they originally opted not to try malveaux because the teen was sentenced for other murders.t week a federal judge in virginia ruled he must be resentenced because the life sentences imposed when he was a teenager were unconstitutional. >>> police are now calling the deaths of two people in anne arundle county found lesli smith and linda mckenzie dead near their car near scott town road and nick road near shadyside. they lived on a house boat together in beal, maryland. yesterday neighbors called police after they heard arguing and gunshots. it's not clear whether the arguing had anything to do with the shooting. police say they had several leads in the investigation. >>> a huge funeral will bring people together in virginia. the life of special agent michael walter will be remembered. at the end of may walter was fatally shot by a convicted felon in richmond. visitation will begin at 10:00 in the morning and will be followed by funeral services. the public is welcome to attend. >>> there is a new and alarming social media game that's challenging teens to take part in dangero

malveaux was 17 at the time he was convicted. the hearings would affect malveaux's sentence, not his conviction. virginia's attorney general is appealing the decision to grant him new sentencing hearings in that state. >>> today d.c. police are expected to take action against turkish body guards caught kicking and beating residents. this video went viral on facebook. later today mayor muriel bowser and d.c. police chief peter newsham will announce 7 turkish security agents will face felony charges and 5 will face misdemeanors. >>> now to what could be a major development in the russia investigation. the washington post reports that the special counsel, robert mueller, is looking into whether president trump tried to obstruct justice. coming up, news 4's tracie potts will take a look at who the post says mueller wants to talk to as part of the investigation. >>> and we've got temperatures right now in the mid 70s and upper 60s depending on your location. we're going to warm up today, but not quite as warm as yesterday. yesterday w

malveaux was 17 at the time when he was convicted. hearings would affect malveaux's sentence, not his conviction. virginia's attorney general is appealing the decision granting new sentencing hearing. >>> the jury is coming up on 30 hours and another day of deliberations in the bill cosby sex assault trial. he's accused of giving a former temple university employee pills and assaulting her back in 2004. cosby says the encounter consensual. part of the reason this has gone on so long, the jury has to be unanimous in the verdict. if they can't decide, the charges would stand and prosecutors would have four months to decide whether to recharge the case. >>> the parents of a uva student who was just released are speaking. what his parents are saying about how he got in that position. >> a strong show of support. how the del ray community is dealing with yesterday's shooting at the congressional baseball practice. >>> and since the congressional baseball game is still going on as scheduled tonight, i'm going to have your forecast coming up

hearing for leroy malveaux's hearing starts this afternoon. a determined malveaux had to be re-sentenced because of a supreme court ruling that said mandatory lifetime sentences are unconstitutional. it will affect his sentence, not his conviction. they're appealing his convi conviction. >>> today d.c. police are expected to announce the turkish security agents will face felony charges. five others will face misdemeanors. u.s. officials tells nbc news d.c. police will release photos of eight other possible suspects they hope to identify. >>> now to what could be a major development in the russia investigation. the washington post reporting that the special counsel, robert president trump tried to obstruct justice. coming up news 4's tracie potts will say who mueller wants to tubing as part of the investigation. >> the time is 4:35. we want to get a check of weather and traffic. good morning. >> good morning, guys. very comfortable morning out there. not too bad right now. >> not too bad considering a rain shower or two coming our way. not a bi

. >>> a judge will depsy whether leroy malveaux's life sentence should be thrown out. he went on a shooting spree in 2002 that paralyzed this region. he was given six sentences of life without parole for murder. now they say the sentence is unconstitutional after they ruled that a juvenile cannot be given a mandatory life sentence. yesterday in court one of the shooting victims said he knew this day would come. >> i wasn't shocked to hear it, but it's still troubling to me that it came up this soon really. i thought it would -- might come up but in the distant future. >> montgomery county judge robert green will decide if malveaux will get a new sentencing hearing. the judge will issue a written decision but gaveo when that will be. >>> another woman claiming bill cosby sexually assaulted her wants to change sex crime laws here. she testified before the d.c. council yesterday. they asked the council to extend the statute of limitations for sex crimes. they say it often takes years of survivors years if they even come forward. >> if you don't take full advantage of exte

