$1.5 for mulvaney: 1 2017. it gets us a start on the program and you see some of the wall being built this year and obviously we increase funding in 2018, but that will take longer than two years to build curiosity source of funds, that is up to the president and the treasury and the state department. i am -- we are the guys that on we are thee money -- that take the money to allocate. that money nowof goes to sanctuary cities. is that part of the president's promised to withhold funding from sanctuary cities and are there other elements of the budget intended to carry out that punishment the president talked about? director mulvaney: i'm not familiar with that particular line item. let me get with the doj and homeland, because they deal with this topic. you will see an increase in homeland for an increase in detention facilities, a significant increase in detention facilities. wanted toent said he stop the catch and release program. he signed an executive order to do just that. we fund that. increase the amoun

mulvaney: a lot of it. as i said before, one of the reasons what you see such a dramatic reduction in the state department on a percentage basis is not that the president thinks diplomacy is not important. in fact, nothing could be further from the truth. we've already seen that secretary tillerson has had a tremendous diplomatic success already on the deal he cut with iraq. the president believes in diplomacy, and we believe this budget protects that core function of the state department. it just so happens that much of the foreign aid that the president talked about in his campaign, much of the money that goes to climate research, green energy, those types of things are actually in the state department budget. if those line items had been in the department of commerce, you would see the department of commerce having gone down by a similarly large percentage. so the answer to your question is that most of the cuts within the state department try to focus directly on foreign aid. reporter: the budget showed

. >> director mulvaney addressed that. couple of things. the senate dragged its feet on getting director mulvaney confirmed and in office. so we were behind the curve on having a director of omb. we got in and produced a blue print. but he's made it clear that we'll have a budget probably sometime in may that we'll outline the more specifics of the revenue piece, the entitlement piece and the full details of all of this. but that's eliminating a $20 trillion debt and tackling the current deficit is something that will take a little bit of time. it's something the president is committed to reducing. i thk we talked extensively about the pside's commitment to protecting taxpayer dollars and using them more efficiently. this budget, and a lot of the action the president has took on other projects including the f-18, the next generation of air force one, show the president is committed on a very, very personal basis to getting involved in programs and policies to reduce the deficit in respect taxpayer money. this is step down. it's a down payme

>> i think director mulvaney addressed that. look, a couple things, the senate dragged its feet getting director mulvaney confirmed and in office. we were behind the curve having a director of omb. we got in here. i think we produced a blueprint consistent with the president's principles and priorities but he already made it very clear we'll have a budget probably some time in may will outline more specifics of revenue piece, entitlement piece and full details of all this. but that's eliminating a $20 trillion debt and tacklings the current deficit something will take a little time and something president committed to producing and we talked exclusively about president's commitment to protect taxpayer dollars. this budget and a lot of action the president took on other projects including the f-18, next generation of air force one, show that the president's committed on very, very personal basis to getting involved in programs and and policies to reduce the deficit and respect taxpayer money. so this is step one. it's a down paym

proceedings began with mick mulvaney. he took to the microphone and talked about the president's budget proposal, which proposes to slash domestic spending at the state department, the epa, the labor department and the commerce department. that's mick mulvaney speaking earlier. also cuts at the national endowment for the arts and public broadcasting. the president is going to spend more money on the military and department of homeland security. we have a balance on domestic cuts, contention. that's the order of the day. that's the word to use. mick mulvaney left the stage and along came sean spicer and the questions were all about surveillance and wiretapping. john roberts, chief white house correspondent for fox news in the room. give me the headlines, john. >> good afternoon to you. in terms of mick mulvaney's part, it was the president said that he wanted a hard power budget and he got a hard power budget. the omb director said today and yesterday in a background briefing that what the omb didn't put in the budget, the

mulvaney -- congressman mulvaney, now budget director mulvaney said the may budget will be more substantial. i think the president has still bought some time. i repeat, his base is pretty solid right now. >> we have to take a break. thank you, gentlemen. good conversation. >>> still ahead. more reaction to the court rulings blocking the president's revised travel ban. i'll speak with the massachusetts attorney general who joined the legal fight against the order. ♪ look at yo saving money on your medica pt d prescriptions. at walgreens we make it easy for you to seize the day by helping you get more out of life and medicare part d. now with zero-dollar copays on select plans... ...and rewards points on all prescriptions, walgreens has you covered. so drop by and seize the savings! walgreens. at the corner of happy and healthy. that just tastes better. fresher. more flavorful. delicious. with more great nutrition. and 25% less saturated fat. only eggland's best. better taste. better nutrition. better eggs. usaa gives me the and the security just like the marines did. the process through usaa

