President Demands House Vote On Plan To Replace Obamacare

"KCAL 9 NEWS" AT 9:00 P.M.
JEFF: I'M JEFF VAUGHN.
LEYNA: I'M LEYNA NGUYEN.
NO MORE TALK.
TIME TO VOTE.
THAT'S THE MESSAGE DONALD TRUMP
IS SENDING TO HOUSE REPUBLICANS
TONIGHT IN THE FIGHT TO REPEAL
AND REPLACE OBAMACARE.
JEFF: HE WANTS A HOUSEBOAT
TOMORROW BUT WILL THE MATH BE IN
HIS CORNER OR NOT.
DAVE BRYAN JOINS US NOW WITH A
LOOK AT THE MATH AND THE
PRESIDENTS MOST SIGNIFICANT
CAMPAIGN PROMISE.
REPORTER: THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO
VOTE TODAY.
GOT DELAYED UNTIL TOMORROW.
NO BIG DEAL.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW REALLY
COUNTS.
AFTER THE SCHEDULE WAS POSTPONED
UNTIL FRIDAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP
THREW DOWN THE GAUNTLET TO
CONGRESS.
EITHER VOTE FOR THE GOP
HEALTHCARE PLAN TOMORROW OR
FORGET ABOUT REPEALING OBAMA
OBAMACARE.
THAT WAS DISGUSTEDLY NIGHT
MEETING AT THE CAPITAL AFTER
WHICH THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS
MEMBER FILED OUT.
WE ARE GOING TO WIN THIS.
WE ARE GOING TO WIN THIS FOR THE
PRESIDENT.
REPORTER: THE ENTHUSIASM OF DANA
WERE BACK AFTER A LATE NIGHT
MEETING
CAPITAL FLIES IN THE FACE OF
REALITY THAT THE GOP HEALTHCARE
COVERAGE PLAN, OTHERWISE KNOWN
AS THE AMERICAN HEALTHCARE ACT,
IS IN DEEP TROUBLE ON THE EVE OF
A HOUSEBOAT SCHEDULED FOR
FRIDAY.
EARLIER AT THE WHITE HOUSE,
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD A STANDING
OVATION FROM 30 MEMBERS OF THE
FREEDOM CAUCUS.
MANY ARE INSISTING THEY WILL
VOTE AGAINST THE OBAMACARE
REPLACEMENT PLAN WHICH THE
PRESIDENT IS PUSHING HARD.
SEAN SPICER INSISTED THE
HEALTHCARE VOTE WOULD TAKE PLACE
ON THURSDAY AS SCHEDULED.
IT WILL PASS.
THAT'S IT.
REPORTER: OOPS.
A SHORT TIME LATER IT WAS
ANNOUNCED THAT THE SHOWDOWN VOTE
ON ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
INITIATIVES FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP,
A VOTE THAT THE PRESIDENT WANTED
TO TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY, THE
SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, WAS GOING
TO BE DELAYED UNTIL FRIDAY.
MOST REPUBLICANS LEFT THE MUR
MEETING FEELING GOOD ABOUT THE
PROSPECTS.
WE ARE GOING TO VOTE
TOMORROW.
IT WILL BE GREAT.
REPORTER: THE PROBLEM WITH THAT
IS SOME OF THE MOST CONSERVATIVE
REPUBLICAN CONGRESS MEMBERS ARE
UNDER PRESSURE FROM HOME TO VOTE
NO.
I LIVE IN A CONSERVATIVE
DISTRICT BUT I HAVE 275 CALLS
OPPOSING THIS BILL AND FOR CALLS
SUPPORTING THIS BILL.
THAT HALF REPUBLICANS AND HALF
DEMOCRATS.
THERE ARE NO LIBERALS WERE
CONSERVATIVE CONSTITUENCY AS
THIS BILL STANDS.
REPORTER: PRESIDENT TRUMP AGREED
TO THE FREEDOM CAUCUS REQUEST TO
