Carrey placement plan that is in danger ithe house . Weve got new iormaon on that ahead this hour. Also on our agenda, the wiretap investigation. The people weve talked to, i dont think there was an actual tap of trump tower. A top democrat and Top Republican both saying there is no evidence to support trumps claim he was wiretapped by the Obama Administration. But, will the fbi director address this issue in public . And rounding out our agenda, trumps department of Justice Charges russia. The defendants include two officers of the Russian FederalSecurity Service and intelligence and Law Enforcement agency of the russian federation. The first ever criminal cyber charges against russian government officials. This, the result of a breach at yahoo, the details of that still ahead. Much more as well. Jampacked hour here. We start it with our top story. Donald trump stumping for his jobs agenda in michigan this afternoon. He touted American Made cars. He announced that jobs will remain in the u. S. He said that, and he promoted a major announcement thats on the docket for next week. Heres what the president had to say. Im going to fight for michigan workers. Im going to fight to keep the automobile production in the United States of america. Not outside, in the United States. Just today, breaking news, General Motors announced adding and keeping 900 jobs right here in michiga and thats just the binning. Very important. Everybody saying what is it . Lets keep them. Lerts keep them guessing back there. Not mentioned by the president , something he is expected to talk about at his next event. Thats going to be tonight in tennessee. The issue, health care. And on health care, there are ominous signs for that republican replacement plan currently making its way through congress. A vote is expected in the house next week. Republican Party Leaders say, they are going to pass it without the support of any democrats, but now, more republicans are speaking out against it. Some conservatives call it obamacarelite. They stay doesnt go nearly far enough. Some moderates say it goes too far and it cuts too much. And now, some protrump voices all but pleading with the president to just walk away from it. Christopher rudy from news max, he is a friend of the president calling the plan the work of Establishment Republicans and urging trump no break with them. Reporter you mentioned the pushback. Its because of the reason that the democrats are against it when you look at the groups thatll be hurt most by it. You look at some of the working poor. You look at some older americans. Its why aarp has come out against it. These are some of the groups that are going to be very much hurt by it. And they believe, some of these conservatives, that by aligning himself with paul ryan, he is actually putting his presidency in jeopardy. If he loses this, goes down with the ship essentially, and many believe its sinking fast, then he really jeopardizes his ability to get other agenda items through. His budget is going to be coming out. Part of that, for example, will be the wall. So many, many things that are on their list of why they wanted donald trump to be president. They believe could hang in the balance. So hes going to be going to nashville. Kind of make sense. Its in the southeast, sort of the center of health care there. But, its interesting when you look at how untraditional this white house is, there are some traditional things about it. Darren morris, head of his Tennessee Campaign where he won huge is now heading up, hes the Campaign Manager for republican who is running for governor. Hes the one reports are that pushed the president to come there. It is also an area where he has pretty conservative members of congress in that area. So thats another reason he will go there. What will he say . What indications will we get . He also gave an interview to a fox news today. Thats going to run later tonight. We know hes talked about some of the other hot issues. But how much will he say about health care . And will he get pushed on some of the concerns by conservatives. So the questions you raise, the key questions, and i think were going to get some real indications within the next several hours about where he stands on this. And of course, as always, steve, one thing is the speech. And when we talk to folks at the white house, it sounds pretty straightforward. His support for this Health Care Plan, but he also is somebody who can also go off topic. So watch for that tonight. All right. Yes, always a wild card there, Chris Jansing at the white house. Thanks for that. Meanwhile one of the leaders of a group of conservative holdouts in the house when it comes to this Republican Health care plan, meeting with Vice President mike pence today. Walking away suggesting he and his colleagues may be close to getting on board. Take a listen. Im as hopeful as ive been in the entire process. The Vice President came out today and said i want to let you know that house conservatives, you guys in the rsc republican study committee, your concerns have been heard. I believe the rs drrks in general is very close to signing off. That said, if this bill gets through the house, it would then move to the senate. That is where senator ted cruz says it would be dead on arrival. The house bill would not pass the senate. But i believe we could fix it. I think the white house is playing an active part in negotiating improvements to the house bill. And that is positive and beneficial. All right. Joining us now, susan page, usa today Washington Bureau chief. Syndicated radio host, bill press and msnbc political analyst rick tyler, former Ted Cruz Campaign spokesman. Thanks