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Cyclades, and it feels a million miles from the greece you see in the headlines. >> male news reporter: greek banks have remained closed for e tire week. now the depth of their financial woes is becoming painfully clear. >> female news reporter: athens has asked its people whether they accept stringent reforms as part of the countries second bailout. >> male news reporter: 40,000 greeks have hit the streets. >> female news reporter: the country could find itself kicked out of the euro. athens co...

He thinks its the best plan given todays setback to wait for obamacare to explode. heres the praise th heres the phrase they use a lot. >> we all know obamacare is in a death spiral. >> death spiral. >> death spiral. >> quote, obamacare is in a death spiral. >> death spiral. its a weird term, kind of gruesome. >> death spiral. >> let obamacare explode. it is exploding right now. >> the idea that obamacare is teetering on the brink of collapse is debunctioned debunkf times. we talked about it wit...

But we can protect your home and auto. [ chuckles ] all right. you heard the president say anything is the best plan given todays setback is wait for the affordable care act to implode and explode. the notion that it will is practically a token of faith among republicans. heres the phrase they all use a lot. >> its in a death spiral. >> its undeniable obamacare is in a death spiral. >> death spiral. >> quote, obamacare is in a death spiral. death spiral. its a weird term. kind of gruesome. death...

Now? well the president went all in on health care. he tried to bluff house republicans with an ultimatum. but yes for the bill or be saddled with the shame of failing to repeal obamacare. the president swore he was going to keep raising the stakes, insisting on a vote for his teetering health care bill. minutes before the scheduled vote, the president folded his hand. so how does the presidents health care bet look now? lets talk it over with former professional poker champ annie duke, now a de...

Policies. he outsourced this to paul ryan that has a opposed world view. donald trump is a nationalist, populist within the republican umbrella and paul ryan is a conservative and they disagree fundamentally on a lot of things so i think theres a real question. if this bill goes down as it now looks to be very tenuous and its teetering, does donald trump want to stake his reputation along with a bill thats off brand anyway that doesnt match his world view. or does he -- its unclear now. he can g...

Prosecute. they have subpoenas. you never know once you get the special prosecutor, you never know where it might end up. democrats are trying to take him down with this. i agree, we are not there yet. if there was evidence that suggests a crime, maybe go to a special prosecutor. >> the evidence of russian hacking and intelligence communities and all of them is that not evidence of a crime enough? >> we are teetering towards the crisis, he is making them out of thin air. find the truth and sort ...

Focused. hopefully it will happen on the timetable they proposed. >> bret: ambitious. >> yes but i think it can be done. theyve got to get obamacare out of the way because it determines how the ultimate tax reform ends up. i think one of the reasons for the euphoria in the markets is not just the fact that they are going to get this or that reform passed but i think it refers to what mollie was talking about. you get the impression this administration was teetering on the edge, about to explode,...

Plan, was there, austan, he said basically "i want to cut taxes on people." the devil is in the details and that will be coming in the weeks to come. >> something else, austan, that we didnt get details on is whether or not he likes the border adjustment tax or not. he did talk about how its unfair, he essentially said other countries tax our goods coming in but we dont tax their goods coming in. the only way a border adjustment tax really works and doesnt raise prices for the american people is...

>> bret: ambitious. >> yes but i think it can be done. theyve got to get obamacare out of the way because it determines how the ultimate tax reform ends up. i think one of the reasons for the euphoria in the markets is not just the fact that they are going to get this or that reform passed but i think it refers to what mollie was talking about. you get the impression this administration was teetering on the edge, about to explode, waiting for the fuse to go and then you see this guy who shows up...

Repealing and replacing obamacare, and thats what they promised. certainly theres some backlash but when he succeeds, those numbers will turn around. >> are they doing exactly what they promised on repealing and replacing on day one? but david, these numbers on how the president is doing on the economy, its a much rosier picture for the president, 60% say the economy is excellent or good, and then republicans, youve got a much closer look there between republicans and democrats. overall, hes win...