are you expecting rand paul is a "no"? >> with rand paul, he has very particular on health care. we want hit support, because when else would he get the opportunity to vote on a bill that actually provides real entitlement reform? when will be get a chance that doubles the ability to double to your health savings account. when we get rid of the individual, employer mandate, and those are things that are important to rand paul. this administration stood for life, in this per protects life. he can say it, i protect life and instead, i went the other way. >> chris: rand paul has made it clear, he wants to repeal obamacare. he says the bill doesn't leave a lot of obamacare including all of the taxes in place. he calls it obamacare-lite. >> the support that rand paul has given, we support as well. there was a vote on a simple repeal measure that failed 45-55. the president said he would have supported it, but our choices are to continue obamacare, continue crushing the american people with higher premiums, less coverage, what is the option of a new path? you have covered the amount of

this should be up rand paul and sally. >> are you calling or cajoling him? who is leading the effort to bring him on board and explained that? >> to reach out to all individuals who had the opportunity to vote on this next week. leland: appreciate you coming on in light of what is out there about you and your travel as secretary. 24 plus flights on chartered aircraft, total tab to the taxpayer $300,000. no accusations for anything but official government duties but at the same time the inspector general is looking into this and wondering if you are still convinced in light of what you have read if the decision to use private aircraft was the best stewardship of taxpayers dollars. >> these were work related and official business end of the 11 trips over the last eight months, the majority of them were the opioid crisis for the hurricanes but we heard the criticism, we heard the concerns and take that seriously and taken it to heart. the inspector general is going to a review and audit of this process and will cooperate fully with. having initiated an internal

i think what the president is trying to do is say publicly, i like rand paul. i support rand paul.y guys, and i'm going to get him to be with us at the end. whether that will work or not, we just don't know what the substance of it will be. >> you know, i don't know what his optimism is, as you point out, next aryear's an election year, a midterm election year, it's going to be even more politically complex. >> yeah, he likes rand paul, senator paul, except for all those times he tweeted about him trying to browbeat him into voting for legislation he really didn't want to support. i think the president is trying to make this last-ditch sales pitch, because he knows it will be harder to do tax reform and harder to say that he had a successful first year if health care reform isn't accomplished. but, it's just going to get harder and harder as we go along. >> in the meantime, let's see what he can do with democrats, working with chuck and nancy, as he likes to call them. >> i'm going to predict a couple of rounds of golf between rand paul and president trump. >> they've already been

plus senator rand paul coming out strongly against the g.o.p.'last ditch effort to get rid of obamacare. how the president is reacting and what other republican lawmakers are also saying. >> what i would say to senator paul is everybody on the left is accusing me and senator cassidy of killing people, they know this is the end of single-payer health care, and they're worried to death that their dream of civil pair health care ends when graham/cassidy becomes law. go ahead, spoil yourself. the es and es hybrid. experience amazing. searching one topic. that will generate over 600 million results. and if you've been diagnosed with cancer, searching for answers like where to treat, can feel even more overwhelming. so start your search with a specialist at cancer treatment centers of america. start with teams of cancer treatment experts under one roof. start where specialists use advanced genomic testing to guide precision cancer treatment... ...that may lead to targeted therapies and more treatment options. start where there's a commitment to analyzi

pete: why wouldn't rand paul be there. ederal inch, which is giving the states the opportunity to control healthcare at their level is important. but that also means the states should be raising the money for the healthcare bill from their own respective state. and so, you know, the senator, you know, is a person who believes in states rights a lot. wants to make sure if we are going to give that control back the states have that responsibility. griff: hey, corey, griff here. i went down to the u.n. and asked the president did your former boss. how what did you make of his speech to the u.n.' and what did you make of reports that he was specifically advised not to go after kim jong un by name called him rocket man and that's the headline. abby: still did last night in alabama. >> i had a four word term on the campaign let trump be trump. that's what the american people want and that's what they expect and that's what he should be. the president went to the united nations and he made a bold speech that netanyahu said was pro

