closing night, we have bomb shell patti lamar story. patti lamar was a hollywood star let who escaped from austria during the holocaust. the most interesting thing that the film deals with is that while she was appearing in hollywood films, she also was an inventer. she invented technology used in submarines during world war ii. what was it? frequency hopping. it is now used in bluetooth and wifi. she's kind of this unsung hero. this really brings out that. she had a patent for this, and it really had a big influence in terms of the war and since then. we are very excited about that. we are bringing out the director as well as patti lamar's son who is in the film. he is going to appear on stage at the castro. >> wonderful. there is another film i know we will see called fanny's journey. why don't we set that up? >> fanny's journey will be our palo alto big night film, opening night at palo alto. this is a holocaust story based on a true story about a 13 year old girl who helps a bunch of children escape first from france and then from i

i think the reality is, what john mccain said in his own statement, lamar alexander, patty murray. they're the top republican, the chair, lamar alexander, the ranking democrat, is patty murray on the health committee. and you are going to see the repair bill. and attempt a small repair bill. may even have a repeal of the medical device tax, which is something members of both parties don't like. usually for some sort of constituent reason, because some medical tech company is in their state, builds these products. but that may go. you will have some sort of attempt to help the insurance companies feel as if they can have a little more of a safety net if they go into rural markets where they may not have enough healthy people to sign up for -- on the exchange. so that's what you're going to see. a bill of fixes in some form or another. because they have to. the issue in rural america is serious. the issue of insurance companies walking away from these small markets is serious. they're walking away due to the uncertainty in the law. so that's where i think realistically this goes. and

lamar alexander and patty murray are already talking about doing that. i'm hopeful they can begin a series of hearings. nobody has said obamacare is perfect. nobody has said our health care system doesn't need fixing. the problem was, when they started -- when they tried to just pull the rug out from under the existing health care system. so change it, improve it, but don't just take a knife and try to destroy it and put nothing in its place. so we can work together. and i said that on the floor last night and a whole number of republicans who are usually more quiet and conservative came over to me and said thank you and they'll do it. on health care, i hope what mccain did was a turning point, when the senate turned back from its partisanship and worked together. we long for it. we yearn for it. there are some forces that get in the way but i think sometimes you need a little spark that inspires the forces. and john mccain may have done that. and i intend to follow through. i am not finished. two other things i would say. president trump did a tweet las

lamar alexander and patty murray already talking about doing that, and is hopeful that they can begin a series of hearings. nobody has said obamacare is perfect. nobody has said our health care system doesn't need fixing. the problem was when they started, when they tried to just pull the rug out from under the existing health care system, so change it, and prove it, but don't just take a knife and try to destroy it and put nothing in its place. and so we can work together. and i said that on the floor last night, and a hold number of republicans who are usually more quiet, or conservative came over and thanked me and said they want to do it. so on health care, but also innocent as a whole i whole i hope what john mccain did would be regarded in history as a turning point where the senate turned back from its partisanship and started working together. we long for it. we yearn to work together, and there are various forces, they call them centrifugal forces, that get in the way. but i think sometimes you need a little spark that inspires forces of coming together that outweigh the forc

lamar alexander and patty murray are already talking about doing that. hopeful they can begin a series of hearings. nobody has said obamacare is perfect. nobody has said our health care system doesn't need fixing. the problem was, when they tried to pull the rug out from under the existing health care system. so, change it, improve it, but don't just take a knife and try to destroy it and put nothing in its place. so, we can work together and i said that on the floor last night and a whole number of republicans who were usually more quiet and more conservative came over and thanked me and said they want to do it. on health care, but also in the senate as a whole. i hope what john mccain did will be regards in history as a turning point where the senate turned back from its partisanship and started working together. we long for it. we yearn to work together. there are various forces, they call them s call. sometimes you need a spark to inspire the forces coming together to outweigh the forces coming apart. john mccain may have done that. i intend to follo

lamar alexander and patty murray are already talking about doing that, and i'm hopeful that they canegin a series of hearings. nobody has said obamacare is perfect, nobody has said our health care system doesn't need fixing. the problem was, when they tried to pull the rug out from under the existing health care, change it, improve it, but don't just take a knife and tried to destroy it and put nothing in its place. we can work together and i said that on the floor last night, and a whole number of republicans were usually more quiet and conservative came over to me and thanked me and said they want to do it. so on health care, but also in the senate as a whole, i hope what john mccain did would be regarded in history as a turning point. where the senate turned back from its partisanship and started working together. we long for it, we year -- there are forces that get in the way, but sometimes you need a little spark that inspires the forces of coming together to outweigh the forces of pulling apart. john mccain may have done that. i intend to follow to the finis finish. two other t

