and i know for sure that brian sandoval considered that when he expanded medicaid. dean hell here is the most vulnerable senator in the country. he has worse numbers in every poll in nevada handle the donald trump does, that's how bad his numbers are. he would be essentially d.o.a. in a general election if he supports this bill. he already has a rookie congresswoman. i think it would be all over for him. he gates challenge from the right. danny who runs every cycle, might run against him. but it is much more of a political problem for dean heller to vote for this bill than to vote against it. >> so that's really important for folks to hear. here's the last part of it. you have the super pac aligned with the president and vice president. they're going to prepare a seven figure ad buy against heller. as he makes the calculation of politics. >> yeah. listen. i think to some extent, and i've been critical of how he is causing his own problems, this is a tough move. this kind of money would be spent against him. i throw out a couple of names of possible challenges on the

. >> brian sandoval is worried that people who make as little as $16,000 per year will lose their medicaid coverage and not be eligible and be able to afford private insurance. take a listen. >> these are our friends, our families, our neighbors. they're living healthier and happier lives because of that decision. i don't think that can be overstated enough. >> this is a republican governor who is concerned that your plan will erode the lives of most vulnerable. what's your response? >> it just wouldn't happen. we are working with the governor to make sure that they understand that the waivers and options we're offering the states, the extra resources that will be available for states to cover the most vulnerable. i'm a physician. i took care of patients for over 20 years. the health care system that i'm supporting and will continue to support is one that actually respond responds to patients' needs. not just in nevada, but in pennsylvania, in florida, in washington state, maine and new mexico, all across this country. we've got a health care system, again, that's working for government ri

heller had that press conference on friday, guess who met with brian sandoval before, harry reid. >>one. >> two press rooms operating inside the white house. the one headed by sean spicer, target of president trump basically since day one of the administration and is overseeing a reorganization of that office that he may or may not be part of in the end. lesser known say separate team, deeper inside the white house, that is basically attached with protecting the family. the president, ivanka trump and jared kushner. we'll be watching whether or not these two teams will be merged as part of this reorganization. >> maybe we can get the family team to do audio only briefings for us. >>> approximafits and starts of russian investigations on capitol hill, to an extent, is overwhelming. the place they can have the most effect is the sanctions bill sitting, stalled in the house. we'll see signs whether the house will move this forward or hold back. the reason it's important is because there's a provision in this bill that checks and ties the president's hands on what he can or can't do, vis

brian sandoval is a great governor. his popularity is sky-high in nevada.he's saying? i'm worried about poor people. you know what? both parties -- both parties -- ought to be worried about poor people because i don't think either party particularly cares about helping poor people. you look at the rates of poverty. you look at the problems in this country. we have not designed a system to get people work. everything we're talking about now, getting people healthy, giving them health care is designed to get them to work. it's designed to give them an opportunity to have a better life. this is not some kind of wealth fare system. look, if you're sick and hungry, you don't work. if you're healthy and fed, you can get a job. we expect people to have one then. >> governor, before we go i have to ask you did run for president against now president trump. you're proud of the fact you never endorsed him. he took a victory thlap this we after winning a fourth special election contest, at least republicans did. take a listen to what he said. >> they have phony witch

and yet his governor, brian sandoval, opposes cuts to medicaid.difficult to back this legislation. he had tough words for this bill earlier in a press conference. those are things will come back to haunt him in political ads in 2018. >> you think some republicans, heller notably, are going to get their arms twisted for this reason. >> you know, again, this remains to be seen. basically what i heard from republicans up on the hill in both chambers is they want to get this done with. that's why mitch mcconnell set a vote for this week. if the arms can't be twisted and pots can't be sweetened, so to speak, then it is not going to happen. and they need to get this done now either way. either it is passed or not passed and move on because tax reform is waiting in the wings, so to speak. that comes on with the new budget bill and they want to get onto more legislation. >> and i agree, they want to get this in the rearview mirror and get to tax reform. molly, when you say it won't happen, do you mean the vote won't happen before july 4 or won't happen be

we should point out that three republicans john kasich, brian sandoval and brian baker of massachusettsthey're not the most conservative of republican governors. where you have the conservative senators, it may not sway them. this is a public relations game by democrats. they want to put pressure on these republicans who are a little nefbous about this bill. as you pointed out before, it's really only two votes if they're after. they can get two republicans to jump off this deal that could be enough to prevent it from going forward. >> you're on top of it. thank you so much. >>> and still ahead here in the newsroom, president trump released financial disclosure forms that shed more light on his vast business ldings. it could raise new questions about whether foreign governments use his hotel to gain access to the president? you're live in the cnn newsroom. garfunkel (instrumental) [ snoring ] [ deep sleep snoring ] the all-new volkswagen atlas. seats seven, sleeps six. life's as big as you make it. swhen it comes to molding young minds, nobody does it better. she also builds her own fig

john kasich in ohio, brian sandoval in nevada making that point. look at it again.an only lose two votes in the united states senate to pass this bill. nevada, 203 people, 203,000 people, excuse me, almost 204,000 people alded through medicaid expansion. ohio more than 631,000 people. west virginia, nearly 200,000 people. you look at republican senators from those states and there are others, that's just three there, coming back to washington after being home this weekend and you're asking them to take a tough vote if you don't change that. >> absolutely. you saw dean heller saying he can't support the bill. john kasich, "state of the union" told dana bash he could not support the bill. a senator putting pressure on rob portman, senator. and from west virginia, non-committal on this bill. and john, i'm also told that the new version of this bill they're actually going to release a new version sometime today but it's not going to have major changes. going to have minor changes. it will impact the issue of so-called continuous coverage for people not enrolled in cover

