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Welcome back to "early start." im christine romans. >> im dave briggs. 30 minutes past the hour. history will be made today. one way or the other. either republicans will take the first vote toward actually repealing and replacing t affordable care act or a staggering blow to the gop. the white house and republican leaders now deep into a furious last-ditch campaign to turn no votes into the freedom caucus into yes votes. >> one point is ending the essential health benefits that obamacare requir...

Inaugural speech. the reaction to the two has been so markedly different. do you think the president, that will impact him moving forward? because even his critics, people begrudgingly saying this morning it was his greatest speech. he was positive, upbeat. he was presidential. do you think it will change the tone moving forward? we only have one tweet from him this morning and all caps thank you. thats it. do you think he will respond to the positive reinforcement he got because of this speech?...

But hes in a difficult position where hes trying to be both a big booster of defense spending while living within our means. the epa budget in total is $8 billion. the state department is $65 billion. youre not going to get this money through those cuts but budgets never add up so its hard to say this is a special one. they are always a political working documents. >> bret: this is the house speaker and senate majority leader at the white house today. >> we are looking forward to a positive upbe...

But hes in a difficult position where hes trying to be both a big booster of defense spending while living within our means. the epa budget in total is $8 billion. the state department is $65 billion. youre not going to get this money through those cuts but budgets never add up so its hard to say this is a special one. they are always a political working documents. >> bret: this is the house speaker and senate majority leader at the white house today. >> we are looking forward to a positive upbe...

Us and the president is going to lay it out for us. thats why we are excited to have the president come tomorrow. >> i think for virtually all republicans the chance 20 do thing that we felt would move the country in the right direction and have the president sign them into law. thats an exciting prospect. we are looking for a positive upbeat presentation tomorrow night. and then proceeding with our agenda, which is exactly the same as the trump agenda. >> how hard -- >> mr. speaker -- >> hang o...

Attendance and behaving. >> i cant remember, but i remember how devastating everything is back then. when there was a breakup, like the end of the world, your brain cells arent mature enough to handle that crap. youre like, the world is going to end, it really isnt. youre going to want to stick around. >> what happened? >> you dont do a good job. >> what event in history would you go back in time to change if you could? >> 9/11, yeah, holocaust. >> that would be good. >> we ended that one on an ...

Different countries because its significantly cheaper. and there are safety issues of course involved in that. but its inherently unfair. the idea that you get the government to negotiate these prices down, thats just being a good steward -- >> sandra: how is pharma reacting? >> when they left, the ceo -- tpaoeuzer was the main spokes person. he wassen as upbeat. he was talking about american renaissance. the guy today was a little more upbeat. they talked about really, i think what you will see...

Trump was right about that. its rigged in a way thats transparent. we have this electoral college that rigs it to favor smaller states. the notion we want to cut down on democracy when were here to celebrate it -- >> i didnt know wed go so far down this rabbit hole. its been interesting to hear both of you. j.d., what did you hear in president obamas final press conference? >> one, it was criticism of the idea that voter fraud affected the election in any significant way. i think thats right. i ...

And for me, at least, i would put in that category efforts to round up kids who have grown up here and for all practical purposes are american kids, and send them someplace else. >> the president ended with a message that he thinks we in america are going to be okay. thats an attempt at an upbeat, optimistic message, even though it in itself is not hugely optimistic. also, he wouldnt weigh in directly on what he thinks about all of these democrats in congress who are now boycotting the inaugurat...

Think its -- everyone is worried but theyre hoping that this procedure will stabilize him and get him through it. >> old age is not for sissies. >> as my grandmother used to say it. >> we wish them only the best. you will keep us updated on the medical conditions. >> were about to hear from the president of the united states his final news conference as president of the united states. you see reporters standing over in the west wing of the white house. dana the stakes for this news conference he...