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>> i guess it is time to ask about where it is really headed. we heard the president, you and i heard him say enough with healthcare. >> right. >> on to tax reform. what are the chances? what are the chances were going to get infrastructure before someone raises, hey, how about sole or panels, the whole thing dies of its own -- >> this is the real test right now which is why theyre going back to healthcare, which is the republicans have to determine if they have a governing majority in the house...

Look at the bigger picture and they have to find a way to get to a governing majority in the house and senate. i think it was a disaster in terms of popular support. at 70% of the country -- 17% of the country approved it. i dont think they can rush this through. it took ragan eight months to pass a tax cut. it took 18 months to pass welfare reform that was 90% approval. and it took pelosi and obama eight months to pass obamacare. slow down, take a deep breath, write a bill that works. he wrote ...

People out there to understand that this president is not going to be a partisan president. this is a president that wants to provide -- and youre right, he wants to make sure people dont get left behind. he wants to make sure that theres competition in the marketplace so that rates are lower and people can choose their doctor. so if those three things are incompatible with some members of the republican house, then its going to be in compatible -- incompatible. we will leave no one behind. we w...

That this president is not going to be a partisan president. this is a president that wants to provide -- and youre right, he wants to make sure people dont get left behind. he wants to make sure that theres competition in the marketplace so that rates are lower and people can choose their doctor. so if those three things are incompatible with some members of the republican house, then its going to be in compatible -- incompatible. we will leave no one behind. we want to make sure people are cov...

That this president is not going to be a partisan president. this is a president that wants to provide -- and youre right, he wants to make sure people dont get left behind. he wants to make sure that theres competition in the marketplace so that rates are lower and people can choose their doctor. so if those three things are incompatible with some members of the republican house, then its going to be in compatible -- incompatible. we will leave no one behind. we want to make sure people are cov...

Lower and people can choose their doctor. so if those three things are incompatible with some members of the republican house, then its going to be in compatible -- incompatible. we will leave no one behind. we want to make sure people are covered, they pick their doctor, they pay less, and we enforce competition in the market. and by the way, thats what this bill provided. chris: i want to get to that, because this is like the third time now in our brief conversation that youve talked about rea...

Conservative trump supporter sitting right next to me yesterday who side repeal and replace paul ryan, that call is out there, how does he move past it? >> im sure theres people that want to say that, but theres a lot of, a significant majority of house republicans who know that paul is the one who has to be speaker right now, there really isnt anybody else who could do this job and everybodys going to have to figure out how they start to work together as a governing majority, does he have all t...

To replace it. and they have a lot of political headaches in front of them. >> rebecca berg, its clearly -- certainly a political promise, right, of house republicans, senate republicans and the president-elect. but its hard to dotop is it a smart place politically to start? >> well, theres really not much of an option for them. right. theyve been promising this for many years now. this isnt just in the context of this presidential election, but this is something they have been talking about sin...

It is going to look like -- this is just -- this is going to be another day at the office for us. it is going to look like that every single day. >> lets young about ohio, youn youngstown, ohio. wages go up, prosperity comes back. they have had 18 or 20 earthquakes. everybody else worries about fracking causing earthquakes, but when it brings you your job, you dont. but we shouldnt stop warning people about the danger that comes with us. >> what you saw feels extraordinary, but the divide theyre...

Opposition and theyll have to raise the debt ceiling with republican votes. does nancy pelosi help them out there? i would be surprised. >> up until 1994 the democrats were in charge for four years. the governing majority and did what sam is saying. they would give republicans in their district enough to help get crumbs off the table. newt gingrich said no to that. ever since 1994, weve been in a real struggle on the hill because its been democrats in charge and republicans in charge and split h...