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Healthcare is very hard. its hard because youll to something a little bit this way. and youll pick up that final vote and youll lose four votes over here. you move it back. its this tiny road bd two feet wide throughout the country. >> tiny little road. a yellow brick road? joining us now ezra klein, the editor in chief of vox.com. ezra im calling pat robertsen and have him explain to me what the tiny little road was he was talking about. youve read the news the mitch mcconnells update. >> this ...

And youll pick up that final vote and youll lose four votes over here. you move it back. its this tiny road bd two feet wide throughout the country. >> tiny little road. a yellow brick road? joining us now ezra klein, the editor in chief of vox.com. ezra im calling pat robertsen and have him explain to me what the tiny little road was he was talking about. youve read the news the mitch mcconnells update. >> this is a bill that is more radical than people realize. it includes something proposed b...

Also with me, liz plank, senior correspondent for vox.com. gosh, you know, john mccain disappointed. anything worse than being disappointed? >> i mean, i actuallydisappoint? >> i love hearing him use that word, even you know although he back prtracks on embarrassed. that is how he should feel. a man in a high power of office denigrating a woman in media in that way. its a pattern of behavior. i was on another network less than 24 hours ago talking about his behavior toward a foreign reporter, in...

Hearing of james comey. and his assertion that president trump spread lies about him. comey came to capitol hill after weeks of being called names by the president. being called a grand stander, unpopular, crazy, and a real nut job. it was then comeys turn to give his account of his relationship with donald trump. three days removed, where is this story moving to you? let me ask my panel ms. plank is a senior respondent at vox.com. charles ellison, a democratic strategist and radio host of "real...

>> vox.com appeals to a younger audience. they recognize memorial day by bashing the marine corps. the marine corps has a toxic max lint problem. now masculinity problem. douglas says vox.com that you would choose to post this today says more about you than you will ever realize. look at this tweet from michelle. she actually came up with a bit of a solution. she said the vox staff should all enlist and solve this problem. somethin tells me thats not going to happen. rob: i dont think they have ...

Vox.com put winners and losers. rich people win because they get a massive tax cut of a trillion dollars. insurance companies go in because they go out of community rating. they can charge people more based on their age and health status and drug companies because they are unfettered by the law. the loser, the poor, the elderly and the sick. perry, it disls strike me they arent the constituency they are listening to because they dont vote for republicans. they respond to affluent, wanted a tax b...

That thats how solid the support is which is why he has no intention on bringing to it a vote. >> can we see a vote on it? >> well see. >> that is not the way legislative strategists with a plan get. when we get the votes is congressional talk for we arent even close to getting the votes. the fundamental legislative rule in washington is the longer you give members of congress to make up their minds, the longer they will take toake up their minds. joining us sarah clicks for vox.com. she reports...

That does not exactly exist as a bill. its just, you know, one of those double space typed pieces of paper that kind of looks like a memo and isnt even quite a memo. speaker paul ryan knows that, that thats how solid the support is which is why he has no intention on bringing to it a vote. >> can we see a vote on it? >> well see. >> that is not the way legislative strategists with a plan get. when we get the votes is congressional talk for we arent even close to getting the votes. the fundamenta...

A badnary gi narrative. >> where are the women in this administration, there are some, but not a lot. its one of the most white and male administrations that we have seen in a very, very long time. so are we going forward? are we going backwards? >> i can see where across the generational lines those who are younger would go, i dont quite get this. its very different when it comes to those who are having the younger perspective on the way equality might or might not exist. >> republicans need th...

End quote. do you agree or disagree, vice president pences rule of never eating alone with a woman other than his wife a good idea? here to talk with us is liz from vox.com. is it sexist? >> yes, but a different kind of sexism than were used to seeing. we have two men in the white house, one of them has bragged about sexually assaulting women and the other one says he does want dont eat alone with a woman. its benevolent sexism. it comes off as a compliment, but its sexism with a wink and a smil...