rob portman has pushed really hard to get extra money for that. the bill that failed to nights two might to go, there was $100 billion -- two nights ago, there was $100 billion to fund that. once there is a score, it can probably be voted on. it will be voted on with just 60 votes. when that happens, then they voting fory keep this because in conference, once it can move through with just 50 votes, that could end up in a final bill. host: we will be talking to senator portman, coming up on "washington journal." eliza collins, than obamacare at the same time. the house voted to do that. the president rec >> and a live picture now, the u.s. senate floor as debate is under way. senators have been back and forth on defense programs but right now they're considering the nation's health care law. republicans' health care law. this is the third day of debate on the law. they are just under 10 hours of debate left before members vote. we're expecting votes this afternoon in a single -- on a single payer system. democrats will not offer any more amendments

. >> joining us from capitol hill this morning is your senator rob portman, a republican of ohio, and, senator, thank you for joining us. i think you heard michael a little bit there. he says he agrees with you and your effort to make sure that there's funding in any sort of health care repeal effort to address the opioid situation. but he wants to know where that money would go. what would it be used for? >> well, first, thanks for having me on. i did hear the end of michael's question. and he's right. we have a crisis right now. and we need to ensure that we're having not just the ability to get people into treatment but even longer term recovery because that's more successful. i probably met with a thousand or more recovering addicts or addicts in the last few years alone as we've put together this legislation that's called the comprehensive addiction recovery act and also the cures act and the notion is to get the money to treatment centers so that people have access to treatment, but also sober housing and longer term recovery because, again, we know that is going to lead to more

since their real life senator refused to meet with them, some of ohio senator rob portman's constituentsut a life-size flat rob. they propped him outside his downtown office in toledo, ohio, and they've told the kinko's version of their senator that they want him to vote no on the republican bill for health care. in missouri today, about 25 of senator roy blunt's constituents stood outside his kansas city office with megaphones. eventually one of senator blunt's staffers got dispatched down to meet them. protesters handed them a stack of mocked up release forms, freeing up their senator from his campaign promise to vote to repeal obamacare. at senator james lankford's office, disability rights activists staged a protest. they were blocked from recording video so they took pictures instead. they told the senator's staff as far as they were concerned, they were not going to sit around and let the republican health care plan kill them. over in texas, congressman lamar smith got a visit his group of constituents including this young woman speaking in the foreground here who is a cancer survi

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since their real life senator refused to meet with them, some of rob portman's constituents printed outsize flat rob, a la flat stanley. theyropped him up outside his downtown office in toledtole, o, and they lied up and told the kinko's version of their senator that they want him to vote no on the republican plan to repeal obamacare. protesters have been hounding their senators at home this week in opposition to the republican bill. in missouri today, about 25 of senator roy blunt's constituents stood outside his kansas city office with megaphones. eventually one of senator blunt's staffers got dispatched down to meet them. protesters handed him a stack of mocked up release forms freeing up their senator from his campaign promise to vote to repeal obamacare. at senator james lankford's office in oklahoma city, disability rights activists from oklahoma staged a protest in lankford's lobby. staffers blocked the protesters from going past the front desk and from recording video. so they took pictures instead. they told the senator's staff as far as they were concerned, they were not going

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

this is the point that rob portman was making.ors in a different position now in terms of how they'll vote on this than potentially on how they voted in 2015. i'm not sure where they go from here. perhaps they pursue some of the fixes that jason was talking about. perhaps they look at some of the state-based approaches that susan collins and bill cassidy of louisiana have been advocating for. that may be a potential fallback approach. but all the traditional approaches, repeal and delay, et cetera, don't seem the cards right now. >> jason, we're expecting again to see senator chuck schumer take the floor of the senate. we've been showing that live shot any minute here. can you talk through what you think this means for the president's agenda, a major priority for president trump and now increasing scuttle but on the hill that tax reform will be the next big thing. where does the president go from there if he wants to reach across the aisle and get democrats on board with something? >> i think it's a real shame the administration c

