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>> obviously there is still a lot of work to be done because we have not seen that bill come to information. keeping the status quo and i want to pull a couple of stats just for michigan in particular the state cannot observe more medicaid clients at think you could agree with that. the premiums in michigan are going to go up. an average of 16%. that is the status quo. what are you proposing if their proposals arent working and i dont see anything from the democratic side of the aisle. if youre ...

Jam this through when there isnt membership for the house to look at. >> yes. if you have a doctor, you can keep it, president obama said. people lost their doctors. this time, you have republicans, president trump mainly saying im going to protect people with pre-existing conditions. the popular parts of obamacare. if those parts are not met, hell be in a lot of trouble and republicans will be in a lot of trouble when the congressional races are occurring in two years. its important to step bac...

Missile launch and how deep of an embarrassment is it to kim jong-un and his regime? >> it certainly is an embarrassment, the one thing the united states should do maybe instead of not talk about this is try to talk to the north korean people about it. becaus to undermine kim jong-uns missile program and his nuclear weapons program is is mention its failures. people there are starting to understand in a very real way they are not as prosperous and well off as people in the region and especially ...

Very deep personal distrust between the two factions, i dont see it moving. >> quick question, reporting suggests steve bannon, reince priebus, jared kushner little unsettled especially as the president continues with aagenda da. howgenda. how. >> jared kushner told colleagues they need to take the same approach. when things arent working,s make changes and do it quickly and rapidly and consistently. and he almost views it as sort of startup kind of mentality. what that means on a practical -- w...

The things that both parties agree arent working as they should. republicans wanting to do much more. it is still very early after what was a stunning defeat, so we havent seen concrete steps yet. but perhaps that will happen. were also hearing from really the top of the administration that theyre ready to move on to tax reform, at least as the big front public push to the next agenda item. so will they have to deal with democrats? there are signs of that. but talk of bipartisan ship happens a l...

The table and talk about how you fix it, you keep the parts of the legislation that works, and then you improve all the pieces that dont work for americans. s. where americans are currently hurt. that ends up being a real fix to the parts of the bill that arent working. >> rick, "wall street journal" says that right wing republicans lost their best chance to change obamacare. what do you think? >> it may be true. i think donald trump may have an out here and it all depends upon -- it will be an ...

Would obamacare, if left alone, would it collapse? because thats what the gop says that this -- that obamacare is such a mess. left alone. collap collap collapse? >> the congressional budget office study says the republican plan would throw 14 million people off health care immediately -- >> obamacare. >> -- also says its not in a death spiral. now, it has obvious and significant flaws and i am a democrat who is willing, eager to work with republicans to fix and repair the affordable care act an...

By the -- >> by the time we went into mark-up on wednesday, tuesday night i read every word, and we had 27 hours of mark-up on wednesday night. we did it without the cbo scoring it. youve seen theyre trying to set expectations not to like the cbo number. brookings is predicting the cbo will say 15 million people would lose their insurance on this. i have to pay attention to the big stuff in here, and the big stuff scares me. one of the things theyre saying, well, everybody will have access. fits...

Going to put in the national debt. there is a real concern here and this justifiable to be sure. >> jon: the scream of the conversation, the other side of the argument, a columnist. kristin, republicans control the senate, control the house, control the white house, and president trump has said he is solidly behind this legislation. why are they having so much trouble pushing across the finish line? >> i think donald trump has always been a pretty pragmatic, rather than ideological type person. ...

Coverage under the aca. the uninsured rate has dropped to an all-time low of 10% and we couldnt go without covering this gem from trumps speech. >> i took a lot of heat on sweden. and then a day later i said has anybody reported whats going on? and it turned out that they didnt. take a look. take a look at what happened in sweden. >> yes. take a look. the president apparently seeming to still maintain some kind of imaginary attack in sweden occurred and that the media wouldnt cover. thats not tr...