it is a concern and goodbye moran.he gop controlled legislature veto to -- only to meet a from the governor." this morning we want to hear of that in the wake announcement from the majority leader that he was moving on from the senate vote for it democrats, it is 202-748-8000. republicans, 202-748-8001. independents, 202-748-8002. it is the better care reconciliation act. that is what the senate bill was known as. it is effectively dead now in the senate. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell mcconnell saying he will move on from that. todd is in baltimore, maryland. caller: good morning. i would just like to say that i think republicans have showed their hands. they had seven plus years and this is the best they have come up with, which is horrible. to the rich and at this point i think they should go ahead and try and fix obamacare. host: do you think democrats will work with them to do that? how is that politically possible? caller: democrats have already voiced that they would work with they would just give them t

senator moran ought to get a lot of credit. he was within of a couple of republican senators who held a town hall over the july 4th recess. held it in a very tiny town in kansas with population 277. 150 people showed up at that town hall, including kansas city indivisible and others who made the trek out there to talk to their senator. that works. showing up and doing sit-ins works. it's about putting pressure on. hey we're watching you. i love seeing that. >> ezra levin, thanks for talking to us tonight. it's a big busy night with the breaking news. >> tomorrow is a big busy day, a national day of action. keep this pressure on and we'll kill this bill. >> magain the republican effort to repeal obamacare appears to have fallen apart. as you heard ezra levin say, a cofounder of a group nationwide organizing efforts that's really been trying to stop the republican effort to repeal obamacare. you heard him say this is not over. kraushsly optimistic. but four republican senators saying they'll vote no is enough to kill it. i for on

and i've been watching jerry moran really closely. i used to work in kansas, so i've followed his career a little bit. he's someone who is sort of old school and takes the constituents' services part of this pretty seriously. he was one of three senators to hold honest to goodness town halls over the july 4th recess. he was in in western kansas, places four and five hours from any major city, and he heard almost nothing but opposition to this bill. and both on that recess and just over this weekend, i know he was talking to folks in the kansas hospital association. he was staying really plugged in here. while ideologically, he's just as conservative as mike lee and some of these other senators and sort of you hear in this statement this idea of still wanting to repeal obamacare, he knew full well from being back in kansas that this particular bill was not popular with his constituents. and as someone who just got reelected in 2016, he didn't need to take some kind of brave vote here to keep the base happy. he could look at what his co

moran: senator blumenthal is recognized. senator blumenthal: thanks, senator moran. commissioner pai, thank you for the conversation we had yesterday. i just want to pursue very quickly the questions that my colleague, senator schatz, asked regarding contacts with the white house. are you aware of any contacts or intervention by the white house in any past or pending merger, including the at&t-time warner merger? mr. pai: senator, i am not. no one has asked anything of me on any kind of pending transactions. sen. blumenthal: those kinds of things contacts would be absolutely improper and probably illegal, is that correct? mr. pai: i will simply say as leader of an independent agency it's our goal to be an , independent actor reviewing the facts as we see them, not as others see them. sen. blumenthal: i have been alarmed by reports, and i've written to the nominee by the trump administration for his attorney for antitrust expressing my concern about those reports that indicated that the white house might try to use the merger as a way to impede or intimidate the exerc

senators mike lee of utah and jerry moran of kansas, announcing their opposition. in a statement moran said quote, "we should not put our stamp of approval on bad policy".. that triggered a late night tweet from the president calling on repubi obamacare now and start from a clean slate" and thats apparently just what mitch mcconnel is going to do. the senate majority leader saying early this morning that he will push the senate to pass a clean repeal bill. mcconnell says he will hold a vote in the coming days. developing now in fairfax county - a body found in a centreville pond. "sky trak seven" flew over the scene on trinity parkway late last night. this is right near the newgate shopping center. police tell us the body is an adult male - but it's still unclear how he died. we'll update you as soon as we learn more. happening today in charles county, maryland.. a community meeting will be held about the former teacher's aide and coach accused of sexually assaulting children. carlos bell was arrested last month. police believe he sexually assaulted at least ten st

