tom, balls the junior enator from kentucky, rand paul, as well as people like senator ted cruz, mike johnson i'm sorry, senator johnson, senator lee, are also opposing this as a result of saying that the bill isn't conserve testify nough. , en you talk to moderates including senator kevin heller, 2018, who flexion feel this bill is too far to the right. watch all of this go on as, of we're awaiting the nonpartisan congressional but office score. we could get that today or tomorrow. that's right where he wanted to do. to me, dean hell certificate ost interesting senator from nevada. heller is the most interesting senator from nevada. what does senator heller, desperate to get re-elected, what does he need from the congressional budget office? kevin: you can't be kicking people off healthcare. that number, coming from the like we saw in the house, it's like political deja vu all over again, look for

they are rand paul, who we saw the comments from a few moments lee, roncruz, mike johnson, and dean heller of number although another of republicans have indicated some concerns about the bill. these are the five that are on the record at the moment saying they cannot vote for it in its current form. no democrats are on record as being in favor of the bill at this point. all democrats are expected to vote against it. let's go next to lorraine in anderson, indiana on the independent line. . change --y did they what i'm trying to say is why just work on the insurance part of it, where the prescription , stopf this bill upsetting senior citizens, and i do not know8 if democrats will vote for this bill as well as no republicans. this is the bill that cannot pass, because it is not good for our country. i'm asking the people to let us work together. let the democrats and the independents, let everybody have an input on this bill. i do not care who gets the credit for it, but let everybody work on this bill together. this could make our country stronger. i have three small children and this insu

rand paul, ted cruz, mike johnson and senator lee all will not support.iller says he can't accept the cuts to medicaid. >> i cannot support a piece of legislation that takes insurance from 10s of millions of americans and nevadans. >> mitch mcconnell has a tough task getting this through next week. if more than two republicans vote against it, it will fail. susan collins of maine is also speaking out against the cuts. >> the trump white house is cutting back on prse press brie, so cnn sent their sketch artist to the briefing room. today sean spicer was his subject. >> philadelphia's beverage tax is causing tension to bubble to the surface. jeff chirico was outside city hall. legislative hearings can often be dull but not this one. >> a state senate committee hearing was supposed to take place about the economic impact of this tax. tax supporters were relenlent leslie disruptive, the meeting was canceled before it was started. >> city hall sounded more like a sports arena, skins of relentless beverage tax supporters filled council chambers upset they were

i hereby appoint the honorable mike johnson to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties

rapd paul, mike lee, ron johnson and ted cruz said they would vote no with complaints over the continuation of the medicaid expansion through 2020 and other obama care subsidies. in a new interview president trump, he didn't seem concerned. >> republicans have the house and the senate, but have you these senators that are not on board. >> well, they're also four good guys and four friends of mine, and i think they'll probably get there. >> daniel lipman, co-author of the political playbook. good to talk to you this friday morning. >> happy friday. >> it's not just conservatives who seem opposed to this bill, but some of the centrists like shelly moore capito of west virginia. let's take a listen to her and then we'll talk. >> how are you going to vote on the health care bill? >> no, i haven't. i haven't had the chance to read it. obviously the medicaid expansion, the opioid issue are the areas of greatest concern for me. if it moves in a direction that

ted cruz, mike lee, ron johnson and rand paul along with three more republican senators who are concerned and are seeking changes. what do you think, jason miller? >> well, don, there's a big difference between saying that they're absolutely opposed to this bill and this reform in any way, shape, or form and there's no chance they can ever get there or it's not there yet an they're using it as a leverage point and want to see a couple of additional tweaks or changes or even concessions as they work along. so i think the senate bill did a couple really smart things where it made it a lot more palatable, i believe to moderates. did a couple things i believe also will get conservatives onboard, but fundamentally as we saw yesterday with the news of anthem blue cross, blue shield pulling out of indiana and ohio and wisconsin, obamacare is absolutely imploding. i think they're taking the right steps. ted cruz, in particular, i think has a couple really good ideas for some reform and hopefully adopt a few of them and get them onboard. >> let me ask you, jason. the president said it was mean and

