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We could have had some democrats support. remember this, we had no democrats support. so now well go for tax reform, which i have always like d. >> reporter: if you are confident in speaker ryan and his leadership to get things done? >> yeah, i like speaker ryan. hes got a lot of different groups, a lot of different fractions. and theres a long history of liking and disliking, long before i got here, but ive had a great relationship with the republican party. it seems that both sides like trump,...

They were originally going to -- they talked about sending him out into the country a lot to get support, to bring that support of the american people. he largely stayed here and did the time going back, having people come to the oval office, talking to them and using what they thought was a very strong weapon that they had in vice president mike pence who obviously has long-standing relationships with a lot of these people and was key in a lot of the negotiations that went on in the final hours...

Premiums would have gone down and been very stable and very strong. but thats okay. we are very, very close. and, again, i think what will happen is, obamacare, unfortunately, will explode. its going to have a very bad year. and last year you had over 100% increases in various places, in arizona, i understand its going up very rapidly again like it did last year. last year it was 116%. many places, 50%, 60%, 70%, i guess it averaged, whatever the average was, very, very high. and this year shoul...

Some problems in some markets where it is a one-time spike because it was under price. and you know that. and so the obamacare is collapsing, but the rules -- >> as i have been saying, we have standing by here for donald trump in these remarks from the oval office. seated right next to me, brian williams. >> steve kornacki, thanks. as our coverage expands here to include what is a tape turn-around, remarks already delivered by the president but not yet fed out to the television networks and to v...

And we will. it will happen. and it wont be in the very distant future. i really believe there will be some democrats support, and that it will happen and be an even better bill. i think this was a great bill, but i think it will be even better the next time around. and i dont think that will be in too long of a period of time. >> reporter: anything you specifically want to change going from this bill to the next? >> i dont want to speak on specifics, but there are things i would have liked even...

Foreseeable future. >> we have a minute left. did you also notice the confirmation of last nights overnight glenn thrush, maggie has be haberman, new york times story, that what he wanted was tax reform, which quote, ive always liked. so they moved the band on to the next challenge. >> this will be the monday morning quarterback. what should they have started back? tax reform -- heres the wild card, heres the one a lot of people expected or thought might be happening after the election. infrastr...

The president also apparently in these remarks trying to blame democrats, saying the lack of support from democrats is what doomed this republican replacement effort. lets bring back hugh hewitt, e.j. dionne, as we wait to get that tape. hugh hewitt, i think that is an interesting argument, the president apparently trying to make pinning this on democrats. he had paul ryan, though, in the press conference we just played a few minutes ago, paul ryan acknowledging that there were republican hold-o...

Want the 28,000 workers and i want american steel. going to dump the tpp to make sure jobs are kept here. does that concern democrats that he might be capturing the union vote? >> well, not at this point. we have a long way to go until 2020 when we will be voting on donald trump again. so, i cant really speak to that hillary clinton said that she was going to oppose tpp as well and we had overwhelming union support. listen, i want the country to succeed. americans are economically optimistic abo...

Studies on the efficacy of it and the safety of it. back and forth. something that came up a lot on the democratic primaries talking about would they move forward with it or not. there has been some union support for it. a lot of environmental opposition. looks like he will get busy on that right away. >> bill: if the dakota pipeline goes forward, the images we had, the protests out there in that weather, i mean, how can you get that out of your mind? its indelible and i would suggest to you tha...

Receive rouse critic of president obamas use of executive order. here he is seeking to do something not conservative and to do it by executive order. its an indication of how unusual these next four years may be. >> how the tables have turned. this is fascinating to watch. as you say, paul ryan, mick mcconnell, mike pence at one time, they do not like this. and then the commerce secretary designate, wilbur ross does like it. i guess we sit back and see who wins this one. >> trade has always been...