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with one hand he starts solving the rubik's cube. >> two things i can't do. right oli? can you water ski? >> yes, i can. but this not going to happen. >> look. he keeps going. does not give up. and eventually he solves the thing. >> took way too long. should have done it quicker. >> oh, yeah. so unimpressed. >> yeah i'm going to go sit in shame over here. >> yeah! that's right! >>> jessica is about to experience the trifecta of surprises. we start with number one. >> oh, my god. >> it's your puppy. >> just little puppy named charlie. that's her boyfriend brian. he executed this whole thing. because he's been hiding the puppy at his house. oh, he's been hiding something else. >> we're going to be an official family, the three of us. will you marry me? >> number two. i'm still emotional from the puppy and now i've got to deal with this. >> oh, my god. >> what's the third surprise? >> that's what happened to her. she got a ring, she got a puppy. what the heck is he going to do on their first anniversary? >> i don't know what to do right now. >> oh. surprise number three. h

my friend, how good are you at a rubik's cube? >> reporter: not very at all. completely incapable of doing those things. what happened, repeal and replace separated? not the plan. go with mitch mcconnell's words on this. working behind the scenes trying to negotiate, figuring how to deep one end from not falling off? same issues we've always talked about. moderate side, more money more medicaid, easier phaseout, conservative side, cutbacks of obama regulations. how they marry those will dictate whether or not this bill survives. all senators are home. during this july 4th recesses, trying to put on the pressure not just in town halls, there aren't that many, but fourth of july parades. serious external pressure, interesting to see where senators are when he return in a week. >> stand by. we'll be back in a moment. i never joined in. that wasn't fair to any of us. i was covered. i tried lots of things over the years. but i didn't give up. i kept on fighting. i found something that worked. that still works. now? see me. see me. i found clear skin that lasts. see

but it's not easy. >> he's got this rubik cube and trying to to get to 50.o what degree, julian, did the process of getting to this point and how put this bill together play into the difficulty of getting those 50 votes? >> there is an argument him doing this secretly and not involving more lawmaker in the gop actually did hurt his ability to achieve a compromise, once this bill was announced, once the proposal was announced but i don't think that is at the core of the problem. core of the problem is the bill, itself, that they have right now. it's simply a bill that doesn't have full support from the republican party and given that the democrat will not vote for this, you need that. it's hard to see with the medicaid cuts, with the limits on the deregulations, how you're going to achieve the votes that republicans will need and that is why mcconnell is playing with this rubik cube. it isn't just the bill. it's his own caucus and i can't put all of the colors in the right place. >> sarah, there is not a lot of time to get this done and there is a lot on the

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comparing passing trumpcare to a game of rubik's cube.t to the millions of people who could lose health insurance if this bill passes. >> i'll tell you what's rude, kicking 22 million people off their health care in this country who you know cannot afford it. you worked at the earl cay long hospital for a long time. you know what people are like at their lowest. so to step on their necks by kicking them off their health care at this point, that's cruel, sir. i think what you need to do as louisianaen, go back to washington, d.c. and stand up for the people who are here and saying we need our health care. >> senator bill cassidy getting an earful at a town hall in louisiana. we have sean sullivan, congressional reporter and sean illing reporter for fox. great to see both of you. sean illing, i'll start with you first. this rubik's cube he's making comparison to get to 50. there's 50 different ways of using a rubik's cube to complete that puzzle. does he have in this case as many options? and number two, how close is he to getting to comple

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he's well-known for his work with the rubiks cube, but at the world championship, he caught a new worldute and 20 seconds for the six by six by six by six cube. he's not the fastest with the three by three by three cube, but wow, isn't that amazing? >> i can't make any of them match. >> for the seven by seven by seven by seven cube, he in two minutes, six seconds. >> okay. enough of the details. >> he's good. he's very, very good. >> moshing. it's still cool. watch this video. it was at a concert. mama said no more moshing. mama said don't knock yourself out. so she tries to step in and stop the moshing. here's my theory. i think she was part of this blast mosh mode. flash mosh pit? >> yeah. >> i think she was actually part of the gig. that's my theory. i just came up with it. >> is that really is a mom? what is she doing there at a festival? >> now. >> where there is a mosh bra breakout. >> i think she's part of the stunt. >> the kids are following the words of l.l. cool j, say knock you out. >> mama say don't knock you out. >> didn't quite work out. we'll show you a kid who's probably

i'm sitting there with a rubik's cube, trying to figure out how to twist the dials to get to 50 to replace this with something better. >> reporter: republican lawmakers home for the holiday, facing frustrated constituents. >> and gloria joins us live. the president has repeatedly called for an investigation into possible voter fraud in last year's election. but many states are pushing back? >> reporter: that's exactly right, tom. at least 13 states have flat-out refused and over two dozens others are balking at the administration's request to turn over voter information. the president responding to that in the tweet saying, numerous states are refusing to give information to the very distinguished voter fraud panel. what are they trying to hide, he ask. many of these states say there are legal barriers to turning over private voter information. tom. >> gloria, and there will be much more on this tomorrow on "this week." >>> now, to the urgent manhunt for the shooters behind a gun fight inside of a packed nightclub. police say at least 25 people were wounded by that gunfire. abc's adrienne