and moran of connecticut. all all expressing concerns.her. portman of ohio.oran of connecticut. all all expressing concerns.ehe. portman of ohio. and moran of connecticut. all all expressing concerns.lhe. portman of ohio. and moran of connecticut. all all expressing concerns.lhe. portman of ohio. and moran of connecticut. all all expressing concerns.erh. portman of ohio. and moran of connecticut. all all expressing concerns. of. portman of ohio. and moran of connecticut. all all expressing concerns. the bill needs at least 50 of 52 to pass. with pence as tie breaker. he is doing his part to get the call to the floor, going to rush limbaugh today to rally the base. >> i have one message for your tens of thousands of viewers around america, this is the moment, now is time. if you are one of those wanting obamacare to be repealed and replaced, we are are days or just maybe looks way as historical objective. >> covering health care battles all the way back to the clinton campaign, the clinton presidency. my understanding is this attempt to attach to something pb

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the white house and republican whip john cornyn were given a heads-up on lee and moran's defection. among lawmakers, mixed reaction to news of the senate bill's collapse. >> so, john mccain in arizona, recovering from surgery, calling for a new, more bipartisan approach. he wrote in this statement, "we must not repeat the original mistakes that led to obamacare's failure. the congress must now return to regular order, hold hearings, receive input from members of both parties and heed the recommendations of our nation's governors so that we can produce a bill that finally provides americans with access to quality and affordable health care." >> meantime, democrats scoffed at the president's claim that they would "join in" a repeal now, replace later effort. connecticut senator chris murphy tweeting "please, please, please, don't call this repeal, then replace. they have proven they cannot come up with a replacement. this is repeal, full stop." >> and california congressman adam schiff sent out this tweet -- "to destroy a health care system that works at the height of health care irre

those two were senator mike lee of utah and senator jerry moran of kansas.enator moran issued a statement describing why he opposed the bill saying the closed door process yielded the bcra, which fails to repeal the affordable care act or address healthcare's rising costs with the loss of those two votes, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell couldn't afford those two votes. he saw the writing on the wall president trump, as you might imagine, responded in kind a couple hours later on twitter saying that republicans should just repeal failing obamacare now and work on a new healthcare plan that will start from a clean slate. dems will join in. it looks like that's what republicans plan to do now senate majority leader mitch mcconnell saying we couldn't agree on the replacement part of obamacare. let's go for the repeal part first what they will try to do is they will try and pass just simply a repeal. getting rid of owe cbamacare a l altogether it will be phased in and that will give congress time to come up with an adequate replacement. they were able to a

but since then, senatorsjerry moran and senator mike lee have come out against this.iggest concern, we have got statements, the biggest concern is that senator moran... or senator mike lee says that after conferring with trusted experts, they feel that it doesn't do enough for lowering premiums, as well as flexibility... as well as flexibility in the states. and basically, mcconnell has a bit of a problem. in essence, he doesn't have his party... his party has splintered, effectively, and there are too many factions in the party. there are just too many people who have too many different issues, and in essence, you can't have your cake and eat it too, as many experts would say. so president trump has come out and tweeted, saying that he was republicans to start from a clea n was republicans to start from a clean slate, which isn't actually that far from what democratic leader schumer said, asking for republicans to start from scratch, and work with democrats. some critics would say, really, that this is a bit of an for the republican embarrassment for the republican p

secretary moran? >> i would agree most of that information would be within our secretary of health and human resources as opposed to me, but we have heard from the prak titig tigser --tig -- practitioner. there is a shortage of people to address this issue. in their defense, it is an epidemic that has exploded over the last few years. any assistance you can provide would be much appreciated by the commonwealth and state. >> thank you. secretary? >> i would reiterate what my colleagues stated with regard to it. we have a phenomenon, a number of physicians, nearly 700 prescribing, however, many of them did not apply to subscribe up to the 285 cap. many of them we don't know whether they are requiring counseling. we do know we require counseling in our corrections settings in jails and prisons. we encourage it, we do urinalysises. we don't note -- that's one of the things we are doing now. we have to look at beyond why some of the physicians are not applying to do more in their communities. again, we str

