kennedy: what about susan collins and lisa murkowski. of the two who is the most of likely to turn if they are offered the right presidential package. >> most of likely lisa murkowski. susan collins says her state is sinking under the weight of an opioid crisis. lisa murkowski seems to be hiding behind process and detail like the cbo score. kennedy: the cb portion won't be able to say with any accuracy who is going to lose insurance, how many people and when. though they have been wrong in the past. and that's giving ammunition to the democrats at well. >> there is no way the cbo can accurately score something like graham cassidy which will sent healthcare out into the 50 individual states. i don't think cbo can accurately score that within a week. lisa murkowski was praised by the liberals and the left. to me it's telling that they have gone ballistic over graham cassidy. chuck schumer is pulling out all the stops to oppose this bill which means it must have something going for it. if lisa murkowski wants to be the last senator standing

and so, lisa murkowski knows that. if she holds true to anything she said in june, july, then she will vote no and i hope we see she votes no in the days to come but about health care this whole bill is like the crazy ending of the horror movie. you think it's dead, it's like it's in the bathtub. it is underwater. you think it's dead and it rises again. so people still need to make the calls and go to protests this weekend. you still need to have your voice heard. >> watching "the walking dead" in the abandoned store looking for supplies, there's always a walker in there! they're never all dead. ej, the other person seems to be on the fence is susan collins, with a principle objection to the bill last night. here she is today talking about this bill. >> i obviously have very serious reservations about the bill. i do want to wait until i get the cbo analysis. >> i mean, ej, the thing is that, you know, even without the cbo weighing in, there's plenty of analysis talking about the fact the bill punishes the states that e

when it comes to lisa murkowski, all about the data.ey want to make sure she knows they're willing to do whatever they can do get her on board. whatever the state of alaska needs, in terms of how that money would be paid out. whether or not any can answer the concerns of those two senators will dictate whether there's a vote and this passes. >> thank you for that. president trump has a jam-packed schedule today meting with the leaders of turkey and south carolina the press tweeting he would not sign graham/cassidy if did not concern preexisting conditions. >> here's the problem. the president just might be wrong. this plan lets states wave several key barack obama protections. they could allow carriers to charge people more based on the medical history. here's the latest from cnn reporter. >> reporter: president trump has finished his visit to the united natio nations. he was asked about a pressing domestic concern whether the republicans will succeed in repealing and replacing obamacare. >> we think this has a very big chance, but obam

and lisa murkowski says she has many concerns. conservatives are leaning no's, so there is a big scramble to rewrite that bill with the deadline ahead. some call them routine changes, others sweeteners, and they think they can flat out buy votes for some over others. >> the changes that were made in this bill, and nothing gets the pulse pounding looking over 146 pages of legislative text at 10:00 p.m. on a sunday night, but the changes are subtle. take lisa murkowski, for example. a as you noted, still undecided about this bill. the state of alaska would get a significant bump-up for medicaid, up to 25% because it is defined as a low poverty state. it would get carve-outs because it is a low density state. including is automatic enrollment from any alaskan native who has benefited from the alaska program into the medicaid program. these are changes that almost entirely involve alaska alone and the type of things that lisa murkowski has been very concerned about. the cost of care up there is extraordinarily high, the size of the st

the provision is seen as a way to win over alaska senior republican senator, lisa murkowski.ow spokespersons for the legislation sponsors, lindsey graham and bill cassidy have denied that there would be more carveouts for alaska and less than three months ago senate graham said this about special deals for the states. >> i worry about cornhusker kickbacks and louisiana purchasers and if they start doing that crap they're going to lose me. i'll vote to proceed. if you take the money in savings and buying off votes, that's what got us obamacare. i would rebel against that. >> independent senator bernie sanders and a democrat senator will start the week with a nationally televised debate on monday. it's a move that has some democrats concerned, including former obama spokesman tom vetter who tweeted i'm not sure single payer versus graham-cassidy is the vote that we want to have right now. >> i want to begin with health care, that's what we were just talking about and the response nbc's frank thorpe received after the news of bernie sanders taking on the republicans. this ask wh

