like them, do not be alarmed, i spoke to a conservative leader late last night instrumental in crafting a telling me this is the first step in a multi step process and donald trump will protect religious freedom for all americans. this president demonstrated he is a friend to people of faith. no doubt he will honor his word. put that on a t-shirt. extreme weather not flooding in arkansas, slamming into a bridge. freaking out. threatened, thousands of evacuations across missouri and arkansas, 20 people have died as a result of the storm. janice dean is following in
insisted legislation will be finished this year but acknowledged implementation might take longer. we heard this time line first from president trump over the weekend, but now fellow republicans are beginning to question how quickly a vote on that legislation might even happen. let s bring in cnn correspondent congressional correspondent fill mattingly. phil, paul ryan says committees are already working on proposals. can he get a vote as soon as he s hoping? it looks like on a piece of it, yes. but here s the rub, jake. this is a multi step process. there are many pieces of the process that gop leaders have planned out right now. those pieces take time, time that a lot of republicans say they don t have both on the political side and on the policy side. on capitol hill, a cold reality. bold campaign promises. it will be repeal and replace. it will be essentially simultaneously. could be the same hour. reporter: now giving way to the legislative slog. a more complete replacem
by many accounts a fool serrer errand. he knows this is a long speech, not technically a speech that will delay anything. a lot of people in his own party think this is just splitting the party, diluting the message. it s something i asked him about yesterday. senator, what s your end game here? you knew from the start you couldn t defund obamacare. with respect i disagree with the premise. i believe we can and if we stand together we will defund obamacare. this was always a multi step process. now, piers, the people who are supporting him, that applaud him say this shows he has determination and he s the only guy who will stand up to the big bad senate institution and washington as you shall. those who can count and know he doesn t have the vote think that just means he s delusional. even senior members of your
around the country. look, the bottom line is this is by many accounts a fool serrer errand. he knows this is a long speech, not technically a speech that will delay anything. a lot of people in his own party think this is just splitting the party, diluting the message. it s something i asked him about yesterday. senator, what s your end game here? you knew from the start you couldn t defund obamacare. with respect i disagree with the premise. i believe we can and if we stand together we will defund obamacare. this was always a multi step process. now, piers, the people who are supporting him, that applaud him say this shows he has determination and he s the only guy who will stand up to the big bad senate institution and washington as you shall. those who can count and know he doesn t have the vote think that
i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. first, he had nothing to say. then he couldn t remember. after that he recalled a few details and then more. in a flurry of interviews and public appearances over the past two days the republican front runner herman cain insisted he never sexually harassed anyone when he headed the national restaurant association in the 1990s. each time he seems to say something a bit different n. the latest, an extensive interview with hln, cain said he s being deliberately targeted but that his campaign won t be sidetracked. we have extensive coverage of the important political story beginning with brian todd. wolf, we have spoken to former colleagues of herman cain s at the restaurant association, asked him what he was like when he headed the group. we re taking a look at what cain said after the allegations surfaced and what he s saying now. on monday, herman cain said this about allegations of sexual harassment against him. i am unawa