it the byrd bath. guest: exactly because it strips away some of the provisions. now, in the house of representatives they don't have that same rule. so speaker ryan's bill could do 100% of these things. and then they could negotiate with the senate. host: but let me ask you about senator cruzes comments this past week. his belief is if your friend the vice president mike pence is the presiding officer, he can interpret the rules and of course he is going to have an interest in making sure this thing passes the senate. could that happen? guest: what senator cruz is referring to is how do you enforce the byrd rule? the way that happens in the senate, the speaker of the senate, the -- the president of the senate, in this case vice president pence or some senator if he is not there, he makes the ruling. the parliamentarian actually has no role written into the law. he's like a staffer who is advising the vice president what to do. but then the vice president can choose. this one survives the byrd rule and

you talk about the byrd rule and the nuclear option.ck schumer who is one of the most if i may say deplorable politicians in the country. he's just vile. there is no principle. the fact of the matter is that if we went to the nuclear option, that would take care of the the neil gorsuch issue and his appointed and confirmation to the supreme court. and schumer says he's going to block him, nobody matter what. to hell with him. get rid of the byrd rule, get rid of the 60 votes required. and let's start this train going. >> the president wants to reform taxes. lou: senator cruz set it's all bunk and can be set aside democratically. >> the senate and set its rules and the house can set its rules. it's want country thinks and that's what we need. i'm from texas. i'm simple sometimes, but not

chuck schumer can say this violates the byrd rule. and then it takes 60 votes to even consider the bill. so mitch mcconnell couldn't even bring the bill up. so if we send a bill from the house that doesn't conform to reconciliation and the byrd rule the senate can't even consider the bill. they can filibuster even going on the bill. so that's why we have to write this in such a way that chuck schumer can't block it from coming to the floor with the filibuster, so that mitch mcconnell can make sure they vote on the bill and then get that bill passed. remember, this is a three-part plan here. all simultaneous parts. first is a bill that we can use reconciliation for that they cannot filibuster. that is where you can repeal the individual and business mandate. that's where you can repeal the spending and the taxes. that's where you can put in the republican health care tax policy. high-risk pools. health savings accounts. tax credits that equalize the tax treatment of health care. the fiscal moving parts we can do in reconciliation. part

he, tomitchell, ischle, robert byrd -- remember robert byrd saying "i'm not sure i can work with you, you are too partisan." , robert, they don't elect nonpartisan leaders. 30 days later he came around and said we will get along fine. i must say working with robert byrd, george mitchell, tom whohle, three wonderful men had integrity to the bone. .e understood each other like george said, when we couldn't agree we had to vote. sometimes we had filibusters. did have our differences. never went out and told the press that i think george a-da-da and he never did either. we would settle our differences, and if we couldn't settle and we had a vote. about my say that friend george mitchell. he said a lot of nice things about my book in his book about me. i still owe him one payment. [laughter] .t is a great book george and i have an honor of having our dear friend joe biden . i remember going to jail one one timeoing to joe when he was the chairman of the judiciary. he had already cut off and said no more nominations. we're not going to approve any more judges this year. i said, joe i have t

george mitchell, he and tom daschle and robert byrd, i remember robert byrd saying i'm not sure if i can work with you. you are too partisan. they said robert they don't elect nonpartisan leaders. 30 days later he came around and said okay we will get along fine. i must say working with robert byrd and george mitchell and tom daschle, three wonderful men who had integrity to the bone. we understood each other and george said when we couldn't agree we just had to vote. sometimes we had filibusters. he generally prevailed but we had filibusters and we did have our differences. but we never went out and told the press that i think george mitchell is -- and he never did that either. we would settle her differences in his office or mine and if we couldn't settle them -- i want to say that about my friend george mitchell. said a lot of nice things about my book in his book about me. i still owe you one favor. [applause] [laughter] but anyway it's a great look. you ought to read it. first you have to buy it. george and i would be honored if our dear friend joe biden. i remember going to joe

