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Some people are saying it will only help cover 76,000 people, a small fraction of the 130 million americans with preexisting conditions. the president proved he could make a deal, but what kind of a deal did he make for the american people? especially when you consider lawmakers essentially flew blind in passing this thing. they passed it before they knew whats in it. we all remember that from seven years ago. they didnt have a cbo report, no hearings, no legislative text. >> right. so the presi...

>> the per capita cap will increase by cpi medical plus 1% for the blind, aged and disabled. that is a level of assurance for the governors where they know the income stream that is coming in. they will be able to adjust their measures accordingly. i think that is something welcome by the governors. some governors may ask for a block grant. that availability is under the bill. that is available to them. i agree. this bill goes to the senate. im anxious to see. we had criticism from senators on b...

Now theyll find out. they will find out their congress person voted to take away their health care. they will find out that their congress person said its okay to take health care away from 24 million people and this could mean you. >> the 24 million is from the last cbo report, the score of the original republican bill. we dont know the numbers on this one. we expect in the next week or so to get those numbers. who knows if leader pelosi is right. most of the way the house zri districts are dar...

Joining me is the panel. its amazing that there is no congressional budget office score. in the past, that was a big deal for all sides. would there be one as the senate starts to look at this? >> i cant imagine there wont be. im old enough to remember a republican led house becoming a republican led house with promises to read a bill for three days, never mind a cbo sco score. meaning, they ran on the notion that democrats push things through too fast. thats exactly what theyre doing. republica...

At the same time, theyre going in blind. they just are. there was a score on the original bill, which did say that 24 million people who had coverage -- additional coverage because of obamacare would lose that coverage. we dont know if that number is different or not. theyre going to kind of take the plunge. >> thats a large part what have did it in last time. if you were being cynical here -- far be it for me to be cynical. you would say that there is some incentive to get this done before you ...

We are going to do it. you raise expectations and you model the communications. i have to say, i think the communication strategy of the republicans on this one issue has been positively abysmal. there are a couple of people that i think really know this issue and know it well but for the most part, people are speaking in generalities or speaking in such legislative mumbo-jumbo that regular folks cant follow it. you have to get better communications and know your caucus. otherwise give it to som...

Thats relevant without having to give any kind of immunity. then we would want to sit down with the justice department and find out what their equities are. and given his failure to report this income, the fact that he took income at all, and whether there are issues of false statements. a lot of potential inequities here. and finally, we would want a detailed proffer as to what he would say before we give any kind of blind the grand of immunity. thats still a long way off. >> a month ago, when ...

Were going into this blind. what general kelly what we just saw was a declaration that were threw kicking the can down the road. we did that for 25 years, thinking this is open-ended well deal with it as it comes. this is the administration announcing the united states is saying we know this is coming within several years. if they acquire a ballistic missile that could hit the u.s., it is a new world and were not going to allow it. thats an amazing staptement. all of this is a united kim jong- j...

>> i think it is fair to say that the outside intervention, the combination of the comey letter on october 28th, wikileaks, which played a much bigger role than i think many people understand yet, had the determinative effect. >> do you -- perhaps the text still of a sense of denial there? >> a little bit. i dont want to -- it was a factor. i think comey and russia did play a factor. i dont want to say it didnt. there were so many other things and youre kind of blind if you dont accept these oth...

To realize michael smerconish is in bed with trumpy? clearly hes being paid by trumpy. nobody can be this blind to reality and corruption. some days i get blasted from the left and sometimes i get blasted from the right. hit me with another one. >> i wish smerconish would stop pretending hes not fully committed to the republican party. hit me with another one. dont defend spicer, michael. no, no, no. you are uniform in your criticisms this week, ladies and gentlemen. ill see you here again next ...