senator susan collins collins of maine, who also wrote pretty in to get the partial repeal, shared a similar opinion, saying, neither party has a monopoly on good ideas. we must work together to put together a bipartisan bill that fixes the affordable care act. house minority leader nancy pelosi -- to john mccain's, susan collins, and lisa theowski for voting no on repeal. she was joined by her democratic colleagues to discuss a bipartisan way forward and grooving -- improving the current health-care law. this is 15 minutes. tuesday, ms. pelosi: good morning, everyone. we know you're out there, we can see you breathing. i know it was a late night last night but a vick -- a victorious one for the american people. i want to thank chuck schumer and the democrats in the senate for their unity. i want to thank senator mccain for establishing a higher level of participation as to how we should proceed and to the senators who courageously, senatormy cullsky and senator collins and senator mccain,

republican members like susan collins and bill cassidy have bills.ing them up aunds debating pros and cons and what we can do to improve health care. >> chuck schumer dug in and said under no circumstances will democrats be working with republicans on health care while they try to repeal. do you think that at this point there's going to be a willingness to go along with any kind of fix even with the risk of being seen as working with president trump? >> i think so. the first step in this was the decision, i think a day after we came in, of the republican party to say we want to do this through reconciliation. a one party process with 50 votes. they made that decision and then they have blocked the health care committee. the health committee from considering this matter. my committee has a fantastic chair, lamar alexander who knows this topic, our ranking patty murray who really knows this topic. all the committee members can work together in a bipartisan way to find fixes. i know my democratic colleagues, we have been chomping at the bit to finally h

certainly not to be forgotten of equal praise are susan collins and lisa murkowski. they are amazing. women are in so many instances stronger than men. they brag less about it, but they are. and last night sort of proved that. as somebody who is in a family of strong women, i very much appreciate their strength, their courage, and their dedication to principle. despite the entreaties. where do we go from here? john mccain said it all on tuesday night. i hope this is a turning point. his speech when he returned to the senate and his vote last night and his actions in the last few days. [laughter] senator schumer: do i hear an echo? you know, on health, we've got to shut that off, whoever is doing it. [laughter] senator schumer: ok, thank you. on health care, i hope we can work together to make the system better in a bipartisan way. and i'm optimistic that that can happen. i think at the very beginning we should stabilize the system. we should make permanent the cost-sharing which keeps people's premiums down and keeps the counties that are covered up. we should look a

because of lisa murkowski and susan collins.helley mork's between when can i vote yes on any vote. given what she has already said in public. my view, we will get a "yes" to proceed, and in the bill will fail. >> julie: ten seconds, math? >> i don't think we know that you be the case. negotiating right now. and i think mitch mcconnell needs to get this done. >> julie: matt schlapp, thank you simon roseburg. let's listen. >> shepard: good afternoon from fox news in new york. those of you watching on fox television stations and fox news channel around the world, this is fox news coverage of the motion to proceed, the motion to take up debate on the new healthcare bill. john mccain has just entered the senate floor. diagnosed with brain cancer and treated and made his way to the capitol and will speak after the vote is complete. that applause for john mccain who our viewers on fox news channel know just walked into the senate chambers. the vote on the republican side is all but complete. they're now voting -- the democrats are now

tom carper and tim kaine have a bill t susan collins and bill nelson have a bill. and that will help stabilize the insurance markets, and we should look at claire mccaskill proposal for the bear counties that offer opportunities for health insurance for counties relatively small number of counties, almost all rural that are not covered. that's a we should you initially. but then we should sit down and trade ideas. lamar alexander and patty murray already talking about doing that, and is hopeful that they can begin a series of hearings. nobody has said obamacare is perfect. nobody has said our health care system doesn't need fixing. the problem was when they started, when they tried to just pull the rug out from under the existing health care system, so change it, and prove it, but don't just take a knife and try to destroy it and put nothing in its place. and so we can work together. and i said that on the floor last night, and a hold number of republicans who are usually more quiet, or conservative came over and thanked me and said they want to do it. so on health

