He may be someone who in many respects is irrational, but he is not insane. Also in the president s interview with routers you saw there, he weighed in the demands of the oval office and the take away and mr. Trump saying being president isnt easy. I loved my previous life. I loved my previous life. I had so many things. I actually this is more work than in my previous life. I thought it would be easier. Not exactly a new idea that being president is tough. President obama suggested that he had more problems than many other president s first coming into office after the first 100 days. At any rate, the thing were looking ahead to right now is the appearance of Rex Tillerson, the Secretary Of State at the United Nations chairing a highlevel meeting to talk about north korea. Buckling to international pressure. They say this will only encourage their country to grow its arsenal more quickly. Its been a busy week on the ground here. You saw that exercise with hundreds of artillery fired simultaneously. Kim jongun overseeing that event and then this chilling new prop began ta video showing a simulated missile attack on washington, the capital and what appeared to be the Uss Carl Vinson aircraft carrier. We dont know how the dynamics are going to work between kim jongun and President Trump. And you add into the mix china now saying they are willing to work with the United States to try to find a solution on the korean peninsula. It appears the u. S. Is trying to find a diplomatic or economic solution here before moving to the next phase of Military Confrontation and added it to the sense of ser againsy to. Job hes doing and what seems like an outright policy shift to the Secretary Of State being open to a possibility of direct negotiations with north korea. I think all of this is very carefully calculated. I heard from an Administration Official that all of these public messages from president Donald Trumps specific input. They want to leave a very narrow path for him to denuclearizing via talks and to signal to china that this time we are serious. We might take military action. So we know you promised the Obama Administration several times in the past that you would shut down banks or shut down north koreas access to business to put pressure on them, but you havent. This time were serious, so youve got to get serious about this. Its interesting. You know, kimberly says this is a strategy and it may very well be. We could learn from Rex Tillerson exactly where theUnited States is this morning on north korea. But one thing that has happened with this white house is you hear two Different Things from two different parts of the administration at the same time. Mike pence says no direct negotiations with north korea unless they denuclearize right now. But you hear other things as well. Is there a Messaging Problem inside this white house . Youre right. I think very often these senior Administration Officials and even the president are not using the same language to talk about situations that they are faces and oftentimes it is because the president is responding, especially in interviews, he is responding to his instinct, his assessment of the situation, which may or may not line up with the administrations policy or strategy in a particular case. So i think we always have to kind of hold out the possibility that, you know, particularly his talk about kim jongun being
sort of a little bit of a sympathetic figure. Its not easy to run a regime like this. Thats something that seems a little bit more like the president is just giving his sort of gut take on the situation. I mean, only time will tell where this eventually goes. There are real experts within this Administration Working on this issue. So, you know, i think as kim is saying, theyre working diligently toward a strategy. It just may not always be reflected from the words coming out of the president s mouth. Thats an interesting observation right there. Ill let that sink in for a moment. Douglas, this just in, being president is hard. Donald trump did an interview overnight with ruthers. Every president is daunted by the e norty of the task. But what is different for me at least is the notion that he thought somehow running a Real Estate Business and being on
the apprentice would have been harder than being president. Yeah. I was surprised that he made this comment about being surprised how hard the work is. After the 100th day of the Trump Presidency marker right now doesnt reassure people to know the guy is sluggi inshrugging a, wow, this is rough. They said this about the health care fight. Trump shrugged and said he didnt know health care was so difficult. The concern is when hes saying things like major, major conflict, it is something absurd about it. There used to be a govl catch 22 that showed an absurdy going on in the Military Back in the 1960s and 70s. The statement by donald trump leaves everybody kind of perplexed. He said this threatens about korea. At the same time hes saying, wow im really exhausted. Kind of talking about rough he has it now. It was an unusual experience of talking to these reporters. I dont know why he decided to mor ph those together like that he brought up health care and another Major Development overnight. House Republican Leadership delayed or pulled back the notion they would get a vote on this effort to repeal and replace obamacare. I was looking at the hill. Youve got a pretty high count for people against it or leaning against it. The votes arent there now. Will they ever be . Thats a great question. Weve got 21 no or leaning no. There are cousins of other republicans who have not said where they stand. So if they pass this through the house, it is going to be by the thinnest of margins. Also, remember, democrats have some leverage even though they dont control congress or the white house. They need democrats to keep the
