we will hear from senate majority leader check schumer -- minority leader chuck schumer. >> we don't have that here. ok, everyone. thank you for coming. i would like to thank senator murray for the care. we are expecting senator wyden and a few minutes but we're going to start. i would like to thank my colleagues for joining me here to discuss this job-dropping report from the congressional budget office. it confirms what doctors, patients, democrats, and republicans have been saying for weeks. trumpcare will lead to higher costs, less care, and lead to tens of millions of americans left without any insurance. for weeks, senate republicans try to tell us that their bill would be better than me how spell. it would be different than the hospital. -- it would be different than .he house bill many said they only voted for it because they thought it would make it better. cbo makes it clear today that this bill is every bit as mean as the house bill. this cbo report should be the end of the road for trumpcare. republicans should read it like a giant stop sign urging them to turn back from

chuck schumer is going to be joining us this hour. he's the -- arguably the top democrat in washington. the top democrat in the u.s. senate. he's going to be here with us live tonight to give us basically the democrats' response to this blockbuster pounding the table testimony today that we got under oath from attorney general jeff sessions. that's ahead. chuck schumer is going to be here live for the interview tonight. we've got a big show tonight. when ronald reagan won the presidency in 1980, his campaign manager for that presidential campaign was a man named bill casey. william casey. and after they won that election and reagan became president of the united states, he appointed his campaign manager, bill casey, to be director of the cia. so the big jump, right? campaign manager to cia director? but that's what reagan did, and bill casey served as cia director until 1987 when he died of complications from a brain tumor. and when bill casey died, leaving that opening at the head of the cia, reagan made an interesting decision. he d

so it struck me as interesting that you praised chuck schumer.u think he's a better leader in the senate than nancy pelosi is for democrats in the house? >> i'm not going to get into the internal family squabbles. i've been clear since december what we need to do with leadership in the house. no need to beat that dead horse. i was making a point watching senator schumer operate in the last 24 to 48 hours i thought what he did was appropriate because that's what the american people want us to do. democrats and republicans sit down and he made a very bold offer. let's go to the blair house with all of us and sit down and find where the common ground is. i'm highlighting that, not to in any way show contrast with house leadership. clearly the debate is happening in the senate and i think what senator schumer did was really good and proud of him and think we need to continue to go down that road. >> you said on this network, to our friend don lemon, that in some parts of the country you believed that nancy pelosi is more toxic than donald trump. ship

schumer: madam president, i heard what the leader had to say. i think anyone who observes the reconciliation process knows it's not a robust process. there are ways to correct that. and certainly we have our differences pretty much on partisan lines between repealing a.c.a. or rather amending it and making it better. but what we ought to be doing is discussing it with one another.

. >> by the weeks and we had chuck schumer communicating with mitch mcconnell. or to find common ground. i was both sides will work on the. >> i would love to see republican leadership say yes to schumer. i think it would be a great thing. >> in other words you look small and it looks bad on you and republicans need to step up. it's gotta be something more than lawyer sending pizza to steve scalise's office. that was nice, the hugs, the praying but we need something real. coming together on policy. >> all that stuff is a little bit at the start. >> i think it's good, maybe the one positive thing is that people realize the other side of the aisle is not evil. i never thought president obama was evil. >> you should heard what he said about you. >> the way you supported yourself during a difficult election was the way it should been done. it's not like hillary clinton herself was the one you hate. you don't like her policies. in terms of those policies, let's be clear. there is a fight for the direction of this country that both sides know they need to turn it away

i'm shocked when i hear someone ore senator bernie sanders chuck schumer in mean bill. hillary clinton labeling death policy.the on many people should not be medicaid? -- let me point out that right now one out of every two women who give birth has medicaid pays for an half. 75 million people are currently enrolled and according to the congressional budget office, unless these forms are number is not a safety net. it is really endangering medicaid for people who needed the most. the hospitals for example are able to keep the doors opened because they shift the costs over two people who have -- what isinsurance happening is medicated is isting so big that the cost getting too large for it already, the average family that car shall influence is paying $2000 of their premium to .e medicaid in mayo clinic announced march they are not going to be .ble to take -- that is the best for us when we hear the premier institutions thing that cannot take medicaid anymore, it is time to re-examine medicaid enrollment so we can protective for those to really need the access care. host:

schumer: thank you. first, madam president, before i begin, i want to express how glad we all were that representative scalise is doing better. over the weekend his condition changed from critical to serious. it seems like he has a ways to go, but we're all happy to hear that the signs are more positive an moving in the right -- and moving in the right direction. i would also like to express my heart-felt condolences to the families of those lost in the crash of the u.s.s. fitzgerald. those lost in peacetime -- for now, our prayers are with the families of the self isn't sailors who lost their lives in service to this great country. now, on health care, madam president, we're only two weeks away from the july 4th recess. my friends on the other side we're going to vote on a health care bill before the break. democrats have still not seen the bill. the republican health and human services secretary hasn't seen the bill. the american people have not seen the bill, and i'm sure many republican senators have