i mean, we can read between the lines right now and dean heller comes out as a yes, when rob portman comes out, these are holdout senators who have had very serious and significant policy issues that have essentially, on their own, killed various iterations of this leading up to this point. they're going to be able to get 50, maybe more than that this in vote shortly. everybody that's been talking to you as made very clear the realities here. this doesn't, by any means, guarantee they're going to get this done in the end, this is a very convoluted, complicated and politically dangerous process that republicans would be heading into. but it's important to note and i've had republican aides and frankly senate majority leader mcconnell make this point repeatedly. you can't move on unless you get past this first procedural vote and brooke, don't undercount the importance of momentum. each step in this process gets them closer to the finish. each step in this process makes it chb more complicated to oppose and i'll say another thing, when this process is all said and done, it will likely

lisa murkowski, dean heller, rob portman. demands anding varying tasks.e can decide if this thing can even come up for a vote. apart from the difficulty and embarrassment if the have to walk away, is there a technical aspect where they need to know where the money is under health care before they get to how much they will save in tax cuts? see the obamacare taxes left and on the wealthy to have the pool that they can to try to make some sweeteners and try to bring some of the senators over the line. i think the big question is, how much of the american people associating this failure with .rump he can't get his agenda through, how much does that benefit him or heard him? we will see that had toward 2018 and how far the smell from this mess emanates. people'selp pocketbooks, it is a different question. we want to show video, and maybe you can explain to me what is going on. handshake before. they must like each other a lot. and it goes on. it goes on. and it is still not over, they are still shaking hands, or doing something here. he's still shaking the ha

david: you know what is even worse, by the way, look at people like rob portman, senator rob portman,e used to talk a couple years ago, had a couple pieces in "wall street journal" we had to cut back on government, government was too involved in all sorts of things, now is saying we should keep medicaid essentially where it is. >> a lot of people will have to compare this. you have to explain yourself if you're rob portman or dean heller, you voted for this in 2015, said yes for repeal. you have a chance to put it in front of a president that will sign it, what is the deal. david: aren't some of these people losing in the primaries? into there is talk about people like jeff flake and dean heller having primary threats. we'll see if it happens. if votes come through next week on wrong side of conservatives, expect for conservatives group to push for primaries. david: vince, night to see. >> a new house on the prairie. a very familiar little log cabin is getting the first makeover since it was built. look at that. david: looks familiar. ♪ ♪ ♪ i'm... i'm so in love with you. ♪ ♪ whatever

rob portman's staff's in doubt. i know you saw rob portman hugging people during a parade.en they mentioned that he was visiting centers where people are dealing with obesity, a round table, they're choosing these smaller events that still allows them to talk to people. but they're not necessarily exposing them to these free for alls that town halls have become. >> senate republicans are in an internal family feud about what to do about repealing and replacing obamacare. rob portman one of the more m moderate members don't think there's money in the budget for addiction to opiods. she says she's glad she marched because she right now is a no vote, but she says as she marched and as she listened to her constituents, she believes most of them are with her. >> what i have heard during the entire recess, are people telling me to be strong, that they have a lot of concerns about the health care bill in the senate, they want me to keep working on it but they don't want me to support it in its current form. i am still a no unless the bill is dramatically changed. >> so they're hom

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:

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

apparently a heated debate fox confirmed happened this week with senate majority leader mcconnell and rob portman. mcconnell pushing the try to slow the growth of medicaid spending, like you are suggesting. portman accusing leadership of overreaching with this bill. how do you reach out to portman? >> look, let me just be as clear as i can. i think the world of rob portman. i have tremendous respect for him. he's a great senator. he comes with a terrific back ground. he's very smart. he does his homework and he represents the people of ohio. now, we're going to disagree about some policies, and there are some aspects of this bill on which he and i disagree. but the fact is, we work together. and we're working together to try to reach a consensus. >> all right. as far as the timing of all of this, this is obviously crucial. we know the president has suggested -- >> timing is still -- >> go ahead. >> i'm sorry. the audio continues to come and go. >> i know. go ahead. >> on timing, we'll be back next week with some more information because various moving pieces in this bill will have cbo scores, con

