upton, mr. long and others have put together some ideas that have been embraced by all sides and endorsed by the president, going to let them speak to that. before i do, i want you to hear from dr. burgess who chairs the health subcommittee and has been integral in this entire process as we moved it through the energy and commerce committee and has worked on these issues for years and years. with that, i turn it over to dr. burgess. mr. burgess: the committee product worked on now over a month ago as it left the committee that evening after a very, very long markup i thought was a good product. but i always knew there were areas where it could be improved and we've listened, we've worked with members, i'll just have to say i appreciate the engagement of the vice president and the president, so to have their input and their thoughts on this, i think has been extremely instructive and helpful. and i think we're now in a good place. i look forward to us having a vote on this bill. i don't look forw

upton: no. the president was seeking our opinion on -- probably a lot of my colleagues over the last number of weeks. again, when he called me yesterday, i told him i was a no. and i told him that i was a no because of the provision on pre-existing illnesses. and he said he wanted it covered. the guy that sealed the deal, billy long. billy long said, let us come down and explain to you what we are going to do to protect those folks and in fact that's what this amendment does. i got to get moving. my team has left me.

two moderates, fred upton and billy long say they're ready to vote yes. that's as long as an amendment that congressman upton wrote is in the bill. they made that announcement after meeting with president trump and vice president providence. congressman upton's amendment adds more money to protect people with pre-existing conditions. it's not clear if it's enough to convince other republican hold-outs to join in line. it clearly did not do anything for senate minority leader chuck schumer. he said the proposed upton amendment is like administering cough medicine to someone with stage vote cancer. congressman upton said he expects an up or down vote tomorrow, sometime in the early afternoon. in march, republicans couldn't get enough support to bring a bill to the floor. our senior capitol hill producer points out republican leaders could be playing with fire if they make too many changes now. he says we may put this on the floor and roll the dice. john roberts is live at the white house. just in the briefing. what else is the white house saying about healt

we know that he changed the minds of reps long and upton. is there any chance to change your mind at this point? >> it would be almost impossible at this point. let me tell you my objection. my main objection, sandra, is it doesn't do anything to lower the price of health care. if this bill had something in it like requiring hospitals to publish the price of the procedure that you're about to get, that could help customers shop. that could help patients look for good value. but nothing like that's in the bill. >> sandra: so you're a no. you're comparing this to a kidney stone at this point. you've seen the president have the ability to change some of your colleagues' minds. where does this eventually go? if you're a no, they get -- john roberts just reported that they're two or three votes away from the 216 needed. this goes through to the senate. where does that leave things politically? >> politically, i hope we go back to the drawing table. i hope trump will start with his own proposal, the ones he campaigned on, instead of coming here to

so, fred upton gets another 8 billion thrown into that. you get a sense now -- here comes another running member of congress that passed me -- you get a sense now that the tide may have shifted in some way. meetings are ongoing here. still very much touch and go at the moment. there is talk, murmuring about possibly putting the bill on the floor tomorrow. one thing we know for sure, katy, they're not going to wing it. if they put it on the floor, they know they'll have the votes which brings up another issue which is what happens in the senate? i've been talking too long now so i won't describe that for you. >> i do want to ask one more question about the senate and where it goes from there. there is a feeling that it going to have to get a lot more moderate if it's going to get anywhere in the senate. we heard from tom morgan really trashing this. >> that's the uphill climb they have had in trying to convince these moderate members of the house of representatives on the republican side to go along with this, because you're essentially ask

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upton's always been a yes. reporter: [inaudible] ms. pelosi: no. well, my staff, they may be talking about scheduling. but what we are -- the communications we are receiving are from the american people. calling in to congress and saying, stop, stop. the bill is terrible to begin with. but the assault on the pre-existing condition -- this was one -- there are two things -- many things in the affordable care act, but two things that have made ita total difference in the lives of the people who may have a diagnosis. one is that a pre-existing medical condition will not prevent from you receiving insurance, and also that you can afford it. and two, that the lifetime , asts do not effect how you i mentioned about zoe madison lynn, how that impacts what care you get. so say that seeking bereavement counsel something a pre-existing medical condition -- counseling is a pre-existing medical condition. it would say a woman who has been a victim of domestic violence has a pre-existing medical condition. so this pre-existing medical condition is central, it a

