i'm mike lee. i come from a state called utah. it is snowing and we don't technically call it snow in utah, but it can pass for that. you know, i ran for the united states senate a few years ago and elected in 2010. and i decided to run for the senate, because i have come to believe that the federal government has become too big and too expensive, and anybody agree with that? and it has become that way specifically, because it forgot about the reasons that it was created in the first place. it forgot about the rules that are designed to keep you, we, the people, in charge of our own government rather than the other way around. our founding fathers understood from sad experience that bad things happen when you elect too few people to exercise all of the power. it is bad, isn't it? look, human beings are flawed and make mistakes and they are redeemable, but they are flawed and they abuse the power when they get too much of it. that is why we have the brilliant compromise which is the u.s. constitution. i happy to have a copy of it r

senator mike lee at the event. it is just over an hour. [ cheers and applause ] >>> we are live on siriusxm satellite channel radio channel 25. we are broadcasting coast to coast all 50 states. your voice will be heard by millions upon millions of people listening to the radio right now. let's begin the program with our friend, president and ceo of freedomworks, adam brandon. adam brandon, let's give it up for adam! >> i think the wind chill is clocking in at about 13 degrees. i appreciate everyone for being here. so i just wanted to start. i saw there is a vietnam vet. are there any other vets here? are there any other first responders? police, fire? thank you everybody. i am going to jump up very quickly. we have senator rand paul who will follow me. was anyone here in 2009 when we had the first march? are the topic was repealing and replacing obamacare. now we have to finish it. i'm a big football fan. we are at the 5 yard line. the game is not over. we have a score. this is our time to repeal obamacare. but it

senators rand paul, ted cruz, and mike lee were among the speakers. this is over an hour and 10 minutes. adam: i saw there is a the and him -- vietnam vet. is there any other vets here? are there any other first responders, police, fire here? thank you, everybody. i'm going to jump up very quickly here. we got senator rand paul who will follow me. was anyone here in 2009 when we had the first event, first march? all right. gee, i seem to remember the topic back then was repealing and replacing obamacare, right? that was the stopping it then. now we got to finish it. i am a big football fan. we are like at the 5-yard line. the game is not over. we have got to score and this is our time to repeal obamacare. it is not going to happen unless you guys are doing what you're doing today and you're going and telling them in person. over there is where mitch mcconnell works. [booing] when mitch mcconnell was running for re-election, his campaign theme was we're going to tear up obamacare root and branch. root and branch! i'm looking at this crowd right now and

please give it up for senator mike lee. [applause] senator lee: thank you, andrew wilkow. i am a big fan of your show. if you don't listen you should. my name is mike lee. i come from a state called utah. [applause] and it's snowing. we don't technically call this snow in utah but we'll let it pass for that. you know, i ran for the united states senate a few years ago. i was elected in 2010, and i decided to run for the senate because i've come to believe that the federal government has become too big and too expensive. anybody agree with that? [applause] and it has become that way specifically because it forgot about the reason why it was created in the first place. it forgot about the rules that are designed to keep you, we the people in charge of our own government rather than the other way around. our founding fathers understood from sad experience that bad things happen when you let too few people exercise all the power. it's bad, isn't it? i mean, look, human beings are flawed. they make mistakes. they're redeemable but they're flawed and they tend to abuse power whe

my name is mike lee. i come from a state called utah. it is snowing. we don't technically call this snow in utah but we will let it pass for that. i ran for the united states senate a few years ago, elected in 2010. i decided to run for the senate because i have come to believe that the federal government has become too big and too expressive. anybody agree with that? it has become that way specifically because it forgot about the reason why it was created in the first place. it forgot about the rules that are designeded

