GOP Draft Expected Tomorrow; Barrasso Talks Health Care Bill.
BLITZER: All right, you're looking at live pictures coming in from Flint, Michigan, the airport there. We're told now, these officials are saying, that the FBI will be giving a press briefing very soon on the stabbing at Bishop International Airport there in Flint. The stabling is currently being investigated as a possible terrorism incident, a possible terrorism attack. A police officer was stabbed in the neck, from the back, by an individual. A suspect has been - has been arrested. They're reviewing some of the details there. They're not telling us anything other than asking reporters for their names and their organizations. They're set - they're telling us also that an FBI officer, agent, will shortly come out and make a statement and brief the news media. This is - let's just listen for a second.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: An FBI-led scene at the moment and we are working together with our local, state and federal law enforcement partners to ensure the safety of all. And that's where I'm going to leave it for this point in time. We'll make sure we get you that written statement. Make sure that you have that, get that out to your viewers and we'll be back and provide some more information.</s>QUESTION: There's a lot of reports flying around -</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I appreciate it. I want to make sure that I get that information out to you. Thank you.</s>BLITZER: All right, so there you have it, just basically an announcement that there will be a briefing coming up. We'll, of course, have live coverage. A very disturbing development once again at the Flint airport in Michigan. A police officer stabbed with a knife in the neck from the back. The suspect, the assailant, is in custody right now. It is being investigated as a possible terrorism incident. Let's hear what else he says.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Regular updates on their FaceBook account at the Bishop International Airport. You can check that out on FaceBook. So they'll talk a little bit about the closure time and how long that's going to last. But, for right now, just to avoid this area, especially with some traffic congestion. Thank you.</s>QUESTION: We saw one plane land -</s>BLITZER: All right, not much there. All right, we'll stay on top of this story and update our viewers as we get more information. A very disturbing development indeed. Meanwhile, there's other news we're following. Senate Republicans now planning to release their draft of the bill tomorrow, the repeal and replace health care bill. For many in the U.S. Senate, it will be the first time they see any part of the plans that the Republican leadership has been working on. The majority leader, Mitch McConnell, had this to say last hour about the scheduled rollout.</s>SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL (R), MAJORITY LEADER: The American people are demanding relief and we intend to deliver it to them. That's why Senate Republicans are continuing to work toward smarter health care solutions that will finally allow us to move beyond this failed law. I want to repeat what I said yesterday. The discussion draft will be made public tomorrow. And, remember, the Senate will have it and it will be posted online for everyone to review. For the past seven years, Obamacare has continued to hurt the people we represent. For the past seven years, Republicans have offered ideas for a better way forward. And soon, soon we will finally have the chance to turn the page on this failing law.</s>BLITZER: Let's go to our congressional correspondent Phil Mattingly. He's up on Capitol Hill. Phil, what are we expecting to see in the Republican release tomorrow?</s>PHIL MATTINGLY, CNN CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Still a lot of open questions, Wolf. And I think that's the most interesting element here, senators right now, Republican senators walking into another closed door all conference meeting, all 52 senators, to discuss the broad outlines of this bill, but, Wolf, acknowledging that they still don't know on key specific details, like how long is the phase-out for the Obamacare Medicaid expansion program, where the bill will come down on things like abortion, how far it cuts back the regulations that were included in Obamacare. Those are still open questions. Questions we will likely get answers to tomorrow. And I'm told right now there isn't going to be any sneak preview for a lot of Republican senators. They expect to be released - to be receiving this bill tomorrow morning shortly before it posts online for everybody to see. Now, the big question, Wolf, is, while people aren't clear about what's in it, they clearly don't have the votes yet to vote on a proposal that they haven't seen yet. Why are Senate Republican leaders moving forward? Take a listen to what I heard from Senator John Cornyn, the number two Republican, just a short while ago.</s>SEN. JOHN CORNYN (R), TEXAS: We can only talk about things so long. And we've been debating this subject for about seven years. A working draft will be released tomorrow. I think all of the concerns people have had about the process will evaporate because I think there will be unlimited opportunities for people to read it and understand what's in it and then debate it.</s>MATTINGLY: Wolf, two really key points there. First and foremost, that Senate Republican leaders basically feel, look, we know what the dynamics are, we know where the divides are, and talking about it for any longer isn't going to get them any closer. It's time to kind of put the hammer down and move forward on something. But also on the transparency issue, look, there's been no shortage of rank and file Senate Republicans who have had problems with how this process has been handled. And Senate Republican leaders making very clear, they believe once the discussion draft is out, people will have a chance to read it, people will have a chance to digest it, the CBO will have an opportunity to score it. That will be enough, thy think, for Republican senators to come on board. There's still some open questions there on the process. Still a lot of open questions there on the policy. Answers we hope to start seeing tomorrow. But as far as where members stand right now, Wolf, still very clear, we don't have an idea whether Senate Republican leaders can wrangle the 50 votes they need to move this forward. Certainly a lot of work left to go on that end.