senate republican leader mitchell mcconnell delivering the news during a luncheon here on capital hill with the ce chief of staff in attendance. tonight they'll meet with president trump trying to figure out the senate majority leader sounded in an optimistic tone saying a better version of this billion would finally emerge from this current defeat. legislation of h this complexity almost always takes licensinger than anybody else would hope, but we're going to press on. we think the status quo is un sustainable for all the obvious reasons we've discussed over and over and over again. now to be clear, this billion which would have roled back much of obamacare had been in trouble since the start on the very day it was announced five republican senators came out in opposition to it. more joined in as the days went on. and this vote drew closer. be clear, the nail in the congressional budget office report that scored this billion financially. it found that the senate version of the obamacare repeal would have left 22 million americans without health insurance at all. now, for democrats to

republicans need to make these major changes to the bill if they hope to get it passed and mitchell mcconnell'sromise to vote before the july fourth recess means they have to get it done by friday. expect the wheeling and dealing to begin first thing monday and another big issue that is going to complicate this debate is the score from the congressional budget office and expected on monday or tuesday and could change the direction of the debate as well. a lot going on here in washington at the beginning of this week. . victor? >> a busy week. ryan nobles in washington, thank you. >> thank you. >>> turn back to the interview with fox news this morning. i want you to listen to a couple of the questions. >> who is your biggest opponent? democrats resisting or fake news media or deep stake leaks? how frustrating is to have former president obama out there leading resistance? i. >> i opened up the failing times and "the washington post" this morning. no sign that you're talking about this bill today. >> let's bring in host of "reliable sources" brian stealther. the president from my search, correct

will have a better sense when they come back on monday whether or not this is going to go mitchell mcconnell'say or not. i do think there is a steadfast feeling from the leader's office there will ab vote next week. senator lindy graham told me, look, this bill is not like fine wine and it's not going to get better with time. >> i heard that line. he gave that trademark smile right after. i think that -- >> he loves it. he knows when he delivers a good quote. >> i think he also said today is there a 50/50 chances we get to 50. >> yes. >> quickly here, senator johnson and senator lee and senator cruz and paul you just mentioned, i get the sense that november none of these guys are a firm no. that they really are very much open to the idea that they want this bill to pass. do you get that sense? >> reporter: look. i think the language that -- especially senator cruz used yesterday was much more conciliatory and potentially open than it could have been. i think the message was being sent, hey, we do want to work on this. i think they may want to be publicly perceived as getting things that conser

can mcconnell get something passed? george mitchell: he may be able to do it. 50 votes than he has 52 republicans. my hope is for the sake of the country, enough republicans stand up to this and say they will not vote for it. my state of maine, it is a disaster. if you take rural, poor, elderly , you defined the population of the maine, i don't see how the senator could vote for this. vonnie: what is the solution for health care and paying for health care? we see more insurers pulling out of exchanges, maybe if there is other legislation coming down and it may not be. what is the solution? britain where their lines everywhere? aorge mitchell: britain has two-tier system, a public system with a supplementary private system where people can go if they choose to do so. my own view is what it should do now is both parties should get together and fix what is wrong with obamacare. try to improve it and correct it, not so-called repeal which is essentially intended only to reduce taxes on the highest income americans. tonie: i wanted to go br

senators who are familiar with this process, they make clear that senate majority leader mitchell mitch mcconnellanted to give hit members a space to negotiate on very decisive issues whether the expansion of medicaid or cut back of obamacare regulations and the structure of that. all of these are issues within the republican party within their own conference there are major, major problem. but the result of that is nobody has any idea, at least outside the room, of what is going on. frankl frankly, some member inside do not. take a listen to this. >> yeah, i got a problem with it. if i'm not see ago bill before we have a vote on it, that's just not a good way to handle something that is as significant as and important as health care. >> reporter: the issue here is those senate republicans, including murkowski and several have voiced these concerns have to not just digest this proposal but decide how to vote on this. the reality is this. they haven't solved these big problem that they still have on these crucial issues. time is running out. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell made clear he wan

