To repeal and replace. Senator mccain from arizona announcing he cannot in good conscious vote for the Graham Cassidy proposal. You might remember his thumbs down in july which killed the last republican attempt. Earlier this morning President Trump had offered some, shall we call it, encouragement on twitter writing rand paul or whoever votes against health care will for be known as the republican who saved obamacare. Cnn is on capitol hill for us. And phil,republicans can afford to lose two votes in the senate and still pass Graham Cassidy. Where does the vote count stand right now . Reporter at least publicly mccain is out as no and rand paul out as a no. And Susan Collins saying shes leaning no. She has considered Susan Collins hard no throughout this process. Just to quota gop aid iemt not breakingny news when i say this isnt good talking about senator mccain coming out as no vote. I want to get deeper into what he actually said. Because jake as you remember quite well in july the
The nfl, specifically of the players who have been protesting the National Anthem in order to call attention to oppression, Police Brutality and injustice. This was the scene in london. We are expecting more of this in the coming hours at Football Games all across the United States. Its the days big story and we have exclusive new information about how the nfls responding. Right now dante stalworth and Christine Brennan are here. But first, is President Trump trying to distract from his own failures by attacking the nfl . If so, are journalists just playing into his hands . Thats an issue that we all talk about behind the scenes. But a lot of people think thats whats happening. This distraction question is always with us when it comes to President Trump. You stray, strays into it at a rally or an angry tweet. This can trigger hours and hours of news coverage. On the one hand, how can it not . This is a u. S. President this weekend saying protesters should be fired. He is further sowing
To get rid of obama care. Theres tremendous support from republicans, certainly were at 47 or 48 all right, senators. And once again there may be just enough Republican Opposition to kill the effort. I obviously have very serious reservations about the bill. Are you ready to support it . Nope. My guest this morning is senator rand paul of kentucky who says he is a no for now, and white house director of legislative affairs, mark short. Mark short. And can chuck and nancy do business with President Trump, or were their immigration talks a onetime only deal . Ill ask nancy pelosi if she trusts the president. Joining mess for insight and analysis are rich lowry, editor of the national revying, politicos eliana johnson, steven henderson, and former Obama Deputy Campaign manager stephanie cutter. Welcome to sunday, its meet the press. Announcer from nbc news in washington, the longestrunning show in Television History celebrating its 70th year. This is meet the press with chuck todd. Good s
Rinse and repeat . Once again, republicans trying to get rid of obama care. Tremendous at work from republicans. And once again there may be just enough Republican Opposition to kill the effort. I obviously have very serious reservations about the bill. Are you ready to support it . Nope. My guest this morning is senator rand paul of kentucky who says he is a no for now, and mark short. And can chuck and nancy do business with President Trump, or were their immigration talks a onetime only deal. Ill ask nancy pelosi if she trusts the president. Joining me is rich lowry High Pressure eliana johnson, stephen henderson, and former Obama Deputy Campaign manager stephanie cutter. Welcome to sunday, its meet the press. The longest running show in Television History celebrating its 70th year. Good sunday morning. There are two big stories were watching this morning, but first is President Trumps attack on nfl players that refuse to stand for the National Anthem. It began friday night with a s
Im elizabeth prann, thank you for joining us. Leland anytime the president gives a speech on a friday night its going to be a busy saturday. Im leland vittert. Tweets this morning as well. President trumps speech last night was supposed to be a pretty state forward stump for alabama senator Luther Strange who faces a tough election primary this week. Thats far from the headline coming out of the president s speech. Peter doocy live, huntsville, alabama. Headlines this morning, peter, about what the president said of the nfl and really taking aim not only at the nfl, but some nfl owners. How is that being received in the south today . Leland, when he started railing against the nfl it got as much applause as anything else in an hour and a half long speech filled withstanding ovations. This is a state that loves their football and they really liked it when the president got them all riled up as he got the crowd all against nfl players who do not stand, but instead take a knee during the