there were seven republican nos, susan collins, shelley moore capito, rob portman, lamar alexander and lisa murkowski. surprising names in the group. >>> a double threat, fox news reporting iran is prepared to launch a missile into space while north korea may be a lot closer to having a long-range nuclear missile than we thought. melissa: plus, she was one of two republican senators who voted no to proceed with the debate on health care reform, she's caught with the hot mic. we're going to weigh in on that one. >> the tape is amazing. the president pushing ahead on tax reform saying the middle class needs a break even if it means the wealthiest have to pay more, what does that mean? rates are going to go up or lose deductions? blake burman asked that question of the president at the briefing at the white house. he joins us live from the white house next. >> reporter: does the president believe that the wealthiest americans deserve a tax cut? hello, this is adt, is everything ok? i could hear crackling in the walls, and my mind went totally blank. all i remember saying was, "my boyfrien

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the read from all of this, ohio republican senator rob portman.you. >> good to be on. >> neil: we can talk about when hopefully soon the senator john mccain gets back. bottom line, it's a tough fight here. >> it's a tough fight. our hearts go out to him and cindy. but nobody tougher, neil, as you know, you've known him a long time, he's been on your program a lot. i love the fact he said my partners are going to have my back. he's a fighter, he's a fighter. i sent a message to him, i said captain mccain, we need you back in the fight. i believe he is coming back. and i believe that he's going to surprise a lot of people who are saying it's going to take a while. he may be back soon. >> neil: interesting, i know at times like these, it's natural for people to sort of try to be above politics here and wish him well, bipartisan way. it's sad that it takes something like this to bring things out in congress. he's getting universal praise from bill and hillary clinton, barack obama, even president trump were whom he has had an acrimonious relationship.

the big sticking point for moderates like ohio's rob portman. >> we're still working on ways to ensure that folks who are currently getting coverage under expanded medicaid have options. >> reporter: the only republican who went from no to yes today was ted cruz of texas, who got a provision inserted allowing insurers to offer low-cost, bare-bones plans. >> if next year, the year after, we have people back home who see their premiums drop 10%, 20%, 30%, that's a big win, and it's a win for everyone. >> reporter: many republicans told us today they are withholding judgment until the congressional budget office releases its analysis early next week. they're a little gun-shy, anthony, after the c.b.o. projected that the first version would leave 22 million more americans uninsured. >> mason: nancy cordes at the capitol. thank you, nancy. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's state is expected to be hard hit by the proposed cuts in medicaid. omar villafranca went to kentucky coal country. >> this one is for my immune system. >> reporter: every day kathy collins has to take 27 pills in h

i think rob portman is not buyable. so no.oderates, he willer in nevada, cannot be bought on this. it politically viable for a single senator to sort of stand up and say i will be the one? do you not need to do it politi part of a group? do you think that's kind of where we are? we look at individual kind of states but actually we probably need a group of them. otherwise, anybody who does that as a single man will be targeted and end up with a reelection problem down the road. >> heller is in that category. but i would just say this. there are now two excuses to not get this bill done. one of course is john mccain's health. the other is the score from the cbo later this week. i think both together will give enough of these senators an excuse to say can't go there. >> thank you so much for your comments. we'll continue. lots to talk about. we have an absolutely killer chart back to eisenhower and the state of another time. don't forget. i gasp over bloomberg business week. two covers this week. brexit. n brussels and there's th

rob portman is leading the charge.eet journal" published an editorial by him that says the longer we wait to enact reforms, the more abrupt and painful they will be. it's time for everyone to come together and start to erase the red ink. >> there is such a cravenness on both side of the aisle. democrats were calling for serious reform of the medicate expansion or medicaid problems. that was a program designed to help poor people. it's being used to subsidize wealthier people. this is something that's unsustainable so it need to be done. the longer you wait the more difficult thing get. that's the entire problem we have right now. it would have been easy to repeal obamacare a couple years ago. but the senate plan offers some good changes. it's a good step in the right direction and it changes the architecture of the medicaid system in a way that would be helpful even if there are electoral changes in the years ahead. david: mitch mcconnell, is he doing a lot of stuff behind the scenes? he left himself 200 billion over a