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know, senator mcconnell is extremely skilled enable and he will in his own words be twisting that rubik's cube to see what he can do to accommodate different folks. there has been talk about trying to address the issue of opioids. there have been other things i have been talking about. senator cruz'a proposal -- cruz's proposal will be out there. there will be what seeing quite tweaks survive the parliamentary review, whatever the score would be. i suspect the week after next will be one way quebec is seeing a product that is ready to be voted on. everybody will be looking at what changes will be made next week. greta: put in the conversation with the opioid portion of this. rick: i'm glad you brought that up. greta: that is something americans feel across the country and it's important to many of the senators. they have set no unless there is more money to deal with opioid addiction. what are hospitals seeing? rick: i'm glad you raised that because congress passed legislation to address both the opioid problem and the behavioral health problem. here we are dealing with medicaid that has

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. >> i'm sitting there with a rubik's cube trying to figure out how to twist the dials to get to 50 toeplace this with something better. >> reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell there. now, he says he hopes that and he said he hopes he can maybe even get a democrat or two on board. now, there is work to be done and there are two calls that have been added to the president's schedule today. those are calls with the leaders of japan and china. those come in advance of that meeting this week between president trump and vladimir putin. that as the fbi investigation into russia goes on. dan, cecilia. >> so much going on, gloria, thank you. >> it's going to be a big week. >> let's bring in abc news chief global affairs correspondent, horr martha raddatz, who is in in washington where she's going to be hosting "this week" later this morning. martha, good morning to you. >> good morning to you both. >> so let's start with the news overnight, the president taking more shots at the media. in your view is there a smart strategy here in that it fires up his base? >> well, i think he's c

deconstructing kim jong-un is a rubik's cubes endeavor., i think he would stop if he gets security from his vantage point, trade and aid, from his vantage point. the question is, what is the quid pro quo for the u.s.? yvonne: what options does donald trump have at the moment? is it just threats through tweets? is that what it has come down to? we have been talking about the redlined u.s. might have, now that we have confirmed they did some type of icbm. has the redlined been crossed? will this force donald trump to rethink his approach? jasper: you raise an excellent point. there is no pure red line. that is the problem. north korea has done all kinds of provocative acts, leading to the death of civilians. and there has not been a backlash from the u.s. or south korea. perspective,-un's you're thinking, how far can a push the envelope? the answer is, i do not know. but i will keep trying until i get pushed back. but that pushback to be harder and more severe and unexpected than anyone would expect. with emotion, patriotism, emotional and r

. >> i am sitting there with the rubik's cube trying to figure out how to twist the dials to get to 50 to the replace this with something better. >> gloria riviera, abc news, washingt washington. >>> and today a coalition of local independent activists demanding that president trump be impeached that. ly march in san francisco this afternoon. and the groups will rally justin herman plaza at 1:00 and wind down market and back to the plaza, and the activists will be groups indivisible, and activists for impeachment to ask congress to remove the president from the white house. >>> and people who live in crockett are upset about a growing illegal dumping problem. this trailer-like structure cuz left along the roadway, resident said she has called the county, because now people are vandalizing the trailer and leaving more trash. >> it is is attracting more tra and people say, it is okay to dump it, because look at how ugly it is. >> and the public parks area is saying they that are trying to determine if there are hazardous materials inside of it, and if there are, they have to remove it be

cube saying it was impossible to do you know you can do a rubik's cube >> yes, you can. >> it gets done>> and tax reform, absolutely you can. >> okay. all right. there is a possibility -- i can't. but someone -- >> i cannot. >> but someone can you almost got out of this they were wrapping me in my ear before i did the brady adjustment tax border adjustment tax. >> please wrap it up >> all right, chairman, thank you. >> good to see you >> all right >> thanks. >>> okay still ahead, the fed kicking off the final day of its two-day policy meeting we're going to check in with steve liesman in d.c. this morning. plus, a cohn/yellen showdown what president trump said about his top economic aide's future at the fed stay tuned you're watching "squawk box" right here on cnbc. because, when you really, really want to be there, but you can't. at cognizant, we're helping today's leading media companies create more immersive ways to experience entertainment with new digital systems and technologies. get ready, because we're helping leading companies see it- and see it through-with digital. to keep ou

