the white house could pat itself on the back and great for the president's base. what would a lot of these vulnerable members of congress be thinking when they are up for reelection in 2018 and 2020? so, you know, the devil is always in the details, bill. whether or not it's judged a success will depend on what the ultimate package is. >> bill: last point, rich, go ahead. >> on that hype thet call. if they get a healthcare bill and a substantial tax cut that's a successful legislative first year. by the way, it's a myth that they are eliminating the protection for pre-existing conditions. they will let states wave provided they have other ways of protecting. >> bill: rich, thank you. >> those are guaranteed. >> bill: thank you, gentlemen, see you real soon. 20 past the hour. >> shannon: peaceful rally takes a turn. several people arrested in

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>> bill: i know what i just laid out, maybe threading the needle. it appears that that could be the possible strategy at play. mo, if they do that, you are looking at a successful first term. >> if they get spending through? >> bill: you're stunned into silence? >> it depends what it looks like, right? if they pass through a repeal of the affordable care act that eliminates pre-existing conditions, i don't know. i don't know that they will be able to -- they'll be able to claim success in repealing the affordable care act but will voters buy into a program like that. if they pang package like the one the white house wanted and congressional republicans pumped the brakes on it would have cut funding for the national institute of health for one example. the white house could pat itself on the back and great

korea or help us dismantle it, the possibility of an american military strike grows day-by-day. the results of that would be massive refugee flows and american troops on the river. >> bill: my hunch the chinese government is doing more than we know. you don't believe that's true, correct? >> they have done this for decades. cosmetic changes in their policy and when america looks somewhere else it's back to business as usual. this is like groundhog day in north korea. if there is a real change, which is possible, i think it's because of trump's hard line after eight years of passivity. >> bill: thank you, sir, for your time. john bolton, excellent analysis in washington wealth -- we'll see where it goes next. >> shannon: chris wallace pushed mcmaster on that sunday and he said yes we're seeing

i need just as much money for domestic discretionary spending. they insisted on this even as our military plunged further into a readiness crisis. our air force pilots were going

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and i'm excited we're moving forward with it. >> does anyone have any questions? >> two questions, did the president -- [inaudible] are you losing this argument about pre-existing conditions? it seems like there are those perceptions, it's hard for you guys to win this back. >> the president has been nothing but helpful on healthcare. there are a few layers of protections for pre-existing conditions in this bill. what's important is we want to have a situation where people can afford their health insurance. we want to have a situation where people have a choice of health insurers. that's not happening in obamacare. remember, over 1,000 counties in america have only one health insurer to choose from. a monopoly. those people are getting cranked with high premium increases. double digit premiums last year and bigger for this year. what good is insurance if you can't afford it? the purpose of our bill is to get more choices to lower prices while preserving the protections for...

bill coming to the floor today and thank you. >> good morning. i want to highlight some things in the funding bill. this puts more boots on the ground to bolster our border security. the biggest increase in border security funding in a decade that provides more resources to combat the opioid epidemic, a high priority for republicans in congress and expands the school choice program. many of us feel passionately about. it expands the d.c. school choice opportunity colorship program and maintains our pro-life protections and contains no new money for obamacare. no insurance company bail-outs. it takes major increases in defense spending while holding the line in non-defense. this is something that's really important that people are missing in this really important story. i cannot understate how much of a game changer this is. i used to negotiate budget agreements with the obama administration. under president obama democrats insisted that an increase in defense spending be tied to...

after eight years of promising to do it, here they are with total control of government and the second -- i agree with rich. the second attempt is a nail biter. the problem is momentum is working against them. usually at this point in the process you see the trends breaking one way or another and the trend right now is breaking more against from these undecided house members. everything that the moderates that rich talked about were looking for, the leadership is giving up in order to win over the freedom caucus folks and the moderates are saying we can't do it. even if they can, even if it does pass by a hair, you will have a big problem in the senate where the republican caucus is dominated by moderates who have a lot of these concerns. it's messy. >> bill: knee >> bill: -- they want a vote. they're meeting now. when it breaks and we'll bring it to our viewers. spending deal. government stays open six more months.