. >> john mccain is a "no" are you suggesting that rand paul is also a definite "no". >> i think he is principled on healthcare and we hope that we can win his support. because you vote unable to actually provides real reform. when we get a chance to vote it doubles the ability to contribute to health savings accounts. and chris, when we get the ability to vote under the threat of the individual mandate, employee mandate and something is important to rand paul. that is life. this demonstration has stood for life in the bill protects the sanctity of life by denying taxpaying dolls going to fund abortions. if rand paul is the final vote here it is hard to see how he can go to his support and say i have the chance to protect life and instead i went the other way. >> but, rand paul has made it clear he wants to repeal obama care. he says and in fact, the bill does leave a lot of obamacare including all of the taxes in place, he calls it obamacare light. >> i think that the support that he has given in previous efforts we support as well. as you recall last time there was a boat on a

>> the fact is, i think rand paul is holding out.his leverage to get the best deal that he can, but i think at the end of the day if it comes down to 49, you know, 49 yes votes and 50 no votes, i don't think he's going to be the 50th vote to take this down. this is the last chance to reappeal obamacare. on john mccain, it is a little bit mystifying. there's no state, christi, in the country that's been more harmed by obamacare than arizona. you know this, arizona has seen premium increases of as much as 100%. so a doubling of the premiums. now, the rest of the country is more like 30% or 40%, so it's really been bad for people in the rest of the states, but arizona especially, and it is also interesting, look, lindsey graham is the protege of john mccain. they've always voted together, and it is kind of strange that he is abandoning lindsey graham on this, but one other thing is, look, the block grant approach, i think, makes a lot of sense. we did this. i'm old enough to remember when i was in washington in the mid 1990s, we had a b

that is partially why he's working so hard to convince rand paul.ver the last 24 hours both the president and vice president have been in communication with senator rand paul, trying very hard to change his mind. you have to remember since graham/cassidy came out nearly two week as ago senator rand paul has been very clear. it does not repeal enough of the affordable care act for him and very concerned about how many of the taxes it keeps. after seeing some tweets from the president yesterday he tweeted that he could not be bullied into voting for this bill. so it's not looking very likely that he's going to change his mind at this point and sources from his office have said that it's not likely he's going to flip any time soon. >> so with mccain's no vote, does it mean it's essentially over? or are there other republicans who feel they too will follow mccain's lead. >> yesterday was certainly not a good sign for the effort. i think something that's become very clear is that senator john mccain coming out against this bill could give senators like l

and they think rand paul is the senator they could flip.en a hard no while collins and her could you ski said they are learning towards no. -- they are leaning towards no. i think it's hard to see what they could insert in the bill to get rand paul to flip. his whole point is he doesn't think this bill fully repeals obamacare. he wants that bill wiped away. murkowski i think is possibly on the table for flipping collins. this morning looking like she is going to be a strong no. they have a slim window, but it's tiny and i think they have a lot of work to do the next few days. chris: kim, i know you think this will be a big mistake for the republican party if after 7 years they don't repeal and replace obamacare. kimberly: they will have another defeat head right into this tax reform debate. they will be disunified and it does not bode well for their other priorities. chris: we have to take a break. things get personal between 39* and the leader -- between president trump and the leader of north korea. go to facebook or twitter @"fox go to f

rand paul and john mccain. one more no vote will kill the bill. so, all eyes gaze northward, to maine, to senator susan collins who over the summer along with senator mccain and lisa murkowski voted nay, thus preventing the previous repeal and replace bill. senator collins joins us now. good to see you, as always. your vote is pivotal on the graham/cassidy health care bill. where are you? yes or no? >> jake, it's very difficult for me to envision a scenario where i would end up voting for this bill. i have a number of serious reservations about it. i'm concerned about the impact on the medicaid program, which has been on the books for more than 50 years and provides health care to our most vulnerable citizens, including disabled children and low-income seniors. i'm concerned about the impact on costs and coverage. we already have a problem under the affordable care act, with the cost of premiums and deductibles. and finally, i'm very concerned about the erosion of protections for people with pre-existing conditions, like asthma, arthritis, cancer,

