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Others saying you know what? we dont want a trade war. we dont need that kind of static right now. the economy seems to be going along pretty well. we had good numbers this week. why would you want to disrupt that? and i think for a lot of people this question then extends to the leadership issue you are hearing discussed here this morning. my take on this is when you talk about american leadership, you have to understand, we have the biggest economy in the world. we have the biggest military in...

>> in fairness thats the point i was trying to take away from you. a lot of it was already in trouble. >> let me say this, over this last year, we have heard message after message about the need to repeal and replace. its created total instability in the system. i think insurers rightly dont know whats going on. so we know that there are things that can be done to strengthen the affordable care act that republicans and democrats can agree on, things like removing the excise tax, making sure that...

Had just now senator who really understands this issue. who i think was able to outline as a medical doctor the right direction. they are going to keep churning for another two weeks. the deadline is good for them. the senate tends to operate best when its faced with a really big deadline. and i think they will get something done before the august break. chris: but what about brits question because that is one of the big concerns, and president obama and the democrats expanded medicaid, covered ...

Panel. so brit, mitch mcconnell didnt want his g.o.p. colleagues to go home for this recess. concerned that spending a lot of time with their voters at home would only weaken support not strengthen support for repeal and replace. how much trouble are republicans in now in passing a bill? >> well i think the bill is in trouble and we will have to be revised and whether it can be revised to the point where it can gather a majority in the senate is a question. and what is really troubling about thi...

How concerned are voters? how concerned are folks when they read and obviously this fellow was aware of it, the cbo report that tens of millions of people could lose their health insurance under the plans republicans are putting forward >> they are very concerned. you are hearing two different arguments. you are hearing first folks saying listen im paying $1700 a month for insurance. before obama care i was paying 800. i have $6,000 deductibles per family member. you also have folks with disabil...

Youve got to think hey republicans did you buy a bill of goods or what? chris: i think folks should just go home and put the blanket over their head and go back to sleep. [laughter] chris: congresswoman edwards president trump in that opening clip we played may be overstating it but you have the agree that obama care as it currently stands is in trouble. premiums are going up. deductibles are going up. let me put this on the screen, in 2016, 85% of enrolees had a choice of three or more insurers...

That they cannot threaten them, thats an enormous -- chris: there are a lot of ifs there. >> thats right. given putins track record i cant sit here today and tell you this is a breakthrough. i can tell you the tone is probably right. the fact that it lasted over two hours is probably right. and that putin is a very tough guy, but i think he may have been surprised by tillerson and trump because they are very tough guys. and so i think to go back to something thats been said if you end up with tw...

A lot of issues. we dont happen to be with the chancellor on them. >> congressman edwards, let me bring you on this, while there were differences and the european leaders werent happy about this, im sure there are a lot of trump voters who would say playing nice with the rest of the world hasnt helped them particularly in the case of jobs they have lost. >> i dont think it is a question of playing nice. it is a question of being a leader of the world. i think that one of the perceptions -- perce...

I think thats yet to be seen what is going to be of assad. certainly hes a butcher and hes a bad person. you have seen president trump act decisively when it comes to syria. didnt take him long to pull the trigger in regard to a response to the chemical attack. thats a decisive leader. and thats who the g-20 leaders saw in hamburg, is someone who is decisive, someone who is not afraid, someone who stands up for himself when it comes to issues of disagreement, like trade and the paris agreement. ...

The flippers, and the would be celebrities, of course, and some of them are heading to prison. and others are helping to put former allies in prison. theres been back biting, social climbing, conspiracies and, yes, relentless drama. and one side show came full circle when am rosa manigault-newman played the apprentice and white house aide came out with a new tell-all book. her strategy was to mirror trumps own behavior. here she is on season 1. >> heidi was fantastic. and i will tell you that i ...