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And replacing obamacare. health secretary tom price forcefully defended it last night promising it will increase choice and bring those costs down. but what is actually going to happen? what will it really mean for consumers if it is implemented the way it stands now? joining us now economics professor at mit. hes one of the architects of obamacare. also with us in the studio, very nice to have you here. sanjay, let me begin with you. one of the most poignant moments last night its the real peop...

Was not predictable. in fact, u.s. intelligence picked up on movements in the past month or so that indicated this could be coming. and yet we get a very, very brief statement from president trump, a bit of a longer one from prime minister abe in this first response to a missile launch. back to you. for more analysis on north korea, lets bring in jim walsh, senior research associate at mit joining us have from cambridge, massachusetts. >> part of this is set piece theater, you know. were going...

The fundamental concerns can of the government of dprk about its own survival should also be well taken care after you. this is why i say we need greater wisdom and vision and courage in dealing with this very, very difficult and dangerous situation on the korean peninsula. >> yeah, and mr. ga oo, you mentioned some experts have said in fact, north korea may extend a hand if they can work in concert along these issues. right now, mr. gao with your vantage point from beijing, appreciate it. >> fo...

The stars. thats thinking about yourself in thinking about your ratings. bret: he went to langley with a signal that this was his first stop. he wanted to make sure the people of the intelligence community knew he respected them and he said hes behind him 1000%. >> that was a very healthy choice. it was a very smart choice and was a reassuring choice. there was a feud that he had with the outgoing heads of the intelligence agencies and this was his way of saying that was essentially and what he ...

President-elect donald trump has big plans for his first 100 days in office. at the top of the list, obama tl care. the gop has wanted to repeal the affordable care act almost from the day it was signed into law and now they could have their chance. the big question, what will congress replace it with? and how many people could possibly gain or lose their insurance with what is already being called trump care? lets discuss now with jonathan gruber, an economics professor at m.i.t. and architect ...

Man. he was one of the first endorsers of donald trump. vote for sheriff joe. stand up. stand up, joe. they dont love tough people in this country anymore that know how to do their job, and fair people. hes tough. hes fair. and i hope he gets reelected, and he should. go out and make sure he gets reelected, everybody. theres some bad undercurrents out there, folks. jonathan gro jonathan gruber, the architect of obama care. my uncle was a professor at mit.

So were going to really tackle that. >> with me now, the man known as the architect of obamacare, economics professor at m.i.t., jonathan gruber. welcome, sir. >> thank you. good to be here. >> nice to have you here. we have a lot of questions for you. is obamacare imploding? >> no. obamacare is not imploding. the main goal of obamacare was two-fold. one, to cover the uninsured, which we have covered 20 million. the largest expansion in american history. the other was to fix broken insurance mar...

Understand, and they have, they really started treating me much better. dont forget, when i first ran, i said, you know it is amazing. went to a great school. excellent student. smart guy. my uncle was a professor at mit. smart guy. good smart guy. good family. do we believe in the gene thing, i do? right? i do. like they used to say secretariat doesnt produce slow horses. secretariat wasnt one the best in theory thats. i built a fortune, great company. did art of the deal. best sellers. biggest...

>> one thing thats pushing is teaching every kid to write computer code, making it a basic part of school. >> we would never teach them not to write when we teach them to read. but we teach them about science without teaching them to make and create. >> she says that -- why was the obama care website so messed up. >> we need people who have tq in the room when were making decisions. so we had contracted a lot of technology out to other people and werent really having the some of the architects i...

Huge political advantage. what is a non-politician to do in talking about political advantages? >> a non-politician is talking about political advantages by trying to make himself seem smarter by conjecture. >> so youre a professor at m.i.t. and worried about not looking smart enough? >> yes. >> the second place, the now-famous moment when two political analyst brothers got an on-air call from their mother. >> youre right im from down south. >> oh, god, mom. >> and im your mother. and i disagree...