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Government wasnt going to tell you it happened and has no official record of what was discussed. up first, the brutal internal finger pointing over health care and this hours big meeting at the white house. >> let obamacare fail, it will be a lot easier, and i think were probably in that position, where well let obamacare fail, im not going to own it. i can tell you that the republicans are not going to own it. >> with us to share their reporting and their insights. a quick table setter for the ...

>> whether they should or shouldnt, many americans say russia is not my concern, my taxes and health care are. the president will be having lunch in a short while with republican senators after four said they were against mitch mcconnells latest reproposal to repeal only. you can see there getting ready to have the lunch now. the president said something yesterday that stuck out to me as the president of the united states, he said, lets let obamacare fail. and if it does sit as it is and if the ...

Remarkable. they were concerned by it. >> the guest list. nbc news identifies the eighth participant in that don junior meeting held last summer. >> you now have another person in this who has a history of opening bank accounts that the auditor general thought might have been used for money laundering. >> if thats not enough, let it fail. the republican plan to simply repeal obamacare appears doomed as three female senators come out against it. >> i can tell you the republicans are not going to ...

>> hes scheduled to vote next week, but that vote is just a repeal without replace. thats wen-- >> again, president trump is changing strategy on health care reform. >> i dont think we should leave town unless we have a health insurance plan, unless beck gwe give our people great health care. >> reporter: the president putting pressure on members not to give up on repealing and replacing obamacare. >> were in this room today to deliver our promise to the american people, to repeal obamacare and ...

Civilian for seven years, ive been been hearing about health care. and ive been hearing about repeal and replace. ive been saying for a long time, let obamacare fail and then everyones going to have to come together and fix it. and come up with a new plan and a plan thats really good for the people with much lower premiums and costs. ive been saying that, mike, i think youll agree. let obamacare fail. it will be a lot easier. let obamacare fail. >> sean: that was the president over today, repeal...

>> well, thats hard to say. thats a little bit of a process question. weve been pushing they listen to the governors, because we have the greatest level of experience and whats happening in our states, weve encouraged them for a number of months to make some changes in the senate bill, many of them were adopted, but in the end it was hard to bring people together. the message that i have is they need to continue their path to reform and not give up. >> lets talk about that. because it seems as t...

Were probably in that position where well just let obamacare fail were not going to own it. im not going to own it. the republicans are nort going to own it. were going to let obamacare fail and the democrats will come to us -- >> president trump yesterday deflecting blame after the senate health care bill collapsed. it is the latest issue to overshadow one of the white houses theme weeks, this one made in america. after a white house lunch with republican senators to discuss the republican agen...

Hypothetical, i would actually like to have a discussion with mitch mcconnell. on the other hand, im all about having lower premiums for the middle class. working on a bill with senator lindsey graham that would do things like giving states the block grant to provide coverage, giving them permission to do automatic enrollment so we dont have to have a mandate, people can be enrolled if theyre legible. that would lower premiums in himself. all about lowering premiums. let me answer the hypothetic...

The existing system. >> my guess is, were now headed toward normal committee activity that will take 60 votes on the floor. >> were going to be here in august, working on bipartisan efforts so, stay tuned, we may have more news later on that. >> white house correspondent for the hill jordan fabian. good to have you back. yesterday, the president renewed his call to let obamacare fail. and the insurance industry pretty much in limbo. do you get a sense there could be a plan "b" if they dont vote ...

Obamacare fail, theyre willing to wait until after the 2018 elections, relitigate after the 2018 elections and cop bame bac with a weakened democratic party. if it gets too intense, next week the president heads to ohio. >> and as hans mentioned there, president trump is formulating his strategy for the road ahead for health care. that will include welcoming senate republicans to the white house for lunch, though the white house has not released who will be attending the meeting, only saying hea...