Friday, july 28th. Thats the day republicans and democrats in congress will not soon forget. 4 00 a. M. In the east. Breaking news this morning on capitol hill. Senate republicans going into the we have hours trying to repeal and replace obamacare. That vote coming up short when the maverick made his mark. Senator john mccain days removed from his cancer diagnosis stunning the chamber, turning thumbs down on the repeal bill. It happened just feet away from Mitch Mcconnell, prompting an audible gasp in the chamber. Seven years of repeal efforts, seven years of repeal efforts have essentially gone up in smoke, leaving a frustrated mcconnell to explain on the floor. I and many of my colleagues did as we promised and vote to repeal this failed law. We told our constituents we would vote that way, and when the moment came, when the moment came, most of us did. Two other republicans senators, maines Susan Collins, and alaskas Lisa Murkowski, they joined mccain, crossing party lines to vote a
Thanks to Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci. Threatening to fire the entire White House Communications team. His reason, well, a reporter at the magazine found out that scaramucci had dinner with the president and some fox News Reporters last night. And then in a profanity laiden tirade he accused Reince Priebus of being the leaker, telling the new yorker that ryan priebus is an fing paranoid schizophrenic. That was the least foul and offensive thing he said in this conversation. He imagined pow Reince Priebus could have schemed against him. That sounds like war. And look at this photo released today. Scaramucci and Reince Priebus on opposite sides of the oval office. Lets look closely at their faces. That photo surely says 1,000 words. And then listen to this. Now, if you want to talk about the chief of staff, we have had odds. We have had differences. When i said we were brothers from the podium thats because were rough on each other. Some brothers are like cain and able. Ot
Resignation this week. This has been a long rumored departure that weve been waiting on for months now. And it finally came to a fever pitch this week. But its hard to see how the new communication directors allegations that he was leaking white house information to reporters was not a big factor in that. In fact, Reince Priebus was asked about this during his first interview with cnn last night after it was made known that he had resigned. Listen to what he had to say to wolf blitzer. Are you the leaker in the white house . Thats ridiculous, wolf. Come on. Give me a break. Im not going to get into his accusations. Why not respond to them . Because im not going to because it doesnt honor the president. Im going to honor the president every day. Im going to honor his agenda. And im going to honor our country. And im not going to get into all of this personal stuff. Is there a leaking problem in the white house based on what youve seen . Yeah. I think that general kelly should see if he
Effort to repeal major parts of obamacare. What a night it was. President trump blasting the senate vote saying that three senators let the American People down. The president tried to sway mccain, but that did not work. What is next in the health care fight . Phil mattingly is live on capitol hill with all of the breaking details. Youve had a very long night, phil. Reporter good morning. A lot of people have had a long night. The furious lobbying not just taking place behind the scenes but in public view on the senate floor. Senate majority leader trying his best just to get the 50 votes he needed to move forward. In the end, one senator made clear wasnt going to happen. The yeas are 49, the nays are 51. The motion is not agreed to. Reporter the republican partys sevenyear effort to repeal obamacare collapsing after a Dramatic Senate floor vote that dragged on into the early morning. [ gasp ] in the end with senator john mccain casting the decisive final no vote. Siding Lisa Murkowski
The president hires the very best people. Theyre not always going to agree. The president likes that type of competition and encourages it. Likes that type of competition, like the thunderdome. We begin with republicans regrouping after senator john mccains stunning vote early this morning killing the last chance at repealing obamacare at least for now. Stay right there because we have the best team in the business to break this down. First here in case you were asleep, i hope you were, how all the drama went down last night as debate began on the bill, senator Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins were already no votes, meaning republicans could not lose another. As the senate moved toward the vote, the focus turned to john mccain. And at 1 15 a. M. This morning, you see a series of fellow republicans working him, working him, and just one minute later, at 1 16 a. M. , Vice President mike pence steps in, trying to convince mccain to vote yes on the bill. Then 13 minutes later, still awake,