and just to go back, the upton amendment that you mentioned was $8 billion.ear marked to help people with preexisting condition. the overall number is closer to $130 billion over ten years. so there's a big difference there. so, yeah, look, i think richard's point on the senate is correct. what you have to remember is reconciliation is this tool that the democrats used to pass obama care in 2010. it's a budget thing. a budget maneuver. that means because republicans are using the same thing here, that means that there will be unlimited amendments offered in the u.s. senate. there will be a lot of debate and a lot of votes. >> sandra: richard, guy, thank you. well, the healthcare bill has passed in the house. the 216 votes needed was exceeded and met with 217 votes. we are awaiting president trump at the white house. he is set to hold a news conference to celebrate the passage of this healthcare bill. chief white house correspondent john roberts live in new york city where the president will be later tonight. john, looks like he put his plans on hold a bit tod

neil, upton says he thinks there could be a vote thursday, meaning tomorrow. when i asked him about that, the last question there in this briefing or in this, speaking with reporters, he says he thinks it could be on thursday. this is still very much in the hands of republican leadership and folks at white house trying to get the last couple votes, neil. neil: you were prescient on that. good stuff, you buddy. blake burman at the white house. this whole preexisting thing was very big issue. it was taken that any republican plan would be pursuing this. we got a first hint, when i was talking to a pennsylvania congressman, maybe preexisting wasn't such a wasn't a guaranty. we got wind of the fact, wait a minute, these guys are not on the same page. take a look. what if my state says no to coverage for preexisting conditions? >> a lot of people feel that is up to the states to decide. i really believe -- neil: you have that in the measure, sir what that is going to do is tick off a lot of your moderate colleagues would say no way in hell they would vote for that.

it was finalized 30 night when republican leaders agreed to an amendment by mike upton.adds a billion dollars to the measure to help cover insurance costs for those with pre-existing conditions. as the new york times reports, it brought republican leadership the votes they needed to. debate on the bill and the role for the bill lasted about four hours. we will show all of that beginning with the debate. rules committee. over the past few weeks the rules committee has had the opportunity to hear from numerous stakeholders from the chair and ranking member of the committees ofies dirks to amendments. we heard testimony from mr. macarthur and mr. upton to explain their amendments and a dress questions from the committee members and ms. mcsally tokes plane her legislation. this rule provide for further consideration of h.r. 162le 8, the american health care act and incorporates three amendments, that strengthen the underlying bill. it also provides for consideration of h.r. 2192, legislation authored by representative mcsally with one hour of debate equally divided and contr

billy long and fred upton, both who were firmly in the "no" camp on this new language come out agreed to an amendment with the white house with house leadership that they say addresses their concerns about the language that's been kicking around up here would do to the price of pre-existing conditions. there's a lot of questions about whether the money that will be added through that amendment, $8 billion total, will actually address the problem at all or whether it will be nearly enough. those are the first two major "no" votes to move into the "yes" category giving momentum to this bill. brooke, here's what is happening behind the scenes. there is a full-on blitz going on between the white house, house leaders with rank and file members trying to get those undecided members and maybe those lean "no" members to come over to their side. mike pence will be on the hill shortly. paul ryan has been meeting with members over the last couple of hours. it's a steady stream of those undecided or not quite committed to this bill up to this point. what they are trying to do is get themselves se

let's talk about the upton amendment.his was the amendment that would add $8 billion over five years to help people with preexisting conditions in states that waive coverage in favor of high risk pools. is that enough money to cover those people? >> absolutely not. it is not nearly enough money in the first two years of the affordable care act, we had a preexisting condition program that allowed people who had preexisting conditions to get coverage and we ran out of money in the fund. that's why it was important for us to have the marketplace and get rid of the provisions that people had to have, couldn't get coverage because of preexisting conditions. because we know how expensive it is to deliver care to the 129 million americans that have a preexisting condition. so this $8 billion is a drop in the bucket. it doesn't provide coverage. they're not specifying how it's going to provide coverage at all or make it more affordable for people to have preexisting conditions. so it's not a winner. it doesn't make sense for the

as the conservative center said about the upton amendment, the $8 billion amount is a pittance spread over five years, it is 1/5 of a pittance. as the keizer family mount dation said, the upton means would cover the costs for only 1% of the individual market. others have given it up to 5%. 1% to 5%. does that mean covering? no. forcing a vote without a c.b.o. score shows that the republicans are afraid of the facts. they're afraid of learning the full consequences of their plan to push americans with pre-existing conditions into the cold, oz ar my colleague from new york said -- or as my colleague from new york said, off the sidewalk. if republicans thought they really were protecting people, they wouldn't be afraid of the facts. but they're also afraid of the truth. and the truth that would come forth if we knew the facts. and they're afraid that the american people will find out that this is not a health care bill. this is a tax bill disguised as a health bill. this is a bill that is the one of the biggest transfers of wealth in the -- from the middle class to the richest people and

