chris collins congressman from new york. thank you very much for joining us. >> good to be with you. >> of course be tracking hurricane irma heading straight for florida. we'll give you an update next. >>> hurricane irma is ripping through the caribbean heading to florida. coastal evacuations are already under way in some places, many people still scrambling for water, food and fuel. let's talk about this with senator bill nelson of florida. >> good morning. >> i know that yesterday you were down in the miami area. you met at west palm, with emergency officials. what did they tell you are their biggest kerp concerns? >> i . >> right now the roads are clogged, people are trying to flee. they're taking seriously. you can imagine the congestion coming out of the keys but it's now on every interstate and toll road with tolls spended all over the state. we desperately need gasoline and that's what i fired off an e-mail last night to the head of fema to see if they can get gasoline into the state, because people, they're running o

they kept showing san francisco shots at the golden gate but also showed the bay bridge and chris collins worth says it's so pretty when it is lit up like that. >> did he say that. >> yes. >> s that pretty city. >> most of the energy is over the sierra. it continues. you can see now winding town but for the morning, some snow showers up there. there were some really impressive totals for the last full day of summer. lows are cool. you can see some of that still churning up there. really took off yesterday afternoon. but can you see how the system is deep all the way down into southern california. we are on the drier side. we get the breeze, not as cool as yet. 55 san francisco. boy, that's the co

congressman chris collins, republican from new york. thanks for the time. >> good to be with you, steve. >>> and republicans aren't the only ones having to explain this flirtation with bipartisanship to their base. democrats have explaining to do. members of that party warning leadership not to overcommit in this marriage of convenience. joining me now, virginia democratic congressman jerry connelly. connellman, thanks for taking a few minutes. >> great to be with you, steve. >> we haven't seen all the details but it looks like the bake parameters are, you guys want permanent protection for daca people. trump says i'll give you that. i want more money for border security. no wall. is that a good deal? >> it could be. we're going to have to see the details. certainly, the parameters you just laid out are the parameters for a deal. to fix the problem donald trump created. let's remember, this isn't an issue that came out of the skies. he dismantled the program through executive order president obama put in place and now we have to fix his

i have to say i was -- chris collins and dianne feinstein sound like two people that can cut a deal.> they're reasonable. >> it sounds like there are, in theory, there is a majority. probably a large majority for daca. why isn't it done? >> two challenges that came up today. one is sarah huckabee sanders put in a monkey wrench saying the president wanted comprehensive immigration. >> john cornyn called that guaranteed failure. >> and they couldn't even pass the skinny bill when it came -- >> skinny how? did i miss a skinny immigration bill. >> daca came out stand alone, but that's what the administration was doing. the challenge comes not whether the democrats are going to play. they'll play almost 90% of the time, is how extreme are they -- are the republicans are going to be held to the extreme part of the party who doesn't want anybody here? the challenge with daca is when we hear the president say they want the perfect immigrant, they want someone who contributes to the economy, someone who is english speaking, with a background check. these daca folks have done everything. they'

they kept showing san francisco shots at the golden gate but also showed the bay bridge and chris collins worth says it's so pretty when it is lit up like that. >> did he say that. >> yes. >> s that pretty city. >> most of the energy is over the sierra. it continues. you can see now winding town but for the morning, some snow showers up there. there were some really impressive totals for the last full day of summer. lows are cool. you can see some of that still churning up there. really took off yesterday afternoon. but can you see how the system is deep all the way down into southern california. we are on the drier side. we get the breeze, not as cool as yet. 55 san francisco. boy, that's the coolest they have been in a while. 43 in santa rosa. 40s in sunny vale, palo alto. we'll have lots of sunshine but because the lows are cooler, the highs won't be much different than yesterday, so 60s and 70s. did you notice that, sal, during the game last night? >> they had golden gate, a photographer set up on the -- you know, at the golden gate bridge on the marine side. beautiful shot. great sho