rob portman is another one to keep an eye on to see which way he's going to go on this. mitch mcconnell can only afford to lose one or two of these folks. he's not going to get any democrats to come along and support. he's in a bit of a tight spot. >> mitch mcconnell known as a savvy dealmaker. what is this going to mean for him for that reputation of ahe e dealmaker? >> the pressure is definitely on. nobody knows the institution of the senate or how to collect is better than mitch mcconnell, but this is going to be a reall test for him. republicans are two minds about this. some republicans think, you know, if they vote on this, if they don't do this, they do not repeal this, it will be catastrophic in the 2018 election. other republicans will say look, if we don't do this, ovonic here is going to all its own way. we are going to own it. the majority of republicans in the senate is that they own this regardless in much the same way as the economy and they had better get around to doing something about it because one way or another they are going to pay a price for it if

lamar alexander, dean heller, john mccain, lisa murkowski, rob portman and susan collins of maine but which mcconnell got the goal of getting something to the president's desk. >> ultimately we want to get legislation to end the obamacare status quo. through congress and to the president's desk for his signature. >> reporter: mike hence acknowledging the difficulty of the task at hand talking to tucker last night. >> obamacare is dead. this system is collapsing around us. there is the old saying that it is hard to turn a big ship at sea. it is harder to turn a sinking ship. >> it appears now their best shot is turning to the so-called skinny repeal. this is a watered-down version that gets rid of the individual mandate and some obamacare taxes but chuck schumer said this doesn't attract democrats at all. >> we don't know if skinny repeal is going to be the final bill. democrats are not going to continue to try to amend the house plan that is already dead. we don't know what bill to direct our amendment to. clearly the senate bill, repeal and replace has failed. >> we are told the sena

. >> they are scheduled to meet with senator rob portman and other lawmakers. >> reporter: several demonstrators staged a peaceful march through the streets of germany today march against the violent protests that have plagued the city. >> overnight, demonstrators caused extensive property damage. >>> president trump help more meetings saturdays at the conclusion of the g 20 summit. now, he is home after talking trade in north korea today. >> president trump help marine before returning to the white house following a whirlwind g 20 summit in hamburg, germany. one day after his first face-to- face meeting with russian president, which lasted within two hours. saturday's meeting included a 1 1/2 hours and i would china's president where north korea was on the agenda. >> as far as north korea is concerned, it may take longer than i did log. it may take longer than you would like, but it will be success one way or the other. >> very focused on what is going on with respect to north korea. >> world leaders about their commitment to the climatic change despite president trump decision to pull out. i u

we've heard from rob portman and might want us we kevin if he's heard anything from wisconsin yet.are carefully tracking this -- should senator johnson not vote to proceed on this, that would be enough to sink the senate majority leader's chances. senator murkowski, senator , two prominent republicans within this republican-controlled senate saying they are not going to -- that means no more senators in the republican party can come out against this. if they do, it is dead on arrival. it is down to the wire now in terms of whether or not they are going to be able to get this through. scarlet: talk to me about what it means -- we just talked about the tie-break situation. what happens in a tie-break situation? >> it heads to the vice president and we will have the motion to proceed. i want to take this a step out of politics. the american people are going to be watching this. the merck and people will be looking at washington procedure -- the american people will be looking at washington procedure -- what i do wonder sometimes is what are the american people really thinking about wh

this is about rob portman is talking about. insurance companies have no incentives to keep premiums low because they're not competing. they don't have to compete. the government is propping up these insurance companies in the running the cartels. >> harris: that's why i said it was so surprised that the rejection of anything like that per senator cruz is bill. not even, will try to get it and they are in a different way and maybe they will, but that is such a deal breaker because it sticks to the very bottom line. you talk about a cbo score and what it can generate and prices coming down because competitors are going after each other on state lines. you take away that point of hunger and what do you get? basically what we have now. >> marie: the insurance companies came out very, very negative. >> sandra: we are looking at the senate floor, we are awaiting that vote to begin on a street repeal of obamacare. our producer on capitol hill saying they haven't started any of the votes on which were supposed to begin at 11:30, they h