. >> minority leader schumer -- >> it doesn't excuse it and doesn't con doent done it, a good reminder maybe we can bring the temperature down across the country and in the congress and everywhere else. >> what does it say about the fact the two of you are doing this interview together. i don't know the last time you have done an interview together. what does it say about this moment? >> we ant everybody to know we have always had a robust discussion of the issues in this country throughout our history. we don't dislike each other. we work together all the time, senator schumer and i do and have our political arguments, but at the end we're all americans. everybody should remember that because we're all in this together. >> should it take -- >> we passed a bill for iran sanctions, mitch and i worked together on it along with committee members on both sides and it passed 98-2. somehow when it's contentious it gets more attention than when we're working together. we passed a budget appropriations and the whole federal government cooperation that made everybody pretty happy. >> should it

senator murray. >> thank you senator schumer. after weeks of secret negotiations, keeping democrats in the dark and hiding details from the patience and from families, all the while claiming the senate version of familial wouldsomehow --trumpcare reporter, today's cbo makes it clear just how mean trumpcare is and why. the bottom line is trumpcare is a minefield of higher health care costs for patients and families, and it is a massive giveaway to special interest in the health care industry. depending on what state you live then, if you are a senior, trumpcare will spike your premiums. if you need maternity care, you could pay as much as $1000 more per month on top of the rest of your coverage. care, need mental health care for substance abuse disorder, prescription drugs, you could see your costs go up by thousands of dollars a year. that means that despite what so many of our republican colleagues claim, i want to be very clear that trumpcare guts protections for people with pre-existing conditions. as any family will tell you,

i'm excited about it. >> congressman schumer. thanks for your time this morning.

senator chuck schumer is speaking. let's listen one more time. >> to stop from sabotaging the bill, and we're going to move to do that quickly. if our republican colleagues want to see the system stabilize, they can't keep sabotaging it. the insurance industry itself says make permanent sharing, and you would stabilize the markets and reduce premiums. those are some of the ideas we have. we're willing to listen to their ideas. but it's not going to be a negotiation of how big of a tax cut should we give to the rich? how much should we cut medicaid? they've done an amazing thing. they changed medicaid into a very popular program. their dramatic attempt to cut it has actually now made it far more popular with the american people where 60, 70% support medicaid. one of the few good things that has come out of their proposal. . >> well, democrats do the days after the recess? >> well, we're going to be working with -- first, we are so grateful of so many of the groups that normally didn't take such pointed positions to help

. >> leader chuck schumer firing back accusing republicans of lacking what he calls transparency. >>his is a party chanting read the bill, read the bill when obamacare was being debated and now they won't even show the bill. during a meeting with his cabinet at the white house donald trump blasted democrats for not helping develop a plan to improve healthcare. >> obstructionists and that is sad but we are coming up with something i believe will be very good, with 0 support from the obstructionists, sad. rob: both sides blaming each other which happens in washington and time is running short to reach consensus by july 4th, millions of americans are facing possibility of losing health care coverage or paying skyrocketing privilege. rob: time is of the essence, thank you. heather: the order border battle gearing up for supreme court showdown after another legal setback, federal appeals court ruling it violates the constitution by targeting muslims but the white house is optimistic the nation's top court will reinstate it. >> we are reviewing that opinion. we can all attest these are dan

schumer: thank you, madam president. madam president, we're only a little more than a week away from having to vote on a secret republican health care bill. according to the timelines given by the majority leader to the press. just one week away from voting on legislation that will reorder one-sixth of our economy and impact every single american in this country, and not a soul in america has seen it. i have never seen a more radical or reckless legislative process

>> senator schumer, thank you, senator wyden. today it has become abundantly clear why senate republicans have been hiding this trumpcare plan from patients and families from democrats and even many republicans because based on what we are now learning, their trumpcare plan is every bit as bad as what the house pass ed. it is mean, to quote president trump meaner. it's hardless and it is an enormous broken promise to people across the country. they're ashamedover of their plan and rightly so. after helping families getting better health care, they're obstructing progress, playing partisan political games even when it hurt their own constituents, what republican leaders have put forth is shameful and it needs to be stopped. and i have to say it speaks volumes that only today with just days to go before they plan to vote on their trumpcare bill did republican leaders think it might be a good idea to release their plan which would impact the health and well-being of people nationwide and nearly a sixth of our economy. just today. no

