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Is struck down which we believe it will be to come up with a replacement plan that protects pre-existing conditions. helps the 28 million americans dont have access to health insurance and keeps prices low through robust competition. >> sandra: joining us now a former governor mike huckabee. stephen miller says that, you say what on the issue? >> well, i think the white house is right. it will be declared unconstitutional when it bubbles up to the supreme court because the only reason that it wa...

Office or not. we begin this morning with health care. the president and the former president offer dueling messages in the wake of the texas judges ruling. cnn white house reporter sarah westwood joins us live this morning. sarah. >> reporter: president trump is continuing to take a victory lap after the judges ruling on friday night. the president has claimed president for predicting the demise of obamacare and calling on congress to come up with a replacement plan for obamacare and there is...

Red states are joining the white house in cheering this decision. this is happening on the same day as the years obamacare signup deadline. it ends at midnight in most states. >> an important point we need to make here, the judge did not block the law. that means you can still sign up. more than 4 million people have already done so this year alone, and as of 11:59 tonight, thats the deadline to sign up for 2019 coverage. >> cnn supreme court reporter aryan devogue is live to tell us what could ...

Repeal and replace obamacare. conservatives have been pushing to see this law struck down, they are certainly excited about this wrulin ingruling. but as a party, they have struggled to come together on how to replace the law. lets take it one step at a time. what does it mean for the u.s. president if the law is simply repealed but not replaced? >> well, for trump and the republicans that have been very critical of obamacare and the affordable care act, if it is just repealed and of course ther...

Americans with pre-existing conditions. its very disturbing to 12 million people who are on obamacare as of 2018. >> so obamacare youll remember was upheld by the supreme court in 2012. well talk about why this ruling is different from that one in a minute. lets start with the reaction from the white house and sarah westwood joining us live. what are they saying, sarah? >> reporter: well, the white house is certainly taking a victory lap after last nights ruling with president trump, claiming cr...

Earlier i spoke with a professor of government at the university of essex and i asked her what happens if the affordable care act is repealed after the appeals are exhausted. >> if it is just repealed, and, of course, theres going to be a huge fight and appeals process and eventually go to the supreme court. but if it just repealed then the republicans promised that they would come up with some sort of replacement plan. but as trump has even noted himself, health care is v-very complicated and i...

The president had touted changes to the individual mandate that came in his 2017 tax bill. those changes of course formed the basis of this particular court challenge. recall that last year the president said he hoped obamacare would fail, that the exchange would collapse so democrats would be driven to the negotiating table to help republicans come up with a replacement plan for obamacare. they were unable to do that legislatively last year, although they got close in the senate. as you mention...

Law of the land. president trump said last year that he hoped obamacare would fail, the expansion would fay, so democrats would be compelled to come to the negotiating table and help republicans come up with a replacement plan. as youll recall, they tried unsuccessfully to repeal obamacare legislatively. now the future of the affordable care act is looking uncertain. but this is -- this ruling from the court is certainly the outcome that the white house was hoping for. >> thank you h. its impo...

Discussing a replacement plan. despite asking his chief of staff just five months ago go to st -- ag o to stay on, but trump not addressing it. >> to go to work for a man who is pretty undisciplined, doesnt like to ride, doesnt read briefing reports, doesnt like to get into the details of a lot of things but rather just kind of says look, this is what i believe and you can try to convince me otherwise. >> reporter: now president trump has responded to the biting criticism from his former secreta...

Response to the news that mueller and his team are set to release new details on the scope of their investigation. including what paul manafort misled investigators about, and new details on his deal with michael cohen. >> ambassador, thank you so much. >> reporter: trump also announcing hes picked former fox news host and current state department spokeswoman heather nauert to replace nikki haley as u.s. ambassador to the united nations, despite her lack of foreign policy experience. >> shes ver...