. >> i think director mulvaney addressed that. look, a couple things. number one, the senate dragged its feet on getting director mulvaney confirmed and in office. so, i think we were behind the curve on having a director of omb. we got in here, i think we produced a blueprint that is consistent with the president's principles and priorities. but he's already made it very clear that we'll have a budget probably sometime in may that will outline the more specifics of the revenue piece, the entitlement piece, and the full details of all this. but that's -- eliminating a $20 trillion debt and tackling the current deficit is something that's going to take a little bit of time, something the president is committed to reducing. i think we talked very extensively about the president's commitment to protecting taxpayer dollars and using the more efficiently. this budget and a lot of the action the president has took on other projects including the f-18, the next generation of air force one shows the president is committed on very, very personal basis to getting

secretary praise and director mulvaney wanted to give you more. give you a timeline going forward. with that, let me turn it over to tom price. dr. price: it was a good cabinet meeting and the cbo report came out. i think it is important that we asked the question, "compared to what?" the fact of the matter is that we have people who have coverage but no care and it is important to remember that the care coverage numbers are going down. the fact that the matter is that right now, there are people who have health coverage but not health care. coverage numbers are in fact going down. if obamacare, the aca, when way, the bottom line is there would be 20 million who would not have covered. the cbo looked at a portion of, but not the entirety of, our plan. we want to make certain that patients are helped and that costs are decreased and they ignored other legislative activities and will make sure that we have a market that works. we disagree strenuously with the report that was put out and we believe that our plan will cover more individuals at a lower cost and give them the choices the

, now director mulvaney who is a leader in that caucus has been a strong advocate up on the hill talking to his former colleagues assuring them of the effort and why the process has to go the way it does. but i'm optimistic in the sense of what we're seeing in the trajectory and the number of votes flowing our way, not the other way. >> the confirmation hearing on judge neil gorsuch, i have not seen any democrat come out in support of judge gorsuch, do you anticipate you will get democratic support on this nomination? >> i hope and believe so. i think there have been several spoken very positively. i think he's been extremely impressive throughout the confirmation process and you have heard members both from the senate on the committee and then a lot of outside voices comment on how well he's done, how qualified he is and it's tough for anybody to say that he's not immensely qualified for this possession. >> related to congressman white house, can you explain why the white house has agreed to meet with him at all about what his findings are and the reason i ask that is because the minute

>> i don't know that director mulvaney has a target. i think that's part of the issue is that you go through each one of these in a fight with them on the merit of what they do or don't do or whether they become bloated or duplicative or friendly just outdated. or in need of technological advances but there is a lot -- there is no set number we are driving down to as we review government. sometimes you walk through an agency and realize an agency's mission is no longer relevant or that it's duplicative in three other agencies. or that there are too many people performing a function that no longer exists for a variety of reasons. that's why the mission is critical that director mulvaney was given the mandate to go out and get all of these different agencies and departments to review themselves and provide feedback for him as to where we can go. theou said previously that republican health care plan would not be a one-size-fits-all plan but the current plan preserves the health benefits literally defines insurance of the federal level. ho

host: mick mulvaney yesterday.he washington post writing about the trouble budget -- it would hit the area transit system including the metro system. gary ongo to the republican line from pennsylvania. caller: i have a comment on the budget but fir, when som gal comes in and calls our president hitler, it does not make sense to encourage her to call back. that is terrible. i did not vote for donald trump. i don't think i would ever vote for him, but he is doing what he promised and i am liking it. next time, i will vote for him. but there has got to be 10% of deadwood in every program. and meals on wheels, i donate to my church and my church donates to meals on wheels. people should be donating if they want to whine about it. that is all i have to say but i watch every day. i do not call berry often but you got my -- i do not call very often but you got my dander up. host: we have a lot of first-time callers this morning. was it the earlier color that motivated you? he hung up. the12 budget seeks to fund mexican wa