rule andalso the byrd what it does and does not do. many of these questions are excuse,byrd used as an even though it has not been adjudicated on the senate side. in terms of some of the requests made, we have had some good conversations with the white house and i want to stress that there has not been a commitment on their side or our side. we have talked pacific's, -- in cifics, but not in a transactional manner. we have had good conversation on issues where we felt like we were make progress. hearing that the only thing that may survive some of these conversations, according to leadership, maybe the optional work requirement on medicaid and mandatory one. if that is accurate, it is a step backwards and not full words. ward.r be "theere a race to last person in the president's e ar." i can tell you, based on a number of conversations with the president, his staff, i would not concur with that hypothesis. i know it is widely reported, but it is the way that the president it's the information. he is asking people from different points

shooting for byrd. cal wins, and are now 21-11. they will face top-seeded oregon tomorrow in the semifinals. >>> nba action. spurs at thunder. russell westbrook joined and very elite company tonight, put first, big highlights by the big throwdown, as the thunder are trying to snap the spurs 9- game winning streak. warriors fans would like that. back to westbrook. perfect pass on the alley-oop. 13 assists. 31st triple-double this year. that ties him with wilt chamberlain for second most in a season. only oscar robertson had more. warriors now two up on san antonio. the big story, oakland app's pitcher son yip gray is hurt again. strained lat muscle, happened after his last start. he'll have to shut it down for at least three weeks. he will not be ready for opening day, and manager bob melvin on dealing with the reality of losing his ace for a while. >> when your number one guy goes down, that's -- you know, that's a hard one to swallow, especially this early in the spring, yet in everything goes well, ho

i came to the senate after senator byrd, when senator byrd passed away june 2010. i miss him more than you miss him. he was something. anyway, 60 times they voted to repeal them. not one time did i see someone may hear some in a little bit better. joe, here's something that would fix it. not one time. i'm the person they usually go to. they will find someone to work with and say okay, that makes sense. let's try to make it better. i'm thinking okay, now all of a sudden that's been their mantra. think about this. they've had success. in 2010 would just about got wiped out. we started losing all of our house and senate seats by 2014. we lost both the house and the senate so they think it's a roll now. they think they are on a roll and i think the people must want this for us to repeal this because we've been working on it. i'm saying wait a minute. now they've got to put up or shut up. mr. president, they are telling you that we are going to basically repeal it immediately, but not change anything for two years. i think you understand they're trying to get through 20

we've had alternatives but none of them will fit through the byrd rule.s trying to shove a camel through a keyhole, he's a little worse for wear on the other sid side. the truth is we only have four ways to pass a bill, we have to repeal the laws of mathematics or we have to get eight democrat senators to vote with us which is harder to repeal the laws of mathematics or we have to change the senate rule or at least we should change the first filibuster or we have to run it through reconciliation and at this byrd rule. it makes it so a possible and there's no accountability that puts paul ryan and the impossible position of trying to struggle and do what his base wants him to do but what the rules will not allow him to do. >> tucker: he is in a tough -- i agree with you there. good luck. up next, if you notice congress is working on the health care bill but what about the immigration bill? not a coincidence, will tell you what exactly is going on, stay tuned. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis like me, and you're talking to your rheumatolo

chuck schumer can say this itlates the byrd rule and takes 60 votes to consider it. mitch mcconnell cannot bring it up. we said that does not conform to reconciliation of the rule, the senate cannot consider the bill. they can filibuster even going on the bill. that is why we have to write this in such a way that chuck schumer cannot block it from coming to the filibuster so mitch mcconnell can make sure they can vote on the bill and get that bill passed. there is a three-part plan here. we can usebill that reconciliation for that they cannot filibuster. that is where you can repeal the individual and business mandate, that is where you can repeal the spending and the taxes, you can put in the republican health care tax policy, high risk pools, health savings accounts, tax credits that equalize the tax treatment of health care, the moving parts we can do in reconciliation. part two and tom price came to a conference two hours ago and walked our members through the enormous regulatory flexibility that he has. when they brought obamacare they wrote this in harry reid's

