will have an important decision to make. seven years after obamacare was imposed on our country, we will vote on the critical first step to finally move beyond its failures. many of us have made commitments to our constituents to provide relief from this failed left-wing experiment. and now we have a real opportunity to keep those commitments by voting to begin debate and ultimately to send smarter health care solutions to the president's desk for his signature. just yesterday the president reiterated his intention to sign them. just yesterday the administration released a statement urging all senators to vote in favor of the motion to proceed so that we can, quote, move forward on repealing obamacare and replacing it with true reforms that expand choice and lower costs. so i'd like to express my appreciation to the administration for its continued close work with us on this issue at every step of the way, from the president and vice president to secretary price and administrator verma and many others, the engagement we have seen has been important to our efforts and it sends an unm

inaction in this problem is not an option. right now obamacare is failing to deliver for the american people. and the folks here in this room today are a stark reminder of that problem. principles of health care are pretty clear. accessibility and affordability and quality and choices. you all represent millions of americans for whom those principles have been violated, and it's because of your voices and your experience that we're here today to urge the congress to give the president a bill to sign. the president has laid out a positive vision for how to fix this mess by putting patients, and physician in charge of health care decisions, not washington, d.c. we are committed to help the people to enjoy a health system that works for them. the president has made that crystal clear. and an individual who has been working day and night on getting this accomplished is the vice president. he understands the imperative of patient-centered health care. and it's an honor to introduce to you, my friend, the vice president of the united states, mike pence. [applause] vice president pe

obamacare care were signed into law a little over seven years ago. since that time republicans not just in congress, but throughout the country have been united in their opposition to the law and our commitment to repeal it. this hasn't been simply a political or partisan endeavor. we're not just trying to take a notch out of president obama's win column. the simple truth is that obamacare is not working. the law was poorly written and the system it created was poorly designed. even a number of obamacare supporters have come to acknowledge that it hasn't been working the way it was promised to work. as a result, millions of americans have suffered astronomical increases in their health insurance premiums, and fewer and fewer insurance options to choose from. that is obamacare's great irony. the law requires people to buy health insurance while also making it impossible to do so. for ?efn and a half years -- for seven and a half years republicans fought to expose the failures of obamacare and have pledged time and time again to repeal it. every single republican member of the senate has

the process to get a good outcome for the american people when it comes to replacing obamacare. to find a product that's better for the american people. i have a bunch of ideas. everybody has ideas. we've been asked by our leadership for days now to vote on the least common denominator, the skinny bill, because the pitch is if you vote for this skinny bill, then we can go to conference and we can get my bill scored, we can get ted cruz's bill scored, we can get other people's bills scored that has promise of maybe bringing us together. but they're not scored yet. that makes imminent sense to me with one condition. we actually go to conference. there's the increasing concern on my part and others that what the house will do is take whatever we pass, the so-called skinny bill, not take it to conference, go directly to the house floor, vote on it, and that goes to the president's desk with the argument, this is better than doing nothing. here's my response. the skinny bill as policy is a disaster. the skinny bill as a replacement for obamacare is a fraud. the skinny bill is a vehicle

, president trump says it may be time to let obamacare fail. after the republican healthcare overall collapsed. >> just let obamacare fail. we're not going to own it. i'm not going to own it. >> we will try a different way to bring the american people relief from obamacare. >> shepard: we'll show you what senate republicans are working on. why the efforts are in trouble and one man as a brand new plan. the other developing story, mystery solved. the eighth person in the russian meeting identified. a businessman working for a russian company. ahead, what more we know about him. and breaking this afternoon, word we could see the president's son and former campaign chief testify in public. also, is o.j. simpson actually set to walk free? his parole hearing coming in just two days. insider's say the judge halls a good chance to let the juice loose. >> shepard: obamacare repeal and replace is dead. new this afternoon, repeal and replace later is also dead. and obamacare is the law of the land despite republican promises to kill it. what to do? the white house solution, do do not fix obama