and local tax deduction, removing it, a guy directly affected, new york republican congressman chris collins. very good to have you back. >> good to be with you, neil. >> how doable is that? how do you feel about that? that would directly impact your constituents. you have to weigh whether overall package itself compensates for that, they get back more than they have to lose. what do you say? >> that is true. new york is the highest taxed, most regulated state in the nation. and there may be an issue here. we'll have to look at numbers. i represent western new york which is actually one of the more impoverished sections of the state. it is certainly not westchester or long island and the doubling of the standard deduction neil, may well as we understood, we have to look at numbers, could mean less than 5% of my constituents will even itemize deductions. if that is the case, by doubling the standard deduction, they will take the standard deduction, well that is very different. neil: that could be up to 24,000 for a couple. >> correct. neil: that is a big deal. so this is all a moot point, thi

joining us now is republican congressman chris collins.morning, congressman. >> good morning, alyson. >> so, why do we need a newer, stricter travel ban? the first one has already met legal obstacles. if there's one thing that the u.s. does very well, it's this 20-step screening process of refugees into the country. why is the administration so focused on this? >> well, i think there's no question mcmaster, the president, are focused on keeping america as safe as we can. we do know, as the terrorists are going to continue to target the civilized world, we have to be prepared for whatever it may be. and you didn't hear any specifics at all. and really what i heard mcmaster say is they are focused on security. they know that they're going to try to get into our countrime c. we should all understand it is all about our security. and he didn't mention any specifics. >> right. >> he mentioned we need to know who is coming into our country. and i think it gets back to data sharing between our country and the other countries so we do know who is

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2017, introduced by my friend and colleague on the energy and commerce committee, representative chris collins of new york, who we'll hear from shortly, will create a national registry to collect information to better understand cancer incidents in firefighters. these heroic first responders experience occupational health risks every day. in my district it's oftentimes from forest fires like we're having all summer long. this past weekend, i saw firsthand what our firefighters face as they battle a number of fires raging in oregon, putting themselves in harm's way to save property, infrastructure, lives, water sheds, habitats and our forests. i was deeply reminded yesterday morning as awatch -- as i watched some of the news conference that took us back 16 years ago to 9/11. seing the scenes of the buildings collapsing and burning and the people emerging, individual citizens, first responders, caked in dust and toxins and dealing with smoke, you realize just the peril that our first responders often find themselves in and they rush into buildings to save lives and we deeply appreciate what they

joining us now, congressman chris collins from new york.rning. >> it's good to be with you, ashley. what you are hearing is the businessman, president trump, who was looking for a result and one faction. he understands at the bottom line is and is calling out to you and for being an effect is,, bureaucracy, costly and the u.s. taxpayers are paying for it. he's basically saying enough is enough. get your act together. that's a private-sector business does. you see it all the time. the direct speaking president trump who throws protocol out the window and says that i speak to you, you lenders and what i'm saying. you may not like it, but this is what i expect for the largest payer of the bills. i think it is spot on looking out for the taxpayers of the united states. kind of fun to watch actually. ashley: it is. he looked very presidential sitting there and certainly got their attention. this is where he really excels. back to his domestic agenda if we could because that's a big room ha ha with him talking to those leaders across the aisle, w

make sure the last couple republicans we win over, john mccain, lisa murkowski, susan collins and rand paul. chris: john mccain is a no. are you suggesting rand paul is not a no. >> we hope we can win his support. when else will he get a chance to vote on a bill that has real entitlement reform. and gets rid of the individual mandate, the employer mandate and something else i know that's important to rand paul. life. this administration stood for life and this bill protected the sanctity of life by not providing federal gallon dollarl p -- federal dollars to abortion. chris: rand paul says he wants to repeal obamacare. it leaves a lot of obamacare taxes in place. he calls it obamacare light. >> i think the support rand has given in previous efforts we support as well. there was a vote on a simple repeal measure that failed 45-55. the president said he would have supported that. but our choices are continued obamacare, higher premiums with less coverage. and something that hasn't been told to the american people. in arizona the rate increases 190%. in alaska. 203%. what isn't covered the next year

