black calm per se. there is sporadic cell tower capability. but you ll hear from people that i got out on phone but couldn t on text. so they re using different capabilities. sometimes it s up and sometimes it s down. so i would tell people that are not on the island to be patient, but be persistent. harris: got it. black calms, communications, blackout zone. i hear that lingo. army brigadier general schultz, thank you very much for a second update two days in a row. we appreciate it. thank you. well, the last ditch effort by senate republicans to repeal obamacare facing an uncertain fate. president trump supports it, but a group of state governors are against it. several gop senators are on the fence. that s a lot. our panel will talk about all of it and the bill s process. and we re following the breaking developments in mexico as the search for survivors of a devastating quake is entering a critical stretch. stay close. real cheese people are ham and swiss people.
but today republicans voice their displeasure on the bill s process. the reason why we were in the debacle we re in is because we ve refused to pass any of the appropriations bills, most of the authorization bills, so you end up all jammed up at the end of the year. the reason i voted against it last night, here s $1 trillion bill with a few hours of debate. a big part of that drama centered on ted cruz s efforts to hold up the bill against president obama s immigration action. here s harry reid criticizing the junior texas senator. the junior senator from texas is wrong, wrong, wrong on several counts. because it s not an appropriate place to debate the constitutionality of any executive branch action. let s go right to nbc s kristen welker joining us from the white house as her usual post. and kristen with a hello to you. let s walk through some of the hi highlights of the bill. the big highlight, this bill funds the government for an entire year. that s the first time we v