billy long, a conservative from missouri and fred upton, the former energy and commerce chair, one of the key voices who was pushing obamacare repeal over the last several years both said they could not support this bill because of what they said it would gut protections for, people with preexisting conditions. and so those were a one-two punch for gop leadership this week. it looks as though the vote is heading in the wrong direction from what gop leaders would like. >> we are looking as we speak this afternoon the headline at thehill.com. 22 no votes. on fred upton and billy long, this seems to be an issue that is concerning a number of members. >> it is specifically members who are from more moderate districts although billy long is more conservative. that is surprising and unexpected up here on capitol hill. but essentially, this stems from an amendment or a deal that was struck between tuesday group chairman tom mcar thur of new jersey, a moderate and mark meadows, the freedom caucus chairman, in order to bring on reluctant conservatives from the house freedom caucus, but what it

we saw fred upton, a brilliant play by fred upton, he holds out for his constituents concerned about the pre-existing conditions, the waiver, the escalating premiums that will result from that. he extracts $8 billion by going down to the white house and march b out in the driveway and more or less waving this agreement around saying he's the one who has procured that. when you look at the details of this, plus the fact it's going to go to the senate and change considerably, a lot of these changes stripped away, republican leadership is asking a lot of moderates who have constituents who are concerned about the provisions of the bill and lost coverage to walk the political plank for a bill they know is going to change, that's not going to look anything like this when and if it comes out of congress. >> mike viquera, thanks so much. to your point, nancy pelosi said what you called last night, she called it a moral mon stros stay. moderate republicans know this will be tattooed on your head forever. >> forever. mark halperin, i don't want to be overdramatic, i know there are members of

moderate republican fred upton and conservative billy long said they will support the bill.y spoke after meeting with president trump on their amendment to help cover people with pre-existing conditions. >> he said that this bill would be just as strong on pre- existing illnesses as obamacare. i want him to keep that pledge. this amendment allows that to happen, and cover those that otherwise might have been excluded. >> woodruff: the amendment adds $8 billion to the bill over five years. leaders of the house conservative freedom caucus endorsed the proposal, and said the "vast majority" of their members will support it. but as of the time we went on the air, no vote has been scheduled. in eastern missouri, another wave of heavy rain is adding to a flood emergency that's already claimed five lives. the swollen meramec river neared an all-time high in suburban st. louis today, damaging 200 homes and threatening some 1,500 more. parts of two interstate highways are also under water, and a section of the mississippi river is closed. the u.s. justice department confirmed today i

people know about fred upton's knees but not fred upton himself.does this say about republican leadership as to where we are today? >> that's a great point. this has been seen as a litmus test for paul ryan and his ability to get this through. we saw the spectacular failure only 48 days ago to get to a point of the vote, people wondered if paul ryan pulled a fast one on the president in taking on such a difficult issue. thisanalysts are saying was probably not the way to start for his presidency. on the flipside, the democratic don't see that many of the new generation of democrats able to really mobilize the fight. that's something we will have to watch going forward. the democratic party is focused on resistance or donald trump and not as much focused on offense and how they bring their message to the american people about what they will protect. if they can use health care as a springboard to do that and consolidate the body under a stronger message about the economy and jobs and health care in the future, this could be a defining moment for the

upton: no. the president was seeking our opinion on -- probably a lot of my colleagues over the last number of weeks. again, when he called me yesterday, i told him i was a no. and i told him that i was a no because of the provision on pre-existing illnesses. and he said he wanted it covered. the guy that sealed the deal, billy long. billy long said, let us come down and explain to you what we are going to do to protect those folks and in fact that's what this amendment does. i got to get moving. my team has left me. i think it's likely up tomorrow ut that's not my decision. ms. pelosi: good morning, everyone. thank you for being here. we're honored to have some special guests with us today. maureen murphy, denise white-jennings, and emily. you'll be hearing from them. they're our v.i.p.'s, our very important people. we're honored to be joined by them. we're understanding that the republicans want to press forward with their latest version of trumpcare. as they do so they are threatening devasta