i'll talk to republican senator mike lee. he's a key member of judiciary committee and our correspondents, analysts and guests are standing by with full coverage of the day's top stories. >>> beset by troubles, the white house is very anxious right now to try to check off the top item on the president's to-do list, health care. let's go to our senior white house correspondent jeff zeleny. jeff, the president is taking this as a personal challenge. >> reporter: wolf, it is a personal challenge indeed and he's also using some personal salesmanship to make that case. he traveled to capitol hill today to meet directly with house republicans and just a short time ago he had 16 key republicans down here at the white house. wolf, i am told by talking to these republicans he is using the power of his personality more than actual specifics about the bill. but, wolf, there is no question, it's the biggest test yet of the power of his persuasion. >> we had a great meeting and i think we're going to get a winner vote. we're going to have

joining him were senators lindsey graham, ted cruz, mike lee along with former law clerks of judge gorsuch. senator grassley: are they on their way? oh, they are. 12:30 is at different times around the country. senator grassley: we want to thank you all very much for being here. before i start my remarks, i want to say thank you to all the former clerks of the judge who are here to express their views of why he should be on the united states supreme court , and i just got done telling them this is a news conference where they are more important than us senators are from this standpoint that they have day in and day out know the qualifications of this person to be on the supreme court. last week the judiciary committee saw a brilliant display from the supreme court nominee, the judge neil gorsuch. most importantly, he showed a command of the law and an independence from outside influence. my judiciary committee colleagues, those of us here and others, saw what the judge's clerks already know. the judge has an incredible legal mind and a humility that keeps him well-grounded. he's easily cle

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senator mike lee, republican of utah, just said this bill is going to fail. >> meghan: mike lee said that? >> harris: off subject, but he said we are going to confirm judge gorsuch. more importantly, what's happening? >> pete: it's a further climb with this obamacare bill, no doubt. they're going to put out opening shots because we close the house, a ghost of the senate, what is our conversation go? mike lee is a fellow traveler of the freedom caucus and he is that voice in the senate. i'm not surprised he would say that. >> harris: is this a sausage being made or do you think there's something to this? the freedom caucus isn't huge. >> pete: it does represent the conscience of the republican party as it pertains to sticking to the promises they made. they talked about for 7 years repealing obamacare. >> meghan: a lot of them are libertarians and libertarianism is not the same thing as being republican. i would call them the most extreme conservatives. >> pete: i would call them fiscal conservatives. >> harris: nancy pelosi -- >> meghan: as a someone who has multiple tattoos, that's

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my name is mike lee. i come from a state called utah. it is snowing. we don't technically call this snow in utah but we will let it pass for that. i ran for the united states senate a few years ago, elected in 2010. i decided to run for the senate because i have come to believe that the federal government has become too big and too expressive. anybody agree with that? it has become that way specifically because it forgot about the reason why it was created in the first place. it forgot about the rules that are designeded to keep you, we, the people, in charge of our own government rather than the other way around. our founding fathers understood from sad experience -- ♪ god bless the usa ♪ proud to be an american, where at least i know i am free ♪ ♪ and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me ♪ ♪ there ain't no doubt i love this land ♪ ♪ god bless the usa [applause] [chanting usa] >> thank you very much, everybody. thank you. so, we are just going to let the other folks come in, fill it up. this is some crowd. you have to see what is

it turns out like mike lee found that it was not fatal. it would not have been a problem. i think the president is right to back off, because he gave an incredible effort, but now it's up to us. there is a lot of movement in the republican party. greta, i was reminded last night as i was reflecting. september orin october, tom delay had to step down from leadership. it was one of the more touching comments i've ever heard at a conference. he got up and said, "guys, now that i've stepped out of a bunch of i owe you guys an apology. a month or so, a bunch of you guys protested. our party had a news conference and said we were spending too much money. i called a most frustrated and angry. i realized that used to be me. i used to be the one calling for that. i hope you forgive me." once you get in a leadership things about the principle that you used to stand on become less important to you as t218. right now, it is 216 because we have four empty seats. whenink i have to get -- you think i have to get this bill passed, h we sometimes forget about what used the fussed about. ho