to all of you for joining us. Susan, let me start with you. Ive been as fascinated i think as anyone with some of these conflicting signals weve been seeing from republicans. I noted chris rudy, newsmax, he is a friend of the president ive seen other conservative media figures who haveeen close to trump. There seems to be almt a coordinated message here of, this bill is a dud, blame paul ryan, walk away. Could you see a scenario where the president does that . I think its hard for a president who campaigned, across the country saying he was going to repeal and replace obamacare with something beautiful that would take care of everyone to walk away from this. I think it would be a huge political defeat. And i dont think theyre necessarily at defeat yet. This reminds me as the debate over obamacare on the democratic side. Democrats had a majority, they knew they were going to have to pass it without a single republican vote. And they pushed through a plan that a lot of democrats are unhappy about for one reason or another because the alternative of not acting was so much worse. I think thats the argument were going to hear republicans make as this moved forward. I mean, maybe theyll get one that squeaksly the house and has to be adjusted in a big way to get through the senate. Walking away from this, that would be a big Political Risk for President Trump. Let me play Lindsey Graham republican senator. He was on morning joe this morning and advocated that approach as well. Take a listen to what graham had to say. Heres what i would tell the president , if you cant get a better deal, and if you cant protect that 62yearold worker in greenville for having dramatic premium increases because democrats wont with you, and you cant get the Republican Party on board, stop, take a timeout, let it collapse. Then turn to the democrats and say, this was the system. You created, it has collapsed, now help me replace it. Rick tyler, im trying to figure out where there could be consensus on the republican side on this. Youve got graham there saying this needs to be altered. You have cruz saying it needs to be altered to have any chance in the senate. You have basically hard liners in the house that are saying this isnt conservative enough. And youve got republicans in the senate like graham who says, this leaves too many people exposed. How can you square that circle . I dont think you can. I mean, this thing is a dud. I dont know anybody whos out there advocating it publicly other than the leadership. And, look, im look, im for Free Market Health care. We did have an argument about that another time. Politically, this thing is id love to be in that meeting where what Vice President promised the freedom caucus, i dont know what he could have promised them. Tom cotton is right, even if you pass the bill and youre going to have to make adjustments in the senate which is going to make the bill less free market, not more free market. More money and not less and ultimately provide fewer choices, not greater. Its just going to be worse off. But tom cotton is right. In order to really change the bill, thats part two and part three that paul ryan keeps talking about. You will need 60 votes. I dont see that the democrats who are going to take this as a political victory lap are going to in any way help the republicans get those two and three steps done. Bill press, the headlines the last few days have not been encouraging with that Cbo Congressional Budget Office report. Certainly theres just all that dissension on the republican side. With that in mind, the poll caught my eye this morning, the Politico Morning Consult poll that compared the Approval Rating for obamacare, for the Affordable Care act with that republican plan. The American Health care act theyre calling it. And you see theres actually a plurality there, 4635 saying right now they approve the republican plan, obamacare as its been for years, basically split down the middle. Theres lots of polling data out there. There are individual components that dont poll well, but i do wonder, look, were coming off an election where we didnt necessarily know how much support there was out there for trump. Is this one of the issues where maybe we risk misreading Public Opinion again . I would hasten to say that that poll is absolutely meaningless. Seriously. Do you think any americans any americans know whats in the Gop Health Care plan . You know, theres a phrase in the military called fool bar of. Steve, ill let you translate it, i think thats the case for this Health Care Plan. As rick points out, nobody were just talking about the republicans now. Nobody likes it except paul ryan and tom price. And you know, heres what i would say back to my good friend, susan. I think its awfully hard too for President Trump to really embrace is plan that does just the opposite. Lower prices, better plans, and not touching medicaid. The gop plan does the exact opposite of that. I actually think the white house is looking for an exit strategy for donald trump. Susan, it is interesting, i mention these sort of i dont know thousand describe them, protrump voices in conservative media. Their objection is basically a version of what bill just said pa that gnat campaign, donald trump offered this different vision of conservatism, sort of a prosafety net conservatism. Its how he won potentially pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, states that normally vote for democrats. How did it come to this that he would campaign on that and then sign off on the paul ryan plan . Well because paul ryan has a different constituency than donald trump. Paul ryan has traditional, kind of old style