at the end of the day, lisa murkowski -- read lisa murkowski's statement. she is a good indication of where people are we spent a lot of time of making alaska's health care better, not just place -- replace obamacare. with a new process, with more hearings, with regular order that we are going to get 50 votes. the reason i say that is because i believe it and it is not about our idea of being lacking, it is about the process, about the short period of time we have. the leader could knew nothing about that. these are the rules of the senate. to anybody out there who thinks that mitch mcconnell is -- has not done all he can, you do not know what you are talking about. anybody out there who thinks president trump is not engaged, he is fully engage with a lot of topics including health care. i just want you to understand what bill said is true. we do not have the votes this saturday. it is not because of the substance of the idea. it is because of the process, the hand we were dealt. losing ancelebrating opportunity to repeal and replace obamacare because it is

susan collins and lisa murkowski revealing tonight why they were not convinced. >>> the fbi arrests tonight. four coaches in the ncaa, big name schools. and what they're accused of. >>> and we have news on o.j. simpson tonight. set to go free in just days. what the paperwork reveals. >>> good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. and we begin with what authorities are calling a humanitarian disaster in puerto rico. more than 3 million american citizens live there. and tonight, the president is asked, was he preoccupied with the nfl and his tweets? the president tweeting 24 times about the nfl, but he did not tweet about puerto rico over the weekend. tonight, he's defending himself, and the white house releasing this photo of a meeting in the situation room, to signal they are doing all they can. tonight, the president plans to now visit puerto rico. and abc's senior white house correspondent cecilia vega leading us off. >> reporter: president trump in the rose garden today with a message for puerto rico. >> we will get through this and we will get through it t

i think if they get caught looking like they're buying a vote with lisa murkowski, i think politicallymes even more problematic, perhaps for her as well. i think she's mindful of that. look, andrea, it appears they've got the same issues. you've got four potential no votes sitting out there, lisa murkowski, susan collins, rand paul and john mccain, and all of their previous complaints, this bill doesn't answer any of them, right? rand paul believes you got to repeal the whole thing. this essentially keeps a lot of the architecture in place. john mccain is a no because he wants regular order. they are obviously not doing regular order. susan collins and lisa murkowski are worried about the substance of the bill, worried about the medicaid expansion in particular, but also the issue of preexisting conditions. the fact of the matter is, this is the problem. they have not been able to successfully defend the idea. they claim those with preexisting conditions are going to be protected, but there is no guarantee that the states will do that. they're hoping the states will do that. they're in

won't have my vote and i don't think they have mike lee's either >> no word on how las ski's lisa murkowskiid he will not vote for this legislation. senator rand paul has sit the same. white house legislative director mark short told fox news sunday there will not be major changes >> we have been continuing to talk to various senators, not just murkowski but ways to re fine the formula. we're taking dollars out to washington, dc and sending it to the states >> the deadline is september 30th. republicans only votes a simple majority come october, they need 60, in washington, ellison barber, fox news. >>> we'll get a final check of your wake-up forecast after the break. we'll be right back. . >>> one more look at the forecast. >>> keeping the heat going. we got another day see upper 80's, few low 90's. plenty of sunshine into the week, few clouds once we get to tuesday, wednesday, thursday, as maria makes its way parallel to the coast and some clouds will make their way towards us. the end of the week, we'll be into the 70's, where we should be, we've been spoiled with temperatures into the l

behind the scenes progress on trying to figure out some sort of deal that would ultimately get lisa murkowskiolleague dan sullivan to yes. now nbc news is still trying to nail down these details but we do know that that video you just played was of murkowski coming out of sullivan's office where she'd been meeting behind closed doors with rick sant ouorum and with bill cassidy. so there's still the focus of this. and the political reality that is surrounding this is there is intense political pressure generally from donors among republicans in the senate who feel they've been seen as failing but on the flip side, there's a lot of pressure for lisa murkowski and john mccain not to be seen as completely shifting with the winds here. they were very high profile no votes the last time around that this happened. murkowski landed in a tiny town in alaska. got off the plane and was cheered in the airport. and part of what dan sullivan her colleague is in these meetings as well is because he had the opposite experience. he received a lot of negative feedback when he came back home having voted yes on

