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on the complete other end are moderates that were watching for shelley capito, rob portman of ohio, dean holland of nevada, john hoban of north dakota, those are all more moderate members who have concerns about medicaid, which was not changed in this draft. some actually they were just meeting with mitch mcconnell and kind of sharing their concerns. but they are saying they are going to wait until the congressional budget office scores this next week before they come out because nobody wants to be the third vote. they've already said no so everyone is kind of watching to see if there is the third now and no one wants to be the first to take down the bill so i think they will all wait until they can look at their final scores. >> let's talk about the timeline over the next couple of days and will there be a vote next week on the floor of the senate? >> republican leadership is saying yes that is still on at the end of next week. they did provide a little cushion by extending the august recess and extending the work time into the august recess in case they need to go longe longt they are

number of senators, republican senators, who have come to sessions' defense today, including rob portman of ohio, lindsey graham of south carolina. last week, o rin hatch, the top republican, the longest-serving republican in this body told me that he does not understand why the president is going after jeff sessions and even dick shelby, who served as alabama senator now was jeff sessions's alabama colleague here in the senate said the -- he called sessions and said, he has a lot of support on capitol hill. so even as the president is going after his attorney general, he's almost on an island on capitol hill because a number of people on both sides are perplexed at what he's saying, including his own party. >> listening to all of that also knowing on the hill today, jared kushner, the son-in-law, top adviser is being questioned on the house side. we know tomorrow the former campaign chief, paul manafort, is supposed to testify, a subpoena now is the piece of news on him. can you explain to me what's happening and thus he must appear? >> well, that's the subpoena is calling for his appearance in

helped create this problem, but number two, this idea that, you know, moderate senators like rob portman of ohio and lisa from alaska, holding it hostage, before they get more money to their state, i hate that. >> to rich's point, ohio i think 800,000 more people went on medicaid -- medicare, and more went on medicaid. what do you think of throwing money at obamacare reform? >> i think it's terrible. i think the republicans and the democrats have both abandoned capitalism and the free market. both have horrendous proposals. medicaid, why would you want to tie your health care system to an entitlement program where spending is completely out of control. >> what do you think? >> i'm a mom and studies say stop throwing more money at your kids, and spend time with them. and i think the same thing, let the market allow for competition. this is what drives innovation and drives down prices and i think republicans have sort of forgotten that. except senator cruz who did suggest we move away from the minimum essential benefits, that part of obamacare. and consumer choice, and that's one upside of the bi

aside from other senators you mentioned, rob portman of ohio came out today against a straight repeal. that's not going to happen. only question is how quickly mitch mcconnell moves to plan c, which is what he described over the july 4th break, which is working with democrats to try to fix the insurance marketplaces, some members of the house are interested in doing that too, especially in rural areas where there's limited competition. that's a place where the president might be able to get bipartisan cooperation. >> the president said he had a very busy six months. signed a lot of bills. some are under dispute. he needs a win. how big a danger sign is this for the rest of his agenda? >> reporter: it's a big danger because, tyler, republicans have not displayed an ability to govern and do the things the give and take that are required to do major reforms. you need presidential leadership, president trump is weak. if republicans are going to pass a tax reform plan that does not explode the deficit, while they cut taxes, they're going have to figure out who they're going to raise taxes

host: rob portman of ohio, you mentioned the opioid epidemic. he has been laboring a little bit. guest: he is worried a lot of at the opioid problem and medicaid expansion. his state did expand medicaid under john kasich and embraced the affordable care act to expand medicaid. rob portman has led a group of republicans from medicaid expansion states to stop the medicaid expansion rollback or slow it down to the pointer it is further into the future. he will be a hard vote to get to. host:

ohio. and we need a replacement, not just a repeal, but a replacement that really works. >> well, senator rob portman, republican of ohio, we thank you for spending some of your day with us this morning. i know it's a busy day for all of you senators with this debate on health care. so we appreciate it. thank you very much. >> thanks, gretta. thanks for having me on. thanks for your focus on the opioid issue. just by talking about it be in a position to help people and save lives because this is a true crisis. and the more information people have the better off we'll be. >> yeah, we appreciate it, senator. thank you. >> thank you. >> it's a conversation that we're having with all of you this morning about the opioid situation where you live telling washington by calling into this program this morning what you're seeing, how it's impacting you and what do you want lawmakers to do about it on the federal level or state level, what's it like? let's go to bonnie in pennsylvania. you're on the air. >> caller: good morning, gretta. the gentleman that just spoke, the senator, he was 100% on the money. here in pennsylvania