hall tweeted i need a ride and brothers chad and mike johnson came to his aid.e four hours so he could make it to lambeau field for team practice yesterday morning. >> got in the car and said hey, man, how you doing. he said man i can't believe it's you and i said yeah its me. i said man i appreciate it man, you don't understand how thankful i am. >> house took the brothers into the locker room, signed some gear and took photos all at 3:30 in the morning. >> game three of the nba finals is tonight in cleveland but warriors lead in the best of seven series is two games to none. you can watch it here on 6abc or the watch abc app. >>> the phillies beat the atlanta braves for their fourth nine a row last night. phillies were hitless until howie kendrick smacked a solo homer. they added two more in the sixth. phillies win three to one. they move to five and zero against the braves this season they have awoken. >> awake. keep telling stories like this. >> it is now 5:18. a woman is on trial in connection to her boyfriend's desk. how prosecutors say her text messages m

rand paul, ron johnson, mike lee, and ted cruz. caller: thank you. the fourth. think it is important because frome radical departure less than 50. you know what i am leaning. im for the democratic party, but i'm trying to avoid party and focus on what is good for the american people. i hope and i have not been too lengthy. host: not at all. thank you for being con chances. here is "the washington post" here at mr. mcconnell can afford to lose only 2 republicans, setting up a scenario in which vice president pence sets up a .ie-breaking vote then negotiations would begin to resolve differences between the senate and house bills. senator susan collins told reporters that she and senator would try to amend the planned parenthood restrictions rama,g next week's vote-o- when senators can offer unlimited amendment. gop insiders expect rob portman of ohio, west virginia, to a cuts to the deep medicaid. if mcconnell gets those for afford, the conservative bloc, including two of mr. trump's highest profile opponents in the primary, ted cruz and rand paul, would present t

two brothers and packers fans, of course, chad and mike johnson, tweeted back and gave him a ride toreen bay's airport. he signed gear for them as well. >> fans came through for him in a pink. >> absolutely. >>> sheena, how is the forecast looking? >> today it's cloudy and staying cool. scattered showers throughout the afternoon. not a big rain chance but a couple spotty showers out there. only near 70 for a high temperature. most areas are still in about the mid-60s. so the clouds, onshore flow and showers holding those temperatures down. normal high is actually 82 degrees. 73 for a high mo 80, mostly clear out there, saturday, 87 degrees. sunday, low 90s. and then look at all of the 90s in the forecast. we have many days that would be a heatwave. the weather compared to today is drastically going to be changing as we go through the next several days. so if you have the plans this weekend, the beach plans maybe, well, the heat, humidity, sunshine is going to be here. notice how we don't have any rain relief with that either. make sure you stay hydrated. it's about to get really hot

i hereby appoint the honorable mike johnson to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. schiff, for five minutes. mr. speaker, on may 16, a group of peaceful protesters gathered at a public park outside the turkish ambassador's residence in northwest washington, d.c. they came from a variety of backgrounds, armenian, kurdish, yazidi and more. but they shared a common concern about developments in turkey, including the crackdown on political opposition and free speech in

i am joined now by democratic congressman charlie crist of florida and republican congressman mike johnsonlouisiana. and these two have new legislation out calling for a national day of civility. and i agree. we certainly need one. let's be civil. congressman crist, you saw the new senate bill just released and in the name of civility, is there anything in it that you like? >> well, i think there's been some modification as it relates to pre-existing conditions. haven't had a chance to read the entire bill because as you say it just came out yesterday. but according to press accounts that may be a bit of a shift and something encouraging, but there's other parts that still discourage me as it relates to senior, as it relates to women and planned parenthood and some other items that leld me to vote against it when it was over on the house side. so we'll see. >> congressman johnson, as a republican, since we are being civil, this bill will repeal obamacare, something that you want to happen. as it relates to obamacare, many complaints were premiums were going up, deductibles were too high. t

