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The house is in recess subject to the call of the chair. in essence, what this means, theyve hit a snag. paul ryan has met with the president. said we just dont have the votes. since then, were waiting for a paul ryan news conference. our chief political anchor, bret baier is live in washington. brett, its not as if this is a surprise but its a set-back for the presidents agenda. >> i think it is. they thought they could squeak it out and twist arms. there were many ploys to get if freedom caucu...

Because they trust him, they believe him and they think hes looking out for them. thats the bottom line. but the soft trump supporters and i dont think theyll stick with him. hes been talking about leaving the aca in place because hes convinced its going to collapse and the democrats are going to take the blame. i dont know if this has ever worked when someone who controls the government allows a disaster to happen and then blames the other party. >> paul ryan said today this is a major set back...

Countert counterthe people like paul ryan. >> how much of a set back will this be for the president? >> i think it will be a big set back and it will be a schooling on how washington works and as gloria said how different this is. i think jackie brings up an important point, a true repeal of obamacare will leave a lot of people without something they had before. and entitlement reform has been so hard for congress to tackle. they never do. because you have to take something away that is somethin...

Networks are trying to make it sound like donald trump is paranoid -- >> neil: hang on. sean spicer is commenting on this right now. >> what we did is legal and in accordance with the law and in accordance with u.s. code. we had a set-back at the court. we had to make a decision about how to pursue what the president felt was in the best interest of keeping the nation safe. thats it. again, our ultimate goal would have been, if possible, pursue both tracks. ultimately the advice the president re...

Another word. im grateful that at least were doing our time together and were across from each other and we can talk to each other. oh, hes got his hand up, yea! i love him. its crazy the thing love makes you do, right? >> daniel esdale would also be happy to see a friendly face. he recently refused to perform his job detail in the infirmary and became verbally abusive to staff. the incident earned him a minor disciplinary ticket and a transfer back to segregation. he is not happy about being ba...

>> president trump not one to back down, vowing to fight the court decision keeping his travel ban on hold. i will bring in alice stewart and maria cardona and contributor larry noble who is counsel at the campaign legal center and andre bauer, the lieutenant governor of south carolina. alice, welcome. the ninth circuit opinion is stunning against president trump. he is trying to move fast with these executive orders, a shock and awe approach. does this slam on the brakes? >> not in the administ...

That vacancy of the attorney general, that job has not been filled, the president told me he intend to fill that vacancy with a nomination been the week. his demeanor was calm. he was willing to talk with us for a few minutes. he insisted that when this goes through the cycles of the legal process, he will be victorious. i sense from the president that this may be a set back, he did not acknowledge that is negative for his new administration. that seems to be in keeping with general public demea...

Law itself. senior columnist for the daily beast matt lewis, david gregory and cnn supreme court analyst and biographer. joan, i start with you. i have bags under my eyes because i was reading gorsuch opinions and the good news is there arent that many that go to hot bed issues that may come up before the court but what is your read on him? >> well, theyre well written arent they? theyre actually a delight to read but ill tell you one thing about the fact that he is such a, so handy with rhetori...

Caught up on. were going straight from the airport to the sheriffs station. i will start working tomorrow night. its just a minor set-back. but its working out. >> back at the love ranch zoey too is packing. for zoey this trip was a bust. the money she made covered her expenses and thats it. do you feel disappointed? >> its stressful because i came here for two weeks hoping that i was going to bank or make enough money to buy christmas presents. >> do you think youll come back here? >> its a pos...

Were going straight from the airport to the sheriffs station. i will start working tomorrow night. its just a minor set-back. but its working out. >> back at the love ranch zoey too is packing. for zoey this trip was a bust. the money she made covered her expenses and thats it. do you feel disappointed? >> its stressful because i came here for two weeks hoping that i was going to bank or make enough money to buy christmas presents. >> do you think youll come back here? >> its a possibility. i ha...