REDUCE THE COST OF HEALTHCARE BY
DROPPING THE OBAMACARE
REQUIREMENT THAT INSURANCE
COMPANIES AGREED TO COVER
ESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES
INCLUDING HOSPITALIZATION,
MATERNITY CARE, PRESCRIPTION
DRUGS, MENTAL HEALTH AND
SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES.
CHEAPER PLANS COULD BE OFFERED
BECAUSE THEY WON'T COVER MANY OF
THE MOST BASIC HEALTHCARE
SERVICES THAT MOST PEOPLE NEED.
STRIPPED-DOWN HEALTH PLANS LIKE
THAT WOULDN'T DO MUCH TO HELP
TAWANA THOMAS WHO JOINED THE
RALLY DOWNTOWN L.A. TO SAVE THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
I'LL BE BACK TOMORROW AND THE
NEXT DAY AND THE NEXT DAY
BECAUSE I'M SO WORRIED ABOUT IT.
I CAN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT.
REPORTER: THE MOTHER OF FOUR,
SHE SUFFERS FROM SEIZURES.
I TAKE THREE MEDICATIONS.
I WON'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD MY
MEDICINE AND I'LL HAVE MORE
SEIZURES.
REPORTER: PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
BETTING THAT MORE MODERATE
REPUBLICANS WON'T CHANGE THEIR
MIND AND VOTE NO ON FRIDAY.
IF THEY PUT THIS UP FOR A
VOTE IT WILL PASS.
WHY DO YOU SAY THAT.
IF YOU ARE A REPUBLICAN, YOU
HAVE ONE CHOICE.
YOU CAN VOTE WITH DONALD TRUMP
TO REPEAL AND REPLACE OBAMACARE
OR YOU WILL VOTE WITH NANCY
PELOSI TO FEED THE ONLY BILL
THAT WILL REPEAL AND REPLACE
OBAMACARE.
IF YOU ARE REPUBLICAN, THAT'S A
SIMPLE CHOICE.
REPORTER: NANCY PELOSI, WHO
SHEPHERDED OBAMACARE PASSAGE,
HAD UNSOLICITED ADVICE FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
YOU BUILD YOUR CONSENSUS IN
YOUR CAUCUS, AND WHEN YOU'RE
READY YOU SET THE DATE TO BRING
IT TO THE FLOOR.
HE MAY BE A GREAT NEGOTIATOR,
BUT A ROOKIE THEREFORE BRINGING
THIS UP ON A DAY YOU'RE NOT
READY.
REPORTER: WITH THE ULTIMATUM
FROM THE PRESIDENT, IT'S
NOT
TOMORROW.
THE LEADER OF THE FREEDOM CAUCUS
SAID ABOUT 30 - 40 REPUBLICANS
PLAN TO VOTE NO AND HOUSE
LEADERS CAN ONLY LOSE 22 VOTES
IF THE BILL IS GOING TO PASS.
LEYNA: CLEARLY A LOT AT STAKE
TOMORROW.
WHAT WILL THIS VOTE MEAN?
REPORTER: IT'S A LONG LIST BUT
THE MOST IMPORTANT IS, IF THE
BILL PASSES TOMORROW, THE
PRESIDENT WILL BE HELD BY
REPUBLICANS AND OTHER SUPPORTERS
AS A CLOSER P HE WAS ABLE TO
BEGIN THE REPEAL AND REPLACE
PROCESS IN 60 DAYS, BUT IF IT
LOSES TOMORROW, IT WILL IMPACT
PRESIDENT TRUMP IN A SIGNIFICANT
WAY.
THIS IS HIS FIRST HIGH PROFILE
LEGISLATIVE VOTE IN CONGRESS.
IT WILL PRESS HIS TENDENCY TO GO
INTO VERBAL BRAWLS WITH OTHERS
AFTERWARDS AND THAT COULD BE A
DISTRACTION.
CONGRESS RESPECTS STRENGTH AND A

President Demands House Vote On Plan To Replace Obamacare

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