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>> well, it could be disastrous for a lot of states including california, very powerful. and we have an insurance commissioner. so what the republicans are introducing his health insurance accounts, and a plan that you can buy across state lines, it makes a very, very complex. and i think complex applying the system is much, much worse. also these governors need to figure out what they are going to do with medicaid. that is a critical cornerstone. >> and they talked about this weekend quite a bi...

>> i think its a brilliant choice. i think he is a very successful military officer. he has a reputation for having a sense of history being innovative in what he does. i think he understands the role of the national security adviser, particularly in this administration, will be to run a process in which cabinet secretaries have an opportunity to present their views to the president, that its not just a white house-run operation and that could be the basis for developing the policies that will b...

Is all about. >> and if youre the chair of the party, president trump has made the relationship with israel central to his understanding of the region of the world, from your critics they will say keith ellison was somebody who said that israel could not be the only lens, all foreign policy said through the lens of only those many people. >> i voted for $27 billion in bilateral aid to israel over the course of many votes and been to the region and worked with them. stalwart champion of the two s...

Working on. and the difficulty is two- fold. one is the schedule that i just mentioned. the obamacare and perceived as imperative to do that first has gotten in the way and that will slow things down a bit. and secondly opposition in the senate. cornerstone of the ryan tax plan is border adjustment tax and imports that come in to the country and not tax exports and encourage domestic production and cut corporate tax credits. senate republicans and the business community dont like it. that is not...

Lead. >> whats on the top of the agenda for him? >> so, we know where pruitt as well as trump stands on overall regulations and we do expect the epa will reflect that stance. in speaking with environmentalists and even conservative think tanks today, both sides agree these are the rules that are most vulnerable under the trump administration. the clean power plan, which really has an emphasis on greenhouse gases, emissions from power plants. of course, thats the cornerstone of the climate change...

Why did you show up in person? >> well, weve been doing town halls since ive been in congress. its something we have done 200 times plus. because, to represent people, you have to listen to people. and thats a cornerstone of my belief, well engage, even with people that are 100 degrees against what we stand for. >> do you think that protest was organic? >> well, i think some of it was organized, some of it was clearly organic and clearly people are concerned. theres fear and anxiety out there. a...

Spent at home at mar-a-lago. >> i think this is going to be an issue as we go forward. obviously every president has to live their life and donald trump comes with, you know, certain aspects that are unique. but the expense of keeping secret service in new york traveling to florida, also his children who are traveling around the world on their business activities, you can expect a louder kind of drum beat from democrats as you go forward. can i just reaffirm? a little further on one thing lynn m...

Had contact with russia? hes in the white house, hes president. what changes if the allegations are true? >> it certainly matters because what we need to find out is whether or not foreign agents interfered in our election. that may not change the results of the election. i have a new job. i have moved on from the campaign. i wish president trump would move on from campaign mode. i think we need a bipartisan, transparent investigation into what happened. it ho be indendent of congress. certainly...

Benjamin netanyahu will be at the white houstoeet with esent trump. hell arrive just before noon, we think. the president and the prime minister will go directly into the news conference and after that, they will have lunch and then the bilateral talks. the meeting part where theyll discuss things like middle east peace, right? the administration now signaling this two-state solution might not be the best way to get there. thats interesting. my colleague richard engel is joining me from tel aviv...

Its been a cornerstone for international policy for many years. >> its been the international consensus that a two-state solution is the only way for change. the white house saying, quote it will insist on a two-state solution. saying theyre open to any agreement that brings peace between the two parties here. israelis and palestinians. the plans rejectsed that saying there is no other option. that its an israeli state next to a palestinian state. whats not clear is that the white house is not y...