reporter: he s not saying craig. it is really interesting. mccain s in a tough spot. lindsay graham is his best friend on capitol hill. they are extremeliose close but he s also been very outspoken that he hate this is process. the bill hasn t gone through the committee system. it has no democrats on board and he said after the last healthcare board that was not something he s willing to deal with. today he has stopped talkeding about this. reminds me very much how he clammed up the night of the last healthcare vote. he s not showing one way or the other which way he s going to go on this. but a that tells me he s getting a lot of pressure on this. and the bill s sponsor. remember it is not just graham cassidy. dean heller from nevada and ron johnson from wisconsin. i talked to both of them earlier today. they are cautiously optimistic they are moving in the right direction. here is part of my conversation with ron johnson this morning. saying well just doesn t do enough. leaves 90
place. the collapsing markets, just completely unsustainable system. so this is far better than the alternative. reporter: folks say this leaves too much of obamacare in place. he s directing that remark to rand paul who s opposing this from a cons stif side saying it doesn t go far enough. so far rand paul is the only hard no vote, craig. without getting in the weeds too much. let s talk about why the timing here is so important for republicans and reconciliation and the calendar that they are up against. reporter: so they really have their backs against a wall here. at the end of september the clock runs out on republicans doing anything with just 50 votes. so if this lasts more than a week and a half they would have to get to sixty votes. that is not going to happen. and by the way it is even a little more complicated than that. without getting into the weeds. not only do republicans in the senate have to pass it by the end of next week to beat the clock. then the house can t
response. so, there were a number of issues there that i think were done improperly. what do you think about this, neal, even though officer stockley said, quote, we re killing this mfer before their car crashed into smith. stockley killed anthony smith. as a former police officer, do you think the judge has a fair point when he says people say things in the heat of the matter. whether or not it s a fair point, i m not sure. as a police officer we get involved in these stressful situations time and time again especially in a city like st. louis and baltimore and others. there has to be a point you deal with your emotions in a high speed pursuit, what would be stressful for someone else, a average citizen. you have to work at that. it s part of the profession.
his partner s vehicle crashed into smith the judge said quote people say all kinds of things in the heat of the moment or in stressful situations. the difference is stockley did kill anthony smith and as a former police officer do you think the judge has a fair point? whether or not it s a fair point or not i m not sure. but as a police officer, we get involved in these stressful situations time and time again. especially in a city like st. louis and baltimore and others. there has to come a point you learn how to deal with your emotions in a high-speed pursuit and what would be stressful for someone especially, an average citizen, you have to get to that point, you have to work at that, it s part of the profession and to get to the point you re going to make a statement like that during a high-speed pursuit, it s definitely unprofessional. do we as people say things that we regret and should not have said during stressful
projections for storm surges have been reduced in some cities, like st. petersburg, which is in tampa bay, is now expected to see surging of 2 to 4 feet. and according to florida power and light which offers energy services to millions of floridans, more than 3.5 million homes have been left without power in the state. probably many mother than that. with me now in miami-dade county is msnbc s phillip mena. now are the conditions there at this point? reporter: right now we re in an intersection where police have blocked off a roadway. they re checking to make sure only residents get through there. they had problems with looting yesterday evening. miami-dade police made at least 29 arrests for looting. but 26 of those arrests were at one particular location, a walmart there. so, that s something they re looking out for. another thing police are out here doing, trying to identify road hazards, things like this. huge trees, downed power lines, anything blocking the road