it's shelly capito, lisa murkowski of alaska and rob portman of ohio. they all campaigned on repealing obamacare. they promised they would do it and they showed they would do it by voting for it last time. and they ought to do it now. gerri: he invited the republican senators in for lunch, then he brings in the cameras and really dresses them down. listen to the president. >> i'm ready to act. i have pen in hand. i'm sitting in that office. i have pen in hand. you never had that before. you know, for 7 years you had an easy rout. we'll repeal and replace and he will never sign it. but i'm signing it. inaction is not an option. frankly i don't think we should leave down unless we have a health understan -- a health und plan. gerri: is this the leadership we have been missing? >> it's great leadership. he let congress take the lead. they write the bills. behind the scenes he has been pushing them and the vice president has helped negotiate the bill that got it through the house. now he's telling them, failure i not an option. get it done. we are starting

rob portman of ohio and dean heller of nevada are both dealing with gop governors unhappy with the plant one-on-one with pence and still has concerns. >> the prospects for this bill do look dim. most senators are stim optimistic even though they remain undecided. much will hinge on the score from the professional budget office due out on monday. ryan nobles, cnn, capitol hill. >>> 14 senators are still on the fence remaining uncommitted. moderates say medicaid cuts are keeping them from supporting the bill. conservative members are pushinging forpushing for a full repeal. what would it take to bring moderates and far right members together to pass this bill? >> i would like to see states like illinois and others that have very low fmap reimbursement rates get incentivized for a work requirement and get people on our medicaid system, get them out into a job. let's incentivize that a little more. i would hope the senate would do a better job there. i would like to see us put forth plans that are going to truly provide the access and the multiple layers of protections for pre-existing cove

rob portman of ohio and dean heller of nevada are both dealing with go dealing with gop governors unhappyplan. brian sandoval met one on one with pence but still has concerns. even though the prospects for the bill look dim, most senators are optimistic even though they remain undecided. much will hinge on the score from the congressional budget office, due out on monday. ryan nobles, cnn, on capitol hill. >> thank you for the report. >>> a unique opportunity awaits many people tonight across parts of north america and europe. the northern lights may dazzle you. as far south as glasgow, oslo, or chicago, nominee. our meteorologist, derek van dam, will tell you more. it's always something i've wanted to see. never had a chance to see. >> there's even an entire tourism sector that focuses this, as well. you'll see it as far south as chicago, as you said, and oslo. and places like seattle and vancouver. >> wow. >> seattle, as well. we want to stay away from the big city lights to help improve your chances of seeing that. there's a geomagnetic storm watch. a solar flare has come off the sun r

secured support for this stage of the vote from skeptical senators like dean heller of nevada, rob portman of ohio and capiteau of west virginia. and john mccain got a standing ovation just days after being diagnosed with aggressive brain cancer. he warned his colleagues the current process was doomed to fail. >> let's see if we can pass something that will be imperfect, with lots of compromises, but that might provide workable solutions to problems americans are struggling with today. what have we to lose by trying to work together to find those solutions? >> but while the successful vote to proceed was a big win for mcconnell, the war over health care is just beginning. lawmakers will now begin the fight over what exactly the bill will ultimately become. >> for many it depends on what the final bill contains. that's essential in doing your job as a senator. >> reporter: it means the final bill could go in a number of different directions. they could strike a grand deal to repeal and replace obamacare. they could vote for a straight repeal, one that conservatives favor but will start the clock an

