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The president is acting in accordance with his responsibilities and with the law. >> dr. hayworth, if i could follow up on that. i understand the ultimate goal to fix obamacare and make it better, but in the meantime americans are going to suffer. shouldnt congress just fix these csrs? >> jacob, americans are suffering now. families across the country, those in the individual markets are finding that the insurance products that are being offered to them are costing ever more, even with the taxpa...

And publicly to help you do your job that hes given you now to pass some form of obamacare, repeal and replace? >> look for nos -- those of us in the house and the senate we eventually have to get the vote and we have to line up enough of our brothers and sisters to vote yes or no depending on the issue. and sometimes when the president is having a twitter war with a member of congress, its really hard to get that focus up, can you stop engaging in the personality battle and come back to policy....

Signature achievements. just another line in the list here for the president of rolling back mr. obamas legacy. >> leland, he said he is proud of his decision and he likes what hes been seeing in the stock market. health insurers, took a plunge in trading on friday. so president trump said, "health insurance stocks that have gone through the roof during the obamacare years plunged yesterday after i ended their windfall." critics say the plunge in stocks will only make premiums skyrocket for aver...

Great, obamacare -- we shouldnt be working with obamacare as it is right now, were going to get out there and try to fix this thing. but will they be able to rally the members of the republican party and get something done? >> well, its going to be tough. and lets not forget the biggest thing the house and the senate wanted to work on is tax reform. the reason why this failed after the skinny bill failed and the senate, the house wanted to move on. and they had one hope of getting something done...

Really mandate, create a legislation to mandate that these subsidies be paid for, that reimbursement be paid for, they are in charge now, they can fix this. but they dont want to seem to do that both the leadership in the house and senate. >> i was going to say just to follow up on that, plus were only talking about one small of the problem when it comes to health care. yes, the premiums are too high, but were not doing anything to change the fundamental problems with our health care system. and...

This. essentially this is the president of the united states making good on a promise that republicans in congress couldnt do, he cant repeal or replace obamacare, that didnt happen. now through executive order, he is taking it apart piece by piece. >> christine romans, thanks for being with us. we will be live in washington, d.c., tony perkins is introducing the president. we will hear from him any second. while we wait, the panel is back. scott jennings, republican strategist, talking obamacar...

Of making lemonade out of lem ons. we covered these value voter sum its and other conservative groups for years. the anthem, rallying cry has been to repeal and replace obamacare. the president becomes the first sitting president to address the group, and frankly he is before the group without any action legislatively in obamacare. the president gave a bit of a jab to members of congress for failing to uphold their pledge. he is using executive action which he criticized president obama for doin...

The president is not going to certify the deal again, he is not going to tear it up, he is kicking it to congress. do we know what the real fallout will be after the presidents announcement? >> well, it depends entirely, kate, how well he can control how congress reacts. so he wants to create the impression that he is completely disavowing the iran deal, which is the signature element of president obamas foreign policy just as obamacare was the signature element of his domestic policy. it was on...

Because again, i think this president found a way to divide the american people, he found a way to divide congress, even found a way to divide the republican party, so i dont know what will happen with this congress because i am confused by it myself being a member of it. i know the american people have to be confused by it also, and i think thats partially done because of the president of the united states. >> so let me ask you about health care while i have you here. the president cancelling s...

Waiting for the president. he will be announced by tony perkins, president of family research council. as we wait for the president, lets get to this. a big move on obamacare, he promised to fix obamacare piece by piece late last night. went after a huge piece. he ended officially big government subsidy to insurance companies, that money goes to help poor people afford health care coverage. >> christine romans, chief business correspondent is here. we wait for the president and the panel is with...