good to see you, thank you. >> thank you, liz. liz: senate continuing obamacare repeal debate through the night, we're awaiting skinny appeal amendment vote as well. several senators going to make statements, 6 republicans voted against a broad obamacare repeal last night, coming up, we have a guest who wonders why. she is one of those suffering under obamacare. she is melissa acuson, and she is speaking out, next. where to get in... where to get out. if only the signs were as obvious when you trade. fidelity's active trader pro can help you find smarter entry and exit points and can help protect your potential profits. fidelity -- where smarter investors will always be. potsc(in unison) drive russ, leland, gary: yes. gary: i have a ford f-150. michael: i've always been a ford guy. potsch: then i have a real treat for you today. michael: awesome. potsch: i'm going to show you a next generation pickup. michael: let's do this. potsch: this new truck now has a cornerstep built right into the bumper. gary: super cool. potsch: the bed is made of high-strength steel, which is less susceptib

believe it actually replaces obamacare. neither does the freedom causes. and i need assurances that if i vote for the skinny bill, it will not become the final product. it will be the vehicle to have a conference between the house and senate where we can consider a true replacement. if i don't get those assurances, i am a no because i'm not going to vote for a pig and a poke and i'm not going to tell people back in south carolina that this product actually replaces obamacare because it does not. i'll turn it over to my great friend, john mccain. >> i have nothing to add. as i stated earlier this week, i'm not supportive of the legislation as it stands today. i am in close consultation with arizona governor doug duesy regarding the so-called skinny repeal and its potential impact on the state of arizona. my position on this proposal would be largely guided by his analysis of how it would impact the people of our state. my friends, this is legislation that directly affects the lives of the people in my state. i trust my governor. i trust his people. and he is looking carefully at this. he

statement by the president of the united states encouraging republicans to let obamacare completely fail. as you know, the bill to repeal and replace obamacare did not receive enough votes, and now you have these three republican senators who say they will vote against a repeal only bill effectively killing the whole thing. here first was the president just moments ago. >> we've had a lot of victories but we haven't had a victory on health care. we're disappointed. i am very disappointed because, again, even as a civilian, for seven years, i've been hearing about health care. and i've been hearing about repeal and replace, and obamacare is a total disaster. some states had over 200% increase, a 200% increase in their premiums and their deductibles are through the roof. it's an absolute disaster. and i think you'll also agree that i've been saying for a long time, let obamacare fail and then everybody's going to have to come together and fix it. and come up with a new plan and a plan that's really good for the people with much lower premiums, much lower costs, and much better protect

obamacare repeal. >> clearly a disappointing moment. our constituents have suffered through an awful lot under obamacare, a disappointment indeed. >> donald trump slamming the defeat, three republicans and 40 democrats let the american people down. as i said from the beginning let obamacare implant, then watch. todd: chad was there all night, what happened? >> reporter: they couldn't get the votes, they came up three short. susan collins of maine, lisa murkowski of alaska and john mccain who flew back for the procedural vote the other day to start a debate with a no. one of the main criticisms from john mccain was he wanted this to go through the committee process, even before he got sick and took leave of absence for his cancer surgery he indicated he was not pleased with one of the earlier versions of the healthcare bill and said he would try to work with his governor to put something then and he did not think there were any needs -- nuts and butts to the bill. they go back to the drawing board, one wonders if this is the ultimate campaign issue like tax reform. every year they campaig

out we will repeal and replace obamacare. [cheers and applause] >> you remember the broken promises they made talking about that with job creators remember if you like your doctor you can keep it? if you like your health insurance you could keep it? tens of thousands in kentucky found out the hard way that is not true we were told health-insurance costs could go down now we know the facts. the average premium is a staggering 75 percent higher in four years. president obama he promised as you would spit -- save $2,500 per year if obamacare became a lot. -- but instead a savings of 2500 the average obamacare premium cost is $2,000 more to dave and 2013. the truth is is is the getting worse kentucky is following double-digit premium hikes and while the costs skyrocketing the choices are plummeting. i heard it from the job creators and just had a conversation today the truth is that one-third of american counties have only one choice through obamacare which means they have no choice at all. so 40 percent of american counties are expected to be the same situation including nine entire st