. >> more money because the so called moderate centrist senators, the rob portman of ohio, mr. ssidy of louisiana, these are the people who wanted more money for opioids and medicaid. >> we thought people like portman and cassidy from louisiana could be called conservatives. i think this is a moment of reckoning for the republican party. what we're finding out is a lot of these republican senators really are not conservative as the way we thought the party had evolved. a lot of them are acting like big government republicans, back from the 70s. and what we saw was that when they got pushed, by the left and by the media, they caved. and they were sort of running from the party of reagan. so i think that conservatives whether they actually represent republican and conservative voters is another question. but this behavior on this bill suggests to me that the republican party has to step back and think a little bit about what they stand for. >> there's one senator who's already said he's not even going to vote to a motion to proceed and that's rand paul of kentucky. he's a libertar

that's lisa murkowski of alaska and rob portman of ohio, dean heller of nevada. those are the critical votes here. and this has all been a debate around the sequencing of how they would then try to debate the repeal and replace that would come up after they were able to proceed to this house bill. mcconnell's calculation has been, look, if he can get the bill to the floor, it's going to change the arm twisting and not necessarily wipe the slate clean but it looks like we'll see him here on the senate floor to talk about this. >> we'll wait until he gets to the health care issue as he goes through procedural issues. he needs 50 to get it to the floor. let's talk also about what's happening at the white house. peter alexander, you've been watching the whole question of the attorney general twisting in the wind, these tweets from comment and scaramucci comparing it to a divorce. what's going to happen? >> reporter: andrea, you're exactly right. this has been remarkable to hear the tone from the president and his top aides and anthony scaramucci and sarah huckabee sa

rob portman of ohio and dean heller of nevada are both dealing with gop governors unhappy with the plan and that as brian sandoval met one-on-one pence, but still has concerns. even though the prospects for this bill do look dim right now. most senators are still optimistic even though they remain undecided. much will hinge on the score from the congressional budget office, which is due out on monday. ryan nobles, cnn, on capitol hill. >> i want to bring in congressman rodney davis, a republican from illinois and a member of the moderate tuesday group caucus. congressman, good to see you. so this latest version of the bill includes an option for insurers to offer cheaper, more bare-bones policies that the amendment put up by senator ted cruz. which bolsters staunch conservatives. but moderates don't like it. and the bill does not address moderates' concerns about cuts to medicaid. which would be slashed by $772 million by 2026. and that would leave an estimated 15 million, fewer people insured by the program. again we have yet to get the cbo score which comes out on monday. so you repre

. >> more money because the so called moderate centrist senators, the rob portman of ohio, mr. y of louisiana, these are the people who wanted more money for opioids and medicaid. >> we thought people like portman and cassidy from louisiana could be called conservatives. i think this is a moment of reckoning for the republican party. what we're finding out is a lot of these republican senators really are not conservative as the way we thought the party had evolved. a lot of them are acting like big government republicans, back from the 70s. and what we saw was that when they got pushed, by the left and by the media, they caved. and they were sort of running from the party of reagan. so i think that conservatives whether they actually represent republican and conservative voters is another question. but this behavior on this bill suggests to me that the republican party has to step back and think a little bit about what they stand for. >> there's one senator who's already said he's not even going to vote to a motion to proceed and that's rand paul of kentucky. he's a libertarian.

seven republicans in total, including some surprises like lamar alexander of tennessee, rob portman of ohio, and john mccain of arizona. so when you have seven republicans right now that say they can't support a straight repeal, that means that mitch mcconnell needs to pull back at least five of them for this skinny repeal, whatever it turns out to be, if they hope to get the 50 votes necessary to get this bill to a conference. the senate republicans still feel that they is possible. but right now, we don't know exactly how they're going to pull it off. >> ryan nobles, thanks very much. i want to bring back in the panel. for a lot of people the details get in the weeds and mind-boggling, your head starts to swim. do you have a sense for what's going to happen? >> that so-called skinny plan to repeal and replace obamacare is probably the only that has a snowball's chance in you-know-where to actually pass. that's why the democrats are doing this tactic, because we do only have concepts, it's really basic, to get richard md of thee and get rid of the medical device tax. >> what's the benefit

round portman of ohio is another issue. makowski of alaska is interesting. >> host: some in your say were looking over the bill and have not made a final decision. >> guest: they been really careful. they know it's getting closer and closer to decision time. >> guest: mary agnes carey, you can read her work online at kaiser health news.org. thank you for being with us. >> guest: thanks for havin