this preexisting condition fight has really become a sticking point for the moderates, but upton seems to be sort of bringing everyone together. i mean, 22 republicans can kill this or they can give it their blessing, where do you think we sit right now, state of play? joe, i'm sorry. >> i'm sorry. you know what, i think the pressure to pass something is so great that they're probably going to do it and they're probably going to vote on it tomorrow. you had a republican senator, i think, yesterday say, it's more important to pass it than what's in it. that's something pelosi said seven or eight years ago but i think that's where the republicans are at as well. trump has layed down the law, they have to pass something. it's ashame because i think passing this bill is really going to hurt republicans but i think the political pressure is just too great for these guys. cheryl: scott, do you agree with the political pressure. we expect the democrats to say no but they are loving the in-fighting that we continue to see among republicans. i think the republicans understand that and i also th

fred upton came out against the bill. he got a lot of backlash.hen he came out with sort of a face-saving thing that really did not do anything to the bill. but he voted for it. we do need to make sure that mitch mcconnell doesn't just engineer this so that a few republican senators get some window dressing changes and send it back. so bottom line, it's really important that everybody turn out to all the town hall meetings now, just as they did before. >> so senator, i want to take you back to your house experience, you're an expert on this. and what you just mentioned with congressman upton, he is in a position when he is asked to cast that vote, as we said, the first inning of this exercise. it's a less pressurized vote at that point because it's so much more distant from actually becoming law. this bill, if it passes the senate, goes back to the house in some other form. and all those fred uptons have another decision to make on a completely different document at that point. and that is a much more pressurized decision that's a round about way

we had the upton amendment, $8 billion yesterday after upton met with president trump. 50% of americans are not confident in this bill it sound just like what your republican leadership said back then. >> i couldn't disagree more. we've been on this bill for over six years. ever since obamacare came in, we've been passing bills and marking up bills that then came together into what we now call the american health care act. but this was not done over a two-week or a three-week period. this has been six years of hard work as we knew obamacare would fail and failing and fail it has. wave cbo score saving well over $100 billion. sure, there were a couple of tweaks at the end. we'll get a final score that may knock a couple percent off that but we're comfortable that we know there's huge savings. by the time the senate is working with this, we will have the final score. so savings over $100 billion. guaranteed cost savings when it comes to premiums of 10%. a bill we've been working on for years. so this is so very different than what happened with obamacare. and of course we had a party line

upton to explain their amendments and a dress questions from the committee members and ms. mcsally tokes plane her legislation. this rule provide for further consideration of h.r. 162le 8, the american health care act and incorporates three amendments, that strengthen the underlying bill. it also provides for consideration of h.r. 2192, legislation authored by representative mcsally with one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking member of the committee on energy and commerce. mr. speaker, all across our country the affordable care act continues to strip hardworking americans and families of access to affordable and quality medical care and offer them skyrocketing premiums and anemic provider networks in return. democrats have struggled -- smuggled obamacare with little guard, left lofty promise that is benefit a bureaucratic machine. seven years later we have seen these overwhelm prisses evaporate as they lose access to their doctors, loose the insurance plan they would promise would remain intact, and our friends across the aisle claim the

the two congressmen, missouri bill long, and michigan fred upton switching their votes after the secure $8 billion moreover 5 years to help people with preexisting conditions. >> i talked to the president yesterday, based on our discussion, and agreement, can now be in a place where i can support the bill with such amendment. >> we're both yes on the bill. there work to be done. i am happy to announce that people in 7 district of missouri will have preexisting conditions covered add quad adequately. lou: it is now likely that bill will go to house ruling committee later tonight. preparing the way for a possible vote tomorrow. and house delivering an earlier budget win for president trump to keep the government running through september. the vote 309 to 118 that 1118, mad-- 118. president trump by the way will be in new york city tomorrow, meeting with australia prime minister malcolm turnbull to mark 75 anniversary of battle of the coral sea aboard the aircraft carrier turned museum. parked on manhattan's west side. the president has not been in new york for 107 days, that is longest st

upton, mr. together some ideas that have been embraced by both sides and the president. before i do, i want you to hear from doctor in the health subcommittee and has been integral in this entire process and worked on. >> thank you, chairman. the committee products that were worked on over a month ago as they left the committee that evening after a very long mark-up, i thought was a good product but i always knew there were areas that it could be improved and we listened, we worked with members. i'll just have to say i appreciate the engagement of the vice president and president to have their input and their thoughts on this. i think it's been extremely instructive and helpful and i think we are in a good place. i certainly look forward to us having a vote on this bill. i don't look forward to language any longer. i may just vote yes, i'm anxious to see what the senate will do with our product, thank you. >> chairman of the committee. >> let me just tell you how we got to where we are today and

