if the skinny bill is law.ot only do we not replace obamacare, we politically own the collapse of healthcare. i would rather gate get out of the way, let it collapse then have a half -- half-ass approach where it is our problem, we will move the process alone, our freedom caucus friend, i disagree with a loss, but sometimes i agree, this is what mark meadows said, we would send a skinny bill, no. so it is vehicle for conference. mark meadows, skinny appeal would be dead on arrival in the house, he understands it is a vehicle for a conference. whip in house suggests to some that whatever we send becomes final product, there will be no conference. and i am not going to vote for this the skinny bill if i am not assured by the house that there will be a conference. for my idea and other ideas can be taken up to actually replace obamacare. i am not going to vote for a bill that is terrible policy and horrible politics, just because we have to get something done. so all 3 of us, want to move the proces pro along, we

the skinny bill as policy is a disaster. the skinny bill as a replacement for obamacare is a fraud. the skinny bill is a vehicle to getting conference to find a replacement. it is not a replacement in and of itself. the policy is terrible because you eliminate the individual employer mandate, which we all want eliminated but we actually have an overall solution to the problem of obamacare, so you're going to have increased premiums and most of obamacare stays in place. it's a -- if the skinny bill becomes law. not only do we not replace obamacare, we politically own the collapse of health care. i'd rather get out of the way and let it collapse than have a half-aassed approach where it is now our problem. so we're not going to do that with our vote. what we will do is move the process along. our freedom caucus friends, who i disagree with a lot but sometimes i agree with them. here's what mark meadow said. we would send a skinny bill to the president's the question. the answer is no. so it becomes the vehicle for conference. mark meadows agreed the skinny repeal would be dead on arri

if the skinny bill becomes law. not only do we not replace obamacare, we politically own the collapse of health care. i'd rather get out of the way and let it collapse than have a half-assed approach where it is now our problem. so we're not going to do that with our vote. what we will do is move the process along. our freedom caucus friends, who i disagree with a lot but sometimes i agree with them. here's what mark meadow said. we would send a skinny bill to the president's the question. the answer is no. so it becomes the vehicle for conference. mark meadows agreed the skinny repeal would be dead on arrival in the house, but he understands it's just a vehicle for a conference. here's the problem. the whip in the house is suggesting to some that whatever we send becomes the inal product, there will be no conference, and i am not going to vote for the skinny bill if i'm not assured by the house there will be a conference. where my idea and other ideas can be taken up so we can actually replace obamacare. i'm not go

the skinny repeal. that they only want to use it as a vehicle to get into the conference committee where they can hash it out with their house colleagues and come up with something that is something that's a little bit more pal lathable, both a repeal and a replacement. i talked specifically to mike rounds of south dakota who said that he has great concerns that if the skinny repeal were passed into law that it would really disrupt the insurance markets and also be dangerous for medicaid. he definitely doesn't want it to become law. the fact that you see a group of very powerful republican senators, and these are all well known republican senators, that are essentially going to come out and do a press conference arm and arm, they're sending a message here to the house of representatives and to speaker paul ryan specifically saying we are only voting for this because we trust that you guys are going to go into this conference committee. but this also shows how concerned they are that they will lose contr

the skinny bill leaves most of the infrastructure in place. it is a disaster for premiums in south carolina. it was never sold to be the final product. i was told if i vote for the skinny bill, i get a chance to put in play my block grant approach. so i'm not the bad guy here. i'm actually a team player. i'm trying to honor the request by our leadership to keep the process alive. as we get to near the goal line here, this will surprise people in south carolina. you need to trust washington. >> let me confirm what lindsey said. this has been sold for us as the vehicle to get to conference. so we can have the time. cbo has to be able to score things. we have senatorings score letters full repeal obamacare back in march. never got the score. we have been told this is the vehicle to get the time to get those scores so we can take a look at some of those other alternatives. we're looking for a guarantee. we'll vote yes as long as we get that guarantee. >> let me ask you -- wait a minute. >> he wants to ask a question. do you believe the skinny bill