de time as mike lee,tah who also opposed this bill, but for melieving there was too much is and mike lee at the polar can'tn a bill to forge a com question whether the republican party can party . i timal debacle days on a pledgehe trump campai watergate, conclusion that willcc inside thek to one of the credibly in uncar at this pointt >>> our very own first alert meteorologist krystal klei spoke with girls interested in math and science. the stem event called girls exploring tomorrow's technology was held at westchester east high school. >> it was an amazing event. girls exploring tomorrow's technology, so many different businesses helping these girls out. >> very cool. let's talk about your forecast, the extended ten-day on 10. a live look outside the art museum where the runners will finish up in a built. today a high of 50 degrees. monday and tuesday i expect morning fog and periods of rain. best chance is monday morning and tuesday later in the day before we finally dry outou temperatures are te it. >> or we'll take it compared to us.wi we'll be back here at 9:00. see you then. >

. >> so joining me now is floyd mathison, former chief of staff for utah senator mike lee, and mike leeon the judiciary committee. good to have you with me. let's talk about the issue of jeff sessions, and this is obviously kind of a drip-drip about his credibility as the top cop in this country between the trump campaign and certain surrogates and members of the trump team to this russian ambassador. do you think that he can clear this hurdle? >> i think he can. i think the recusal is the first step to that process. and the big thing is everything need to keep marching forward. i think one of the biggest challenges to the trump administration is they keep getting distracted on unforced errors. usually that happens because they don't have an agenda and aren't focused. arguably the two best moments, the rollout of judge gor sich and his speech last week, were good moments for the administration but both have been marred by their inability to take the agenda forward so they get distracted. there's a set of disciplines required in running the administration and they don't seem to have gras

mike lee also one who ex pressed anxiety and frustration says it's good that the president is meetingith the conservatives who are worried. but what descroas to do to find -- but what does he have to do to find compromise. >> it will require mitch mcconnell to leased in a much different way, take the bill and ram it through with no amendments, no debate and no discussion. the republicans are showing you can get someone to like something they hate by giving them something worse. the rollout of this has been rors than the obamacare rollout. the republicans have to understand their communication policy has to be robust. charles: nancy pelosi, you will see it after we pass it it's on the internet. they invited people from all walks of life to the white house. it feels like they are working on a compromise. we have seen the charm offensive. >> donald trump has a deal for a deal. this is great inviting these folks in. jim jordan was there. ted cruz this for dinner. he's having the freedom caucus in for boafling at the white house. he will sit down and listen to their concerns. i believe wha

mike lee runs to the house and says we are cooking now. we can do whatever we want. and this, to a.b.'s point, paul ryan is in the position of this undercuts his argument where we can't give you what you want because reconciliation. now they say maybe we can have it all and modern republicans say we want off this buggy. it >> bret: is mitch mcconnell mitch mcconnell. >> on the seventh anniversary of obamacare's enactment, americans deserve a better way forward. thankfully we have a congress and a president who are committed to delivering much-needed reform. i look forward to the house passing that bill soon and we will look forward to taking it up in the senate where there will be a robust amendment process. to >> bret: robust amendment process but possibly a robust d routing process of taking out te meat. >> the house could pass what they need to do and let the senate take care of it. that's what they are therefore and they are good at it. i think this is something of a lifeline provided to paul ryan, learning he'd been telling people you can't get rid of these regu

other speakers include senator ted cruz, congressman mark meadows and utah senator mike lee. this is just over an hour. >> we are live on sirius xm satellite radio, the patriot channel, channel 125, i'm andrew wilkow, host of wilkow majority. we're broadcasting coast to coast, all 50 states. your voice will be heard by millions upon millions of people listening to the radio right now. let's begin the program with our friend, president and ceo of

the republican study committee and senators mike lee, ted cruz, rand paul, among others are simply outraged saying they're seeing a rushed process and far too much back room dealing. in fact, both the house ways and means committee and the energy and commerce committee voted to repeal the republican health care plan without seeing the congressional budget office estimate of what it would cost. speaker ryan today tried to sway some of his colleagues by going into full professor mode as you see there, giving a power point presentation. in fact on the merits of the plan, and vice president mike pence gave an interview to our own bret baier saying the trump administrations listening to conservative opposition. >> i think we're going to listen very intently to conservative leaders. we're all literally on the same page about where we need to go, but how you get there is oftentimes complicated in washington, d.c. based on the arcane rules of the institution, but what president trump has said to our whole team is continue to engage members. this is the bill, but if there are ways to improve that bi

