IDENTITY HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED
BUT HE IS BEING QUESTIONED.
>> AND NOW TO HEADLINE FROM THE
HOUSE WHITE HOUSE.
THE ARM CHIEF OF STAFF SAYING
THERE IS NO PLAN IN PLACE AFTER
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED A
TRANSGENDER MILITARY BAN FROM
HIS TWITTER ACCOUNT YESTERDAY.
>> Laurie: PLUS, MEMBERS OF THE
WHITE HOUSE.
IN TURMOIL OFFER THE LEAKS.
OUR ROSS PALOMBO IS LIVE WITH IT
ALL.
>> Ross: FIRST WE HAVE SOME
BREAKING NEWS TO REPORT TO YOU
HERE FROM CAPITOL HILL.
FOUR REPUBLICAN SENATORS JUST
COMING FORWARD SAYING THEY
CANNOT VOTE FOR THE SKINNY
REPEAL THAT'S ON THE TABLE AS
IT'S WRITTEN.
MORE ON THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.
BUT FIRST, AS YOU SAY, STEALING
THE HEADLINES MORE CONTROVERSY
AT THE WHITE HOUSE, ALL OF THIS
AFTER THE COMMUNICATIONS
DIRECTOR IS HAVING A WAR OF
WORDS WITH THE CHIEF OF STAFF TO
THE MAN CLOSEST TO THE
PRESIDENT.
>> I THINK THE PRESIDENT, AS
ALWAYS, ENJOYS HEALTHY
COMPETITION AND CONVERSATION AND
HE SEES THAT AS SUCH.
>> Ross: THE COWS WHITE HOUSE
CALL IT COMPETITION BUT OTHERS
SAY IT'S JUST MORE CONTROVERSY.
SPEAKING BY PHONE, NEW WHITE
HOUSE COMES DIRECTOR ANTHONY
SCARAMUCCI DEFENDING HIS TWEET
MENTIONING LEAKED AND CHIEF
STAFF RIEN PRIEBUS' NAME AT THE
SAME TIME AND THEN DROPPING THIS
BOMB.
>> SO IF REINCE WANTS TO EXPLAIN
THAT'S NOT A LEAKER, LET HIM DO
THAT.
>> Ross: MEANWHILE ON THE HILL
WOULD THE PRESIDENT'S CON
TRICKETT WITH THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL AFTER CALLING HIM
BELEAGUERED AND WEAK,
SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM NOW
DROPPING THIS.
>> IN IF YEF SESSIONS HIRED
FIRED THERE WILL BE HOLY HELL TO
PAY.
ANY EFFORT TO GO AFTER MUELLER
COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF THE
END OF THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY.
>> Ross: ALL OF THIS COMING OUT
OF A SENATE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE HEARING WHERE BILL
BROUDER ONCE ONE OF RUSSIA'S
BIGGEST INVESTORS TESTIFYING
THAT RUSSIAN LAWYER NATALIA
VESELNITSKAYA VESSEL ONCE DID
WORK FOR THE KREMLIN AND THAT
HER MEETING WITH GERARD KUSHNER
AND DON TRUMP, JR. WAS CLEARLY
CONNECT TO RUSSIA.
>> WHAT THEY WERE WILLING TO
OFFER IN RETURN I DON'T KNOW.
>> IT'S ALSO HARD FOR ME TO
BELIEVE THAT ONCE THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO
GET HELP, LOVITT MAYBE LATER IN
THE SUMMER THE BETTER, BUT THAT
MEETING, IT WAS O AND DONE.
>> Ross: CONTROVERSY OVER THE IN
THE'S NEW TRANSGENDER BAN STILL
RAGING.
P TODAY CONFIRMATION THAT THE
JOINT CHIEFS STAFF WERE ALSO
SURPRISED AND THAT NO PLAN IS IN
PLACE.
>> WE HAVE NOT PUTTING ANYTHING
OUT.
WE'RE GOING TO AWAIT DIRECTION
FROM THE PENTAGON TO STEPS TOW
MOVE FORWARD.
>> Ross: ALSO THE DEBATE OVER
HEALTH CARE CONTINUES.
>> THE MOTION IS NOT AGREED TO.
>> Ross: AFTER THE FIRST TWO
MEASURES FAILED REPUBLICS ARE
NOW DEBATING A SKINNY REPEAL.
>> ONE OF THE PROMISES OUR
REPUBLICAN FRIEND HAVE MADE OVER
AND OVER AGAIN WAS TO BRING DOWN
PREMIUMS, BUT SKIN REPEAL WOULD
BREAK THAT PROMISE.
>> Ross: IT WOULD LEAVE
OBAMACARE IN PLACE BUT REPEAL
COMPOCOMPONENTS LIKE THE MANDATE
TO HAVE INSURANCE DID AND TAX ON
MEDICAL DEVICES.
>> WELLAL KNOW THIS IS THE LIKE
TO BE A VERY LONG NIGHT.
>> DO YOU THINK THIS IS GOING TO
BE DONE TODAYSOME.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO
GET THIS DONE TONIGHT, SIR?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> Ross: NO ONE YET KNOWS WHEN
IT WILL ALL GET DONE.
BY A LIVE LOOK AT THE SENATE
FLOOR, WE HAVE BRIEFLY SUSPENDED
DONATE ON HASHING HEALTH CARE
BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING THE FINAL
VOTE ON THOSE RUSSIA SANCTIONS.
IN 12 MINUTES THAT VOTE WILL BE
EXCEED WILL IT WILL BE TACK TO
THE TO HEALTH CAR.
THEY HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE
JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> IT'S TIME WE SAT DOWN SETTING
TOGETHER AND CAME UP WITH
SOLUTIONS THAT AMERICAN PEOPLE
OVERALL WOULD SUPPORT.
I GUARANTEE YOU IN MY STATE THE
STATUS QUO IS NOT SATISFACTORY.
>> I'M A NO BECAUSE I'M NOT
GOING TO VOTE FOR A PICK PIGG IN
A POKE AND I'M NOT GOING TO TELL
PEOPLE KNACK IN SOUTH CAROLINA
THAT THIS PRODUCT ACTUALLY
REPLACES OBAMACARE DOES BECAUSE
IT DOES NOT.
IT IT'S A FRAUD.
>> Ross: THE BIG PROBLEM THAT
THEY HAVE IS THE SKINNY REPEAL
AS IT'S WRITTEN, THEY SAY, IS A
NO GO.
THEY WANT ASSURANCE THAT ONCE
THIS GOES BACKS TO THE HOUSE IT
WILL BE WORKED OUT IN
RECONCILIATION IN CONFERENCE SO
THEY CAN ADD ADDITIONAL
MEASURES.
AS IT STAND RIGHT NOW THEY SAY
THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE IRONCLAD
ASSURANCES.
SO RIGHT NOW FOUR SENATORS
THROWING A WRENCH INTO ALL OF
THIS.
AS IT STANDS AT THIS MOMENT,
SKINNY REPEAL CANNOT PASS.
>> Laurie: WHEN A SAGA PLAYING