the skinny bill as policy is a disaster. the skinny bill as a replacement for obamacare is a fraud.nny bill is a vehicle to getting conference to find a replacement. it is not a replace in and of itself. the policy is terrible because you eliminate the individual employer mandate which we all want eliminated but we -- so you're going to have increased premiums and most of obamacare stays in place if the skinny bill becomes law. not only do we not replace pk, we politically own the collapse of health careel. i'd rather get out of the way let it collapse then have a half acid approach. so we're not going to do that with our vote. what we will do is move the process along. our freedom caucus friends who i disagree with a lot, but sometimes i agree with them. here is what mark meadows said. we will send a skip any bill at no time president is the question? the answer is no. so it becomes the vehicle for conference. mark meadows agreed the skinny repeal will be dead on arriving in the house, but he understands it's just a vehicle for a conference. here is the problem. the whip in the hou

>> skinny in the house. >> skinny in the house.ans our weekly bachelorette update, rachel, visiting the guys' hometowns last night. >> it was an emotional scene indeed overnight. our chief analyst, bachelorette correspondent, contributor is here. >> keep it going. there's really nothing quite like, thankfully, there's nothing quite like the hometown episode. four guys, four guys, eric, peter, dean and the analyst pick brian. >> yeah. >> it is time to roll that beautiful bachelorette footage. eric's hometown. some basketball in baltimore, maryland. they finally get to meet his family. there was lots of love in the room. everybody was really getting on. eric is coming on strong, down the stretch. the family was just lovin' rachel. eric actually told one of the family members i really love this girl. so it's all going well for eric. >> yeah. >> next brian's hometown. analyst's pick, brian, down in miami, may as well play some dominoes while we're there. >> the bone yard, yeah. >> before meeting the family. it's important to have mom o

republican and democratic governors have come out against the skinny bill. and, by the way, as the ranking democrat on the senate finance committee, i see -- i guess we've got 100% of the senators who are here who serve on the finance committee -- i don't even see republican senators making much of an attempt to defend the skinny bill on the merits. in fact, many of them in the halls seem to be telling folks, including some folks, i believe, in the press, that they're kind of worried about it becoming law. now, there are few directions for this process to take. it's possible the house could, if you pass it, just take up the skinny repeal and then they could pass it. and my guess is, when people think around here about what that means and what the c.b.o. numbers, the premium hikes, the implications for medicaid -- think people who look at those c.b.o. numbers are probably getting a little heartburn. republican colleagues in this chamber who are thinking about being force this. now, the other possibility is that passing the skinny repeal bill leads to a confer

the skinny bill is a disaster as a policy.kinny bill as a replacement for obamacare is a fraud. the skinny bill is a vehicle to getting conference to find a replacement. it's not a replacement in and of itself. the policy is terrible because you eliminate the employee mandate, which we all want eliminated, but we have a overall solution to the problem of obamacare. so you'll have increased premiums and most of obamacare stays in place if the skinny bill becomes law. not only do we not replace obamacare, we own the collapse of healthcare. i'd rather get out of the way and let it collapse than have a half-ass approach where it's now our problem. so we're not going to do that with our vote. what we will do is move the process along, our freedom caucus friends who i disagree with a lot but sometimes i agree with them. here's what mark meadows said. we would send a skinny bill to the president? the answer is no. so it's the vehicle for conference. mark meadows agrees the skinny repeal would be dead on arrival in the house but he un

reporter: it was jane mccain he voted no, and that was the end of the skinny repeal effort the skinnyndment, to the health care bill, which senate could still one point if they were to try vote upon but it is unlikely to pass get where we stand where we're going president trump tweeting this morning adequate from tweet, three republicans and 48 democrats let american people down. as i said from the beginning, let obamacare o implode then deal watch, who were the senators that killed this effort, this morning it happened within last three hours you have obviously susan col friendships maine has been consistent voted in 2015, against repeal, lisa murkowski from alaska administration putting pressure on murkowski didn't work, of course, john mccain he issued a statement not too long ago about this is vote he said this is a quote, from the beginning, i have believed that obamacare should be repealed and replaced with solution that increases competition, he or less costs improves care for american people, the so-called skinny repeal amendment senate volunteered on today would not accomplis

