i think jonathan reporter. the president's got in his inbox a letter from senate democrats. and they say the democrats say they are ready and willing to work with the president on improving obamacare. they have a couple of conditions. first the president has to abandon his effort to completely repeal the law and rescind the executive order signed by the vast majority of democrats in the u.s. senate. what does the president say? >> i think as the president has noted we're willing to engage with people. they understand his principles. we need to repeal the law and replace it with something bet. >> they want you to take full repeal off the table. >> i've seen parts of the letter. i think what we need to do is figure out who wants to engage in a constructive conversation. i understand understand what they want. but again, it's not just a one-way street. i think the president made very clear weather wants to do. to the extent some of them want to have a conversation, we have a 52-seat majority in the