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I think it has also become clear that the timing that we have talked about is yet to be resolved, really. sequencing is as important almost as the policy. how do we get from where we are to where we eventually hope to go? the way i think about it is that we go to work immediately on what i call a collapsing bridge, repair it, that is the individual market, make sure that people are not hurt by it, then work together to build new bridges and then close the old bridge only when we have new bridges...

Hopefully for more than one person. i think its also become clear that the timing weve talked about is yet to be resolved really. the sequencing is as important as the policy. how do we get from where we are to where we eventually hope to go? the way i think about it is we immediately go to work on what i call a collapsing bridge, repair it. thats the individual market. make sure people arent hurt by it. and then work together to build new bridges and then close the old bridge only when we have ...

>> i learned about a year and a half ago never to predict what lies ahead for donald j. trump and that is a firm policy at this point. i feel like it could be 80, it could be 20, i have no idea. >> all right, 45 -- >> i think if there are mass otests on the border and jeff session becomes a vilified figure, it will be under. but if he moves fast on immigration and trade and gets jobs back and have a lot of carrier, theet at riblg event, it might be over. >> i think under. democrats, hes never go...

To repeal it, they would have -- pay severe political price for doing that. thats why you see even republican governors like susana martínez from new mexico yesterday coming out and saying that a repeal of obama could do considerable harm to the states and the people that are insured through medicaid, for instance. so republicans are going to have to deal with the political realities here and nobody is talking about yanking from under people. jon: years long. >> certainly, theres big questions ...

Unresolved. is there going to be a time where the house passes and the senate passes something that would repeal the law but without immediate replacement. does it need to be done comprehensively. theres a question and because of the way obamacare was passed into law through a process called reconciliation, its easier to repeal it than replace it procedurally. republicans in congress have a big debate on their hands about how do you move forward with the whole process because the procedural comp...

Have voted for hillary? we could never know that. i want to be clear, i think we need to be uniform as americans. fine thought, we need to be uniform as americans against putin and russia, regardless of whether they were ultimately successful in electing donald trump. >> but one of the things, michael, that has been devoid of any of this conversation, you talk about what we know and what was certain based on what you guys hear and leaks and third party sources. this is what the director of natio...

Sitting somewhere. lindsey graham said it might have been a 400-pound guy but it was a 400-pound russian guy. i dont know why they didnt brief. there are going to be hearings on this. they briefed them in october. they briefed congress in october. >> they briefed november 17th. here is the director of national intelligence, clapper. >> as far as the wikileaks connection, the evidence there is not as strong and we dont have good insight into the sequencing of the releases or when the data may hav...

Sitting somewhere. lindsey graham said it might have been a 400-pound guy but it was a 400-pound russian guy. i dont know why they didnt brief. there are going to be hearings on this. they briefed them in october. they briefed congress in october. >> they briefed november 17th. here is the director of national intelligence, clapper. >> as far as the wikileaks connection, the evidence there is not as strong and we dont have good insight into the sequencing of the releases or when the data may hav...

Congressional hearings on it. of course, there is some debate in the intelligence community. this is the national intelligence director, november 17th, on this very issue. >> as far as the wikileaks connection, the evidence there is not strong and we dont have good insight into the sequencing of the releases or when -- when the data may have been provided. >> all right. so where is this going and what is next? back with the panel. laura? >> i think that the interagency squabbling over how much r...

Government got involved to ensure a trump victory. after the u.s. publicly blamed russia in october, the hacks dropped off. pressed by a senior democratic. the russian links to dnc and releases by wikileaks was in fact more tenuous. >> as far as the wikileaks connection, evidence there is not strong and we dont have good insight into sequencing of releases. or when the data may have been provided. >> the fbi director had reservations in october about publicly blaming russia. they have until frid...