and he voted against this so-called skinny repeal bill.f it comes down to a tie vote, vice president mike pence is in the house if you will, ready to break that tie. >> the bill would mean 16 million more people would be uninsured by 2026 than under obamacare. >> this is about as dramatic as it gets, waiting for this vote. >> mr. sasse, aye. >> i'm not sure if this is the voting still underway. >> the vote is still open. we heard earlier they could hold the vote open if they were having trouble, possibly to give some of the leaders there time to try to twist some arms as this vote could go on in to the early morning hours. we'll continue to watch this and monitor this in the meantime, and if anything happens we'll of course bring it to you. we want to get to some other news right now. >>> new developments today in president trump's plan to bar transgender americans from military service. the pentagon said those troops will be allowed to remain in uniform until the secretary of defense gets more clarification. >> the entire chain of command

would like to see the skinny bill.nd i think once again we've heard from the other side that they disagree with the umpire. they disagree with the non-partial cbo. and i think that's unfortunate. with that, mr. president, i yield. >> mr. president? >> the senator from wyoming. >> mr. president?g >> the senator from iowa. >> i asked for consent to speak with up to 70 minutes. it's my dissent if the managers the time to break into my speech i'll be glad to accommodate that. i rise today to object those badly needed reality into this very important debate. health care is a profoundly personal issue that matters to every single american. in fact, every single senator in this body ought to agree on this point. health care hits home for each and every constituent we represent from our home states.w from standard wellness checks to life-saving cancer treatments, each of us wants the best, most effective and affordable medical care for the people we love and for ourselves. as policymakers, it's our job to solve problems. and i

if the senate were to pass skinny bill, they should accept skinny paychecks, why? >> i'm not sure i understand the question, but as we pass in the house, we believe people have the choice. the idea of mandating everyone should have coverage and mandating precisely the coverage doesn't make sense in this country and the free market environment. so we need to have choice for people, and clearly affordable care act doesn't provide that. we believe the american health care act does, and that's a step forward. now if the senate has a better idea, bring it forward and get this done. gerri: quickly, congressman, before you go, i know you're at the white house, talking to the administration about your letter, about the bill, about health care. how confident are they something is going to get through? >> i think everyone is hopeful. you need to be hopeful, otherwise you frankly give up. i think the american people are getting frustrated with inactivity. the house, there is 270 bills the house passed that are over in the senate. as you know, confirmations are dragging in the

if they can get something better than the skinny bill.on that point in terms of policy, i would point out yes this would repeal the individual mandate, the other so-called repeals in this bill are temporary. eight years, three years, they are patches. not long-standing, permanent legislation. not crafted that way. one of the reasons why i think this bill would have to be changed and why you have so many senators worried about this piece of legislation being implemented into law is that it gets rid of the individual mandate but nothing else in terms of obamacare's regulations which would have the effect in isolation of destabilizing the individual market even further and rising premiums more than what we are seeing with obamacare. those are the central arguments against obamacare. standing alone, the bill that senate republicans are about to vote on i think would make in some respects the problems worse which is why the conference is going to be absolutely crucial. >> bret: talk, julie, about the white house point of view. they are looking

that's what skinny bill does. no, republicans not only promised to repeal the affordable care act, they promised to replace it with something better. i don't know why somehow the first promise is more important than the second. the skinny plan manages to anger everyone. conservatives who know it's a surrender and know it doesn't come close to the full repeal they promised, and moderates who know it will be terrible for their constituents. is this the one plan that finally unites the republican senate, a plan that angers everyone, conservatives, moderates, and perhaps most of all the american people? i can't believe that, and i hope it wouldn't. now, republicans passed -- if republicans pass such a devastating plan, either one or two things could happen. the house could simply take up the skinny bill, skinny bill repeal, making all those terrible possibilities a reality. premiums would go up in january. insurance markets would collapse. in fact, if the house passed this skinny bill, our entire health care system co