rob portman of ohio and dean vet ter of ohio are both dealing with governors unhappy with the plan.upposed to meet with pence today but still has concerns. ohio governor john kasich made a statement where he said the bill is still unacceptable. and even though the prospects for this bill do look dim right now, most senators are still undecide and hsdidecided and th optimistic that a deal could be reached. so much will hinge on the score from the budget office. that is expected to come out monday, and jake, that is when we can expect to see firm stances from many of these senators as to whether or not they can vote for this bill. jake? >> ryan nobles on capitol hill for us. thanks. >>> the controversy over the education department's policy on investigating rape on college campuses. 90% of sexual assault allegations, she said, could be explained as, we were both drunk. that's right, she said, the accusations, 90% of them, fall into the category of we were both drunk. we broke up and six months later i found myself a title ix investigation because she just decided that our last sleepin

or maybe the congressional leadership are saying to these kind of weak need senators like rob portman of ohio this is entitlement reform. this is not mean. it is fair to the taxpayers. you're not cutting anyone off health benefits. years from now slowing rate of growth, including this question, why should medicaid which is supposed to be for the poor be, tended to able-bodied people who are not poor and don't have children? why do they need a new government safety net? i think when they realize the benefits here maybe they will come around. melissa: i mean, do they also realize, isn't it worse to have done nothing -- look at just sheer politics. >> yes. melissa: if you're going back, trying to get reelected, facing your constituents, isn't it worth as a republican to have done nothing, than to have done something an improvement even though it is far from perfect obviously? >> yeah, i don't know how you could think that you're going to go back and sell the idea this mess that you allowed to occur is not your fault because the original law was passed by obama and the democrats. people will hold

senators, dean heller of nevada, nebraska, and rob portman of ohio, west virginia, and senator john hovennorth dakota. they all had some questions about this, but as you said, they are not definite "nos" ." >> writes coming out at least some of them used to be. supporters of the bill are trying to make it a binary choice. is it better than obamacare currently? is it a better change, can republicans go back and say, we changed for the better? and we can continue to evolve its, but we did it without any democratic support. and then turn it around and say, we are fixing health care. the cbo number, it depends on how you view the cbo, kind of the congressional budget office, the calculator that puts in the numbers that you put in, affecting the numbers that you take out. but that score will be important to making the case about the binary choice, better than obamacare currently? >> jon: observers of the senate say were john mccain out, the longer that this sort of sits out there and festers, the less likely it is to pass. is that your assessment as well? >> i don't know if that is the case or

rob portman of ohio feeling unsettled. >> even though the prospects for this bill remain dim most senators believe that a deal can be reached. so much will depend on that score from the congressional budget office which is due out monday. >> all right. thank you so much. >>> i want to tell you about the two cousins who have been charged in the murders of four men. cosmo dinardo and sean kratz facing murder, robbery and other charges. dinardo detailed crimes to police only after the death penalty was taken off the table from him. these men were lured on to property with promises of buying marijuana. instead they were shot, killed and buried there. their bodies have since been recovered. >> at least three people were killed when a large fire ungulfed a honolulu high rise. five of those victims are in serious condition. this started friday on the 26th floor of the apartments which has 538 units, we're told. roughly 100 firefighters worked to put out those flames and get those people out. >> i looked down, i could see the billowing smoke coming up, and this is really sad. i heard three women's

the fewer that appear to be coming out in support of the measure as senator rob portman of ohio to the list of republican prepared to say no to a straight repeal making it less likely that some version of obamacare happens any time soon. wolf? >> ryan, thanks very much. ryan noeb ryan nobles on capital him. we're joined by white house correspondents sara murray. sara, the president says he's not going to own this. >> reporter: that's right, president trump said he was disappointed by this out come, but essentially said, woops, this isn't on me. this is on the senate. take a list tone what trump had to say today. >> we've had a lot of victories, but we slnt had a victory in health care. we're disappointed. i am very disappointed because, again, even as a civilian, for seven years i've been hearing about health care, and i've been hearing about repeal and replace, and obamacare is a total disaster. some states had over 200% increase, a 200% increase in their premiums. and their deductibles are through the roof. it's an absolute disaster. and i think you'll also agree that i've been sayin