they report that prince county may prosecute malveaux.to try malveaux because he was sentenced for other murders. last week a federal judge in virginia ordered malveaux must be resentenced because the life sentences imposed when he was 17 are unconstitutional. >>> police are now calling the death of two people in anne rundle county a double murder, not a murder/suicide. the police found lesli smith and linda mckenzie dead near their car near scott town road and they lived on a house boat in beal, maryland. they called police after they heard arguing or gunshots. police say they have several leads into the investigation. >>> if you spot a number of people wearing orange today, it is likely in honor of national gun violence prevention day. it is a day to honor those people who have been killed in shootings. a group of supporters will gather at a vigil at the national cathedral starting at 8:00 tonight. the wear orange campaign started in 2015 after a 15-year-old high school student was gunned down in chicago. >>> if you live in fairfax coun

cnn's suzanne malveaux and m.j. lee joining me now. talk about the postures and numbers games on capitol hill? >> i'll get to that. i covered the protests yesterday and met a lot of people in mcconnell's office. one a gentleman in a wheelchair said he'd been a quadriplegic since he was 6 years old from a diving accident and saw two people in similar situations die of dead sores untreated when they ran out of money. for them medicaid is a life or death issue. tremendousality of backlash from this legislation. talking about the aarp, the american medical association, democrats, of course, united behind this, but also you have on the other side conservatives. conservative senators who say this does not go far enough in repealing obamacare and does not lower the cost of premiums or health care in general. take a listen. >> this current draft doesn't get the job done. >> down as a solid undecided. >> keeps the pre-existing condition, keeps regulations and subsidizes the death spiral. we are not fixing obamacare. >> i cannot support a bill t

malveaux was sentenced to life without parole six times for the murders. now his lawyer says the sentence is unconstitutional after the u.s. supreme court ruled that a juvenile cannot be given a mandatory life sentence. yesterday in court one of the shooting victims said he knew this day would come. >> i wasn't shocked to hear it, but it's still troubling to me that it came up this soon really. i thought it would -- might come up but in the distant future. >> montgomery county judge robert green will decide if malveaux will get a new sentencing hearing. the judge will issue a written decision but gave no indication when that will be. >>> a lot of people calling our newsroom about this next story. want to update you here. a dog ran away during the chaos during the congressional shooting. daphne the dog found early yesterday. >>> a d.c. resident's weight loss journey going viral. it's probably one you'd lik share. >> simba the cat, that's his name. 35 pounds. if you're not looking at your screen, you should. >> that is a big boy. he needs a new home. his las

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suzanne malveaux, what's the status? >> reporter: so far that this is a self-imposed deadline to create a sense of urgency to get senate republicans on board and get them past some of the things they are stuck on at moment. working group, small group of them have been meeting behind closed doors and that strategy is to try to hammer out the things that they have not come to the agreement on without the public scrutiny of conservative groups or democrats or lobbyists, those kinds of things. so what you're going to see today is that the senate will be back in session this afternoon and the leadership is really trying to put pressure on a handful, small handful of them who are on the fence. this is over issues regarding the extent of the medicaid expansion, also repeals of obamacare, the regulations and to what extent that would move forward. at same time what you have here is really a very delicate dance on the democratic side. we saw last week calls for unity after that terrible shooting. specifically on the house side. s

>> suzanne malveaux on the hill. thank you very much. while some republicans are urging the president to clear the air, others are struggling with how to keep defending him. where does the party go from here on that front? let's discuss with cnn historic yoran. with allen lipman, author of "the case for impeachment." nice to have you both here. >> thank you. >> douglas, let me begin with you. suzanne outlined some of what republican lawmakers are saying this morning, but if you look at it in total, you've got more and more republican senators sort of pulling away from the president on some of these issues. lindsey graham saying, you know, just stop talking, or you might walk into a perjury trap. you've got senator james langford of oklahoma saying that the conversations that the president allegedly had with comey were "very inappropriate." susan collins of maine saying just show us the tapes, stop giving us mixed messages. mike lee of utah about comey's testimony, asked if he believed him, saying he doesn't strike me as someone who would