like kasich and senators like rob portman of ohio, and also governors, republican governors like brian sandoval in nevada and senator dean heller who have expressed these issues. it isn't just moderate people on one side, you have conservatives who are worried this bill doesn't go far enough to repeal obamacare. so that is the gap they'll have to bridge. as you know, republicans can only afford to lose two senators and still get this bill through. so right now, they're heading in the wrong direction. boris? >> quite a bit of ground to cover, athena. thank you. >>> i want to bring in our panel now to discuss. tammy, let's start with you. as the bill stands right now, help us break it down. who stands to benefit and who stands to lose? >> well, there are a lot of people who are going to benefit, or some people who are going to benefit. it's going to be the younger folks, the healthier folks and the wealthier folks. so the younger and healthier will pay less premiums. kaiser foundation ransom numbers. it showed in south carolina, in a lot of maces places in south carolina, a 27-year-old making $40

. >> we just heard heller stand next to the nevada governor, brian sandoval that is counselling him aboutmedicaid cuts would hurt nevada. he said it's going to be difficult to get him to a yes. that makes him different than the other four senators, lee, johnson, paul and cruz who all came out and said look, right now, this bill is not perfect but we're willing to work with the white house, work with leadership to make things better. heller is not talking like that. he says basically that he's completely out. as for what the other senators might want, cruz has been saying and handing out leaflets to colleagues with his notes. he says he wants there to be more flexibility to buy and sell insurance across state lines, some more want more obamacare repeal. there's more question marks. might be higher than five in the republican party against this. portman has been on report as pushing for more money to combat the opioid epidemic. collins and murkowski say they don't want cuts to planned parenthood which this senate draft has a lot of. when people talk about tweaks to the bill to get it throug

he is survived in nevada along with brian sandoval, the governor. they do it differently out there.ot affiliated with the republican party of washington, d.c. i think running ads talking about how he's not playing along with the president helps him. it shows that he is independent. it shows that he is willing to stand up to his own party. it might help him get elected. the problem is it makes it impossible for him to change his mind now and get to yes. >> senator bill cassidy, a republican from my home state of louisiana who is also a doctor has said he wants legislation that passes the jimmy kimmel test. kimmel tweeted this weekend. he said reminder for senator bill cassidy. kimmel test is no family should be denied medical care, emergency or otherwise because they can't afford it. so given what we know, and the cbo score today, do you think that bill that passes a kimmel test is a reality, alice? >> i think it can get to that point. and keep in mind so many people are already assuming that what's on the table right now is going to be the final product. it's not there. is still a l

utah, gary herbert, very conservative republican, brian sandoval, a conservative republican in nevadacrat, or so they call me. we have an alliance. we're all making we're all making sure we do less pollution. i was in a pow-wow yesterday with four mayors around the country including mayor hancock here in denver, mayor turner from houston and mayor rothchild from tucson. again, different parts of the country, certainly, maybe not all different parties, but they all felt it was very possible that climate change is something we all have to step up on. it's also a real question of public health and clean air and clean water. i don't see how any of that can be partisan. >> the other thing that's a baseline is believing whether or not climate change is real or a hoax, and we don't really have a straight answer from this white house. ambassador nikki haley tried to respond to whether the president believes in climate change. hear her response this morning. >> president trump believes the climate is changing and he believes pollutants are part of that equation. that is the fact. that's where

have to make us an offer we can't refuse meaning brian governor sandoval.s senator john mccain earlier this week. >> 160 cuts to medicaid -- >> i know all about these things. but it's important to me to have the governor and i on the same page. we are the least expensive, most successful states. and i think with the governor of arizona. >> now, monday, democrats, manage ca mccauliffe of virginia and casey jr. asked republicans slow down. indicating that the bill is insufficient as is. >> this bill is unacceptable to me. you know what you have to think about when you leave washington or you leave any elected position, did you leave people in a position of where they felt respected, lifted and given an opportunity? or did you just look at lines on a piece of paper and make a decision, because you see the lines are flesh and blood. see, it's written in ink, in print. but underlying all of that is the flesh and blood of the impact. it's time for the republican party and the democratic party to realize we are a potential meltdown, a division between the rich and

. >> and in part it's because you've got somebody like brian sandoval in nevada he wants the medicaidors disproportionately depend oit and middle class people depend on it, so he's now working with dean heller, and they're holding town hall meetings and teleconference calls, and they're shoulder to shoulder. heller is running for re-election. he wants what sandoval has and other republican governors across america that say yes, we need the medicaid expansion. >> it will be interesting to see if you have republican governors working with democratic congressmen having town halls around the state and violence versa, democratic governors with republican congressmen remains to be seen. trump/obama made the same mistake on health care, they outsourced it to the congress to get it on. obama kept his party together. he got 06 votes to get the first hurdle done in the senate but kept his party together. two, there's no doubt these hospital systems to mike's point, they're the largest -- put aside unbelievable care they deliver, they're the number one employer in cities across the country ranki