dropping health care completely until obamacare, in his words, implodes? >> reporter: all together. in a closed door conference meeting this afternoon after the decision was made to pull the bill, that was the message, direct message from speaker ryan, trump is done, the president is moving on. there was stunned silence when this was conveyed to the room according to people who were inside of it. they realized this issue they've been campaigning on in 2010, 2014, 2016 was now off the table and they were moving far. the real question is how does this damage or help them learn going forward when you tackle other big am pentagon officials items like tax reform and infrastructure? the reality is there's no answer to that question. >> going to talk to the panel. first cnn political analyst maggie haberman who spoke today with the president by phone shortly after the bill was pulled. you said he showed uncharacteristic discipline. how did the conversation go? >> certainly in that phone call. i'm not saying lit hold until