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Phil maddingly. >> reporter: republican lawmakers back home from washington. facing emotion, sharp and often shouted questions on their plans to repeal and replace health care. >> as well as pushback on president trump and his immigration policy. >> im a muslim. who is going to save me here? who is going to stand behind me and save me? >> ive been road side bombed once, but im here. nobody cared about me. but i was with united states armed forces back in afghanistan, that i get shot. i didnt get...

I think the responsibility in the house of representatives to impeach or not to impeach is one of our most important responsibilities. as you know, an impeachment is the equivalent of an indictment, and the united states would be the judge and jury in effect and it would take a two-thirds vote in the senate to convict and remove a president or other high official from office. >> the congressman did say, though, it was important for the intelligence committees to do their work. that it is their j...

Attention. >> still, from lereliably red districts in states to the swingiest of districts, the demonstrations are real. and are getting attention. gop lawmakers now grappling with the same reality faced by their democratic counterparts just eight years ago. whether to avoid the face-offs a altogether -- >> when do we want it? >> now. >> or to openly embrace the raucus opposition. >> i dont mind boisterous. im having fun. i like having debate. >> phil maddingly joins us. is the white house monit...

Rolled again by the rank-and-file because thats what happened last night, and thats why theyre in this difficult spot. >> donald trump again disrupting the day. phil maddingly, you spent a lot of time on the campaign trail. heres my question for you. you understand the changed environment out in the country from the campaign trail. is this perhaps a bit of evidence that the rank and file republicans dont understand, that the donald trump election tells us something different and protecting yours...

Going to be easy between the gop congress and the new republican white house. a short time ago, for example, the president-elect, donald trump, tweeted his displeasure with the house republican plan to gut an agency that polices congressional ethics. just one of many interesting twists to discuss on this dramatic first day for the 115th congress. with us to navigate the big developments in the hour ahead chief political correspondent dana bash, on capitol hill cnns manu and phil maddingly. here ...

> >> bernie sanders. >> did you vote for hillary clinton for president? >> absolutely not. >> you dont like donald trump either. >> absolutely. >> do you think that would have helped defeat donald trump if you voted for hillary clinton? >> no. >> you say theres mixmixture, people who voted for bernie sanders, a third-party candidate, and the most important thing i can tell you about this rally, its been lasting for four hours. weve gone about four miles within the streets of atlanta and most of ...

He was coherent. he knew the issues and more than anything he helped us credit where its due. >> the tax bill still has a long way to go. congressional stafferser with working overtime last night. theyre trying to put the commitmentes their bosses made into legislative language and real action. they still have concerns even be theyre speaking more optimistically than they had before. for more on the state of play heres our phil maddingly from capitol hill. >> what a difference a couple of hours ...

In a tweet earlier this morning. saying mike flynn should ask for immunity in that this is a witch hunt, excuse for a big election loss by media and dems of historic proportion. that from the president of the united states. were now hearing reaction from both congressional committees on michael flynns immunity demand. lets get straight to the breaking news. phil maddingly is on capitol hill. jim acosta is inside the briefing room. phil, what are you hearing right now from both the house and sena...

Defiant. >> we did the country a favor because this bill didnt repeal obamacare. this bill didnt do what we told the american people we were going to do. >> and talk of post health care debate bipartisanship is everywhere. dont buy it. fights over the supreme court, planned parenthood and climate change are just ahead. democrats, well, they see no need to play nice. >> the first is basic lack of competence. you cannot run the presidency like you run a real estate deal. you cant tweet your way th...

That we need, and i want them to be so strong and so tough, but we dont need 75% of the repetitive, horrible regulations that hurt companies. >> its time for all americans to get off of welfare and get back to work. you are going to love it. youre going to love it. you are going to love it. >> phil maddingly over at the cpac conference right now outside of washington d.c. the president spoke for, what, nearly an hour. how was he received over there? >> well, it was a red meat speech for a red me...