the failed experiment of obamacare in the past. it marks an important moment for our country. it signals a positive development for the countless americans who continue to suffer under obamacare's skyrocketing costs and diminishing options. i thank every colleague who voted to begin the debate. i thank the president, his administration and our friends in the house for the roles they have played. now we have to keep working hard. we're determined to do everything we can to succeed. we know our constituents are counting on us. we'll work through an open amendment process. i know members in both parties have health care ideas they'd like to offer. if you've got one, bring it to the floor. last night the senate considered a comprehensive obamacare repeal and replace substitute. that amendment was subject to a 60-vote threshold because the congressional budget office had not provided a score for that provision as yet. but it represented a number of important health care reform ideas developed by our members. later today the senate will vote on another alternative that is based on the

trump has failed to lead. in the senate the obamacare reform bill is dead. good morning, everyone. last night the president held a state dinner and urged senators to get something done on health care. as the meal wrapped up, two more republicans announced they would vote no. mitch mcconnell announced regretfully the effort to repeal and and replace obamacare is dead. the president called for a new health care plan and said the dems will join in. they will try a simple obamacare repeal followed by a two-year transition period. however, there is no guarantee that a simple repeal bill will pass. for now obamacare lives and we have to live with it and we have to pay for it. so now, what about tax cuts? will a divided g.o.p. fail on that, too? the president growth agenda is threatened and given the house and senate and the white house to the republicans, what will the voters do in the next election? all good questions with no immediate answers. the with the fail, a low to the u.s. dollar. and the stocks supported by netflix and a hope for strong companies this week. throughout the health car

vote on, that takes the disaster known as obamacare which for millions of americans who has led to sky high premium and unaffordable deductibles if they can even find insurance company that will sell them an insurance product, we will propose a better care act as we call it. not a perfect care act but a better care act. it would be even better if our democratic colleagues wold join us in working in had this effort.fo but as we've come to find out, they're unwilling to acknowledge failures of obamacare so we're forced to do this without their snaps and it would be better if it were bipartisan if they would work with us but they have made it very clear that they're not interested in changing the broken structure of obamacare. and what i predict is that what they would offer is an insurance company bailout lowing perhaps hundreds of billions of dollars at insurance companies in ordering to sustain a broken obamacare that will never work no matter how much money you throw at it. so people will continue to suffer from the perils of obamacare unless we'll have the courage to step toward and

forward with a vote to repool obamacare first even if that vote fails. right now appears mcconnell is well short of the votes he needs, to debate, debate the repeal bill as three republican senators are voting know. we're all over that story. we're waiting for mitch mcconnell. we're you watching president trump getting back to his america first agenda. the administration just unveiling a new nafta plan aimed at shrinking our trade deficit with canada and with mexico. how exactly is this going to happen? how is this going to work? we have the intel for you on that. first i want to go back to washington with adam shapiro. boondoggle at this point might be the word in my head, adam, with regard to going on what is the happening in senate with mcconnell. reporter: you have three senators, show you baseball cards of three who actually killed the effort to repeal. susan collins of maine. she would have been a no vote, not only to debate but on repeal. she did that in 2015. you also have lisa murkowski from a alaska. she wouldn't even vote to proceed to debate. she is a no. shelley shelley m

obamacare is failing to deliver for the american people and the folks here in this room today are a stark reminder of that problem. principles of healthcare are pretty clear, accessibility, affordability, quality, choices to you all represent millions of americans for whom those principles have been violated. it's because of your voices and your experience that we are here today, to urge congress to give the president a bill to sign. the president has laid out a positive vision for how to fix this mess, by putting patients and families and physicians in charge of healthcare decisions, not washington d.c. we are committed to ensuring the american people enjoy a healthcare system that works for them. the president has made that crystal clear. an individual who just like the president has been working day and night on getting this accomplished is the vice president. he understands the imperative of patient centered health care, and it's an honor to introduce to you my friend, the vice president of the united states, mike pence. [applause] >> thank you doctor price. good afternoon to al