we were having to put this to the byrd rule in the senate for one reason. won't allow itw to bring it to the floor, evenen bring it to the floor of the senate under regular order.br we can't get the people involved in the debate and we have no real leverage against democrats that would --eo >> tucker: i understand that and you're being blocked at every turn, it does remind me of one of those dreams you have show up to school and you forgot to study. seven years to think through what you should replace obamacare and literally the details are not settled now and the vote as a supposedly tomorrow. >> that's not quite true. we had a motion to commit, recommit the bill the very day that it passed, we had an republican alternative and we've had several bills past severalco years that i've signed onto, dr. price is a bill. t we've had alternatives but none of them will fit through the byrd rule. it's trying to shove a camel through a keyhole, he's a little worse for wear on the other side. the truth is we only have four ways to pass a bill, we have to repeal the l

if we send a bill from the house that doesn't conform to reconciliation with the byrd rule, the senate can't even consider the bill. they can filibuster even going on the bill. that's why we have to write this in such a way that chuck schumer can't block it from coming to the floor with a filibuster so that mitch mcconnell can make sure they vote on the bill and get the bill passed. remember, this is a three-part plan here, all simultaneous parts. first is a bill that we can use reconciliation for that they cannot filibuster. that's where you can repeal the individual and business mandate. that's where you can repeal the spending and the taxes. that's where you can put in the republican health care tax policy, high risk pools, health savings accounts, tax credits that equalize the tax treatment of health care. that, the fiscal moving parts we can do in reconciliation. part two, and tom price just came to our conference two hours ago and walked a lot of our members through the enormous regulatory flexibility that he has. when they wrote obamacare, they wrote this thing in harry reid's o

reporter: when you're talking about the byrd rule earlier -- >> yeah. reporter: can we read from your answer vice president pence does not overrule the senate parliamentarian? >> there is no overrule. the senate parliamentarian. it is up to the presiding officer. i do, but i understand how the senate works and presiding officer determines, the senate parliamentarian asked for guidance. reporter: if the guide against from the senate parliamentarian that something would violate the byrd rule, would the vice president -- >> i'm not answer hypotheticals what he may do on this bill or any other. reporter: finally, cnn reported yesterday that u.s. officials believe that, are investigating that associates of president trump communicated with suspected russian operatives according to releasing information damaging to hillary clinton's campaignp can you respond to that or say definitely they did not? >> look what cnn reported, anonymous u.s. officials that information indicates association of the campaign and suspected operatives coordinated which they admit not

could change the byrd rule. for another there is nothing that is going to materially affect the budget. and this reckconsillings or any other, than bringing the price of health insurance and health care down dramatically. that's more appropriate under the byrd rule than the whole other part that we're told will make it through the byrd rule in the senate. the most important part is the most part. that will give control back to the patients and the doctors and allow the states to come up with new ideas and new ways to provide health care and get it to those that need it. but more important than anything, it restores supreme in america that has been lacking since that will bill passed and when the government is in charge of every americans' health care, the american people has a pie right to tell how everyone should live. it became hollow and the government came into our bedroom, dining room, everywhere in the house, it has to be repealed as mitch mcconnell has said, rip it out ruth and branch. and who is going to

they talked about senator byrd the same way and i never saw any of that and senator byrd. i'm just telling you exactly what i know. i'm just telling you xactly what i know. now -- i aid jeff, step aside, step aside jeff. when i say it as the only democrat who voted for him, they say he's just playing politics. he didn't vote for the guy. i said i voted for him, he let me down. i told jeff sessions this. if it is proven that you misled -- i would ask you to resign. scott pruitt basically passed the hree things. i note comes from an extraction stay. we are holding his feet the fire. he came up, he is knowledgeable. i want to talk about the extreme buffer rule. we are not going to. the clean water act is still in place. basically -- i can take that. what it did, it ook all the authority away from the epa. and gave it into the first four regulations. i look at the duplicity and sometimes you weigh it down. there's got a be a balance between the economy and the environment. there's got to be a balance somewhere. that is all i am looking for. anyway we are going to hold this. th

and it survives the byrd rule and then we really help america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona rise? the gentleman from arizona, mr. gallego is recognized for 10 minutes. mr. gallego: i'm going to cut directly, the trump ryan health bill is every single promise and enormous tax cut for those who need it least. first promise that trump made to the american people is that everyone would have health insurance. although the a.c.a. expanded health care, donald trump said he didn't think it provided enough people with coverage. he said and i quote, we are going to have insurance for everybody and i'm not going to leave it to the lower. what does the bill do? according to the congressional budget office, 14 million people would lose coverage next year and 24 million people by 20727. that is outrageous. according to the white house own estimate, people will lose coverage under the trump-ryan bill. the second pr