rand paul and ted cruz and mike lee and ron johnson. his son was saved in the election by one president trump. it is bad news for mitch mcconnell. and fox news mike emanual on capitol hill. >> obamacare is totally dead and we'll bring in a plan that is negotiated. y we would love to have democrat support. and they are obstructionist and we'll not get one and hopefully we'll get something done with heart. >> the plan to scrap obamacare was was released today. tax credits to help buy credits. in house they are based on auj and in the senate based on age and income and preexisting condition and in the house, they can increase waiveres. and expansion of medicaid. and the house cuts funds and the sant funding will phase out from 2020 to 2024. medicaid cuts. states are given block grantses and the senate block grants and the state will grow slower. >> the democrats tell us it would be wrong for the senate to address these problems in a serious way while the law they defended for sen years teeters on the edge of total collapse. four gop senator

rand paul and ted cruz and mike lee and ron johnson. his son was saved in the election by one president trump. it is bad news for mitch mcconnell. and fox news mike emanual on capitol hill. >> obamacare is totally dead and we'll bring in a plan that is negotiated. y we would love to have democrat support. and they are obstructionist and we'll not get one and hopefully we'll get something done with heart. >> the plan to scrap obamacare was was released today. tax credits to help buy credits. in house they are based on auj and in the senate based on age and income and preexisting condition and in the house, they can increase waiveres. and expansion of medicaid. and the house cuts funds and the sant funding will phase out from 2020 to 2024. medicaid cuts. states are given block grantses and the senate block grants and the state will grow slower. >> the democrats tell us it would be wrong for the senate to address these problems in a serious way while the law they defended for sen years teeters on the edge of total collapse. four gop senator

mike lee of you they and ron johnson of wisconsin. republicans can afford to lose two votes and pass this bill. this comes hours after gop senators released a draft version. it keeps the fundamental principles of obamacare intact. but dismantled some of the healthcare law. gone are the so-called employer mandates and the tax penalty on americans that don't carry insurance. this senate draft lifts obamacare's taxes on wealthy americans and medical company. it also creates a new system of tack credits for low income americans. similar to the health bill that the house passed last month. the one that president trump called mean. in fact, the senate bill is a lot like the house bill that senator rand paul called obamacare light. under obamacare, the government issues tax credits based on income. the senate would have the government give tax credits based on income and age. while the house bill has tax credits based on age alone. the senate legislation would keep obamacare's protections for people with pre-existing conditions, unlike the h

senators ted cruz, mike lee, ron johnson, ran paul, susan collins and dean heler say they cannot support a bill which might hurt the people that voted them into office. it could be moved back until after july 4. >> to virginia medicade estimate it will lose 1.4 billion in federal sport under the new healthcare bill. the numbers were released yesterday the big hit over a 7-year period t would impair the state ability to provide long term health care to those who need it most. state's concern is per capita limits on federal spending. >> violent crimes in d.c. have gone down. down 26% from last year. there is 36% decline in robberies and homicides are down 15%. d.c. police patrol chief credits task force that target criminals shortly attacks and sometimes before the potential crimes for the decline. >>> first "fox5" rather continues the request for answers over claims of grave fixing in prince george county schools. maryland calls for the board to investigate the claims. speaking with "fox5" hogan says the state board may have to bring in outside help. governor adding a prior investigation

four gop senators are not anbar, rand paul, ted cruz, mike lee and ron johnson.t sounds like obamacare to him. >> when i look at this i keep reading it, this sounds like obamacare, doesn't even sound like obamacare light, it is obamacare plus on the subsidy side. we can't call that a repeal bill. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview with ainsley are hard later this morning donald trump says he thinks we will get there. >> i think we will have to see. healthcare is a difficult situation. after years and years, obamacare was ready for them to get. obamacare is a disaster and we are trying to do something. >> reporter: democrats are uniformly opposing it. senate minority leader chuck schumer says it is a wolf in sheep's clothing. >> the president said the senate bill, the way it hurts -- cuts healthcare is heartless. president said the health bill is needed, the senate bill might be meaner. the senate republican health care bill is a wolf in sheep's clothing. >> they want to vote by the fourth of july, to afford defections. rob: look who is talking could. tom pric