hail mary is probably too generous at this moment in time, but keep a close eye on senator lisa murkowskiactually make these numbers work is somehow the changes they're making behind the scenes right now gets lisa murkowski onboard, that creates some kind of momentum, conservative groups converge on rand paul, everyone thinks susan collins is done, you have six days, maybe it happens. >> so they have to rename graham/cassidy the penn state bill, the nittany/lion hail mary bill. but he said whoever votes against health care bill will forever be known as the republican who saved obamacare. this is not just a test of mitch mcconnell's vote counting, lindsey graham and bill kcassid, whether they can sell their legislation, but we had the previous conversation, how much sway does the president have over his own party? he's repeatedly tweeted at rand paul. they smoke several times during the past week. i'm a nop miss this not obamacare repeal. i'm not voting for it. >> he also voted for skinny repeal, which is certainly less conservative than the option put forth now, which is more of a health

the other vote that was in doubt as you know senator lisa murkowski of alaska.ll, dig into the policy of this bill. this was going to be, of all the different versions that have come up, this was goto

is the deciding no - >> let me ask you, it's also not clear where alaska senator lisa murkowski would stand on this or some of those other gop senators on the fence. do you think that we will see them, john mccain said he basically against the, the way this was handled, not necessarily against and replacing just the way the went through, what do you think we're going to end up with some of these other senators. >> what they're hoping is they don't have to make a decision. but there's now three people who it's pretty clear they would vote against it. so mitch mcconnell may just pull the vote and say fine, we don't have the votes we're not going to do it. but this is a very difficult vote to make for a few senators, who were maybe on the more moderate end of the spectrum and who states would be losing fund fog this bill came through for healthcare. and so what they're thinking is let's just put it to a thought. let's not have to vote on this. but lisa murkowski, she would have been had a very difficult time voting yes, the last time this plan doesn't look great for alaska and she probab

kasie caught up with lisa murkowski yesterday and tracked her down.some of that interview. >> are you ready to support it? >> no. >> why not? >> because i am doing the due diligence that i committed to doing yesterday. what i have had an opportunity to do is to sit down with my team, who has sat down with hhs and we are ferreting out lots of numbers. >> reporter: so murkowski is flying back to alaska today. she likes to do her homework on these long flights. stephanie, here's why i love the personal drama of the senate. last time after she voted no on the health care bill, lisa murkowski got met at the airport in sitka, alaska, from people who wanted to hug her and thank her for that no vote. she's likely going to remember that the next couple of days. john mccain also in very similar circumstances but with his best friend, lindsey graham, on the other side pushing for this bill. they are the two folks to watch right now. >> that is a game-changer for john mccain. lindsey graham is his home boy. we should note that lisa murkowski before she voted no a

but the ball is in the republican's court right now and all eyes i would say are on lisa murkowski.s has turned into a soap oprope opera. there's a lot to be said about friendships in the senate and john mccain not only has the blessing of his state governor now, but he also is very close with senator graham. so, ordinarily, i'd say he's the one to watch, but i think all eyes really are going to be on murkowski and democrats are watching as well. >> yeah and they can only lose two given the 52-48 majority that the republicans have in the senate. so, no surprise that the former president, president obama, made a rare public statement today saying in effect, without mentioning republicans by name or trump by name, don't do it. >> yeah. two things, one, i agree about senator murkowski. she's not been afraid to buck her party on this issue and i think she'll be the sort of key vote. in terms of president obama, look, i think that was a shot across the bough today. very calm, studies obama way to say look, if you go forward with this, it's a you broke it, you brought it type of message f

that was the big snare for lisa murkowski and collins in the last go around with health care repeal andit could be bad news and good news for them but if there is a way of tinkering with legislation and making it more level -- which they found under obamacare, you could see them turn in the end. >> dana: jesse, it's going to pass. it's going to pass in the senate. >> jesse: the only time you were wrong. >> dana: i know. but i could still be right. >> jesse: [laughs] whatever you say, dana. >> dana: they could get this cbo -- the number that tells you how much is going to cost, if they can get that and get this passed by saturday, they are in. >> jesse: yeah, you can see trump having repealed obamacare, tax reform, and massive border funding all by the end of the year. that could be huge turnaround from what we found the first six months of the year. i am cautioning the republicans. when you take it with health care, make it a soft off-ramp for people because you don't want to disrupt the markets and strip health care away from people especially with the midterm elections around the corn

