Police Arrest Protesters Outside Senate Offices In D.C.

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>>> HEALTH CARE IS AT THE TOP OF THE AGENDA FOR MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS. THEY'RE BEING MET BY PROTESTORS.
>> VOTE KNOW ON THIS BILL. KILL THIS BILL AND LOSE YOUR
JOB. >> SEVERAL PROTESTORS GATHERING
IN ARIZONA REPUBLICAN SENATOR FLAKE'S OFFICE.
OTHERS GATHERED IN THE HALL OUTSIDE AND AS YOU SEE HE IS
STILL THERE. POLICE ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON
THEM. REPUBLICAN SENATOR PATH TOOMEY
SAYS HE STILL THINKS THE LEGISLATION CAN PASS.
>> I THINK WE STILL HAVE A SHOT AT GETTING 50 REPUBLICAN
SENATORS TO GOAT FOR THE BILL. WE HAVE A NEW VERSION THAT COMES
OUT TODAY. AND I THINK THERE IS STILL A
SHOT AT GETTING TO 5050, MIKE PENCE BREAKING THE TIE.
>> SENATE DEMOCRATS ARE RESPONDING TO MITCH McCONNELL'S
COMMENTS LAST WEEK THAT THE TWO PARTIES MAY HAVE TO WORK
TOGETHER TO FIX THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
TODAY THEY SAY WE STAND READY TO WORK ON THESE AND OTHER REFORMS
TO THE CURRENT SYSTEM AND URGE YOU TO JOIN US IN ADVANCING
MEASURES THAT WOULD HAVE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON IMPROVING
THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES.
LET'S BRING IN OUR PANEL TO GO OVER THIS, JAKE SHERMAN AND
GARRETT HAKE IN SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA.
JAKE, LET'S START WITH YOU, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS NOW NEW
VERSION. NEW NEW VERSION OF THE BILL.
>> WELL, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE COMING OUT TODAY.
SENATOR TOOMEY MIGHT BE MISTAKEN.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT INFORMATION HE HAS THAT HE BELIEVES THE
REPUBLICANS COULD GET 50 VOTES. SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS, A
GETTABLE REPUBLICAN FOR MITCH McCONNELL, SAID THE BILL SHOULD
NOT PASS ON A PARTY LINE, MEANING IT SHOULD INCLUDE
DEMOCRATS. IF YOU TAKE THAT AS THE STANDARD
THEY NEED TO OPERATE BY NOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE SHE IS SETTING THAT
STANDARD FOR HERSELF. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY WILL
GET THIS DONE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
THEY WILL HAVE TO SCRAP THIS BILL, PUT A NEW BILL ON THE
FLOOR, GET HOUSE REPUBLICANS AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT INCENTIVE STRUCTURES TO GET IT THROUGH.
I DON'T SEE IT, IT SEEMS LIKE THEIR TRAPPED IN TIME AND DON'T
KNOW WHAT TO DO. >> FEELING LIKE IT IS NOT SO
STUPENDOUS LIVING IN THAT TUBE. WHAT ABOUT THE ARRESTS THAT
WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW OUTSIDE OF THE SENATORS OFFICERS.
ANY WORD THAT MIGHT END UP SWAYING ANYONE'S OPINION ON THE
SFWHIL. >> BILL?
>> PEOPLE PROTEST ALL OF THE TIME UP HERE, IT IS JUST
EMBLEM
EMBLEMATIC. THEY PROBABLY HEARD THIS ACROSS
THE BOARD. WE HAD A STORY AND THE "NEW YORK
TIMES" HAD A STORY ABOUT THE TIME THAT THE BILL IS LAYING OUT
IN THE PUBLIC HAS NOT BEEN KIND TO THE WHIP COUNT.
THIS IS A TRUISM? POLITICS.
YOU CAN'T LET THE BILLS HANG OUT FOR TOO LONG.
THE POLITICAL DYNAMICS HAVE SHIFTED AND THREE WEEKS.
THERE ARE THREE WEEKS UNTIL CONGRESS BREAKS UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
THIS IS THE CRUNCH TIME, CAN PRESIDENT TRUMP AND McMcCONNELL
GET IT DONE, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKELY AT THIS POINT BUT THINGS
ALWAYS CHANGE UP HERE. >> THE POLITICS, THE PROTEST,
AND THE REGULAR PEOPLE. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THINGS
GOT PRETTY REAL THERE. >> THEY REALLY DID, YOU CAN
THINK OF IT AS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PROTEST.
YOU HAD HALF A DOZEN MOTHERS WITH CHILDREN WITH COMPLEX
MEDICAL CONDITIONS. THEY NEED MEDICAID TO BUY THINGS
HIKE WHEELCHAIRS, FEEDING TUBES, INTENSE MEDICAL NEEDS FOR THEIR
CHILDREN AND THEY GOT DEEPLY EMOTIONAL AND SO DID SENATOR
CAIN TALKING ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT MEDICAID AND THE AFFORDABLE CARE
ACT HAVE BEEN TO THEIR CHILDREN. THEY ONLY KNOW JUST ENOUGH ABOUT
IT TO BE TERRIIED OF WHAT IT MIGHT DO TO THEM.
LISTEN TO ONE OF THEM FROM A SHORT TIME AGO.
>> THE SCARIEST THING GOING ON IN THE DISCUSSIONS OF THE SENATE
BILL ARE THE -- NOT KNOWING IF THE STATES WILL GET THE
REIMBURSEMENT THEY NEED BE GETTING TO PROVIDE THIS.
AS YOU TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THERE ARE SO MANY ASPECTS THAT
MEDICAID COVERS, SO WHERE WILL THEY CUT BACK, IF IT AFFECTS OUR
BEHAVIOR SPECIFICALLY, THERE IS NO PLAN FOR THAT.
THESE COSTS ARE GOING TO BE SO HIGH, THERE IS.
>> KATIE, ONE OF THESE MOMS SAID
FOR REPUBLICAN SENATORS IN PARTICULAR, THE IDEA OF PUTTING
ON A BUDGET OR A CAP, THAT IS WELL AND GOOD, BUT THEY SHOULD
COME LOOK IN THE FACES OF SOME OF THE KIDS AND TALK TO SOME OF
THE KIDS AND PARENTS BEFORE THEY THINK THIS IS JUST A BIT OF
NUMBERS AND BUDGETING. >> AND THOSE KIDS AND PARENTS
ARE STANDING RIGHT BEHIN BEHIND INCLUDING THAT MOTHER WE JUST
HEARD FROM A MOMENT AGO. THANK YOU FOR

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