senator rand paul of kentucky, senator cruz of texas, ron johnson of wisconsin and mike lee issued the joint statement. and the reason between them vary. but they want to repeal more than ork. they want to repeal regulations around pre-existing conditions or what's called the essential health benefits which are required to be covered in an insurance plan. they say it is driving up premiums. it's unclear if mcconnell shifts the bill to please them, he risks losing moderates. >> and you mentioned susan collins of maine. what are they saying? what are their concerns? >> they have concerns -- they have more toned down which tends to be the case. moderates are a little more less outspoken than the conservatives. but there have been several moderate concerns. susan collins of maine has said she is worried about medicaid cuts especially after 2025. she is concerned about that. she thinks it might hurt rural hospitals as well as beneficiaries in medicaid. dean heller, the senator from nevada, he is up for re-election and one of the most vulnerable senators and he is worried about medicaid. we

those five are ted cruz, mike lee, ron johnson, rand paul and dean hiller.ng you right now, i cannot support a piece of legislation that takes insurance away from tens of millions of americans and hundreds of thousands of nevadans. lastly the goal of healthcare reform should be to lower costs here in nevada and i'm not confident, that it will achieve that goal. >> heller and the four other senators have all said they are still open to changing their minds if changes are made to address their concerns. the senate is somewhat limited in which changes it can make though because they are using the special process known as budget reconciliation allowing them to pass wit a simple majority rather than 60 votes but also precht prevents them from including provisions that don't directly affect the budget. they are still optimistic they will make enough changes to get the 50 votes they need for the bill to pass. >> this is not a perfect bill. i understand senator paul's concerns and i share many of them. we have to dweeef with the art the -- but we have to deal with t

conservative senators rand paul, mike lee, johnson and ted cruz all say now their vote is a no. >> this current draft doesn't get the job done. >> it looks like we're keeping obamacare not repealing it. i will not vote yes until i'm satisfied this puts us in a better prays. >> moderate republicans are also concerned about the cuts to medicaid. the cbo is expected to score that bill next week. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell wants a vote before the congress break for july 4th recess. >> it is 5:05. north korea is responding to the death of otto waumbaier who was sent home in a coma. north korea is denying anyone tortured warmbier. they say he was released for humanitarian reasons. north korea says warmbier contracted botulism and fell into a coma after taking a sleeping pill. >>> for the first time ever incoming freshmen at stanford will be allowed to bring in pets after increasing demand. students will have to get a letter from a licensed health care provider showing how the animal helps to assist them with their disability. okay, happening today things will get ugly in the north

we're talking about rand paul, ted cruz, mike lee, and ron johnson. if they follow through on their promise, the bill would be doa when it comes up for vote. the bill needs 50 bills to pass. republicans have a 52-48 majority. those four senators holding out would mean the p godoes not have the vote it needs. >> the intention is not to take down the bill. the intense is to make the bill better. you have to get to 50 votes, if you've only got 48, you need to negotiate. >> it makes changes to the house passed bill that president trump initially praised, but recently called mean. it ties tax credits to help pay for coverage to age, geography. it cuts medicaid more gradually than the house bill, and allows states to change what qualifies as an essential health benefit. the democrats don't like it. >> it cuts healthcare for those who need it most. just to give a tax break to those who need it least. >> the next big item for the bill is the congressional budget office score. that will tell you how much it will effect most americans. and the cbo score said 23