moran wants a fresh start overall and now president trump degrees with them. minutes ago he tweeted this, republicans should just repeal failing obamacare now and work on a new health care plan that will start from a clean slate. dems will join in. mitch mcconnell is now saying that the senate will vote on a repeal but it wouldn't kick in for two years. so he is effectively acknowledging that the bill is dead. >>> chopper 4 high above a serious crash here in largo tonight. you can see metal and plastic all over the grass. two cars and two motorcycles co police haven't figured out what led to this crash. one driver was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. >>> roads are drying out after some torrential downpours today. shomari stone showed us the high water on hunt master road in gaithersburg at 6:00. the same storms caused flooding in baltimore county too. when you see water like this on the road turn around and find another way to get where you need to go. doug kammerer is in the water center. >> it was a hot one today. high temperature of 91 degrees

the stigma is still a challenge. >> secretary moran, thank you. secretary moran? >> i would agree, most of that information would be within our secretary health of human resources as opposed to me. but we have heard from the practitioner. there is a shortage of personnel to address this issue. and you know, in their defense, it is an epidemic that has really exploded offer the last several years. any assistance you can provide for additional funding and flexibility would be much appreciated. common wealth and other states. >> thank you. secretary tilley? >> yeah. i would reiterate with my colleagues and i would also had that we have the phenomenon and a number of physicians, i think nearly 700 who are prescribing. however many of them have not prescribe overs that 100 up to 285 cap and in many of them we don't know as has been stated earlier whether they are requiring counseling. we do know we require counseling in our corrections settings and jails and prisons. we encourage it. we do urinalysis. we don't know, that's one of the things we have to get our arms arou

mike lee of utah and jerry moran of kansas said they could not vote for gop healthcare reform bill. >> the bill never addressed increasing cost of healthcare. they're among four that would not support the bill. this was second straight failure for mitch montgomery connell. mcconnell issued a statement conceding effort to repeal and replace the affordable air exact. the plan is to repeal obamacare immediately and have a two year delay for a substitute. >> president trump took to twitter after the gop health care failed and president tweeted republicans should just repeal failing obamacare now and work on a new healthcare plan that will start from a clean slate. dext ms will join in. >> evolving overnight a house panel a proved new legislation to cut funding of transportation. 31-20 vote they rejected democratic effort to add $200 billion to infrastructure package instead a spending measure to provide 1.8 billion in funding for dot in 2018 they slashed 646 million out of current spending levels. >>> new this morning, speed cameras installed along 495 suitland road and the cameras will f

secretary moran. thank you. secretary moran. i would agree most of that information would be with our health and human services close to me. we have heard there was a shortage of personnel to address this issue. it's an epidemic that is lowered over the last several years. any assistance you can provide for funding the flexibility would be much appreciated. >> thank you. secretary tilly. >> i would reiterate my colleagues that they said and i would also add that we have a phenomenon -- we have a number of positions in the nearly 700 prescribing. many if not applied up to the 285 cap. many of them we don't know as they say earlier whether they are requiring counseling. we do know we require counseling in our correction settings in jail and prisons. we encourage it, do your analysis. that's one of the things we have to get our arms around. we have to look beyond the positions that are not applying to do more in their communities and again we struggle at the same challenges with rural versus urban and ge

the stigma is still a challenge. >> secretary moran, thank you. secretary moran? >> i would agree, most of that information would be within our secretary health of human resources as opposed to me. but we have heard from the practitioner. there is a shortage of personnel to address this issue.me, but wd from the practitioner. i mean, there is a shortage of personnel to address this issue and you know, in their defense it is an epidemic that has exploded over the last several years and any assistance you can provide for additional funding and flexibility would be much appreciated in the commonwealth and other states. >> thank you. secretary? >> i would reiterate my colleagues, what they stated with regard to -- i would also add that we have a phenomenon, we have a number of physicians, i think, nearly 700 who are prescribing, however many of them are not prescribed up to the 100 up to the 285 cap and many of them, we don't know as has been stated earlier, and we do know we require counseling in the correction settings and jails and prisons and we encourage it and w

