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Lets just try to be idealistic. suppose youre nancy pelosi and you say, you know what, obamacare does need some tweaking, some fixing. you go to the house and you say, look, we got to get 50 republicans to help us do it. can they get 50 republicans to join them, to break the rule and get it to the floor, get past ryan? >> i dont think so, no. >> well, how do they work together again? if you cant fix obamacare, which shou a democrat lift his finger? you made that point. >> thats my point about po...

Problem for senior, in particular low-income seniors, if changes are not made as it stands. that was a significant deal he himself made that concession that this bill needs to go through a shift. the question is, how -- what additional assistance does government provide to low income seniors so they dont see their premiums go up the way that cbo has predicted it will. is that enough to fruf rat fruse conservative republicans in the house that ryan has to pull through. uma: he says, he is confide...

Vote no or are leaning no. so in your view, whats the likelihood of it being resuscitated by that thursday vote? >> look, im not a political expert. i have no idea. i think whats worrisome is that in an effort to try to get it passed theyre moving the bill to make it even more punitive to the poor, the elderly and the sick. its very disappointing you took a bill that already is going to create 24 million more uninsured and raise premiums for older, sicker and poorer people and it more punitive. ...

Some point we would get a score. but that wouldnt delay what were doing. were not going to be able to vote on this for about two weeks anyway. we have to get it through our budget committee and our rules committee. and i think anything, kate, we do at this point would be very minor tweaking. in fact, based on the hearing i was in, the 27-hour hearing, im saying its going to be hard to change much of anything because weve got, you know -- that right between and between. the far right doesnt like,...

Saying this is the closest theyll get to replacing obamacare? >> well, good morning, thomas. i think hes trying to create a political child enticement that is going to say take this or nothings going to happen. but people cant take this because we have to worry about what its impact will be on seniors and chirp and pregnant women. ive never said the affordable care act was perfect, that there were some tweaking that we needed to do, but to replace wit the bill that is now sitting there is unacce...

Said if you can put forward a plan that covers more people, brings down the cost and improves the care, we are for it. if you are going to take away care from people tharks and people who have employer provided care, theyre going to find when fewer people have care, theyre going to go to the emergency room for their care and thats going to bring up the cost for all of us. >> can you use this as a first step to work together? to say that theres bad blood between democrats and republicans right no...

Unconstitutional? >> right. well i would never predict what the courts are going to do. we will continue making our arguments. we are hopeful the courts will see it for what they are. courts have in the past. we dont think those courts that have seen it as religious discrimination will change their mind. can i predict the outcome? we are hopeful that the courts will see this for what it is. a tweaking to get around legal problems. and not a change from what the president declared he wanted to do...

President. a lot of republicans who said they didnt recognize this version of him either and they liked it. >> look, it was a different donald trump who shut up last night. disciplined, focused, optimistic, contrast this tone with the dire picture that he painted in his inaugural speech. this was a tone the americans like to see in their president, aspirational, positive, optimistic. describing bill challenges and grave problems but doing so in a spirit of optimism and looking forward. i thought...

Government has to hold up their end. i believe there has to be some measures taken into account that if we dont do anything, medicare and social security wont be there for our children. i will not ever support changing the benefits of thor near receiving, we have to look to the future to make sure we protect these two systems that people depend on that theyre there for our children. and some tweaking is going to be necessary in order to do that. >> congressman dan donovan, republican from new yo...

Over president trump and his administrations speeches? >> power is a great attractor, and i think the entire movement is trying to rearrange itself around the reality of a trump presidency and seeking opportunity from their perspective to shape his presidency, to put meat on the bone. this is not a president who is deep on policy, whose ideas have a lot of depth right now and theres a real opportunity for the conservative movement to say trump is a and b and x, y and z. well see a real effort by...