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Assuran assurance, quote, did not ease his concern that this shell of a bill could be taken up and passed at any time. >> obviously a very dramatic night and morning. but the idea that the senate majority leader would put the bill on the floor and have it fail is big. the idea he would put the bill, the thing these republicans have campaigned on for more than seven years as the basis for why they have the majority in the senate, majority in the house and in part why they have the white house and...

Things which he do to move this along. >> this is a tough question. i dont know if me will want to work with democra -- >> maybe he doesnt wan tm to get the credit. >> i think they are willing to work with republicans as long as it is off of the table, but i think unless he learns anything in terms of details about the policy, he is not going to be able to push health care or any other big piece of legislation. part of his job is to travel around the country and build consensus for legislation, ...

Emergency room. if youre working, youre going to claim workers comp. so youre using health care at the most expensive level you can. >> thats money taxpayers are paying. >> thats exactly. i had every hospital coming to me saying hey, i gave $10 million, $15 million. people came and couldnt pay. so i know the toll it takes in states. >> over the last 48 hours, president trump talked about repeal and replace, talked about just repealing to let it fail, now back to repeal and replace. what do you m...

When i was governor, i had every hospital coming to me saying hey, governor, i need $10 million. i need $15 million. people came and couldnt pay. so i know the toll it takes in states. >> over the last 48 hours, president trump talked about repeal and replace, talked about just repealing to let it fail, now back to repeal and replace. what do you make of the presidents approach and for you, what is the priority? is it the insurance networks and propping them up? >> ive tried to remind the presid...

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 ...

What would you say to the president? if you think its not satisfactory to let it fail, and to leave people on the hook, why is the president using that tactic? >> i think hes trying to drive the message that hes frustrated that senate was not able to come together on this. ill let him speak to that more importantly its the senate. and this is where i hope they do not give up. that they might have to let the dust settle here. but if theres ten things we want to do, and you can bring four things t...

Wants to see this passed. >> david, very quickly -- >> if i could interject here. the president is not getting behind republicans on this. he celebrated with house republicans about passing their bill, then turned around and called it mean. so senators are putting their necks on the line for this healthcare bill and dont know that the white house will back them up. thats causing a chilling effect. >> david, before we go, very quickly to you. if the tactic is now let it fail, maybe help it fail b...

>> it is an answer. >> the president is saying let it fail. thats different than a repeal. are you comfortable with letting it fail? >> if we let it fail, then whats the worst thing that happens? we go back do what we had before it was even imagined or implemented. we go back to that stage. at that stage we then again work on something to make it better for everyone. to give everyone accessible, affordable, patient-centered healthcare. thats what we said all along. we want acceptable, affordabil...

Delusion that if they could just delay, delay, delay, somehow magically all their problems will be solved at some unknown later date. time is not getting any more votes. this is something they did a few years ago during the obama administration and it turned out to be the most horrible thing to ever happen to this department. and now theyre trying to do it with americans health care. its an abomination. >> harris: i sort of get why they did it this way because everyone has skin in the game. us b...

Care program that is ensuring millions and millions of people, that is giving people access to doctors and say let it fail, it seems the height of irresponsibility. so it is possible that republicans and democrats will start to work behind the scenes to shore up the exchanges and to do the things that need to be done. on the other hand, thats going to require leadership. >> hillary, your friend senator chuck schumer is speaking about this very thing on the senate floor. lets listen. >> weve prop...