the white house was blindsided last night by that moved by mike lee and moran. what how sources tell me they think it was more of a protest against how mitch mcconnell was handling the process than anything particularly against the president. now the president is reminding senators who fall into this category, you voted to repeal obamacare in 2015, explain to your constituents why he won't do it again. the vice president was speaking just a short time ago and said they need to get on this, inaction is not a option. you'll hear this refrain, hang on, the 2015 but was merely a shell vote. we knew the president obama was going to sign it, but the white house is going to make the case. wait a second, you are voting for something you know what it happened in 2015, but now in 2017, you won't vote for something you know will happen? the white house is talking about a two year, maybe even a three year sunset for obamacare and order to get a replacement package. the president certainly looking forward to moving this process along tweeting this morning, we were let down b

the stigma is still a challenge. >> secretary moran, thank you. secretary moran? >> i would agree, most of that information would be within our secretary health of human resources as opposed to me. but we have heard from the practitioner. there is a shortage of personnel to address this issue. and you know, in their defense, it is an epidemic that has really exploded offer the last several years. any assistance you can provide for additional funding and flexibility would be much appreciated. common wealth and other states. >> thank you. secretary tilley? >> yeah. i would reiterate with my colleagues and i would also had that we have the phenomenon and a number of physicians, i think nearly 700 who are prescribing. however many of them have not prescribe overs that 100 up to 285 cap and in many of them we don't know as has been stated earlier whether they are requiring counseling. we do know we require counseling in our corrections settings and jails and prisons. we encourage it. we do urinalysis. we don't know, that's one of the things we have to get our arms arou

moran's statement was a little more broad. we've kind of seen that there have been two factions essentially killing this. those more moderate saying it would hurt their constituents and those saying it didn't go far enough. that's what happened last night. >> those to vote on a state repeal bill, how will that process work. do they have enough votes for that? >> mitch mcconnell said we can't replace it, can't agree on it. let's replace it. we'll phase it out and it will give us two years to come up with something much better. he plans to vote on that very soon. they might have to recover from his surgery because getting to 50 vote is no guarantee. they did do it a couple years ago. with some obamacare getting some support across the country, is might be a difficult proposition to get to 50 on that repeal. >> chris pollone, live on capitol hill, thank you. >>> 4:47. presidential security is part of living here in d.c. people who boat and fish on the potomac river say restrictions now go too far. the coast guard is adopting a po

dean heller, lisa murkowski, shelley moore capito, jerry moran, and rob portman. >> phil, i'm sorry to interrupt you. the majority leader has started speaking and talking about the dramatic return today of john mccain. >> -- again evidenced by his quick return to the senate this afternoon. i know he's eager to get back to work, and we're all very pleased to have him back with us today. now, mr. president, on the vote that we'll have today, just a couple of hours, senators will have an important decision to make. seven years after obamacare was imposed on our country, we will vote on the critical first step to finally move beyond its failures. many of us have made commitments to constituents to provide relief from this failed left wing experiment. and now we have a real opportunity to keep those commitments by voting to begin

cassidy, alexander, collins, corker, hatch, moran, mccain, murkowski, paul. i will tell those colleagues and all the others, the idea hasn't magically gotten better with age. it is still nothing more than a cut and run approach to health care that will leave millions of americans in the cold and raise costs on everyone, the young, the old, the sick, the healthy, working americans and middle class families. everyone will be hurt but the very, very wealthy. mr. president, every day that republicans spend on trying to pass their now failed partisan trumpcare bill, every day they spend cooking up new tricks to bully their members to get on a health care bill is another day wasted, another day that could have been spent working on real improvements to our health care system. democrats want to work with our colleagues on the republican side. to stabilize the marketplace and improve the cost in quality of care. we want to do it via regular order, a process this body has used time and time again to produce consensus, bipartisan, historic legislation. the majority lea