rob portman of ohio and dean heller of nevada are both dealing with gop governors unhappy with the plann sandoval met one on one with pence today but still has concerns. >>> and, jim, it is important to point out that when you talk to individual senators, even though most remain undecided, they still seem generally optimistic that some sort of deal could be hatched. of course, that could all change on monday when the score from the congressional budget office comes out. and if the number of people that could lose coverage under this plan go up dramatically, it will be very difficult to get this bill pushed through. jim? >> ryan nobles, thank you very much. and, rebecca, ryan was talking about optimism to get this passed. maybe it's pressure, too. they don't want to go back for the august recess without this done because they're going to have hell to pay with a lot of these constituents. >> absolutely. if they don't have it done before august recess, jim, i don't know when they're going to get it done. republicans need to reach an agreement now which is why they extended the august reces

and from a number of reporters saying that dean heller plans to vote yes as does senator rob portman of ohio. the majority leader mitch o'connell will come to the senate floor, make comments on the floor and step out to speak with reporters as we are able we will have it live for you hear on c-span2. ficer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the democratic leader be recognized for five minutes for debate only and that i then be recognized. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: mr. president, in a short time we'll vote on the motion to proceed to debate the house republican health care bill. several months into this new process with republicans in the majority in both chambers, the american people have not been treated to a high-minded debate, or much debate at all. the very first action of this congress was for the majority to pass reconciliation instructions on health care, a process which is locked -- has locked out democrats from the very beginning. the v

senator rob portman of ohio pushed noopush ed for that. lot of these changes are on the margins and hard to imagine now we won't get a response to some of these republican senators until later this afternoon to see how this moves the ball all that much. the kind of big, big issues that they've been fighting about, there isn't much of a change there, and we heard from senator rand paul yesterday, he doesn't believe from the conservative end this is really a full repeal. they're trying to find middle ground here with this bill. we won't know for sure how the senators are reacting until they emerge from this closed-door meeting later this afternoon. >> thanks. ryan nobles on capitol hill. >>> bring in cnn chief political correspondent dana bash. dana, reminder to viewers, there are 52 republicans. they can't lose more than 2 republicans on this bill, and there are different coalitions. there are conservatives, ted cruz. mike lee. rand paul. there are the more moderates, like susan collins, lisa murkowski. in addition i know you have reporting

seven senators, including some surprises like lamar alexander of tennessee and rob portman of ohio, you- these seven senators, six of them back in 2015 essentially voted for the same exact piece of legislation. but that, of course, was when barack obama was in office. and this really demonstrates how difficult it's going to be for mitch mcconnell over the next several days as they now move to their next plan, which is this skinny repeal of obamacare, which will take out some aspects of the obamacare affordable care act, but leave the big vast ma jord -- majority of it in place. this is so they can get to some correspondent of plan where they can build consensus. with this vote today, wolf, they can only afford to lose two republican senators. they lost a total of seven. so there's going to be five republican senators, at least, that mitch mcconnell is really going to have to lean on to get the votes necessary to get that skinny repeal passed. >> yeah, we're looking at live pictures. you see senator bernie sanders speaking right now. the debate continues. so, they rejected the house vers

in fact, portman of ohio who is one of the early no votes on the first draft actually tweeted out a pictureelf sitting down at a conference table somewhere back in ohio to go through the legislation. i talked to someone from senator murkowski's office, she was going to read it on the long flight back to alaska. both this bill and looking ahead to monday when they get the cbo score when it breaks down what this means. >> we're hearing according to kasie hunt that the president called rand paul and ted cruz to talk about health care. any idea what he had spoken about? >> that's really interesting our because our capitol hill team has broken down -- we're calling all the different no votes trying to figure out who the president was talking to and what he might have been saying. and those are the two names that we came up with. ted cruz and rand paul. paul is arguably the hardest no of the no votes here. he said this vote fails to do what the republicans set out to owhich is to -- set out to do which is repeal and replace obamacare. and cruz is in the yes column because this has his amendment i

