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Qaedas most capable and most dangerous affiliate. dave? >> ryan, thanks for being up early. we appreciate. it always up early for us. allison cammarata on new years day. did you talk to the russians last year. >> i dont want to deny nor confirm. >> thank you. >> whether or not i had those conversations. well doing a deeper dive this morning on new years day about exactly who in the trump campaign did have meetings with this russian ambassador and what the explanations are for having these meetin...

Increase in military funding. you know, there are folks on capitol hill who say thats not enough. it has been so decimated they want even more money. well see where it goes. >> bill: a lot of that comes out from the speech on tuesday night before congress, too. really what it dominated the headlines had it not been for the sessions story. well see him in florida this afternoon. in the meantime. >> you cant have legislation locked behind closed doors in my state. this is being -- this is being pr...

>> were just here to start the process. >> after delivering a speech that cheered his party and calmed at least some of his critics, he plotted strategy with republican leaders at the white house where top officials are sensing some mow mept tomb. >> what the american people saw is the president i serve with every day, broad shoulders, a big heart, and he laid out a specific agenda which is what he ran on when he was elected in november. >> but following mostly positive reviews for the speech, r...

Tax credits or do they just want to do a strict repeal and kind of cobble together a replacement plan? i think the trump administration is probably learning lessons that the obama administration learned, you know, that were tough lessons which means unless you lay down a marker as to exactly what you want in a health care bill, you will just see months of squabbling between house and republican -- house and senate staffers and officials in congress as to what language should look like. you alrea...

Rally around the baker replacement, because were seeing in these town halls, heated scenes and a lot of consternation amongst constituents. >> and it makes sense. the trump administration has not done a good job spraining what theyre going to replace it with. i think as soon as they recognize the replacement plan is infinitely stronger and more ain orderble for all americans, i think that will alleviate their concerns. >> republicans are not sipping from the same hem nal. some republicans want t...

>> jon: you heard the speaker say they are that the law is collapsing if we dont do something about it, its not going to be around in a year or two, what about the costs of all of this? >> when we started the whole healthcare conversation back in 2010, 2009, they said it was going to be 31 million folks ensured by this and only cost $858 million. now we know that it is on par to cover only 25 million people and cost us $2 trillion. that is about $80,000 per perso person. if we repeal in replace ...

Was the reference point was campaign. obviously his -- as we know right now said smog with regards to campaign. >> let me ask you about the obamacare replacement plan. it hit the streets last week and all of a sudden it went away. what happened to it? >> its still there. im going to put it up on our facebook post this afternoon so you can read it over the weekend. >> your republican colleagues in lower chamber, are they excited about it? >> some are. some arent. i think there is a contest of ide...

Strategy with republican leaders at the white house. where top officials are sensing some momentum. >> the american people saw is the president i serve with every day, broad shoulders, a big heart, and he laid out a specific agenda. >> reporter: but following mostly positive reviews for the speech, reality is setting in. democrats and even some republicans are hardly rallying around the presidents agenda. while the president talked about keeping parts of obamacare -- >> we should ensure that ame...

But thats not what theyre about. they want it repealed. here is why. the primary financing mechanism of the affordable care act is a tax on wealthy people. they want to repeal the affordable care act so that you can provide a big giveaway to the wealthy. that is donald trump, that is the far right republican congress, because this is all about, not draining the swamp, but providing more benefits to those who dont need it, the super wealthy. >> i hear you, and i understand there is bad blood le...

We must act decisively to protect all americans. so what will a replacement plan look like, and will it leave some americans without coverage. republican senator john barrasso. hes my guest after the break. (einstein) the beef is fantastic! (becky) hes a very active dog. he never stops moving. he has enough energy to believe that he can jump high enough to catch a bird. it has real beef, grains, vegetables, and he loves it. well, we were coming for an interview... so he wanted to wear his tie....