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lisa murkowski, you've heard of her, she still says that she's on the fence. with a razor-thin republican majority, opposition of three senators would do this build. laura ingraham anchor of our new primetime show, the ingram angle weighed in on this development on "fox & friends" earlier today. >> they botched it from the beginning. now they're up against this supposed entire deadline and there try to cram something through that isn't a real repeal. rand paul is right on that. is it better than nothing? maybe, but they're here because mitch mcconnell couldn't get the job done on full repeal. >> heather: chief white house correspondent john roberts' life for us with more on this story. what's happening? >> we should die that the ceremony of guard is posting it's all here in the driveway of the white house because the spanish prime minister will come calling quite soon. the president's meeting with bipartisan house committee of ways and means. the budget will be talked about as well as the effort to repeal a new place obamacare. the president also said he will

senator susan collins of maine, and lisa murkowski of alaska.lins tonight is leaning no. >> i just have to do what's right of the people of maine and our country, and if i don't do that i can't look at myself in the mirror. >> reporter: and senator lisa murkowskis office protesters camped out urging her to protest this bill like she did the last time. >> i said in january we should not repeal without a replacement. just an indefinite hold on this just creates more chaos and confusion. >>> mary bruce back with us from washington. and jimmy kimmel whose own baby needs several operations, and fought for other families to have coverage if they're in the same situation. he tweeted senator mccain. >> reporter: yeah. kimmel with a tweet of praise saying thank you john mccain for being a hero again and again and now again. and john mccain's wife responded tweeting thank you for the kind words about my hundreds and god bless your sweet baby. david. >> as we head into the weekend, mary thank you again. meantime next to the new threat from north korea. kim

soccer alina and bill cassidy of louisiana are going into overdrive to win over alaska senator lisa murkowski in favor of the bill to dismantle the health care law. senator murkowskioverdrive to wa republicans to think the desk to sink the latest repeal bill to death. special accommodations would have to be made in the bill for alaska to win over senator murkowski. see the entire story -- story online at the hill.com. an update on the cassidy graham proposal that could come up in the senate next week, along with a look at what a separate bipartisan effort to help change the market failed in the senate health committee. senate girds for final obamacare retail

there are three senators on the table, lisa murkowski, susan collins, and rand paul.hite house officials think rand paul is the senator they could flip in the next couple days. it is interesting, because he actually has been a hard no, and the others say they are leaning, but rand paul is the one that said, he is been the most forceful. i do think it is hard to see what they could insert in the bill last minute to get rand paul to flood, because his whole point, he does not think this bill fully repeals obamacare. he wants that lot to be completely wiped away. there'd be a lot of changes you'd have to make to potentially switch other senators in the process. lisa murkowski is still on the table, susan collins was out this morning looking like she would be a strong note dennis lim window, and have a lot to do. >> chris: i have 30 seconds. i want to give it to you, kim, this would be a big mistake after seven years, they do not repeal and replace obamacare. >> will not just affect health care either. they will then have another defeat heading right into tax. they will b

tonight, two rrm senators, susan collins and lisa murkowski, on why they were not convinced. and even after john mccain said he would vote no, support for him from the senator who helped write the bill. mare rip bruce, back on the hill tonight. >> reporter: tonight, republicans are conceding defeat. >> we've made the decision since we don't have the votes, we will postpone that vote. am i disappointed? absolutely. >> reporter: but for mom samantha mcgovern, who worried what this bill would mean for her daughter, josephine, relief. >> i'm much happier today than i was the last time i saw you. >> reporter: the fatal blow dealt by senator susan collins of maine. >> it was clear to me that the graham/cassidy bill was not the answer. >> reporter: her objections to the bill? the deep cuts to medicaid, and the concern millions would lose coverage. lisa more cow ski of alaska who opposed the last attempt -- >> i said in january, we should not repeal without a replacement. >> reporter: didn't like the process this go-round, saying the u.s. senate cannot get the text of a bill on a sun