cal didn't really need to shoot the ball, but byrd drives and scores. cal holds on 78-75.t win. they'll face oregon in the semifinals. a wild scene in the big east tournament last night. turning back the clock to the good old days with patrick ewing, leads to a scuffle. look at the ex-warrior, the hall of famer into his second year, a shouting match with john thomson the third. they had to pull him away. mullen received a technical foul. >>> after being plagued by injuries in 2016, they were hoping their one time ace would be completely healthy in 2017, sidelined for three weeks with a strained lat muscle, so on opening night, sunny gray will be on the disabled list. a's taking on the reds. sean minaya got the start. he would pitch 3 2/3. trevor 2 for 3, 3 rbis in the first. that scores two runs. catcher steven drove in three, two of those three coming in the second. billy hamilton went up and couldn't make the play. a's go in 12-5 while the giants had the day off. how would you like to have steph curry as your roommate? that's the theme of a new steph commercial for britt

cal didn't really need to shoot the ball, but byrd drives and scores. cal holds on 78-75.ir 21st win. they'll face oregon in the semifinals. a wild scene in the big east tournament last night. turning back the clock to the good old days with patrick ewing, leads to a scuffle. look at the ex-warrior, the hall of famer into his second year, a shouting match with john thomson the third. they had to pull him away. mullen received a technical foul. >>> after being plagued by injuries in 2016, they were hoping their one time ace would be completely healthy in 2017, sidelined for three weeks with a strained lat muscle, so on opening night, sunny gray will be on the disabled list. a's taking on the reds. sean minaya got the start. he would pitch 3 2/3. trevor 2 for 3, 3 rbis in the first. that scores two runs. catcher steven drove in three, two of those three coming in the second. billy hamilton went up and couldn't make the play. a's go in 12-5 while the giants had the day off. how would you like to have steph curry as your roommate? that's the theme of a new steph commercial for

so therefore, it does not pass the byrd rule. can we get a 60-vote threshold? let's step back a little bit. ideally, we do have something that's bipartisan. i think it's fair to say that there's been nothing overarching in our society that has been passed and endured, if passed on a partisan basis. and i think obamacare is the latest example. so i've spoken to democrats and would like them to come in and potentially influence the product. clearly, if some did they would have great leverage. now, that said, when susan and i introduced our patient freedom act, chuck schumer criticized it before he introduced it. he hadn't read it. there's no way he could read it because she and i had the only copies so to speak and he was already criticizing it. so clearly there's a big dynamic on their side to sit on their hands. what i tell my colleagues, though, is this is not about politics, it is about the patient. it is about somebody who if we get it right will have a happier fuller life and if we don't will have a life of decline. that's what this is about. so i hope folk

tied at 30, the bears byrd, knocks down the jumper. buffaloes up by 3 with 30 seconds left. derek white nearing losing the ball, and throws up a prayer. buffs win, cal's ncaa tournament hopes are all but done. >>> tied at 38, cardinals driving in, two of the 20, giving stanford the leave, and 3 minutes let. utes up by 4. going all the way for the dunk. utah wins 67-59. stanford finishing 6-12 in conference play. >>> the pac-12 semi finals. cardinals with the great ball movement to find smith. fourth quarter, 56-49. off the turnover, mccall get the easy bucket. she led stanford with 17 as the cardinals win, they will face oregon state in tomorrow's pac- 12 final. >>> still to come, earthquakes open the season on the road, and st. mary's looks to secure the invite to the ncaa tournament and advance in the conference tourney. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, be part of march madness... especially if they win tonight. they've been ranked for all 17 weeks of the season... and are on a quest to win their 4th wcc tournament title. 20th-ranked st. mary's opening >>> they've b

assistant under martin this past year, five year contract, he will get, despite losing the likes of byrd and ram, quite confident about his first coaching job as a head man. >> i don't anticipate it being as much of a challenge as you may think. every guy i worked for has been successful and the way i look at it, i will just steal a little bit from this coach and a little bit from this coach and a lot from this guy. i will steal a little from this coach and that's the coach that i am going to be. i am ready be that guy today. >>> very open about that, and in fact he was an assistant under rick patino. he probably picked up good stuff. meanwhile the nfl draft is not that far away, in fact almost exactly a month away, the 49ers as you probably know have the number two pick in the draft. a lot of people would like the sexier pick of the quarterback, and does that guy look like a standard quarterback or what? mitch out of north carolina, 6 feet 4, 210 and there's watson who had the great game against clemson to win the national championship. however, most people seem to think the 49ers will

