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Country and these republicans all have something in common. they understand that they got caught with their hand in the cookie jar in the preexisting condition issue. they have threatened coverage for preexisting conditions. i talked about it the other day with the republican candidate for governmeor in ohio. they have preexisting conditions. thats their record. their record is a sad preexisting condition. they cant run or hide from it. so were going to elect a lot of governors just on that issu...

Zervos. the questions arent limited to just what is a part of this defamation suit, correct? >> thats correct. and in state court in new york, unlike federal court, where you have limitations on the questions that can be asked, you really can ask almost anything thats somewhat relevant to the litigation. theres a lot relevant potentially to the stormy daniels litigation. but you know, i really think the bigger issue here is that he has, the president is now withdrawing, reportedly, the proviso t...

Have the kind of growth we do this far on from a recovery. so its a nuanced story but the president doesnt really do nuance. >> no, he does not do nuance. in addition to the strong numbers there are good headlines. today in "the washington post," i think we can put that up, talking about the strong growth for blue-collar jobs we have seen. i mean, under trump. the jobs have reached blue collar workers. steven, that in and of itself is something great for the president to tout. why is it that he ...

More competitive. there by eliminating the preexisting condition issue. and taking it off the table. you saying the market will just figure it out? i want to make sure i follow you. if this was left up to the states, competition would allow it to figure itself out and preexisting conditions would not have to worry? is it not something you would have to do to guarantee coverage. this is something 75% of americans support. >> absolutely. i think the party has always supported it. all of the repu...

Obamacare is divicive. democrats have been saying it needs to be fixed, but the question i pose is the texas ag is saying part of the issue is when it comes to preexisting conditions which are important to americans. they have strong broad support that the decision of whether or not insurance companies should have to cover them should be left up to the states. do you agree? >> if the republican party has taken a position that we would like to prohibit insurance companies from penalizing citizens...

Obamacare was and it had to be repealed and replaced he could have pulled out a new addition out of his drawer four weeks ago and saying ive been working on this puppy five years. >> the issue is that the changes that were demanded by the freedom caucus to the bill ryan wrote made it untenable for the moderate members to vote for it. this is technically a compromise because the freedom caucus wanted to make -- do away with the essential health benefits and community rating for the country. this ...

Closing remarks said he needs to hear from republicans. roll this and then ill ask you about it. >> id like the republicans to do a little soul searching and find out are there some things that youd be willing to embrace that get to this core problem of 30 million people without health insurance and dealing seriously with the preexisting condition issue. i dont know, frankly, whether we can close that gap. bill: is he right? >> well, that 30 million people, of course, half of that is an expansio...

A system that works. that is the concern. having said that, what i would like to propose is i put on the table now things i didnt come in here saying i supported but willing to work with the potential republican sponsors on. id like republicans to do soul searching to see if there are things youd be willing to embrace to get to the core problem of 30 million people without health insurance in dealing seriously with the preexisting condition issue. i dont know frankly whether we can close that ga...

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