. >> i'm in the position of the guy with the rubik's cube trying to twist the dial to get to at conferenceho can agree to a version of repealing and replacing it. >> the existing bill would fail if just three republicans vote no. since all democrats oppose it. mcconnell was forced to cancel a planned vote on the bill last week after several republicans said they'd vote no. >>> congressman steve scalise remains in serious condition after surgery to deal with an infection. med star washington hospital center says that scalise tolerated the procedure well. scalise was readmitted to the intensive care unit wednesday night. the house's third-ranking republican had been rofring from a shooting at the congressional baseball practice in alexandria last month where several others were also injured. scalise suffered the worst of the injuries. >>> police are searching for a former uber driver accused of a sexual offense, ergun gunes was working for the ride sharing company when police say the incident occurred last monday night. this happened near queens chapel road i hyattsville. his car is a dark-c

. >> i'm sitting there with a rubik's cube trying to figure out how to twist the dials to get to 50 to replace this with something better than this. stabilizing these markets is important. middle class families are getting hammered. american people said we elected a republican president, a republican house and republican senate, we want to see some results. and i can't say anything other than i agree with you. but it's not easy. and we're going to continue to wrestle with this and try to get it done. >> so mcconnell there essentially saying that the path that they are on right now is the best path forward and that his best shot of doing something to reform health care would be to do the repeal and replacement all at once. as he said there, fredricka, it's not going to get any easier. and his members are getting anxious, a number of them sending him a letter suggesting that they cancel their august recess until they can get health care reform done. >> and in all that, ryan, with the backdrop of the president's tweets earlier today about the two cable tv hosts and how this seems never en

. >> i'm in the position of the guy with the rubik's cube trying to twist the dial in such a way to geto at least 50 members of my conference who can agree to a version of repealing and replacing it. >> the existing bill will fail if just three republicans vote no since all democrats oppose it. mcconnell was forced to cancel a planned vote on the bill last week after several republicans said they would vote no. >>> a new victory when it comes to the trump administration's travel ban. a federal judge in hawaii ruled grandparents and other extended relatives of people in the u.s. are not exempt from the ban. wait for a supreme court ruling on the case. for now, the government can block people from six majority muslim countries even if they are the grandparents or grandchildren of people in this country. >>> the man who escaped deportation in loudoun county this week only to be recaptured is heading back to court today. marlon carlos rivas-mendez asked for an attorney. his preliminary hearing set for 2:00 this afternoon. he was deported five times before monday's escape. keep an eye on the

years to repeal the affordable care act. ,hey had in trying to do that and in a sense, trying to do a rubik'sube to get everybody on board. they have not been able to. the recent surgery and diagnosis for senator mccain leaves them with one less vote, even though his vote was not certain. they are in a deeper hole than they were before the president said, stay for your august recess. that is easy to say if you are president, but what is it that he's got to contribute that will bring in both moderates and conservatives into a consensus that will get them to the 50 votes they need? it's clear senator collins and senator rand paul are hard nos against the bill. there was no margin of error. there is less now because of senator mccain. and the president has yet to offer anything substantive to say here is a way out of this box, or is a solution i can see or my people can see. they just have not been able to do it. they have made any number of efforts. i was up in rhode island last weekend for the national governors association. the vice president was there. secretary price was there. they were tr

. >>> i'm in the position of the guy with a rubiks cube trying to twist the dial in such a way to getn of repealing and replacing. >> joining us now igor wallsky the president of the center for american progress. i have seen a majority leader less enthusiastic about passing his own bill. i have long doubted that mitch mcconnell really wants to pass this thing. >> yeah, he is not terribly excited. but the significance of what he did today was really put a lie to this claim we've heard out of the trump administration, from republicans, that obamacare is beyond repair. there is nothing you could do. it's going to die. if mitch mcconnell is saying hey if this fails we'll find a way to fix it in a bipartisan way. what that means is if you stabilize the markets they'll continue to function for years to come. >> yeah and chuck schumer jurpd out immediately with an offing approving comment about what mcconnell said today expressing eagerness to work with mcconnell if he fails with the republicans. what he means is work to shore up and improve the current version of obamacare. >> yeah, make su