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is it a skinny repeal or is it skinny obamacare? since very little in the federal government is skinny, that's a tough -- >> neil: thanks, peter. bottom line, doesn't look like they have enough votes to pass this thing. this was sort of a straight repeal vote. bit of an oxymoron here. it wouldn't repeal everything but enough to tell everybody that we're going to start from scratch. it would appear, that that effort, that measure has failed. now the push for this so-called skinny repeal, a bare bones, slight adjustment that does not repeal obamacare but some of the onerous provisions like the medical device tax. with all of these cross currents back and forth, you think stocks would be buffeted. you're getting used to this drill. they were not. that's despite comments from the president that tax cuts are coming. they might not be for everyone. the president made an interesting comment that if there's an upward revision, it's on high income people that is the president saying that high income people might be left out of these tax cuts

it doesn't make sense to me. >> kimberly: not so skinny. >> dana: skinny is actually fat. >> juan: what me, tom, republicans really don't know where they're going. we've been through this. you're looking at me suspiciously. >> kimberly: that's his resting face. >> juan: all right, i will shoot back but i genuinely, sincerely wonder after all these years, they don't have an idea of what's better than something they have condemned so aggressively. >> tom: they do -- in everybody agrees on the skinny bill. every republican agrees on. the three things. they should do an ultralight with the mandate. the individual mandate, in front of the supreme court, every republican wanted that thing knocked down. knock it down. there's no excuse to not vote to knock down that individual mandate. >> juan: but then the whole thing collapses without it. >> tom: good. exactly. >> juan: oh? >> kimberly: [laughs] >> tom: the argument is whether we want to do things all at once. mccain thinks we have to do it altogether. other people think you don't. i don't think you don't. >> juan: you would allow all the in

if the skinny bill becomes law. not only do we not replace obamacare, we politically own the collapse of health care. i'd rather get out of the way and let it collapse than have

>> the skinny bill as a policy is a disaster. the skinny bill as a replacement for obamacare is a fraud. the skinny bill is a vehicle to getting conference to find a replacement. it is not a replacement in and of itself. not only do we not replace obamacare, we politically own the collapse of health care. i'd rather get out of the way and let it collapse than have a half --'d approach where it's our problem. >> strong language from lindsey graham. paul ryan wrote in part, this is a process to keep it alive, not to make law. he goes on to say that the senate is going to have to take up whatever final measure they can figure out first. he also says the priority is to get something repealed. so he does sort of have that ace in his pocket, in a way leveraged against the senate to come to agreement with the house, if they really don't want the skinny repeal bill to become law, anderson. >> fascinating that senators are going to vote for a bill that they actually do not want to become law. you still have a long night ahead of you. voti

♪ skinny ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny >>> skinny time.chelor analyst correspondent, expert, jack sheahan is here, we're almost at the end. >> thankfully, we're almost at the end. i was speaking with cristiano back there, he said we're going to take some photos later with an england and liverpool jersey on. >> not happening. >> i'm emotionally exhausted from all this as i presume you guys are as well. rachel, peter, eric and the analyst pick bryan, time to meet rachel's family. roll that beautiful bachelorette footage. peter was the first one up to meet the family. you'll notice that peter is still not wearing a breitling watch. before he arrived at the house, he told rachel, i'm falling in love with you. she said the same thing. and things went pretty well. so he talked to mom there. they had their back and forth. it was what it was. eric was next up. you will notice he is not wearing a breitling watch either. >> not at all. >> eric has been coming down strong down the stretch. he's got a furlong to go. he asked permission from rachel's m

view as a last resort, the skinny repeal. >> my guess is we'll figure out some kind of skinny down versionisappointing to me, but we'll have to keep this process moving. otherwise, we're stuck with the mess of obamacare. >> melissa: chuck schumer is concerned about the impact of the skinny repeal and what effect that can have on the american public. >> if the reports are true, the republicans will offer a skinny repeal plan. we just heard from the nonpartisan congressional budget office that under such a plan, as reported in the press, 16 million americans would lose their health insurance and millions more would pay a 20% increase in their premiums. at least 20%. >> melissa: joining us now is john goodman. thank you for joining us. do you think it's a little disingenuous of chuck schumer to get upset about the skinny repeal? isn't it about the vehicle for continuing negotiations? >> you are right, but we still to look at it. no one likes a mandate, so if there is an employer mandate that will be gone, the individual mandate that will be gone. if that's all you do, then that gives people i