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there are chefs from all over and i'm here with staff sergeant byrd to talk about his favorite barbecue tips. tomy go vinegar. pow.ives it that pungent ready.ys have your meets have your ingredients ready before you go out there. slowed.have everything when you start putting things on the grill, you have things cut up and you are not putting your stuff together at the last minute. >> dry seasoning. i usually use a dry rub on it. and i don't leave it for a really long time. i see something that's maybe five minutes when i put it on the grill. it's all the natural uses of the stake. you can still feel the tenderness of the meat. stuff like that. i make a makeshift smoker. all i do is season my me, then just go in there overnight. it will be done. i just have to cut it up. jill: that is all this week. join us next week on we had to darpa for a look at unmanned. extra joining us, i'm jill i toro. --thanks for joining us, i'm jill itoro. [music] >> dr. charles stanley: faith and feeling don't fit the same thing. i can have all kind of feelings about things. faith, my faith is in god that he

the issue at hand is the byrd rule. whether or not it affects the budget -- you can't have policymaking that don't have a budgetary impact. there are certain things that are being phrased in certain ways and crafted in accordance with the rule. but there is a lot of smart people that are very familiar with the rules and are trying to do things in a way to make these this bill conform in those ways. reporter: two questions. one on the health care bill first. the question about the way this bill is now being modified to pick up votes. on monday night they had the pecial carve out for new york. but also now these lateest -- is the president concerned that this bill now looks a lot like the -- procedurally what obamacare looked like several years ago that the republicans have spent seven years -- here they are seven years later on the same day about to do the exact same thing? sean: not at all. it's doing what we intended it to do. the exchange we had with matt. it's actually going -- two goals that it set out to do it's ac

the big day, for yankees, greg byrd, fourth inning young slugger going deep to center, a two run shot, and then in the sixth, he does it again. this time a three run jack. two for three with two home runs, phillies lose seven- three. >>> last time an nba player averaged triple double john f. kennedy was president. russell westbrook is on pace to be the second player since 1962, to make it happen. sixers will try to stand in his way tonight in oklahoma city. >>> westbrook averaging 31 points, 10 board and 10 assists. he torched sixers opening night way back in october. brett brown, talking about the six time all-star. >> there is no guard, that has been more dominant in my nba days, 16 of them, then the numbers that we're seeing russell westbrook put up. >> these numbers are better than jordan any single season. it is outrageous. >> yes. >> i'm impressed. >>> still to come results are in. >> yeah, when we come back top dog breed according to a new ranking. just in time for national puppy day we will bring you results of the new ranking of the america's most popular dog breed. >> number

byrd had 11. the buffaloes up by three with 30 seconds left. derrick white nearly loses the ball. but he throws up a prayer as the shot clock expires. it happened to go in for the dagger. the buffs win it 54-46 as the ncaa tournament hopes are all but done. jerod haase and stanford finishing their season in utah. tied at 48. the cardinal dorian pickens drives in. two of his 22 give stanford the lead. three minutes left, the utes are leading by four. lorenzo bonhomme comes up with a steal and goes all the way. he led all scorers with 26. utah wins 67-59. stanford finishes 6-12. arizona state trying to stop arizona from clinching a share of the pac-12 title. the seventh-ranked wildcats leading by 10. allonzo trier drives in for the layup to make it a 12-point lead. the cats started the second half on a 14-3 run. they win 73-60 two clinch a share of the conference championship. dana altman and oregon trying to take a share of that title as well. second half, the ducks leading oregon state by 10. dylan brooks drives and draws the foul. free throw made it 41-28. they win 80-592 clinch