karl, simple question, why is susan collins a republican? >> well, she votes for tax cuts.not always. >> well, she supported every supreme court nominee of george w. bush and donald j. trump, i'm not aware of a single -- david: there was only one of donald trumps but you're right, voted in favor of it. >> david, let me put it another way. i'm not aware of a single federal judge nominated by a republican president whom she's opposed. look, she's from a moderate state. david: okay. >> more moderate than most republicans. david: i would call her liberal on certain issues. look, karl, when you look how medicaid has expanded. extraordinary, it is the largest medical expense of the united states government, now eclipsing medicare, over 70 million people on it. it's a huge expansion. it is essentially a step on the way to socialized medicine, and she's fine with that. i think that's liberal, i don't think that's moderate. >> a strong disagreement on issue that. our president has liberal views on entitlement reform. you are absolutely right. medicaid is not only a problem for the f

senator susan collins of maine has expressed concers with the bill. (sen.susan collins/(r)maine): "at the end of the day, i don't know if it will pass" butt sot "we need to go through the normal committee process and get input from people on both sides. that's what would produce the kind of legislation that we need." (justine) tom price-- the health and human services secretary-- is confident that once a vote is set the bill will pass. (jr stone) police in the south bay are looking for a gunman after a woman was injured in a shooting... the shooting happened just before midnight... near the area of eden and payne avenues. kron4's hermela aregawi has details. at this point, police aren't releasing a lot of information about the shooting. but here is what we do know. we have some footage from a witness who saw the whole thing unfold. let's take a look at that.this happened last night just before midnightat the intersection of eden and payne. that's near the san jose and campbell border.police say the victim suffered at least one gunshot wound.she was transpor

still trying to catch up with susan collins. we don't want to presume or assume, but based on her previous comments, it would seem as though if she was opposed to the previous process, she would continue to be opposed here. so, if she hwon't vote for that motion to proceed, that means one other person saying that they won't support that motion -- >> apologies. i think senator mitch mcconnell is taking the senate floor now. >> this discussion seems to veer into the abstract. these are not just numbers on a page. these are the lives of real people. these are the men and women we represent. americans who are hurting. middle class families who deserve better than obamacare's failures. we worked hard to provide them with a better way. we did so in the knowledge that this task would not be easy. we understood it would not come quickly. but we knew that it was the right thing to do so we push forward anyway. i believe we must continue to push forward now. i regret that the effort to repeal and immediately replace the failures of obamac

but we know susan collins and rand paul are the two hard noes. shelly and rob portman had a statement out when the first bill came out saying they were against the first bill. neither has come forward to say they're for this bill. dean heller, another person in a tricky spot. lisa murkowski of alaska who had a lot of concerns about the first bill, any one of those senators could be the third no-vote to block this, but looks like now everybody's just going to sort of press pause for now while they wait for a cbo score that now may not come until tomorrow. >> i wonder, phil, if that pause does hurt the republicans chances. i mean, your paper's own poll show americans prefer obamacare over the republican plan two-to-one. >> yeah, i think this delay is pretty bad for the bill. the longer it waits, the more time the voters back home have to consider everything. this republican bill is deeply unpopular, that's what our poll shows. that's pretty much what every poll out there shows. and when these senators are going home to their states as they did over

susan collins chose to share one specific anecdote of what she is hearing.o say she's hearing stand strong, we don't like this bill. >> yeah. that's what she said at the fourth of july parade. said i'm hearing from my people stay strong. and again, itgoes to show that it might be in her interests with. she was cut out with a lot middle eastings crafting the legislation. if you end up getting to that more bipartisan, all of a sudden susan collins takes center stage and they might want to run for governor of maine, too, so she has her political ear to the ground, as well. >> i saw this week interest groups basically because paul ryan and mitch mcpublcaionnell begging don't get involved, and for the most part, they backed off until this week. heritage action came out against. >> but there is one reason to be kind of bullish for mitch mcconnell and the republicans is you end up hearing from allies they are making the message this is our opportunity. you want a lot of these goodies, the tax cuts and conservative reforms, you have to vote for us. because all of a

vast majority of conference minus susan collins did. we're going to have a vote on that.t has now been short-circuited by those three no votes already come out publicly. wolf, the reality here is this secondary plan, this repeal-only effort was the hail mary essentially put this up. only option left and at this point, that appears to have collapsed. what the path forward? well, in terms of the u.s. senate, doesn't appear they have one, wolf. to be precise. if they succeeded to getting a vote to simply repeal, forget the replacement for now. simply repeal, only a partial repealment of the affordable care act, obamacare, because a lot of it would have stayed in place, because you need 60 votes to repeal certain regulations as opposed to other aspects of the affordable care act. explain that to viewers. >> reporter: exactly right. worth noting. again, most senators et voed on this in the last congress. most republican senators. president obama vetoed the bill. a lot of conservatives, including president trump of late calling to just do the repeal-only bill. this is not a rep

