trent franks / -r- arizona: "i don't know what the vote count is."within the g-o-p that appear to be working at cross purposes.the house freedom caucus -- pushing for a more conservative bill...rep. trent franks / -r- arizona: "well, i remain undeclared because there is is still other side negotiations taking place." ...while some moderate republicans grapple with concerns including the potential for a loss of coverage among their constituents.rep. charlie dent / -r- pennsylvania: "i thought think the bill misses the the position that caught in the house speaker paul ryan......issuing no response questions about the bill's chances nat sot bash: "do have the votes?" ( darya ) people in fremont are on edge after a woman had her gold chain taken while walking around her neighborhood. police say a woman called them around 8:30- tuesday night to report that her gold chain was taken. the woman was walking on park meadow drive with a friend when a man came out of the bushes and tried to grab the necklace off her neck. eventually the woman just gave the man

i spoke to one member of the now famous house freedom caucus, a conservative trent franks of arizona, about where he is. he told me that he is undeclared, meaning he's close to deciding, he pretty much knows inside where he's going to go, but he hadnsn't said public. here's how he described the atmosphere. you and your fellow freedom caucus members you think have made this bill better for conservatives. but enough do you think that you and your fellow freedom caucus members will be able to vote yes? >> see, that's the big question. i'm convinced we've made it better. we want to make it even better. and it will just depend on whether or not those of us in our own hearts and conscious, where that line will be. and i don't know. >> reporter: so wolf, that is the conservative side of the republican equation. the bigger problem at this hour seems to be the moderate side. you have some pretty important moderates suddenly saying, you know what, i can't support this because of the changes you just heard trent franks describe, the conservatives got from the white house and from the republican

trent franks / -r- arizona: "i don't know what the vote count is."king point -- resistance from factions within the g-o-p that appear to be working at cross purposes.the house freedom caucus -- pushing for a more conservative bill...rep. trent franks / -r- arizona: "well, i remain undeclared because there is is still other side negotiations taking place." ...while some moderate republicans grapple with concerns including the potential for a loss of coverage among their constituents.rep. charlie dent / -r- pennsylvania: "i thought think the bill misses the mark and that's why i've taken the position that i've taken."caught in the middle of that tug-of-war -- house speaker paul ryan......issuing no thursday to questions about the bill's chances you have the i'm reid binion ( anny ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news... we are tracking the rain hitting the bay area this morning. i will have a complete look at your forecast coming up after the break. ( robin ) and the rain making for a wet commute this morning. i will have a complete check of your road

. >> and trent frank said, quote, i think we're the best friends the president has in this situation. i think congress failed the president rather than the other way around and i can understand his frustration. still others were more frustrated with paul ryan and his top lieutenants and long been deep-seeded mistrust among the groups. here's how the speaker reacted to the president's comments. >> it's very understandable the president is frustrate we haven't gotten to where we wanted to go. he's expressing his frustration, in various forms, including twitter. i understand his frustration. >> lawmakers in north carolina have overturned the state's controversial bathroom bill less than 24 hours after republican lawmakers and democratic governor struck a deal to end the months long legislative standoff. governor roy cooper signed the bill into law yesterday afternoon hours after it cleared the state's house following a very contentious debate. while the governor said the measure is a step in the right direction, it's a limited fix. >> house bill 2 has been a dark cloud hanging over our g

this is sort of the representative trent franks, an arizona republican, a member of the house freedomucus, got this fairly hilarious analogy for this. he says trying to get this through the house is like trying to squeeze a giraffe through a keyhole. whatever comes out the other side doesn't really look too pretty. >> so -- yeah this is what's happening. you kind of got to shimmy this thing to make it happen. it's easy to forget. that's how obamacare happened years ago. it was a year-long process. after the stimulus funding went through. at the beginning of '09, the beginning of obama's term it took them a year to move this back and forth through the process. what became known as obamacare. some people look -- there's a thursday vote in the house. this is a very aggressive timeline that they've set here. but -- there's also some talk behind the scenes. maybe that's the optimistic timeline. maybe more realistically you have to think that this is a similar process, and it goes from the house, if it survives the house, that's the first hurdle. it has to look more conservative. then it go

meantime here freedom caucus member trent franks. republican congressman from arizona who met with president trump about the bill. i want to ask you, sir, right out of the gate, how did you intend to vote today, if the vote had happened, what were you going to do? >> yeah. i will just tell you some of us were holding back making any public pronouncements to that effect make the bill as best we could. i would have been a yes vote. that was known to leadership. but i don't think a person like me could have vetted against a bill that would have he defunded planned parenthood. that said, a lot of us had great reservations about the bill we were passing. i'm convinced as abraham lincoln said, best way to repeal very bad bill, let me ad-lib a little bit, the best way to repeal a bad bill, enforce it strictly. this is going to at least let the american people, as sorry as i am we were not able to come together at this time, the american people will have a more clear vision what obamacare extrapolates out to, i think in the months ahead. i h