( laughter ) now, a lot of people say mulvaney is being cruel to old people. that's not fair.ruel to young people. because here's the deal -- this budget also cuts after school lunch programs for poor kids, but again, for a good reason. >> they're supposed to be educational programs, right? that's what they're supposed to do, they're supposed to help kids who can't-- who don't get fed at home, get fed so they get better in school. guess what? there's no demonstrable evidence they're actually doing that. there's no demonstrable evidence that they're actually helping results, helping kids do better in school. >> colbert: yes, why feed children if they aren't doing better in school? take the food away, and maybe they'll be hungry for knowledge. ( laughter ) and remember, mulvaney's not doing this to be mean, he's looking out for taxpayers. >> i think it's fairly compassionate to go to them and say, look, we're not going to ask you for your hard-earned money, anymore. single mom of two in detroit, kay? >> colbert: good point, mick. i wouldn't want to be the one to have to tell a s

i'm going to skip past the part where i say thank you director mulvaney. [laughter] >> as the director will say, the president's budget blueprint keeps its promise to put america's security first, turning his words directly into policies that restore and respect for citizens's hard earned tax dollars. there was additional nonbudget events of the day. this morning the president had a bilateral meeting with taoiseach kenny of ireland, he was to recommit to strong, social economic political relations in ireland. this afternoon the president made the remarks at the friends of ireland lunch at the capitol, celebrating americans' bipartisan commit to peace and security in ireland was started in 1983 by president reagan and speaker o'neale and has been attended by every president and taoiseach since then. dan coats as the next director of national intelligence in his ceremonial office. former senator coats has the sound judgment required to lead our intelligence community and the president is finally glad to have him on board as part of his team later this evenin

mick mulvaney, good to see you, sir.hite house demanding action after president trump's explosive claims. former president obama bugged trump tower before the election. i will be talking to former house speaker newt gringrich about that as well as peter king on the intelligence committee. let us know what you would like to hear from our up copping guests, stay with us, we are looking at sunday morning futures, we will be right back maria: welcome back, the white house demanding action after president trump accused former president obama of wiretapping trump tower before the election. a white house statement says this, quote, reports concerning potentially politically motivated investigations immediately ahead of the 2016 election are very troubling. president donald trump is requesting that as part of investigation into russian activity the congressional intelligence committees exercise their oversight authority to determine whether executive branch, investigative powers were abused in 2016. joining me right now fox news

and mulvaney said we don't care.n't think there are going to be -- if you look at polling on foreign aid, there are not going to be too many tears should inside america over the slashing of the foreign aid budget. take aside the morality of doing it but as a pure measure of of popularity, it's not going to be a popularity. when people think in the abstract of the federal workforce. it's not a huge loser for trump voters but it's interesting to look at the prespin and yesterday there were two things mulvaney said i thought was having, showed what he was anxious about, one is they're cutting infrastructure out of the department of transportation budget and the second is trump promised to rebuild the inner city. they're cutting the hud budget. that's another thing they're clearly trying to get out in front of and saying this is wasteful, this is duplicative. >> two smart points i think will be followed up on later this afternoon. we'll see mick mulvaney in the briefing room along with sean spicer asking some questions.

mulvaney did brief reporters yesterday about what's in this budget. and he's describing this as a hard power budget to contrast with that use of the term soft power during the obama administration. a term that hillary clinton liked to use at the state department. she liked to talk about soft power and smart power at the state department. talking about hard power in this budget. when you look at what they're talking about, $54 billion in terms of an increase in spending for the pentagon and then you showed the pllist. you are talking about a 16.2% decrease for health and human services, a 31.4% decrease for the epa. 28.7% decrease for the state department. and on and on. and, wolf, what you'll have happened here in the coming days is you'll have both democrats and republicans pick apart this budget and see things that they don't like. already hearing from the likes of senator rob portman from ohio. marco rubio, lindsey graham in south carolina, all saying that this budget in terms of some parts of it is essentially not just dead on arrival but dead on

