reporter: experts say the president s move will hike rates for both middle class and lower income americans at an estimated cost to the government of more than $7 billion next year. the president is acting to dismantle obamacare even though he said he would let it collapse on its own earlier this year. let obamacare fail. it will be a lot easier. and i think we re probably in that position where we ll just let obamacare fail. reporter: holding a mini news conference on the south lawn of the white house, the president also defended his actions in puerto rico, including his tweet slamming local leaders on the island as well as his warning that assistance won t last forever. why do you keep going out to puerto rico and saying you won t stay there forever? we ve done a great job. we ve done a great job in puerto rico. puerto rico has to get the infrastructure going. we re helping them with their infrastructure. reporter: now, as for the iran deal, there are mixed messages comin
that s why folks on both sides say let s go to trial. then the police officer can make his case. he is entitled to presumption of innocence in our system. the notion that we have some prosecutors doing something different when it comes to police misconduct holding a mini trial in secret, that s a question a lot of people are asking the right question whether we want to continue that. ari melber james peterson thanks for being with me. catch ari and fellow cyclists weekdays at 3:00 p.m. now to the debate over war. senator rand paul one of several lawmakers that want congress to vote on the war with isis before the holiday break, even though president obama says he doesn t need congressional approval senator paul went on hardball and said lawmakers have to get a say. it is probably the most important responsibility that any legislator should ever have to send a young man or woman into harm s way. our founding fathers were clear on this. james madison wrote the