ears. trying to claw back what really was, people called obamacare, the affordable care act, but it was a massive expansion of a government entitlement program for medicaid and the sponsored government, taxpayer sponsored exchanges. and as we saw tonight. >> what does this mean for them? we have lawmakers who decided her fate right here right now, and the politicians we thought would have the best interest at hand, turned out to me, they did not. they let americans down. now, what does the health care system look like for americans? who are paying more than they want to. they are buying insurance that they don't need. >> dead is a great question, jackie. i am a contributor for the hill, and a big obamacare bubble. for your audience, the big short, what we saw with the mortgage market, really what obamacare was set up and where it is sitting today, there's no other way to call it. we are living in a world in our country, whether it's subprime rent. obamacare, the idea was to get healthy individuals through the mandates. i don't agree with it, but that was the plan. it was balanced out. t

republican plan to repeal obamacare and replace it has officially failed after two conservative senators announced last night they are no longer on board. so this fox news alert on the fallout after the efforts to repeal and replace obamacare, they flatlined in the senate and now there are new plans emerging. good tuesday morning to you, i am jon scott. >> heather: and i'm heather childers. we are alive on capitol hill. as you just saw, following the implosion of the senate health care bill after two g.o.p. senators sealed its fate as john just said after announcing they will join two other republicans and vote no call now he's pushing for a straight repeal with a delay. that gives lawmakers time to pass a replacement for the president seems to have some other ideas and g.o.p. lawmakers are less frustrated by the whole process. >> i'm tired of waiting. the american people are tired of waiting. how long do they have to wait to repeal obamacare? how long do they have to wait to get relief on their taxes? how long do they have to wait for congress to act and actually get something done? i c

impacted by the many livef cut short a. y of. obamacare has spent years trying to deny these realities. when the weight of the evidence became too clear to ignore, some declared the harmful impact on the country. the democratic governor of minnesota declared that it was no longer affordable. president clinton branded it the greatest thing in the world. others said some other things. such acknowledgment of the obvious seemed like progress. but it turned out just to bey rhetoric. democrats made it clear early on they didn't want to work with us in a serious bipartisan way to i wish that they had made a s different choice. i wish certain calls for bipartisanship now were more serious but this is the reality we must accept because that is where we are. this is the charge that we must accept as well.th the american people are looking to us for a better way. that's why i chose to keep. working towards a better solution than obamacare. i have seen the pain in the eyes of too many constituents because of this. they deserve better than what obamacare has given them and if hope in the end that a

final pieces of obamacare care were signed into law a little over seven years ago. since that time republicans not just in congress, but throughout the country have been united in their opposition to the law and our commitment to repeal it. this hasn't been simply a political or partisan endeavor. we're not just trying to take a notch out of president obama's win column. the simple truth is that obamacare is not working. the law was poorly written and the system it created was poorly designed. even a number of obamacare supporters have come to acknowledge that it hasn't been working the way it was promised to work. as a result, millions of americans have suffered astronomical increases in their health insurance premiums, and fewer and fewer insurance options to choose from. that is obamacare's great irony. the law requires people to buy health insurance while also making it impossible to do so. for ?efn and a half years -- for seven and a half years republicans fought to expose the failures of obamacare and have pledged time and time again to repeal it. every single republican memb

legislation to repeal and replace obamacare. [cheers and applause] vice pres. pence: in the coming days with the leadership of our president, the american people and american small businesses, i believe, will witness the beginning of the end of the obamacare nightmare. i'll speak more about that. [applause] vice pres. pence: i'll speak more about health care in just a few moments. but first, let me again give my thanks and admiration to all the members of the national federation of independent business. nfib is a titan of american excellence and entrepreneurship. for nearly 75 years, the nfib has brought together american small businesses and given them a voice in the halls of government. today, those of you gathered in this auditorium at the united states capitol represent a staggering 325,000 small businesses from every state in this country, and it's remarkable to think about the impact that each and every one of you have. you create jobs, you provide a pathway of opportunity for generations of americans, and you are literally the corner stone of american communities from the sm

seeing is the pain of obamacare continues to worsen. the healthcare crisis that we are seeing across this country continues to grow. prices are rising, choices are disappearing, american people are desperate for congress to step in and do something to help rescue them from the rising costs and collapsing choices of the obama health care law. it's interesting mister president, when the democrats asked obamacare, the leader of the time harry reid said we would all get what he described as an ear full of wonderment and happiness, those were his words. and fearful of what happiness over how great the law was. whatever we get at home in wyoming, i'm sure if your case in carolina, we get your full to and is not wonderment and it's not about happiness over obamacare but what i hear from patients and doctors at home is that obamacare is hurting them. hurting our communities, hurting our state. i hear about rising premiums, the declining number of options, collapse of obamacare and he had one choice in wyoming , that we both lost money even in spite of high premiums and what we saw is that on