and we also spoke with congressman from arizona, trent frank, a member of the freedom caucus. he said he was undeclared for exactly how he would vote, but he did send some signals that he would potentially vote for it. he said they're trying to get the full bill that they wanted through the senate, would be like putting a camel through the eye of the needle, using that biblical parable. i believe we have a sound bite from the congressman. instead, we'll play that for you later. but he did say that he was optimistic and that he hoped that his colleagues would do, in his words, the right thing. guys? >> all right, kayla, thank you very much. let's bring this together and bring this back, importantly, to the cnbc audience. pete najarian, no doubt health care is an important vote. it's an important vote for america. it's an important vote for millions of people who rely on health care, and maybe need their health care or need it changed. but for the market perspective, what do you think is the key? is this really that important? >> i think it's important enough that if there is --

they needed the supermajority to do all the policy trent franks wants to do. they had the votes but they couldn't lose one. we can lose two. >> point of order. i have a piece of news from a republican who said to me that congressman meadows told the freeze m caucus members to vote their conscious and do what they need to do. the source says most are standing firm on no right now. but when someone tells you to vote your conscience, you understand -- >> it's not necessary. they may have to revote their conscience. >> we'll be joined by a gop congressman who says he's voting for the bill. now developments in the russia investigation. details on that ahead. an unlimited data plan is only as good as the network it's on. and verizon has been ranked number one for the 7th time in a row by rootmetrics. (man) hey, uh, what's rootmetrics? it's the nation's largest independent study and it ranked verizon #1 in call, text, data, speed and reliability. (woman) do they get a trophy? not that i know of. but you get unlimited done right. (man 2) why don't they get a trophy? (

i think you have some very smart people like raul labrador of ohio, trent franks, frank saver of arizonaor the vote and you lose one on the other side if you go too far in the other direction. idiosyncratic members, these are idiosyncratic members, they're libertarians, you will never get them. at the end of the day, they're successful. if not. members will have to live with that vote. speaker ryan told me yesterday, they made a promise to repeal obamacare. they got to keep that promise. as an interested conservative observer, i expect them to get a repeal and replace bill done. >> do you believe this gop bill to be a repeal or do you think this is a repair or amendment to obamacare? >> with the addition of the essential benefits amendment, it's definitely a repeal bill. >> that will be -- >> the essential benefits clause, which says men have to buy maternity health care and women have to buy prostate health care, if that stays in, then this is not in your mind to repeal? >> notreally. i have talked to secretary price about. that he assures me he can fix that via the regulatory process,

you heard from trent franks, we also are hearing essentially, that there are some in the g.o.p.ve that the best thing to do would be to back off, to let this thing fail, you have a lot of states, one provider at this point. put it around your neck, essentially. >> martha, what i care about and what i think what my colleagues care about, making sure that people have access to a doctor. that it is a portable end of the highest quality. obamacare certainly does not end if republicans want to work with us to improve it, i think we are ready to do that. >> martha: there are so many people who lost their doctor under this plan. i know many of them personally. i'm sure you do, too. >> i know a lot of people who were never able to get a doctor because they have breast cancer alzheimer's and had a doctor for the first time in their lives. it is not perfect. no bill has been. let them prove it, let's not grow to pro 24 million people n the street without health insurance. >> martha: what are you democrats going to do? what will you do if the president, we are going to hear, listening very

they needed super majority to do the policy that trent franks wants to do. they had the votes but couldn't lose one. we lose two. >> a little more point of order. i have a little piece of news from a republican who said to me that congressman meadows told the freedom caucus members to vote their conscience. >> that's a great thing to do. >> and do what they need to do and this source says most are standing firm on no right now. but when someone tells you to vote your conscience, you understand they are giving you a long leash -- [ laughter ] >> they may have to revote their conscience. >> we'll have to think about that during the break. we'll be joined by a congressman voting for the bill and new developments in the russia story turning the house intelligence committee inside out. details on that. oscar mayer deli fresh mesquite turkey has no added nitrates, nitrites or artificial preservatives. now it's good for us all. like introverts. extroverts. (cheering) and even bert. man you gotta' try this sandwich. who's just overt. oscar mayer deli fresh. so good!

i wanted to share a piece of trend from house freedom caucus member trent franks, who was more optimisticn to this. neil: if you had to handicap this vote later on today, whether four or five, whatever, how do you think it is going to go. >> i will answer your question but preface it to say three kinds of people who try to do that. those who don't know, those who don't know they don't know and those who know they don't know. you i fall in the final category but probably the momentum is towards passage. >> momentum towards passage. that is what he says, i have to tell you as you found out here every minute things seem to be changing. i wanted to add, there are a couple things have been changed about this bill last night at the last minute. i want to mention those so people know. essential health benefits, laundry list obamacare included had to be covered including pregnancy benefits, drug benefits, et cetera, that decision what has to be covered by health insurance will be pass down to the states. so that is a big change. also 15 billion set aside for some of these things that were conside

: what is interesting about the argument she made is earlier today i spoke with representative trent franks from arizona and a member of the house freedom caucus. he is undeclared. where he will stand he is criticized this legislation consistently. he alluded to the same congressional budget office support we heard from death report her from debbie wasserman schultz. the premium on low-income americans would actually go up. that has been something that has bothered lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in particular as a result of last night. indeedust a break in, if we have a situation in which this will not pass the house, what does the freedom caucus believe? they will get a better deal? how will they passed that they cannot do this through? kevin: they want to take it back to the drawing board. outside groups are flooding house freedom caucus members, urging them to stay strong. they feel this was "obamacare light." here is what i can sell you. this because of procedural hurdles is juxtaposed to tax reform. this is where policy watchers have to focus on. in particular they can't get othe