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Finally, i think if sessions were pushed out of the justice department amid speculation that the president might like to fire mueller, that would create a firestorm in both parties. >> maybe general kelly will put up a big stop sign in front of donald trump and say, wait, dont do it. >> cluck grassley may have done that, saying we will not have time to confirm a new a.g. this year. >> the president not giving up on health care yet. even though its barely on life support. the president -- >> twee...

Replace bill today, but one member of the obama white house weighed in to throw shade for both of barack obamas presidential terms. pete souza was the white house photographer documenting them. souza was ronald reagans photographer taking photos like this. throughout the obama white house, he posted photos on instagram. lately, hes been digging through archives and throwing shade, actually a lot of shade. for instance, after president trump signed the travel ban, this of talking with a young ref...

Affected by the bill. stopping them from blowing up is not enough for my next guest. bernie sanders joins me now. senator, first, your colleagues in the senate, the republican colleagues. i talked to some folks on the hill who said behind closed doors, they did not want this bill coming into your chamber. do you think thats right? >> i think some of them may have felt that way. people, certainly mitch mcconnell has been pushing very, very hard to repeal obamacare. but, i think, chris, at the end...

No, no, we wont vote for it. please understand that the republicans, im talking now to people in michigan who voted for trump, those who voted for obama and then changed and voted for trump, they are out to make your lives a living hell. they tried to do it in the last 24 hours in a way that hasnt been reported that much. go online, what they were going to vote on. they couldnt get enough republicans to vote for this hateful, mean-spirited bill. now, the resistance has to step forward. we need t...

They saw just how transparent the republicans and trump were with this bill. this was a tax cut bill for the rich, not a health care bill. this was an attempt, now, to try and kill obamacare in actually more cruel ways. they are going to try to nip and tuck and cut their hhs, they are going to do everything they can to stymie and get in the way of the good that obamacare does. thats why bernie and the other progressive leaders of this party who i believe represent the majority of this party have...

>> today, rhetoric met reality for president trump and the republican party as a whole. a cull money nation of calls and the repeal affordable care act. joining me now, michael moore. your reaction to what happened today. >> well, immediately, the good news is that the millions of people who are beneficiaries of obamacare are not going to be thrown out on the curb tonight, tomorrow night or anytime soon. thats great news. everybody should feel good about that. this is not the time for the democr...

Great state of vermont joins me now senator, your colleagues in the senate, the republican colleagues, i talked to some folks on the hill who said behind closed doors they were -- they did not want this bill coming into your chamber. do you think thats right? >> i think some of them may have felt that way. other people, certainly mitch mcconnell, has been pushing very very hard to repeal obamacare. but i think chris at the end of the day, i know media will focus on the winners and losers and tru...

That are the working class of this country, they were going to suffer mightily, even though we stay we still have obamacare, they are going to raise those premiums. they are going to try and not cover things. >> that may be true in terms of staking a position, right? but the notion that -- first of all it seems to me there is going to be zero appetite on capitol hill among the republican leadership thats controlling the legislative schedule at this point to do anything having to do with health c...

Damn lights." and ahead of trumps announcement of his supreme court nominee, this photo writing "merrick garland, just saying." but souzas post today may have particularly stung with the caption "before voting on the affordable care act in 2010, president obama met with many members of congress on both sides of the aisle over the course of many months." this picture was taken at the end of a multiple hours-long meeting with the entire republican house caucus in which he responded to dozens of qu...

In november. this has to be fixed. do not sit around and say, oh, weve got obamacare. democrats, you have to get this fixed. but the people who are watching, the people who are members of the resistance, and were talkitalk talking tens of millions of people now, we have to shift part of our focus away from congress who we have been barraging for the last two months with phone calls, visits, letters. we have to go after the insurance companies because these private profit-making insurance compani...