the poor to the rich, and there are a lot of senators, including bob corker of tennessee and portman of ohio susan collins of maine who are uncomfortable with the level of upward redistribution this entails. then there are senators on the right, the ted cruzs, who want to get rid of job-killing taxes, and that's a diverse party, and mcconnell is trying to super hard to find some formula that will please both sides but it may be an unsovable problem. >> i'll add one thing. you had an interview with senator john thune of south dakota, ranking republican, and you asked him about a mishap, which was dean heller, republican incumbent in nevada next year, the only state where republicans running hillary clinton carried, expressed his own reservations, doubts, opposition to the bill as proposed last friday and joining the state's governor who pointed out the rate of uninsured children in the state had been cut under one-half from obamacare because of the medicaid extension and backed the governor, at which point the president's own political action committee, staffed by the president's own politica

go out there and remind susan collins of maine and you remind capital of west virginia and rob portman of ohioepealing without replacing means no money for opioid addiction coverage, and no money for medicaid expansion states. you hammer that home, or you gloat a little bit and remind republicans that it was very easy to say repeal, repeal, repeal, when there wasn't a chance of it actually happening. a lot of the people who voted for the bill in 2015 did so because they were sending a message to voters, not because they thought it would happen. if you're schumer, you go out and remind people of that every chance you get. >> well put. and perry, here's another example of the fact that the town hall meetings we were seeing were as good and hard as data. that was something happening. this happened a couple years back in a different way. but the old song lyrics, there was something happening here. >> there was. and the town halls support the data, that this is one of the most unpopular bills in modern history. we saw 12%, 16%, and i should add here, a lot of things the republican party has trouble

rob portman of ohio is pushing for that. here is the problem. the changes to medicaid stay in place. there aren't going to be more cuts, but the deep cuts originally proposed are on the table. that has many moderates, susan collins many of them, concerned. many are happy the high-end investment tax won't be repealed. that will help wealthy americans. they are going to keep that in plals. no huge changes. that's part of the reason mitch mcconnell is pushing to fight the bill. >> the fight is on. mj, it comes down to math. has mitch mcconnell been able to change any minds? >> reporter: yeah, you are right. it is all about the math. this could, literally come down to one senator, mitch mcconnell wants to have a vote on the bill next week. already, we have two senate republicans who said they will vote no on the motion to proceed. that means they are a no on even bringing up the bill for a vote. that's rand paul and susan collins, not to mention many more are undecided. what this means is mitch mcconnell needs to spend a couple days making sure ther

portman of ohio is someone who obviously is also listening to the governor of that state, john kasich. shelley moore capito one of the republicans who is also dealing with the issue of medicaid expansion. john mccain the argument he makes about arizona is that medicaid expansion is something that you can't roll back. without careful planning and also protecting those who are most vulnerable. it's not as simple as just simply scrapping what was the obamacare law. in this way, it is not unexpected to see these particular republicans voting in the way they did today. watch the twitter space because -- >> we're monitoring it live here. let me bring kimberly atkins into the same conversation. lisa murkowski was another no vote. she was a target of the president's twitter ire this morning. can you weigh in on the twin set backs for the white house, the public rebuke basically for the attacks on jeff sessions, someone liked an respected by conservatives and the media and sort of in the conservative movement. and this losing vote, another big failure on health care. >> yeah. i mean, senator m

moderates, the ones most eyes will be focused on today, including lisa murkowski of alaska, rob portman of ohio, deep heller, who the president sat next to when he brought the senators to the white house and of course susan collins of maine as well. drama will be one of the key things we'll be watching today and also emotion as john mccain is welcomed back. this could happen before the president makes remarks do during what's scheduled to be a joint statement alongside the prime minister of lebanon with a short news conference to follow it. that may be the first opportunity for the president to specifically address whatever happens on capitol hill this afternoon. >> really quickly, word out of the white house a short time ago that a senior assistant press secretary michael short is out. what more do we know about that? is this the sign of more departures? >> reporter: yeah. we haven't heard from michael short directly, but there is reporting right now that he texted another reporter from axios saying, i just resigned. this is notable because remember, anthony scaramucci, the new communications

