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That hes gone this period of time and had that little of change in his coronary calcium load. so i think overall, his coronary score is very re-assuring and goes along with the rest of his cardiac workup. >> i want to ask a question to follow up on the philosophy of the fitness of the president. the 25th amendment talks about that a group of senate confirmed laymen will weigh-in on whether the president is able to discharge the duties of the office. youve been giving this some thought over the y...

Gone this period of time and hes had that much -- or that little of a change in his coronary calcium load. so i think overall, his coronary calcium score is very reassuring and goes along with the rest of his cardiac workup. >> doctor, i want to ask a question, follow up on something, philosophy, fitness of the president. >> yes. >> the 25th amendment, a lot of people in the country have been talking about it, it basically contemplates a group of senate-confirmed laymen will y weigh in on whethe...

Some republicans clamoring for that to be truncated or canceled all together. senator ted cruz does have a proposed amendment that could be the key that unlocks a republican deal for health care. it would allow insurance providers to sell plans that dont comply with obamacare regulations as long as they also offer aca compliant plans. the republicans have sent that to the cbo. so if the score comes back that shows that amendment doesnt do too much harm, you could see then conservatives be more w...

Him. >> people are unhappy with that. donald trump is not good speaking off the cuff or tweeting off the cuff and often says things that he would end up regretting. whats important here is that dan is right, hes putting national security ahead of human rights but for the democrats to be ringing their hands and crying about how our president doesnt care about human rights, barack obama called the dictator of ethiopia the winner of the democratic election, he was friends with hugo chávez until th...

Faith and donald trump put on end to that. we are thrilled. its just a first step. we still support full statutory repeal of the johnson amendment. paul: i want to talk about the johnson amendment enforcement. the argument that you hear from a lot of folks, you know what the irs doesnt enforce this very much at all right now so this amendment doesnt do very much more than just say to the irs, enforce it even less. whats your response to that? >> my response to that is the so-called experts that ...

Like asia and things like north korea. in principal, paul, it doesnt bother me so much that the president says he wants to meet with duterte of flip -- philippines or kim jong un. paul: really? >> that makes it very difficult for them because when you are dealing with sovereign powers like this, its complicated and trump can be setting himself up in this way for abject failure unless he has a plan going in. paul: an honor to meet -- kim jong un an honor, the guy is one of the worlds great murder...

Compromise its repeal only. were specializing in insisting on the possible. >> they helped develop the amendment doesnt really resolve the split inside the republican party. >> youre talking to some of the groups that are talking to the freedom caucus and youre getting a little more optimistic noise. what are they telling you? >> their hangup was that they believed their original bill they reduce premium prices.

Now? >> yes. it would give the jury an opportunity to convict him. >> reporter: the amendment doesnt come close to a repeal. you still do not have a duty to retreat before using deadly force to defend yourself. trayvon martins parents believe lives will still be lost. >> the amendment says that you can shoot and kill someone and not be held accountable. it is making our children feel unsafe. >> david, do the demonstrateers feel like they are making progress? we have heard so much about the law, ...

Through famously many years ago, and hes saying weve got to stop spinning our wheels on this. weve been at this for a long time, and its time to sort of make this happen. is there the momentum, do you think, on the republican side with this, because they feel it would benefit them politically as well, can they get together on it? they seem very divided right now. >> yeah, i think that its going to get enough votes to pass the senate, and with a big number, well over 60 votes, as i say, which the...

Say. listen. >> i think this is absolutely crazy. why would you want to increase the cost of energy and kill more american jobs at a time when the american people are still asking the question, where are the jobs? rick: he doesnt mince words, does he? [laughter] >> he sure doesnt. and, you know, in the first term, as you know, rick, one of the most controversial features of the presidents agenda was the cap and trade legislation that would have taxed energy production and industrial production i...