rand paul's bluff here?this can work with giving these block grants to the states without those taxes. >> yeah, i don't think it's a bluff. i think the president's looking for a new bargaining partner since it's very clear he's not going to be bargaining in any capacity with john mccain. and so he's saying, hey, i got to find somebody else that's willing to come to the table. it may be rand paul that's willing to come to the table and at least look at this and talk about some things. or could be some carveouts or different things that are made or adjusted or changes that could be done. you know, rick santorum yesterday said and he's one of the architects of this bill that, look, they're talking to everybody and they're trying to figure out how to make this thing work and repeal and replace obamacare. when you have someone like senator mccain that's made it abundantly clear he's not going to come to the table, that he's not going to work on this at all, i mean, you know, i think there is a fair amount of crit

then rand paul said i'm getting nervous. we all know he is a no in terms of what we've seen put forward. >> harris: how do you read i'm getting nervous? do they have enough votes without rand paul? >> he is getting nervous that they have the opportunity to pass. it got senator mccain which is a fascinating part of this story. lindsey graham and senator mccain are very very close. have they reached any kind of secret behind the scenes agreement on whether or not he will be on board? or perhaps john mccain has not decided where he stands on this. governor of arizona is on board. the last time senator mccain said he couldn't get on board because ducey was not on board. that may make a difference. >> harris: 116-120% rate hikes under the current obamacare plan. there's a bipartisan group. maybe we can pop up that picture. ten governors across the country are fighting this new health care bill. what is their beef? >> basically they're afraid when things do get kicked back to the state, they're afraid their state might not get as

that's exactly what rand paul is doing. it is the same idea, the same mechanism, the same principled action and therefore, i don't think you can criticize and write him off for that. >> dana: why did he vote for the bill two weeks ago? >> kennedy: this is what i think and i don't want to speak for him but -- at the appointed spokesperson, the skinny bill was meant to be gutted. completely hollowed out. it was going to be a franken bill that was not going to resemble itself at all by the time it got to the house. >> kimberly: like the skinny bill margarita. [laughter] >> juan: republicans are not sincere about it. it's a great start. i'm with you, jesse. is this a bill that was promised over seven years -- a vote that's better than obamacare? 60% of americans say no, let's keep obamacare and fix it with things that make it better. republicans are intent on some political victory because they have known and they say let's push this on the week even though it's not better for the american people. >> dana: let's do what america

are the republicans i guess becomes a real question and what do you make of ted cruz and rand paul's defection? >> we see that the senators all ran successfully. if they are right there behind us. they ran successfully on repealing and replacing obamacare. they will have to go home and explained to their constituents why this wasn't good enough. that's going to be difficult for many of the people who just can't get health care -- health insurance. some people have the worst possible outcomes, they got the insurance card, there hold you are now fully covered and they couldn't access it because the premiums were so prohibitively expensive. what graham cassidy would have done is block grant the medicaid money to the state so that the governors and those closest to the people in need can get that money closer to the patients in need. it also would have allowed you to use health savings account, a tremendous free-market tool. >> martha: been around for a very long time. >> they will need to explain to their constituents why they are there but this president remains ready. he's not giving

good news from behind senator rand paul stood up on the senate floor and said pretty interesting two days ago our ra's today to oppose an authorized under claire and unconstitutional war on authorized under claire unconscious there's a war i place a talking about are we being invaded by canada right now they probably want our natural resources like to read. you can have a when you pry him from my cold orange fingers. what we have today is basically unlimited war anywhere anytime. any place upon the globe. i. think he's talking about. well you see we have to be at war all the time because we have a lot of indoctrinated zina boba who are moan all steroids all young men. you know if we didn't stand over there to fight we'd have to fight them here in the right and i know from experience they gave me wedgies in gym class where my amendment would sunset in six months the two thousand and one and two thousand and two use of all through zation of force yes what rand paul is talking about is why trump and general mad dog mattis are still allowed to keep bombing anywhere they want anytime they