you have susan collins, you have rand paul. >> you have susan collins opposing it, pretty dug in. pretty dug in. you're not looking at a problem going, i have susan collins, say it was two moderate, you could say, okay, i have a problem with mod ra moderates. but you have a problem with a conservative and a moderate. there's no way to fix it so it pleases both of those people. >> we have markets where we know there are few choices. what happen cincinnati. >> it will keep collapsing on its own. >> at some point isn't there an obligation to try to do something to keep it from collapse sning. >> yes, there is. i think they're going to have -- the figure six opens in my head here in terms of the possible gains for republicans next year in the senate that's been mentioned. if they do not get this done, i really do think the bails of the republican party, they're not going to blame the president. they're going to blame member also of the house and senate who didn't get this done, who had seven years to -- >> they might blame them if they do get it done, too. you know, this is -- >> you

they came short by three votes, susan collins of maine, lisa murkowski of alaska and john mccain, whow back, that made the difference right there. had john mccain or collins or murkowski voted yes it would've been 50/50 and mike pence could have come to capitol hill and anticipation of breaking a tie. he broke a tie to get on the bill earlier in the week. john mccain cast the decisive vote to make it 50/50, john mccain was not going to move this time and mike pence, there was no tie to break. that killed the bill right there. todd: you heard people talk about this wasn't a real bill, this didn't matter, just something to throw out there but the reaction from senators like ted cruz and mitch mcconnell, a different message from that. >> reporter: ted cruz ran for president talking about repealing obamacare, he was one of the main architects in 2015, the principal issue in the political life in washington dc, the press conference this evening, might have been the first presidential campaign event. bills have to fail before they pass. i could see a situation where republicans got to work

senator susan collins and senator bob corker and moderates in the senate have called to keep that tax in obamacare to help low-income people, whether it is a premium reduction program or something like that. that is an idea that connell has -- mcconnell has taken into consideration. we can see that change in the bill if it gets released and revised in july. i think one of the concerns that republicans are trying to come up with money to further reduce premiums. also, they are cognizant of that criticism that the person on twitter put out there. this is viewed as a bill that increases cost for low income folks and eliminate taxes for rich folks. it is not hard to see how that will play out in the 2018 election and beyond. host: which is what steve is tweeting about. the house could fall to democrats even with gerrymandering in 2018 partly on health care. guest: i think you will be a big issue in 2018 the matter what happens with the legislation. the house already voted on the bill so they are on record in support or opposition to this. we can discuss whether the house is actually in pl

listen, wolf, to what senator susan collins said over the weekend.lear no vote but what she had to say about her colleagues struck me as interesting. >> there are about eight to ten republican senators who have serious concerns about this bill, and so at the end of the day, i don't know whether it will pass. >> reporter: wolff,, i asked if that number, eight to ten was accurate. they said, yes, fairly accurate. that means more than just the moderates from medicaid expansion states or individuals concerned be a the spending reductions in medicaid over the course of the next couple decades and more than conservatives concerned it doesn't cut back on regulations enough. unusual suspects here could be very real problems for them and that means there is a lot of work to do, wolf. key take away now is they don't have the requisite number of votes with or without senator mccain and need to do a lot of work over the days ahead to try to get them. >> certainly do. phil mattingly thanks very much. >>> bring back our political panel and dana, does the delay in

susan collins received a call from reince priebus but susan collins is still a no. as is rand paul. trish: as adam reported there are a whole lot of uncertainties for health care reform but white house is on track for tax reform? new reports that the white house will start pitching tax reform efforts next month. we're hearing the president him sell will barnstorm america working to get taxes lowered. we have conservative political commentator gina loudon and democratic strategist pablo enriquez. good to see you. gina, start with you, i said this to the viewers before i'm getting a little tired for this on health care front. in other words they were certainty there to do a job. primary part was repealing and replacing obamacare. versus swamp drainers. probably have to be a little compromise on both parts. trish: what does it mean for rand paul and susan collins then. are they going down as part of the swamp, pablo? >> they seem to be the most powerful people in this negotiation right now but still, as we've seen in the past, when people attack what is obamacare a lot of people gettin