. >> it looks like they're probably not going to get collins' vote, chris.tremely surprised if that happen. the focus is honing in on lisa murkowski. they're trying really hard behind the scenes to scrape together some sort of deal for alaska that could help her get to where she needs to be. john mccain has kept some remarkable distance from this, considering he and lindsey graham are basically best friends in the senate. he keeps saying, hey, i want regular order. this is technically regular order, but it's very unusual to have a bill of this magnitude forced through in a week and a half. i think they still have a long way to go. the mood has definitely shifted among republicans. they went home, they talked -- it's not just big donors, chris, it's people they have known for their whole careers. their local chamber of commerce. a lot of people who said, hey, why can't you get anything done? i think that's what's really motivating this new push. >> are they worried about the pottery house rule that -- pottery barn rule that colin powell used to talk about, if

collins, and rand paul. that is a victory. >> chris: john mccain is unknown. are you expecting rand paul is a "no"? >> with rand paul, he has very particular on health care. we want hit support, because when else would he get the opportunity to vote on a bill that actually provides real entitlement reform? when will be get a chance that doubles the ability to double to your health savings account. when we get rid of the individual, employer mandate, and those are things that are important to rand paul. this administration stood for life, in this per protects life. he can say it, i protect life and instead, i went the other way. >> chris: rand paul has made it clear, he wants to repeal obamacare. he says the bill doesn't leave a lot of obamacare including all of the taxes in place. he calls it obamacare-lite. >> the support that rand paul has given, we support as well. there was a vote on a simple repeal measure that failed 45-55. the president said he would have supported it, but our choices are to continue obamacare, continue crushing the american people with higher premiums, less coverage, what i

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chris. we have been continuing to talk to various senators, not just collins, murkowski on ways to refine theormula. what we're doing as you know is we're taking dollars out of washington, d.c. and sending it to the states. >> deadline for this september 30th. right now republicans only need 50 yes votes a simple majority to pass this legislation. come october, they need 60. arthel? arthel: ellison barber, thank you. eric? eric: meanwhile, puerto rico, it is still recovering from the horrible damage caused by hurricane maria. officials there are now keeping a very close eye on a failing dam that's near san juan, they say it is threatening to collapse from flooding. and thousands of people downstream from that dam have been ordered to evacuate. and still after days later, the entire island remains without power. garrett tenney is live in old san juan, puerto rico, with more, but at least according to reports, it is pretty orderly, kind of calm, and people are doing the very best they can with resolve and resistance. hi, garrett. >> eric, that area in western puerto rico has received more rain

collins of maine. for her, she said repeatedly, i think, chris, this is about medicaid. her concerns about it. >> well, that's right. in fact according to the formula, maine would do better, there are some states, about 31 states that are losers in this bill. there are some that are winners. maine would be a winner. but she's very concerned about the medicaid. it turns it from a basically open-ended entitlement into a block grant and eventually a formula with diminishing financing per capita, per person. in the long run, certainly after 2026, people on medicaid get less funding than in the past. susan collins is mad about that. you saw the governor, the independent goff of maine join -- governor of maine to join with the vice president to urge her to do it. she's reporting a lot of folks in maine like her stand against passing this bill. >> shepard: it seems that last time the republicans came up with a plan, it only had 17% approval across the nation. this time the concern seems to be if not primarily, largely, about a cap on lifetime benefits for people with pre-existi

reporter: chris, i'm actually in miami beach, this barrier island where conditions have really worsened as this category 4 hurricane barrels towards florida. check out ocean drive, the iconic collins avenue behind me. you can see just how the trees are moving. it looks something like out of a horror movie almost. you can see the signage around me. making our way around here. today we saw trees that were down. we even saw one person walking in the streets, and that is the problem here in miami is because people since know it's not going to be a direct hit, that's when people start to let their guard down. in this barrier island, it is a mandatory evacuation order because, again, the deadly storm surge that governor scott was talking about, you can get up to 15 feet of storm surge in coastal areas like miami beach when this hurricane comes to florida. because we're talking about a storm that's so wide, you're going to feel it everywhere. you're seeing that here in miami beach this morning. chris? >> marianna, thank you so much. you can see how windy it's gotten. let me turn to david frehlich, communications director of naples, florida. good to hear from you. this was not supposed to

