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Issues that people were afraid of was that it would slow down growth. that companies would not hire the 50th employee. so now that we are many years into obamacare, and we can look backwards. i would like to get both of your takes on that. did indeed that happen. did companies not hire the 50th employee because of the mandate to provide them health insurance, john, ill start with you. we dont have any evidence there was any real affect having the 50 threshold. most businesses over 50 employees...

Are valuable intelligence. however, i think there are just questions in those reports that i wonder does reach that threshold of foreign intelligence. then you have to ask why were names unmasked. >> reporter: just a followup, so if this does not seem out of the ordinary to you, is whats striking the fact that it was so widely disseminated? >> no, i think theres two issues here. theres some information in those documents that concern me in the reports that i read that i dont think belong there. ...

Christmas morning, i would get up and got most of the things i wanted but not everything. i determined i needed a managers amendment. that is what they kept doing this week. they did one monday and last night. they kept putting things in the bill to get some members to vote yes. at this reading, doesnt seem like theyre there. the final elements of persuasion, the vice president pence, he didnt come to the capitol. he went to the capitol hill club, which is behind the office building and talked t...

Later. i had the most touchdowns. why are you doing that? youre leader of the free world? its interesting, when i hear him in person, for the most part you kind of get what hes saying. read the written word, i wonder, do you think he believes this? says it a lot. >> says lies. >> george con stanza, if you believe it, its not a lie. >> if you talk to some of his friends, they say he actually believes some of these things. >> thats really sad. >> it is where it is. but i actually think that some o...

And republicans filibustered and he withdrew because of ethical problems. what senator schumer is doing is changing 200 years of precedent in the senate because he cant stand the pressure from the left. thats sad. i hope some members of the conversation -- conference wont allow this. >> shannon: you need eight. any chance you get them? >> when i voted for sotomayor and kaggen i got beat up at home and what i will tell them then and told democrats now i respect the outcome of elections. i didnt v...

The creation of these intelligence reports? >> they look like -- for the most part i think the reports i read for the most part are valuable intelligence however, i think there are just questions in those reports i wonder does reach that threshold of foreign intelligence and then you have to ask why were names unmasked. >> reporter: just a followup, please. if this does not seem out of the ordinary to you was this widely disseminated? >> theres some information in those documents that concern me...

Maybe -- >> im not saying -- >> theyre lies, but maybe he believes it. >> hes sort of a george costanza version of lies. if you believe it, its not a lie. >> if you talk to some of his friends, they say he actually believes some of these things. >> then thats really sad. >> it is where it is. but i actually think this has a cumulative effect now, and i do think that in the last few days, we passed a threshold on this wiretapping issue, that that has put the public in a whole new place. and you s...

But theyve decided that they need to take the temperature down on this one, steve. >> kasie hunt on capitol hill. thank you for that. meanwhile, this is a test for paul ryan, the house speaker. if he can get this through. its also the first critical legislative test for the trump administration. kristen welker is standing by on the white house lawn. kristen. they do not have the votes to pass this right now in the house. its being postponed. we dont know when its being rescheduled till. what is ...

They cant make the vote too narrow. they dont have much margin for error. nancy pelosi, when she was the speaker of the house, probably the best vote counter in the house of representatives. she passed the first version of healthcare 220 to 215 in november 209. turn three votes and they dont pass the bill. you dont want to pass the bill by just one. why? they can point to that person, whoever that deciding vote is who was the deciding vote to repeal and replace obamacare. so you need a buffer, t...

He ultimately made it through 58-42. justice sotomayor war was confirmed with nine g.o.p. votes and five g.o.p. senators voted in favor of justice kagan. republicans hold 52 senate seat seats. democrat leadership is increasingly suggesting it will enforce a procedural hurdle that will require 60 votes. will the g.o.p. invoke the nuclear option and dropped the threshold of 51? >> we will do whats necessary to conform judge gorsuch. >> democrats say not so fast. senator warren tweeting "a lifetime...