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Public health and public safety should not be a function of how much money you. have but in america today, thats not the case. in america today, one of the leading causes of bankruptcy for american families is the inability to pay a hospital bill. thats just simply wrong. it is simply wrong that we have a situation where the pharmaceutical companies have been dictating prices in a way that theyre pricing people out of their ability to buy insulin every time they need to use it, because it is so ...

Meetings with north korean officials that should begin in the next week to lay out the idea of dismantling the nuclear program and how they will verify that. the president threw kim jong-un a bone saying he would suspend at the very least, maybe not altogether, the joint u.s.-south korean military exercises. the president called them provocative, inappropriate and verypensive th president said with the caveat that if the negotiations dont turn out the president hoping they will, he could restart...

>> that was fascinating to hear a republican house member basically beg the president, throw us a bone here, man, help us out. i think it was clear recognition that the president of the united states after celebrating in the rose garden with all of the house members took a bus and rolled right over them. >> gloria, do you think -- i would think his strategy was, meaning the president, hes a negotiator. he needed a win. he needed a win in congress, regardless of what the bill is like, knowing it ...

>> its hard for me to say. it depends on what circumstances. in this one im referring to he wasnt being as forthcoming, into led to my frustration. but in some of the open sessions hes been quite forthcoming. so, i think it depends on the subject and what were probing. again these are good men. theyre trying to provide the information and will eventually learn everything we need to know. >> i want to ask you about health care. you voted in favor of the republican house bill. cnn is now learning ...

Congressman stewart. whats your reaction? >> well, that health care conversation was fascinating, don. that was fascinating to hear a republican house member basically beg the president, throw us a bone here, man, help us out. i think it was clear recognition that the president of the united states after celebrating in the rose garden with all of the house members took a bus and rolled right over them. >> gloria, do you think -- i would think his strategy was, meaning the president, hes a negoti...

It depends on what circumstances. in this one im referring to he wasnt but in some of the open sessions hes been quite forthcoming. so i think it depends on the subject and what were probing. again these are good men. theyre trying to provide the information and will eventually learn everything we need to know. >> i want to ask you about health care. you voted in favor of the republican house bill. were just learning that president trump told senators the house bill was mean and to show more hea...

Mentioned is the burden sharing in nato. we fully subscribe to a fair burden sharing in nato. >> im sorry to interrupt, but why has president trump said that and saying germany is not carrying its fair share. this seems like a point of contention. germany and the u.s. are still allies. it does seem like there is real tension here. >> we have committed to a pledge to raise our defense budget. we have done so in the last year we raised it by 9%. we are committed to incrementally raise the defense ...

Pass a hurricane sandy aid bill. in 2014 193 democrats helped in the debt ceiling fight today 182 democrats voted for homeland security funding. is this the new normal that democrats step up as adults in the room? is this what were looking at in the future here? >> i think the speaker has a problem in that a chunk of his conference clearly has no interest in helping leadership achieve anything. they have made their displeasure with this leadership very clear and they think that everybody is sell...

When democratic presidents do it. clearly they just dont get it, but has speaker boehner finally learned his lesson on fighting these doomed battles, do you think? >> look hes very committed to trying to throw the conservative chunk of his conference a bone but at this point, you know mitch mcconnell warned all of the house members at the retreat several weeks ago that there are limitations to what can get through the senate. all that happened was that a conservative bloc took it as a challenge ...

Responsibilities. >> there is no negotiating strategy, not from the presidents side and doesnt seem from john boehnered sides side. >> the president saying i wont negotiate. theres no room to negotiate. the republicans arent offering me anything, a 45-day extension to operate, which he contends is automatic. you can understand the box this puts republicans in. you heard the president in the statement say again and again, use words like ideological and faction. hes not even denouncing the whole r...