at the end of the day, read lisa murkowski's statement. she's probably the best indication of where a lot of people are. we spent a lot of time trying to make alaska healthcare better, not just replace obama care. so with a new processor with more hearing the reason i say that is i believe it and it's not about our idea bn lacking, it's the process of the short time we have been the leader could do nothing about it. to anybody out there, president -- president trump is fully engaged with a lot of topics including healthcare. so, i just want you to understand what bill said was true. we don't have the votes, it's not because of the substance of the idea, it's because of the process, the hand we were dealt. do not be celebrating losing an opportunity to repeal and replace obama care because it's collapsing. to my republican friends, there's plenty of fight left in us like there is fight left in you. and finally, we have an idea that defines us the change that they're going to can imagine be in 62 like i am and then bernie invites 280 of your

blake talking about lisa murkowski. you add this up, looking at washington, d.c., everyone, does not have votes it needs to get things through. health care stocks are i here right now. we could potentially looking more obamacare. more of the status quo. and there are a lot of questions what this will mean for tax reform. are they able to get anything done? interestingly enough, you're seeing the sort of anti-swamp rhetoric and mentality pour out in alabama where there is hotly-contested race between former chief justice at the alabama supreme court, and, the guy president trump picks, luther strange. president trump traveling there, to alabama tonight. mr. strange is seen as the establishment candidate and yet president trump is going to be supporting him. i will have live coverage tonight at 8:00 p.m. of the president on the ground in alabama. so i do hope you will join me, enjoy it. and i will indeed enjoy being there. for more fox news national security analyst and former policy advisor for the trump campaign, dr. wa

think about pressure on lisa murkowski. here is someone who is technically republican but went off as a write-in independent in alaska so exactly how much pressure -- >> amazing because her name is murkowski. that's not an easy name to write in. >> she literally taught voters a song to spell her name. i'm with susan on this one. i actually think one of the things the statement from mccain does is take pressure off collins and murkowski because also, it sets it up, think about if you are a more moderate republican who doesn't really want to vote for this and were maybe waiting, my reporting was a lot of people like senator rob portman, shelly moore-capito were waiting to see what lisa murkowski did and if she was voting for it they would reluctantly go along. we should say, i think this has the potential to open the flood gates and we could see even by the end of the day if not the conclusion of the weekend, they don't plan to put this on the floor next week. i could be wrong about that. >> the thing that strikes me is how se

i doubt lisa murkowski will vote for that money to go to her state. $55,000 to provide lower coverage for floridians. this attempt to make sure people in maine, florida or missouri have the same resources as someone in ohio or new york. and why shouldn't they? where you live shouldn't dictate the amount of generosity you receive from the federal tax payer? we try to even it off. that's a good thing. it's not a bribe. for the american people, it's what is right. whether you live in virginia where we won't get your vote even if it's good policy, or in maine, we're trying to do what's right. >> senator cassidy, in addition to being a senator, you're also a physician. i know you're very passionate on this. thank you very much for joining us. even if you fail this week, i'm sure the subject is by no means going to go away. i want to alert our viewers to make sure not to miss tonight's cnn special on the health care debate. republicans lindsey graham and bill cassidy, you just saw him there, they will debate their health care bill against two of its fiercest critics, senator bernie sanders

lisa murkowski has been against almost all of them. i'd be a little less shocked if she changed. shelley moore of west virginia, rob portman of ohio, grassley and earns the from iowa. there's a lot of opposition. it's on- support, would be an overstatement. on life support. >> shepard: lisa murkowski of alaska, there's a large gift basket waiting in the wings, it's my understanding for the people of alaska if she changes her mind. >> yes, there's a provision for sparsely populated states, alaska certainly qualifies as a sparsely populated state, that they would not fall under all of the provisions and it would make sure that they got more funding rather than less funding which they would otherwise if they were treated like every other state. this is, it's interesting to see, shep, we all remember obamacare, all of the complaints that republicans had at the time about the messy way that was passed. we have a pass it in order to find out what's in it. things are jammed down. there was the cornhusker kickback, all of the special deals to buy the votes of senators. you're seeing all