house ways and means committee, kevin brady, the architect, is here to defend the bill while senator mike lee, one of the most vocal critics joins us in just minutes. first, let's go to capitol hill to make a manual on how this dramatic fight unfolded today. mike? >> tomorrow, the work begins as two key committees -- kevin mccarthy, and chairman greg walden all began the full-court press to try to get their colleagues to support this plan. house speaker paul ryan made this prediction. >> we will have 218 votes. we've got a few weeks, we will have 218 when this comes to the floor, i can guarantee you that. >> on the other side, vice president mike pence had lunch then spoke with reporters saying the white house is embracing this legislation. >> the president and i believe that the american health care act is the framework for reform. we are certainly hoping for opo improvements and legislations. but this is a a numerically bi. >> saying lawmakers want answers first from the nonpartisan congressional budget office saying, "the american people and members have the right to know the full impact o

and senators already on record against the bill in its current form are tom cotton, mike lee and randaul. republicans can afford only two deflections in the senate. >>> a long grueling day on tap for supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. gorsuch faced a ten-hoyer grilling by senators on tuesday, with democrats challenging his ability to maintain independence from president trump. list ton this exchange under richard blumenthal about the president's frequent criticism of the judiciary. >> when anyone criticizes the honesty or integrity, the motives, of a federal judge, well, i find that disheartening. i find that demoralizing because i know the truth. anyone including the president of the united states. anyone is anyone. because no person is above the law, including the president of the united states. >> that's right, senator. >> that's just one response from judge gorsuch that made headlines. we get more now from cnn's jessica schneider. >> reporter: christine and dave, day three of that confirmation hearing kicks off this morning but in a long day of questioning tuesday, judge gorsuch

senators ted tive paul, mike lee raise the possibility of doing the same under mr. trump. prominentngress three groups plan to increase pressure on lawmakers to repeal it fully or risk retribution from the grassroots. if they hold together in the senate where republicans have the three senators alone could sink a republican bill. the current proposal floated this week by house republicans raceway peels ortions of the a.c.a. but because of pressure from constituents who depend on it leaves some intact that happy atives are not about. in the headline of the drudge because reports came out yesterday that the by republicanorth leadership is in a room in one f the buildings that lawmakers have to go to the room to see and cannot bring out copies of it. senator rand paul tried to go to that room yesterday and brought machine with him to try to get a copy to see what is in the legislation. more about that coming up in a few minutes with the healthcare reporter. len in sofia, north carolina, democrat. caller: hi. good morning. i was just wondering why a newly american president wo

with that i'd like to introduce my colleague and friend, senator mike lee from utah. senator lee: what's been introduced in the house in the last 24 hours is not the obamacare replacement plan. not the obamacare repeal plan. we've been hoping for. this is instead a step in the wrong direction. and as much as anything it's a missed opportunity. look, we've seen what happens when congress decides to put forward a plan negotiated behind closed doors where members are told you've got to pass this bill in order to find out what's in it. it's usually not a good product. and on this topic, i'm not speaking about anything that is necessarily inherently democratic or republican or liberal or conservative. this is just a common sense value. what we ought to have in congress is an iterative process. one in which we can start with basic grounding principles. now the two parties are in widespread disagreement when it comes to obamacare itself. but there is one plan and only one plan that has so far passed a republican congress. and it's this plan that's being introduced today. that