repeal obamacare down for the count. and trumpcare let healthcare millions of americans rely on let it fail. let's get right to cnn's chief national security correspondent, jim schuitto. nika anderson, and mika philips. jim let's start with that second meeting we're learning about between vladimir putin and president trump at the g20, what happened? >> let's be clear at international sum mits you have pull asides, handshakes and conversations in addition to formal one on ones. in addition to the the putin -- tru slsh /* /- -- putin/trump one on one at the table we're seeing it now. what's interesting about this is that the other people present at the g20 dinner, u.s. allies, leaders of u.s. allies in europe they're the one that is found it unusual, strange at this dinner for the president to stand up, go sit down to the russian president and speak at that length of time. unusual to them, american allies. and then not disclose it until -- and this is in a series of meetings between people in trump world and russians, not disclose it until challenged by members of the media and others an

have suffered under back obamacare. they have seen their premiums skyrocket by 75% since 2013. under obamacare, kentuckians have seen their options for health insurance plumb e this year families living in 90% of the counties will have little or no options of insurers to pick from. that's two options or less. we all know the statistics in our own states. l we also know the pain of obamacare is about far more than just numbers on a page. behind each of obamacare's unaffordable premium increase there is a family struggling to make ends meet. behind all the canceled plans and restricted choices, there are countless individuals who've been left behind by this failing law. today vice president pence is traveling to lexington in my state to here directly from citizens units, including small business owners who have struggled under obamacare. as the vice president knows, obamacare's pain is about more than just skyrocketing costs and plummeting choices. it's taxes, mandates, and heavyhanded regulations hurt, too. they have subjected small businesses across the country to serious chal

figure in negotiating the effort to repeal and replace obamacare. what will he say now that the effort collapsed. on the right side of your screen, maybe the left, we are waiting to hear from house speaker, paul ryan. paul ryan just walked into the room. what will he say. he forced house republicans to vote on it. they passed their own version. it was a tough vote. how do they feel the effort seems to have failed? we know the president feels annoyed. he was blind sided by the overnight developments. in a statement, moments ago, he wrote with a small majority, the republicans in the house and senate need more victories next year since the dems obstruct no votes. remember, it was two republican votes that doomed this to failure overnight. again, we have a lot of developments. let's begin with mj leon capitol hill. what are you learning? >> reporter: there's no question, this is a painful moment for republican leaders. for most of this year, the republican party has been consumed by their efforts to repeal and replace obamacare. now those efforts imploding last night when senators jerry m

& reward." >> for 7 years you promised american people you would repeal obamacare, people are hurting. inaction is not an option, i don't think we should leave town unless we have a health insurance plan, any senator who votes against starting debate, is really telling america that you're fine with obamacare. but being fine with obamacare is not an option for another reason, it is gone, it has failed. >> repeal of obamacare clearing a hurdle, senate voting to move forward with push to dismantle president obama's signature legislation. welcome to "risk & reward." i am in for deirdre bolton, dow closing 100 hire, and s&p ending at a record high, earnings came in strong, nasdaq ending in the green. repeal of obamacare clearing 8 hurdles, president trump responding. >> on healthcare, i am happy that we got this vote. liz: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell imblowerring action too -- imploring action too repeal and replace. >> i home everyone will cease the moment, i certainly will. only then can we open a robust debate process, and will senators have the tub the opportunity to offer a

with patients, with doctors, with nurses. and what i'm seeing is that the pain of obamacare continues to worsen. the health care crisis that we're seeing across this country continues to grow. prices are rising. choices are disappearing. the american people are desperate for congress to step in and do something to help rescue them from the rising costs and collapsing choices of the obama health care law. it's interesting, mr. president, when the democrats passed obamacare, the democratic leader at the time, harry reid, said that we would all get what he described as an ear full of wonderment and happiness. those are his words. an ear full of wonderment and happiness about how great the law was. mr. president, every weekend at home in wyoming, and i'm sure in your case in north carolina, we get an ear full too, and it's not about wonderment and it's not about happiness over obamacare. what i hear from patients and doctors at home and nurses is that obamacare is hurting them, hurting them. hurting our communities, hu it is hurting our communities and our state. i hear about th