susan collins says she does not want to repeal obamacare. if she moves that bill, she wants to work with the democrats . whoe are other senators have added funding for opioid addiction centers. that does not seem like that is not going to be another read the medicaid wraparound is one way they are trying to do this. they have had other proposals that we are not see movement as -- askedr cruz for one plan that was consistent .ith these obamacare provisions it is a little bit controversial, it does not have a love backing. the most recent version. it is hard to tell what they will see when they moved to the debate paid they can always provide amendments for some of these changes. >> is there a sense of frustration among the leadership? >> and think there is. because one of the bills that they are considering is a bill that several senators supported back in 2015. nevitt said they did not support the bill. among senate leaders they are having people say, why did you vote for this back then? is it because you thought it would be vetoed. politica

the only two no votes, lisa murkowski and susan collins. the president saying, he's very disappointed. ohio republican congressman, jim jordan. i guess that's the message the president will send for anyone who makes life difficult for getting an event you'll measure that will be an alternative to obamacare. do you feel that pressure? does it matter what the president is saying? >> we have to do what we told the american people to do. we got 50 votes. we're moving on to the legislation. hopefully we get something passed that will come back to the house in a conference committee. we'll see what it looks like. this is a win today. that's positive. so we're that much closer to getting rid of this law we call obamacare that's been such a mess for the american families. >> neil: we have mistakingly shown some video of shelly moore capito of west virginia that did in fact vote for this measure. i apologize for that. congressman, what is next? great differences in order to win over conservative guys like you. you took off some moderates in order to

susan collins and lisa murkowski almost taked the motion to proceed. john mccain bravely returned to the capital to cast the deciding vote. he gave a speech that spared no one from his barbs. what a day on capitol hill. the news just didn't stop. senate republicans scoring a big, but perhaps brief victory after voting to continue debate on repealing obamacare. the president touted the win at a rally in youngstown, ohio. watch. >> at the very top of the list is healthcare reform. with obamacare, the washington obstructionists, meaning democrats, made big promises to the american people, and every single promise they made turned out to be a lie. you can have your doctor, you can have your plan. do you remember? 8 times. you can have your doctor. you can have your plan. i know democrats that heard that and they would have never voted for it. but they voted because they believe the lies of president obama. for 7 years he republican running for office promised to repeal and replace this disastrous law. now they must keep their promise. kennedy: not everybod

three republican senators, susan collins, lisa murkowski voting no. john mccain heroically returning to move the process forward could not get on board casting the deciding vote to kill it. the president took to twitter shortly after writing republicans and democrats let the american people down. let obamacare implode, then deal. watch. is it time to move on as majority leader mitch mcconnell said, do the democrats have to offer? >> time for our friends on the other side to tell us what they have in mind. we will see how the american people feel about their ideas. >> chuck schumer seemed open to working together. >> i would say we are not celebrating, we are relieved, millions of people who would have been so drastically hurt by the proposals put forward will at least retain their healthcare. >> the democrats were salivating like this tweet from diane feinstein, tonight we celebrate, tomorrow we get back to work to improve the affordable care act for all americans. the senate goes home to face voters indeed -- heated town halls, 74% of americans want

susan collins of maine says the senate intelligence committee needs to interview donald trump junior. >> julie: the white house downplays any talk of concocting that collusion between moscow and the trump campaign. we are covering all the news for you, happening now. >> it seems to be nothing. >> julie: the spotlight is on the president's eldest son, donald trump, jr.,, his meeting over a year ago with our russian employer. plus, the white house response to a report, former fbi director james comey may have memos containing sensitive information. and -- >> let's all have a promise on repeal and spend more time getting it done. >> julie: as senators returned to work in our nation's capital, fresh indications that g.o.p. efforts to unite over health care faces new hurdles. it's all happening now. >> eric: we stocks of the fox news alert, the latest controversy concerning russia. the white house right now on the defensive over a new report that donald trump, jr., met with the kremlin connected russian lawyer during the campaign to supposedly try to get some dirt on hillary clinton. other