and now, less than an hour later they're four votes down with lee and moran. mccain, who's out with surgery is no longer relevant. we got the tweet, and on commercial break we got the written statements and they go into more detail saying they oppose this investigation, they are no votes which brings republicans down to 48. walk us through why this is happening from a conservative investigation and what you can tell us about these two particular senators. >> this started i think a little bit with rand paul writing an op-ed that this isn't really a repeal of obamacare. for a long time this has been the rallying cry and the battle cry of conservatives, the tea we got the tweet, and on commercial break we got the written statements and they go into more detail saying they oppose this investigation, they are no votes which brings republicans down to 48. walk us through why this is happening from a conservative investigation and what you can tell us about these two particular senators. >> this started i think a little bit with rand paul writing an op-ed that this i

moran said we should not put our stamp of approval on bad policy. that triggered a late-night tweet from the president, calling on republicans to "just repeal failing obamacare now and start from a clean slate." that is just what mitch mcconnell is going to do. the senate majority leader said that he will push the senate to pass a clean repeal bill. he said he will hold a vote in the coming days. larry: we are staying on top of breaking news and fairfax county. police finding a body in a pond in centerville on trinity parkway. police tell us the body is an adult male, but it is unclear how he died. stay with abc and wjla.com for updates. autria: a retrial getting underway today in montgomery county after a transgender woman is killed, allegedly at the hands of a longtime friend. londe is due back in court, charged with killing the woman in an alley in gaithersburg in 2015. the first trial lead to three days of jury deliberations, but ended in a mistrial. larry: the former teachers aid and coach charged with sexually assaulting children in charles wi

and now, less than an hour later they're four votes down with lee and moran. so mccain, who's out with surgic surgery is no longer relevant. we got the tweet, and on commercial break we got the written statements and they go into more detail saying they oppose this investigation, they are no votes which brings republicans down to 48. walk us through why this is happening from a conservative investigation and what you can tell us about these two particular senators. >> this started i think a little bit with rand paul writing an op-ed that this isn't really a repeal of obamacare. for a long time this has been the rallying cry and the battle cry of conservatives, the tea party was all about obamacare for years and it was what they were promised. it was what the base was promised. they were told if we get the senate, the house, the presidency, well, now they have all three and the way the conservatives look at it is, this isn't a big enough departure from obamacare. so i think a lot of people just -- they're not afraid of the effects of trumpcare in the same sense

that's not something she would do, she says, if she were a spy. >> terry moran in moscow. terry, thank you. >>> now to the fireworks on capitol hill today. president trump's pick to replace comey in the fbi. front and center, asked about loyalty to the president, and asked about what the president said just today that this is all a witch hunt. how his nominee answered. abc's senior justice correspondent, pierre thomas, in the room. >> reporter: after firing previous fbi director james comey, president trump's pick to replace him, chris wray, facing intense scrutiny today. grilled about everything from the loyalty to the president to the president's son, don junior. >> if you get a call from somebody suggesting that the foreign government wants to help you by disparaging your opponent, tell us to call the fbi. >> any threat or effort to interfere with our elections from any nation state or any non-state actor is the kind of thing the fbi would want to know. >> all right. so i'll take it we should call you and that's a great answer. >> reporter: after those one-on-one meetin

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terry moran, abc news, moscow. >> and we have an update on congressman steve scalise this morning. you will remember he was shot last month during a baseball practice. he has been transferred out of intensive care but remains in serious condition. he spent the past week in icu for an infection. he's now had several surgeries since the shooting. >>> the fox river is at an all-time high in burlington, wisconsin. this after seven inches of rain fell in a short period of time. the river is expected to peak today at noon. back yards and roads were flooded in chicago after rain in the chicago area that one resident said just wouldn't stop. even six flags, great america had to close as a result of the hot and dry conditions are fueling many wildfires in the west coast. arizona has nine, large, active fires. more than any other state. the newest fire in the state has grown quickly to more than 2,000 acres. there are about four dozen fires in 12 western states. >>> united airlines has a new plan to deal with overbooked flights. according to bloomberg, they will offer passengers rewards if t