in a closed door meeting last night, budget director mick mulvaney said mr.rump is ready to move on to other priorities. cbs news learned 35 republican house members say they'll vote against the bill. if so, the republican signature legislation will fail. >>> a new study says white middle aged working class americans are suffering in a changing economy. and as a result, they are living shorter lives. mark strassmann reports. >> reporter: tony roach and drew arnold work as mechanics in townville, south carolina. neither finished high school and neither has health insurance. >> i get sick, i pay in cash. >> reporter: roach, now 48, smokes a pack a day. we're all getting older. >> true. >> reporter: things go wrong. >> yes. >> reporter: if something goes wrong, you're going to wish you had it. >> very good. yes. probably. probably so. >> reporter: arnold is 25 with a significant health worry. >> i was diagnosed with a tumor in my head when i was 18. >> reporter: benign? >> yes, sir, benign. >> reporter: but still there. >> still there. if has been treated with m

mulvaney made it clear mr. trump is done negotiating. >> he wants the vote on the house care bill to be today, no matter what. if they fail to pass this bill, he said, the white house will keep obamacare in place and house republicans will be blamed. >> the test for the conference, can you be a governing party. the president has done everything to put us in a position to win. >> after a frustrating day, the most conservative member of congress are still not satisfied with the latest changes. the updated bill drops the requirement that insurance companies cover ten essential health benefits including hospitalization, maternity care, prescription drugs, and mental health services. >> i'm not confident in anything right now. the final vote is scheduled to happen sometime this afternoon. if the bill fails, president trump says health care reform is dead, but as we've seen before with president trump driving the bus, just about anything can happen. anthony? >> chip, thanks. the president is at the white house. major

>> i don't know that director mulvaney has a target per se. that's part of the issue. you go through each one and evaluate them on the merit of what they do or don't do or whether or not they become bloated or duplicative or frankly just outdated, or in need of technological advances, but there is a lot of, there's no set number that we're driving down to as we review government. sometimes you just walk into an agency and you realize that agency's mission is no longer relevant, or that it's duplicative in three other agencies. or that there are too many people performing a function that no longer exists for a variety of reasons, but that's why the mission is critical that director mulvaney was given the mandate to go out and get all of these different agencies and departments to review themselves and to provide feedback for him as to where we could go. gabby? >> thanks, sean. you said previously the republican health care plan wouldn't be a one size fits all approach, but the current plan presves obamacare's health benefits requirements, which literally defines insuran

i was supposed to kick this off with director mulvaney. he's still on a call with the governors continuing to host a ton of briefings with key stakeholders so my goal as we finish up director mulvaney will walk in the room right on queue and then he will talk to you a little bit about the budget and walk through q&a on that so hopefully this all works. i'm going skip past the part where i say thank you director mulvaney. as the director will say the president's blueprint promises to keep security, policies that restore and respect for sincitis hard earned tax dollars, there were non-budget event. the president had a meeting with the -- of ireland. there are important economic ties. the president was honored to host him in the oval office and commit to strong social and political economic rielationshis through the united states and ireland. this traditional luncheon committing peace and security in ireland was started in 1983 by president reagan and speaker o'neal. has been attended by every president, speaker of ireland since. right now th

mick mulvaney, good to see you, sir.hite house demanding action after president trump's explosive claims. former president obama bugged trump tower before the election. i will be talking to former house speaker newt gringrich about that as well as peter king on the intelligence committee. let us know what you would like to hear from our up copping guests, stay with us, we are looking at sunday morning futures, we will be right back my business was built with passion... but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. with it, i earn unlimited 2% cash back on all of my purchasing. and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business... which adds fuel to my bottom line. what's in your wallet? maria: welcome back, the white house demanding action after president trump accused former president obama of wiretapping trump tower before the election. a white house statement says this, quote, reports concerning poten