susan collins, lee, moran, they're all saying they're voting no.hat's twice as many no votes than the republican consist afford. they can't pass their bill like that. that said, very few people don't expect them to quit trying. senator chris murphy here tonight. thanks for being here. we're trying to figure out i guess whether this is a normal pothole or an axle breaker. how big of a deal are the defections tonight? >> there's a couple of wheels off tf bus tonight but this is a bus full of republicans ultimately determined to deliver this bill. they are not going to give up on it. but the statements tonight, paired with those from susan collins and rand paul, they feel a little different. susan collins says it's time to sit count and work with democrats. jerry moran's statement tonight criticizes the behind closed doors process and says it's time to start over. you have the feeling this is beyond a couple of small fixes. it proves that reports of democracy's death was overexaggerated. it no matter how long you have been promising it. i think they'r

one susan collins who was always a no. lisa murkowski, who the president directly took on twitter, how did that backfire? >> reporter: it did. susan collins and lisa murkowski were nos early in the week. there was a push to get lisa murkowski. the president had his interior secretary call and say lisa murkowski's vote is threatening what the interior department is willing to do for alaska. >> wow. >> that's not a great move for somebody who's independent like lisa murkowski. in the end, no matter the effort, whether it was twisting arms or trying to be nice, didn't work. things are moving on, guys. >> what about idea? why did mccain vote no? why the thumbs down? essentially he didn't think that paul ryan and the house would be able to get something satisfactory through conference committee? >> reporter: that's essentially how he ended it. when he was walking out, he told reporters it was the right vote. in his statement, he made clear, this was all about getting to the conference committee. there was very real concern not

susan collins, he went after alaska. john mccain, who he said was not a war hero. john mccain was a prisoner of war for five and a half years, and donald trump has tried to intimidate these people, and it's not working. i think it's a failure of presidential leadership. >> i don't think it would have changed if he played nicely with john mccain. >> it's not if he played nicely, it's if he had known what's in the bill. >> speaker ryan can't even control his own freedom caucus. >> they passed legislation in the house. they can't pass it in the senate. >> all this week what we've been talking about is the infighting in the white house and not much attention has actually been given to this. >> it does seem like the president has some issues with managing the message. >> that the understatement. >> this is the problem with the president who's neither feared nor loved. he doesn't have a lot of sway. but, you know, obamacare, what happens now? it's still the law of the land. >> it's still the law of the land. >> it still is in trouble. >> it is in trouble in the following

susan collins is a no on this bill.o republican senators who have said they are not voting nor this bill. if the republicans lose a third one, this bill will not pass. now to the other story we've been covering, nbc news has confirmed jared kushner updated the list of foreign contacts on his federal disclosure form three times, adding more than a hundred names. one of those disclosures, of course, is the meeting are between donald trump jr. and a lawyer with ties to the kremlin. that meeting is arguably receiving the most heated criticism is here is why. june 2016, rod gold stone sinds the first e-mail to donald trump jr. about setting up a meeting with a russian attorney who gold stone said had incriminating information on hillary clinton. four days later june 7 then candidate trump promised news on clinton. here is what he said. >> i am going to give a major speech on probably monday of next week and we're going to be discussing all of the things that have taken place with the chin tons. >> one day later, june 8th, do

susan collins says it's time to sit count and work with democrats. moran's statement tonight criticizes the behind closed doors process and says it's time to start over. so you have a feeling that this is now beyond a couple small fixes. i think it proves that reports of democrat ice death were probably greatly overexaggerated. the fact of the matter is it's tough to overhaul a fifth of the health care system that has the approval of the majority of americans no matter how long you have been promising it. i think they're going back to the drawing board at this point but they're going back to the drawing board. they're not giving up. >> it's hard to remake a fifth of the american economy with a bill on what you hold no public hearings and that there's really no public debate in the senate about it. i wonder, when you talk about them going back to the drawing board, do you look at the types of criticism that have been laid out by the senators who now say they're no votes. do you actually think there's a chance that mitch mcconnell might go back and sta