after rand paul is free. each congress voted to throw out his amendment because a limited war is just fine with them in their defense the weapons contractors have paid to a lot of money. for example democrat mark warner voted for endless war this week and here's a shot of the hot tub he was able to buy with the fourteen thousand dollars he got from northrop grumman he did win that thing every night. was it was it democrat gene he'd also voted to continue donald trump on limited war powers and here is her beautiful marble countertops she got with the twelve thousand dollars for rain. she's deep in the thing every night right see. them in the green. republican mike quaid voted to shut up rand paul and take a look at his awesome robot sex doll that i. think cost ten grand which is how much he got for weapons contractor boeing he's actually he's actually not deep in that because he just hasn't found the right moment to make the move. he doesn't want to appear to ask for it. would you like to know if his watch a m

the senate is splintered between the rand pauls and the susan collins.obby jindal help bring that body back? >> i in sorrily doubt it. first of all, it's going to take divine intervention, a miracle worker to bring together susan collins and rand paul. susan collins and rand paul aren't of the same planet, much less the same party. i don't care who you a point as hhs secretary is, they will not be able to bridge that divide. tom price was awe house guy. could john kyle step in? perhaps. again, if mitch mcconnell who they say is a grand wizard of the senate, i don't know how someone who left before the tea party crashed over washington, if he would be able to step in and play that role. >> what are you looking at, reading? >> i'm looking ahead to the president's trip to asia. he will go to five nation, including china, japan, south korea, philippines, and vietnam. i think that will be a very important trip given our tensions with north korea and the role that china has to play in that. so that is something i'm very interested in right now. i'm reading "th

no because he said that rand paul and john mccain don't like each other. but, yeah, he took several swipes at john mccain here tonight in huntsville. >> is there any word on whether they're going to continue their efforts to wrangle these votes? he's saying he is, but have you heard anything from the white house? >> reporter: the white house hasn't issued any official statements. one person did tell us that what john mccain said today undeniably hurts their efforts to repeal obamacare. they're going to reach out to senators and try and move this thing forward. but it's definitely not in a good place, don. >> thank you very much. now i want to bring in bob cusack. he's the editor in chief in the hill, april ryen and kevin madden. happy friday. how are you guys? >> hey, don. >> bob, i -- april, wow, look at that. i like the glasses. very nice. bob, are you surprised that the president publicly went after senator john mccain? >> no. this is his style. i am surprised that his supposed list of ten republican senators who could be a no that it didn't include joh

no because he said that rand paul and john mccain don't like each other. but, yeah, he took several swipes at john mccain here tonight in huntsville. >> is there any word on whether they're going to continue their efforts to wrangle these votes? he's saying he is, but have you heard anything from the white house. >> one person did tell our dan that what john mccain said today undeniably hurts their efforts to repeal obamacare. they're going to reach out to senators and try and move this thing forward. but it's definitely not in a good place, don. >> thank you very much. now i want to bring in bob cusack. he's the editor and chief in the hill, april ryen and kevin mad den. happy friday. how are you guys? >> hey, don. >> bob, i -- april, wow, look at that. i like the glasses. very nice. bob, are you surprised that the president publicly went after senator john mccain? >> no. this is his tile. i am surprised that his supposed list of ten republican senators who could be a no that it didn't include john mccain. john mccain has been saying for the last couple d

senator rand paul from kentucky who is a noted opponent and critic of intervention by the u.s. military around the world he's been described as an isolationist libertarian the paleo conservative he put forward an amendment to the national defense authorization act that would remove this section would move the authorization of military force which has been present for the last sixteen years as part of the m.t.a. he would have removed it and essentially his removal would have required the u.s. to start bogging down and restricting its foreign involvement around the world it would have restricted the war on terror and essentially not allowed the united states of the commander in chief the president to continue authorizing and carrying out these military interventions now not surprisingly it was voted down even though there was quite a bit of anticipation in the lead up to the vote as the votes in the u.s. senate went down it was sixty one against thirty six in favor now rand paul has said that he intends to make a bigger deal out of this there's talk of potentially a filibuster he

