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a big fat blackface hoax. the media attacks a little kid . oh, another murder at a public school. the humans winning the war against robots. plus, if you love your team like i do, you ll do whatever it takes. so what do you think? what is that? my friend in my face. you painted your face? yeah. why? you know, support the team. from soccer to hockey to football. face paint a part of fan culture. sometimes you see guys paint their whole bodies. this is a family show. we re not going to show that. but the more diehard the fan base, the more exuberant the look. the kansas city chiefs have a rich history of fanatical sunday displays. in the sixties, chiefs games kicked off with an american riding in on horseback . the horse s name warpaint. then they canceled the american indians riding in on warpaint. and now a blond woman rides in on it. and then they canceled warpaint. the horse. and they just have a big drum. they bang. but they ll always have the tomahawk chan
mason: and the bidding price fair piece of disco history reaches a fever pitch. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. mason: good evening. i m anthony mason. the senate health care bill is in a politically-induced coma. republicans couldn t come up with enough votes from their own party to pass the alternative to obamacare today. so they put off the vote until after the holiday break. an embarrassing setbacks for the g.o.p. leadership. here s chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes. we re delaying the process so that we can close those remaining issues. reporter: the senate s republican leader postponed the vote in the face of mounting opposition from his own party s lawmakers, like maine s susan collins. it s evident to me that there are a lot of concerns. i m not the only one by any means about the senate bill. reporter: they discussed those concerns in a late-afternoon meeting with the president, who downplayed the party divide.
senate republicans to try and work out a deal to salvage the gop s health care overhaul bill. before the meeting the president conceded that it may not get done. growing resistance among senate republicans forced party leaders to postpone a vote on the bill until after the july 4th recess. seth lemon is in washington. good morning. good morning, anne-marie. after it became clear the votes were not there, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell decided to call off the vote on the planned repeal of obamacare, but the lack of support even among the ranks of the gop is an indication it still needs work if it has any chance of passing. i think we ve got a really good chance of getting there. it will take us just a little bit longer. reporter: senate majority mitch mcconnell optimistic that senate bill would pass, although, earlier in the day he said there would not be a vote before the fourth of july. we have not reached a vote, but we re still trying to get 50 people. re
i m anne-marie green. well, president trump met with senate republicans to try to work out deal to salvage the gop s health care overhaul bill. before the meeting the president conceded that it may not get done. growing resistance among senate republicans forced party leaders to powe post a vote on the bill until after the july recess. seth is in washington. good morning. good morning, anne-marie. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell decided to call off the vote on the planned repeal and replace of obamacare but the lack of support even among the ranks of the gop is an indication it still needs work if it has any chance of passing. i think we ve got a really good chance of getting there. it will take us just a little bit longer. reporter: senate majority mitch mcconnell optimistic that the senate bill would pass although earlier he said there would not be a vote before the fourth of july. we have not reached a vote but we re still trying to get 50 people. presiden