GOP Moving Ahead with Health Care Overhaul
MARQUEZ: Welcome back. Still no plan, but there is movement within the GOP on the vow to repeal and replace Obamacare. Congressional Republicans meet privately to hear from officials leading that effort. Still, internal divisions over key components are slowing down that process. As lawmakers head home for a week long recess, where angry voters are expected to demand answers. CNN's Phil Mattingly has more from Capitol Hill.</s>PHIL MATTINGLY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hey, Miguel and Alison. Look, there's no question about it. Republicans just haven't coalesced around a repeal-and-replace plan like they expected. They campaigned on this issue for multiple elections now and there are real problems here. But over the course of the last couple days, we have seen them really start to work behind closed doors to try to get information out to members. Some members want to move quickly. Some would like the process to slow down. Here's what's important: those members are now going home for recess, where they're faced with town hall backlash, seven-figure ad buys by one liberal group attacking them on this issue specifically. This is why these meetings, these briefings are so important. And this is why Speaker Paul Ryan laying out an actual timeline matters. Take a listen.</s>SEN. RAND PAUL (R), KENTUCKY: Obamacare and repealing Obamacare was a big reason why we won the House in 2010. It's a big reason why we won in 2014. And it's still yet a reason why we won the White House in 2016. We owe this to the conservatives around the country who elected us to repeal, to completely repeal Obamacare.</s>MATTINGLY: Now, guys, there is no question about it. There is a long road ahead. But the fact legislation will actually start moving, the process of legislating will actually start happening, that in and of itself will start assuaging some of the concerns of the members. But the reality is this, on policy, not just on politics, not just on timeline, there are clear differences inside the Republican Party still on what to do with Medicaid, on what to do with the taxes that are applied to the Affordable Care Act. They don't have straight answers on that yet. That will be with the negotiations going forward. It is a long path ahead. No question about it. But there is at least movement and we talked to Republican aides and they acknowledge that is a positive sign going into what is expected to be a rough recess -- Alison and Miguel.</s>MARQUEZ: All right. Thanks to Phil Mattingly. And the president has just tweeted about Obamacare saying, "Despite the long delays by the Democrats and finally approving Dr. Tom Price, repeal and replacement of Obamacare is moving fast."</s>KOSIK: Could he be watching CNN?</s>MARQUEZ: It is very likely.</s>KOSIK: Could he be watching EARLY START?</s>MARQUEZ: Although as fake news, who knows what he's watching?</s>KOSIK: Bite your tongue.</s>MARQUEZ: I will.</s>KOSIK: All right. On the heels of President Trump's news conference, the vice president heads to meet with world leaders overseas. How can he ease concerns about the administration?