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>> no, i dont like the sound of that. the majority of americans dont like the sound of that and i would ask that the speaker does seem more upbeat than a few weeks ago and has plans are crushed, but for him to go out there and say moderates are going to get behind this, even with the macarthur amendment, we know the plan, 24 million people would lose their insurance. this would slash medicaid by $800 billion. it would also get rid of standards for what health insurance has to cover. when he says...

This needs to make health insurance costs go down. we have to do something on these risk pools are doing something and thats the funny thing. i read it was because dominic -- everyone is criticizing because it would and lower costs. this will lower costs for health care. >> ron, there is no scoring yet. im hopeful that i will. i would love obamacare to get fixed, i would love to have purchasing premiums to go the overall cost of health care has gone down over the last ten years. you need to acce...

That he would be confirmed under those circumstances per lets bring in ron meyer, editor of "red alert projects," also aaron blake, senior politics reporter for "the washington post" ." what are democrats hoping to achieve here? are they hoping that mitch mcconnell will actually back away from invoking the nuclear option? >> i think that is their ideal world, they are hoping this is all a bluff, maybe he wont have the votes to actually do this, republicans, of course, would need 50 out of 52 mem...

In my corner. he tried the strategy for a few days to say maybe i can work with centrist democrats but what he found when he picked up the phone to call them, those democrats are not so centrist. they are going to oppose his agenda because of what was being mentioned earlier. he is working with rand paul to try to figure out a strategy to get some small victories. rand paul has a proposal out right now to allow for co-ops for healthcare where people can buy in groups, and so it would not get rid...

Twitter account: after decades of rising health care costs, has access to the financial security of affordable health care, and he included a graph to make his point. antwan, how much of this is trying to secure his legacy, how much of this is trying to then make a point to the american people of, hey, look, donald trump is coming into office, and you have to fight for these things? >> well, i dont think hes secure in his legacy, because i think his legacy was secured the minute he signed the af...

[inaudible conversations] leland: are we going to see a reverse here that all of a sudden its going to be president obama either on vacation or at his house here in d.c. trolling donald trump on twitter rather than whats been going on for the past eight years? >> no, because i think the 44th heres the bottom line, this economy is doing well because of eight years of barack obama. if you remember what this president inherited, he inherited a mess after eight years of bush. and so he turned this e...

Historic -- leland: antwan, people dont care whats on a census, they care about how they feel, and what im telling you is 50% of americans dont feel better off. >> well, i mean, who thought trump was going to win this election? its because there are people who feel like they arent economically doing well x. secondly, if youre going to thank president obama for having a great economy right now, youre also going to be thank the republican congress thats been in place since 2010, thank speaker ryan...

Brave new world of a trump administration. liz, back to you. liz: all right, kevin. as soon as you get back, you have your work cut out for you. thank you so much for joining us. leland: president barack obamas hawaiian vacation has given the outgoing leader a little time to reflect on his eight years in office. now hes taking a page out of donald trumps playbook and tweeting about it. this morning mr. obama tweeted out: its been the privilege of my life to serve as your president. i look forwar...

Growth -- leland: we saw the -- >> that has not happened before. leland: we also saw the slowest recovery thats ever happened out of an economic recession -- >> well, this is the first time weve seen a recession as we did between 2007 and 2008. finish. >> at least well be able to see something different now, and well be able to see if it workings. well see if antwans right or donald trump will make the economy better. leland: you know what? im willing to bet you guys might disagree on that. [lau...

Strategist and a partner at pastorum and former director of progressive congressional caucus. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. patti ann: telling that president obama has been the most transparent president in american history. immediately twitter comments mocking that claim. one saying if a democrat repeats an obvious lie often enough, msn will duly report it as fact. ron? >> so i think it is pretty funny. not only did josh earnest say the most transparent administration ever. he then ri...