suzanne malveaux, capitol hill, thank you so much. joining me, jason miller, former communications director for the trump transition team. david swerlick, assistant editor at the "washington post." and jeff weaver, former campaign manager for bernie sanders. gentlemen, let's play a game of what if with the georgia six special election. jeff weaver, in 20 seconds or less, if ossoff, the democrat, wins, what does he win, what does it mean? >> well, what it means is that the american public are sick and tired of this trump agenda of an attempt to take away health care from 23 million people and as we've seen over the course of three special elections, democrats are far outperforming how they did in the presidential election year. i think john os so of's going to put it over the top today. >> all right, what if he loses? >> look, this has been a very close race. the previous incumbent price i think won this seat by 23 points. it's a staunchly republican seat. the fact that ossoff has gone toe-to-toe with his republican opponent i think is

suzanne malveaux is live on capitol hill with the very latest.pation, i would imagine, suzanne. >> john, there really is a lot of anticipation, a lot of questions still. i had a chance to talk to senator marco rubio just moments ago off camera. he is one of these people who has been quite critical of the process, how super secret it is but he is striking a different tone this morning saying there are five different ways americans get their health care. through the va, through the employer, their individual markets, medicare and medicaid. he's saying the republican legislation is going to impact primarily two of those areas, that being medicaid and the individual market. but having said that, people in his state, a lot of older people who also need this kind of government entitlement programs and this aid for their health care, it is going to be difficult to explain that to his constituents. there are a lot of people who feel that way. a lot of democrats very angry and frustrated they've been shut out of this process. we are hearing that from repu

susan malveaux is on capitol hill. these four senators don't seem to be on the verge of leaning toward yes, they seem far from yes at this point. >> reporter: they are far from yes, poppy. one thing we are keeping an eye on is two democratic senators said do not rule out mitch mcconnell's about to get people what they need. there's a combination happening with the white house, gop leadership and some superpacs in support of trump. that is the game of carrots and sticks, if you will. the carrots we are watching, this luncheon, this gop luncheon that is going to happen with the majority leader. what does he see coming out of that? will they reassess to get the votes necessary. tonight, the vice president hosting four key republican senators, three who are undecided. one against it. and the sticks, the superpac we are seeing that is already targeting some of those vulnerable senators, dean heller of nevada, who has seen that in play. one of the things senators are saying and there are at least four that are not going star

cnn's suzanne malveaux live on capitol hill with more. the hypocrisy aside. the president has a good gut for where the people's minds are on policy. should his brothers and sisters in the party start listening? >> reporter: you know. it is all about negotiation, chris. you and i remember the moment in the rose garden and ceremony with the house republicans bussed to the white house to celebrate the version of health care. there are some lawmakers this morning feeling they are under that bus. this after that lunch from the president and vice president meeting with senate republicans, moderates and conservatives to do what he called put forward something more generous and kind. that was on camera, chris. he under scored that off camera. sources telling us he called the house version mean and the son of a b the expletive. he said it did not provide the kind of money for people to survive in health care. house republicans are feeling they cannot trust this president. they understand there is negotiation going on, but clearly they don't have the kind of political

suzanne malveaux live on capitol hill with more on this.hey're buzzing even more and more after what the president said in his friday press conference, saying of course i would testify in front of congressional committees, 100%, if asked. what else are you hearing? >> it's hard to imagine that you could top last week all the anticipation and the attention around what's happening this is one of the weeks that could rival last week around the buzz and the riveting testimony of former fbi director james comey. this week on the hot seat, attorney general jeff sessions shall the debate that is going on right now the senate intelligence committee is whether or not first of all he should go and testify before them, what format it would take, if it's privately or publicly. this all of this after he submitted a letter on saturday over the weekend saying that he was canceling his appearances before the house and senate budgetary committees, appropriations committees, to go ahead and offer himself on tuesday to go before the senate intelligence commit

>> all right, suzanne malveaux at the white house. two things going on that we're watching right now. number one, the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein, testifying before the senate. he will be asked about this swirl of questions about whether the president wants robert mueller fired. why will he be asked? because rosenstein's actually the guy who would have to do the firing, so his opinion is of paramount importance. house republican leaders also are speaking right now. they will probably be asked about this. there's kevin mccarthy right now, majority leader of the house. when they get questioned, we'll bring you there as well. meantime, commentator doug hye, symone sanders, formerly press secretary with bernie sanders in his presidential campaign. also, political reporter for the "washington post" blog "the fix," and former federal prosecutor michael zeldin. he worked with bob mueller in the justice department once upon a time. doug, first to you. i can't help but think that the white house and the allies of the white house ha