"the skinny" is next. in revolt. the bey hive is buzzing. "the skinny" is next. you get ultimate protection on your heaviest days and pocket pearl for on the go. ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny >>> and it is an action-packed sk skinny. we're going to start with big news from kenny rogers. >> he is announcing his retirement. >> he is planning for his final show. and it will include some of the biggest names in entertainment, but probably the highlight will be his final performance with dolly parton. >> the one and only dolly. he shares a special bond with her. their biggest hit together was "islands in the stream" back in 1983. they've sung together twice in public the last 12 years. his farewell concert is october 25th. >> that i guess he knows when to fold'em. >> he will no longer be working 9:00 to 5:00. >> you know the sad part is a lot of the kids today, referring to 30-year-olds, have no idea who he is. >> that's sad. >> producers in the room admitted. they didn't know who they were. >> this has been buzzing in our newsroom for a while. that's the newly-unveiled wax sc

the skinny's next. ♪ philosophy ♪ hakuna matata philosophy ♪ ♪ acuna matau da ♪ ♪ skinny ♪ ♪ so skinnyit's skinny time! and we get to talk about the dwindling number of dudes hanging out on "the bachelorette." >> that's a good thing. she's down to the final four. and here to tell us how rachel got there is our senior bachelor international expert, jack sheehan. >> i love it. it's massaging my soul. i brought the rose, since the dwindling numbers. i'll leave that right there. >> you're not asking me if i accept the rose. >> would you like to accept this rose in. >> yes. >> all right, diane's rose for the segment. >> aren't you allergic? >> we had six guys that started this whole mess. they started in scandinavia, they go to geneva, switzerland. okay, roll that beautiful bachelorette footage. we'll start with a one on one date with the analyst pick, brian. they're driving a bentley around. then they hit the breitling store. rachel, rachel gets crazy, she's buying the breitlings. that's where the kiss came in, not to mention the champagne. so they both walk out of there with breitling wat

that is the actual skinny bill itself. delay, we are told, "the new york times" and others are reporting, senator john mccain is now inclined to be a "no" vote on the skinny bill, and that would mean that they don't have the votes to move forward. they'd have to get to 50, and then the vice president would cast the deciding vote. now, there are republicans working on senator michalski from alaska. listening for just a second. >> mr. cassidy. >> aye. >> ms. collins. >> mr. coons. >> no. >> mr. cornyn. >> mr. cotton. mr. cruz. mr. donnelly. mrs. feinstein. mrs. fisher. >> aye. >> mr. franken. >> no. >> mr. gardner. >> mr. graham. mr. grassley. >> ms. harris. >> no. >> mr. hatch. >> aye. >> mr. heinrich. >> no. >> mr. heller. >> no. >> mr. ane mr. isaacson. >> aye. >> mr. johnson. >> aye. >> ms. clo mr. lahey. >> no. >> mr. markey. >> no. >> mr. menendez. >> no. >> mr. moran. mr. murphy. >> no. >> mrs. murray. >> no. >> mr. nelson. >> no. >> mr. paul. >> aye. >> mr. purdue. >> no. sorry, yes. >> mr. peters. >> no. >> mr. port

then came the skinny bill. >> the skinny bills policy is a disaster. >> the skinny bill would look like? >> so-called skinny bill. greg: took me a while to talk about skinny bill wasn't the guys who sold the uppers in college. [laughter] senate republicans spent days behind closed doors getting a bill together and no cameras were allowed so we offer you this reenactment. greg: for senator graham. i'd like to think stunned hamster mike in a stunt hamster jake for that reenactment. in the end, the bill didn't pass. "after words", mitch mcconnell poured his heart out. >> our only regret tonight, our only regret, is that we didn't achieve what we had hoped to accomplish. greg: that should be your only regret. [laughter] is a good one but what about calling this the skinny bill. no one likes anything with the word skinny in front of it. margaritas, those are delicious. skinny margarita, disgusting. [laughter] when you're at the cheesecake factory do you order from the skinny delicious menu? hell no. that's like having one drink at an open bar. these are genes, jeans are great. i'm wearing th

