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Done, far from over. its as important as, you know, anything that the trump administration is now doing. but im much more pessimistic that were going to get a bill this week or even in the near future. laura: all right. mark, obviously, this is a top priority for the trump administration, to get this repeal and replace effort through. but, you know, there have been a lot of distractions going on. the truth about wiretapping which fbi director james comey will testify about week, the revised trav...

Laura: and, mark, you said it there, its all about the american people. there are various reports at where the american people sit with this. some supporters consider the gop plan an improvement but are not necessarily enthusiastic about it. we want to take a look at our fox news poll, only 35% approval of president trumps handling of health care so far. so, doug, what does that tell you about the administrations momentum on this? >> it tells me that the american people are very skeptical, and w...

They are to a come proto poise thats really going to work? >> i think theyre a good distance away, and i do believe, as mark was saying, that the president has unique, persuasive powers. but there are 40-odd members of the so-called freedom caucus that have been very reluctant to commit to this bill. and be unless it is sixed in a way that moved -- it is fixed in a way that moves to a more conservative direction, less of an apparent mandate and more cuts, i dont think theyre going to support it ...

House that is working hand in hand with congressal leaders to get -- congressional leaders to get to yes. so lets bring in mark lam kin, former senior ad visor to former house speaker john boehner, and doug schoen, former adviser to president bill clinton and a fox news contributor. welcome to you both. >> thank you, laura. >> thank you for having me. laura: lets talk about this. do you agree with that quote in the "wall street journal" that the trump administration is doing more to work with co...