majority leader mcconnell suffered a devastating blow, after senators moran of kansas and lee of utah announced they would not vote for the revised legislation. their opposition, not only reportedly blind sided majority leader, but also president trump. who is spending his evening strategizing with republican senors or dinner. it was not to be, tonight, after the implosion of senate healthcare bill, there is an over war raging within the opinion party. john roberts with our report. reporter: donald trump has never liked to lose, last night he had the rug pulled out from under him. >> i am disappointed. very disappointed. reporter: failure of push to repeal and replace obamacare blind sided president trump, frustration showing with his lunch. >> for 7 years i have been hearing repeal and replace from congress, loud and strong, we get a chance, they don't take advantage of it. reporter: and vice president weighed in, he is main conduit between the white house and congress, today the lines of communication were on fire. >> inaction is not an option. congress needs to step up, do their jo

now with moran and lee out of the mix, those are four votes he had to have.e doesn't have them now. so at this point it is very difficult to see a path forward for this bill, and it comes, anderson, as you mentioned as seven senators, most of them in the leadership of the republican conference, are at the white house right now presumably to come up with a strategy to hold on to those 50 votes. it looks as though at this point they will not be successful. >> yeah, i mean is it possible i mean it could change? a lot of folks said, look, on the house side it wasn't going to happen and then it did. >> right. but that was after a second attempt and it was after a lot of back door negotiating. we've already had a second attempt here, we've already had the back door negotiating, and the response we have hearing from these senators is anything but positive. this language does not appear to open the door to try to take a second run at this, and we've heard senators up here for some time talk about opening up the legislative process. they want more hearings. they want

senator jerry moran of kansas and mike lee of utah.t brings the number of four republican senators who say they cannot support this bill. it is not enough for senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to get the bill to the bore much less get it passed. he needs at least 50 votes. this would mean there are four senators of the 52 under willing to support the bill. essentially at this point this bill is dead. anderson, i want to point out the language in the statements put out by moran and lee. they don't appear to be in a negotiating mood. in fact, they're very, very disappointed with the progress of this bill. in fact, jerry moran suggesting they need to start fresh, essentially start from scratch. he says they need to open the legislative process and that he's not interested in supporting what he calls a stamp of approval for bad policy. mike lee in his statement said that the bill does not go far enough to lower premiums for middle class families. so mitch mcconnell has been struggling as you know, anderson, for the last several weeks

abc's terry moran takes us to russia's capital, moscow, where he meets with survivors who say they fled for their lives. >> reporter: the kremlin, the seat of power in vladimir putin's russia. but we are headed to the outskirts of this city and keeping a low profile. >> the person we're about to meet is taking a risk doing this interview. >> reporter: we're on our way to a secret safe house. >> we don't know where we're going. >> reporter: to meet two men who say they've been forced into hiding, their lives in danger simply because they're gay. this is what's happening in russia. these disturbing images collected by human rights watch showing men allegedly being choked, beaten, violated, targeted allegedly because of their sexuality. in the past few years, bigotry has been on the rise. and repressive government policies have fueled the hatred. but it is in southern russia, in chechnya, a semi autonomous republic where human rights group say vigilante hate has evolved into something far worse. a coordinated government campaign to round up and eliminate gay men. a mass persecution. here i

jerry moran and mike lee.ve a look at why the lawmakers came out against the bill and how the process to repeal the affordable care act will work. >>> it's a case that sends shivers through a lot of parents, the take action to see that it never happens again. >> parents want to know why it took seven months to arrest a classroom aide. >> carlos bell was arrested earlier this month but parents found suspicious texts in december on phones. the group women of action is having a town hall meeting tonight. the goal is to show parents how to ida bus and how to talk with their children about abuse. the meeting starts at 7:00 at the church at st. charles in waldorf. benjamin stoddard middle school -- the first meeting set for friday, july 28th at 7:00 p.m. at the school. >>> they've been blaming a backlog of evidence. the maryland state police computer forensic lab has four people to process all their cases. th