rand paul, a no. john mccain is a no.f the three hold firmly, my suspicion is there won't even be a vote on the senate floor. it will be over. phil, stand by. we're standing by to hear directly from lawmakers. i want quick reaction from senator chris murphy of connecticut. member of the foreign relations committee. i assume you're pretty happy about susan collins and her decision to vote against this legislation. >> of course susan collins is voting no on this legislation. any rational human being would vote against this monstrosity. it's got a 20% approval rating in the american public because it essentially is the equivalent of health care arson. it's pretty amazing that this is where we are. that republicans were even considering voting on a bill without a cbo score that nonpartisan estimates suggest would reduce the number of people with insurance in this country by 30 million. would raise rates by 20%, and would get rid of the one part of the affordable care act that even republicans liked, which was the protection f

republican mike craig voted to shut up rand paul and take a look at his awesome robot sex the. i. think cost ten grand which is how much he got for weapons contractor boeing he's actually he's actually not deep in that because he just hasn't found the right moment to make the move. he doesn't want to appear to ask for it. would you like to know is his watch a movie just what. of course those weapons contractors didn't really give that money directly to the politicians they gave it to the them in the form of campaign contributions a.k.a. legalized bribery but think about that two thirds of the senate voted to continue unchecked war powers for donald trump. but that let that sit what happened to the so-called resistance by the democrats you said trust you thank you thank you to hear. you say the past two years telling us talk to one stable to be the commander in chief of the military remember you told us he shouldn't be allowed near any plans much less evolved button and now you're voting to continue his on limited war powers have you no souls you view. of parallel a difference dist

let me play it. >> rand paul voted twice, yes. okay? he was very good. and i have not given up on him. i think he may come around, okay? >> all right, senator, in the president's words, are you going to come around? >> i have always been a yes for repeal, but the bill unfortunately, the graham/cassidy bill keeps most of the obamacare spending, almost all of it and just reshuffling it and block grants it to the states. i don't think block granting it makes it go away, it just makes the money you're spending still in obama care. reshuffle it, take the money from democrat states and giving it to republican states. it sets up a food fight over the formula. what happens when the democrats win? they are going to try to claw back that money. this is a bad idea, not repeal. however, all that being said, if they narrow the focus to all the things we agree on, expanding health savings account, giving more freedom through waivers, slowing down the rate of growth of an outrageous entitlement spending, sure, i would be for that, but just not for this block granding c

right now that's right rand paul is no. enator john mccain, and lisa murkowski expressing concerns. if three of the four vote no, the bill is dead. >> president trump targeting senator paul, the president says quote, rand paul is a friend of mine, but he is such a negative force when it comes to fixing health care. graham/cassidy bill is great. white house is hoping senator graham's close relationship will help get it passed. >>> blue cross blue shield, american medical associations, among the latest groups to reject the bill, the very group that is provide headache and represeand -- check out this comment he said i could maybe give you ten reason why is this bill shouldn't be considered. but republicans campaigned on this so often, that you have a responsibility to carry out what you said in the campaign. that's pretty much as much of a reason as the substance of the bill. cnn's phil mattingly has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: here's what we know just nine days out now from when senator republicans have to pass a hea

rand paul makes sense in terms of looking at profits.e doesn't make sense when his solution is to dismantle the entire system and leave american citizens worse than they were before. it's quite obvious that the plan of this administration and of the g.o.p. is to let the affordable air act fall apart. >> heather: it's already having a lot of problems. about 10 million people depend on those insurance exchanges, continuing on what rand paul was talking about, about 45% of counties in the u.s., they only have one option at this point. a lot of others face a threat of no insurers offering coverage at all. a lot of problems. >> a lot of problems and how many states have to pull out of the exchange before they start not drinking the kool-aid. obamacare is failing, we need a solution. the american people voted for a solution, what they felt was best for the country. congress needs to implement that plan that they promised to six years ago. i don't know where this replacement came in but i remember when i was fighting with the tea party, we said

joining john mccain by rand paul, ted cruz all in opposition. yes. >> the bill clearly opens the door to weakening protections for people with preexisting conditions. >> my opinion from the get-go on this bill, the graham-cassidy bill keeps over 90% of the spending cover keeps over 90% of the taxes in simply reshuffles the formula. maria: mor

