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What was in it. >> we knew what was in it. they didnt need it before they passed it. >> she had no idea. thats what shes saying. >> rick, why did republicans hold no republican hearings on their restructuring ideas? i think they should. because this is -- look, its one-fifth of the economy. health care is very personal with people. and, yes, obamacare did help some people but it hurt a lot of others. it raised their premiums. they have less access because their deducts are so high. theyre stil...

Lite. why are some so upset now? >> there are several reason, but what specifically rand paul is talking about three provisions that he feels are way too much like obama care. the republicans hate obama care. hate everything about it. the biggest issue is the individual mandate. that theyve really railed on requiring people to get insurance or pay a penalty. and rand paul claims that theres a penalty in the, in the republican replacement plan, too. but in this case, its not a penalty where you h...

Theres a reason to do that in terms of -- >> reporter: this was, stephanie, a rambunctious crowd, 1,000 people in the theater at clemson university, most were democrats or anti-trump, came two hours away in order to be here. on the health care front, lindsey graham, we didnt play in the sound bite there, but he said, told the crowd, he goes, listen, i have not actually seen a replacement plan, im a republican senator. some members in the hounse of representatives a drafting what is a secret or n...

Teams take-away as they walked away from that town hall. lindsey graham has been one of the come face-to-face with constituents. i actually caught lindsey graham on his way out driving out of the white house, and he said, listen, this was the chance to listen to peoples kearns. people are frustrated and fearful, particularly on the affordable care act, and what a potential replacement plan, and he was even the one that said he has not seen a replacement plan. he understands peoples concerns, and...

Commits because its your team controlling the ball. >> but you also have to remember who else is in the room. its not just remembers in the room investigating a republican president or republican attorney general. theres a very forceful and those commit tees are known to work well together and to coordinate well together. a history of investigating and working with intelligence communities for more than just a few years. they have trust in one another. they are going to be in the room asking the...

Behind me? oh, chris is just looking. hes looking for the replacement plan. >> let us know if he has any luck. >> good luck to you, chris. >> oh, my god. thats really funny. its friday and were all losing our minds. the mystery that broke the internet earlier this week has been solved and amazon says it was not a computer glitch. oh, this was human error, thats right. someone almost shut down did the internet. that can happen. details next. >> yikes. you may be muddling through allergies. try zy...

On repealing and then replacing this law. the concern thats being raised here, you hear from rand paul. look, this is going to be sprung on republican members of congress at the last minute and theyre going to have to take or leave it. is that the path republicans are going down here? >> no, absolutely not. what youre going to see is an open process. were going to have a mark-up. and well take it to the floor and the march time frame is very reasonable. and i think were going to be successful at...

Understanding of how to replace the aca. which do you think it is. >> it could be a good thing which is why people hate washington. >> regardless of what the answer is. >> not just democrats complaining about this process. its kind of a communications break down among the republican ranks on this. i think perhaps bill is not completely ready yet and they understand, the republican leadership understands as soon as it is put out there newt gingrich is on last night on another network saying look ...

>> that is the key question going forward, not just the attorney general recusing himself but appointing a special prosecutor. >> and joining me now, nbc news senior political editor mark murray. hey, mark. with all this russia and session stuff, there are stories we might be losing sight of. one of them obviously obamacare. rand paul spent thursday searching the halls of congress for the republican replacement plan. he wasnt even allowed in the room to see what he says is kind of this secret dr...

Little bit about education, steve harrigan was just reporting for us. one of the big news items that continues to percolate around capitol hill and nationally is the issue about healthcare. its interesting to note vice president pence with paul ryan, speaker ryan in wisconsin, and there seems to be some disruption as has been reported by members of the republican party, the freedom caucus for example, feeling that perhaps they are not being lived into the republicans plan when it comes to obamac...