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Meeting with them. what areas of compromise do you see open to you right now between democrats and republicans? >> well, first of all, you have to go through the orderly process, okay, it should go through the committee to where you have discussions. if someone has an idea v explain to me how that idea -- let me understand that idea better and see if its somethingic support. we never even had the opportunity to do that. lets go back through regular oshd. next of all, when you have the private ma...

To selling insurance across state borders. this is just dishonest for people who say that such a thing exists. there are no -- i will stay again, there are zero federal restrictions to an insurance company selling insurance, health insurance, across state borders. this is something that is either not done because states dont let it get done, or, chiefly, because insurance companies have reasons for not selling it. the republicans have created this impression that insurance companies are dying to...

Difference here of 18 million americans. cbo saying that under obamacare, 18 million more americans will be insured ten years from now than under the republican plan. thats still an awfully big number, isnt it? >> well, lets remember something else, steve. the cbo is scoring the plan that we have now thats been passed through my committee on energy and commerce, heading to the house floor. thats a snapshot of one-third of what were going to do. the cbo is not looking what tom price is going to b...

Quality and prices go down allowing people to cross state borders to find a better plan? >> thats a great point. i want to reassure people out there this has to be a transition. it isnt about collapsing the state exchanges but working toward a national marketplace. as president trump has said insurance across state lines. that wont happen overnight. we need to repeal a 1945 law and create a national marketplace. it makes sense if insurance is cheaper in nevada i ought to be able to buy it here a...

Are there questions you need answered before you decide whether to support it? >> well, look, i would certainly always support the repeal of obamacare. in my state we are down to a single provider, the rates are going up 69%. we dont have a choice. in oklahoma, at least, its a failed system. i am anxious to do something better to give my constituents more health care security. most of what i heard -- we had a conference on it friday -- i liked. the different sorts of policies, creating situation...

Checking of huge lists. now with data processing we can cross checklists. i think there ought to be an aggressive effort by the states to modernize the way they handle their registrations and then to cooperate across state borders. one of the concerns a lot of folks have is students voting on campuses and also voting back home. so those are the kinds of things that data processing can check. it doesnt have to be a complicated process. it can have some serious due diligence in it. we dont have to...

Travel documents. did he use a credit card? how did he buy the train ticket? those are things that will be looked into. already conservative political figures in europe are saying if you look at this, look at what happened in paris with some of the attackers getting out of the country going to belgian its time to look at the agreement and whether protocol should be changed. >> thank you for that, pete williams. for more, malcolm nance, terrorism analyst. there is the key question a lot of peop...

Fleeing syria. >> now we want to give you a look at the states that have stated they are willing to accept syrian refugees. not very many. u.s. president barack obama has also weighed in, calling suggestions that there should be a religious test for refugees shameful. >> out of the more than two dozen u.s. gov mores who say they are opposed to letting syrian refugees into their states all but one happened to be republican. >> our dana bash takes a look at the debate and who is weighing in. >> we...

Both parties, no syrian refugees in the u.s. >> we cant have another problem and this could be one of the great trojan horses. >> reporter: governors across the country are now taking matters into their own hands, closing their state borders from alabama to arkansas to indiana, michigan and more. >> i am now requesting that the president and the federal government seize sending refugees from syria to north carolina. >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott announced his state will not accept refu...

Conference. ivan watson in brussels right now. it is worth noting very little distinction between brussels and paris. you can move back and forth across the border at will. much like you can across state borders in the u.s. now there were other major news overnight. france retaliating against isis. what they are calling a major bombardment against the effective capital of the isis cal caliphate raqqah. obviously we are waiting for confirmation from western intelligence sources. it all comes two ...