the other four came out yesterday, rand paul, ted cruz, mike lee, and ron johnson. the four say the senate bill doesn't do what it promised, fully repeal obama care. they all say they think it's a watered down version. all the senate democrats said they'll vote against the bill so the republicans can only have two of their own vote against it and have it pass. majority leader mitch mcconnell insists he wants a vote before the 4th of july recess lgbting gop leaders one week to win over more votes. >>> hundreds of people pack to virginia beach all to say goodbye to turtles. >>> we'll have an update on a a mega bus crashed in northeast dc. witnesses said the bus crashed into about seven cars and then veered off the road and stopped next to a building according to witnesses. none of the injuries were considered serious. no one was on the bus except for the driver. an eyewitness tells us the driver might have suffered a medical emergency behind the wheel. >>> prosecutors in dc dismissed charges against a maryland man accused of paying people $30 each to draw their blood.

rand paul, mike lee, ted cruz, ron johnson.se, to take the bill down if they were to put it on the floor. they can only lose those three votes that we've talked so much about. as they starting so negotiate in their direction, they're going to put a lot of moderate votes at risk. people like shelly mark-capito from west virginia. west virginia relies heavily on medicaid. ohio concerned about opioid addiction. smaller than a lot of people expected. it's going to potentially be a long coming weekend for this bill. we expect the cbo score as soon as monday. a lot of people aren't going to weigh in until that point. i had senator lindsey graham tell me yesterday that they do want to try to put this on the floor next week because unlike fine wine, this is not going to age well. i think that republican leadership certainly thinks there's some truth to that. right now everything is on track, on plan to go next week. >> casey hunt from the capitol. thank you for that. >>> the president's approval continues continue to drop. his approval

rand paul, ted cruz and ron johnson and mike lee saying they would not support the bill in its current form. senator heller said he cannot accept the cuts to caid. >> i cannot support a piece of -- cuts to medicaid. >>> mitch mcconnell has a tough task getting the bill through next week, if more than two republican republicans vote against it, the bill will fail. the republican opposition does not represent susan collins of maine whose speaking out against the plan. >>> officers came to the aid of that, a deer that became stuck in three feet of mud. it happens in penns landing near the chart house restaurant. the deer got stuck and swam under beneath the broken down pier. >> when we put it back on the beach. it relaxed for a little bit and it left within a few minutes and got on its way and continued into the woods. >> it will be okay. the officers say the deer was shivering, but otherwise fine. >>> if you're just waking up with us, much more to come on "action news" saturday morning. a truck plunges into a pool, we're hearing this was no accident. >>> the phillies head west there's a

they are mike lee, rand paul, ron johnson, and ted cruz. y can only -- republicans can only afford to lose two republicans. they need 50 plus mike pence to pass the bill. is the bill going to be in serious jeopardy? >> i think this is an ongoing process. here's the thing, this is not true obama carrey peel. this is not what president trump and others promised on the trail. keeps the subsidies and expansion. if you're a ted cruz and rand paul, you have to think about it this way, what am i going to tell constituents that they got out of this? it's not repeal. they can't sell that. if you're on the individual market who's really getting hammered, you're not a medicaid, you're not getting the subsidies, what relief do those people get? that's where the focus is going. i would love to see an amendment on hsa, health savings account to equal liez between people who clear through their workplace and individual market, that is something they can sell that provides relief, that would get a couple votes there, i think if they could pass it. >> is the

congressman mike johnson expressed the importance of the law to try and combat more stories like kate'shad been identified as criminal al line but as the chairman mentioned had always unlawfully returned. no legislation can prevent every strategy, obviously, but we have a duty to take every action possible to mitigate danger to the public that's caused by our immigration system. maria: this is as no sanctuary act. it also allows victims of crime committed by criminal aliens able to sue. these are issues that the president pounded on the campaign trail. how big of a win would this be in terms of passing this bill for the administration? >> well, very significant and a profound change from prior administrations. right now, i will give you an example, if the city of chicago or the city of san francisco gets $100 million to reinforce the school system and the president says i don't want to give you the 100 million because you're shielding illegal aliens, there's nothing the president can do about it but the new administration would have strings attached. do you want the 100 million, you acc

