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The president wants to be able to run on jobs, the economy, two years in the midterm, members of the house and senate in 2020 is cut to stimulate the economy and he sees the way to do that through tax reform. tax reform is the next big thing. by august, it secretary of the treasury mnuchin says we can see that happening. maybe thats a mistake. elizabeth: never a dull moment. shannon pettypiece, thank you for joining us to break it all down. immediately following this program at 2:00 p.m. eastern...

Reelection, and premiums are higher because the group that put this bill together never thought of the higher premiums in 2020, you could make a case that this failure is a win for o trump. >> i definitely think it is a win for donald trump for precisely the reason you just stated. if premiums are high, just as high as obamacare or worse, that could cost him the election, certainly cost republicans the elections in the midterm. and then also, we know from last time around the cboin scoring ended...

In the next midterm. we live in a new wash where with new rules. this is a president who said i can change washington, i can do business, i can get things done. the politicians dont get this, i do. he failed. his first big test. >> this idea, david chalian, the president was suckered in, i think brit hume, one of our friends at fox news, said this paints a picture of paul ryan as this svengali character and president trump an a duchdult. why would they put that forward? >> kellyanne conway just ...

>> you all heard my speeches, i never said repeal it and replace it within 64 days, its going to take a long time. but i want to have a health care bill and plan, and it will, it will happen and it wont be in the very distant future. i believe there will be some democrat support that will happen and it will be an even better bill. >> tom, i go back to you, does he take a hit for overpromising and underdelivering? this is his first big one? >> he does. and i think the bigger problem with republic...

That has always been the case in washington. and tax reform is incredibly hard. thats why it hasnt happened for 30 years. it was probably in at least six of president obamas state of the union addresses. and trump promised a 15% tax rate for corporations. they also arent getting the savings which you touched on that they were depending on. so, theyre going to have to pay, if they want to get rid of aca taxes theyre going to have to pay $600 billion in tax reform. thats really hard and we may be ...

Reddest states might be the ones who do the most compromising because they have the least amount on the line electorally in the next midterm. what do we expect to happen now? under the rules that have been passed for this particular bill, they have through monday, so thats one of the mechanisms of the house. so, they can vote on this monday, so they could work the weekend as if it were any other business day and bring any updated legislation in that one day. so, can that happen? right now i thin...

Midterm? >> mark meadows was a long time early supporter of the president. he had some fun at his expense this morning during the conference meeting and he continue tod continued to express hope that head of freedom caucus would continue to see efforts to make this better, address a lot of the concerns out there, but he has made it very clear he was having fun with him. the president is committed to making sure this gets passed. vivian. >> a followup to margarets question why wait for the aviati...

Republican national primaries in the midterm. >> mark meadows was a long time early supporter of the president. he had some fun at his expense this morning during the conference meeting. and i think he continued to express hope that congressman meadows who is the head of the freedom caucus would continue to see the efforts that have been made to make this better, and address a lot of the concerns out there. but he has made it very clear that he was having fun with him. the presidents committed t...

Guy. the president seemed like he was joking but has the president decided in his own mind yet whether he thinks it would be appropriate potentially to mount primary opposition campaign for primary opposition for the republican national primaries in the midterm. >> mark meadows was a long time early supporter of the president. he had some fun at his expense this morning during the conference meeting. and i think he continued to express hope that congressman meadows who is the head of the freedom...

Bill or even like it but they also dont want to be the one to break it. >> they dont want to be the one to break it but theyre also the ones that will suffer the consequences at the voting booth. thats why theyre concerned but john boehner said theyre not going to be able to figure this out. thats why i said before the replacement bill will come out on wednesday after the midterm. i dont think anybody right now wants to push this bill through as much as the republicans want to do tax reform and ...