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suzanne malveaux, thank you very much. on the hill. we're waiting for that score. >>> sitting president accepting the findings of his seven intelligence agencies. it is newsworthy this morning, president trump finally acknowledging that russia did, in fact, meddle in the u.s. election but says the obama white house shares in the blame of that. he continued his attack on the former president, tweeting, the reason that president obama did nothing about russia after being notify bid the cia of meddling is that he expected clinton would win and did not want to rock the boat. he didn't choke. he colluded or obstructed and it did the dems and crooked hillary no good. joe johns is at the white house this morning. a continuing attack on his predecessor, also on his opponent and a focus on the 2016 election. do we know why? >> reporter: this is the very same president who raised doubts about russian interference in the last election. now he's raising questions about president obama's response to russian interference in the last election and acc

suzanne malveaux is live for us on capitol hill. suzanne? >> reporter: president trump throwing his support behind the health care legislation, despite its unclear future. what will it snb what will it tell us about how many people will potentially lose their coverage? what will be the impact to the premiums? one of the key questions, how does it compare to the house bill cbo which showed 23 million americans would lose their coverage over the course of ten years. that score potentially coming out as early as today. >> i don't think they're far off. famous last words but i think we're going to get there. >> reporter: president trump expressing confidence as senate republicans scramble to get the 50 votes needed to pass the health care bill. >> it's very complicated from the standpoint that you move it this way, this group doesn't like it. you move it over here, very narrow path. and, honestly, nobody can be totally happy. >> reporter: with all democrats opposed to the legislation. republicans can only afford to lose two votes. but there are

let's start out with cnn's suzanne malveaux live on capitol hill. what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning. the future of the senate healthcare bill is uncertain at this time. estimate leader mcmcconnell dramatically lowering his expectations saying he would have a vote by the weekend and now saying he wants 50 people more comfortable and i talked to a senator against the bill highly skeptical anything will get accomplished this week. the house were able to resurrect their own bill back in the spring and the question is whether or not the senate canada the same. >> -- senate can do the same. >> if we don't get it done it will be something we don't like. >> another stinging setback to the gop's seven year effort to replace and repeal obamacare. >> we will not be on the bill this week but we're still working toward getting at least 50 people in a comfortable place. >> reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell working to win over the nine republican senators opposed to the bill after being forced to scrap a bill this week. >> either republicans will agree and

suzanne malveaux on the hill. >>> thank you. >>> as you just heard, president trump and vice president pence courting lawmakers today trying to reach that all-important 50 votes in the senate. of course, vice president pence the tie breaker. go to the white house for the latest, where we find our joe johns. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, poppy. it's pretty clear from the people suzanne mentioned the president and vice president have to take at least two different tacts to help get this bill over the finish line. not dislike what happened in the house of representatives where it was very close. number one, they have to keep conservatives onboard. because those conservatives who have not said they're opposed to the bill, and then they have to bring along some of the conservatives as well, who have said, at least so far, they're opposed. that sounds like the strategy now with this dinner that's expected to occur today over at the naval observatory, with the vice president, and the four senators, including mike lee. the one ploob said he's opposed. the president of the united sta

i want to begin with cnn's suzanne malveaux on the health care showdown. >> reporter: good morning, brianna. as it stands, the senate health care bill is on the verge of collapse, they do not have the votes to even bring this forward for a debate. this comes after really a devastating cbo score issued. one that was much worse than many republicans expected, and making it much, much harder for those who were on the fence to get behind it. the senate health care bill, teetering on the edge of collapse after a devastating non-partisan cbo report estimates that the senate gop bill would result in 22 million more americans becoming uninsured by 2026. making a vote that much harder. >> i can put all this together and get to 50 is going to be very, very tough and the cbo score doesn't help any. if you have problems before, you have more problems now. >> reporter: conceding republicans are right on the threshold of losing the battle. >> the results are clear, the trump plan would be a disaster on the american skim. >> reporter: and a vote on the senate floor, to sink an effort to pass a bill this w

leader mitch mcconnell announced he was delaying the vote on the current bill.( darya ) suzanne malveauxresident trump:"if we don't get it done it's just going to be something that we're not going to like, and that's okay because i understand that very well."senate republicans -- again áreworkingá their health care bill after another ástingingá setback to the gop's seven year effort to repeal and replace obamacare. sen. mitch mcconnell:"we will not be voting on the bill this week but we are still working toward getting at least 50 people in a comfortable place." senate majority leader mitch mcconnell -- working to win over the ánineá republican senators currently opposed to the bill after being forced to áscrapá a vote this week. sen. mitch mcconnell:"either republicans will agree and change the status quo, or the markets will continue to collapse, and we'll have to sit down with senator schumer." president trump -- convening republican senators at the white house to discuss the path forward -- flanked by two key skeptics of the bill president trump:"we're getting very close."the preside

