the perfectionist ted cruz would have never signed up for. bret: shannon, the administration is fully engaged trying to get something to the finish line. they are. they are in it to win it at this point. whether they want to admit it, it s going to be a long haul if they are successful they are going to own health care and they know it. if they don t, it s going to be a messy fight to pick up and move on. bret: best best-case scenars that they get something passed that goes to conference, gives them breathing room. bringing people together to iron out something. republicans have put themselves in a corner. they promised for years, as we ve been talking about for weeks, they are going to repeal and replace obamacare. now according to the polling, the majority of of the american people outside the republican
base, 60% of them believe they shouldn t repeal obamacare and that they should tinker around the edges. now i have to fulfill a promise while also somehow satisfying the majority of owners going into an election year. bret: wasn t in the case that they didn t make the case on the actual bill so that if you look at those polls, can t you also look at them and say people didn t even really know what it was replacing. and a lot of republicans didn t know it was replacing. variety of different sets of principles, bills, states that need certain things. the issues of medicaid. there s a lot of confusion about block grants from the federal government and states which is taken as a cut to medicaid. bret: next up, congress wants to toughen up on russia, iran, north korea and in turn toughen up on the president s powers to soften up on the
beat this. bret: what s the long-term prognosis? turf battles over competing congressional committees. we can t mess around playing one committee off against another. bret: seeking answers in the russia probe. as the house overwhelmingly approves tough new sanctions on russia, iran, and north korea. it s well past time that we forcefully respond. bret: all of the day s news, the late-breaking development, and tomorrow s headlines tonight. a late edition of special report starts right now. good evening. welcome to washington. i m bret baier. moments ago the u.s. senate voted down a measure to repeal and then replaced obamacare with a plan put forward by the g.o.p. leadership. that vote following a dramatic moment, as you saw on capitol hill this afternoon, one filled with protests along with the emotional return of senator john mccain. and a vote they came down to a
tonight he certainly did that, including an apartment date on the effort to repeal the affordable care act. finally, you think that s easy. that s not easy. acknowledging the fight has only just begun, president trump proclaimed they vote to advance debate on the effort to repeal and replace obamacare a major hurdle. cleared. we are one step closer to liberating our citizens from this obamacare nightmare. and delivering great health care for the american people. the senate vote, a record high stock market and plans to build a wall on the southern border are all part of the messaging during the rally. it included first lady melania. i know my husband and he will
beat this. bret: what s the long-term prognosis? turf battles over competing congressional committees. we can t mess around playing one committee off against another. bret: seeking answers in the russia probe. as the house overwhelmingly approves tough new sanctions on russia, iran, and north korea. it s well past time that we forcefully respond. bret: all of the day s news, the late-breaking development, and tomorrow s headlines tonight. a late edition of special report starts right now. good evening. welcome to washington. i m bret baier. moments ago the u.s. senate voted down a measure to repeal and then replaced obamacare with a plan put forward by the g.o.p. leadership. that vote following a dramatic moment, as you saw on capitol hill this afternoon, one filled with protests along with the emotional return of senator john mccain. and a vote they came down to a