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we just added the upton amendment.ate, the only state that took a waiver that didn't have health care coverage for 63 days is actually buys down the premium. so yes, we protect everyone. so what do you say to those 94 counties that have no health care? they don't have health care. they don't have pre-existing conditions. we're actually solving a problem. the difference here is we have obamacare today. we know the failures when it comes to the exchanges. we know the medicaid that it was crowding people out. this is actually solving the problem. >> but you're making a pretty big statement. you're saying it's solving the problem which means that you, your colleagues, your republican president, you own this. so if at the end of the day this process doesn't bring the insurers back to iowa and to other areas that don't have it and to decrease premiums, decrease costs, it's on you. >> well, the one thing we do know, obamacare has failed. so what do we say to the people in iowa and tennessee and the people in virginia? we know

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upton is now a yes. are you hearing anything new about whether or not this bill will be voted on this week? ms. pelosi: with all the respect in the world for mr. upton, he's always been a yes. he's always been a yes. what can i say to you? people will say, well, i'm a no, ok. give me some fake reason why i should be a yes and it will look like the bill's better. mr. upton's always been a yes. has it been any communication about vote getting? ms. pelosi: no. well, my staff, they may be talking about scheduling. but what we are -- the communications we are receiving are from the american people. calling in to congress and saying, stop, stop. the bill is terrible to begin with. but the assault on the pre-existing condition -- this was one -- there are two things -- many things in the affordable care act, but two things that have made a total difference in the lives of the people who may have a diagnosis. one is that a pre-existing medical condition will not prevent from you receiving insurance, and also tha

today, and likely from my perspective and others, probably change for the better. >> congressman upton's amendment would add $8 billion over five years to high risk pools to help offset costs for people with those preexisting conditions. >>> separately, the house today passed the trillion-dollar spending bill to fund the government through the end of september. the senate is expected to vote on the measure later this week. >>> secretary of state rex tillerson today said the u.s. is considering imposing new sanctions on north korea if necessary. >> we are preparing additional sanctions, if it turns out north korea's actions warrant additional sanctions. we're hopeful that the regime in north korea will think about this and come to a conclusion that there's another way to the future. >> investors of course have been watching the tensions between the two countries rise in recent weeks. the trump administration has asked china, north korea's biggest trading partner, to help turn pyongyang away from its development of nuclear weapons. secretary tillerson called on countries all over the world

about these issues, how they would vote or how they would support the individuals, and that included upton sinclair, people who were more socialist, different ideas, some of which would gradually come to pass. most of these laws that we have have an evolutionary. so, i think he would have been today, concerned about most of those rules of law being adhered to for everybody. i'm not sure. i can't write for him, but i think that would be his approach to our situation even today. as he got older, he received many accolades, many awards. he received recognition, but probably the most important was he received the presidential medal of freedom in 1970 by then-president richard nixon. after that, he was still active and consulted, and as he gradually grew older, he saw the coming of ronald reagan in the early 1980's, and earl the squire. behrens passed away in 1985. >> are cities tour staff travel to redding, california to learn about its rich history. learn about redding and other stops on our tour at c-span .com/citiestour. history unfolds daily. in 19 70 nine, c-span was created as a public s

that and i told the leadership i cannot support this bill with this provision in it. >> reporter: upton now working on an amendment to provide a billion dollars over five years to help people with pre-existing conditions pay premiums. the spending bill to keep the government running expected to pass. now, there's a dispute over who won in negotiations. >> no money for the border w >>> and one more note from the white house, this photo of a rabbi and steve bannon seems to have accidentally exposed bannon's extensive list of goals that includes items like defund sanctuary cities with checkmarks next to policies the president has already addressed. >>> well, the president responded overnight to hillary clinton's first comments about what she believes cost her the election. clinton said she took absolute responsibility for losing her campaign. but she then went on to blame fbi director james comey for his letter saying agents were looking into the possible new information about her personal server as well as russian interference. >> i was on the way to winning until the combination of jim c