he's banking on the mainstream republicans, shelly capito of bf wf, rob portman of ohio, jerry moran,e end. the ted cruz amendment really is a cruise missile aimed at the republican coalition. what it does is essentially allow insurers to segment the insurance market so younger, healthier people can buy cheaper plans. the inex-able result of that will be to limit ability of insurance for older pooh 'em with health needs. two-thirds of everybody in the country 45 to 64, the big losers under the cruz amendment are white. most of them are republican voters, 60% of them vote for republicans. you still have in this second version of the bill -- john, this is the real crux of it, it maintains all the severe cuts in medicaid which have become absolutely crucial in responding to the opioid crisis in states like west virginia and ohio. also nevada and colorado would be huge losers in the medicaid population. dean heller and, for that matter, cory gardner would be voting to reduce the medicaid population by almomost half. >> karoun, they say they have a solution to that opioid issue that so man

rob portman of ohio and dean heller are both dealing with gop governors unhappy with the plan. >>> thateporting for us. the bill includes the version of an amendment proposed by texas senator ted cruz that would allow insurers to also offer cheaper bare bones policies. this amendment may bolster support for some conservatives. let's talk about it with the texas public policy foundation. chip, i want to read you a strongly worded letter by two big insurance trade groups, blue cross blue shield association and americans health insurance plans and they say this cruz provision would mean, quote, skyrocketing premiums for people with pre-existing conditions and millions of more individuals will become uninsured they say. chip, this doesn't sound good. >> reporter: well, good evening. thanks for having me on. let's first remember the position we find ourselves in where premiums have doubled over the last seven years and in a third of american counties you can only get one insurer if you're lucky, sometimes zero. that's what people are trying to deal with and that's what republicans are trying

that could help shelly moore capito of west virginia, portman of ohio. e question is can mitch mcconnell pull those threads together to add them up to 50 and then hold the thing together. so a lot of questions here, steph, but luckily we should start to get some answers in the next few hours. >> we'll be watching. >> we'll take a break. any minute now president trump will arrive to be met by french president emmanuel macron in paris. we'll bring you that meeting live. and maybe tell you about another political announcement coming up. it's a powerful thing to know where who you are and where you come from. i didn't know a lot about my personal family history. and through ancestry it brought us closer to understanding where i came from. finding out that i'm part native american and that i was related to one of the founding fathers i think has brought me closer to feeling more patriotic, definitely, and also feeling more like this is my home and this is truly where i came from. i'm jamie and i'm the fifth great-granddaughter of benjamin rush. ♪ before fibrom

vote were a lot more republicans saying they were against the bill or having reservations, rob portman of ohio and others, they have play on mitch mcconnell's to get people to yes. they're trying to see if he could come to a compromise that would satisfy enough of the moderates to get them on board nd be able to make the argument to the conservatives that, as we heard him say, listen, it's this or we're going to have to sit down with chuck schumer and the democrats and do something none of us want the do. so this is as good as we can get now. they will have to get another vote in the house which would be problematic potentially. there is potential to pull the bill a little more to the right. i think he needs to get this moving and that's going to be the goal when they get back. >> glor: last but not least, the daily, the "times" podcast had a discussion of the travel ban today and what is a bona fide relationship. it went into effect in part last night. we see the talk of protests at some airports. what's the schedule on the progression of that from the administration's standpoint? >> they're

and from a number of reporters saying that dean heller plans to vote yes as does senator rob portman of ohio. the majority leader mitch o'connell will come to the senate floor make comments on the floor and step out to speak with reporters as we are able we will have it live for you hear on c-span2. ficer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the democratic leader be recognized for five minutes for debate only and that i then be recognized. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection.

means, all those people that you just showed, alisyn, including lisa murkowski, including rob portman of ohio, undecided, they need all those folks. rand paul has been back and forth basically saying i'll vote for the motion to proceed, which all they're doing is voting for a motion to start debate that he do that if he got a clean repeal vote, so he's maybe too leaning, yes. the math is still really hard. the thing that i keep coming back to is i cannot imagine mitch mcconnell or john cornyn went to john mccain and said come back here in the midst of we're less than a week removed from learning that john mccain had brain cancer, come back to d.c. for a procedural vote in which you will be the 48th vote to proceed to debate and we're not sure about 49 and 50. maybe that's what they did, and john mccain is just coming because he wants to be here for it, but typically the read-out would be he's coming because they believe that he is that 50th vote, that they can at least get this thing to a debate. once you go beyond that, as john points out, i mean, we have no idea where it goes. they're just

