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Least for the next two years what this compromise lamar alexander and patty murray legislation is all about. >> reporter: thats right, they do not have the votes. the republicans do not have the votes on their side of the senate or they would have passed it and moved it through. we, of course, know the house supported this version of health care, the senate did not. but by the president saying that he supported this short-term deal in principle between democrats and republicans, its certainly a ...

The one who is taking on the insurance companies. the stuff just doesnt add up yet. >> what is your analysis? >> lets not forget what the strategy was behind ending the payments last week. and they were pretty transparent about this. he talked about it being a bailout for the insurance companies, but he also said im going to end these payments. and then the democrats have to come to me and cut a deal. to improve health care because obamacare will fail. now it seems like hes agreed to continue th...

The funding and the money for obamacare. senator schumer referred to that as well. the regulatory piece of this is crucial for republican support. and what senator alexander was essentially to get out of the deal, at least as it has been read to me out to this point, the regulatory waivers allowed under obamacare would be allowed to be sped up, they wouldnt have to be approved by state legislature, just a governor would be able to do them, if another state had gotten a waiver related to exchange...

Evaluated it, and i think we are doing good work there. and it can and it must be upgraded, enhanced. >> thank you to the prime minister. he said, this is so beautiful. and i said, this is the rose garden. and i think even the media likes the rose garden. thats hard to believe, but even the media likes it. mr. prime minister, its been a great honor having you, and we look forward to many, many years of friendship, working together, and keep up the good work. thank you very much. >> thank you ver...

Patty murray have put forward, namely to continue the subsidize for the next two years. >> i suppose he would like the credit for sticking it to the insurance companyies see yeah executive order and to dismantle obamacare. in his mind obamacare is dead because of the executive actions he took because republicans couldnt get it done on capitol hill. but theres a striking thing about this that gets into health care policy, which no matter how you slice it, if you want universal health care, insura...

This. so thats one of the reasons hes supportive of this bipartisan move, wolf. but this is just the beginning of this. it certainly is not the end of he can. and health care. in terms of the votes, he hopes to move on after tax reform, but the reality of that is, wolf, thats many months away, likely, even though he said he would like to get some type of tax reform package done this calendar year. thats seen as a long shot by some republicans on capitol hill, wolf. >> yeah, they got to pass a bu...

Its that line from "hamilton," talk less, smile more. john mccain is gritting his teeth through the trump presidency, but his actions on health care and maybe more to come will make it very difficult for this president. >> lets go to phil mattingly on capitol hill for us, walk us through what looks like major breaking news, a tentative deal reached between democratic leaders and republican leaders moving forward, keeping obamacare, the affordable care act alive, at least the subsidize to the ins...

We have the support of all the republicans because well have no support from the democrats or almost no support because they have really become just obstructionists. they have no good policies. and frankly, they are not good politicians but they are very good obstructionists. and thats what they do well, obstruct. the number of nominees that i have approved by the democrats are about half of what president obama had. and when you look at that, and you can look at judicial appointments, look how ...

People whose heritage is greece. and we love that country, its a special country, one of the most beautiful countries in the world. so i think its got great potential. and we are helping it along. okay, jennifer, you want to go? >> reporter: thank you, mr. president. >> sure. >> reporter: i have a question for both of you, but let me start with you, mr. president. let me give you a quick question about the federal reserve. do you have any other candidates that youre looking at other than powell,...

You. >> we have one for everybody. every once in a while, you eve should declare a be nice to bob week. >> thank you. >> i was nice to you today. >> thats very nice. that book.t youce >> eric has been particularly tough on me the last three or four weeks, but i. love him, so im going to forgive him. its a tough job.gh >> im always nice to you. >> no, youre not. most of the time you are. >> we got to go. one quickly. which news story upset you most this week and why? mos >> obamacare. >> bob? >> ...