trs. >> and the result of that was this deal, fred upton, now a firm yes on this bill.lso willie long, who helped work on that amendment is a yes as well. i'm told from aides interest this process, a full on blitz is behind the scene on the hill. president trump making phone calls. house republican leaders making every individual member they can to try and get them on board that they are cautiously optimistic that they could get there. what does get there mean? it would mean, wolf, a vote as soon as tomorrow. before they leave for that recess. but the question remains, is the amendment, is the addition of that $8 billion enough to get members comfortable with essentially the idea they would be touching a third rail? this idea of conditions, and giving state the opportunity to opt out of the price protections included in obamacare. this is something they campaigned against doing repeatedly over the course of the last couple of years. that on the table in order to bring conservative on line. they are are worried about what they have been hearing from constituent the last

was there were two amendments that were put forth, one my congressman macarthur, one by congressman upton. the macarthur amendment sought to give states flexibility while upholding protections for customers with preexisting conditions or kids who wanted to stay on their parents' plan until age 26. they did that by offering states the ability to opt out of offering certain mandatory benefits. the upton amendment created a funding pool for those preexisting conditions to guarantee that there would be at least a little bit more of a cushion for them. what the cbo found is there were fewer people who would not have insurance but it would come at a cost to the deficit, precisely $30 billion to the deficit, although a positive to the deficit by repealing and replacing obamacare. >> do they have to vote again on this particular piece of legislation? >> reporter: it does not appear they do. the reason why they were potentially going to have to vote again was because house leadership said that it's unpredictable what the cbo can come out with, they don't know the exact methodology the cbo uses, an

both chairman upton and mr.g of missouri both felt strongly that there ought to be additional protections for this group. >> was the president convincing? did you get the feeling that this is a guy that can make a deal or -- >> oh, yeah, very much so. i'll be honest with you. originally, the presidents was -- we're through adding amendments. i'm sure he's as are frustrating as we are. i was on the authorizing committee. i thought we hood a good product when he concluded that night. there have been days i've been discouraged that things seem to change along the way. the president reasoned to what these two members brought to him. the idea that was presented. and he felt it was definite with everything that the president had sewed about wanting to protect people with preexisting conditions. and again we are talking about a very narrow segment of the individual market in people's who is -- who did not keep continuous coverage who might then be at risk in a state that was granted a waiver out of some of these 234sha

>> four top republicans met with president trump led by mark upton. late last evening he introduced an amendment that would provide $8 billion worth of funds to folks centered around the issue of pre-existing conditions. this has gotten the backing of the house freedom caucus. representative upton saying there could be a vote as early as tomorrow. this frankly we have heard time and time again. clearly this is a white house that wants to get a vote done before house members go into a recess on friday. vonnie: democrats having a press conference today as well. would it solve anything? could there be bipartisan agreement on this? could ask to the senate even? should any legislation that emerged out of the house extend to the senate it would radically change in some ways. in going to the process of reconciliation. the bottom line is that president himself has been working the phones on this contingent with reince priebus and mike pence. today i spoke with the founder of the freedom caucus representative jim jordan. he told me this is a bill they could be

a move that satisfies the hard-line freedom caucus but not moderates like representative fred upton. >> this amendment torpedoes that and i told the leadership i cannot support this bill with this provision in it. >> reporter: upton now working on an amendment to provide a billion dollars over five years to help people with pre-existing conditions pay premiums. the spending bill to keep the government running expected to pass. now, there's a dispute over who won in negotiations. >> no money for the border wall. not one plug nickel. >> reporter: president trump who didn't get motion of what he wanted angry that democrats are claiming victory. >> the president is frustrated with the fact that he negotiated in good faith with the democrats and they went out to try to spike the football and make him look bad. >> reporter: he is expected to sign the spending bill but not happy with democrats tweeting a threat that the country needs a good shutdown in september to fix the mess. diane and kendis. >> oh, good, we have something kenneth moton there. >>> president trump and vladimir putin agre

by the way, i love that this proposal is called the upton amendment. they might as well call it the kate upton amendment because there is barely any coverage. and with the two parties in total disagreement, what would be a good way to figure out how much of a disaster for the marn people this bill is? well, i mean you could ask any of the organizations that know nilg about health care, old people or sick people, what they think of it. >> the plan has been panned by most major interest groups including the american medical association, the aarp and the american cancer society. >> the american lung association, the heart association, the diabetes association, the march of dimes. >> the national rural health insurance opposed to this bill. the american thoracic society opposed to this bill, the academy of nutrition and die debtics a national organization for rare disorders and the national coalition for women with heart disease. >> trevor: almost every group is against this bill. the american cancer society. the ama, the aarp, the aa, double battery, trip