let's wash a little money over to lisa murkowski to get the vote there.from the red states to blue states. this is no way to run health policy in this country. part of the original is the original sin, which comes after world war ii when we tethered health insurance to employment, we screwed up this market. and the obamacare process was not brave enough to go after what all -- pretty much all health policy experts would point to as the original problem in health policy. >> both senators opposing the bill, and state and medicaid doctors asking for the cbo score. we just heard from kasie. we likely won't get cbo estimates on how much the new health care bill costs. this is what bernie sanders -- this is what was -- this is what lindsey graham said about bernie sanders' plan earlier this week, e.j. >> if you believe repealing and replacing obamacare is a good idea, this is your best and only chance to make it happen. because everything else has failed except this approach, which will work if we get behind it. if you want a single payer health health care sys

also adding lisa murkowski. they have to pullover a rand paul, a susan collins, a lisa murkowski.f those four. right now that is looking like a very, very difficult proposition. back to you. >> nbc's mark murray and we invite you to keep it right here for all the latest coverage on the republican health care efforts this week on nbc nightly news with lester holt. >> the trees are starting to come down as the purple line is starting to move towards creation. and there is new controversy surrounding this project. >>> also, the calendar says fall, but, boy, summer is a hanging in there. amelia is back with more on when we'reng >> what a warm weekend we had. i want to give a big shout out and thanks to those who came to the nbc community shred. we had a great team in prince george's county. we set a new attendance record saturday at fedex field. more than 4,000 vehicles rolled through. it is all about protecting your identity and being green. if you missed this one, don't worry, ralpand i sponsoredralph northam, canthis adfor governor dr. ralph northam doesn't show up? dr. ralph north

like alaska's lisa murkowsky who met with graham and cassidy today. >> alaska's governor doesn't like your plan wants you to go back to bipartisan approach. >> there is zero possibility in a bipartisan manner to replace obamacare. >> president trump at the u.n., pulled his party to pass the plan now. >> i thought that when i won, would go to the oval office, sit at my desk, there would be a health care bill on my be honest. >> senate rules give republicans until next saturday to pass a health care bill with a simple majority. that's why this plan is suddenly on the fast track. anthony, with no time for the congressional budget office to determine how many people might lose coverage. >> nancy cordes. thanks. british police made two more arrest tuesday in the london subway bombing. five people are now in custody. 30 people were hurt when the bomb partially exploded. and now, mark phillips reports, amazon is reviewing procedures, after it was revealed its website may unwittingly help would-be bombers. >> the main explosive in the london subway bomb didn't go off. building a functioning b

susan collins of maine, lisa murkowski of alaska. trump told the crowd tonight health care is what brought him to alabama. he said when he called his friend senator luther strange in the last vote, strange told him he had his back. >> luther did that for me and i remembered luther. we have to be loyal in life, you know, there's something called loyalty with these folks. and i might have made a mistake. and i'll be honest. i might have made a mistake, because, you know, here is the story. if luther doesn't win, they're not going to say we picked up 25 points in a very short period of time. they're going to say donald trump, the president of the united states, was unable to pull his candidate across the line. it is a terrible, terrible moment for trump. and you know what? and i told luther, i have to say this, if his opponent wins, i'm going to be here campaigning like hell for him. >> our lead-off panel tonight to talk about all of this, whether they like it orment, christine that bell an tony is with us, michael lesson is back with u

see what lisa murkowski has to say.here is a fundamental opposition to this latest attempt to repeal obamacare. it is largely one of process as well. it has not attracted both sides of the aisle. if this bill is scrapped, you will see renewed push to stabilize the exchanges. bipartisan work will continue to be done on that. one other big thing happening this week, is an alabama. with president trump supporting luther strange for senate. this looks not great in terms of the polling. that will be a big issue for the president, who is worried he may have backed the wrong horse. david: the president's so-called travel ban. others countries have been removed and replaced. is on the legal fight? what does it mean common having -- what does it mean, having a revised version in place? this doesn't address any legal concerns raised about the original one. this is a blanket ban on travel to these countries. has is another issue trump really used with his base. something that has proven popular among them. banningpeople safe by re

