it s just unclear. heller is very important but those two, i think, are what this procedural vote could come down to and if it passes, how they vote. how do they know what the replacement we ve had weeks of discussion on capitol hill. jonathan, how do we know how do they know what the plan would be? because it s so far, the math just hasn t added up and i m sure people watching at home are thinking, why are they voting on something that thus far has been a no-go. they think they ll figure it out. it is remarkable how this has been shrouded in secrecy, how very little has been broadcasted to the public or to the senators who are going to have to vote on this down the road. we know the white house is pressuring mitch mcconnell. they want to see this go forward. the president is desperate for a win. we remember how he celebrated the passage of the house vote, the rose garden ceremony. he s looking for something here to build off of. jim, i want to come to you in a second but bac
public doesn t understand the mechanics. the obama administration did a terrible job of explaining how it works and the media covered the politics. so now we are flying blind. it s great if you have somebody who is an instrument only pilot. howie: president trump on fox and friends this morning confirmed he privately called the house bill mean. the president re-peting he wants a bill with heart to come out of this process. but given he had a pros garden ceremony to support a bill he called mean get more attention? shannon: despite this rose garden ceremony, a lot of members of the house, even those voting for it were hoping the senate were going to make adjustments to it.
public doesn t understand the mechanics. the obama administration did a terrible job of explaining how it works and the media covered the politics. so now we are flying blind. it s great if you have somebody who is an instrument only pilot. howie: president trump on fox and friends this morning confirmed he privately called the house bill mean. the president re-peting he wants a bill with heart to come out of this process. but given he had a pros garden ceremony to support a bill he called mean get more attention? shannon: despite this rose garden ceremony, a lot of members of the house, even those voting for it were hoping the senate were going to make adjustments to it.
going until september expect you ve got to figure something out about that. i think they are in dire shape right now. they don t have a lot of time. bret: laura, we had the big rose garden ceremony for the house bill that now is mean. trump is sounding the populist note. looking for the conservative angle. he is sounding more like the populist. you get the sense of trump the same behind closed doors to mitch mcconnell, how many votes do you have and what can you pass with a vote you have? you have to start delivering some results. i don t know how many votes they have for whatever legislation they can come up with, but these guys have been called the experts and professionals in budgeting, spending priorities, and they have been thinking about health care for eight years. they have to pass something with the votes they have. they can t concoct votes. they got a veterans administration reform bill through, going to the president s desk.
trump s campaign. he s been in washington for decades, right? part of his duties. he s been a senator for decades. so i would just i have the new york times or the washington post or the wall street journal , i hope they ll just look into it and see how many times jeff sessions met with russian officials starting the day before he got involved with donald trump going back all his years. they could do a side bar story on whether attorney general sessions, how does he define the meaning of the word recusal. right, that, too. that would be good. we ll work on it, joe. still ahead on morning joe, this tweet was not a promo for abc s the bachelor, 3:00, a rose garden ceremony, will the president choose paris? we ll talk about the impending decision which is like a