look at some of the scoring, gary palmer, john ratcliffe, we stand united to move this forward for the american people and we are proud to do so. >> what about the medicaid talk aboutdid you that with the president, is he open to moving it back in? >> that was a part where we talk about -- talked about giving states more flexibility, allowing states option to take a block grant, a lot of governors said they are interested, now they will have the opportunity, to increase the integrity of the medicaid program so states will be rewarded for helping strengthen their medicaid program. [inaudible] been working with cbo on all of these changes and there is other discussions with other members of our conference that president trump has engaged wrigley and so we are working to get the best bill possible andght forward to the house pass that to the senate and replacethe promise to obamacare to rescue the american people from the failures of obamacare that we see playing out. we are waiting to get this done for families across the country. >> like about this for a second. the president and the vi

gary palmer, john radcliffe. we stand united today to move this forward for the working people and proud to do so. >> what about the medicaid expansion? can you talk about that next easy open to get back to maybe more conservative votes? >> what we talked about is giving states more flexibility, allowing states the option to take a block grant. a lot of governors that that they are intested. now to have the portity of giving states the option to put wo requirements to increase the integrity of the medicaid program with incentives in place so that states will be rewarded for helping strengthen their medicaid program. [inaudible] >> we've been working with cbo on all of these changes and there's other discussions obviously with other members of our conference that president trump has engaged directly in and so we are working to get the best deal possible brought forward to the house and then ultimate pass that bill over to the senate and fulfill the commitment we would make it for years and we're going to repeal an

alabama congressman gary palmer. >> by 2022 there will be 29.7 million able-bodied adults on medicaid. i think we do these people a tremendous disservice by not requiring work. >> reporter: they're also demanding deeper cuts to medicaid. moderate republicans want the opposite. >> i got people, 700,000 people in my state, who have been part of the medicaid expansion. >> reporter: stuck in the middle house speaker paul ryan and the white house. >> this president is getting deeply involved. he is helping bridge gaps in our conference. >> reporter: but democrats argue tweaking the bill here or there won't fix the central problem, 24 million people projected to lose coverage. connecticut senator chris murphy. >> let's say they make some changes so that only 20 million american lose health care insurance. that is still a nightmare. >> reporter: ryan insists the gop plan will bring customers into the market by pushing down premiums. >> he says they're going to gup, just not as quickly as premiums under obamacare. so how many people do you really think are going to be motivated to buy it. >>

but notably on this list, freedom caucus member gary palmer who voted against the bill yesterday in thedget committee, now the president says he's going to vote yes. this as a house republican source tells nbc news that house republicans plan to vote next thursday on the health care bill if they have the votes. meanwhile, according to our nbc news count, at least 16 house republicans, you see their names, are still currently opposed to the bill, including my next guest, who is on that list, republican congressman thomas garrett of virginia, who's on the -- a member of the house freedom caucus. nice to have you with us. >> kate, it's my pleasure. thank you. >> are you still on that list we just showed? >> i'm still on that list. and i think there might be some room added to your screen, but i'm not going to speak for some of my colleagues. >> who would you add? >> i'm not going to do that. i'm standing in front of the will rogers statue. he famously said, never miss a good chance to shut up. i'm going to take his advice. >> you think it might be more than 16, more than -- >> i think it i

walker: gary palmer who is on our steering committee, he's a yes as well. when we talk about a freedom caucus as a block, we have some who have committed to being a yes on this particular bill. pedro: what about the concerns that still linger about this plan, particularly as we heard some talk about a potential rise in premium, similar aspects of the affordable care act that we've seen put into place, how can you's swage those fears or change those minds? mr. walker: it starts with the promise we made to the american people. we have repealed the obamacare taxes, the employer mandates as well as the individual mandates. we've promised long term those premiums will go down. last thing is the essential health benefits, if this becomes part of the package, we may see the costs come down even further. pedro: what are the likelihood those essential health packages -- mr. walker: i think those could very well likely be incorporated. pedro: which portion? mr. walker: it allows people to have more choices, more options. tailor made or customized plan. downtown have

alabama's sixth is the reddest district in the country but surprisingly protesters flooded republican gary palmer's spilled to the streets outside. time to find out if these were paid professionals. >> i'm not paid to be here. >> i feel passionately about it and i haven't been paid for it. >> nobody i know of has been paid. they're here because of their genuine beliefs. >> but g.o.p. supporters knew exactly what was going on. >> people here today who are protesting, they are being paid. >> how can you tell? >> well, they're not going to admit it. >> if these people are being paid, how do we find out? >> if they can't engage about a policy or issue, they've been paid because they have been given talking points. somebody has to tell them what to say. let's talk about hitler. the only place i hear them talking about hitler is from talking points. >> the way to tell if someone is being paid is to bring up hitler? >> hitler or anything else, the tax return, russia, hitler -- like i would never bring up hitler and all that stuff because -- >> you brought up hitler, like, ten times, already. nowed that i

