Investigate this and oh, my god how could President Obama have done this to President Trump, and they were quiet, with the ni microphones except f microphones except for john mccain and lindsey graham. The question is why would the president Want Congress to spend money investigating a question to which he has the answer by virtue of his tweet . And can make that public any old time he wants. Lets talk turkey here. This is a president on a twitter storm clearly angry about the way that his staff had handled things, deciding to take things into his own hands and try to change the subject, who knows, probably divert attention from russia, all of the above. And sean spicer was asked and
this because he hasnt shown any evidence. Imagine if he had evidence of this action by the former president it would be the biggest political story in 50 years or so and he would want to put it out there and we will wait to see what he does. I think they are hoping this does become like Groundhog Day and every day they can refer to congress and say theyll take it up but at some point theyre going to have some sort of resolution to this. But it is our responsibility look the president tweets stuff all the time and it is one of the Biggest Challenges i think for the media and trump era is to try to figure out when to ignore it and know it is just a diversion around when to take it seriously, you cant not take seriously when youre accusing a former president of wiretapping. That was a nobrainer. Having said that, do you think youre a ruouters
report. I think journalists have the responsibility to tell the truth, report to the truth and when accurate or a statement comes from a person were covering found not to be accurate to followup on that just as we have the responsibility to correct or own mistakes absolutely thats what the white house core should be doing and all of us should be doing. I want to switch over the health care and the whole talk was the new Hhs Secretary tom price who used to be on capitol hill writing this legislation which had no chance of ever becoming law when President Obama was in the white house, now put the stamp on what the white house did but said something very note worth that the hot water that President Obama got in by promising everybody can keep their doctor. A decline in coverage . Can also say will your copays and deductibles increase . They can talk about that well wait a minute how will this affect the Medicare Trust fund Going Forward are they going to rob peter to pay paul here . So sean is setting it up exactly the way you said david but there are going to be questions about part one and the cost of part one because theres no tax increase as President Obama had to offset his plan. If theres that, you also have republicans saying yeah, but, this ceo was not accurate in terms of the cost ultimately of obamacare at least where we are right now almost ten years after it was eight years after it was passed. But theres that, then theres shoe meet other foot in that republicans now are many conservatives are so upset at the notion that even though they talked a lot about transparency,
its only 66 pages that they havent been able to look at it that its going to be done perhaps properly in house but theyre saying theyre going to take whatever passes right through and shove it to we already sort of nowhere the democrats are going to be but the republicans are divided on this bill, and the fact they are divided about some it was content as well as how its going to be handled or pushed through if thats going to happen in the senate will make it harder to become law. Thank you everyone for hanging in for that lengthy Press Conference from the white house. Appreciate all your insights. A few moments from now were going to hear from some republicans including senator rand paul. Stay with us. Innovation in the Health Care System, through both transparency and accountability. Joining me now is tammy lubby, thank you so much for joining me i should tell our viewers that you are definitely an expert. Will this deliver on prices promised . Well, lets go over some to have basics first, its just for the individual market and medicaid market but the republican plan keeps kids under 26 can stay on their parents plan, those with preexisting conditions protected no annual Lifetime Limits on coverage and keep the cap On Out Of Pocket costs but does get rid of employer mandates and giving people refundable tax credits
based on age rather than income. There are now 11 million americans covered, but they want to over haul it which covered more than 750 million people. It would change federal support for it. In terms of Americans Getsing health care through obamacare. Lets talk about the losers, low income people may end up losing out, could be left uninsured. Obamacare provided subsidies more generous for low income americans, thats going to change, obamacare restricted compared to younger one, this will allow to charge older people more. If wep want to look at the
winners, younger people could be the winners, older people are going to be charged more, also higher income people are going to win. Fewer taxes, rolls back the taxes on the rich americans that help pay for obamacare and people with higher income, many middle class people but with higher incomes will be able to qualify for the tax credits they put an income cap on it so not the wealthy wealthy will be able to and on top, insurers will feget a tax break. Thank you for break k it down. What is this going to cost and when will we know the final price tag. Phil mattingingly is on capitol hill following all this among republicans. Reporter the interesting element is we dont have answers
