Here. And the real problem is donald trump is not the closer. He cant call these people up and say, hey, ive done so much for you, you need to vote for this for me. This is not going to sway senate republicans. Darlene, a lot of the opposition in the bill isnt something that the sweeteners will necessarily be able to fix. A lit more money here or there to alaska or maine. The critique is more fundamental from Susan Collins. So how does senator graham and cassidy get over the hurdle . Thats a good question. You mentioned Susan Collins and rand paul who is always for repeal and his opposition to this bill now is based on the fact that it does not entirely repeal obamacare. So i dont know how you flip him on that basis. And can President Trump close the deal . That remains to be seen. This is one of several headlines moving forward throughout the day here. What is happening on the health with health, happening on the
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the nfl must respect this. many people booed the players yesterday, a small percentage of the players, he noted. and he added this about nascar, so proud of nascar and its supporters and fans. they won t put up with disrespecting our country or our flag. they said it loud and clear. and then within the last hour or so, hallie, he tweeted a new hashtag, stand for our anthem. be clear, the president tried to tweak the conversation to focus on what he describes as the disrespect to our country by kneeling during those national anthems. the players, remember, this original nighted with a player, now no longer playing for a team, colin kaepernick, who kneeled down because he insisted he was protesting racial injustice. police brutality in this country. so the bottom line is, for the president to suggest this has nothing to do with race, ignores the fundamental basis for the protests in the first place. at this point, it s ultimately brought together all sorts of