government open. So i think that what speaker ryan is doing is saying lets deal with this first. Lets not have a Government Shutdown and then well get to health care. So i think that health care could drag on for a while. But the Republican Party cannot put its hands up and say were done. They have to keep trying to really do what they said on the Campaign Trail is repeal obamacare. Who is this on . Reince priebus for continuing to push something thats not pushable. Paul ryan for not delivering. Is it on the Freedom Caucus for pushing the moderates away and offering something that most of them cant support . Thats a good question, one thats really going to heat up in the next week or so. Leading into some of the other pushes, there was a lot of pressure placed on senior white house officials like reince priebus, steve bannon who were tasked with managing the Freedom Caucus and failed to get those votes on the board. But now the tables have kind of
turned a little bit. The Freedom Caucus seems to be there and it is the moderates who are holding out and that is a situation the white house is more comfortable with and the thing you would hear from them all along is the Freedom Caucus, these are our people. They want to be with the president. They dont want to be against him. And this situation in which the moderates are the ones kind of holding out allows them to sort of place the blame on moderates in congress, as opposed to on the more hard line conservatives. What that will end up meaning is that paul ryan is going to be responsible for twisting the arms of moderate republicans who the end to vote with leadership and, so, well see if theyre able to do that. It seems like people are feeling much better about the prospects going into next week, even though it will be pretty close. Guys, i want to play a little more sound if i can from the interview the president did. First of all, after saying the first 100 days werent
important, hes doing a lot of interviews. But listen to what he says about china and the president of china and what hes willing to do on north korea. My problem is that i have established a very good personal relationship with president xi. I really feel that he is doing everything in his power to help us with a big situation. So i wouldnt want to be causing difficulty right now for him. All right. Kimberly, first to you. Where is china . As we sit here this morning where is china on north korea quickly . And the president leaning on these personal relationships, how far can he go with them . So china has already cutoff its coal imports from north korea and it has threatened to cutoff its oil exports to north korea and theyre one of the only people who supply north korea with oil. So these are major threats that
may have kept north korea from doing the nuclear test we were all expecting last week. But what analysts are saying who watch this on a regular basis is they need china also to follow through with cutting off north koreas access to some of its Financial Services to really make the regime feel hurt and to put them under pressure. And douglas, about this relationship the president feels he has with the chinese president , is it similar to the business relationships hes had in the past . Can he expect as much in return . Yeah, i think so. And its probably an important and good thing donald trump seems to be getting along well with china. It seems to me it is part of this north korean strategy. John f. Kennedy had a rough first 100 days. And kennedy decided to get out of the slump of the 100 days by going to congress and saying, were going to put a man to the moon by the end of the decade. Donald trump seems to be on a 100th Day Ratcheting up the idea of war on the korean peninsula, a war nobody wants. But i think part of that strategy is this New Friendship with china and perhaps u. S. china can be the two Big Super Powers with a face and you dont have china reacting to what the United States may do to north korea. I think he feels it will be a military win and people will see him as a strong commander in chief. All right. Thanks so much. We are waiting to hear from the u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson. Will he announce this new willingness to negotiate with north korea. He speaks to the United Nations very shortly. Where are the votes on health care . An update and head count and whether the effort to repeal and replace obamacare may be dead for good. And the president s obsession with the electoral map. Why he revealed a map of red
a new setback for republicans in their plan to repeal and replace obamacare. A vote on health care has been delayed. The party seems fractured about how to move forward. Joining me now dave of virginia. Congressman, thanks so much for being with us. The Health Care Amendment that has been proposed as it currently stands wont allow insurers to charge higher rates. Even when we have access to health care, i mean, having coverage doesnt necessarily mean access and there is people who have scored this amendment and believe that its going to cost people with preexisting conditions even more money to have coverage. So they will have less access to health care than they presently have. People with preexisting conditions will have less access than they currently have. Why is he wrong, congressman . Its not so much about being right and wrong, but there is five ifs that come before that. In the first place, that person would have to have discontinued coverage to be in that spot. In the second place, the amendment offers choice to the states, choice of economics in american thought is usually a good thing. So it assumes that the state opts out of the regulars. If they do opt out they could pick any set of regulations they want. The governor is probably going to go with the liberal formulation, which wouldnt go that route. So you could get there if you want to piece together the worst possible scenario. But even in that case there is 1 120 billion weve put and compromised on. So weve compromised like crazy
