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Unaffordable. and shes referring to states opting out. and without an ambiguous definition what the states would have to prove to the federal government to opt out of that protection. ile also note lisa murkowski shes the one who i think a lot of people would come 0u9 as no, even before john mccain who is still gathering information throughout this process, throughout the last couple of months she has repeatedly talked about the pre-existing conditions issue. talked about how the house bill did ...

Were entire a part from her husbands agenda. anything that was confused would be controversial. and the best advice for a first lady is to stick to issues that have nothing to do with your husbands agenda and that are not ironic and not depleteel contradicted by her husbands own behavior, not that this sichbt a noticeable cause. isnt someone advising her that this is one you should stay away from, scott. >> i think increasingly weve seen first ladies step out on their own and pursue an agenda ...

Half year? more mercurial than we think or are we overrating him? >> i think were seeing the real one. weve known about president trump from the beginning, an opportunist. goes where the opportunity is. doesnt have particular allegiance necessarily to people in this party. not afraid to criticize republicans, some to berate according to recent reporting from the "new york times." its left a lot of people feeling nervous about the policy issues. npr richard gonzalez had a piece how the d.r.e.a.m....

From being a trump voter to burning your hat? >> just the betrayal. whatever youve heard we didnt vote for him. because he is a reality star or his hair or hes funny. we voted for him on serious policy issues. immigration, trade, foreign policy. and we took blow by blow. there is final straw. dlak is a serious issue. if the d.r.e.a.m. act passes, it will result in millions of new immigrants and trump was the anti-amnesty candidate. and it is an absolute betrayal. and trumps supporters absolutely...

Sessions. or if he did, it showed a callousness. i think the other quote we might bear in mind when we talk about secretary sessions response, the response he had in july. if you remember, he said on the record, its hurtful. and i think thats the thing that makes me feel a little bit badly about this. the one thing about secretary sessions, whether you agree with him politically or not. while i was there, i worked on the other side of the aisle. i didnt agree with him on policy issues, although ...

Admit he made a false statement about the popular vote, and thats not good for the credibility of our elections? >> look, he has made statements that are certainly questionable. but obama has made much worse statements dealing with extremely important policy issues. how about obamacare? its going to reduce policies for individuals by 2500%, or that with respect to iran were going to have the most stringent inspections we possibly can and find out the iranians themselves are inspecting them. or h...

The mid-terms? it will be disappointing but not out of the realm of possibility. >> julie: democrats have made it clear they wont go along with anything funding a wall. thats one of the promises president trump made on the campaign trail and up to the republicans in congress and senate to fulfill the presidents agenda. do they need to bankrupt and basically let the government shut down before that october 1st deadline in order to do so? >> i dont think thats -- i dont think the wall and democrat...

Does the president run a risk of a bad time bomb going off in six months. and as david points out congress will not do anything. >> hes changed his rhetoric on this. means that he is concerned. we have seen it with president trump, congress, you decide and i will vote on it. it happened with health care reform. people are looking for a president standing by what he campaigned on. strongest presidents are ones that have policy issues. hes not afraid to throw it back to the republicans. i see it a...

>> that would make political sense, but im not sure that fits donald trumps. o. part of what im interested in, something christen said. this is about his base, and ive been talking about we can think about the policy issues, but theres a cultural undertoe. this is red meat to his base. its speaking to a deep seeded cultural anxiety about the changing of the country. this immigration issue is not about jobs or securing the border or fixing a bad immigration policy. its really about what houston l...

Anyone in the senate republican leadership, any key republican members of the house they say this is a really bad idea. >> well, the fact of the matter is if you change the filly buster rule, if president obama and harry reed and nancy pelosi had changed it for legislation the country would look dramatically different because president obama would have been able to do everything he wanted to achieve and i think that would have been bad for the country. so i think the rule does play an important ...