we are talking about senate republicans like dean heller, helly moore capito, rob portman and others,saw them going into meet with mitch mcconnell yesterday after the bill was revised, which is obviously a clear sign that he is trying to talk to them and trying to convince them to get on board and get behind this bill. now, when these members came out, a number of reporters were staking out this meeting and their message was essentially that they need to think about this more and they need to have more conversations. so clearly, at this point, this is a group of senators who are undecided on whether they can get behind this bill, and just a reminder, for our viewers on how steep the cuts are that we are talking about here, the congressional budget office projected last week that some 15 million people would lose their coverage under medicaid than compared to the current law so this is many millions of people that we are talking about and these senate republicans are very worried about what this means for their own constituents. >> meantime, the president just arrived back from his par

i've not been able to pin down rob portman if they will show up tonight.y're not no votes for lack of communication with the administration about this. both of them have said they have gone back and forth with the administration about what they like to see in this bill. their changes aren't being made. mitch mcconnell wants to get to a vote on monday and tuesday to bring something to the floor and let people have their fights about it once on the senate floor. if you're rob portman or one of these people, you don't want to take the risk that these issues you fought so hard for get thrown out with the bath water once this thing gets to the floor and they don't get on there. that's the sort of the big question i think we're all watching tonight is will those moderate senators and the others opposed in this process let this bill come to the floor at all. >> it's going to be another late night. thank you for that. >>> the president's election commission held its first meeting today looking to root out voter fraud. i'll talk to a state official who is pushing b

there are at least five republicans who have voted no, dean heller, rob portman, susan collins, john mccain as well in there. what you're seeing right now is what we saw when this was, as you recall just a week ago it was put up as a potential alternative that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell would pursue as the repeal and replace option started to fall apart. that fell apart as well because of what we're seeing right now. they don't have the votes on this. members are very uncomfortable about voting on something that just repeals, doesn't have a replace element to this and you're seeing this is going to go down. now, it was expected to go down. they made clear they knew it was going to go down, but they felt it was something they had to do, show conservatives the vote wasn't there and move through on this point. since they proceeded to move through this debate yesterday, what's next? they don't seem to have a firm answer yet, but we're in the midst of this process and it will continue in the next couple days and many, many hours ahead, jake. >> there is talk of something calle

you have people like rob portman out of ohio, dean heller out of nevada.and paul. >> what is your point? >> they will never vote for any of the bills that are currently there. >> that was their point.t? >> this is really an empty act. >> you don't think they will vote for it if it doesn't get amended in a way i they support? >> no. the dynamic is evident. if you amend it to appeal to the conservatives, you will lose the moderates. you do the opposite, the moderates. the conservatives fall away. that's what we are up against. >> that's a more important reason for president trump to keep doing what he is doing. >> for what? >> you said he is goodin at what he does and getting support out there. you would've liked to of seen more of this earlier. >> he doesn't know the details, doesn't know anything about health care. but we could use him out there using his twitter account. he is out there. even in the speech today? >> they certainly liked him helping them to get reelected. >> how many of those republicans won by larger margins than trump. >> you fear trump

rob portman has pushed really hard to get extra money for that. bill that failed to nights two might to go, there was $100 billion -- two nights ago, there was $100 billion to fund that. once there is a score, it can probably be voted on. it will be voted on with just 60 votes. when that happens, then they voting fory keep this because in conference, once it can move through with just 50 votes, that could end up in a final bill. host: we will be talking to senator portman, coming up on "washington journal." eliza collins, thank you very much. guest: thank you. host: gail in california. what do you think about the opioid situation? are you seeing it where you live? caller: it is absolutely ridiculous here. you have no idea how bad it is. i'm three hours north of san francisco. 101 andht run on u.s. the mexican drug cartels are bringing this in. the methamphetamine addiction here is absolutely outrageous. . founda 30-year-old friend dead in a hotel room in the next , dead from heroind fro and methamphetamines. they get these opioids and they snort t