looked at recent polls, what the perception is about how obamacare place in all the states, there is increasing problems in the polling about getting rid of obamacare the way that they were going to do it. so, this now starts the process, and we will see how the white house weighs in on it and whether mitch mcconnell is going to move forward in a bipartisan way with democrats. we are always, it seems, one election away from solving the big problems, and there is a lot of frustration in washington on both sides of the aisle we have to look at it from the to prospectus. >> what do you think we will hear from democrats tomorrow? >> there will be a lot of rejoicing. person who came in and cast the motion to proceed votes that they hated, to the person that brought down the obamacare repeal. it is amazing that in a couple of old, you can turn the tide. i think there's going to be a lot of talk about what is next, what may not get talked about a lot of the problems of obamacare has in a lot of these states. some of them, there is only one provider. some of them, premiums are skyrocketed. s

are calling victims of obamacare. the white house says president trump will urge republicans to vote to bring the senate healthcare bill to the floor for debate. gop support for the measure collapsed a week ago now and president trump has been lashing out at republicans for failing to push the bill forward. today he tweeted, republicans have the last chance to do repeal and replace. if the republicans don't repeal and replace, the repercussions will be greater than any of them understand. but the senate healthcare bill does not repeal obamacare. it defunds the affordable care act, leaving its regulations and structure in place. kristin fisher live at the white house on the top story this hour. kristin. >> shep, what the white house wants is something, anything that president trump can sign so he can say that he was able to keep his campaign promise to get rid of obamacare. he's been pressuring senate republicans relentlessly on twitter. he did so again when he made the speech on the u.s.s. ford saturday down in norfolk. he told everyone listening to call their congressman, call

say it's still not enough >> i can't vote for something that doesn't repeal obamacare and doesn't fix it. >> chris: we will ask senator rand paul, one of the biggest critics of the bill, what needs to be done to finally replace obamacare. plus, senate republicans put off a vote this week as one of their own deals with his own health issue. we will ask our sunday panel what happens if the g.o.p. fails to keep a major promise. all right now on "fox news sunday" ." and hello again from fox news in washington. first some breaking news. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has put off that big health care about this week while senator john mccain recovers from surgery to remove a blood clot from above his left eye. we will have much more on the effort to repeal and replace obamacare a little later. first our top story. for months, donald trump and his team have tried to put questions about links to russian interference in the election but that is now much tougher with a stream of revelations about a meeting donald trump donald trump, jr., and other campaign officials held with russian op

obamacare fail, and democrats are going to come to us saying, how do we fix it yet go -- fix it? >> a woman is fatally shot to death by police officers in minnesota. when you think of exploring the universe, south africa might not be the first stop that comes to mind, but thanks to a telescope, that could be changing. >> they are designed to catch radio waves that have been traveling for billions of years across the universe and contain within them secrets about what was going on not long after the big bang. >> welcome to "world news america." repeal and replace, the phrase became a rallying cry for republicans as they plan to scrap president obama's reforms to the u.s. health care system, became known as obamacare, but six months into office, president trump and his party had hit a major obstacle. last night, it became clear the senate doesn't have the became o push through a plan, so the strategy has changed. president trump tweeted, republicans repeal failing obamacare now and work on a new health care plan that will start from a clean slate. dems will join in. senate majority lead

, vladimir putin and a russian translator. plus a gop plan to repeal obamacare down for the count. president trump says just let the health care that millions of americans rely on fail. i guess for this president the sign on the desk should read "it the buck stops nowhere." right to chief security correspondent jim sciutto, senior political report irand nia mallika henderson, abby phillip white house reporter for the washington post. the second meeting we're learning about between put and i tin and president trump at the g-20 what happened? >> you often have pull asides and casual conversations. in addition to formal within on ones. so in andation to the putin trump formal one-on-one, the sit down we knew about, at this dinner, there was another conversation previously undisclosed between trump and putin. it was not five or ten minutes. it was an hour long. what's interesting about this is that the other people present at the g-209 din ker, u.s. allies, leaders of u.s. allies in europe, they're the one who's found it unusual, strange at this dinner for the president, stand up, go