right now, the president is holding legislative affairs lunch with director mick mulvaney and keyingon his plans for the federal budget and repeal and replace that we have talked about. this is just the latest opportunity to continue the dialogue between the president members on capitol hill on turning his ambitious agenda into action. the strong relationship between president and congressional leaders will be key as the budget process moves along. as director mick mulvaney has been saying, our budget reprint will be released in mid-march in the president is working collaboratively with both the cabinet and congress to create a budget that keeps the president's promises to secure the country and to make the most efficient use of taxpayer money. in attendance at the meeting from capitol hill are senator, chairman of the banking committee, chairman cochran, senate chairman of the appropriations committee, senator mike, the chairman of the senate budget committee, bob corker of the budget committee, congresswoman black, chairman of the house budget committee, congressman thornberry, cha

you saw secretary price and director mulvaney out this weekend discussing it.hey are committed to the plan for director mulvaney made it very clear this weekend as well that through the process, if we can find some ideas that make this a stronger, more patient-centered piece of legislation, that will ultimately benefit americans, we are going to do it. we are not saying that this is the only way forward. as it works its way through the house then to the senate, if there are ways we can enhance the bill through the legislative process, we are willing to do that. would you like to know? okay. the president spoke to the chancellor of germany appeared they agreed due to the current weather that the meeting should be postponed. the meeting has been rescheduled to march 17th, this friday. same schedule of events on marc. >> reporter: if i can ask my question really quick. you spoke on behalf of the president, quoting him on the jobs report on friday saying they may have been phony in the past, but it is very real now. the question is when should americans sure do not

the cbo, according to mick mulvaney, not so good.everything happening on health care right now, how much trouble is this bill in? >> there are a lot of divides in washington these days. between conservative and establishment republicans and others. what's going to make this health care debate is can trump pull it over the finish line? a lot of folks in the house freedom caucus who, they would love nothing more than to go back to their districts to say, they stuck to it the man, establishment, leadership. >> that means sticking to it president trump? >> but if it means sticking it to president trump, that changes the calculations. they wound up having trump win by an average of 25 points. these are places where donald trump is very popular. if he gets behind this fully, if this is trumpcare, it will be a lot harder to vote against it. >> do you agree? >> he could end up being lbj with a twitter feed. it's going to be very uncomfortable if you're a last handful of holdouts and he gives you a nickname and he goes after you, you will exp

yarmuth: i don't know how mick mulvaney translated those speeches into these cuts, but he better not apply for a u.n. translator job because he's not very good at it. reporter: this is probably a question for you, mr. yarmuth, but, mr. peterson, you mentioned a lot of these cuts proposed are unpopular across the aisle and that they'll never go into effect and i think it's safe to say this budget going nowhere, particularly in the senate. but with that in mind, where do you see some of these proposals having support in congress among republicans and therefore having a chance of actually being enacted, where are you going to focus your attention so that some of these things don't -- mr. peterson: i think they probably have support amongst the freedom caucus types. and that's the trouble, if the -- and that's the trouble the republicans have in their caucus. they have an element that will probably support this budget but they are -- i don't know what they are, 20 to 40 people, and that's their problem. that's why they're hung up on health care. and why they will be hung up on this. you

>> i'm going to let director mulvaney get into the details of the budget next week. or whenever that -- i'm trying to remember the calendar here. when the director comes out, he'll talk about the specific funding levels. as you know, we're in the middle of this we call pass back provision where we sent them numbers, they are sending back recommendations, observations, edits, and questions with respect to their budget, so we're going to take this one step at a time. >> he said -- >> obviously, he's very keen on america's role in space, and i don't want to get into specific budget priorities or numbers until we're ready to release them. john? i'm sorry, april. remember that. >> it's very important. >> i know, i saw the hand right away. so, sean, real fast following up on john, you're saying the campaign information for next week in nashville, you said something about -- who's the campaign? >> try to help get you a name. there is a campaign infrastructure still in place. it would be inappropriate for me to be commenting on campaign activities from the podium, so there's

mulvaney. the president himself will pin this on the club for growth, and the conservative caucus, and a caucus you were a member of just six months ago. >> there's plenty of blame to go around as we try to figure out what happened. what happened is washington won. i think the one thing we learned this week is washington was moreec broen than president trump thought that it was. what you have is the status quo wins and unfortunately, the folks back home lost. you can plablame it on the free caucus if you want to and charlie dent, and it was the powers that be in washington that won. >> the republican party has not changed washington after taking over the house, and taking over the senate in '14 and over the white house now. >> we haven't been able to change washington if the first 65 days and if there's anything that's disappointing and an educational process to the trump administration is this place was a lot more rotten than he thought it was. and i was here. i helped found it. >> why coul y

