reporter: house leaders locking in at least one new vote today, congressman lou barletta, who was leaning against the bill, declaring he s now a yes vote. we re adding votes by the day, not losing votes. we feel like we re getting close. reporter: but the bill is still in serious jeopardy. we still haven t seen the movement we want. reporter: according to cnn s latest vote count, at least 23 house republicans have said they ll vote against the bill. more have indicate caited they ll likely oppose it. speaker ryan can t lose more than 21 votes or the bill fails. there s no plan b. there s plan a and plan a. we ll get this done. reporter: this reality setting off an aggressive last-minute offensive to make deals and change minds before the vote. in public this is called legislating. there are people who want various provisions in the bill but what s important for us is we have to broker compromises to make sure we draft legislation that can actually pass. reporter: an
the clock, house republican leaders and the white house are making the final push. thursday is the big day. reporter: before their bill faces a vote in the house tomorrow. it really is a crucial vote for the republican party and for the people of our country. reporter: house leaders locking in at least one new vote today, congressman lou barletta, who was leaning against the bill, declaring he s now a yes vote. we re adding votes by the day, not losing votes. we feel like we re getting close. reporter: but the bill is still in serious jeopardy. we still haven t seen the movement we want. reporter: according to cnn s latest vote count, at least 23 house republicans have said they ll vote against the bill. more have indicate caited they ll likely oppose it. speaker ryan can t lose more than 21 votes or the bill fails. there s no plan b. there s plan a and plan a. we ll get this done. reporter: this reality setting off an aggressive last-minute offensive to make
this is plan a, we re going to get this und. reporter: this reality setting off an aggressive last-mi last-minute offensive to change minds and make deals. this is legislating. people want to get various provisions in the bill. we have to broker compromises to make sure that we draft legislation that can actually pass. reporter: and behind closed doors today, president trump ramping up his personal pleas to some of the hold outs. so many members of the conservative house freedom caucus to the white house today. sources tell cnn the president is telling skeptical members, i ll have your back if they sign on. obamacare is making their lives so much more difficult as we all know. reporter: but that presidential arm twisting for some isn t enough. i don t think the votes are there today. reporter: after the white house meeting today, the chairman of the house freedom caucus is still a no. we believe that the best approach is to actually start over and do something that ac
unique to the president-elect and the reality. joining us now is former chief of staff for leon pinetan at the cia. how about that point from the president. it s all well and good to have a peaceful transition of power. everybody expects that. but he seems to have gone further several times, giving an optimism about what he calls reality setting in, that you have to accept the iran deal, that s not what we re hearing from these folks. many members of congress, including pompeo have been skeptical of the iran deal, but what happens when he goes to be cia director, and in 2008 i helped leon panetta get ready himself to become cia director. i went with limb to thim to the. what s going to confront him is not really what s happened in the past, but what s happening today on the ground in aleppo,
how about that point from the president. it s all well and good to have a peaceful transition of power. everybody expects that. but he seems to have gone further several times, giving an optimism about what he calls reality setting in, that you have to accept the iran deal, that s not what we re hearing from these folks. many members of congress, including pompeo have been skeptical of the iran deal, but what happens when he goes to be cia director, and in 2008 i helped leon panetta get ready himself to become cia director. i went with him to the agency. what s going to confront him is not really what s happened in the past, but what s happening today on the ground in aleppo, with kim jong un in north korea. these are crises that are