lamar alexander and patty murray are already talking about doing that, and i am hopeful that they canin a series of hearings, nobody has said obamacare is perfect. nobody has said our health care system doesn't need fixing. >> three republican senators voted against the is "skinny repeal" ," susan collins of maine and murkowski of alaska were nose from the beginning, and then at john mccain killed the bill. >> yes, it is a disappointment, a disappointment indeed. our friends over in the house, we think them as well, i regrets that our efforts were simply not enough this time. >> the reality is after spending a whole lot of time and energy on health care, other pressing issues will demand time from lawmakers, such as the budget, tax reform, it is back to the drawing board on health care. melissa. >> melissa: making manual, thank you. >> jon: new concerns of violence in venezuela could seriously escalate in the coming days, our state department has a message to americans there right now. and attorney general jeff sessions says that the president's criticism of him has been hurtful, a lo

he called for the senate to return to regular order, where lamar alexander, and patty murray, take up the health care bill, and hold hearings and get to it the way he believes it should be. on the right of your screen, that's the rose garden, that's the american and lebanese flag, president trump and mr. saad are walking out now, they have been giv talking about refugees and the relationship between lebanon and the united states. let's listen in now to the president of the united states. >> please, i'm very happy to announce that with zero of the democrats' votes, the motion to proceed on health care has just passed. and now we move forward towards truly great health care for the american people. we look forward to. this was a big step. i want to thank senator john mccain, very brave man, he made a tough trip to get here and vote. so we want to thank senator mccain and all of the republicans. we passed it without one democrat vote. and that's a shame, but that's the way it is, and it's very unfortunate. but i want to congratulate american people because we're going to give you great h

lamar alexander and patty murray are already talking about doing that. i'm hopeful they can begin a series of hearings, nobody has said obamacare is perfect. nobody has said our health care system doesn't need fixing. the problem was when they started -- when they tried to pull the rug out from under the existing health care system, so change it, improve it but don't just take a knife and try to destroy it and put nothing in its place. and so we can work together and i said that on the floor last night and a whole number of republicans who are usually more quiet and more conservative came over to me and thanked me and said they want to do it. so on health care but also in the senate as a whole i hope what john mccain did will be regarded in history as a turning point, where senate turned back from the partisanship and started worki together. we long for it, yearn to work together. there are various sen trif fugal forces that get in the way but sometimes you need a spark that enforces the powers of coming together that outweigh the forces of coming apart

actually serve on the health committee, put it in the committee and let the chair lamar alexander and our ranking member patty like they have done so often, find common cause, listen to both parties and move something forward that would be good for everybody, not hurt a lot of people. >> what's going to happen if mcconnell brings up an amendment on single pair? >> well, look, if we are going to have that's called a vota ramma process, there might be a lot of amendments but i think what the democrats are committed to is don't talk to us about amendments until you put your bill on the table. if they just try to buy time because they don't have a proposal by throwing ought these stray amendments, i think ben cardin said it pretty well, the house bill that's on the flyer right now say cashing cuss, it's dead, everybody knows it account get the votes. we don't want to vai mendments to a carcass, we want to know what the plan and is then we'll talk amendments. let them put their plan on the table and then we'll start to have amendment votes. but just little show amendment votes to buy time while they try in their e

my committee has a fantastic chair, lamar alexander who knows this topic, our ranking patty murray whoopic. all the committee members can work together in a bipartisan way to find fixes. i know my democratic colleagues, we have been chomping at the bit to finally have committee hearings so we can advance fixes. i really have confidence that if we do that, we will be able to find bipartisan improvements that will make people's lives better and not hurt them. >> senator, the president is tweeting about this again this morning saying the senate should get rid of the filibuster as they try to repeal health care. you mentioned reconciliation, which is why i bring this up. i want you to react to the president's tweet there. it's 51 votes that the republicans weren't able to get. >> yes. we need to change it to 50. there's not going to be a rule change that will say 49 beats 51. there will not be that rule change. the president instead of doubling down, we need to change the rule to make it easier for one party to do things without listening to the other party. no. the lesson from last night

