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the speaker warned him off of that. made very clear that the individuals that would be voting for this bill were many of the individuals that helped republicans secure and maintain the majority, told them it wasn t the best idea. that said, there was still a house freedom caucus meeting that was scheduled with tom price and nick mulvaney. they allowed that to happen after it was clear after the meeting there would be no movement with the conservatives, the house freedom caucus members. the call was made. president trump called the speaker and told him clearly it was time to pull the bill and that is exactly what happened and the ramifications of that aren t just micro, not just this week or this bill. they are health care, period. obamacare stands not just for now, not just for the next couple months butter for the foreseeable future. a lot of republicans talked about if this goes down maybe kind of go piecemeal, piece by piece, try to do this in smaller chunks than all at once ....
suitorman, senior editor at reason magazine. kasie, let me start with you. we ve already seen far right groups like heritage action criticize the plan, club for growth as well, freedom works, rand paul calling it obamacare light. you tweeted this a few hours ago. here it is, it is still early so caveats apply but events of today suggest gop health care bill is already on life support, if not dead on arrival. how can that be so early, kasie? reporter: well look, craig, this bill has run into extraordinary opposition just in the first handful of hours that it has been out in the public, and you re saying you tick through some of the groups that have come out and opposed this, the heritage action went so far as to say this doesn t repeal obamacare. that of course kind of the cardinal sin for a party that has spent the last however many years campaigning specifically on repealing obamacare. so the people who are to younger people and less generous to older people. there woul ....
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hostage situation unfolding at this hour inside a bank. several reportedly trapped inside. good evening. it s great to have you with us on a friday night. we begin with the urgent headline from puerto rico at this hour. a dam at imminent risk of failure, a life-threatening situation. a mass evacuation under way. some 70,000 people across the island. catastrophic flooding and mudslides already. the governor saying it s time to get people out. we begin with abc s rob marciano on the scene to get tens of thousands to higher ground. rob. reporter: a disastrous development happening in puerto rico. a large dam is beginning to fail. two towns and tens of thousands of people in danger downstream. a flash flood emergency in effect right now. officials urging people to get to high ground. this is a life-threatening situation happening now. tonight the new emergency in this unfolding disaster. the battering of hurricane maria and her 40 inches of rain causing this major dam s failur ....
the first indications the winds are shifting at the state level in a way that could turn into a major storm nationally. like early weather forecasting when you see the low pressure developing off the coast of africa. anyway, mini canaries. we re claiming we re coining this phrase. that s all for the tonight. we ll be back tomorrow. the beat starts right now. is this butter fly theory like weather? or baby canary? we re going mini canaries. wait a minute. a canary is already small. but hey, they re state legislative seats. we feel like congressional seats are the canaries. i wanted to go with finches personally but that annoyed some people. getting darwinian. chuck todd with the analogy and watching the races as a leading indicator. thank you. president trump s approach to law enforcement is under scrutiny after he snubbed the swearing in ceremony for his own fbi director today. and we can tell you, that s as deputy attorney general, of course, she was previously the ....