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you were a tough nut to crack when you were congressman mulvaney. why should people like-minded with you who said i will give you the debt ceiling but i want real cuts, real deficit reduction. at one point you said i will raise the ceiling in exchange for a balanced budget. you aren't making that ask this time, are you? >> i voted to raise the debt ceiling as most people in congress have. go back to the 1920s, 30s and 40s, the debt ceiling debate has been used to try to step back and say, okay, why do we have a definite problem? why do we have a debt problem? how can we fix it? we'll come forward with the ideas to raise the debt ceiling but at the same time try to address long term reasons we have a debt. >> you are not somebody that voted for a lot of budgets in congress. why -- this doesn't look like a budget congressman mulvaney would have supported. why would you support keeping the deficit? i feel congressman mulvaney would not support the numbers that this budget shows. >> it's a fair question. keep in mind the administration is different than

joining me is the debt director of office and management and budget, mick mulvaney. sir, welcome to the show. >> thanks for having me. >> do you take the president at his word that he or his associates were wiretapped? >> i'm the numbers guy. i'm sitting here doing the budget and i'm not involved in the wiretapping issue. >> on one hand, are you concerned that eroding credibility on that issue makes your job harder? >> listen, those of us who see and work with the president every day believe him, trust him and have no difficulties like the folks in the press do. >> you think this is just a press thing? you don't think this is a difficulty for folks that can ke the president at his word on health care. he's made, hey, take my word for it and i'll ma the changes and some of these folks are out on a limb on it. >> i was in that meeting thursday or friday, i lose track of the days and he had cogent argument, and it was a credible discussion and i don't have concerns with those things. >> you said this, you're not the first person to say something like this, but remember,

mick mulvaney, thanks for coming on. appreciate it. >>> it was tanked by a revolt in the house, but it was facing steep opposition in the senate, senator lee of utah and charlie dent are about as far apart as you can get. but one thing they both agreed on, they weren't going to vote for this bill as it was written and they both join me now together. gentlemen, welcome. senator lee, let me start with you, the president is blaming the freedom caucus, club for growth and heritage for, quote, protecting planned parenthood and obamacare. is that a fair read of what happened this week, sir? >> that is not at all how i see it. this bill didn't pass because it didn't deal with the most fundamental flaw in obamacare. the part of obamacare that has de health care unacceptable and unaffordable. until get a bill that actually brings down the cost of health care for hardworking americans we're not going to get something that passes. >> congressman dent, do you pin the blame? some people pin the blame on the moderates, it wasn't just

there are two words that the president's budget director used to describe the budget, mick mulvaney saying this is all about hard power. in putting together the discretionary budget, mick mulvaney said he listened to the promises the president made during the campaign and created a budget policy for each and every one. >> we had an america first candidate. we now have an america first president and we have an america first budget. >> first priority is defense spending, 10% bump, $54 billion. homeland security gets an additional 3 billion while veterans affairs will add $4.4 billion. 1.5 billion will be tapped to begin construction of the border wall with 2.6 billion mark may next year. to offset the increases, state department faces a 20% cut. most of the $10 billion slashed will come from the foreign aid budget which estate rex tillerson said is just fine. >> the level of spending the state department has been undertaking in the past, particularly this past year, it's sadly not sustainable. i am confident with the input of the men and women, we are going to construct a way forward that al

mulvaney. the president himself will pin this on the club for growth, and the conservative caucus, and a caucus you were a member of just six months ago. >> there's plenty of blame to go around as we try to figure out what happened. what happened is washington won. i think the one thing we learned this week is washington was moreec broen than president trump thought that it was. what you have is the status quo wins and unfortunately, the folks back home lost. you can plablame it on the free caucus if you want to and charlie dent, and it was the powers that be in washington that won. >> the republican party has not changed washington after taking over the house, and taking over the senate in '14 and over the white house now. >> we haven't been able to change washington if the first 65 days and if there's anything that's disappointing and an educational process to the trump administration is this place was a lot more rotten than he thought it was. and i was here. i helped found it. >> why couldn'