senator lamar from tennessee is chairman and ranking member is patty murray, both are thought of highly done bipartisan deals before. senator alexander are plage hearings and they're hoping something comes in the way of legislation. there were conversations on and off the floor. senator pursue saying democrats and republicans speaking with each other. seems like last night's vote was close but the truth is mccain was expressing something a lot of republicans felt, this bill was far short of a number of people who really wanted it to become law. >> woodruff: what are the road blocks? is it figuring out the policy? i've had people saying, well, if you could put folks in a room and not worry about politics you could get it done. you're suggesting it's not that simple. >> it's complicated because republicans are tried to put together different jobs. defunding planned parenthood is part of that, something susan collins and lisa murkowski haven't liked. the idea is if they pair it down and giks the affordable care act, perhaps they can come up with ideas they share, but this is less than 4 ho

health care, send it to a committee, the help committee chaired by senator lamar alexander, republican of tennessee, ranking member patty murray, who is the senator from washington, the finance committee, senator hatch of utah, republican, senator wyden, of oregon, democrat. they need to sit down and look at these bills carefully. let's not make a mistake at the expense of the people who sent us here. let's stand up for sound, thoughtful judgment. let's stand up for a senate that works, as john mccain challenged us. is that what the american people wish? i think it is. at the heart of all of it. and i think john mccain really set a standard that we ought to live up to. let us stop this waste of time over a debate, over a bill that cannot even be printed. let's take this to the regular order. let's do it the right way to the credit of the senate and to the credit of our country. we took an oath each and every one of us to swear to uphold the constitution, and that constitution, that document we revere spells out exactly what we should do at this moment -- stop what we're doing on this floor. stop wasting the time of the

i said to lamar, "if this skinny bill goes down, as it should, we will, and i spoke to patty murray, we will sit down and work in a bipartisan way to improve obamacare." we know obamacare needs some work, we don't deny that. let's do it in a bipartisan way. instead of passing this hot potato back and forth and not getting anything done. >> jon: that's chuck schumer live on the floor of the senate expressing some of the democrats view on the republican efforts to repeal and replace obamacare. let's talk about what's going on with a.b. stoddard and vince colones a.b., it appears they're heading toward a vote for this so-called skinny repeal, but nobody seems to know a lot about what's in it, can you enlighten us? >> it's what peter told us is basically a repeal of the individual mandates. it would have certainly been one of the first things they attempted, democrats, to join with republicans on if hillary clinton had won, but this is not a repeal and it keeps the medicaid expansion, those taxes, so what happened between last night and this morning was that there was some enthusiasm for

i am thinking of lamar alexander, congresswoman virginia fox, luke messer. i would have said a few months ago senator patty murray of washington, but it seems like there has been a bit of a fracture in the bipartisanship that usually comes with education issues. where do you guys see them standing on moving education legislation through the pipeline? i am thinking maybe a career tech ed. there is some bipartisanship around that. what is realistic for us to expect? anyone can take that. >> i'll start. i think that there is -- i would have said pre-esa the opportunity was limited. i was surprised that esa made it through and was signed into law. it will be interesting to see if something like a federal tax credit. new national federal tax credit were to move forward. are there folks who don't play in the ed space who -- within the ed space we are not considering. there is a push on the part of the administration, i think correctly, to streamline the tax code, to lower rates. dos that run into a push for a new federal tax credit scholarship which could go in the opposite direction from a tax policy perspectiv

i said to lamar, if this skinny bill goes down, as it should, we will -- and i spoke to patty murray, our ranking member, we will sit down and work in a bipartisan way to improve obamacare. we know obamacare needs some work. we don't deny that. let's do it in a bipartisan way. instead of passing this hot potato back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, and not getting anything done. and while we're -- while our leaders are passing this hot potato, insurers will be setting their rates for 2018. that means insurers will lock in rates for the next year with this massive uncertainty hanging over their heads, leading to huge rate increases or decisions to pull out of markets. skinny repeal is is a way to geo conference, is a recipe for disaster, and beyond that it's a shameful way of legislating. my republican friends should listen to the wonderful speech that the man we admire, john mccain, gave when he came back. we should be working in a bipartisan way. we shouldn't -- my blip friends, you shouldn't be passing a bill you don't support or believe in, that you pray won't become law.