all eyes are on senators john mccain and lisa murkowski but this bill has a major sticking point.conditions. critics say this plan would allow insurance providers to charge patients with pre-existing conditions more. you'll get stuck on this. some say, well, it does mean you'll have to give them insurance but the problem is it's going to cost too much. it allows states to opt out of covering pre-existing conditions very easily. they have to explain how they intend to keep those people covered but the terminology is so broad that anybody who asks to opt out will be able to. any state that asks, will be able to. the bill makes some sweeping changes. terks limninates the individual mandate to buy coverage and redistribute medicaid expansion and obamacare money to individual states. health care is expensive. states cannot run deficits. if you hand the responsibility to the states, they are limited by how much money they actually have. you might be wondering why does it seem like there's such a rush to have a vote on this? under the senate rules, repeal legislation can be passed by a s

it won't be good for susan collins or lisa murkowski who were on the fence. the decrease in the number of insured people would be particularly large starting in 2020. the legislation would make major changes to federal funding for medicaid and the non-group marker. the graham-cassidy bill proposes block grants. they expect other limitation problems would accompany grants specifically designated to assist with the transition. given the short time for planning and making changes between now and then. that was something the democrats were talking about, there would be no way for governors and state legislatures to come up with healthcare plans in the 50 states in just two years. charles: amy, you and caylee both spoke on the fact that the states would show ingenuity. the cbo is saying the opposite. it's too short a period of time. there are some states that have done some innovative things. but it's hard -- i love state. i think they should be in charge of this. >> where would you want to shift that point, charles? we with obamacare that's falling apart. charles

the other person, lisa murkowski. i spoke to her early on. she said i'm not going to be bought off.she sticks to that policy going forward, it's going to be tough to see her get to yes. but, she's back in alaska. i'm told the trump administration officials have been reaching out to her repeatedly making sure she knows they're available at all times. i can also tell you on capitol hill we're seeing a series of draft proposals going back and forth about ways to make alaska better in the bill. the big question is will it actually work. because it it doesn't, they most certainly won't have the votes. if it does, in ex-week show time. >> all right. >> not "dancing with the stars," folks. >> all right. answers from equifax? so does congress. heading to capitol hill. why did it take them so long? what in the world is going on behind there? details neck. patients they ask me about whitening all of the time. i tell them the thickness of your enamel determines essentially how white your teeth are going to be. the strength of your teeth needs to be there in order for that whiteness to last. i

lisa murkowski of alaska is also a no. 56-33 americans say they prefer existing obama care to the latest republican alternative. >> still to come on "action news" tonight, success in the survivors of the mexico earthquake. also, nearly a year later, federal authorities inform 21 states that russians tried to hack their election systems and our area was on the list. >> plus wal-mart's plan to keep your fridge full of groceries. the catch, they'll be able to open your front door even when you are not home. cecily? >> definitely on the warm side. we have been in the 80s. heading into the 90s, i'll let you know how hot it will feel. >> the phillies face off against the braves. the eagles get ready for the home opener. it's high school huddle time >> in mexico city, professional rescuers are using heavy equipment to dig into the crumbled remains of buildings trying to find survivors. the death toll from tuesdays 7.1 earthquake is nearing 300. loved ones are standing by, praying for a miracle. everyone is keeping watch in case another structure goes to the ground. pennsylvania and delaware con

he's going to put pressure on lisa murkowski to stay a no. lou: haven't we seen this movie at least twice before in all politic is local. the idea is to have anything called healthcare reform to get 50 votes in the senate. the problem is states rights. sounds great. but the opponents of this which includes some republican governors, saying you are not necessarily banning preexisting conditions and every state, every governor want to know what's in it for my state. but a few red states will be heard. and now some of that will be rolled back. kennedy: they are not necessarily going to get as much money as they would. they would have more control over that money. for rand paul that's not enough. it's still way too much of a prop-up. if they don't prop it up and the system fails, who gets the blame for it. it's still technically obamacare. >> i think you are absolutely right. i'm confident about this. they have a chance and is it because they had a chance and failed or people just forgot who was in charge of obamacare? >> i think people are so fr