while professor moran over in camden says while they have done their due diligence and they do believeremains are missing. lie live in olde city, john rawlins channel6 "action news." monica. >> thank you john. >>> this is 69-year-old kenneth hoyle of philadelphia's frankford section. tonight he's charged with murdering his neighbors. hoyle is accused of shooting and killing robert depaul and his girlfriend august dempsey on july 16th. investigators questioned hle they say he admitted shooting the couple in the head outside of his home on james street but he claimed he was acting in self-defense and originally released. >>> in new jersey, people are getting paid to help cut down on crime. law enforcement worked with rk today to buy unwanted guns no questions asked. >> it's good to get the guns off the street. i had it for awhile so i said let me turn it in 'cause i wanted out of the house. my wife was scared. >> shot guns handguns even bb guns were accepted. you can bring up to three weapons and turn them in on the spot for cash. officials say the guns will be destroyed so there's no ch

senators mike lee of utah and jerry moran of kansas announcing their opposition. moran saying in a statement we should not put our stamp of approval on bad policy. the bill needed the support of at least 50 of the senate's 52 republicans but a total of four republican senators now declaring their no votes, bill appears to be dead on arrival giving democrats a reason to declare victory. senate minority leader chuck schumer tweeting this second failure of traufrp care is a sign that the core of this bill is unworkable. the bill was already on hold after senator john mccain's health scare this weekend. frustrating president trump who as candidate trump made this promise. >> to immediately repeal and replace obamacare. >> in a late-night tweet the president again called on republicans to just repeal, failing obamacare now and start from a clean slate adding democrats will join in. and it's possible president trump gets that repeal. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell now says he will hold a vote in the coming days on a straight repeal with a two-year delay to make

mike lee and jerry moran say the new legislation doesn't go far enough in repealing 0bamacare.la's political crisis has deepened after voters rejected plans to rewrite the constitution. president trump has said the country will face strong and swift economic action if the controversial plans go ahead. venezuela's opposition has called a 24—hour general strike on thursday. a

two more republican senators mike lee of utah, jerry moran of kansas, both together say they are going to vote no to advance the bill. they join the two other republican no votes. collins of michigan, rand paul of context, that means despite having the majority in the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell now does not have the votes he needs to move this legislation forward. a reminder here is the what the president promised about health care legislation back in may after the house passed their version of the bill. >> we're going to get this passed through the senate. i feel so confident. >> moments ago, the president responded to this news on twitter and we'll get into this as well. quote republicans should repeal failing obamacare now. and work on a new health care plan that will start from a clean slate. dems will join in. in a statement a few minutes ago mitch mcconnell said the senate would vote quote in the coming days to repeal obamacare, quote, with a two-year delay to give lawmakers time to come up with replacement. more on all of this with our correspondents in just a moment

>> mike lee and jerry moran, lee from utah and moran from kansas, they issued a joint tweet, if you willlast night around 8:30 taking political cover from each other, neither one going out on a limb themselves, basically they're coming at it from the rand paul perspective. you'll remember that there were two senators originally who came out and said they were against the bill, rand paul from kentucky who said it doesn't do enough to replace obamacare. obamacare has taxes and regulations in it. and sue son collins from maine said the medicaid cuts would hurt her constituents. the rand paul side of things saying it doesn't do enough to get rid of obamacare. we want to start clean. >> chris pollone, live on capitol hill for us. thank you. >>> 5:48. a woman arrested for trying to break on to the white house grounds will be back in court. alicia keppler was arrested on july 4th running along the south fence of the white house. this was the second straight year she tried to get on to the grounds. last year's case was dismissed when keppler agreed to undergo mental health treatment. >>> a drive

