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Basically like deflation day for the biggest republican policy priority effort of them all. the effort to repeal obamacare appears to be in political freefall right now. it will face a vote in a house committee tomorrow. it might pass that committee. the fact that it might is remarkable given that it has eight more seats than democrats do and it still might not pass. if it does pass the republican-controlled house -- which itself is not sure -- even then what would happen next is it would head t...

Election result coming up tonight as well. i should tell you a lot of trump partisans in this country are very upset with geert wilders loss in the netherlands tonight tonight is also starting to look basically like deflation day for the biggest republican policy priority effort of them all. the effort to repeal obamacare appears to be in political freefall right now. it will face a vote in a house committee tomorrow. it might pass that committee. the fact that it might is remarkable given that ...

And thats where we start this morning. joining me now to make sense of all that, former chairman of the rnc and now an msnbc analyst, michael steele, and liz plank, senior correspondent for vox.com. thank you both for being here. >> thank you. >> good morning. >> let me start with you, michael. the white house correspondents dinner, big event, people that fight and attack and take shots at each other all year kind of sit there -- >> yeah. >> -- and break bread together. the president is able to,...

Express yourself here and then vote one way or the other. >> senator orrin hatch called democrats idiots for boycotting committee votes on some of president trumps nominees. democrats sat out votes for treasury secretary, health and human services and epa administrator, but republicans simply changed the rules and voted them through anyway. joining me now, liz plank, senior correspondent for vox.com, and jamal simmons, democratic strategist. let me go to you first, liz. the street heat is there....

President bush 43s tenure. theres personal a new standard now, which is to not confirm a supreme court nominee at all. i think thats something the american people will simply not tolerate and well be looking forward to receiving a supreme court nomination and moving forward on it. >> reporter: the insurance question -- >> reporter: senator, on cabinet nominations, do you intend to meet -- >> mitch mcconnell taking questions from reporters after mike pence, you can see over his shoulder, came out...

2010. >> im a numbers guy. im just looking for the numbers. i just want somebody to tell me exactly how that will work. thank you for being with us. sarah kliff from vox.com. where i get a lot of my explainers from. that brings us to our microsoft pulse question. in its current state, should obamacare be repealed and replaced? let us know what you think at pulse.msnbc.com. he ran and won on the pitch of america first, so why is donald trump appearing to put u.s. intelligence on the back burn...

First 100 days. hopefully we can rely upon him for infrastructure, for tax reform and repealing and replacing reform. bihealthcare across state lines the way they buy their auto insurance insurance and other goods and services. >> i bet you will be able to. kellyanne conway. great to see you, thanks. >> thank you, tucker. congratulations on the show. >> thanks a lot. >> now its time for twitter storm. nightly forecast of intense media patterns. vox.com. "star wars" movie. posted this link to the...

If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. its what you do. donald trump may have hijacked the presidential campaign but can he hijack the republican legislative agenda in washington? >> the word is that democrats will filibuster and the president will veto. thats the only way to get rid of planned parenthood money for selling off baby parts is to shut down the government in september. would you support that? >> i can tell you this. i would. i was also i...

Assistance even though that is a revered democratic party accomplishment, first enacted under president kennedy. house democrats cynically voted against one of their most important programs simply as a tactical exercise. a tactic that failed. today, in the house, democrats reversed themselves completely and voted overwhelmingly in favor of trade adjustment assistance with the final vote being 286 in favor 138 opposed. so the president ends the week winning a 6-3 vote in the supreme court and win...

Tactical exercise. a tactic that failed. today, in the house, democrats reversed themselves completely and voted overwhelmingly in favor of trade adjustment assistance with the final vote being 286 in favor 138 opposed. so the president ends the week winning a 6-3 vote in the supreme court and winning the votes of virtually every house democrat who voted against him, on the same thing, just two weeks ago. joining the discussion now is ezra klein, editor-in-chief of of vox.com and msnbc analyst. ...