</s>BLITZER: You're absolutely right, a lot of work indeed. Phil Mattingly up on Capitol Hill, thanks very much. We should know much more about the bill tomorrow once the draft is released to all of the senators, as well as to the public. Maybe we'll get some more details, though, right now. Joining us, Wyoming Republican Senator John Barrasso. He's a member of the health care working group, the leadership that's been putting this bill together. Thanks very much, senator, for joining us.</s>SEN. JOHN BARRASSO (R), WYOMING: Thanks, Wolf, for having me.</s>BLITZER: Have you actually gone through and read this entire legislation that's going to be released tomorrow?</s>BARRASSO: Well, they're still putting the final touches on it, but I've been to 30 hours of meetings. We've been meeting for the last month on this. The Republicans, as a committee, as a whole, every Republican senator is invited. We're having 20, 30 members at each of the meetings and some the whole conference. Yesterday with the vice president, as well as the secretary of health and human service, every Republican senator was there.</s>BLITZER: So you haven't even read the whole thing. Is it 100 pages, 500 pages, 1,000 pages? You know how this legislation is drafted.</s>BARRASSO: It's not going to be that hard to go through. The debating topics now are just kind of the little fine-tuning, dialing, as to how you do with the specifics. There is an urging to get this done because of the continued collapse of the Obamacare health care law. People across the country are suffering pain and the pain is getting worse as insurance companies are pulling out and the premiums for next year have been announced. In Maryland alone, they're requesting premium increases of 58 percent.</s>BLITZER: So you know the president, who initially liked the House passed bill, now says it's mean. He uses that word, it's mean. Do you agree with the president of what emerged from the House of Representatives, the health care bill is mean?</s>BARRASSO: No, but the Senate is passing and working on a different bill.</s>BLITZER: Completely different.</s>BARRASSO: We are writing our own bill. The - and that will be - the goal is, and I hope, and I think, and I plan to work to get it passed through the - through the Senate that actually does a number of things. It completely protects people with preexisting conditions. I mean I'm a doctor. I practiced medicine for 25 years. My wife Bobby's a breast cancer survivor. I know how critical it is to protect people with preexisting conditions. But it also works to stabilize the insurance markets, which right now are very unstable and are in a death spiral as fewer and fewer companies are even willing to sell insurance. And over half of the country, people are down to one choice or two choices. And there are many places where no one is selling Obamacare insurance. So even if you have an Obamacare subsidy, no one's willing to sell. You've been left out if you have a preexisting condition.</s>BLITZER: Will it include funding, for example, for Planned Parenthood?</s>BARRASSO: Well, we want to follow the House model there, that federal money should not be used to pay for abortions, period. The - so there are a number -</s>BLITZER: But Planned Parenthood does a lot of other things besides abortion, abortion rights for women, as you know.</s>BARRASSO: And we know in the state of Wyoming, as many states, there are lots of community health centers that can do all of those things, other than provide abortions and - and -</s>BLITZER: And other states that can't have - I raise that question -</s>BARRASSO: And the money should be there for those other services.</s>BLITZER: I raise the - I raise the question only because you only have a 52-48 majority in the Senate. If it goes - if you lose three Republican senators, no Democratic senator is going to vote for it. If you loses Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins, and one more, because of Planned Parenthood funding, it's over as far as the Republicans are concerned.</s>BARRASSO: What we know is that Obamacare has failed. People all around the country are scrambling for insurance. It's gotten too far out of cost -</s>BLITZER: Those - those senators say they're not going to vote for it if it eliminates funding for Planned Parenthood.</s>BARRASSO: There's a lot of - a lot of discussion between the release tomorrow and the vote in about a week. There's an open amendment process on the floor of the Senate. People will -</s>BLITZER: So you think it might be possible you'll include funding for Planned Parenthood in -</s>BARRASSO: That's not my desire at all.</s>BLITZER: Order to win the support of those - those women senators?</s>BARRASSO: My desire is to not have that funding in there. There are certain things you can do with reconciliation.</s>BLITZER: But if there is funding, will you vote for it?</s>BARRASSO: What we have with Obamacare has failed the American people. Rates have doubled in the last four years. We need to provide relief for the American people in terms of the health care and the care that they need so they can get it from a doctor they choose at lower cost. That's my fundamental drive.</s>BLITZER: But in order - in order to get the support from those women senators, if it includes funding for Planned Parenthood, will you vote for the legislation?</s>BARRASSO: And I'm telling you, we need to get to 50 votes.</s>BLITZER: So the answer is yes?</s>BARRASSO: We're working with every member of the Senate to get to 50 votes, to get to consensus, to get something that we can pass, to help the American people who are suffering under the Obama health care law. The costs are astronomical. The loss of coverage is dramatic. We want to give people freedom and flexibility and choice and there are ways to deal with the funding of so many of these issues without giving money to Planned Parenthood.</s>BLITZER: So I just want to be precise. Between now and - assuming there's a vote before July 4th, there will be no congressional - no Senate hearings on this, right?</s>BARRASSO: Well, we've had over 30 hearings in the Finance Committee, in the Health Committee and there's going to be --