the vote on the skinny repeal.eaction from senators, orrin "i amfrom utah disappointed there are things that republicans and democrats need to be fixed. up."nnot give from minnesota, "let's come together on health care. bills, for of them bipartisan to lower prescription drug costs." republicans pushed two takeaway care from tens of thousands rhode islanders. senator harris of california went to the crowd that gathered late last night at the capital and gave remarks. t from one ofwee the congressional reporters on capitol hill filming the scene outside last night. we will look to play that for you and a little bit when we get twitter working. continue to look for reaction. look forutes -- reaction in the 15 minutes we have left. host: then the house gavels and. getting your thoughts on voting down the so-called skinny repeal of the affordable health care act. what do you think? watched everything last night. that was the first time in a was proud to be a republican. combat brother john mccain did the right thing. a

"the skinny" is next. a better actor. you want to hear this. "the skinny" is next.escue workers only trust dawn, because it's tough on grease yet gentle. i am home, i am home, i am home ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny >>> oh, my god, this is really, really, really big skinny, because we're going to start with a big friend of our show, sisqo, and he's sexting up the thong song. >> as if it could be sexier. he teamed up to remake his 1999 hit with a more modern beat. so here's a little before. you decide. ♪ ♪ thong, thong, thong, thong >> okay. so a, first of all, i should point out that we kept that clip short, because that is the only allowable piece of video that we could show you. it was that racy. >> i don't know what we were thinking, given the nature of the song, but. >> yes. so then secondly, what do you think? which one is better? the first or the last? >> the second one's catchy. i could dance to that. but the first one is just nostalgia. they're both good. >> you may have noticed, though, there is a lack of epic stunts in the video, because sisqo told buzz feed he fil

♪ skinny ♪ so skinny >>> time for "the skinny" now, and we're kicking off with ed sheeran news.im. >> twitter has claimed another victim. the singer/songwriter is leaving the social network because he says it's so negative, one comment ruins your day. >> the 26 year old said is the hardest thing was for him to figure out why people hate him so much. >> don't pay attention to the haters, ed, his 19.2 million followers should not be left in the cold. they can get updates from his instagram page. >> apparently, lady gaga has his back. her fans were adding to the meanness that sheeran was feeling, so she has kind of posted a photo of herself and sheeran on instagram on tuesday and shared some kind words to her community. >> small problem here. post isn't actually the real ed sheeran. it was a fan page of a post that's since been corrected. all is right now in the social media world. nick, i know you were very worried about this story, so you can breathe a sigh of relief now. >> yeah, as long as he stays on the radio, i don't care. do you? >> no, i'm with you, actually. i just want t

so-called skinny repeal of obamacare. last-ditch effort to repeal and replace obamacare after seven years and multiple, multiple failed attempts. lot to get to. so let's discuss the literally unspeakable war of words in the white house. cnn politics editor at large, chris cillizza. cnn politics commentators, ryan lizza, ana thnavarro and mike shields. good evening to all of you. so, ryan, less than 24 hours ago we were discussing this. we were on -- >> a long time ago. >> anthony scaramucci's tweet about reince priebus. we were all astonished. that's not compared to what we learned from your article out today. this is out of control. >> yeah, i've never had the senior-most person for the white house call me up and conduct an interview like that. it was, you know -- and i apologize last night for not getting into the tdetails of th conversation on your show. i love you but i had to save it for my magazine today. >> so you're holding back on me. that's okay. >> a little bit. i had to do some additional reporting, i had to r

. >> we begin with a fox news alert, fiery debate coming to a conclusion the senate rejecting the skinny obamacare repeal. >> clearly a disappointing moment. our constituents have suffered through an awful lot under obamacare, a disappointment indeed. >> donald trump slamming the defeat, three republicans and 40 democrats let the american people down. as i said from the beginning let obamacare implant, then watch. todd: chad was there all night, what happened? >> reporter: they couldn't get the votes, they came up three short. susan collins of maine, lisa murkowski of alaska and john mccain who flew back for the procedural vote the other day to start a debate with a no. one of the main criticisms from john mccain was he wanted this to go through the committee process, even before he got sick and took leave of absence for his cancer surgery he indicated he was not pleased with one of the earlier versions of the healthcare bill and said he would try to work with his governor to put something then and he did not think there were any needs -- nuts and butts to the bill. they go back to the d