senator mike lee has been in the room all day and he joins us about how far the democrats may go to stop this confirmation. we will also ask him about a stand on the health care bill making its way through the house. plus, a shocking story out of maryland. it reignited the debate over sanctuary cities, after an 18-year-old an illegal immigrant is one of the alleged suspects in a horrific rape of a 14-year-old girl after maryland high school. he will hear from one of the parents in an interview that you cannot miss. that is straight ahead. stay with us, folks. we'll be right back. >> this was a terrible act done by somebody that is going to be terribly punished. has he should be, as they should be. but this is not on us diabetes can be a daily struggle, even if you're trying your best. along with diet and exercise, once-daily toujeo® may help you control your blood sugar. get into a daily groove. ♪ let's groove tonight. ♪ share the spice of life. ♪ baby, slice it right. from the makers of lantus®, ♪ we're gonna groove tonight. toujeo® provides blood sugar-lowering activity for 24 hours an

joining me now is republican senator mike lee of utah. he serves on the judiciary committee.ee, thank you so much for being with us. i know this is actually a subject you've talked about and written about for a long time. would you support changing the senate rules to allow for the nuclear option? >> look, we're going to get judge gorsuch confirmed. this is a good judge, a judge who interprets the law based on what it says rather than what he might wish it might say, and we intend to get him confirm. we will get him confirmed one way or another. >> one way or another means yes on the nuclear option if you have to go that way. >> it means we're going to get him confirmed. >> nuclear? >> it means we're going to get him confirmed. >> no matter what it takes. >> there are a number of routes this thing could take, and -- and i -- i believe that he will be confirmed at the end of this. i'm not sure exactly what procedural route, but he's going to be confirmed, and when we talk about the nuclear option we have to remember the democrats nuclear -- went nuclear on the executive calend

. >>> joined now by republican senator mike lee of utah. who has been calling for republicans to ditch this health care plan and go back to the drawing board. senator lee, welcome back to the show. >> thank you. >> i should call you know ext-- this morning. i don't know why we would be rewriting the bill to cajole a few people to come along. we should go back to the drawing board and come up with free-market solutions that will actually bring down costs. is this the drawing board moment for do they still believe they won't get the votes? >> i think this could be our drawing board moment if we take it as that. it doesn't necessarily have to mean that we have to go back to square one. it does mean that we have to ask honest questions about why this wentown in flames, why it dn't wor the simplest way to answer that is to point out that this bill didn't take care of what's been making health care way too expensive. and we can answer that question, then we can get to the point where we can get enough votes to get this passed. >> i have to say, s

senator mike lee has been in the room all day and he joins us about how far the democrats may go to stop this confirmation. we will also ask him about a stand on the health care bill making its way through the house. plus, a shocking story out of maryland. it reignited the debate over sanctuary cities, after an 18-year-old an illegal immigrant is one of the alleged suspects in a horrific rape of a 14-year-old girl after maryland high school. he will hear from one of the parents in an interview that you cannot miss. that is straight ahead. stay with us, folks. we'll be right back. >> this was a terrible act done by somebody that is going to be terribly punished. has he should be, as they should be. but this is not on us. ♪ but you can feel confident in our investment experience around the world. call us or your advisor... t. rowe price. invest with confidence. could save money on car insurance.nce you know, the kind of driver who always buckles up... comes to a complete stop... and looks both ways, no matter what. because esurance believes that's the kind of driver who deserves to save mo

. >> my name is mike lee. i'm a senator from the state of utah and i am proud to stand in support of the nomination of judge neil gorsuch. i would add he is the first supreme court nominee in history to have his own choir from which we heard just a moment ago. judge gorsuch is someone who is uniquely well-qualified for the supreme court of the united states. as a lawyer who has argued in front of him, the u.s. court of appeals and attempt circuit, i can tell you he is prepared for his argument. he's read every brief and opinion, he's read every statute, every case involving the dispute in front of him. he has one objective and one objective alone as his clerks who were assembled here today can attest, and that is to find the right answer in the law. he starts from the standpoint that there is a right answer under the law and it's his job as a judge to find out what that answer is. those who have criticized him have criticized him on a couple of grounds. one of them is they say he's out of the mainstream. well,

