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Now. are they hearing any of the noise in washington or noise coming out of this administration with the various controversies or are they just seeing what the trump administration wants them to see, which is job creation? or the looks of job creation. >> reporter: exactly. i just stopped about 15 miles down the road and talked to a couple trump voters. they said, number one, they believe these town halls are, in their words, childish. they said trump won the election. give him a chance. let him...

More -- >> the neediest people kegt the care they desperately need. >> it would be fitting if you switched to rich people. >> to be fair to republicans, its always harder, right, to take things away. its relatively easy pr to say were going to give you this, cover this in the government program, it is astronomically harder to take away. the debate about replacement plan, another government solution because free market solutions are so out of favor, profit is so out of favor. letting the market w...

>> jon: president trump meeting with his new health secretary, tom price, to strategize about repealing and replacing affordable care act. happened in florida two days after the president said the plans were moving fast. last week republican lawmakers unveiled a rough outline for a replacement plan. revamps medicaid and gets rid of punishment to individual and employer mandates. peter doocy is live on capitol hill. what else do we know about this plan? >> jon, we know its supposed to be revealed...

On it, too. theres a lot of republican lawmakers out there that would like to get out there behind graham on this publicly, and eric was saying this earlier, about the town halls and the congressmen, the pressure they are facing, and thats what is holding them back at this point. >> lets talk about obamacare for a moment and what the president said. guys in the control room, lets play president trump at the rally yesterday in florida. >> the people that are put into rooms where republicans are t...

Express their opposition and frustration? >> there was a great amount of passion on display but we did over five hours of talking and listen to our constituent. as a representative, i think thats something that is the right thing to do. >> i do, too, and i applaud you for doing it, which is not easy to do, especially five hours at a time. many of the critics said they are afraid if obamacare is repealed they will lose the protections, the caps on coverage, kids staying on their parents insurance...

Fascinating budget proposals we have seen in a long time. arthel: you stead trump is great on selling ideas as we wait in melbourne, florida. what ideas do you think they want to hear? >> they want -- trump was elected as a deal maker. he wrote "the art of the deal." they dont mind if hes striking deals with democrats. but they want to see his agenda, what he campaigned on, that includes the wall and repealing and replacing obamacare. we have seen mixed messages about when this replacement plan ...

Right now? >> it will also give him a psychological boost, right? i mean, he has been sort of in the white house not really traveling the country very much, confined to the complex in many ways and getting back in front of that crowd get that adulation and reinforcement no doubt will be a good psychological boost for the president himself. youre hitting on something really important. both the upcoming rally and press conference yesterday. where -- show me the datapoint where he moved his agenda ...

The problem that the republicans had, president obama was largely in sync with his party. president trump is a man to himself and changes his opinion. he famously said he wouldnt leave anyone without health insurance. he said if you want to stay on your parents insurance until 26, you should do that. >> harris: and youre saying -- >> hes saying that but the party doesnt feel the same way about it. theyve had to get on board and they dont have a replacement plan that meets the standards. >> harri...

Great to see you again. >> i want to ask you about obamacare and the replacement plan. we know that leadership of the republican party gave republican members a document, kind of a guide to take back to their districts next week, talking points about what youre intending to do. it says republicans will have a plan ensuring more choices, lower costs and greater control over their health care. those sound like all the same promises president obama made, frankly. what specifically will you do diffe...

>> reporter: on obamacare -- >> thats after the recess. we are waiting for our scores. i hate to tell you that theyre going to give us exactly what we want when we want them to give it to us, so pending our draft issues that we will be bringing up after the recess. a >> jon: so you heard some of the complications there from the house speaker as he tries to fashion a replacement plan for obamacare. it is one of the big battles brewing among g.o.p. members of congress and the senate as republicans...