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And when -- it is this frustration we hear over and over from members of congress that its not like they can have a substantive conversation about what is in the bill with donald trump. in fact, today when he was going on and on about what it would do, those things were not largely true. >> right. this isnt his wheelhouse, right? policy, hes about sort of the politics of it, hes about twitter. and i think if youre a senator, if you look at where donald trump has been over these last even couple ...

Following president trumps new effort to repeal and replace obamacare, and over lunch the president repeatedly said we shouldnt leave town until a new health care bill is on my desk. i want to get some new insight from our correspondents and specialists here. phil mattingly, i want to go to you first to talk about this cbo score. we have this new updated number that is quite significant because we talked about the repeal and replace bill and the price tag there. this is for just the repeal bill....

Even with a two-year transition period? we cant do it, it doesnt work for us. >> toii want to bring in my pan to talk more about this. okay, rebecca. the president was all over the map. it was repeal and replace, repeal only, let it fail. today it was back to repeal and replace. this price tag could be why, huh? you cant trust congress to do things not coupled up like this. you cant just repeal it because then the premiums would be going through the roof, too. this would be a disaster. >> presid...

Its an extraordinarily unpopular piece of legislation, it did bring premiums down over time, right? >> thats exactly right. thats a key point the republicans wanted to make, and if you look at what ted cruz has been pushing, others have been pushing, they want to bring those premiums down even further. again, the idea here is that repeal with numbers like this hanging out would essentially force your hands. senators would have to come to some type of resolution on a replace plan because obviousl...

Why they turned it around so quickly is this is essentially a very similar version to the 2015 bill that the senate also voted on and the numbers are devastating, theres no question about it, because its repeal only. it would save $473 billion over the course of 10 years, but in terms of coverage, by 2026, 32 million fewer than under current law would have no coverage. and the bigger issues would probably be premiums because republicans have made that the core of their issue here. premiums would...

These numbers wouldnt matter. but these were the types of numbers that were a rationale for a lot of senators coming out and saying repeal only is a non-starter. it has to have some type of replace, and frankly, knowing these are the actual numbers and knowing the numbers would be so similar to 2015, that is why replace is starting to percolate again right now. because they recognize that doing this for a two-year transition period and clearly no clear pathway forward on how to get to some resul...

And, you know, dean heller is looking at the state of nevada where millions of people are going to lose insurance under the repeal plan, under the repeal and replace plan, and the president is expecting him to vote for it. why would he vote for it if hes running for reelection and its going to do all that damage to the state? thats the policy problem. but the president talks about it exclusively in terms of, are you with me or are you against me? >> and says, you know, i know the people of nevad...

Impeachment on election night when trump got elected. i am anot looking forward to it, i think it is a losing message for democrats. if you see anything from the special elections like john ossoff, it doesnt work, it doesnt seem to resonate with voters. why hitch yourself to a message that doesnt seem to be resonated. >> and in the election, john ossoff didnt mention president trump in one paid advertising there is a reason for that.lo he wasnt as poisonous as they they would they were in that c...

They renewed their threat to de denuclearize the peninsula. if it doesnt work, the president has been clear, this is a grave, grave escalation. judge jeanine: has the president given up on china helping us out? >> no, the meeting today was part and parcel of trying to get back on track. trying to have more capacity to pressure in a non-kinetic domain its neighbor than any other nation in the world. the president was disappointed what came after those commitments. well give it one more try. but a...

They renewed their threat to de denuclearize the peninsula. if it doesnt work, the president has been clear, this is a grave, grave escalation. judge jeanine: has the president given up on china helping us out? >> no, the meeting today was part and parcel of trying to get back on track. trying to have more capacity to pressure in a non-kinetic domain its neighbor than any other nation in the world. the president was disappointed what came after those commitments. well give it one more try. but a...