we need to bring it back to what kaepernick and other players were actually kneeling about and talking about and working towards, racism, police brutality and injustice. the things we should keep the focus on. john phillips, quickly before we go. i think the president s right when the dallas cowboys wanted to put a decal on their helmet for the police officers that were murdered the nfl said no because they want to remain apolitical. i think the nfl should be apolitical. thank you both, john, simone, we appreciate it. tonight they will be watching, i will be watching, you should be watching the fight over obamacare. republican senators lindsey graham and bill cassidy debate amy klobuchar and independent senator bernie sanders 9:00 p.m. ooernl only on cnn. meantime we are keeping an eye on puerto rico, devastated by hurricane maria. another crisis you re looking at images of a dam that they say authorities say is at its bursting point. tens of thousands of people told to evacuate.
maine. so that s just one example of some things that are tripping them up. i didn t even mention the more conservative side of the republican spectrum. you have people like rand paul and ted cruz who say that they don t like this idea of so-called bloc grants to the states because it keeps in place too much of obamacare. so this is the classic kind of whack a mole of legislating even we should emphasize, even within the republican party. because we re just trying to get republican votes for them to get it over the finish line. no democrats have come onboard or even close at this point. it s complicated, to say the least. dana bash, thank you so much. don t miss dana and jake tapper moderating a cnn debate tonight, the fight over obamacare. senators amy chob shaklobuchar to head. one of the pittsburgh steelers
hospital that accepts medicare patients. whether you re on medicare now or turning 65 soon, it s a good time to get your ducks in a row. duck: quack! call to request your free decision guide now. because the time to think about tomorrow is today. dana: republicans in the senate are making one last push to repeal and replace obamacare. john mccain who famously voted against the last repeal effort said he is considering supporting the new legislation but time is quickly running out. the deadline for passing the bill with 50 votes is september 30th. after that, it will take 60 votes and that s of course nearly impossible given the intense partisan disagreement over obamacare. canaday, you talked about this
but time is quickly running outn the deadline for passing the bill with 50 votes is september 30th. after that, it will take 60 votes and that s of course nearly impossible given the intense partisan disagreement over obamacare. kennedy, you talked about this earlier today. what i understand is that the president has been more engaged. and today, vice president pence left new york and went to talk to the senators before coming back in order to put the pressure on. do you think it will happen? kennedy: i think that has a really good chance of passing. of course with those critical votes. rand paul already said he is a no. lisa murkowski and susan collins are leading towards no and john mccain because as lindsey graham s bill and the governor of arizona has already said he gives the stamp of approval, i think he has senator mccain and that leaves collins and murkowski.
said he is considering supporting the new legislation but time is quickly running out. the deadline for passing the bill with 50 votes is september 30th. after that, it will take 60 votes and that s of course nearly impossible given the intense partisan disagreement over obamacare. canaday, you talked about this earlier today. what i understand is that the president has been more engaged. and today, vice president pence left new york and went to talk to the senators before coming back in order to put the pressure on. do you think it will happen? kennedy: i think that has a really good chance of passing. of course with those critical votes. rand paul already said he is a no. lisa murkowski and susan collins are leading towards know and john mccain because as lindsey graham s bill and the governor of arizona has already said he gives the stamp of approval, i think he has senator mccain and that leaves collins and lisa murkowski. this is when the president can come in and dangle a s