you can see senator rand paul, senator ted cruz, mike lee, ron johnson, dean heller and susan collins. to change their minds, the vice president, mike pence, will be on capitol hill today having a series of meetings. first starting with lunch and one-on-one meetings finalizing with a dinner to try and get this moving forward today and passed finally on friday. >> edward lawrence. thank you. >>> this morning, the white house is warning president bashar al assad against the use of chemical sean spicer issued a statement last night saying the u.s. has spotted, quote, potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack. how the u.s. is prepared to respond at 6:00. >>> parts of president trump's travel ban could be in effect by thursday. the supreme court agreed to take up the case yesterday and until the argument is heard, allows part of the travel ban to be enforced. the justice department and tsa will work out how to roll out the new rules. >>> president trump is going after former president barack obama blaming him nor russia's interference in the election. in a series of tweets

four republican senators -- rand paul, ted cruz, ron johnson, mike lee -- said thursday they'll oppose the bill in its current form, arguing it fails to cut medicaid benefits enough. the billll is similar to a a hoe measure that would l leave more than 20 million americans without health ininsurance. the congressional budget office has yet to score the senate bill. democrats are firmly united against the bill. this is senate minority leader chuck schumer. >> this is a bill designed to strip away benefits of productions from americans who need it most in order to give a tax break to the folks who need it least. this is a bill that would in medicaid as we know it, rolling back medicaid expansion, cutting federal support for the program even more than the house bill -- which cut medicaid by $800 billion. amy: this comes as scores of disabled protesters held a sit-in protest outside senator mitch mcconnnnell's office on capitol hill and demonstrators thursday gathered at washington, d.c.'s national airport to target republican lawmakers as they left town for their home states. also on thur

rand paul, ted cruz, mike lee, ron johnson and dean heller and others waiting to decide. if changes aren't made, he's not on board. >> right now, i am undecided. there are things in this bill which adversely affect my state that are peculiar to my state. a couple of things i'm concerned about but if those can be addressed,i will. and if they can't be addressed, i won't. susan collins of maine is waiting for cbo score but an optimistic president trump telling our pete hegseth that he thinks they are going to get there. >> i think we are going to get there. i continue promise. i think we are going to get there. >> no democrats are supporting the bill as minority leader chuck schumer puts the odds at 50-50 the republicans can pull this off. >> i think it's 50-50. we are doing everything we can to fight the bill because it's devastating for the middle class. i think they have at best a 50-50 chance of passing this bill. >> so an uphill challenge here with the growing course of some gop members saying they want to they the vote this week. we will see what's coming, rob and hea

> you have four republican senators, ted crews of texas, rand paul of kentucky, ron johnson of wisconsin and also mike lee of utah who say they're no. what we're dealing with are congressional physics. they want 50 votes to pass the bill and have mike pence break the tie with 51. if you have 52 senate republicans, you're in trouble. what is going on with the other four? rand paul said he doesn't want to kill the bill. he want to apply leverage, make it better. that's what i asked ted cruz about. >> you think by saying no, they will say maybe we can help you here, help you her and get you to yes? >> i have been clear from day one that i want to get to yes. when i ran for senate, i call pained on repealing obamacare. nobody has fought against obamacare harder than have. we have to do it and get it right. >> at the end of the day, what you're looking at are senators trying to get a seat at the table. if you come out publicly and say you're a no, maybe you can make it better and optically appear to your constituents that you fought for something and you did change the bill. >> neil: chad, one of the thing

