservatives, they broke it for moderate re

lou: president trump today showing his exasperation with pitiful pair of mitch mcconnell and paul ryan. whose pace cannot seem to keep up with the president, a day and a half after the healthcare bill imploded, president invited republican senators to the white house for a delightful lunch, and making it clear at lunch, he does not believe that senators should be leaving the dc swamp until they can hammer out a health care plan for the american people. we'll discuss that health care battle with counselor to president kellyanne conway. john roberts with our report first. reporter: a white house source tells fox news it was idea of president and chief of staff reince priebus to hold a high pressure lunch at white house today, pressing senators to get onboard the idea of health care reform, and do it now. in state dining room, president trump gatherin together all of the republican senators who would come for a spirited sales pitch on getting rid of obamacare. >> any senator who votes again starting debate is really telling american, that you are fine with obamacare, but being fine with o

author, mitch mcconnell. when the senate is allowed it to work the way it was designed to, it arrives that result acceptable to people all along the political spectrum but if it is an assembly line for one party's partisan legislative agenda, it creates instability and strife rather than good, stable loss. leader mcconnell, i couldn't agree more. it's time to start over on healthcare. abandon the idea of cutting medicaid to give a tax break to the wealthy, abandoned this new repeal in run and use the regular order to arrive at a result acceptable to people all along the political spectrum, as a leader mcconnell once said. i daresay it would create a much better resultor

mitch mcconnell and paul ryan are weak.hey need to step down, put somebody in there with some backbone. you have guys like hugh hewitt on the radio could not even spell conservative. there are now calling rand paul and those who stood up like mike lee to say these are elected their bubble can score. this is not donald trump's fault, it is mitch mcconnell and paul ryan's fault, and they should step down. host: who should replace them? caller: i would like to see a conservative in there. rand paul, i would like to see , take over kentucky the house. but you have to get in there and you know you are not going to get any help from the democrats. this obamacare has been a bust. you have guys like hugh hewitt who goofball on the radio talking about we should have done this. you do not pass something to get it passed. you do it because we the people tell you to do it. hewitt, mitch mcconnell, and paul ryan are failures. and i am so disgusted with them. fall into the dark crevices of this earth. it is a tragedy, they take a couple