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Program that cuts back on medicaid in order to have tax cut for wealthy people, but we do need to deal with the cost of the individual market and the premiums. One way to do that is to make sure that the cost sharing is a predictable payment to the Insurance Companies to cover the cost deductibles and copays. Another thing we can do is improve subsidies for lower income families. Democrats and reins cpublicans o that together. Democrats and republicans can bring down the cost of prescriptio pres...

[ overlapping speakers ] >> let katrina answer. >> these are the things he ran on. he ran on repeal and replace. he talks about the impact of obamacare and how it kills jobs and raises taxes. these are the things why he was elected, which is why we want to hold those accountable. we are talking about bringing him to the table, which i hear he is today. but he walked away, anna, thats the difference. thats why the ad ran against him to begin with. >> theres not one republican i know who is not in...

Very well at times predicting things on budget, whether its revenue or spending, i dont think it does a great job, and i think the administration has been clear and consistent that we dont always agree that it does a great job predicting coverage. >> well, clearly not a man of the cbos work. but the criticism does seem selective. the cbo did overestimate the number of people who get their care through the obamacare exchanges, however, if she is suggesting that the cbo did a bad job overall on ob...

I think those are good things and when they focus on the budget side, thats probably a good thing. >> cherry picking? you decide yourself. more now what led up to the gop decision to punt for the time being on replacing obamacare. phil mattingly joins us now. do you have any sense how far away they are from getting the votes they need? >> reporter: very far, to put it plainly. within an hour of senator mcconnell telling his conference that they would be waiting until after july fourth to vote on...

You have to be a leader. in 1964, after ronald reagan went on television and gave an impassioned speech for the principles of conservatism, and california was lost to lyndon johnson by about a million votes. two years litter, reagan was elected to california on those same principles by a million votes. my point is, you have to go out and sell what your principles are in relation to a particular program. obamacare was sold as one thing. i was just looked -- admittedly, this is a white house video...

Campaign officials of the republican president savaging one of his own party senators with an online commercial and a small tv ad by in the lawmakers own state. >> now with strong leadership and a real chance to repeal and replace obamacare with patient centered care that protects american families, senator dean helder is saying no. >> reporter: in a tweet, the american first policies pact tied the nevada lawmaker to liberal democrat nancy pelosi saying theyll have $1 million worth of follow up,...

>> he listened. the president is a terrific listener and helps individuals kind of work through assessing where they are and what can be done to move them, what kind of nuances can be done. vice president pence is very good at this also. they did a level of engagement to say all right, if we move this a little bit this way and this a little bit this way, then what does it do? i will tell you this, when you look at the engagement of the white house with the house and senate on this saying how do ...

>> shannon: jonah goldberg is a fox news contributor. i will give you a swing at what you heard from senator paul. >> i think rand paul is exactly right. were in this very strange situation where republicans ran for seven years saying we have to repeal obamacare, we have to destroy it, get rid of it entirely and they arent doing it. it turns out theyre dogs who caught the car and they dont want to get rid of all of it. the democrats are insisting its a total and complete repeal. the mainstream r...

Own. face. jeanne moos, cnn -- >> fake news, folks, a lot of fake. >> reporter: new york. >> i dont think that any comment needs to be added. you can watch "outfront" on cnn. anderson is next. good evening. thanks for joining us. tonight in a controversial figure in donald trumps orbit, as well as the russia investigation, roger stone wants to testify before congress. details on that shortly. first on health care. remember this? >> real change begins immediately with the repealing and replacin...

Republicans, anderson, i was there on the lawn at the capitol, when obamacare was passed. several of us across this country fought against it before it passed and said, premiums are going to go up. you will not be able to keep your dock tore, and we were right. so were talking about -- >> but the question is -- >> so were talking about far more seat it is they dont address it now, and thats the problem. >> we have to leave it there. >> when you have a two-seat majority, one seat matters. >> appr...