how much it costs or how many people it will cover according to tcongress congressional offi. On the cost thats where youre hitting on conservatives. Theres a concern there will be a million multiplied people dropoff based off of obamacare itself, but the conservatives basically saying were not even willing to negotiate whats being put out right now. This is dead. In fact thats exactly what senator rand paul told me a ful a few minutes. I think theres going to be some head counting going on and i think the bill as it stands really is dead on arrival. I think its daead in the house. I dont think conservatives are for this. Reporter ominous words from
senator paul. They can only afford to loose to and still move this through. Dana, you know how this works better than anybody else, and were seeing it take affect right now. The Trump Administration starting their blitz to sell this Vice President mike pence meeting now in his private office along with health and Human Services secretary tom price meeting with wary conservatives trying to bring them along to make sure they know we get you have problems with this but this is the vehicle, this is whats moving forward and what the administration supports. One key component, again you know this better than anybody. The closer is the president , the president is the one thats going to have to get on the phone, sell these behind the scenes but also sell the American Public publicly. Im told officials saying expect that to happen soon to get out and try to sell this proposal. Theres no question, this is not a clear path and the conservatives make up the core of concerns. Ive heard this from Senior Republicans over there that they are expecting the president to be the salesman in chief. Thank you. Heritage action for america has panned the Republicans Health care proposal releasing a statement which says in part in many ways the House Republicans proposal released last night not only accepts the Plaus Of Obamacare but expands on them. Secretary price responds on them. I think this is the beginning of the process and we look forward to working with them an others to make sure we come one the process that aligns with the principals that we defined that they adhere or agree to as well, we need a system thats
affordable for folks, accessible, of the highest quality, invecentivizes innovation. I want to talk about the substance to have bill and republican politics. Lets start with the distance. In your statement you said theres no significant difference between this effort and obamacare. Is that really fair. Im not sure thats kpaexact how we said it but theyre starting with the Obamacare Ak Techu architecture in place. Many americans wealthier eligible urnder obamacare, the federal government, Insurance Company and your boss should be the players. Thats the architecture this
bill keeps in place and what conservatives want to do and repeal and replace it is make it a free market based system where its really the individual and his or her doctor making the decisions. President trump tweeted not surprisingly he said this dont worry getting rid of state lines to i think part of what you were referring which will promote competition will be in phase two and three of the Health Care Rollout and you heard that from Secretary Price as well, so does that give you comfort . It doesnt, when youre building house the Foundation Matters and it keeps this progressive mindset in terms of regulations and how youre subsidizi subsidizing getting pair and not getting at the linking of insurance and your employment. Ultimately when you look at phase two, thats all stuff that can be rolled back by a future administration. Phase three, why would any
democrat sign on if its getting at the architecture of obamacare, it has to be done with 51 republican votes deliver on that promise you have been making ever since 2010 and lets have a National Debate of making a Health Care System that serves our citizens better. What you just said makes perfect sense when you were trying to set the parameters for debate for conservatives in ma snoi minority. You are limited by the number of seats and votes that you have. Given that reality do you understand why they are doing what they are doing to try to cobble together as much of a change they can to get the philosophical ideas you just pointed out. Theyre going about it the wrong way, in 1977, it was done on reconciliation entire federal
welfare program was repealed on reconciliation and replaced. Lets take away the architecture and rebuild it with something that serves the American People better. For republicans who support this bill, do you think they run the risk of being primaried from the right . I think were in the moment wherever Republican Wapt wants to get to a yes, what we are hearing and some to have questions are a lot of voters saying this doesnt look like its going to pass muster. Thank you for your time. Appreciate i want. Moments from now senator rand paul will be speaking among others who are criticizing the Health Care Plan and reactions to President Trumps claims and
