happening now, breaking news. kneejerk reaction, the white house forced to play defense as the backlash to the president s attack on protesting players intensifies. his call, a call for firing those who kneel during the national anthem, showing solidarity and criticism of his remarks. has the president launched a culture war? road to war? north korea accuses president trump of declaring war and says it now has the right to shoot down u.s. planes anywhere. the white house calls the claim absurd while president trump hurls insults at kim jong-un. how will the dictator respond? racing for fail bracing for failure. protests disrupt the one and only hearing on senate republicans health care plan. their latest effort to repeal obamacare is in serious danger of complete collapse while the bill s backers are desperately and urgently trying to get the votes they need. tonight we just received a new
uncomfortable with it. here s the question, senator. if the republicans lose this chance, another chance to repeal and replace obamacare, will your party, the democratic party, commit to working with the republicans to fix the problems with the affordable care act? reporter: of course, as you know, we were working with them. we were actually sitting at the negotiating table, about 80% of the way done with a deal, to fix what works in the affordable care act and improve on the parts that don t work as well when mitch mcconnell pulled the plug. we that deal almost done. when they sniffed the ability to take insurance from 30 million people and stick it to president obama, they walked away from those negotiations. that s not even a question because we were there making real concessions in order to get to a bipartisan deal. and despite the fact that they walked away from the negotiating table while democrats were literally sitting there ready to sign the deal, we ll be back. we will come
give the states the ability to offer different kind of plans with a few less requirements. i was ready to sign off on a deal that looked like that until republicans walked away from the table. again, i ll enthusiastically come back to the negotiating table if that s where the republicans want to go. do you think the president could get on board assuming this current legislation fails and it looks almost certainly like it will fail. the republicans have a 52-48 majority. three republicans firmly say they are opposed. they can t get to the magic number of 50. do you see a way that the president would work with democrats and republicans, work with nancy pelosi, work with chuck schumer, work with you to fix obamacare instead of simply repealing and replacing it, that effort clearly looks like it has failed. i don t think president trump has any interest or intent to work with us to try to reserve the american health care system. he is actively trying to undermine the health care
susan collins have concerns. collins telling jake tapper it s very difficult for me to envision a scenario where i would end up voting for this bill. i am worried whether cbo s been given enough time to thoroughly analyze the bill. reporter: the co-authors released a revised vision with one clear goal securing new support. for murkowski, there are clear benefits to alaska including a boost in federal matching funds for medicaid, as well as a grandfathering in to medicaid of native americans and alaskan native who s benefited from the program s expansion under obamacare. for conservatives like senators cruz, mike lee, and rand paul, a further loosening in how states can rid themselves of several of obamacare s key protections, all in an effort to drive premiums down. the proposal removes the need for states to apply for specific waivers from rules that require plans to cover prescription drugs, mental health, and other services. it would also allow insurers to
football. they don t understand why republicans won t work with democrats, why they are allergic to us on this issue. let s work together. let s start tomorrow. as you know, in preliminary analysis, the cbo report that just came out, it based on the preliminary information they have, they don t have a lot of information, they simply say that the number of those insured in america would be reduced by millions. they don t say 30 million. where are you getting that 30 million number? there are a number of independent analyses from the commonwealth fund and others that have suggested that the number here looks somewhere between 20 million and 30 million. this is at least as bad as the bill we voted on in july and potentially as bad as the original republican proposal which was to repeal the affordable care act with no replacement. so all we can look at are these independent, outside analyses because the republicans are running and ramming this through without a cbo score. but let me gu