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>> reporter: congressional republicans have been waiting for years for their opportunity to overturn obamacare and now with it sitting in front of them, they just cant figure out how to get it done. from the republican-controlled senate, a stunning change of direction. majority leader mitch mcconnell will prop up obamacare if his own party cant pass a plain. >> premiums are going up, deductibles are going up. we have to solve the current crisis and i think repealing and delaying the replacement ...

Health care. before that holiday, there wasnt enough republican support to even start the debate on the proposed legislation. our tom foreman breaks it all down for us. >> reporter: congressional republicans have been waiting for years for their opportunity to overturn obamacare and now with if sitting right in front of them, they jucant figure ou how to get it done. from the are republican controlled senate, a stunning change of direction. mitch mcconnell saying he will work with democrats to p...

Cant you just walk the streets to find out what white working class americans think? >> apparently it doesnt work. so many of these people who have four-year degrees, the pundits, the politicians, the professors didnt understand the white working class. they dont understand it. since we already have black studies and female studies and gay studies, it seems we should study this group, too, so everybody, republicans, liberals, democrats and conservatives will understand. we have to understand it....

Pass. translation, they dont want to fix anything that the cbo found. they want to point to alternative sources that make the bill look ostensibly better. >> well, alternative sources sounds an awful lot like alternative facts, ari. the problem here is that as you say, in the past the idea was to fight fire with fire. if the facts were that the cbo said this doesnt work, then you tried to find a way to fix it and make it work. this trump administration and also the republican leadership in the s...

Act® strengthens enamel, protects teeth from harmful acids, and helps prevent cavities. go beyond brushing with act®. welcome back. a new twist in republican efforts to repeal and replace obamacare. facing crumbling support from within their own party, republican leaders are now considering a huge and unexpected compromise. heres cnns tom foreman. >> reporter: from the republican-controlled senate, a stunning change of direction. majority leader mitch mcconnell saying he will work with democ...

Crime was always high there, but now it has exploded. in the first six months of this year, 365 people have been shot. a55% increase. thereve been a most 100 murders, putting in contention with baltimore and lewis for title of americas most deadly city. even more frighteningly, only about 37% of the citys are even solved. he can be gunned down at random while walking through the french quarter, and there is nearly a two-thirds chance your killer will never be found. the mayor knows what he has t...

Outrageous, right? actually most europeans dont think it goes nearly far enough. a poll this year found that a majority in france, germany, italy, belgium, and several other countries backed a total halt to muslim immigration into the countries. in every country in europe, support for such a ban was far higher then over opposition to it. kind of amazing. how about the presidents plan to build a wall? we are told in this country that it is morally offensive. nobody does it because it doesnt work....

The problem here is that as you say, in the past the idea was to fight fire with fire. if the facts were that the cbo said this doesnt work, then you tried to find a way to fix it and make it work. this trump administration and also the republican leadership in the senate dont seem to want to try to fix it. they want to counter it and say, no, thats fake news. thats not true. lets just counter it with our own information. but what you said, i thought, was really interesting, that there was a tin...

Republicans who say there are more benefits and less disruptions should the bill pass. translation, they dont want to fix anything that the cbo found. they want to point to alternative sources that make the bill look ostensibly better. >> well, alternative sources sounds an awful lot like alternative facts, ari. the problem here is that as you say, in the past the idea was to fight fire with fire. if the facts were that the cbo said this doesnt work, then you tried to find a way to fix it and ma...

Middlemen, so to speak, from this process. what is the incentive, because this is a frustration for these insurance companies to get out of this and stop dipping their hands in the pots on the american people can get the health care they need. >> it goes back to erics best selling book, "the swamp." what happens in "the swamp," the creature to control of the situation and the forced lobbying on to congress and they freeze them. its the right thing to do for the american people. >> eric: that rea...