at the end of the day, read lisa murkowski's statement. she probably is the best indication of where a lot of people are. we spent a lot of time trying to make alaska health care better and not just replace obamacare. with a new process, with more hearings, with regular order, we are going to get 50 votes. the reason i say that is because i believe it and it is not about our idea being lacking. it is about the process about the short period of time we have, and the leader could do nothing about that. thee are the rules of senate. anybody out there thinks mitch mcconnell has not done all he could, you don't know what you're talking about. to anybody out there who things president obama -- excuse me, engaged, trump, is not he is engaged with a lot of topics, including health care. i want you to understand what bill said is true. we do not have the votes this saturday. it is not because of the substance of the idea. it is because of the process, the hand we were dealt. and do not be celebrating losing an opportunity to repeal and replace obam

some senators still not committing, in particular lisa murkowski. does this thing have a shot?> i think it does. make their health care decisions. more equitable which means states like california and health care spending don't get to dominate federal dollars. it is great for states to craft a plan good for citizens. they know what's best for people in their constituency. >> president trump was coming down was coming out and saying he is putting the pressure on rand paul appeared rand paul not behind this. he's saying basically rand paul is a friend of mine. as a negative force when it comes to fixing health care. president going after rand paul as well as republican senators. is that the right strategy? >> i don't know. i can tell you this is a last-minute political hail mary by the republican party counting this as an attempt to repeal and replace obamacare. this really says it repeals and displaces millions of people on health care in this country. let's be honest. this is not good for her country. this is what i would call disaster care. millions of people whose health care

. >> it you've been on the phone with other concerned senators is like lisa murkowski and also with the white house, how have those conversations been going? >> i have had a number of conversations over the weekend with a number of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and i had a very lengthy conversation with the vice president yesterday. as always, with the vice president, he was very cord natur cordial, he made the case, he asked me to think more thoroughly about some issues, i told him about the various analysises of the impacts that concern me, he told me he would get me more numbers on the impact of the state of things on the nation. >> you find it difficult to envision any scenario you would vote for graham/cassidy, is that a no, then? >> what i am doing is as is my general practice, is i would like to see the constitutional budget office analysis, which is expected to come out tomorrow morning. and i am worried about whether cbo's been given enough time to thorough lly analyze this bill, which has been a moving target, and even over the weekend, i was receiving emails saying

, lisa murkowski and mccain had a problem with the process of it.see. >> jon: don't hold your breath breath. in the final 30, a hungry donke donkey. took a few bites out of a mclaren sports car, causing thousands of dollars of damage. >> heather: that's a switch. now the donkey has landed its owner in court to settle the damages. the culprit right there, police suggests he may have been taking mistaking that car for a giant carrot. it caused $6,000 in damages. >> jon: the car was parked next to the donkey's enclosure. the man could have picked a better parking spot. that does it for us today, "america's news headquarters" starts >> sandra: awaiting the start of the white house press briefing on this very busy day in washington. hello, everyone. i'm sandra smith. we expect fresh white house reaction on tax reform, healthcare and aid for hurricane ravaged puerto rico. we have live fox news coverage for you. john roberts standing by at the white house. we begin with mike emanuel who is currently live on capitol hill. mike, the framework is public now,

. >> there is a lot of attention on alaska republican senator lisa murkowski. the bills lead sponsor says the time to attract democrats is over. >> there is zero possibility in a bipartisan manner to replace obamacare. i'm not interested in continuing it. murkowski, john mccain, susan collins with the three republican senators who defeated health care form in july. within end of the month deadline to do this, pressure is building on undecided republicans. president trump is pressing them for a different outcome tweeting "i hope republican senators will vote for graham-cassidy and fulfill their promise to repeal and replace obamacare. money directed states." because there are many concerns i have about the graham-cassidy proposal. they include the fact that they make fundamental changes in the medicaid program for the first time in more than 50 years. stick with the president is also pressuring the kentucky senator who says he has a "no" ." "rand paul is a friend of my but he is such a negative force when it comes to fixing health care. graham-cassidy bill is gr