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You know, part of me understands that hes talking to his base. hes jus delivered a big promise that was such a big part of the campaign, not just for him, but so many other republicans. also, it felt so tone deaf to me and such a lack of empathy. there are a lot of people in america who are scared out of their minds about what the effect of this bill could possibly be in their own personal lives, and on the lives of the people they love. and i think we have to have a little sensitivity and compa...

Get as many reforms in this as we can. the other thing, you know, you look at 23 taxes that were under the affordable care act. those are gone. the individual and employer mandates those are gone. the penalty where the government says we will fine you for not doing what we say you have to do, those are gone. this opens up the market and you see an expansion from jobs on this, too. one of the things under the affordable care act is they lowered the full-time work from 40 hours down to 30. we will...

Scene in the rose garden in the white house today you would have thought this legislation was the law of the land. he was signing it into law but they still have a long way to go. >> thft halftime and you usually dont declare victory at halftime and they did. he had a win finally that he could talk about and he wanted, i know, to gives it some momentum going into the senate. but i think thats going to happen over the break whether there are a lot of town halls or not, people are going to start a...

Like they were able to get a couple more lawmakers on board through that provision, thats when i started to sense some more real confidence from the white house. >> had i want you to stand by, you know, gloria, im going to be really anxious to see the tone the president sets in his remarks in the next few minutes. >> right. because this is not -- this is halftime. this is, you know, not a full on victory for him. although as jeff pointed out its his first, you know, legislative win. >> major leg...

Was going to be in here actually in the end was not, jake. >> interesting, renee march. thank you so much. appreciate it. be sure to follow me on facebook and twitter @jaketapper. you can tweet me at cnn. we read your tweets. turning you over to mr. wolf blitzer in "the situation room." thanks for watching. >> happening now, breaking news. trumps big win. president trump scores his first legislative victory. helping to muscle an obamacare replacement bill through the house by a razor thin margin...

Criticized, wochlf, for treatin politics and policy like sports. i do think that in many ways thats what is happening today right now, is that this vote today is being treated like a sporting event. it is one vote, and it is a vote thats really meaningless in the sense that whatever was done today is not going to be what the senate deals with or what is eventually voted on, if that even happens. so i do think that this is a victory lap in many ways by donald trump, president trump and the republ...

There you have it. a democratic congressman saying president trump is the most dangerous man in america. >> you think he said that? >> his phone number, if you want to contact him is -- wait till the office is open tomorrow. >> time for my favorite topic. you know i love me some sports. the clippers played the jazz. they are both basketball. sometimes they have games at halftime or kids and adults run. that is an adult. he did it to a kid. the jazz -- the jazz bear says hey, that aint right. he ...

>> wow. there you have it. a democratic congressman saying president trump is the most dangerous man in america. >> you think he said that? >> his phone number, if you want to contact him is -- wait till the office is open tomorrow. >> time for my favorite topic. you know i love me some sports. the clippers played the jazz. they are both basketball. sometimes they have games at halftime or kids and adults run. that is an adult. he did it to a kid. the jazz -- the jazz bear says hey, that aint ri...

The media this afternoon. the warriors, my goodness, advancing to the next round of the playoffs, dominating the blazers. superstar kevin durant back after missing two games with a calf injury. golden state was simply on fire, scored 45 points in the first quarter alone! got so out of hand, guys, the blazers were poking fun at the score on twitter. the blazers! at the end of the first quarter, it said "blazers 22, warriors a lot" in one tweet. then it would go on and say at halftime, "blazers ...

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