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>> this is the closest we will ever get to repealing and replacing obamacare. the time is here. the time is now. this is the moment, and this is the closest this will ever happen. >> reporter: but the plan is facing mounting opposition. the american medical association and the american hospital association have both come out against it. one analysis projects up to 10 million fewer americans would have health insurance. and some prominent conservatives are lining up against it too, including obam...

Plan that they could all get behind. doesnt look that way. cnn political commentators kevin madden, matt lewis, andre bower. nothing is easy when it comes to washington and politics. thats something we can all agree on, correct? >> yeah. >> in washington, they do two things well. do nothing, or overreact. >> lets talk about all of that. kevin, conservatives are lining up against this, house republicans plan to repeal and replace obamacare. heres what senator tom cotton tweeted. he said, house he...

Cost. okay? nothing to complain about. >> donald trump will head back to the campaign trail holding a rally in tennessee. the announcement comes a day after sean spicer said this. >> were going to be aggressively going after -- talking about the solution that we have for health care. i think you will see a lot of travel and a lot of activity by the president and all of the administration. >> meanwhile, vice president pence will travel to kentucky saturday for the republican health care bill. rep...

Get it right. dont get it fast. to tea party groups who call it obamaca obamacare-lite. >> for they vote for the plan put forward a couple of days ago, they will break their word to the american people. >> part of the frustration, they are trying to race the plan through congress moving it through two house committees before they have a chance to estimate the proposals cost. the senate majority leader wants to lead. the white house insists there is no rush. >> we think this is a great vehicle to...

Its not possible. you cant repeal everything and reconciliation. you need 60 votes and data democrats. have to go through the step-by-step process. >> but that is what donald trump promised the american people. youre obviously not. as he just said, you need a soft landing. i dont think you should be touching a lot of the things you are, but on top of that -- >> sandra: lets make it back in here and get it back to you, congressman duffy, based on what jessica brought up early. she and other democ...

Republican senator tom cotton sharing his thoughts on twitter saying house health care bill cannot pass senate without major changes. to my friends in the house, pause, start over, get it right, dont get it fast. joining us now senior editor for the atlantic and cnn political commentator and former white house communications director for president obama. great to have both of you here. so david lets start with that. this roll out of the republican plan has been met with lots of opposition alread...

Aisle. >> okay. no one likes this bill. hospitals, doctors, governors, conservatives, liberals, nonpartisan groups and most of all, the people who will no longer have affordable health care. >> i think probably the easiest way to characterize it is repeal and wreck. repeal and wreck. it basically undermines the premise of the affordable care act if you were designing a bill to hammer my state, it would be this bill. >> but at this point, democrats may be the least of the president and gop leader...

Welcome back to "the lead." im jake tapper. lets stick with politics now. there is growing opposition against the republican leadership plan to repeal and replace obamacare. democrats of course are critical but now several conservative republicans are pushing the gop leadership to pump the brakes. among them republican senator tom cotton of arkansas who this morning tweeted, quote, house health care bill cant pass senate without major changes. to my friends in the house, pause, start over, get i...

Member of the finance committee. senator, thank you for joining me. lets start here. did republicans go about this all wrong? and the reason i ask this, i want to take your colleagues tweet from earlier today. senator tom cotton tweeting house health care bill cant pass senate without major changes. to my friends in the house, pause, start over, get it right, dont get it fast. do you believe that senator cotton is right or wrong? >> i dont know who senator cotton has spoken with, but there is ob...

Effect a week from today. the white house dropped iraq from the list of restricted countries but still bars new visas from six muslim majority nations. the white house argues that the order protects our national security. critics say its discrimination. more republicans are ripping their own partys new healthcare plan today. we are hearing that moments ago, republican senator ted cruz told reporters that the plan will not pass the senate. ted cruz called on vice president pence to allow add-ons....