we saw it during the original kavanaugh hearings. what has this been like this week? definitely much bigger crowds of protesters than at any point during the tax reform debate or the obamacare repeal debate. but something else you notice away from these crowds of protesters because they re so loud. a lot of them are bringing whistles. everywhere that you go while those hearings are on, there s nobody in the halls. we ll be listening in our ear so we can get from place to place, but everywhere you go the halls are completely deserted in the common areas, like the coffee shop or cafeteria where there happens to be a tv, people are huddling around watching or reading the closed captioning. senate judiciary committee announced they ll do a one-week delay. they want a limited
she s lauded to this president the more i wanted her out of office. reporter: and the obamacare repeal debate convinced majority leader lisa brown to return to lisa brown to return to politics and challenge rogers. after that healthcare vote i realized that we needed voices really speaking up for affordable healthcare. we knocked on doors with brown in spokane and joined her on a tour of a cattle ranch, more traditionally republican turf. a lot of people would be surprised to find a democrat standing at a cattle ranch in eastern washington. there are a lot of rural democrats, not as many tlas used to. for there to be one more rural dplat, brown must outpoll rogers. you sound pretty confident. i believe that if i am able to really share my story and share my story of getting results for eastern washington,
day said they re deadlock. he said go back and deliberate more. so we re waiting. policy ping-pong to heidi, go. this mandate repeal that republicans have put into this bill is exactly the gift that democrats wanted, mika, as soon as the obamacare repeal debate went down democrats started running an ad that said, quote, never stop. because they wanted to make this argument that republicans will keep coming back at obamacare. and they think that health care is the top winning issue for them going into the midterm. so this is a christmas gift, but it is a gift to the democrats. yeah. again, we ll see what they do with it. speaking of democrats, coming up, senator elizabeth warren joins us for an exclusive live interview. plus, the top democrat on the house intelligence committee adam schiff. and republican congressman tom cole to give their take on the tax reform bill which suddenly is in jeopardy now that a key republican has announced his opposition to the bill. morning joe is
pre-existing conditions. the bill s co-sponsor also toeing the line. more people would have coverage and we protect those with pre-existing conditions. reporter: trump s defensiveness over the issue is understandable. the issue of whether the gop proposal maintains protections for all has been a central and toxic piece of the repeal debate for months. and one that has been magnified exponentially by, of all people, a late-night talk show host on a two-night attack. so last night on our show, i a senator from louisiana, bill cassidy. i took him to task for promising to my face that he would oppose any health care plan that allowed insurance people to turn people with pre-existing conditions away. and he said anything he supported would have to pass what he named the jimmy kimmel test. which was fine. it was good. but unfortunately and puzzlingly he proposed a bill that would allow states to do all the things he said he would not let them do. jimmy kimmel is joined by
protect those with preexisting conditions. reporter: trump s defensiveness over the issue is understandable. the issue of whether the gop proposal maintains protections for all has been a central and toxic piece of the repeal debate for months. and one that has been magnified exponentially by of all people, late night talk show host on a two-night attack. last night on the show, a senator from louisiana, bill cassidy, i took him to task for promising to my face that he would oppose any health care plan that allowed insurance companies to turn people with preexisting conditions away, and he said anything he supported would have to pass what he named, the jimmy kimmel test. which was fine. it was good, but unfortunately, puzzlingly, he proposed a bill to allow states to do all the things he would not let them do. reporter: she joined by insurers and susan collins in raising those concerns. with good reason. at the core of obamacare s