wallets to show their economic power. it s called a day without women on this international women s day. a live look at the labor department in d.c. crowds holding signs and chanting. another look in san francisco. protests happening there today as well. people gathering in washington square park in new york city downtown. events there kickoff in just a few minutes. these are some of the first big events since the women s marches the day after the president s inauguration. julie banderas is in manhattan. hello, julie. hey, shep. yeah, today is actually part of a larger and broader plan. today fourth of ten planned organizations by the women s march organizations. the protests spreading hundreds of people across new york city. live in washington square park is where hundreds of new yorkers and though visiting the is the i have been spread down to. demonstrators making their way to voice the vital role that women play in the domestic and
senator, it has been a long hour. you waited for us. thank you for joining us. very good to see you, sir. always good to be with you. i was listening with great interest. sandra: i m sandra shepard: it s noon on the west coast. 3:00 in d.c. where there s a twist now to what president trump calls a new and great plan to replace obamacare. some republican senators are offering yet another option. they would let states keep obamacare if they want. i ll speak live with the lead author of the legislation, the louisiana republican senator bill cassidy. and don t worry. cia? the fbi has your back. the bureau launching a man hunt to find the mole that leaked secret c.i.a. hacking techniques. breaking today, new word of a criminal investigation. and the first legal challenge to president trump s latest immigration ban. breaking now, hawaii is fighting back against the feds.
night and tomorrow. it s a long process and this is just the beginning, if that. one thing is certain. team trump and gop leaders have a lot of work to do if they want the current version of this bill to see the light of day ever. president trump is said to talk health care with leaders later tonight. the white house has not said who will be there. the president has promised to reach out to lawmakers that oppose the bill, including rand paul. he called it dead on arrival. president trump sent out a tweet a few hours later. he said i m sure my friend rand paul will come along with the new and a great healthcare program because he knows obamacare is a disaster. senator paul is not budging. he said he told president trump that conservatives all agree on repealing but far apart when it comes to replacing. what s going on behind the scenes is the charm offensive.
however, some conservatives are still skeptical. we re dealing with coverage and nothing with cost containment, price reduction healthcare, right? we re designing a system that won t lower costs. that s the big deal. then you have other republicans closer to the white house that say the stakes here are incredibly high. if the republican conference doesn t pass this, our whole agenda goes down the tubes. we don t do tax reform. we have to get obamacare repealed and replaced before tax reform. many republicans are applauding news from the white house that the president s in full cell mode. they say that is important to get this across the finish line. shepard: but the votes are not there. mike emanuel on capitol hill. another plan being introduced by a republican senator from louisiana. we ll have details of that when he joins us live in just a moment. the president has not answered questions about claims that president obama order
my first goal is to learn about their business, what they re currently doing in their advertising. pull some research, create a great story. trying to figure out some way of building some kind of trust in a very quick moment. you have to love to work with people. our goal, without a doubt, is that all customers are satisfied before they leave. shepard: the state of hawaii in the last 20 minutes got the green light to challenge president trump s new travel ban. a judge ruled the state can indeed amend its initial lawsuit which it had filed against president trump s original immigration order. hawaii s attorney general says that the trump administration s revised order still discriminates against muslims though it affects fewer people than the previous one. the white house went back to the drawing board after the attorney general in washington state