he joined senators rand paul, ted cruz, mike leigh, and ron johnson in opposing the bill unless changes are made. the 142-page legislation cuts obamacare's insurance mandates, slashes new taxes on the wealthy, and rolls back the expansion of medicaid. but it keeps tax credits to help lower income americans buy insurance. >> i just heard today for the first time that obama knew about russia a long time before the election. >> reporter: in a new interview this weekend, mr. trump also blames former president obama for not stopping russian interference in the 2016 election. >> if he had the information, why didn't he do something about it? he should have done something about it, but you don't read that. it's quite sad. >> reporter: now, president trump may soon get a chance to take up the issue of election interference with russian president vladimir put person. the two could meet privately on the sidelines of the g-20 summit when it takes place in germany early next month. reena. >> ninan: errol, thank you. there is severe weather on both coasts for the first weekend of summer. in the west

reporter: the opposition's not just from democrats, four conservative lawmakers, rand paul, todd johnson, and mike found fault with the draft, because it does not cut enough. >> we're keep the subsidies, we are boosting the subsidies for stabilization or risk pools and i think it looks a lot like obamacare actually. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has a week to turn the tide. for the bill to pass only two of the senate's 52 republicans can defect. in addition to the medicaid changes the bill differs from one pass by the house last month by offering tax credits based on income, not age, and up holding payments to insurers to offset the cost of those plans. mcconnell says the status quo is not an option. >> because obamacare is not working by nearly any measure. it has failed and no amount of 11th hour reality denying or buck passing by democrats is going to change the fact that more americans are going to get hurt unless we do something. >> reporter: one option, take the vote the floor without the public support. if it fails, lawmakers go back to the drawing board on a key campaign promis

. >> reporter: he turned up the pressure on his colleagues, ted cruz, mike lee, ron johnson, rand paul and dean heller who say they oppose the gop healthcare package. gop leadership unveiled adjustments to the bill today. including a lock-out provision to make sure people buy insurance before they get sick. it says there oh would be a six-month waiting period for people let their insurance coverage lapse more than two months. president trump weighed in on twitter. the democrats have become nothing but obstructionist, no policies or ideas, all they do is delay and complain. they own obamacare. and the president senate doesn't have to act now. republican senators are working hard to get there with no help from the democrats. not easy. perhaps just let o care crash and bern. insurance giant came out with a statement saying it will markedly approve the stability of the individual market and moderate premium increases. pthe american medical associatin sent a letter opposing the bill writing quote, the ama is particularly concerned with proposals to convert medicaid program into a system tha

dean heller, rand paul, ted cruz, mike lee and johnson. there are a number of republicans on the fence. do you see a vote happening this week? and if it doesn't, what happens? >> well, i don't know. they'll vote it this week if they have the votes. if not, they'll put it off. >> does it die if they put it off? >> no. i mean, the real deadline is the end of july. when they go into the august break. any good leader in the united states senate, democrat or republican, you're trying to push against a recess to try to get consensus. this is just a process of when people feel that they have to make a deal. and what mitch mcconnell is trying to do is raise the stakes, saying we've got to get it done by this date so they get people to the table with some kind of agreement. i'm not sure that will happen by july 4th but certainly should happen by the end of july. >> if there isn't a vote this week, that will look bad for mitch mcconnell. >> no one knows the hill better than rick santorum so i'm sure he's right. our viewers have the power. they can c

other three republican senators in opposition or ted cruz, ron johnson, and mike lee.told reporters that although the bill does not have his support in its current form, he believes that he and his colleagues can get there. president trump says he doesn't have his recordings with f the eye director james comey, capping weeks of speculation. the president said "i have no idea whether there are tapes or recordings of my conversations with james comey, but i did not make and do not have any such recordings." mr. trump raise the question of whether he was taping his oval office conversations when days after firing james comey on may 9, he sent out tweets suggesting the existence of tapes. investigating yesterday stabbing of a police officer at an airport in flint, michigan as an act of terrorism. a canadian man from tunisia shouted in arabic and made references to people being killed overseas before stabbing the officer in the neck. the suspect was taken into custody and officials say there are no indications the attack was part of a wider plot. the officer is hospitalized

