no right now republican leadership has said they are not yet ready to abandon this effort and lindsey graham the author of the bill se plans to press on. the question is, jim, do one of these senators, murkowski or collins announce their opposition to the bill over the weekend? and if that happens, the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell bring the bill to the floor? we may not know the answer to that question until monday. jim. that bill is very much on thin ice, cnn ryan nobles. if the bill dies, it will be the second time john mccain has played a role in sinking the obama repeal effort. it s get reaction from my colleague athena jones. she is 94 president trump s golf club. the setback comes as the president is engaged in this bitter personal war of words with north korea s kim jong-un. no question for the president today, a big setback on health care. reporter: hi, jim. that s right. on the health care front, a senior white house official said mccain s decision undeniably
stonewalling efforts. hope so. thank you, breaking news next, more on senator john mccain s potential fatal blow to the gop health care bill. will president trump take him to task when he speaks in alabama tonight? we ll be watching for that. and will the president fire off more insults to kim jong-un, escalating their increasing war of words? . and we went all out to bring you even more incredibhrimp and new flavors. like new nashville hot shrimp, drizzled with sweet amber honey, and new grilled mediterranean shrimp finished with a savory blend of green onions, tomatoes, and herbs. feeling hungry yet? good, cause there s plenty more where these came from. like garlic shrimp scampi, and other classics you love. as much as you want, however you want them. but hurry, endless shrimp won t be here long. as much as you want, however you want them. whoamike and jen doyle?than i thought. yeah. time for medicare, huh. i have no idea how we re going to get through this. follow me. choosing
we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. reporter: the head of the u.s. strategic command who would help lead any attack on north korea making the case for u.s. fire power as a deterrent to kim. we re right there, watching all the time. few want to go that way, we are ready to deter an attack on america, or our allie. reporter: north korea is far from deterred. all indications are to continue to proceed with their weapons program. jim. barbara starr of the pentagon. we have a member of the armed services committee, reuben g giega. let me get your reaction, senator mccain essentially saying, no, i m not on board once again with this health care effort that the republicans were hoping to come to fruition next week. it sounds like it s not going to happen unless somebody changes
vote for the graham-cassidy proposal. i believe we could do better working together. republicans and democrats have not really tried. mccain went on to say, quote, i take no pleasure announcing my opposition, far from it. the authors are my dear friends. i think the world of them. i know they are acting consistently with their beliefs and their sense of what is best for the country. so am i. and mccain s decision today isn t that much of a surprise. he s been very disappointed with the process that the republicans have used to get to this point in the health care negotiations. he believes there should be regular order, meaning committee hearings, debate and votes in committees as well and none of this has happened. so what happens next? well, the bill is not completely dead yet. because republicans have the 50 votes in their pocket necessary to pass the bill. but there are at least a dozen republican senators who are undecided and there are two, in particular, susan collins of maine an
establishment candidate this time. we know in the president, election, trump was the anti-establishment candidate. but steve bannon, that former white house chief strategist who was fired last month is backing roy moore. roy moore is this guy who was kicked off the bench twice here in alabama. once for refusing to remove a statue of the ten commandments from a state building. the second to uphold the court decision to legalize gay marriage. it will get interesting. it is also a rally, where trump feels his most authentic self. he will come in here and be surrounded by people wearing his make america great again hat and chanting his name. it is likely we will hear the president bring up that controversial decision by senator mccain today to vote no, that he would be a no on the graham-cassidy bill t. president has often showed his disdain for mccain, dating back to his last rally in arizona, where he didn t name him specifically,