the president himself informed the budget director it was time to lay down the law more or less. time to say negotiations were over. there were no more changes coming to the bill and time for a vote. i will tell you, anderson, talking to leadership sources, they don t have the votes. they are short. they did this knowing they need to put everybody s back against the wall and hold the vote. as this deal is moved forward, i m learning more about what will be in the final measure. how the moderates will react to the stripping of those essential health care benefits in obamacare. they are trying to apiece them in three different ways, one requiring by 2018 that every single state decide and announce what their own individual essential health benefits would be for the state insurance plans and adding additional 15 billion to a state stability fund in the bill designed to address maternity care, and separate issues that some of those essential health benefits would have actually helped out w
us, finding out how everyone is planning to vote. the white house says negotiations are over. so what s going to happen? what s the latest? reporter: yeah, and don it was a message delivered abruptly and without any subtle tones whatsoever by one of the president s top advisers in a closed-door meeting after it appeared at multiple points throughout the day that everything else had fallen apart. it s time to vote, and negotiations are over. here s the raelteality, though. they are blind right now as to whether or not they actually have the votes. i can tell you going into that very consequential meeting, they didn t have the votes. coming out of that meeting, they re still unsure if they will get the votes. that s what we re going into tomorrow, a very high stakes game of chicken. but the hope when you talk to house leadership sources, when you talk to some of these members of congress is that that meeting, a meeting that involved a lot of emotion, more than 30 members coming to the
leaving those out the last point, i think the president made it clear. it s not going to tear down one system until he has something to replace it with and a transition set out. i think that s the responsible thing to do. congressman tom cole, i appreciate you being with us on a crazy news day. thank you. thank you. i want to go back to kasie hunt now. our headline at this hour is that there will be no vote on health care today. kasie, that is significant. . reporter: that s right. multiple leadership sources tell c news there will not be a health care today after spear paul ryan worked very hard to set this deadline and get his members where they needed to be. they have not at this point crossed that threshold. they do not have the votes to go forward today. they have postponed this. we re told that there could still possibly be a vote on friday, but the scheduling and plan to move forward is not
people from a law that has hurt the middle class. a great example is obamacare. they were promised cos go down. of course, they went up. americans were promised more choice. they got less. americans were promised they could keep their plans. that was a broken promise as well. leadership sources continue to insist they ll be okay in the end. they say this is all part of the so-called churn when taking on a huge issue like healthcare. shep? shepard: mike emanuel on the hill. thank you. what a day on wall street today. a huge increase. this is a big one as the dow jumps over 21,000 for the first time. up 330 points on the heels of president trump s speech. what is behind this epic climb. and stick around. neil cavuto s interview with the treasury secretary steve mnuchin is coming un. it s a big interview and it s on
giving aggravated felons jail time when they defy deportation? you really want to vote against that? i mean, that s the way to put the democratic party on the defensive. but i mean, it s a mess in both chambers. can t get anything done. if you can t get kate s law passed, you can t get anything passed. last word, mike. well some senate leadership sources say their concern is that some of the libertarian types don t like minimum sentencing, but oh, that s bull. i talked to them all, mike. it s just a lie. i talked to every single libertarian, and they told me they d support kate s law. i ve got to go. thanks a lot. we appreciate it. directly ahead, how sanctuary cities are hurting you. also, two brand-new factor segments. varney s villains and bullying versus geraldo. the