>>> happening now, breaking news. flatlined. the senate gop plan to replace obamacare dies for lack of republican support. and a repeal only plan is flatlining for the same reason. so why is the white house blaming democrats? let it fail. president trump refuses to accept any blame or responsibility for the fate of millions of patients, saying republicans should just let obamacare fail and that he won't own it. the special counsel wants to question donald trump jr. and former campaign manager paul manafort. they have learned the identity of the eighth person. >>> most wanted dead or alive. and if he's alive, where is he? allied forces now on the offensive. is he running out of places to hide? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news, another stunning failure for republicans. first a senate health care bill collapses and then three republicans pose a follow-up repeal only plan with republicans killing that as well. president trump says they should let obamacare fail, never minding the millions of patients who would be without

news. the move to repeal obamacare collapses. this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon. the senate does not have the votes to pass a health care bill. tonight president trump calling on republicans to repeal obamacare now and just start from a clean slate. can that happen? we'll discuss now. i want to begin this hour with cnn's white house correspondent kaytlin collins and political commentator david swerdlick. good evening to both of you both. this is from the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. he said regretfully, it is now an apparent that the effort to repeal and immediately replace the failure of obamacare will not be successful. he said the next move will be in the coming days the senate will vote to take up the house bill with the first amendment in order being what a majority of the senate has already supported in 2015 and that was vetoed by then president obama. a repeal of obamacare with a two-year delay to provide for a stable transition period to a patient-centered health care system that gives americans access to quality affordable care. what do you make of his statement?

on revised health care bill. president trump is now calling it simply let obamacare fail as senator mcconnell is pledging to hold a straight vote to repeal the law, even if he doesn't have the votes. house republicans are setting their sights on other key item on the trump agenda, unveiling ambitious new plan to rewrite the tax code. so will the gop be able to come together and get something done in d.c.? this hour we'll ask republican senator bill cassidy, kentucky congressman, andy barr, "weekly standard" fred barnes. former minnesota governor tim pawlenty whether states can bypass gridlock. nicole: fox business team coverage, lori rolling man at new york stock exchange. and phil flynn watching action in oil and gold from the cme. blake burman at the white house. lori, we begin with you at the new york stock exchange. reporter: hey there, nicole you mentioned it. gridlock over health care in washington really put, won't say cast a shadow over the bulls here on wall street, especially for sectors that are economically sensitive in terms of what infrastructure spending and what tax

to them for their courageous, courageous sacrifice. now on a totally different matter, obamacare is a direct attack on the middle class. seven years ago democrats imposed it on our country. in the years since americans have found themselves at the mercy of its failures repeatedly. choice was supposed to go up, but it plummeted. costs were supposed to go down. they skyrocketed. obamacare's defenders spent years trying to deny these clear realities. when the weight of the evidence became too clear to ignore, some appeared to bemoan obamacare's harmful impact on our country. the democratic governor of minnesota declared it was no longer affordable. president clinton branded it the craziest thing in the world. other democrats said similar things. such acknowledgements of the obvious seemed to many of us like progress, but they turned out to be just rhetoric. in the last election, voters delivered congress the opportunity to finally address the obamacare status quo. and yet, democrats made clear early on that they did not want to work with us in a serious bipartisan way to actually do so

little while ago that at this point he'll just let obamacare fail. why is it acceptable policy to let obamacare fail? >> i think in large part, look, democrats have refused to join in fixing the healthcare problems that have plagued our healthcare system, specifically in large part due to obamacare. obamacare's failures. that sort of i think behavior is simply unacceptable. and hopefully with the collapse of the program that they put in place they will be more willing to come to the table and clean up the mess president. >> another comment about the timing going forward. the president said, quote, something will happen and it will be good. it may not be as quick as we hoped but it is going to happen. he also started talking about 2018 and the need for more republicans to get elected. i guess in the short term, is it realistic for some sort of healthcare agreement to happen before the august recess, even, as the administration and republicans answer on capitol hill have been hoping for, or is this a longer term horizon? >> as we said many times before, we're less focused on the tim