senator susan collins of maine, who also broke with her party and voted against the partial repeal said in a statement, " neither party has a monopoly on good ideas and we must work together to put together a bipartisan bill that fixes the flaws in the affordable care act and works for all americans." nancy pelosi thanked john mccain, susan collins and lisa murkowski for voting no on the partial repeal. this is 15 minutes. ms. pelosi: good morning, everyone. we know you're out there, we can see you breathing. i know it was a late night last night, but a victorious one for the american people. i want to thank chuck schumer and the democrats in the senate for their unity. i want to thank senator mccain for establishing a higher level of participation as to how we should proceed and to the senators who courageously, senatormichalski -- murkowski and senator collins and senator mccain, thank you for hearing the voices of the families. to the families and outside groups who weighed in on -- in our offices, in town halls, on the phone, in the mall outside the capitol, thank you for making you

it's susan collins. senator collins, welcome back to the show. >> thank you, chuck. >> let me ask you this, one of the same questions i asked secretary price. do you accept the premise that the efforts to repeal obamacare are fully dead and it is now time to refer to this as our national health care system and it is his job and your job to make it work? >> i don't accept the premise that we should not proceed to reform the law. there are someve problems in the law, secretary price is right about that and he identified them. the problem is that congress as my friend and colleague lamar alexander has often said does not do comprehensive well. what we need to do is to go through the normal process, identify the problems, have hearings, hear from experts, hear from all the stakeholders, and produce a series of bills to fix the real flaws in the affordable care act. first on my list would be to stabilize the insurance markets to make sure that people have access to insurance. >> are you confident, though, tha

trump he's crazy and susan collins, republican said, i'm worried. come on in charles. relationship between members of congress and the president, i have to say that it is a chaotic relationship and it doesn't help anybody. >> definitely chaotic and, yes, susan collins should be concerned, she should be worried because donald trump represents a deep, deep outrage at everything that has been going on in washington for a long time that people like her and jack reed have been overseeing for a long time, their way of doing business is safe to say is over and, yeah, it is very chaotic. we are seeing it both in the republican -- within the republican party and across party lines. it's what people want. stuart: i watched the speech by the president last night in ohio and it seemed like he was lining himself up to go right after -- go right on head to head with the republican establishment. it sounded like it's war. the president versus the republican establishment. is that a bit too far but nonetheless i think that's what's going on? >> no, i don't think that's too far out and

susan collins is the only sure no vote but what if they don't? started and there will be a sense of people being demoralized. voters sent them to washington to make sure it happened, this goes back to tax policy because you need savings to get the tax policy with reform in a way that is quick and painless. if we can to do this how do we move on to anyone else? neil: they would have to go on to taxes. >> don't you think everything on the agenda is in crisis? if you can't even agree to bring the bill up for debate and that is what we're talking about, not even voting on legislation but just getting it to the floor, something simple, open conversation about health. if you can't do that can you pass a budget? can you deal with the debt ceiling? you think the sentiment against washington was bad when the president was elected? it is getting worse every day. neil: what is at stake here? >> i agree there's not much more to say. what we are missing here is congress, the senate specifically have been a dysfunctional body for a long time. president obama g

some great you know example of political courage on the part of john mccain on the other hand susan collins was threatened by two different house members one threaten her with physical violence and and lisa murkowski as you pointed out of the interior secretary called her and called the other senator from alaska and threaten both of them you know basically what i'm saying nice little. you've got there be a shame if anything happened to it so here's here's the here's the real where the rubber meets the road on this john mccain did not have trust that the president wouldn't try and force the speaker of the house to take up the senate bill this all turned on whether if they voted the senate bill you know up then all these republican senators trusted that it would go to a conference committee which i've spoken about you then paul ryan had said and maybe we'll just take it up well and that's where this breakdown in trust on capitol hill is critical to understanding the next i think i think that's absolutely true and absolutely right and way in the weeds but the point i was trying to make is it s

susan collins is the only one from the northeast. she released a statement in response to the congressman's remarks saying in 20 years in the senate, i have had a lot of people make suggestions about how to resolve legislative disputes, but until today, nobody suggested a dual. >>> jared kushner is before the house intel committee today. yesterday he was on the senate side and confronted critics after. kristen welker has more. >> reporter: usually under the radar, jared kushner now under a harsh spotlight. >> i have been fully transparent in providing all requested information. >> reporter: trying to put to rest any question about possible collusion with russian officials during the election. >> let me be very clear. i did not collude with russia. for do i know of anyone else in the campaign who did so. i had no improper contacts. i have not relied on russian funds for my businesses. >> reporter: the brief scripted statement an attempt to stay on message after a nearly two-hour closed door session on capitol hill with senate intellig