members like deal heller, rob portman, lisa murkowski. they huddled yesterday afternoon after the bill was unveiled. this is a sign mcconnell is working to win them over. a thing they are watching is the cbo score. if this updated store does not have good headlines, a lot of folks are not optimistic, that is not going to help them change their minds and get to a yes. >> i would say not. past history is evidence of anything. great to see you guys. thank you so much. >>> not only is there pressure amongst each other on capitol hill, the president is putting pressure on them. he is saying republican senators must come through with what they have promised, adding, he is ready with pen in hand to sign a bill. with me, political commentator and former spokesman for the republican committee, doug hye. does this kind of pressure and the tweets you see from the president there, does this pressure campaign help? >> i think this is more about getting ready to lay blame in case the bill is not able to get through. let me take you back to 2014 when i

rob portman for ohio and on and on. -- thatuld have to be would have to be off the table and subsidies would have to be more generous. as you pointed out earlier, they are going to cover less -- the cost of the coverage than what is currently in the aca. pushing more deductibles, out of pockets, more co-pays on to people, which is exactly what republicans have complained about -- >> one thing they could fix fundight as they could cost-sharing subsidies, which they have been arguing about. 2.5 timese less than poverty, you get help paying premiums and adaptable's. those people have difficulties with $6,000 deductibles. money wasaid the never actually formally appropriated. that lawsuit is still in progress. that is what president trump keep saying every month, we can does not pay these. what we have seen is that the insurers, who still don't know if they will get the money, they are passing through. they are giving discounts to low income people. the federal government is supposed to pay them back to the federal government every month decides whether it will make these payments. what we

rob portman, lisa murkowski of alaska.>> senator mcconnell has made a clear calculation here. he has moved this bill substantially to the right of the original bill to mole mollify the conservatives. he's banking on the mainstream republicans, shelly capito of bf wf, rob portman of ohio, jerry moran, lisa murkowski to buckle in the 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 stat

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not reverse the bill's deep cuts to medicaid, the big sticking point for moderates like ohio's rob portman. >> we're still working on ways to make sure folks currently covered under the current medicaid have options. >> reporter: the only republican who went from no to yes was ted cruz in texas who got a provicks added to offer a low cost bare bones plans. >> that's a big win and a win for evan. >> reporter: many republicans told us they're withholding until there's analysis. 're a little gun-shy after the cbo projected the original version would have left 22 million more americans without coverage. nancy cordes, cbs news, capitol hill. >>> education secretary betsy devos is considering whether to change federal rules on investigating claims of sexual assault on college campuses. yesterday bedcy met with victims of sexual assault and those who were falsely accused. all but denied cross-examination of witnesses. devos says the system isn't working. >> we'll get to work to figure out the best way to solve this problem, to stop and reduce dramatically assault wheel respecting due process of l

rob portman from ohio joining us on the programs or morning.how rogers congressman from kentucky and the chair of the caucus on prescription drug abuse. that's a 7:00 a.m. tomorrow life here on c-span and on c-span radio. next up from today earlier today off to another subject with the senators the chair of the foreign relations committee and the senate senator bob corker. >> good morning everybody. this really is a city of early risers. we are sorry that cheryl couldn't be with us this morning that we have senator and journalists, senator corker and me to have a good early morning conversation with you. would you briefly introduce senator corker in?

medicaid expanded enormously last couple years, rob portman wants to keep it that way.. >> now it is for real. you can almost look back at 50 plus votes or 60 votes i took in the house of representatives to repeal obamacare. now when it is for real, you can actually get the bill to the president's desk they can't even bring it up for a vote. you know, now it is for real. not just pretend talking point you want to use in a campaign ad. david: jason chaffetz. good to have you with us. >> thanks for having me. david: look forward to having you again. >> thank you. melissa: president you now in germany ahead of the g20 summit where protests and riots are growing. sebastian gorka, deputy assistant to president trump is here with his take. that is next. liberty mutual stood with me when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night. hold on dad... liberty did what? yeah, liberty mutual 24-hour roadside assistance helped him to fix his flat so he could get home safely. my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. don't worry - i know what a lug wrench is, dad. is this a