mulvaney made it clear the president is done negotiating that this is a conservative package that lowerand so at his request and the leadership's we're moving forward with the vote. >> reporter: and a source in the room tells fox if it fails mulvaney said "it means we're stuck with obamacare." uncertain of the outcome there's concern about impact on the legislative agenda. >> if we don't get this done, where are we going to go when it comes immigration reform? this is step one. so without step one we really don't get to step two. >> reporter: the leader of the house freedom caucus mark meadow said the threat of moving on from healthcare turns up the from essure as leadership sources are raising questions about whether he can deliver votes. meadows says he's still a no himself. >> nothing has changed at this point. >> reporter: among the latest changes allowing each state to choose its list of benefits which could appeal to conservatives. kevin mccarthy said they don't expect another late night. >> it's our anticipation to be done in the afternoon but the gentlemen may know longer how lo

but first, director mulvaney.nically democrats are all of a sudden worried about our debt when it comes to this president's agenda. do you see a little hypocrisy there? >> i'll file it under better

if not, budget director mick mulvaney says the president will move on to other priorities. >> i think it was a helpful message. the president has done everything he can to put us in the position to win. >> reporter: gop lawmakers decided to postpone a vote on the plan yesterday, when it became clear there were not enough votes to pass it. >> it is our anticipation to be done in the afternoon, but the gentleman may not know how long. >> i'm not going to tell you. >> reporter: after adding a series of amendments to the bill, house speaker paul ryan emerged from the closed door meeting, confident it will pass. >> we have been promising the american people that we will repeal and replace this broken law because it is collapsing and failing families. tomorrow we're proceeding. >> reporter: despite the changes which include transferring control of central health benefits from the federal government to the states, dozens of members of the president's party are still opposed to the measure. >> are you confident this is going down? >> i'm not confident in anything right now. >> we have to get

>> director mulvaney, pleasure to have you here. come back soon. be sure to watch this wednesday for a special town hall on the future of health care with health and human services secretary dr. tom price, wednesday at 9:00 p.m. eastern here at dana bash. >>> turns out the active feed can get you to the white house. this is a sign that maybe he can take on trump the next time around? toge o bring you more ways to help reduce calories from sugar. with more great tasting beverages with less sugar or no sugar at all, smaller portion sizes, clear calorie labels, and signs reminding everyone to think balance before choosing their beverages. we know you care about reducing the sugar in your family's diet, and we're working to support your efforts. more beverage choices. smaller portions.

>> joining me now, nick mu mulvaney, thank you for being here. >> thank you very much for having me. >> did anything change at the bureau of statistics as to the methodology? >> you start to look at the u6 number already boring your audience. there's things like u3 and u6. if there's anything to make the unemployment rate look smaller than it actually was, we used to tell people back home, the only thing you should look at is the number of jobs created. as long as that is above $250,000 the economy is doing extraordinary well. and that was the number we spent la last. nothing to change to make them real today, okay? >> you could have a long conversation when a numerator

mulvaney made it clear, the president is done negotiating. >> bret: wavering lawmakers still getting white house arm twisted. >> at some point, you've got to say, that's it. we are at this point. >> there are plans. it's going to be terrific. you're going to be very, very happy. >> bret: democrats happy to stir the pot from the sidelines. >> bringing this up on a day when clearly you're not ready. >> bret: but the g.o.p. leadership is ready to battle back. the diagnosis for the health care bill uncertain tonight. and this is just one of many big stories in the u.s. and around the world. a special wrap-up edition of "special report" starts right now. good evening. welcome to washington. on the right to bear. you write about tomorrow on a plan to replace it or obamacare stays. a message delivered by his senior aides. and republicans seem to be listening, a vote is scheduled, if it all ends up, for sometime tomorrow afternoon. john roberts on the north lawn where they trump administration has been working to change some minds even late here, but we begin with chief congressional corresp