the resistance showed susan collins and lisa murkowski and finally john mccain the way. these people showed those senators the way. these are the real profiles in courage. these are the real winners of the legislative battle that came to an end in the senate. the senate had never seen anything like this before. people in wheelchairs being arrested at the majority leader's office. those people being arrested were not doing their jobs. they were not being paid to get arrested. they were taking chances with their lives. they were taking risks all to help 23 million people hold on to their health coverage. and they won. and they are the profiles in courage that america should be honoring tonight for what they did to remind the congress day in and day out all year that this is a government of the people, by the people, for the people. i love you, couch. you give us comfort. and we give you bare feet... ...backsweat and gordo's everything. i love you, but sometimes you stink. ♪ new febreze fabric refresher with odorclear technology... ...cleans away odors like never before. be

susan collins, she's joining me now. welcome back to the show. >> thank you chuck. >> let me ask you this, do you accept the premise that the efforts to repeal obamacare is dead and it is time to refer to this as our national care system and it is his job and yours to make it work. >> i don't accept the premise that we should not perceive the reform the law. there are some real problems in the law, secretary price is right about that. he then invite them. the problem is congress, my friends and colleagues does not do pcomprehensive well. we have hearings from experts and all the stake holders and produce the series of bills to if it the affordable care act and first on my list would be stabilize the insurance company market to make sure people have access to insurance. >> are you confident that secretary price is implementing and trying to keep this law afloat that he's doing everything he can to create ser certainty. >> are you concerned of implementations right now that's implementing the law and creating more problems

susan collins, the only one of this girmd system. another thing i would point out here, jake, this demonstrates how tight the margins are, the idea that you're going to have to pull back five of these senators into basically a slightly different version of only repeal without any form of replacement seems to be a very tall order for senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. that's exactly what they've been doing, that's what they're pushing ahead toward. they're hoping they can strike this bill. as you know, jake, it is what we've been talking about the pa past. it's been difficult from the beginning and that difficulty continues. >> ryan nobles, thank you so much. let's bring in our political panel. mary katherine, let me start with you. right now we know that the senate controlled by republicans, 52 republican senators, voted against repeal and replace with the senate bill. >> right. >> they just voted against just straight repeal, and as ryan nobles pointed out, six senators voted no today. would it have actually had a chance of bec

reporter: only one republican moderate susan collins of maine opposed that bill two years ago. >> it is so interwoven in our health care system to repeal it with no idea what it is going to be replaced with, is not the right approach. reporter: three other moderates who supported 2015 repeal reject the latest effort, alaska's lease and ohio's portman. >> we have 19 counties without a single insurer. in 2015 we had insurers never country. reporter: last night things fell apart with repeal and replace legislation, when kansas and utah joined, rand paul of kentucky in moderate susan collins in opposing the bill, putting the nail in the coffin. >> it was not made in spur of the moment, i had conversations over a long period of time. reporter: speaker paul ryan and his leadership team are left waiting to see what the senate will do. >> we would like to see senate move on something. we are proud of the bill we passed. we passed a bill to repeal and replace obamacare with a better system. reporter: west virginia democrat, is proposing having former governor in congress sit down and engage i

kennedy: a swamp full of gators. >> in susan collins' defense. she didn't say have much. she said i'm worried about the ufos over texas. you don't say you are a crazy person go away. you would say yes that's very worrying. >> i heard there is aliens. harris: watch the entire thing. it goes on for some time. there are a lot of options you have other than agreeing the president might be crazy. >> she didn't really say have much. >> i think she is worried because he's going to exact his revenge for vice president pence having to make that tie breaking vote. harris: he didn't have to say that on a hot mic. if he doesn't think you are going to laugh, he will primary you. of the party familiar returns a little bit later. the new white house communications director anthony scaramucci wants to put an ends scaramucci wants to put an ends to the leaks immediately. ♪ ♪ scaramucci wants to put an ends to the leaks immediately. ♪ ♪ ♪ kennedy: anthony scaramucci wants the white house leaks to stop, and he wants them to stop now. >> we'll try to hit a cultural reset on these leaks, not