z2cpsz zi0z y2cpsy yi0y ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny >>> nick, it's not the same dance.etimes they play the drums. sometimes it's just a groove. other times it's totally different. yeah, see? it's "the skinny" dance. >> it's time now for "the skinny." >> yeah. >> you can tell how diane's dancing. and we're going to start with mariah carey triggering controversy on instagram. >> she posted photos showing what she and her 6-year-old twins did on the fourth of july. swim with sharks. >> and of course the diva wears a wet suit like only a diva can. assuring fans these are only small nurse sharks. about the outrage about putting her kids in with sharks, unfounded. >> those sharks are considered to be harmless to humans, feeding mainly on small fish, shrimp, squid, maybe the occasional 6-year-old? some followers on instagram saw the photos, were questioning the decision to allow kids so young. >> they do look quite big, don't they? >> carey wrote, don't worry, they're gentle. swimming with sharks, it's normal. nurse sharks are like little puppies that look like they could kill

heather: the skinny repeal would have done that.ed parenthood. >> exactly. there are good things we could have accomplished but obviously there was not enough in that bill to provide the broad support we need. the only way to crack that kind of bill is to get out of reconciliation, get the senate process out of the picture. heather: there you have it. we appreciate it. the time is 6 minutes until the top of the hour and breaking up is hard to do. this couple blaming the president. ♪ making you cry ♪ ♪ ♪go your own way copd tries to say, "go this way." i say, "i'll go my own way" with anoro. ♪go your own way once-daily anoro contains two medicines called bronchodilators, that work together to significantly improve lung function all day and all night. anoro is not for asthma . it contains a type of medicine that increases risk of death in people with asthma. the risk is unknown in copd. anoro won't replace rescue inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than once a day. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition, h

what's the white house's position on a skinny repeal effort. how confident is the president that the g.o.p. lawmakers will keep their promise to the peopl people. and will will hear more about the ongoing russian administration. the administration says that pro should stay in the confines of the russian issue. some people think the president is now ready to fire robert mueller. he is a special counsel not an independent counsel. if he violates the terms of his contract, or the mandate, he could be let go. that is likely something we expect to hear in the briefing. no shortage of topics. >> julie: we will have that for you live which it happen any minute now. thank you very much. more drama as senate republicans have some votes coming up. including a straight repeal of obamacare scheduled for this afternoon. what happens if this repeal bill fails? >> the next test is going to be a vote on his clean repeal. if that goes down like their first attempt at a obamacare replacement, a skinny repeal measure which leaves all of obamacare in place basical

we're waiting the vote on the skinny repeal, the republican skinny repeal, that's their plan.still speaking of wyoming. he doesn't want to yield his time, i'm told. the vote is supposed to happen at the top of the hour. we don't know if it will. but it's supposed to. you heard tammy duckworth of illinois, the democrat of illinois, saying she believes they have the voted. our ryan nobles saying, i'm not sure at this point. the vice president just made his way to capitol hill through throngs of protesters, people yelling shame, shame, shame. we'll see what happens. don't go anywhere. we're back right after this break. i have to tell you something. dad, one second i was driving and then the next... they just didn't stop and then... i'm really sorry. i wrecked the subaru. i wrecked it. you're ok. that's all that matters. (vo) a lifetime commitment to getting them home safely. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. on mi came across this housentry with water dripping from the ceiling. you never know when something like this will happen. so let the geico insurance agency help you

and that's all the skinny bill is. what ideas can we get 50 votes on to send the bill to the house and then presumably, i don't know for sure, but presumably the house will send it to conference. we talked about getting individual mandate. we talked about getting rid of the employer mandate. we talked about the section 1332 waivers. we talked about the planned parenthood issue, but we haven't reached a consensus yet, we're still talking, and look, i know this isn't a pretty process, a circus without a tent that's broken down, but in a lot of ways it's working just like it's supposed to. we're going to start maybe tonight, really picking up the pace on amendments and you're going to see hundreds of amendments offered by democrats and republicans and independents and we're going to -- the skinny bill is going to be whatever survives after we start amending this thing. david: well, senator, however you describe washington, it is a mess. >> yeah. david: i don't think anybody would argue that. but there are certain realitie