and fred upton, one of the key voices who was pushing obamacare repeal over the last several years. both have said they could not support the bill because of what they said it would gut protection for people with pre-existing conditions. those were a 1, 2 punch for gop leadership this week. it looks as though the vote is heading in the wrong direction from what the gop leaders would like. >> as we speak, we are looking at the headline at the hill.com saying there are 22 no votes. issue thatto be an is concerning a number of members. >> it is specifically members who are from a more moderate district. elong is a conservative, though. that was surprising and unexpected. essentially, this stems from an amendment or deal that was struck between the tuesday group chairman, tom mcarthur of new jersey, and mark meadows of the freedom caucus chairman. that was in order to bring on reluctance from the house freedom caucus, but what it has done, drive -- essentially drove away gop votes on the more moderate lane of the party. fromhere is a real push the vice president, who has been up your on

fred upton has been talking for years now about doing precisely what he's spent the last week opposing. it's a bizarre, hypocritical position. the g.o.p. moderates seem to have bought into this been put out an aggressive style by the obama administration that the key issue is pre-existing conditions. that that's what kept people from getting insurance, when that was a tiny fraction of the issue. the real issue is pre-existing economic conditions. but pre-existing medical condition poles better. republicans seem 12 bought into it. tom macarthur from new jersey, a lot of states already have guarantees about pre-existing conditions that have have been for decades. even if they got a waiver from obamacare, it wouldn't affect anybody with pre-existing conditions. it's a weird poll testing complaint of convenience rather than dealing with the actual issues about getting more people insured. >> bret: here is raul labrador on that issue. >> you in the media have been reporting that were not taking care of people with pre-existing conditions, and that's not absolutely -- that's absolutely false

happen and they could still cobble together a coalition but i agree with gloria, someone like fred uptonal party member, who tends to go along with leadership and support what they want to did, if he is kwumicoming out agains bill as it looks currently, that suggests to me they need to make changes before they can pass the bill. >> they can always rewrite it yet again. it is fine-print time. but that's what legislation is. >> they go on recess next week. >> they may need to take more time with it. it may not be over. because they won't bring it to the floor unless they have the votes. >> we will see what happens in the next couple of days. different subject. you saw a reporting about the acting attorney general sally yates that she is prepared to testify that general flynn when he was national security adviser, she warned the white house that he potentially could be vulnerable to blackmail by russians. talk us to. you used to work with the cia. what does it mean he could be subject to blackmail? >> let's get off the soap opera and cut to reality. if you go in as ambassador to russia, you

it's part of the rules package. >> upton's amendment adds $8 billion over 5 years to pay for preexisting conditions. jimmy kimmel was in tears saying his son was born april 21st with a heart defect. >> i saw a lot of families there. no parent should ever have to decide if they can afford to save their child's life. >> the provision prevents pre- existing conditions. the bill gives states control. the house freedom caucus approves of the amendment. >> it is the best we can get out of the house and work for full repeal. >> the call for the assessment on the cost before a vote. >> members on both sides of the aisle might know of the ramifications of the bill. >> if republicans have their way preexisting conditions will be segregated into high risk pools where they face soaring cost, worst coverage and restricted care. >> in berkeley some patients are worried. >> i don't know. i believe it is unfair. a lot of people ain't got money. where is it coming from if they ain't got it? >> it needs to be more convenient. >> it could varies on how they determine pre-existing conditions. >> they may ma

. >> upton is offering help with those with pre-existing conditions on paying their premiums by providing $8 billion over five years. after a white house meeting with the president, vice president and legislative affairs director mark short, the chairman of the energy and commerce when he says the updated bill will work for the medical people. >> i believe we've done that now with some changes to the legislation that will be bringing forward when it comes to the issue of making sure people with pre-existing conditions have the care and support they need. >> there are signs that this change could be the breakthrough. >> today we are here announcing that with this admission, that we brought to the president and sold him on in a meeting, we are yeses on the bill. >> attention shifted to the conservative members of the hospitable caucus. >> we are focused on giving states the ability to get the waiver. this is not full repeal. it's the best we think we can get out of the house. we are willing to support it. >> ahead of a potential vote in the house, senate democratic leaders as throwing money