collins. more "action news" right after this >> so glad you stayed with us, final check of the forecast with meteorologist chris> reporter: not too bad, a little soupy out there this morning. warmer this afternoon, sunshine, sun and clouds, spotty shower, 84. tomorrow, same thing, 83. monday, clouds, 78. tuesday the day of concern cloudy and breezy, every forecast model keeps hurricane jose well out to sea. minimum impact for the the shore, dangerous rip currents and high waves an wind gusts. >>> mike began taking bamboo skateboarding. after two weeks he mastered turning and pushing the board with one or two legs, he has been skatearding forve five years. jack hanna's "wild countdown" is next. we'll be back tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. are you in the market for a new car? we'll take you to the philadelphia museum of art featuring 150 collaborators. for chris sowers and the entire "action news" team, i'm gray hall. make it a great day. announcer: "jack hanna's wild countdown" is sponsored by nationwide. jack: hi, everybody. i'm jack hanna, coming to you from my base camp here at the columbus zoo, and welcome to "wild c

chris murphy of connecticut. member of the foreign relations committee. i assume you're pretty happy about susan collinsnd her decision to vote against this legislation. >> of course susan collins is voting no on this legislation. any rational human being would vote against this monstrosity. it's got a 20% approval rating in the american public because it essentially is the equivalent of health care arson. it's pretty amazing that this is where we are. that republicans were even considering voting on a bill without a cbo score that nonpartisan estimates suggest would reduce the number of people with insurance in this country by 30 million. would raise rates by 20%, and would get rid of the one part of the affordable care act that even republicans liked, which was the protection for people with pre-existing conditions. that's gone in this version of the bill. it got worse in the latest version. i don't completely share phil's optimism or his analysis that this is a done deal. rand paul was a no on the first bill before the very last minute when he got an amendment he wanted. turned to yes. so until mitch

chris hayes there is breaking news tonight. the gop's latest attempt to pass a health care bill appears to be dead, at least for now. maine's susan collins becoming the crucial thir

reporter: chris, i'm actually in miami beach, this barrier island where conditions have really worsened as this category 4 hurricane barrels towards florida. check out ocean drive, the iconic collins avenue behind me. you can see just how the trees are moving. it looks something like out of a horror movie almost. you can see the signage around me. making our way around here. today we saw trees that were down. we even saw one person walking in the streets, and miami is bee people since know it's not going to be a direct hit, that's when people start to let their guard down. in this barrier island, it is a mandatory evacuation order because, again, the deadly storm surge that governor scott was talking about, you can get up to 15 feet of storm surge in coastal areas like miami beach when this hurricane comes to florida. because we're talking about a storm that's so wide, you're going to feel it everywhere. you're seeing that here in miami beach this morning. chris? >> marianna, thank you so much. you can see how windy it's gotten. let me turn to david frehlich, communications director of naples, florida. good to hear from you. this was not supposed to hit from you as hard but that w

chris hayes there is breaking news tonight. the gop's latest attempt to pass a health care bill appears to be dead, at least for now. maine's susan collins becoming the crucial third republican senator to come out against the graham/cassidy bill citing medicaid cuts and the prospect of raised premiums and reduced coverage for tens of millions. her announcement coming just hours after police on capitol hill dragged disabled demonstrators out of the only hearing the republicans plan to hold on the bill. and the news caps off a remarkable 72 hours of the donald trump presidency. in which the president repeatedly called for professional athletes engaged in peaceful dissent to be fired, calling them, quote, a son of a bitch. and prompting widespread protests and statements from nfl players and many nfl owners who either kneeled or locked arms in unity or solidarity. the president also disinviting steph curry of the nba champion golden state warriors from the white house, prompting this response from lebron james. >> we have to figure out a way how we come together and be as great as we can be as a people. because the people run this country,

collins say no in the next couple of days, that avalanche would start. >> this is a big blow for the white house. they've been publicly and privately beating up on republicans, including chris christie who came on this program earlier in the week and said he didn't support the bill because of all the people that would lose coverage in medicaid expansion states. his state is one of them. talk about how the white house has tried to project both complete ambivalence about the specifics of the policy but really the closest thing i've seen to desperation for a legislative win on health care. >> well, it's interesting. this is a white house trying to get back on track after a tough summer. and there have been signs where they seem to be kind of making some headway in that regard. and they had planned for this fall to be tax reform fall. then suddenly the cassidy/graham bill comes up and they are like, well, maybe we can try health care again. here they try it again and it seems to be fizzling out like the last time. it keeps knocking them off their agenda and message and plan they had for the fall. whether that will help or hurt we can guess. but the other thing that's going to c