dave brat of virginia voted no, gary palmer of alabama, mark sanford of south carolina, they've all beenin their opposition to this. dave brat, as you might remember, is now occupying former leader kantor's seat. he won that seat in something of a surprising loss. at this point we knew there weren't going to be major changes in the budget committee vote. it was just a question of whether or not it actually moved forward. now it will go to the rules committee, which is where they could actually make significant changes in capitol hill parlance it's called the manager's amendment. they could replace language going through the committees based on what's going on today. there could be scrambling going on up here as well. the vice president has been very involved. they're trying to figure out how they get to 216 votes. i asked the house speaker whether or not he could guaranteed this could be on the floor next week. now they're saying go talk to the majority leader, but the reality is i don't think you could expect to see this on the floor unless they know they have the votes that they need.

sue, you look at who is in that meeting, congressman gary palmer from alabama is on that list.ust yesterday in the house committee, he voted no. now the president says all these nos are yeses. >> that's what we were talking about earlier. the president has to be the closer on this. this is how you get the power. you put them on television and announce that they're with him. now the pressure is on him to say i'm not with the president. one thing that stuck out for me is this is going to be great for people. and the one thing we know about are older people, poorer people who live in rural parts of the country. those people voted for the president. >> aka trump voters. >> right. right now the people that this bill could financially hurt the most are their own base. >> let me tell you what's happening in every newsroom this is the list. >> everybody said no as of like 15 minutes ago. and this is "the art of the deal," right? not clear to me whether he said was tr yet when he said it or may be true later but everyone's trying to find out rht this is definitely high stakes pressure,

. >> by three conservatives, dave brat from virginia, gary palmer from alabama and stanford from carolinaoin democrats to vote against it, so it was close and that show some of the difficulties getting right the balance to move it to the senate. they are now finding nonbinding motions including some designed to win over reluctant conservatives. earlier, the panel's top democrat ripped his g.o.p. healthcare proposal. >> let's be honest prayer this is not a healthcare bill. it is an ideological document, a fantasy about freedom and choice in a market that does not exist. but what is real about this bill is painfully real. >> house speaker paul ryan is working with administration officials and other republican leaders here on capitol hill, trying to get enough votes to pass the house. ryan says he is listening to his house members. >> we constantly get feedback, constantly get suggestions from members, and we are working at bridging those gaps to get and make improvements in the bill so that members -- so we have a bill that can pass. we feel like we are making great strides and great progre

freedom caucus members there who said they were going to vote for the bill which included one member, gary palmer who voted against the bill in the budget committee yesterday, so with these changes, both -- you talk about something revolutionary, block granting medicaid, giving governors complete ability to block the medicaid grant program, that's a revolutionary reform conservatives have wanted for decades. that's now agreed to now by the president. that'll be in the bill and the work requirements. >> sean: those are two things specifically that mark meadows and jim jordan told me they wanted in a bill. >> right, those are big wins. that's what brought some of the freedom caucus members who were in the room today to say they're now for the bill. this like marsha said, this bill's moving in the right direction. members are engaged. what's most important, sean, the president is directly engaged. president trump said "i'm behind this bill 100%." he wants this bill on his desk to repeal and replace obamacare and put patients back in charge by the end of next week. his help has been tremendous. he ro

one of the members in there earlier, representative gary palmer, there was a very interesting exchange yesterday on the house floor between house speaker paul ryan and palmer. palmer voted against this in the house budget committee earlier thursday. and then they talked yesterday, and he said that he understands where the speaker is coming from. so he's listening to him. it's a slog. getting to 216, your numbers are a little weird here because we have a few members gone, house members in the cabinet now. but that's not really the group that you need to worry about. the group you need to worry about is the house freedom caucus. it's not this bigger conservative group, the study committee. you have to worry about the smaller, sizable house freedom caucus, hard core conservative group. it looks right now they're still solidly no, at least everyone we talk to is no on this. those are the ones they have to flip. it's not the republican study committee. >> so m.j., we also heard from the president, when he was speaking with house conservatives at the white house, that the president said we'v

i want to make one clarification, gary palmer who is a member that we were counting as no, he was inm with the president. the president claims that he is now a yes. so that would go from 22 to 21, which is not insignificant. that may be enough. you may start to see enough members coming over to get this through the house, ron. >> like i said, the history is, whether it's the newt gingrich era or tom delay era, they have almost always found a way to get it through the home. president trump going in with both feet on this bill is the way it collides with his larger message. if you think about what he has done, he has basically taken a kind of an insular nationalism on trade and immigration, and married that to skepticism of government with one big exception, programs he has defended social security and medicare, programs that benefit an older, lower/middle income, the core of his base. he's saying he will impose significant cuts on programs, and embraced a health care bill that the cbo says there will be 25% premium increases for people in their 50s and 60s, older working age people wh