. >> thank you senator from west virginia senator byrd. the chair and i stated my position on yesterday. and i do not need to elaborate on that position as of now. i would do that on the senate floor at their progress and let me just say that i compliment the chairman of this committee for the fairness and the thoroughness. the dedication to the fulfillment of the senate role on the constitution which they've all displayed. on the question of politics. which chairman. i have sought to do everything that i could possibly do to avoid the appearance of. pure partisanship on this nomination. the white house says. politicize this nomination. as much or more than has anyone else. as the leader of the democrats. upon more than one occasion. i have urged democrats to avoid making this a partisan political issue. the sure criticism has not been made by those who testified before this committee. notwithstanding the fact that there has been money spent by organizations referred to time and again here. i find it hard to believe the american people did

for those who are steeped in the arcane rules of the senate, there is a thing called the byrd rule. it does not allow policy to be created that has to do with the budgetary nature of that vehicle to get the sustainable 50 volts p right now, there are a lot of things people would like but that will not potentially get ruled in order by senate parliamentarian. i understand what people want, but i think what we have created a vehicle is to get this done. this is the only way that we will repeal and replace obamacare. again, i think people have to recognize that there is a three-step process to doing it. this is exactly how the democrats enacting it enacted it, and this is exactly how we will unwind it and create a much better system p that is it plain and simple. >> reporter: i know you cannot get ahead of nunes, but what he said was incidental legal surveillance using a fisa warrant. >> press secretary spicer: i don't believe he said that. >> reporter: he did. so that is my question, does the trump admin attrition have the possession that foreign leaders or nationals will not be surve

senator robert byrd did not filibuster president reagan's nominees. senator howard baker didn't filibuster president carter's nominees. senator bob dole didn't filibuster president clinton's nominees. during the 20th century, most of the 20th century when one party controlled the white house and the senate, 70% of the time the minority never filibustered to death a single presidential nomination. on the other hand, there have been plenty of filibusters on legislation, so many that in 1917, the senate adopted the so-called cloture rule as a way to end filibusters. the idea is after you talk enough, you should bring it to an end so they had a super majority for that purpose. the rule was amended in 1949, 1959, 1975, 1979, 1986, but always in response to filibusters on legislation, never on nominations. it was the 1975 change that established the current cloture standard of 60 votes to end debate except on amendments to the standing rules. filibustering a presidential nomination has always been treated differently than filibustering a legislative matter.

but they won't hold up under the byrd rule. but that's a statement of your values from taking away from people. that's only what we know in the press. i hope mr. sessions is in the loop. let me just say mr. sessions and i have been friends for a lock time. i was very brief in my remarks. but three minutes or something like that. mr. sessions went on and on and on, it was like, well, i don't know what we're here for. are we going to just hear mr. s and on and on, it speeches? because if that's the case i would have made a longer one. >> i'm much more enthusiastic about the dialogue. i'm grateful for spending as much time with us. mr. chairman, i just want to read one little article out of tennessee. two weeks ago, humana became the latest insured to pull out. by 2018. humana's exit affects 80,000 people. 40 of,000 of those will have no other insurance option in 2018. this is not republicans law. this is the law of the land as it exists today. one of those residents is ray jones. e said obamacare has had a life-altering impact. t

outlet and byrd finishes it off. 20th win of the year ninth seed stanford. arizona state.ead travis strong inside the pump fake seven seconds left, shot clock expiring. michael humphrey hits. they end up going to overtime. they outscore the cardinals. shannon evans of stanford loses 98-88. a record of 14-17. to the nfl, the 49ers are about to sign a quarterback, not a name that's going to get you excited. a former chicago bear and cleveland brown quarterback brian hoyer will sign once free agency begins. >> they were together back in cleveland in 2014, his deal is expected to be 2 years, around $12 million. the understanding, he'll get a chance to start, he's more of a ridge quarterback. they'd still like to work out some deal to get kirk cousins from washington. started five games for the bears last season, his year ended after week 7 when hoyer broke his left arm. he's going to have some targets. pierre garcon, the terms of that deal unclear. he's going to make 16 million in the first year. a front loaded contract. a 30-year-old receiver spent the first five years with t