suzanne malveaux is live on capitol hill with more. how does that work? >> reporter: that's the question, really, because the house intelligence chairman devon nunez at the center of yet another controversy and raising some serious questions about whether or not he has truly sidelined himself from this russian investigation. the new dispute stems from seven new subpoenas issued by the house intelligence committee on wednesday. four seeking testimony and documents from former national security adviser michael flynn and president trump's private attorney michael cohen. they were approved by both parties for their russia meddling probe. but the three others were issued unilateral by chairman devon nunez without democratic approval. the "wall street journal" says those subpoenas were issued to the fbi, cia and nsa for information about alleged unmasking by former obama administration officials seeking details about exactly what led to the unveiling of the names of trump aides who were in contact with russian officials and were caught up in surveillance of for

let's begin with cnn's suzanne malveaux live on capitol hill. >> good morning, brianna.dent trump is pushing this forward, slowing his support behind the senate health care bill despite the uncertain future of the congressional budget office score about how many people can lose health care, what happens with premiums. the big question is how it compares to the house bill cbo score which shows 20 million americans losing coverage potentially over ten years. that score could come as early as today. >> i don't think they're that far off. famous last words, right? i think we're going to get there. >> president trump expressing confidence as senate gop leaders scramble to secure the 50 votes needed to pass their health care bill. >> health care is a very complicated subject from the standpoint that you move it this way, and this group doesn't like it. you move it a little bit over here -- you have a very narrow pa path. >> with all democrats opposed to the legislation, republicans can only afford to lose two votes. but there are currently five gop senators who say they can't

let's go to capitol hill where we find susan malveaux? any indication the five senators are leaning more towards yes this morning? >> reporter: there's no indication they are leaning toward yes. as a matter of fact, it will be a tough sell. the senators have a good sense of what the cbo score is going to look like or be like because of the process, poppy, that you have the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell feeding in the legislation to have them scored and come back and tweak and work on it and massage it more. for some lawmakers, this will be a head cake. for others, political cover. the question is how far it's going to be from the house cbo score. that was devastating when it came to headlines and 23 million americans over the course of ten years without health insurance coverage. those are the kinds of things they are looking for. already, they are preparing for amendments. it is going to be very difficult to actually unite the moderates and conservatives in terms of what they need from the bill. take a listen. >> they promised

cnn suzanne malveaux is live on capitol hill with more. so how does this work? >> reporter: well there's a great deal of uncertainty now that the house intelligence committee can really, whether or not they can do a nonpartisan investigation. that's because the chairman devon nunez now in the center of yet another controversy and it is raising questions whether or not he has truly sidelined himself from this russian investigation. the new dispute stems from seven new subpoenas issued by the house intelligence committee on wednesday four seeking documents and testimony from michael flynn and president trump's private attorney michael cohen. they were approved by both parties for their russia meddling probe. but the three others were issued unilaterally by chairman devon nunez without democratic approval. the "wall street journal" says those subpoenas were issued to the fbi, cia and nsa for information about alleged unmasking by former obama administration officials. seeking details about exactly what led to the unveiling of the names of trump aides who were in co

. >> suzanne malveaux, with criticism all around on capitol hill, president trump is lashing out against president obama for, quote, doing nothing to stop russia's interference in the 2016 election. he's blasting his former rival, too. cnn's joe johns live at the white house with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, brianna. president trump in an interview as well as in tweets, the very same person raising doubts about russia meddling in the election, now raising questions about president obama's response to it and accusing him of doing nothing about it. the the president just issued tweets suggesting among other things that the democratic national committee engaged in a big dim hoax by declining protection from hacking from the department of homeland security. >> i just heard today for the first time that obama knew about russia a long time before the election and he did nothing about it, but nobody wants to talk about that. the question is, if he had the information, why didn't he do something about it. >> now, this is very much a revised take on an election where candidate trump see