also wiretapping at trump tower. All that ahead. Into russia, russia meddling in any potential contacts between Trump Associates and russian government officials during the president ial election, i had a chance to talk to senator cornyn, about President Trump making the claims and cornyn suggested this is something the committee itself will be looking into. Take a listen. What i can tell you is that the bipartisan investigation is well you should way and the c iit shall cia produced a mass amount for the select committee to review. Reporter part of the flynn transcripts with the Russian Ambassador . I havent seen that. Have you been briefed on that as a committee . I cant really talk about things classified so i cant answer that question but can
assure you that vice chairman warner a democrat, and chairman burr a republican have committed to a bipartisan investigation, thats all anybody reasonable could ask for. Reporter are you going to ask about the question of wiretapping . I think all of that is part to have investigation. Reporter interesting, dana even the Number Two Senate republican cannot say whether he believe it is president of the United States made an accurate claim of President Obama surveilling him and i asked if hes seen any evidence that donald trump was wire trapped mcconnells words, no, i have not. Great rereportiporting, and recently quit after actions
taken, ned was a senior spokesperson for the National Security counsel and should note he has donate today the Clinton Campaign and democratic party. You said that the president s tweets on wiretapping were on outburst that should frighten all americans. Okay, thats what you pause it, but knowing what you know about intelligence and about the way it works, do you think that there is any way his accusation could have merit . Absolutely not, lets take a step back, anyone who has insight including director clapper, director comey, mike hadden all of whom were appointed by republicans in office have said theres absolutely no merit to this personally i would not know, but the people who would know have been uniform saying theres
absolutely no truth nor could be any truth to what donald trump has alleged. The president of the United States does not have the authority to direct surveillance against any person whether it be a National Citizen or foreign. Do you think it is possible that the Obama Administration during the Obama Administration that was a wiretap at trump tower separate and apart from the president himself actually ordering it as donald trump alle alleged . Lets pretend for a moment it is. That means the Department Of Justice using information provide bid the Law Enforcement and intelligence communities went either to a judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and made the case that President Trump or smp in his or bit is an agent of a foreign power or all theternati
made the case that President Trump or someone in his network was engaged in criminal activity, so if President Trump believes thats the case thats essentially what he is saying and should be concerning. I want to switch topics to the travel ban, he revised the travel ban, are you more comfortable with what you see now . I have never been comfortable in any form. It was a ban with cosmetic tweets to a fundamentally bad policy. It makes us less safe because it alienates the people we need to combat terrorism around the world. Theres absolutely no merit to this. Refugees are already subject to the most rigorous screening, on average it takes 1824 months
many of whom are women, children, religious minorities, and this travel ban is maybe good politics for President Trump, but not good National Security policy. I know the answer to this, but want bring it up but surprised to hear that the department is considering separating children from their parents at the border. Do you think theres any way thats going to fly . Its certainly not humane and taken back hearing from the department of Homeland Security but very much seems to be the direction their headed. I want to go to republicans on capitol hill not happy with their own party and president s replacement of obamacare. It meant we need today cover the preexisting conditions making sure people didnt get
kicked off their Health Care Plan, making sure there was an adequate safety net. I can tell you those two things are still the focus of not only the House Freedom caucus but senator lee, rand paul and senator ted cruz, were going to be talking about a number of scores in the upcoming days, cbo scores and what score that this mean and what does it mean for the American People, i can tell you theres one score that the American People will Pay Attention to and that is does it really lower their Health Care Costs and their premiums . Thats the only score that really matters and if this doesnt do it then we need to make sure we find something that does do it and with that im going turn it over to the gentleman from ohio who plans to introduce a piece of legislation that really repeals the Affordable Care act the gentleman from ohio jim jordan. Thank you, mark. Mark is exactly right. Our goal is to bring down the cost of insurance for middle income families and Working Families across the country, we think you have to get rid of obamacare completely. Tomorrow i will introduce the bill that ever single republican voted