the president does think to get some work done today. white house officials tell us tonight he plans to be by phone with the prime minister of japan and the president of china. liz. >> peter doocy lyford new jersey. thank you so much. leland. >> a group of republican senators want mitch mcconnell to cancel the august recess, otherwise known as their vacation and stay in d.c. so congress can work on a health care fix to put things in perspective as you might remember, this time last week senators were talking about a vote before they left for the july 4th weekend. clearly that didn't happen. gary tenney picks up in front of the capital. what is this deadline now? >> leland, it clearly keeps moving back. they would vote by the end of last week and now he's hoping it would have been before the august recess. a growing number of republicans