people use hard ball tactics in politics when you're trying to gather votes. but to threaten an entire state, a state so dependent on the federal government crosses every line for what's appropriate political behavior. >> my gosh. extraordinary times -- this -- guess what, matt, we can't forget about all of these distractions and thuggery, we can't forget about russia and i'm pretty sure bob mueller went to work today. >> that's right. >> it's a term you'll hear a lot today. vote-a-rama, sounds like a fun word but it's the opposite of fun. what exactly that means has senators debate a bill to repeal part of the affordable care act. here is a relevant cartoon today from matt davies about the transgender military ban. in a few moments we'll look at how the ban could actually be implemented and who would do it. stay with us.