the american people, abandon tax cuts, highly unpopular with the republican people, we democrats are happy to meet with them in the white house to talk about how to improve health care for the american people. >> reporter: the wheeling and dealing continues tonight for senate republicans behind closed doors, even though they know they won't get a vote this week. there is still some faint hope that the broad outlines of a plan can be agreed upon before they leave for the july 4th recess on friday. wolf? >> it's going to be really, really tough. we'll see what they can do. ryan nobles on capitol hill. thanks very much. all of this clearly a major setback for president trump who campaigned extensively on repeeling and replacing obamacare. let's go to correspondent jim acos acosta. jim, there is a lot at stake here for the president. >> reporter: president trump is not sounding so sure about victory in the health care