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Stories throughout the morning. another very busy morning along with joe, willie and me. we have washington anchor here. good to have you on board this morning. republicans have until next saturday to pass a bill to repeal obamacare. that race seems to have been ignoring earlier principals. varied on page 95 is a provision that exists alaska and montana. the provision is seen -- >> so this is like a corn husker kickback 2017 style. >> times two. >> exactly. >> let me tell you something right now...

Player. former obama spokesperson tweeted im not your single payer versus gram ka-- >> exactly. the debate the republicans want. in fact senator gram framed their -- the only alternative to the single payer idea when he introduced it last week. >> if you believe repeals and replacing obamacare is a good idea this is your best and only chance to make it happen because everything else has failed except this approach which will work if we get behind it. if you want a single payer health care system...

Maybe the last in a series of failures in the effort to repeal and replace obamacare. thats why donald trump is so frustrated with him and thats why he is working with them. this thing, he won them the white house. this thing that was supposed to be easy has been a complete mess. >> thats why this is so time sensitive. you dont want to miss it up now. they could put this to bet. >> thing is in the coffin. you need one more nail to hammer into it. dont show up and open that back up again. >> lets...

To expand health care? the way that its played out traditionally in terms of anything that has to do with big spending and big tax increases? >> i think republicans will try. theyre going to make death panels look like a walk in the park in terms of the rhetoric theyre going to use. in terms of the rhetoric and the press, republicans have lost a lot of their legitimacy on health care. theres no reason that anyone should think that health care in this country after all of these zombie attempts to...

Most allergy pills only block one. and 6 is greater than one. flonase sensimist. ♪ welcome back. president trump ran as the guy who promised, quote, i can fix it alone. but lets be real. you cant get much of anything donna loan in washington. you can try, but youll fail, whether you want to build a wall or tear down obamacare. president trump is now confronting a legacy defining moment where he cannot go it alone. hes going to need the support of the public and hes going to need the support ...

Coaster week of health care debate. in the wee hours of the morning, senator john mccain voting against the last ditch effort to repeal obamacare. lets get reaction from chris stewart of utah. he voted to pass republican health care reform in the house. thank you for being here. who does this failure fall on? is this mitch mcconnells fault? is it the presidents fault? whose fault is it? >> i dont think its one individuals fault. obviously, we are disappointed. mitch mcconnell did everything he c...

And go to arizona to push health care. stay on message and work to repeal and replace obamacare and talk about jobs, undermining the attorney general, allowing your new communications director to undermine your chief of staff. going to a boy scout jamboree and talking politics. anyone with the sound advice of political experts would know not to do. the problem, is this does a tremendous job to get his base excited. this does it. this is red meat for them. the distraction causes him to be unable ...

You. he damped around the question. the republicans wont work for us. what does your party need to do? >> the democrats have to figure out a way to work with republicans. republicans have to come to the table to make it happen. i dont think anyone who supported this legislation was serious about health care or governing, in part, because of an eight-page bill, a few hours before to be notified about it. it was not a serious effort as errol said to repeal and replace obamacare. i think we are now...

Obamacare, at least they have something on record saying, look, i did what i could. i put my vote on the line to change obamacare and make changes. president trump doesnt have that. hes not going to be able to say here is concrete evidence of what i did to repeal and replace obamacare. you cant blame it on the republicans or democrats. you cant blame it on the three republicans who didnt vote. they said we have to work together. republicans have to work together. the conservative and moderate re...