rand paul notwithstanding. but the match for childless, able-bodied adults. to the american people and say that is a moral hazard and we need to scale that back, then my goodness gracious, i'll be blunt with you, jake, there's just three or four senators over there that just like to vote against republicans. >> and some democrats think that that actually put wind at the back of graham/cassidy, this is what's next, single payer. >> people like president fdr have been fighting for this moment for a long time. congressman john conyers, i was just with the cdc, he's been a single payer since 2003. republicans have been trying to re-peel and replace the aca. and all they're doing is hurting the american people. some of the projections in the graham/cassidy, that 22 million people will be uninsured by 2020. making sure everyone in this country has health care is passed. this is a -- >> we're going to have more panel later in the show. thank you so much. be sure to tune in tomorrow night as republican senators and bill cassidy will be debating with bernie sanders. >

. >> my guest this morning is senator rand paul of kentucky who says he is a no for now, and mark short. and can chuck and nancy do business with president trump, or were their immigration talks a one-time only deal. i'll ask nancy pelosi if she trusts the president. joining me is rich lowry high pressure eliana johnson, stephen henderson, and former obama deputy campaign manager stephanie cutter. welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." >>> the longest running show in television history celebrating it's 70th year. >>> good sunday morning. there are two big stories we're watching this morning, but first is president trump's attack on nfl players that refuse to stand for the national anthem. it began friday night with a speech saying he wishes an nfl owner would say the following "get that son of a bitch off of the field right now, he is fired." >> countless people have pressed back, steph curry and the golden state warriors said they would not come to the white house, and lebron james weighed in calling the president a bum. more on that back and forth coming up. the other big story her

"rand paul is a friend of my but he is such a negative force when it comes to fixing health care. graham-cassidy bill is great."

rand paul said this doesn't repeal obamacare.t. the medicaid expansion goes away. we repeal medicaid expansion at the end of 2019. the tax credits and the cost share reduction payments to insurance companies go away. the mandate to buy insurance goes away. the mandate for employers goes away. all of these things, everything that obamacare is goes away and is repeal and replaced by a system that says we are going to equally apportion money based on 50 to 138% of pof effort tow every state. california's poor people will get the same amount of money as new hampshire. that's a fair system and not what obamacare is today. >> still are the votes there? no one has the answer to that. thank you very much. coming up for us, all eyes on hurricane maria after the storm devastated islands already in its path in the hard hit caribbean. where is maria headed next. it is a category five still. patrick woke up with back pain. but he has work to do. so he took aleve. if he'd taken tylenol, he'd be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has

rand paul over.o i think susan collins and murkowski are solid nos but i would still keep an eye on rand paul and mccain. it ain't over till it's over. >> we have a drama. it happens to involve one sixth of the nation's economy. our great thanks to heidi and shannon. thank you both for coming on. something tells me we're going to be talking about this every night for the near future. coming up we are watching an explosive more rodding hurricane and fearing it has puerto rico in its sites. >>> there is no joy in reporting that hurricane maria has exploded from a category one to a category five in 72 hours. just tonight it made the list 10 storms in recorded history. also just tonight a crew member on board a hurricane hunter aircraft traveling over the top of the storm said, quote, this is about as bad as you can get. we have two reports on this storm night. one from san juan and one from the studyio. gabe i see it's hitting you with rain and wind bands. >> reporter: yeah. seems just a few days ago i

they are even reaching out to rand paul. they are speaking with him about trying to get him on board. someone told me this morning that what would have to happen is for those block grants to be either completely removed or to at least be cut back some. in terms of what might happen going forward with the senate if they can get it done this time around, they may seek another reconciliation measure and get it down after september 30th, but senator mitch mcconnell warning on the floor just a little while ago that if they don't get a republican repeal bill, the democratic idea may start to catch hold. in a debate last night, bernie sanders was against pushing the idea of a single-payer system. listen here. speak out no matter what you call it at its core, here's what it is. a massive expansion of a failed idea quadrupling down on the failures of obamacare. a totally government run system that would rip health insurance plans away from even more americans and take away even more of their personal health care decisions. >> where t