whether it is senator cassidy or mike lee, ted cruz, where anyone anyone in, -- or between, we are having a good conversation. >> it sounds like you are backing off of repeal and replace. the medicaid expansion stopping in 2018. rep. meadows: it would make real news if we said we were backing off. we believe the best the of goal is to repeal and replace. are we looking at concessions on some of those areas, depending on other policy changes? yes. we are looking to incorporate and of rand paul's ideas shaping them into the framework that has been given. off does require a acting will stop i would prefer to not back off on national television off.quire a backing i would prefer not to back off on national television, where there are headlines. if we say that this is in concrete, that is not negotiation in good faith. we have to get real policy changes in other areas and that is what it is all about. caucusand the freedom played a big role in pushing john boehner out of the door. how would you grade paul ryan? rep. meadows: since you are puing one comment with the other, there are no discussi

mike lee restated his emphatic opposition in the past day. and they can't lose any more republicans than that. but not just talking about moderates, some core members of the republican leadership over there like bob corker are questioning this bill and questioning what it would mean for health care in their state. so a lot of questions, not just here, but also on the senate side. remember, judy, this is on a very fast paste, the idea is to go through house rules tomorrow. they had a long day on the house floor thursday. then the earliest you could get to the senate is maybe even for a vote on tuesday. that's the best-case scenario for republicans. maybe getting to the white house next week. but right now it also looks like a worst case is possible, which you andry standing here talking about the house vote still next week. all to be determined. >> woodruff: and a lot of moving parts. lisa, thank you. >> woodruff: now back to examination of the second day of senate hearings to confirm federal judge neal gorsuch to the supreme court. joining me

republican lawmakers expressing their concerns including senator mike lee. >> this is instead a step in the wrong direction and as much as anything it is a missed opportunity. >> considering the 123 page legislation as early as tomorrow and watching what many expect to be a contentious month long battle in congress. peter deucey, fox news. >>> here in california more than a million people are covered in covered california. the exchange for obama care. almost 4 million more get help through the media cal expansion. the state rate of uninsured people have fallen 10% under obama care to 7-and-a-half percent last year. critics of the new gop plan says the loss of subsidies and scale federal aid means large amounts of people will have to pay. >> to the extent it will reduce the amount of people with coverage the rest of us will be in a smaller pool which means that premiums will rise as a result. >>> a spokesman for covered california says the agency is still studying the legislation and would not comment on it today. >>> coming up here. the new concern among landlords taking advantage of

susan collins, tom cotton, dean heller, mike lee, rand paul. top republicans in the senate and house are trying to rally the troops. today mitch mcconnell told the associated press, quote, i would hate to be a. whose vote prevented us from keeping the promise that we have held to the american people for almost ten years now. paul ryan was sounding more grandiose. >> president trump was here to do what he does best and that is to close the deal. he is all in and we are all in to end this obamacare nightmare. the president just came here and knocked the ball out of the park. he knocked the cover off the ball and explained to our members how it is important to unify, how it is important to work together, how we're advancing our principles and we're doing what we told the american people we would do. this is our chance and this is our moment. it's a big moment, and i think our members are beginning to appreciate what kind of a rendezvous with destiny we have right here. >> let's bring in our panel tonight starting in washington, white house corresp

what's interesting about charlie dent's appearance this morning, he'spp mike lee, the very conservativemall government senator from utahsbill, but for different reasons. if can't come together on something -- on a bill and can' compromise, then it does call into question whether the can g >> chuck todd will talk allentown area congressman charlie dent onere on nbc 10. >>> right now runners are making their way through center city fng marathon dubbed the philadelphia love run.10's matt delucia is l along the ben franklin parkway where, matt, some runners are lovingot tsrs wish it was yeste. >> reporter: i kind of wish i was running so i little bit here. it is a chilly morning along the ben franklin parkway. they started about 7:30 this morning. you can see now they're starting to break up some of the runners already . this isn't the only race hats and jackets are of the winter. >>finish. rgog, quite an a middle of the road. argrees. coming up, a we'll have more on coming for e-zpass it's got a menthol burstyo here is a look at the next three ys today, much cooler conditions than we saw y

