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Is that going to change the backlash or reaction on capitol hill? >> potentially. but no matter what the president says to try to explain this, the reality is right now there is no evidence to support his claim that president obama ordered a wiretap on trump tower. you played that clip there where trump was talking about the word wiretap being in quotes. it was only in quotes in two places and he made a very blatant claim about president obama. >> the broader question to me seems surveillance mo...

We were expecting this hearing to go on for several hours. one thing to break down this tally, 19-17. republicans felt like they could lose up to four people and that could potentially jeopardize this health care bill moving forward. dave brat of virginia voted no, gary palmer of alabama, mark sanford of south carolina, theyve all been vocal in their opposition to this. dave brat, as you might remember, is now occupying former leader kantors seat. he won that seat in something of a surprising lo...

Was a real divide. the administration was always much more flexible, much more willing to negotiate. >> telling outside conservative groups -- >> totally. >> and there was a much more rigidity in leadership, were not going to shift on this or that and now its a more open question. what actually moves net votes. what little dials can we turn that will really shift people. theyre in a diabolical situation because the bill as it stands is already too conservative to pass the senate and its probably...

For the country. i think this mess is going to continue for a couple of months. >> thats a very big point that you just made there. i dont know if you have reporting on this, but the idea that the president, the white house might be willing to change his mind on key points, that would be big. its been an open question. also a big open question is how hard is thement really going to campaign for this bill as it is. he goes to tennessee tonight. how hard is he going to push for this bill, this bil...

John roberts is live with more on this. another busy day. >> reporter: always a business day here at 1600 pennsylvania. the president meeting this hour with a group of people victims of obamacare. another listening session. the president tweeting out this morning, obamacare is imploding. it is a disaster and 2017 will be the worst year yet by far. republicans will come together and save the day. the idea of republicans coming together still an open question congressional budget office expected t...

>> it is the key domestic concern right now for the white house and the open question is how will congress work with the white house on healthcare? we always hear about tax credits and individual health savings plan and one part of what were looking at in terms of our reporting is the political ownership. who will own this? congress, president trump, will it be mulvaney, the new director of the budget? will he be the one taking the lead on this? tom price? well have to keep a close eye of on who...

His inability to deliver anything for the people who voted for him. >> to broaden it out, the open question is the links between vladimir putins russia and trumps associates or trump himself. does anything that transpired over the last week including this weekend give you any view of that? >> it is the psychological lead now. i agree that donald trump doesnt understand how democratic institutions in this country work. but i think instinctively he plays classical tricks from the authoritarian pla...

For instance the ryan owens. >> interesting there. thats what tom was just explaining there near the end. it didnt get the bump i would have expected it to but i think that is a reason for that. that is powerful medicine. people care about the veterans. they sacrifice their lives. the entire family sacrifices for those of us back home. so do they take care of them the way they should? even mrs. owens a widow will she get the services she needs? thats the open question. >> we will read them on tw...

Through some of them this morning from donald trump was election night and talked about unity and threw his arms around the hillary clinton supporters and said this is a moment we have to come together. i mean that is the only place i can recall him speaking the way he spoke last night. within that context, he talked about im going to get rid of the drugs on our streets and clean up our cities. he talked about all of those passionate things that he sprinkled throughout his speeches during the ca...

Spending. so hes trying to get that balance right. >> reporter: you said weve got to make tough choices on those entitlements. can he balance this budget out without touching them? >> weve never proposed and this is what i think the president is talking about, we never proposed to change benefits for current senior and people about to retire. for those of us in the younger generation, x general on down, these trams will be bankrupt by the time we get there. we have to reform them for the next ge...