senators mike lee of utah and jerry moran of kansas announcing their opposition. moran saying in a statement, we should not put our stamp of approval on bad policy. the bill needed the support of at least 50 of the senate's 52 republicans, but with a total of 4 republican senators now declaring their no votes, the bill appears to be dead on arrival giving democrats a reason to declare victory. senate minority leader chuck schumer tweeting, this second failure of trumpcare is proof positive that the core of this bill is unworkable. >> right now we have no consensus. >> reporter: the vote scheduled for this week was already on hold after senator john mccain's health scare this weekend frustrating president trump who as candidate trump made this campaign promise. >> to immediately repeal and replace obamacare. have to do it. >> reporter: in a late night tweet, the president again called on republicans to just repeal failing obamacare now and start from a clean slate adding democrats will join in, and it's possible president trump gets that repeal. senate majority lea

ourhief foreign correspondent, terry moran is there. >> reporter: she is at the center of a global media fire storm. >> let me ask you a question. >> reporter: but natalia vesle net skaia says she is not interested in politics. she is known as a politically connected lawyer, and no stranger to washington. she is in the front row of a hearing on russian sanctions, just five days after she got that meeting at trump tower with top campaign officials, including donald trump jr. he was told she was a russian government attorney bringing damaging information about hillary clinton. we asked her about that today. is that true or false? listen, she says, i have never had compromising materials on hillary clinton. her only relieving some u.s. sanctions. she and trump agree on one thing. that meeting was a bust. he wanted to hear from me, that which i did not tell him, she says. he got disappointed from not hearing it. today, vesle net skaia insisted she is not an em baa sar. were you carrying any message or any information from anyone in the russian government to the trump campaign? >> no. no. >>

beth moran is the youngest ever woman to fly with the thunderbirds.an f—16, belonging to the top american aerial display team. beth wanted to do something to lift spirits after the shoreham disaster. so she learned to fly. her boss contacted the thunderbirds on social media, asking if they would take her up. beth was unsurprisingly impressed. itjust still feels quite surreal that i actually went up in an f—16 and pulled 9.2g. i mean, i think my body's going to be recovering for a little while after that. but it was a real experience, one i'll neverforget. for being part of a such select team, beth got her name on the plane, a round of applause and a framed photo. but this just has to be the best selfie ever. ben moore, bbc news. venus williams hopes to make tennis history at wimbledon this afternoon. if she beats the spaniard garbine muguruza, the 37—year—old will become the oldest woman champion there in more than a hundred years. among those expected to look on from the royal box will be virginia wade, the last british woman to lift the trophy and t

beth moran is the youngest ever woman to fly with the thunderbirds.p american aerial display team. beth wanted to do something to lift spirits after the shoreham disaster. so she learned to fly. her boss contacted the thunderbirds on social media, asking if they would take her up. beth was unsurprisingly impressed. itjust still feels quite surreal that i actually went up in an f—16 and pulled 9.2g. i mean, i think my body's going to be recovering for a little while after that. but it was a real experience, one i'll neverforget. for being part of a such select team, beth got her name on the plane, a round of applause and a framed photo. but this just has to be the best selfie ever. ben moore, bbc news. a school that counts a host of well—known stars such as adele, amy winehouse, leona lewis and the new spider—man actor tom holland as its alumni, is celebrating its 25th anniversary. inspired by the 1980s film fame, the brit school has consistently produced students who have reached the top levels of creative industries, most notably in the music busines

thing pattern and low— pressure more of the moran thing pattern and low—pressure might get stuck. which will add a bit of the days but throughout we will have to be on guard the spells of rain. the breeze picking up at times when the showers and freezes with you temperatures barely august are a little bit on the disappointing side. no new diesel or petrol vehicles after 2040 — the government‘s plans to tackle pollution. the aim is to encourage us all to switch to zero—emission electric vehicles. we have to get rid of petrol and diesel cars off our roads if we‘re going to make sure that not only do we deal with the health problems that air pollution causes but also that we meet our climate—change targets. but some feel the plan doesn‘t do enough to lift the smog hanging over towns and cities now. we're very disappointed with this plan, it is unambitious, and it kicks the can down the road, rather than dealing with the urgent issue of air quality which is affecting people right now. and local councils will be given money to reduce pollution by reconfiguring roads and improving publi