let's begin our coverage with cnn's suzanne malveaux live on capitol hill. suzanne. >> reporter: good morning, chris. of course, the senate health care legislation shrouded in secrecy frustrating a lot of republicans even the key ones necessary for this to pass. all of that's going to change in about 90 minutes or so. they'll get the full briefing of this bill, and then at 11:00, it will be made public. posted publicly and cnn has an advanced look at this, of course, it's subject to change. >> i hope we're going to surprise you with a really good plan. >> reporter: senate leadership hoping to appeal to moderate and conservative rbs with a bill expected to phase out medicaid expansion starting in 2021. a year later than the house bill. and be defund planned parenthood for one year which could be a deal breaker for two key republican senators. republicans can only afford to lose two votes since no democrat is expected to support the bill. >> they made it clear they're not interested in helping. >> in is bill is mean. very meen. >> reporter: the bill is not exp

suzanne malveaux begins live on capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning.verge of collapse now. it does not even have enough votes to start the debate. this comes amid a devastating cbo score that is making it much harder for even those on the fence to support it. the senate health care bill teetering on the edge of collapse after a devastating nonpartisan cbo report estimates that the senate gop bill would result in 22 million more americans becoming uninsured by 2026. making a vote that much harder. >> i put all this together and get to 50, it's going to be tough, the cbo score doesn't help any. if you had you probably got more problems more. >> reporter: a white house official conceding to cnn republicans are on the threshold of losing the health care battle. >> the report makes clear trumpcare would be a cancer on the american health care system. >> reporter: four gop senators are currently planning to vote against even starting debate on the senate floor, which would sink the effort to pass a bill this week. >> i won't vote to proceed to it unless the

let's begin with cnn's suzanne malveaux live on capitol hill. suzanne? >> reporter: good morning, clarissa. the future of the senate health care bill is far from certain. senator majority leader mitch mcconnell dramatically changing, lowering his expectations from before promising there would be a vote by the end of the week to now saying he hopes to make 50 people feel more comfortable, in his words. the house was able to resurrect their bill in the spring. and the big question now is whether or not the senate can do the same. >> if we don't get it done, it's just going to be something that we're not going to like, and that's okay. and i understand that very well. >> senate republicans again reworking their health care bill after another stinging setback to the gop's seven-year effort to repeal and replace obamacare. >> we will not be on the bill this week, but we're still working toward getting at least 50 people in a comfortable place. >> reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell working to work over the nine republican senators currently oppos

we have all of this beginning with cnn's suzanne malveaux live on cap towel hill. >> reporter: the senate health care bill is on the verge of collapse this morning, it does not have the support to bring it to a debate, coming amid the devastating cbo score released yesterday making it harder for the moderates to sign on. the senate health care bill teetering on the edge of collapse, after a dead stating nonpartisan cbo report estimates that the senate gop bill would result in 22 million more americans becoming uninsured by 2026, making a vote that much harder. >> i can put all this together and getting to 50 it will be tough and the cbo score doesn't help any. if you had problems with the deal before you probably have more problems now. >> reporter: a white house official conceding to cnn republicans are right on the threshold of losing the heal care battle. >> the report makes clear trumpcare would be a cancer on the american health care system. >> reporter: four gop senators are currently planning to vote against even starting debate on the senate floor, which would sink the effort to p

cnn's suzanne malveaux is live on capitol hill with more. suzanne. >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. it is eerily quiet this morning. it was this time yesterday morning the news was breaking and you could see the expression on the faces of the lawmakers change as they became shocked and expressed fear and frustration. i was with al franken and kamala harris and poised to talk about the russia investigation and the partisan climate. they got the news and upon hearing the news, they dropped everything and went to a prayer breakfast. that was demonstrative and reflective of the day here as hearings and votes were canceled and replaced with calls of unity. >> we are strongest when we are unified. when we work together for the common good. >> we are united in our shock. we are united in our anguish. an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. >> to my colleagues, you can hear me say something you never heard me say before. i identify myself with the remarks of the speaker. >> reporter: one of the ways they say they will try to at least low