conservative republicans who want a Smaller Government and as you say, donald trump appeared appealed to the populist group. Not necessarily even republicans who would be the ones most hurt by this republican plan, but if you want to see political chaos, watch republicans hold the house and the senate and the white house and not be able to deliver on a promise theyve been making for seven years. I mean, maybe theyre looking for an exit ramp for President Trump, but this is going if thats what happens, this comes at enormous political costs and it makes it much harder for republicans to get the next thing on their agenda done to get a big tax bill done. If they cant do this, what can they do . We should mention too, right now as we have this segment, ted cruz is speaking at a rally. I dont know if we have video of it. There it is. That is a rally taking place in washington right now. A repeal obamacare rally. Obviously this has been a rallying cry on the right since the enactment of the Affordable Care act, repeal and replace it. Replace it with what . That is the debate obviously playing out right now. Rick tyler, the Paul Ryan Donald trump relationship. Obviously during the campaign, that was to put it mildly, a difficult relationship. A nonexistent relationship by the end of it, now theyve sort of become partners on this. Do you see some friction forming there over this . Well, potentially. Because, you know, look, one of the things about politics is you have a resip ri call respect. Donald trump can go to congress and individual member and say i really need you on this vote. And the member will remember, thats right, he was in my district. Hes ban republican all my life. Breitbart are the people who released the paul ryan audiotape yesterday. I repeat my message. I think theres a little attempt here to create a wedge between donald trump and paul ryan. As an exit ramp. Yes, breitbart, the site that had been run by steve bannon who was the top advisor and all sorts of theories about what might be going on there. Susan page, bill press, rick tyler, thanks for joining pus. Quick break here, still ahead, just in the last few minutes, senator Lindsey Graham holding a hearing, examining what he says is tools used by russia to undermine democracies. The bottom line is a lot of americans were wondering whats going on here. Meanwhile, fbi director james comey is on capitol hill today. He is facing questions about russia and the president s wiretapping claim. Are we getting closer to any answers from the fbi . Well talk to a member of the House Intelligence Committee next. Plus perhaps no one has the president s ear more than the man we just mentioned. Steve bannon. Who used to run breitbart, now a Top White House advisor, he remains a mist troy many people around the country. Im going to talk to a reporter who just profiled him and shed new light on the origins of his views. Thats next. Knowing where you stand has never been easier. Except when it comes to retirement. At fidelity, you get a retirement score in just 60 seconds. And well help you make decisions for your plan. To keep you on track. Its your retirement. Know where you stand. For months, theory and specklation have swirled in washington and in the media involving trump and russia, meddling, collusion, all sorts of claims, suspicions, accusations swirling around. What we dont yet know for sure is if the fbi is investigating any of this. Now, some members of congress are saying that they want to launch their own investigations and they need to know what, if anything, is already the subject of a criminal investigation. If there is no criminal investigation of the Trump Campaign, i think the country needs to know that. I think Congress Needs to know that. Then wed retool and see what we would do in light of that statement. Retool, how, senator . How would you what questions would be different for you after that . I dont know. Id have to sit down with our investigators and see does that change things. I think wouldnt you like to know if theres a criminal investigation of the Trump Campaign . Id like to know. To his credit, the president of the United States would like to know. Lindsey graham and Sheldon Whitehouse telling fbi director james comey two weeks ago that he has until today to tell him what, if anything, the fbi is investigating when it comes to trump and russia. Now so far, according to grahams most recent comments this afternoon, there is still no word from comey. Our own kasie hunt is on capitol hill, kasie, it seems clear, senators here on both sides of the aisle are getting impatient with james comey. Hes there on capitol hill. This is not a public meeting, but still, is there an expectation that at least the senators by the end of today will have clarity on this . Reporter he is back, steve. I feel like ive spent quite a few days the last week or two chasing james comey through the hallways. And with chuck grassley. He is the chairman of the judiciary committee, and will be increasingly frustrated tha coe m had not responded to his requests to meet with him to the point that he threatened to hold up the Deputy Attorney generals nomination. So that happened yesterday. That threat went out. And here comey is meeting with grassley and feinstein in response. Now, this, of course, around this issue that you highlighted when you were talking about senator graham who had said, look, we need to know this information before i proceed with my investigation. I need you to tell me, is there or isnt there criminal investigation at all . And also do you have any evidence that trump tower was ever wiretapped . 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