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senator mike lee is live from the hill.ll talk to him next. >> bill: we have news from the hill. the u.s. senate now confirming ben carson to lead housing and urban development. that vote coming in just moments ago. the outsider once a contender for the republican nomination himself has now been confirmed to lead hud. that story just breaking from the hill. wanted the share that with you right now. 15 minutes before the hour. >> shannon: attorney general jeff sessions responding to a new outcry over his contact with russian. recent reports revealing he met with this russian ambassador twice but didn't disclose either meeting during his confirmation hearings. utah senator mike lee is a member of the senate judiciary committee. thank you, senator. what do you make of all this this morning? we're getting tidbits of information. one of these meetings may have been a grouped approached him on the sidelines after an event of the rnc. an office meeting, an official one is one of these. we heard it's one of the parts of the his job

dave rsh senators rand paul, mike lee and ted cruz are against that plan.they will need every one of those three senators on board. when the house and senate come together to work together too get a bill, they will have to appease the rebel senators. melissa: that was an unbeliable summation of what's happening. he did that off the cuff. david: he's putting together the details of a plan that would effectively change obamacare into something that is much more free market oriented than what we have now. melissa: in the last few minutes he explained how it all comes together. he laid it out. the question is can they do it? david: can we top tomorrow what we did today? liz: at least two are dead after a train collided with a bus in biloxi, mississippi. the bus appeared stuck on the tracks before the train hit the bus broadside. they are still removing people through the emergency windows. we'll continue to bring you the latest on this terrible accident. paul ryan says they do want to

you don't see senator ted cruz and senator rand paul and senator mike lee succumbing to a presidential charm, charm persuasion? you don't see them changing -- >> cruz is trying to get to yes. i talked to him last night. we were at dinner together with some other senators. i'd like to get to s, but i'm not going to support a medicaid bill that i think is fundamentally flawed. my state turned down medicaid expansion because i said it's fundamentally broken, don't add people to it until you fix it. this bill allows further expansion of medicaid. here's what i think. senator paul is probably a no no matter what we do. he doesn't like the idea of refundable tax credits. almost every republican bill has that. beyond that, there's problems in the medicaid area. >> senator, nice to see you. >> thank you. >> thank you for joining us. >>> and these are live pictures from nashville where president trump will hold a rally in just over one hour from now. we'll see what he says then about the gop health care bill. we'll see if he has anything to say about his wiretapping claims. >>> senator chris co

just yesterday i spent three hours at mar-a-lago with mike lee and meadows associating with the president's team trying to fix this bill. >> dickerson: does the president get this? >> we have had multiple conversations, the vice president and i have had multiple conversations as he said on what you played a minute ago, president trump said this is one big fat negotiation. here is the central prize. if we lower premiums and hopefully lower them a lot, that is a victory for the american people, if premiums keep going up that is a victory for insurance companies and lobbyists but a loss for the people who elected us. >> dickerson: we have very little time and wayn't to get to the supreme court. does the president get your central point this has to be all moved into one thing, one approach? >> i think the president right now is listening to the arguments on all sides. he wants to get to yes but i want to get to yes, but we have got to actually solve the problem. that is my focus right now. >> 30 seconds 0 tub supreme court nominee, judge gorsuch is it going to be filibustered and what will repu

senators ted cruz, senators rand paul, senators mike lee all having very big concerns about the costs of all of this and the fact that this bill was not scored by the congressional budget office. theice. that is the non-partisan officee up here on capital hill that tells congress how much things cost before they go and vote on them. s that scoring has not been done yet. but the big picture here from the republican standpoint is that they said that they wouldey offer a repeal and relays plan. they have one in hand nowd tomorrow morning we are told the two hearings are requesting to begin on this bill today. the democrats have not been shyn about blasting this. nancy pelosi today saying this bill couldn't be worse if they tried. chuck smaller in the senate, the democratic leader said from noww on you should stop calling this obamacare and call this insteadd trump care. if the final product out of the house looks anything like this draft, the senate should consider it immoral. but you know the thing to remember about all of this is that president donald trumpside trumpnt when he was a bu

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