obamacare approval ratings in the 40s. and here he came into this with an approval rating for his bill at 17%. that's a huge difference. they also -- in the white house, there is someone who does public liaison as it's called and that is to work with all the outside groups, all the outside interest groups before you go with the bill to make sure some of the significant ones are on board. all the major groups in health care came out against it. doctors came out against it, nurses came out against it, hospitals came out against it. >> even aar p. >> they kept asking for cues from the white house. >> that's what the president does, rally people to make it possible to pass it. >> speaking of white house, let's bring in sara murray. president trump did make remarks. we're waiting or that tape to come in. what are you learning about what he had to say in >> reporter: that's right. he scrambled to bring the press in after this news so he could make remarks to them. he was with his vice-president mike pence as well as tom price, the health and human services secretary and sort of lamented,