there's no way that the skinny bill would pass the house. it's irrelevant if they brought i up for a vote. there's 50 conservatives in the house that would vote against it. you're going to see a conference. and the question is, can the republicans come up with something that gets 50 votes? >> can they? >> look, they have to. or 218 in the house. that might be a harder thing. >> politically, failure is not an option. they have to deliver or they will get decimated in the elections. >> policy-wise, what is the answer? >> they might lose if they pass something. if they don't pass something, they will lose. i want to go back to the point the gentleman made. what we want is we want a single-payer government-run system. >> it's the only economic sane thing to do. >> exactly. it's worked so well. look how well it worked at the veteran administration. we have a government-run system. is that what we want for the health care system? they will get lousy care. >> can i respond? >> yeah. >> the reason i argue for that is it's the only economically sane

grant lodes joins us now with details on the decision to defeat the "skinny bill" grant? (grant) the so-called skinny repeal bill failed...a big fat blow for republican leadership in congress and in the white house. republican senator john mc- cain...battling aggressive brain cancer...lived up to him maverick moniker and went against his party...voting not against the republoican alternative to obamacare. he was one of three gop senators to oppose the bill. here's what was on the table...and part of the issue some had was...gop senate leadership only revealed this a few hours ago... would have repealed the individual and employer mandate...meaning people and companies (grant) the so-called skinny repeal bill failed...a big fat blow for republican leadership in congress and in the white house.senator john cain...battling aggressive brain cancer...lived up to him maverick moniker and went against his party...voting not against republoican alternative to obamacare. he was one of three gop senators to oppose the bill. here's what was on the table...and part of the issue some

a pared-down plan being called the skinny repeal. but tonight one leading republican is blasting the plan. >> the skinny bill as policy is a disaster. the skinny bill as a replacement for obamacare is a fraud. >> what do you say about this being a far cry from what you promised? >> everybody ought to be able to explain why this is a step in the right direction, and it is. >> reporter: the peared down plan is being called the skinny repeal. it would only roll back parts of obamacare. like the mandate that all americans buy insurance. but that could leave 15 million more americans uninsured over the next decade. and cause premiums for some to jump by 20%. eager for a win, the white house is stepping up the pressure on holdouts like alaska senator, lisa murkowski. yesterday, the interior secretary gave her a call and reportedly threatened to pull support for key projects in her state. >> this is the most difficult conversation, and what i told the president, what i have told the president since he was elected was i'm here to help the pe

what is the skinny repeal actual proposal? repeal is the individual mandate, repeals employer mandate, repeals medical device tax, things republicans agree should go away. they have agreement on that. but the issue here is this, guys, if that's what they end up passing, what does it get them to? it gets them to a conference committee with the house of representatives, house conservatives have already made clear they don't like just the skinny repeal. how do they get to the point where they make the tough decisions? as we've talked about for weeks on end here, the dynamic where is expansion states are, conservatives are on regulations, the divide that is so very real there this doesn't do anything to amend that or help that along. how is anything going to change in the future? so i think that's possibly a question for another time. right now what leaders care about behind the scenes trying to get to 50, whatever that looks like, that's what they're going to try and put on the floor. at the very end of what will be a very long p

. >> jon: what does a skinny repeal mean? >> the next few days are an exercise that mcconnell felt needed to happen. they are taking all these different options for repealing and replacing obamacare. nine republicans voted against that which is very hard for them to reach any agreement on replacement. now they vote on a repeal. at the end of the day they might be left with a skinny repeal. which would repeal small parts of the law. the question is as a going to go far enough for conservatives. the centers to watch on this will be several. the>> jon: it seems they all wat their own prescribed requirements. >> for now that has been true. we saw a bill that failed which is a negotiated compromise. it only got not enough votes needed which was 43 votes and not 50. we will see effectively the same bill that was passed by the senate in 2015. i will expect to see a lot of republicans vote against a very similar measure here today because there is no replacement. repeal it without replaces very unpopular. i don't think it's going to