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The people of this country love him. why wouldnt they get in line? >> if he is right and go ahead and tell us if you agree or not. how big of an issue could this be? >> well, i agree with eric. our base loves the president. this was a change election. they sent a change agent to washington americans were saying we need somebody who will go fight for us. we need somebody who is going to lobby for us. we dont have the special interests in washington and thats what they saw in president trump. he n...

That i are trying to rush it through. thats disingenuous. >> i think youre totally wrong. they had a senate bill. they didnt have the votes for it. they went back to the drawing table. they came up and announced some miker changes -- major changes today. you have senator graham looking at an amendment process thats ongoing. theyre looking at continuing into the august debate. not going home. and to me, this is a very thoughtful approach to a very serious issue and theyre listening to the governo...

The reason why, sticker shock. a lot of people are concerned that states are not going to be able to afford medicaid. >> thats why the senate and house bills want to fade out the expansion and theyll put it back to a similar situation before obamacare. thats where the concern from those who oppose these plans because that would reduce the access to care for a lot of americans, millions of americans. thats one of the great debates theyre facing right now and trying to get these two bills, one of ...

Please dont call this an open and fair process. if you want to rush it through, admit that consequences. >> senate minority leader chuck schumer and criticizing the health care plan and the way it was presented. opposition also coming from within the g.o.p., at least those three g.o.p. senators john just mentioned are expect to announce they are going to oppose the bill in its current form. weve got three g.o.p. senators already coming out, expecting to oppose the g.o.p. health care bill. now fo...

We have insurance providers bailing out of state of state after state, weve got to fix it now, time is not our friend and so you know, its not a crisis. this is not a surprise. we got to make some decisions now. >> whats the one thing that will be a deal breaker for you and your caucus, the one thing if the senate does you will not be able to support. >> well, the one ting which has been a litmus test day one is premiums coming down. if premiums dont come down, there will not be votes from the h...

If we cant, thats fine. >> so can the president renegotiate this thing? >> hallie, not according to the leaders of germany, france and italy. they ended up releasing a joint statement yesterday saying they couldnt renegotiate and they wouldnt. one of the really big reasons behind this is that the paris accord ended up getting agreement from the likes of the united states, china, india, small countries, big countries, developing countries, non-developing countries. to be able to get that consensu...

The ability to change some of your colleagues minds. where does this eventually go? if youre a no, they get -- john roberts just reported that theyre two or three votes away from the 216 needed. this goes through to the senate. where does that leave things politically? >> politically, i hope we go back to the drawing table. i hope trump will start with his own proposal, the ones he campaigned on, instead of coming here to the house of reppives. i call it the swamp over here. i think he called it...

The white house is looking at redrafting it according to nbc news reporting. what would it need to look like to get your approval? >> it would have to be constitutional. we operate in america under a rule of law, not a rule of men, not a rule of trump. these executive orders have to comply with constitutional protections. the fifth amendment due process protections. the 14th amendment due process protections. these are not things that just can be casually dismissed by any president. thats why th...

Survive constitutional tests. so i think were in for some days and weeks of litigation, and in the end the president would be far better served if he with drew the order and went back to the drawing table and with a consultation with lawyers, with national security people, came up with a compromise that kept the bad people out but let the students and the families in. >> gentlemen, were going to ask that you please stand by, were going to take a break right now, when we come back, well continue ...

Nafta, one of the sections allows the president of the united states to notify them that we intend to do that. >> is it allowed or -- >> hold on. >> will there still be a north american trade bloch or something different? >> i think part of it is -- he has already spoken to the president of mexico and the prime minister of ka de about his desire to renegotiate. i think as he meets with both of these individuals over the next 30 days or so thats going to be topic. if they come in and express a wi...