you pick up the freedom caucus, you're going to lose probably murkowski and rob portman. they represent states that are far different than members of the freedom caucus. how could republican leaders on capitol hill not have known what was so obvious to everybody on this show three, for months ago? >> i suspect they knew it on some level but for seven years they made one central promise and every republican congressional come pain, every republican senate campaign and every republican presidential campaign and that is they were going to repeal and replace obamacare. the rhetoric on this thing was as heated as we've seen on any issue. so finally they get that tree effecta, the white house, the senate, the house, they're in position to do it. drs has talked with a lot of urgency about the idea this is something they're going to get done. think they sort of plowed into it with the idea that maybe those vast differences they're talking about, screaming, hey, we're finally in position where when we can do it, we might sell put whatever deferences aside so we can fulfill it. i t

they've 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 o

i spoke to rob portman who said we have to wait and see what will happen on thursday.ome of the senators who have been noes or not yes yet this amendment that ted cruz and mike lee put in is something that might get them there. >> are you optimistic you guys can get this done before august? >> we certainly should be able to. we have information. i received some studies that hhs has been sitting on that caused premiums to the increase. they can utilize to fund those high-risk pools or, you know, really kind of address other members' concerns. i think we certainly have the maneuvering room to get this done and we should get it done. >> so, hallie, you're watching thursday. i'm watching monday. because i think as many of these senators said they have problemed based on what they saw thursday will tell us about what is in this bill and when we find out what the top line numbers are and the medicaid spending and things like that look like on monday and if the bill comes out thursday it might lag a few days. that is extremely telling of where this thing goes next. >> monday

i'm really watching rob portman on this. west virginia is on the front lands.se states that expand in medicaid, there are 170,000 people in west virginia that are on the affordable care act, 50,000 of those people have drug abuse issues. you cannot almost sweeten that opioid pot enough. look, these cuts to medicaid are devastating and they're devastating to the people most at risk here, the elderly, poor children, poor families, poor women who are raising their children. this is a real issue. it is politically toxic, only 20% people support this bill. it's got an 80/20, that makes it almost impossible for them to go back to their districts with a bill as unpopular as this. that's not to say there isn't some way forward, a conservative way forward on health care. i don't think this is it. >> we haven't gotten the cbo score yet. all right. we're going to take a break, next, back to that nbc news exclusive reporting. there was a fifth person in the room during that meeting with don junior and jared kushner. a former russian counterintelligence officer. what exactl

and that's rob portman, concerned about medicaid. it's really remarkable at this point it has held together. he has lost susan collins and rand paul, but so far the rest of the 50 are still hanging together and not out there in public saying negative things. so right now this bill is on track to get on to the floor of the senate. and i think that would make the passage of it much likelier. now, there, of course, are still many road blocks, still weightiweight waiting to here from governors and cbo score. >> set to come out on monday? is that what we're hearing? >> we expect it early in the week, yeah. although there is a wrinkle around it, which is the bill includes an amendment from ted cruz and mike lee that would allow americans to buy these cheaper, catastrophic plans. critics say that could by fur indicate the markets and not clear what would that have on the budget. they may use another agency to do it, which could potentially create some problems, but could also make it easier for republicans to pass the bill. >> jake, that cr

rob portman says he is an honorable person. i could go on and on. what's going to happen here?ms as though the president is prepping himself for either pushing for jeff sessions to resign or firing him outright. today's statements were remarkable in that the president spared no words. there was no oh, the media bashing saying the media is making this a big deal, that i really appreciate him, that i stand by him. hesse press shop and communications staff said that president trump stands by jeff sessions, in reality, the president who has always been his best messenger, always the person with the final word on many things, he is saying that he doesn't know what's going to come of jeff sessions. that i think tells jeff sessions that look, your time is limited. i would not be surprised to see jeff sessions out of that job within this week or within this month because president trump is making it very clear that he's unhappy with him. now he's publicly talking about it. first he started by talking to my colleagues about jeff sessions and now it seems as though he's ready to tell eve