> and right now on a special edition of "andrea mitchell reports," summer sequel, with support fading for the republican health care plan, mitch mcconnell will take a take two after the july 4th recess. could a bipartisan compromise be the plot twist? >>>. >> so when did we get to the point where we said no, we're not going to talk to democrats with a fix? >> the best outcome would still be a bipartisan deal. >> you hear a lot of people talking about across the aisle. something you're interested in doing? >> certainly is. that's what we shyou have done from the beginning. >> i said all along we should talk to the democrats from the beginning. sfw t >> the tangled web a key arc se architect of donald trump's political web and the clinton campaign chairman weighs in on whether the obama white house did enough to stop it. >> look, i think the president and entire administration were dealing with unprecedent the incidents of weaponization of fruits of russian cyber activity, and i think they were trying to make the best judgments they could on behalf of the american people. >> and breaking point, the white house press briefing boils over af

> and right now on a special edition of "andrea mitchell reports," summer sequel, with support fading for the republican health care plan, mitch mcconnelll take a take two after the july 4th recess. could a bipartisan compromise be the plot twist? >>>. >> so when did we get to the point where we said no, we're not going to talk to democrats with a fix? >> the best outcome would still be a bipartisan deal. >> you hear a lot of people talking about across the aisle. something you're interested in doing? >> certainly is. that's what we shyou have done from the beginning. >> i said all along we should talk to the democrats from the beginning. sfw t >> the tangled

mitchell reports". >> the big reveal, people in wheelchairs saying they rely on medicaid being hauled from a protest outside mitch mcconnell's office moments after mcconnell's see celt healcret h bill is revealed. >> the president said the senate bill needed heart. the way this bill cuts health care is heartless. the president said the house bill was mean. the senate bill may be meaner. >> obamacare is a disaster. it is dead. totally dead and we're putting in a plan today that is going to be negotiated. we would love to have some democrat support, but they're obstructionists, we won't get support, we won't get one no matter how good it is, we'll hopefully get something done, something with heart. >> coming up, our prognosis, brand-new polling from nbc news just out showing what most americans think. and where the votes now lie. plus, reaction from republicans, can the democrats peel off the three republican votes they need to stop this bill? >> i can't speak for the whole room and you're going to get, you know, 51 different -- 52 different -- i'll be 1, 51 different opinions. >> and good day. breaking news here on capitol hi

mitchell reports". >> the big reveal, people in wheelchairs saying they rely on medicaid being hauled from a protest outside mitch mcconnell's office moments after mcconnell's see celt healcret h bill is revealed. >> the president said the senate bill needed heart. the way this bill cuts health care is heartless. the president said the house bill was mean. the senate bill may be meaner. >> obamacare is a disaster. it is dead. totally dead and we're putting in a plan today that is going to be negotiated. we would love to have some demoatsupport, but they're structionists, we won't get support, we won't get one no matter how good

mitchell in aspen, colorado, at the ideas festival where we are following the latest developments in the healthcare battle. senate republicans are scrambling to save their plan to repeal obamacare. majority leader mitch mcconnell trying to hammer out a revamped bill by tomorrow before the july 4th recess, but a new reality for republicans is starting to sink in as the chorus for a bipartisan solution grows. one of those who has been pushing for a bipartisan approach all along republican senator susan collins who joins me now. thank you for being with us. >> glad to join you, andrea. >> let's talk about whether or not you think that mitch mcconnell and his band of male senators who have been in the closed, closed meetings, can they come up with a solution that you think will fix this enough to win your support or do they need to really do it over and bring democrats into the conversation? >> from my perspective the bill needs a lot more than tweaking or tinkering around the edges, it needs some major overhauls so that we no longer would have 22 million people losing their insurance, sweeping cuts in the medicaid program which helps our most vulnerable citizens in our rural hospitals, nursing homes and home heal