two, i don't point the finger at chuck schumer. i quote an article in which chuck schumer reveals himself as a person who decided not to cooperate at all even with a good faith effort such as the patient freedom act. of course it's better that it's bipartisan. but there's no -- that article this morning from schumer's own words suggests that that will not occur. if i have a frustration here, my frustration is that this should not be a republican plan, it should not be a democrat plan. it should be an american plan which puts patients first. which puts our national priorities first. for whatever reason, a political decision was made by senator schumer not to do that. therein lies my frustration. >> as we have said before, obamacare passed without a single republican vote. the republican version of health care has been pushed through without a single democratic vote. we all agree with you, not the best way to get the best product for the american people. always a good discussion. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >>> president trump's lo

trump said, maybe, if schumer was serious, but he doesn't seem serious. all talk, schumer is. bad talk. so that's a little more we'll hear from the president. that's all we're going hear from him. he's not holding press conferences or giving interviews so all we really know is what he tweets and what he tends to say to the cameras when he has visitors in the oval office. >> david, we're sitting here talking about his war with the media and this is really what transfixes him, it seems and what he's really tweeting about instead of health care that affects tens of millions of people. but what did you make of this exchange and the bits of pieces that we the public get from the president on something that matters to so many people. >> you know, that's exactly it, brooke. just what we saw here is just so typical of the way -- you know, there's an expectation in a democracy of some kind of steady flow of information and reliable, trustworthy information. that n a way, is what those briefings and presidential press conferences are about, which they've really done damage to. but so in

. >> chuck schumer -- this will happen all day i think. chuck schumer is speaking on the senate floor. >> under the senate bill, republicans will take millions off their medicaid coverage and then starting in 2025, the plan will institute even more medicaid cuts and each year those cuts get deeper than the year before. within ten years of this new funding system, the cuts to medicaid could total hundreds of billions of dollars above the more than 800 billion the house bill already cuts from the program. ever seen y seen yor in america read, it looks like american seniors could be paying way more. why do this? looking at the bill, the answer is because the republicans want to give a tax break to the wealthiest americans. those making over $200,000 a year and set themselves up to give these folks another, even larger tax cut in their tax bill. even though much of the early reporting says the bill will keep certain protections for americans with preexisting conditions, the truth is, it may well not guarantee them the coverage they need. by al

i'll ask senator schumer about that. i want to move o we saw the president, for the first time this weekfinall concede he did not actually tape james comey. here's what the president's tweet said. with all the recently reported electronic surveillance, intercepts, unmasking and illegal leaking of information, i have no idea whether there are tapes or recordings of my conversations with james comey. but i did not make and do not have any such recordings. that's clear right now. the president said he did not tape james comey. i'm confused by the top part of that tape. does the president have any evidence at all that his personal conversations were somehow taped? has he asked the intelligence agencies for that evidence? >> in that tweet, the president is making clear, as he often duds on social media, he's giving over the possibility that this could have happened. the conversations he had with the heads of mexico and australia were leaked. >> but he's leaving open the possibility. he's the president of the united states. he

i'm excited about it. >> congressman schumer. thanks for your time this morning. >> thank you. >>> when we come back, two of the senators who could make or break the gop health care bill. rand paul and susan collins. and that's senator schumer. of course. we'll be right back. >> what did i say? hey dad, come meet the new guy. the new guy? what new guy? i hired some help. he really knows his wine. this is the new guy? hello, my name is watson. you know wine, huh? i know that you should check vineyard block 12. block 12? my analysis of satellite imagery shows it would benefit from decreased irrigation. i was wondering about that. easy boy. nice doggy. what do you think? not bad. what do you think? with some big news about type 2 diabetes. you have type 2 diabetes, right? yes. so let me ask you this... how does diabetes affect your heart? it doesn't, does it? actually, it does. type 2 diabetes can make you twice as likely to die from a cardiovascular event, like a heart attack or stroke. and with heart disease, your risk is even hig

i don't want to hear nothing from check schumer give me a break they don't care about the republicans when they had the votes they crammed obamacare down our throat and didn't care what anybody else thought and now in fairness though before anybody says this because i know you're going to i would like to see the bill as everything with it and i would like to see what they're going to try to push i think as a taxpayer i have a right to know what they're trying to do but the last person i want to hear whining about it is chuck schumer come on why no hearings bread baumann you know when i was a congressional staffer in two thousand and nine in two thousand and ten and we were passing obamacare i kept the bill on my desk it was this big we had a chance to read the bill we had a chance to see what was in it we knew exactly what folks were voting for and we could verbatim we could tell you what was in that bill the fact that mitch mcconnell and senate republicans have yet to show the american people or people on the other side of the aisle what's in that bill is deeply troubling is this the