right now, rand paul, ted cruz, mike lee, and ron johnson say they can't support the bill in its current form... but they are open to negotiation. ( james ) the white house says they plan to play a role in the discussions. but there will be little time for negotiation because republican leaders want to vote on the bill by the fourth of july. ( james ) president barack obama is speaking out against the senate republican health care bill. he released a statement on facebook saying the senate measure is -- quote -- "not a health care bill" he described it instead as a transfer of wealth from the poor and middle class to the rich. he is warning of higher premiums and deductibles and lost coverage for millions. ( mark ) the san francisco police department is pushing for its officers to

. >> john: the other three senators, rob johnson, mike lee, and rand paul. listen to what rand paul said about it earlier. >> we cannot support the current bill. we are open to negotiation but we want the bill to look more like a repeal. we are afraid that when we read the bill, it actually looks like a reiteration or a keeping of obamacare. >> john: it looks like the senate was trying to leave in place a lot of the provisions or some of the provisions of obamacare. particularly on subsidies, pre-existing conditions. can they win over people like rand paul? ted cruz said he's open for discussion. >> it's hard for me to see how they went over rand paul. he says the senate version took out two or so of the regulations he wanted out. he says some where between 2-12, there's account do not compromise. chuck schumer and all the democrats insist this is a total outrage for obamacare and conservatives much more rightly say no, this is actually scaling back of some of the medicaid stuff. for the most part, this leaves the structure of obamacare in place. it really i

rand paul, ted cruz, ron johnson, mike lee, and more came out today, and said they would oppose it after the vote was pulled. so they yanked this, shell -- last night we highlighted the protests going on outside her offices, rob portman of ohio has also been the focus of anti-trump care, save the aca protests. rob portman also came out and said no against this bill today. jerry moran from kansas, he was not on the d.c. radar in terms of a potential no vote, but people in kansas who have him as their senator, they have been letting him know what they think on this subject, jerry moran surprised everybody by also coming out against this bill today when the republicans started to fall apart on this. so this isn't like the republicans getting close and then losing. this is them losing badly, get worse by the minute, so there are going to be some drinks took for people who have been fighting to save obamacare. as of tonight they saved it, but there's also a real worry, because people who have been trying to save the affordable care act have seen this before. the same thing happened in the hou

. >> senate finance chairman turned up the pressure on his colleagues ted cruz, mike lee, ron johnsonrand paul, dean heller. they oppose the g.o.p. health care package. leadership unveiled adjustments to the bill, including a lockout provision to make sure people buy insurance before they get sick. it says there will be a six month waiting period for people who let their coverage labs for more than two months. president trump waited on twitter. "the democrats have become nothing but obstructionists, they have no policies or ideas. all they do is delay and complain. they own obamacare!" the president suggested the senate doesn't have to act now. republican senators are working very hard to get there with no help from the democrats, not easy. anthem came out with the statement in support of the senate plan saying it will "markedly improve the stability of the market and moderate premium increases." american medical association opposed the bill, writing "the ama is concerned with the proposal to convert the medicaid program into the system that limits the federal obligation to care for n

and for conservatives, rand paul, mike lee, ron johnson and ted cruise. and senator johnson joins me right now. senator johnson, welcome back to "meet the press," sir. let me start with process before we get back to this. earlier this week you said you're lumenting the partisan aspect of this process. you said maybe this is what has to happen. democrats have the partisan bill, republicans are doing ours and then we'll sit down in a bipartisan fashion and fix our healthcare bill. it seems to me you're admitting even if you guys pass this bill, it's going to be done on a partisan basis and as soon as the democrats get power, they'll do another bill and we have more uncertainty in the healthcare market. aren't be just banging our head against the wall here? >> i understand without a good process, you're not going to end up with a good product. and a process in terms of problem solving starts with information. i mean that's kind of foreign to washington, d.c. i'm not of that world. washington, d.c. is an alturnt universe where people talk about policies void