three conservative republicans, mark sanford of south carolina, dave brat of virginia and gary palmerama voted against the measure. all 14 democrats also voted against it. that wasn't enough to top the 19 republicans who supported the bill. the legislation now moves to the house rules committee. big cool down across the bay area due to onshore flow, cloud cover and a weak system moving through norcal. the biggest temperature drops were across the north bay and monterey peninsula. napa airport had a 24 hour change of 14 degrees colder today and salinas airport was 15 degrees colder. in addition, radar imagery continues to show returns over the north bay, but still struggling to find some ground truth. did find two coop sites that tipped a 0.01" and 0.02". we also had one report via social media that a brief shower occurred near santa rosa. a few showers will lingering across the north bay this afternoon and into early this evening. (grant) covering california police are on the hunt... for a man who shot a sheriff's deputy this morning at a gas station in san bernardino county. the depu

. >> bill: they have the largest block of conservatives and congressman gary palmer voted against theand the president is now saying he's a yes, 24 hours later. remarkable stuff. >> shannon: art of the. >> bill: could be. a quick break and back after this. hey there, starting your search for the ri am!used car? you got it. just say show me millions of used cars for sale at the all new carfax.com. but, i don' want one that's had a bunch of owners just say, show me cars with only one owner pretty cool it's perfect. that's the power of carfax® find the cars you want, avoid the ones you don't plus you get a free carfax® report with every listing start your used car search at carfax.com >> bill: the university of maryland is creating the position of undocumented student coordinator. as part of the committeeiment -- commitment we're address coordinator to serve the immediate needs of the undocumented population. and how are you doing, sterling. what's an undocumented student coordinator. what that individual do? >> it's unclear what that will entail but you lack look at other universities a

dave brat, gary palmer and mark sanford voted against the measure. the committee also voted on recommendations offered up by democratic members. this portion of the market is just over three hours. the committee will now come to order. today, we need to report the recommendations submitted to the budget committee. the concurrent resolution the budget for the fiscal year 2017. under the congressional budget act of 1970 four, the budget committee has the role of combining the reconciliation submissions of the committee of ways and means and energy and commerce and reported in the bill to the house without any substantive revisions. after, the meeting will conclude that any final motions. up with a conduct it as follows. the ranking member and i will each make an opening statement as per our usual practice, i ask that members insert your written statements into the record. i will hold the record open until the end of the different purpose. we will proceed with a motion to report to the house. the recommendations submitted to us pursuant to the reconcili

thanks for the update. >> and by the way, publican gary palmer of alama who was no, one of the three republicans ving out of e budget committee is now, according to our capital hill producer, a yes, after this morning with republicans meeting with president trump at the white house. a reminder president trump and angela merkel meeting today. joint conference this afternoon 1:20 eastern. we will have live coverage on the c-span networks. the house gaveling up momentarily to finish up on a bill that would create new staff recruitment and retention programs at the veterans affairs department to help in retaining employees. this will be the last bit of work for the house. the nomination of david friedman to u.s. ambassador to israel. live coverage of the senate when they return over on c-span2. and the house here on c-span. again that news conference coming up this afternoon. if the house is out early enough, we'll have that live for you here on c-span. otherwise look for it on c-span2. the house gaveling in momentarily. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. pursuant to ho

dave brat, gary palmer and mark sanford voted against the measure. the committee also voted on recommendations offered up by democratic members. this portion of the market is just over three hours.

walker: gary palmer who is on our steering committee, he's a yes as well. when we talk about a freedom caucus as a block, we have some who have committed to being a yes on this particular bill. pedro: what about the concerns that still linger about this plan, particularly as we heard some talk about a potential rise in premium, similar aspects of the affordable care act that we've seen put into place, how can you's swage those fears or change those minds? mr. walker: it starts with the promise we made to the american people. we have repealed the obamacare taxes, the employer mandates as well as the individual mandates. we've promised long term those premiums will go down. last thing is the essential health benefits, if this becomes part of the package, we may see the costs come down even further. pedro: what are the likelihood those essential health packages -- mr. walker: i think those could very well likely be incorporated. pedro: which portion? mr. walker: it allows people to have more choices, more options. tailor made or customized plan. downtown have

gary palmer, john ratcliffe, we stand united today to move this forward for the american people nd we are very proud to do so. reporter: is he opened to getting back to more conservative? mr. scalise: what we talked about is giving states more flexibility, allowing states the option to take a block grant. a lot of governors said they were interested in that. increase the integrity of the medicaid program with incentives in place so states will be rewarded for help strengthen their medicaid program. >> last question. reporter: are there more changes -- [inaudible] mr. scalise: yes. we have been working with c.b.o. on all of these changes and there are other discussions obviously with other members of our conference that president trump has engaged directly in. and so we're working to get the best bill possible brought forward to the house and then ultimately pass that bill over to the senate and fulfill the commitment we've been making for years that we are going to repeal and replace obamacare to rescue the american people from the failures of obamacare we see playing out all across t