in getting our friends across the conference to yes. There is 120 billion for preexisting conditions and we just added another piece that enhances coverage and reduces prices for another 15 billion. Weve got that one covered coming and going. I appreciate you laying out the choices here because thats exactly what this is about. This is about choices states are making. You were an Economics Professor for years. So lay out the case. Also a Free Market Conservative here. Why people with preexisting conditions should be guaranteed the same rates as other folks. Well, theyre not guaranteed that now, right . Thats what i mean. Whos doing the guaranteeing that every single case is going to be fully paid for . Under obamacare thats clearly not the case. Well, the Community Rating requires that people of a certain age be charged the same amount for Health Insurance regardless of whether or not they have preexisting conditions. So these guaranteed by that
argument do that now. This is a choice. This is a choice that i think the American People need to be aware of, that some states can choose that people with preexisting conditions can lose the guarantee of no, no, no. Thats not accurate. In obamacare, preexisting conditions is a regulation in there. Were not getting rid of that regulation. It is still staying. Absolutely true. But you are removing the requirement that Insurance Companies charge the same amount for people with preexisting conditions. So if you hike the price on them, and this is the argument dan donovan made. Thats what i just covered. Thats not going to happen because also in the bill it assures that cant happen. No, no. Read the bill. No, i did. The state has to come up with a better plan that assures that wont happen and a lynn ral government and a liberal state is not going to do that. You cant pass the common sense
test on this. The requirement is in the amendment is that the states have to justify it in one of five ways, one of them would be providing access to people with preexisting conditions, but thats not a requirement. They could also justify it by saying im lowering premiums for everybody. What state is donovan from . Hes from the state of new york, sir. Good. How do you think new york is going to go down that road . Right . Thats what im saying. Last time on the financial crisis, we let the federal government say banks dont have to assess risk anymore, right . Banks cant do banking anymore like you are saying on the insurance here. We had a Housing Collapse ruin the financial markets. Now the federal government in its infinite wisdom is going to weigh in and say insurance cant do insurance and you have to charge the same prices for everybody. Its already in the ditch. Obamacare failed. And so what were trying to do is fix the Insurance System and still provide for everyone with
preexisting conditions. But 120 billi 120 billion in ri for that. You laid this out very clearly. Thats why i enjoy talking to you here. There are people from texas, for instance with preexisting conditions and its something that needs to be laid out, that they could choose a path that would lead to higher rates for them, correct . Politicians very rarely vote for spinach these days. The probably of that happening is about zero. So is there a possibility that someone could be worst off . Probably. But 99 probably and i just laid out the entire case, along with the fact that obamacare, which follows your logic, which everyone gets gold plated Insurance Coverage but no one can afford it because the deductibles are 10,000. So you have the coverage, but we could insure that again. Lets give everybody gold plated insurance products, but they cant afford to use it so youve got an Insurance Card and you cant go because the average American Family only has 400 in savings right now. Were providing a better path. Free markets have always produced the best outcomes. You get lower prices, more output, better quality, Product Variety and all that. Central government planning has ruined Social Security and medicare, ruined the housing market. We like to give some power to the states. We have to balance their budgets and new york will do the rieg thing for new yorkers and im confident of that. Professor, it is always a pleasure to talk to you. All im saying helping to lay out the choices that are being right now. Thanks. Come back and well talk about it again. Any time. Thanks, john. You bet. All right. President trump says he misses driving a car. Here is a question. When is the last time he actually drove a car . That and new questions about russian connections. Thats next. Man when people ask me for whiter teeth, i always tell them, the thicker the enamel, the more white youre going to have. I would definitely recommend the new pronamel strong and bright to my patients. Pronamel strong and bright toothpaste helps to actually strengthen the enamel. Its going to keep that enamel strong. Its going to keep it white. Patients get what theyre asking for. They want whiter teeth. Theyre going to get it with this. Not only w