vote on repealing/replacing obamacare. it's all ambiguous, which is the issue that some of these senators are having with this procedure tomorrow. >>> deanna, to you first, what will you be listening for from the president? >> well, presumably he's going to be doing the cajoling he's been doing on twitter the past few days, in a way that is reminiscent of what we heard during the campaign, trying not through -- unafraid of sticking it to his colleagues in his own party. he kind of goes back and forth. it's kind of a roller coaster in -- at some points he trying to cajole republicans on health care, others parts of this process he has trieding to more, you know, presidential in the way he treats them, you know, saying that he's one of them, and they need to come along. we'll see when donald trump shows up at this particular event, but the bottom line is that the presidential pressure is important poismt big question as phil mattingly reported very succinctly before the break, what is he pressuring them to do? even the president doesn't know, and it's through no fault of his own. i

they need. we have no choice. we have to repeal and replace obamacare. we can repeal it, but the best would be repeal and replace. let's keep going. i intend to keep my promise and i know you will, too. since 2013, obamacare premiums have skyrocketed. in alaska, they went up over 200% recently. we know that. in arizona, they have been up 118%. and those states are good compared to some of the numbers coming out. despite the promise that premiums would decrease by $2500 on average, they have increased by almost $3000, and even much more than that in some cases. it is crushing the middle class and the families of the middle class. it is crushing our country. obamacare was a big lie. you can keep your doctor. lie. you can keep your plan. it was a lie directly from the president. you can keep your doctor, you can keep your plan. 28 times, he said it. 28 times. and it was a lie and he knew it was. now it is hurting this country irreparably. premiums are so high that 6.5 million americans chose to pay a fine to the irs instead of buying insurance, the famous mandate. we will pay not to

obamacare and deductibles have tripled.then there's connie mays who lives in the same small town in ohio her entire life. she has a disability she told me about that has made her life tough but she's found a way forward. when obamacare became law, she lost her health insurance plan, her doctor and today , no health care provider in the county will take her obamacare coverage. so she essentially has no coverage at all. she literally had tears in her eyes sitting next to me at the white house when she told me the story that that card in her pocketbook was essentially meaningless because no one in her home county would take it. then there's julie champlain from wisconsin who i met when i was visiting governor walker.held insurance costs increased so much that last year she told me that with genuine emotion in her voice that she had to choose between paying for her obamacare coverage and buying

together. and that is, the republicans still want to repeal obamacare in some form or fashion, and democrats do not. that, right there, shuts off any opportunity for cooperation because as soon as you begin that discussion, that's where things break down. so, they're talking a good game here tonight. senator chuck schumer, the minority leader said in his speech, that he wants the opportunity to work with his fellow republicans. that's the speech john mccain gave a couple days ago he returned to the senate floor, they want to return and have republicans and democrats involved. but the reality of the situation, they are still a long, long way away from anything like that happening. >> ryan, thank you very much. back now with my panel. margaret hoover, dana bash, scott jennings, jason candor as well. jean pierre and also alice stewart joins us. alice, a stunning defeat. do you believe this will cause f fissures in republican support for donald trump? >> how many times have we heard repe repe repeal obamacare. yes, some parts of the country only have one choice for health care. all the

replace obamacare. herman cain, jay sekulow, tom fitton, jim jordan, mark meadows, they are all here tonight with reaction. but first, enough is enough when it comes to congressional republicans breaking their word and failing to deliver. no more excuses. it's time, the g.o.p., you either step up and get the job done or get out of washington. that is tonight opening monologue. in an epic failure, the senate g.o.p. plan to repeal and replace obamacare has now sadly, tragically completely fallen apart which breaks a major promise they have been making to you. not a one year seven years. he now says the plan going forward is to do a clean repeal of the disastrous health care law and we will see how that plays out. i'll be happy without. earlier today, president trump reacted to the news of the latest failure from congress. the lack of urgency and accomplishments. take a look. >> absurdly disappointed -- for seven years, i've been hearing repeal and replace from congress. when we finally get a chance to repeal and replace, if they don't take advantage, that's disappointing. >> sean: