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Can actually stand for. >> shannon: and what people unlike us who are so far inside the beltway covering this stuff all the time may not remember there have been dozens of changes to obamacare under both president obama and when things got passed through congress and made it to his desk that had republican votes. both parties acknowledged along the way things can be fixed. reading about this idea democrats wanted the make more changes under the last administration but pressure from the white hou...

>> i am not sure how much political capital he has. this is self-inflicted wounds, and all the republicans went out and said they want to repeal and replace, and the problem is this appears to be tweaking obamacare, and its a slippery slope, and many in the base are very unhappy, and many republicans in the far right dont like it because they say its not repeal and replace and the moderates are unhappy because they dont like medicaid expansion could be curtailed in 2020. so you have a lot of rea...

With us. many are suggesting the different tone from donald trump in his tuesday address represented a turning point and the moment he became presidentialme presidential. whats your response? >> i think thats true. it was a different tone. we have not seen the details. the truth is still 22 million people will be without health care if he gets rid of obamacare. he has a lot of spending he is suggesting but its unclear how its going to be funded. i know that balancing the budget and understand th...

Saying do not take away my health care. today we did monot hear from th president exactly how he was going to change it, how it was going to work with the existing obamacare to go into some new system that people would not faulty the crack. the devils is in the detail. >> that is mantra, is he listening to people. it sounds like elements of obamacare will remain. is that a repeal or is that going to end up being tweaking obamacare and how will president trump pay for all of this? >> the question...

>> i am calling on democrats and republicans in congress to work with us to save american from this imploded obamacare disaster. >> we saw nancy pelosi shake her head in response. what did you think of the details president trump referenced for his new health care proposals people with preexisting conditions will have access to coverage and help will be give ton those who struggle to pay for it. does that sound like obamacare to you? >> it sound a lot like obamacare. his description of it being ...

Not if you look at reaction to his talk about obamacare. watch the lines. >> tonight i am calling on this congress to repeal and replace obamacare. >> big applause line in the chamber. the democrats didnt like it. overall, this arrangement never changed. democrats like the least, republicans on top, and interestingly, men, always liked what he had to say all evening long more than women did. >> tom with that report there. thanks for joining us. remember to connect any time with twitter. we loved...

Lets listen to what if the had to say about replacement plans for obamacare. >> we should ensure that americans with preexisting conditions have access to coverage and that we have a stable transition for americans currently enrolled in the health care exchanges. secondly we should help americans purchase their own coverage through the use of tax credits and expand health savings account, it must be plan they want not the plan forced on them by our government. >> president trump called repeal an...

Premiums doubled. thats why he got elected because obamacare was passed without a single republican vote. the reality is if president trump is successful in creating a replacement that actually doesnt offer thach discomfort that has to be challenge for democrats. how they actually reconstruct a government they can sale back to the american people as they go back to the polls two years from now. >> he has admitted its more complicated he thought. i want to listen from a moment to what the preside...

Detail but he did outline a plan because either he is not sure or did not want to get into this complicated dialogue with both sides of congress at the stage. but it did sound like some things he was saying are similar to what obamacare looks like right now. >> as we have said, most people would agree he was sounding presidential. he put out a lot of things that made a lieutenaot of people hap. he did not put out details how he would pay for this. how problematic is that? >> republicans doesnt l...

Politically republicans believe if they tell the american public you have to cut the budget and health care costs a lot of money at the same time, youve got to raise the debt ceiling they have a better message on that. >> david, go ahead. the debt ceiling, the ramification of the debt ceiling batting and the credit worthiness of the dollar, that is far more serious if the u.s. does not raise the debt ceiling and allows the credit worthiness to come into question. >> youre absolutely right, wolf....