suzanne malveaux live. the ironty of mcconnell who is vocal and rightly so about the aca process, even though there were all these hearings and now almost none. >> reporter: look at this. while many people were sleeping, late last night you had the democrats taking to the senate floor. they were certainly wide awake, staging this process, the talk-a-thon. very frustrated with the super secret process now that the republicans are engaged in here trying to come up with their own version of repealing and replacing obamacare. they've asked mitch mcconnell can we have some hearings, a deba debate, even a copy of the text when there is a text. mcconnell has said no to all of those requests. there's very little they can do. a couple of options to try to slow down the government process, routine process and also just simply to make some noise. >> the republicans are writing their health care bill under the cover of darkness because they're ashamed of it. >> if this bill were as wonderful as its proponents would lik

let's begin with cnn's suzanne malveaux live on capitol hill. what's the latest there, suzanne? >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. the senate health care legislation has been shrouded in secrecy to the frustration of many republicans, even the key votes needed for it to pass. that will change at 9:30 this morning. they'll get a chance to take a look at the legislation and have it unfold. cnn has gotten an early look at some of the plan which, of course, is subject to change. >> i hope we're going to surprise you with a really good plan. >> reporter: senate leadership hoping to appeal to both moderate and conservative republicans with a bill that is expected to phase out medicaid expansion starting in 2021, a year later than the house bill, and defund planned parenthood for one year which could be a deal breaker for two key republican senators. republicans can only afford to lose two votes since no democrat is expected to support the bill. >> they made it clear they're not interested in helping. >> this bill is mean, very mean. >> reporter: the bill is not expected to include the

. >>> we'll begin with suzanne malveaux live on >> reporter: the health care legislation has been shroudy of many republicans, including the key votes. 9:30 this morning they are finally going to get a chance to take a look at this. cnn has gotten a sneak peek which, of course, is subject to change. >> i hope we're going to surprise you with a really good plan. >> reporter: senate leadership hoping to appeal to both moderate and conservative republicans with a bill that is expected to phase-out medicaid expansion starting in 2021, a year later than the house bill, and defund planned parenthood for one year which could be a deal breaker for two key republican senators. republicans can only afford to lose two votes since no democrat is expected to support the vote. >> they made it clear they're not interested in helping. >> this bill is mean, very mean. >> reporter: the bill is not expected to include the controversial house proposal that would allow states to decide on protections for people with pre-existing conditions. but the senate may allow for a new set of waivers that could elimina

we want to begin with cnn's suzanne malveaux live on capitol hill with the battle over health care.d morning, david. well, it is now up to the senate side, lawmakers heading to their home states, to go back to face their constituents, the voters, to explain why their health care version is a better version than what they've had before. so far with all negotiations and the compromises, no one seems to be happy. >> this current draft doesn't get the job done. >> put me down as a solid undecided. >> i think we've done a pretty good job at keeping our promises. >> reporter: senate republicans split over their party's new health care proposal. four senators already saying they cannot vote for the bill as it currently stands. the legislation was designed to appease moderates and conservatives, but it's upset members of both camps. >> it keeps the pre-existing condition, keeps the regulations, and then we are not fixing obamacare. >> i cannot support a bill that is going to result in tens of millions of people losing their health insurance. >> i think that they will probably get there. >>

cnn's suzanne malveaux is joining me from capitol hill with much more on this. suzanne, word is that sessions caught folks off guard with his offer to testify, so what exactly do we know about this? >> reporter: he did, kate. and you would think that, of course, they want to see him before the committee. it would be a no-brainer, right? but there is a lot of debate that's taking place behind the scenes. the reason why here is that the head of the committee, senate intelligence committee, richard burr, he believes that, yes, this is a good idea, but the debate that they're having, the democrat on this committee, mark warner, believes that this could be a strategy by sessions to avoid a public hearing, to go ahead before this committee. he offered it in this letter on saturday, but to do it quietly behind the scenes, and they believe that he needs to have this kind of public hearing to be held accountable. so, that is the debate that's taking place. they are getting some advice, if you will, from the special counsel. bob mueller's going to be meeting with him thro

let's begin now with suzanne malveaux, live on capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning.s throwing his support >> reporter: good morning, brianna. president trump is throwing his weight behind the health care bill despite an uncertain future. the key factor is the congressional budget office score. that score is expected as early as today. >> i don't think they're that far off, famous last words, but i think we'll get there. >> reporter: president trump expressing confidence as senate gop leaders scramble to secure the 50 votes needed to pass their health care bill. >> health care is a very complicated subject from the standpoint that you move it this way, and this group doesn't like it. you move it a little bit over here, you have a very narrow path. honestly, nobody can be totally happy. >> with all democrats opposed to the legislation, republicans can only afford to lose two votes. but there are currently five gop senators who say they can't support the bill as drafted. >> there's no way the republican bill brings down premiums. i've been in medicine 20 years, i'm 54 y

