RUSH TRANSCRIPT The so ░░░░░░░░ big beautiful bill is ░░░░░░░░ to come down to ░░░░░░░░ party line vote Alaska ░░░░░░░░ senator Lisa Murkowski is ░░░░░░░░ stranger to being one ░░░░░░░░ those tie breakers She ░░░░░░░░ made a name for ░░░░░░░░ straddling party lines on ░░░░░░░░ from Supreme Court nominations ░░░░░░░░ controversial legislation She s ░░░░░░░░ out with her new ░░░░░░░░ which is called far ░░░░░░░░ home And in it ░░░░░░░░ details the struggles of ░░░░░░░░ a compromise minded senator ░░░░░░░░ an increasingly polarized and ░░░░░░░░ driven Republican Party I ░░░░░░░░ one on one with ░░░░░░░░ senator about the sticking ░░░░░░░░ in the president s ░░░░░░░░ bill People have been ░░░░░░░░ interested in seeing senator ░░░░░░░░ from Missouri sort of ░░░░░░░░ up on behalf of ░░░░░░░░ Of all things I ░░░░░░░░ to put this to ░░░░░░░░ because again thinking about ░░░░░░░░ tea party period where ░░░░░░░░ cared about the fiscal ░░░░░░░░ it s not the ░░░░░░░░ fiscal hawks that are ░░░░░░░░ to be leading the ░░░░░░░░ here It s the ░░░░░░░░ who are kind of ░░░░░░░░ a certain kind of ░░░░░░░░ which is Medicaid Help ░░░░░░░░ square that Like is ░░░░░░░░ still Republican Yes Is ░░░░░░░░ a different Kind of ░░░░░░░░ Yes And I ve ░░░░░░░░ some good conversations with ░░░░░░░░ hawley about this Because ░░░░░░░░ re we re in ░░░░░░░░ same camp in making ░░░░░░░░ that we don t ░░░░░░░░ Medicaid cuts that harm ░░░░░░░░ most vulnerable Right but ░░░░░░░░ he has made he ░░░░░░░░ made clear and you ░░░░░░░░ seen it in his ░░░░░░░░ And I don t ░░░░░░░░ to put words in ░░░░░░░░ s mouth here But ░░░░░░░░ president has as well ░░░░░░░░ so many of the ░░░░░░░░ that supported President Trump ░░░░░░░░ president are people who ░░░░░░░░ blue collar lower income ░░░░░░░░ whom Medicaid is is ░░░░░░░░ to them These are ░░░░░░░░ of these are you ░░░░░░░░ red states where your ░░░░░░░░ populations are very high ░░░░░░░░ they re out of ░░░░░░░░ Virginia or Alabama in ░░░░░░░░ And so Has it ░░░░░░░░ Yes But but is ░░░░░░░░ is there a a ░░░░░░░░ reason that you re ░░░░░░░░ a a a focus ░░░░░░░░ on Medicaid right now ░░░░░░░░ some of the more ░░░░░░░░ members Yes because it ░░░░░░░░ impact significant impact on ░░░░░░░░ constituencies Are you worried ░░░░░░░░ will turn to Medicare ░░░░░░░░ look for cuts or ░░░░░░░░ to get to the ░░░░░░░░ they want So you ░░░░░░░░ there are there are ░░░░░░░░ areas I think legitimate ░░░░░░░░ within within Medicare and ░░░░░░░░ where we can look ░░░░░░░░ and say you know ░░░░░░░░ That that is a ░░░░░░░░ s a that s ░░░░░░░░ method that s being ░░░░░░░░ That isn t equitable ░░░░░░░░ t fair And and ░░░░░░░░ to be addressed You ░░░░░░░░ it in the legitimate ░░░░░░░░ of waste fraud and ░░░░░░░░ And so when we ░░░░░░░░ absolutely nothing can be ░░░░░░░░ when it comes to ░░░░░░░░ Medicaid it limits your ░░░░░░░░ to really address some ░░░░░░░░ that I think by ░░░░░░░░ rights should be now ░░░░░░░░ the eye of the ░░░░░░░░ Obviously my review of ░░░░░░░░ is it looks like ░░░░░░░░ s some gaming of ░░░░░░░░ system there It s ░░░░░░░░ s challenging because of ░░░░░░░░ what you ve said ░░░░░░░░ don t want to ░░░░░░░░ the details All they ░░░░░░░░ is what they ve ░░░░░░░░ which is oh you ░░░░░░░░ going after Medicare you ░░░░░░░░ going after Medicaid So ░░░░░░░░ is why you haven ░░░░░░░░ seen the why You ░░░░░░░░ haven t seen reforms ░░░░░░░░ right We ve got ░░░░░░░░ episodes of the assignment ░░░░░░░░ this one out now ░░░░░░░░ can find it wherever ░░░░░░░░ get your podcasts And ░░░░░░░░ the break on CNN ░░░░░░░░ morning questions swirling inside ░░░░░░░░ about the whereabouts of ░░░░░░░░ supreme leader He hasn ░░░░░░░░ been seen in publicly ░░░░░░░░ before the cease fire ░░░░░░░░ with Israel Was announced ░░░░░░░░ a few minutes ago ░░░░░░░░ actually got a statement ░░░░░░░░ former navy seal and ░░░░░░░░ Ryan Zinke joins me ░░░░░░░░ he wants to hear ░░░░░░░░ defense secretary Pete Hegseth ░░░░░░░░