. >> senate majority mitch mick tunnel was talking about the rubik's cube, there's a solution.s one it's not so clear. what i loved this week is mcconnel who is i think absolutely dedicated to trying to find the votes, which was not totally clear. maybe he just wanted to get this put aside so we can move on to tax cuts when he really cares about and no one discounts his ability if anybody can do it he can but he brought out the big guns this week threatening the ultimate sanctions, bipartisanship. i'm going to have to work with democrats and then you'll see how unhappy you'll be with the results. >> what's the opposite of a nuclear option. >> woodruff: oh my god we may have to work together. >> i agree with ruth. it looks dead. not only have you seen the concerns and then out some of the few town halls that have been out there, you've seen those concerns. you're beginning to see all these called freelancing off in different elections. ted cruz is taking a position and mikely and the moderates are taking up their position. not only is it hard to piece this together they're all g

and they have been trying to do that and they've been trying to in a sense do a rubik's cube to try to get everybody on board and they've not been able to. and the recent surgery and diagnosis for senator mccain leaves them with one less vote even though his vote was not certain. so they're in a deeper hole than they were before the president said we'll stay for your august recess. that's an easy thing to say if you're president of the united states but what is it that these got to contribute that will bring him both moderates and conservatives into a consensus that will get them to the 50 votes they need. because it's pretty clear that senator collins and senator rand paul are just hard nose against there was no margin of error. there's less margin of error now because of senator mccain. and the president has yet to offer anything substantive to say here's a way out of this box. here's a solution that i can see or that my people can see. they just haven't been able to do it. they've made any number of, you know, of efforts. i was up in rhode island last weekend for the national govern

. >> mitch mcconnell says it's turning into an rubik's cube, turning things around. how is he doing? >> i don't think he's getting there. it's unpopular. it's similar to the house bill. they're going back to the drawing board. they've got to pass it in july. i just don't know how they get there from here. >> mcconnell has also said this idea of if we can't get there, instead of this idea of just getting rid of obamacare, we need to work with democrats and try to fix what's going on at least in the short term. what seems realistic here? >> i don't think that's realistic. i think it's more a threat to get his party to unite. mitch mcconnell said earlier this year, if the republicans unite, we win. they're not winning. et's a threat. if you don't work with me, aim going -- i academy going to work with the other side. >> does he get on board? >> no, no. he says, we even got to do it at the same time. they're not going to do it. >> he sees the poll numbers. why does mitch mcconnell keep pushing on a bill that ---et's not rocket science to figure out it's just not popular.

he likened health care to a rubik's cube he said a bipartisan deal might be needed if this specific dealls but joe, unlike the white house, that puts out its public schedule, all we see are the public events that these lawmakers hold they don't really tell you exactly what they're up to each day. >> kayla, with mcconnell yesterday, do you think that he was trying to get a response, or do you think that he was -- was he serious about that? because it would have to be 60 votes. so it would have to be keep obamacare and fix the exchanges, and get democrats to come along with that. i looked at that like -- either -- either things are really dire, for him in getting to 50, or maybe he's trying to make it look dire to get some of these, to wrangle some of these guys that aren't on board. i mean, was he serious was that really what -- >> i can't pretend to know exactly what's going on in his head i mean his office throughout this whole process has been very much a black box they won't discuss any of the details. they won't tell you what they expect to happen, or where the state of play is at an

i don't know how you solve that rubik's cube. >> that's why at usa facts what we really do is a couple numbers are not partisan, numbers are not interpretation, numbers are not speculation. and number two, we use only government numbers. i'm a big believer that we have competent people with high integrity working at the bureau of labor statistics, at the center for medicare and medicaid services and businesses at least in this case the government needs to use the best information it has, the best numbers to really drive decision making. >> was there an overwhelming source of where people do trust the news? we see where they get the news, but was there a source that's the most trusted? where are people going to believe the news? >> there is a source that is most trusted and yet the percentage of people who trust it is low enough that it's probably not even worth highlighting. >> do you worry that as we progress skprks if you can call it progress, one or two years from now, twitter, facebook, all those tools, they're always changing, there are always additions to them. do you worry this

world these days >> you know, becky, i was just out in korea a few weeks ago, and it really is the rubik'snever get all the squares aligned. the fact is that south korea's interests, china's interests, russia's interests, our interests, there really is no perfect alignment. they're also, nfortunately, there's no military solution that wouldn't involve possibly killing up to 80,000 americans, not to mention tens of millions, or ten million people from south korea, or possibly others in japan. so there really is no military solution there's no real diplomatic solution i think the only solution is for the u.s. to keep unilaterally squeezing korea, squeezing the chinese banks that are doing north korea, squeezing the chinese banks that are doing business with north korea. we just have to keep putting the pressure on. you know, this regime in north korea, one thing we do know about them, they're not suicidal this is a -- basically a monarchy that has -- that has kept itself in power over three generations. that's pretty unusual. they clearly are not suicidal. and i just think we have to keep sq