shes the author, an economist, and tonight, and thank you, julian malveaux for being here. we want to talk about activity. ofism. >> we have to give julianne credit. >> these two ladies right here i remember bag young lady, watching them march for us, talk for us, when we didn't have voices, and this basically let us know that we count, we matter, in a time when many of us are not at the table. what did shirley chisolm say, if you don't have a seat at the table, bring a folding chair. hello. i want to start with a something that came to me while we were driving in tonight. hari bell font -- belafonte, activist, entertain 'er, said everybody the last election, when president trump became president, he said this is a great time. i said, why? and i hear a chuckle back there. he said this is a great time. he reflected back on what w wi due boys -- but boys told him. when there is great pain, there's raid cal active -- radical activism, which effectuates change. a couple weeks later i called hari belafonte to do another interview i. i said how is everything going? he is saying i

[applause] >> julianne malveaux. >> these two ladies right here i remember being a young lady watching them march for us, talk for us when we didn't have voices. and just basically let us know that we count, we matter in a time when many of us are not at the table. if you don't have a seat at the table, bring as folding chairs. hello. so i want to start off with something that came to me while we were driving in tonight. harry belafonte, activist,on entertainer said right after the election, this last election when president trump becament tu president, he said thi this is a great time. i said why? and i hear a little chuckle back there. but he said it's a great time. he said he reflected back on what w.e.b. du bois told him. he said when there is great pain, when there is great pain there's radical activism, which effectuate change. a couple weeks later i called harry belafonte to do another interview. and i said how is it going? is that i'm not too happy with what i'm seeing. i don't see the activism that i anticipated. i don't see the pain i thought was there. and he's remembering t

suzanne malveaux (mal-vo) has the latest.ate health care bill -- teetering on the edge of ácollapseá --after a ádevastatingá non-partisan c- b-o report estimates that the senate gop bill would result in á22 millioná more americans becoming uninsured by 2026... making a vote that much harder. sen. lindsey graham:"how you put all this together and get to 50 is going to very tough and the cbo score doesn't help any. if you have problems with the bill before you probably have more problems now."a white house official conceding to cnn that republicans are "right on the threshold" of losing the health care battle. sen. chuck schumer:"the report makes clear trumpcare would be a cancer on the american health care system."four gop senators are currently planning to vote áagainstá even starting ádebateá on the senate floor -- which would ásinká the effort to pass a bill this week. sen. rand paul: "i won't vote to proceed unless the bill changes. we have reached out to senate leadership and said we will negotiate but we've had no phone

and julianne malveaux.unday at 1:15 eastern, historian david mccullough speaks with charles gibson about his collection of speeches on american principles. >> i am beginning to think about the great presidents down the years who have been avid readers of history, many of them wrote history, including john kennedy. even those who didn't have the benefit of a college education like harry truman read history all their lives. and realized that it is essential to the role of a leader, whether it is the presidency or leadership of any kind, not cause and effect. history matters. xcode to book tv.org for the complete we can schedule. defeatednate narrowly 53 to 47 legislation that would've brought arms sale to saudi arabia agreed to by president trump in may. image was introduced paul rand -- by rand paul. >> pursuant to the arms export

suzanne malveaux (mal-vo) has the latest. president trump:"i don't think they're that far off.words, right? i think we're going to get there." president trump expressing confidence as senate g-o-p leaders scramble to secure the 50 votes needed to pass their health care bill.trump:"health care's a very complicated subject from the standpoint that you move it this way and this group doesn't like it. you move it a little bit over here, you have a very narrow path. and, honestly, nobody can be totally happy."with all democrats opposed to the legislation, republicans can only afford to lose two votes. but there are currently five g-o-p senators who say they can't support the bill as drafted.sen. rand paul: "there's no way the republican bill brings down premiums. look, i've been in medicine 20 years. i'm 54 years old. premiums have never gone down. they're not going to go down after the republican bill."tom price:"the plan in its entirety will absolutely bring premiums down."trump senior adviser kellyanne conway says the president is working the phones to try to drum up support.alth