if i was a shelley of west virginia or portman of ohio, someone who has real political skin in this game, i would be concerned that it feels like each step of the way, it's well, we're going to kick the can over here. the next step is the step where we really address it. if they had a good idea that would get to 50 on how to do, they don't thpt sausage-making to be public. i think the tendency to say, just vote on this, but it's the next. that's not what we care about is a little bit dangerous political myly. >> if you're the house republicans watching this senate process unfold, watching senate republicans fail to reach any sort of consensus on anything, what gives you the confidence that going to conference is going to make this process any better or easier or more productive? i mean, if i'm a house republican looking at this, it seems like a total waste of time potentially to even go to conference. >> that's right. and again, just as a reminder, if they had one plan that they could get a majority for in the house and the senate, they would do it. they're not masochists. look how much

capito and lisa murkowski have come out against the repeal only plan and yesterday senator rob portman of ohioppropriate just to repeal. we've also got to put a replacement in place. despite those concerns, leader mcconnell says the party will proceed as planned. now precious few legislative accomplishments, the president's self-proclaimed ability to make deals is under question, after the failure of health care reform. the president did not embark on any major tourist to sell the plan. he gave very few interviews touting its virtue and talking about the details and the white house press team has mostly stayed off camera. yesterday he told the press he was disappointed at the outcome and republicans who were poised to vote no. >> i'm sitting in the oval office right next door, pen in hand, waiting to sign something, and i'll be waiting and eventually we're going to get something done and it's going to be very good. >> and yet the "new york times" cites a staffer who said the president was "growing bored" in selling the bill. and there's been some alarm at the level of surprise the white house

seen this dynamic happen in the last 10 minutes, dean heller of nevada coming over to a yes, rob portman of ohio threading the needle to a yes -- they will vote on a bill. we don't know what bill they will actually put forward. a straight repeal takes health insurance away from 32 million americans by 2026. a repeal and replace, 22 million americans by 2026. is whole idea behind this fresh legislation, a skinny repeal that would strip back the hated individual mandate and the employer mandate and the medical device tax. then kick it back to the house where senate republicans have grave differences and hope to come up with something later. scarlet: a plan with many different paths. we don't know what is going to happen. does senator mitch mcconnell know what will happen? i put this to a communications advisor who frequently consults with the white house. win.want some type of they feel that for weeks, they have not been able to get one. this will hopefully take away the toxicity of the moderates who have come under -- whoseg pressure estates would be very much affected with regards to medicare an

walking with the administrator who handles medicare and medicaid last night on the hole, rob portman of ohior of nevada, they are concerned about the medicare expansion that happened under obamacare, it is believed that the trump administration is trying to work out some kind of agreement to win over their support, but it is complicated. >> this is not so much differences in the republican party, this is a matter of differences across the country, whether you are in a large or small community, whether or not your state did or did not do the expansion, so that is kind of what it is working there, making sure that we treat all of the different parts of the country fairly. >> the overwhelming majority of -- we still have some issues that divide us, we have to work to come together, i believe that we have to get to yes, i believe that failure on this would be catastrophic, and we are not going to fail. >> mitch mcconnell says that he is committed to voting next week, even if he does not appear to have 50 estimates at the stage, mcconnell says that the first priority at this point is basically ge

undecided on this bill notably stern capito of west virginia, senator mccain of arizona, senator portman of ohio high and senator murkowski of alaska that is a a group that senate leadership is going to have to work very hard to win over and we do know there will be at least two nos on this motion to proceed. senator rand paul, who said yesterday he was a no, and senator susan collins, who said so this morning, unless the cbo score comes out very favorable, which she doubts is the case earlier this morning, just a couple hours ago, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said that there is added urgency to pass this bill now and said he invited democrats to put forth their own amendments he said the base bill is better but the amendments matter. listen >> it's time to rise to the occasion the american people deserve better than the pain of obamacare. they deserve better care and the time to deliver that for them is next week. >> so next week is when this could come to a head if senate leadership feels they do have support coalesced for this just a quick word about some of the changes which we hav