today jabari byrd leading the way with 20 points as cal beats oregon state, 67-62. the golden bears will play utah tomorrow. >> and this afternoon, stanford play i playing arizona state. arizona state pulled away and beat stanford 98-88. >> you'll remember matt barnes pulled off one of the biggest upsets in history. >> he was part of the we believe team after being signed late last week, the veteran is back and tonight he'll make his second home debut. >> you can never go home again. not true if you're matt barnes. signed to fill roster spot of kevin duran the. his fourth game in his second stint with the club, but it will be his first home game at oracle. >> my dad lives out here now. everyone's just so excited to be out here. once you leave, and i play for the clippers. you know, this life comes quickly. i received a lot of support and i'm excited. hopefully anticipating a warm welcome. just to be back here like i said. hopefully help get a ring. >> steph curry's reaction to having barnes in the fold. >> it is kind of cool. >> that was tough. duplicating -- it's p

you've got to send a bill that cannot be byrd ruled through the senate. >> dr.how are you? >> i'm well, thank you. question, unrelated to everything we're talking about this morning with health care, isn't this a moment in time where we ought to begin to consider some form of review at least and hopefully implementation of something to do with tort reform? because when you speak about health care cost, think of the enormity of the liabilities that all of us, and i'm peripherally involved in the health care industry, but think about the risk to all of us and doing our best, which doesn't always come out to be the best, not because i haven't tried, it's because we're dealing with humanity and we're dealing with variables. it seems to me that while we have everything on the table right now, why wouldn't we also address the issue of tort reform certainly as it relates to the health care industry? >> great question except our founders wouldn't agree with you. the fact is as tort should be controlled by the states. oklahoma totally reformed their tort system. guess wh

in a partisan way so there are many members of the house do think we ought to give the bird to the byrd rule so to speak. [laughter] because we don't see democratic senators all of a sudden having an epiphany deciding to work. through the good grace of senator cassidy and others, there is always that chance, but we are very skeptical in the conservative wing of the house that you're ever going to get to the third bucket so to speak or the third-base. hopefully it will happen, but i wouldn't bet my last health-care premium dollar on it. >> i will say that the statute you can't just kind of waved it off with that said i would also agree on what joe said. which is we shouldn't bank on whatever we put forth now must be able to stand on its own and that is true. >> with that we should open up for questions we have a few minutes if anyone wants to jump in and i just ask that you introduce yourself. >> my question is when we were going through that process to cost frecost reform or bending t curve was one of the discussions and the current bill has a lot of discussions and a lot of proposals o

end-of-life benefits paid >> the problem with cutting regulations is the bill may run afoul of the byrd rule. limits changes made to a reconciliation bill. white house may have found a way around it. to eliminate the subsidies, they need to eliminate the real chelation's -- eliminate the regulations. >> the president is putting pressure on republican house members to back his plan. on tuesday, telling them they could lose their majority in 2018. today launching a twitter campaign to have voters call their congress member and urge them to vote yes. >> go with our plan. it's going to be terrific. you're going to be very, very happy. call your local representative. call your senator. let them know you are behind our plan. >> if the president hopes to get the freedom caucus on board, get more, give more to conservatives. the more he gives to the freedom caucus, the more he risk alienating moderate republicans who are also up for reelection in 2018. >> bret: thank you. more on this with the panel paired we may know more tomorrow about who was caught up in surveillance after the november elec

me tell you what is happening, our republicans made a political promise repeal, repeal, our senator byrd passed away in 2010. trust me, i miss him more than you miss him. right? he was something. 60 times they voted to repeal it. not one time did i see something, hey, joe, here is something better. hey, joe, this is something worth fixing. not one time. i'm the person they usually go to if they find someone to swing to work and cross over and say okay, that makes sense. let's try to make it better. nobody. so i'm thinking, okay, now all of a sudden, that's their mantra and think about this. they had success. in 2010 we just about got wiped out, the democrats. we started losing all of our house seats and we lose senate seats by 2014 we lost both the house and senate, so they think that's a roll now. they think they are on a roll and i think the people must want this for us to repeal this because we've been working on that. and i'm saying wait a minute, and then they -- now they got to put up or shut up. i said mr. president, they are telling you that we're going to basically repeal it imm