Tremendous at work from republicans. And once again there may be just enough Republican Opposition to kill the effort. I obviously have very serious reservations about the bill. Are you ready to support it . Nope. My guest this morning is senator rand paul of kentucky who says he is a no for now, and mark short. And can chuck and nancy do business with President Trump, or were their immigration talks a onetime only deal. Ill ask nancy pelosi if she trusts the president. Joining me is rich lowry High Pressure eliana johnson, stephen henderson, and former Obama Deputy Campaign manager stephanie cutter. Welcome to sunday, its meet the press. The longest running show in Television History celebrating its 70th year. Good sunday morning. There are two big stories were watching this morning, but first is President Trumps attack on nfl players that refuse to stand for the National Anthem. It began friday night with a speech saying he wishes an nfl owner would say the following get that son of a bitch off of the field right now, he is fired. Countless people have pressed back, steph curry and the Golden State Warriors said they would not come to the white house, and lebron james weighed in calling the president a bum. More on that back and forth coming up. The other big story here in washington is the Graham Cassidy health care bill. The last chance this time we really, really mean it effort to once and for all end obama care. Once again it is john mccain that came into save or ruin the day depending on your point of your view eight weeks ago, mccain gave his now famous middle of the night thumbs down to a previous re peel and replace plan. This time it came in a more dramatic fashion. I cannot in good conscientious vote for the grahamcassidy bill. The bill is unpopular with voters and it is opposed by a who is who of medical organizations. With democrats united, 48 no votes. Two republicans are are already opposed and it will take just one more republican vote to kill the bill, but President Trump is not giving up. The president went after mccain as the latest repeal effort appears on the edge of failure yet again. Its tougher without mccain. Ill be honest, its a little tougher. Even President Trump is acknowledging the latest republican effort to dismantle obama care is very likely dead if. Were going back. Were a boxer, you get knocked down, get up, knocked down, get up. In alabama on friday night, the president lashed out at mccain who announced his displeasure with the bill. His campaign was all about repeal and replace. He decided to do something different, thats fine. Saturday, the president continued to attack mccain tweeting john mccain never had any intention of voting for this bill, which his governor loves. He campaigned on repeal and replace, let arizona down. Just days ago, President Trump was optimistic about getting legislative points on the board. Tremendous support from republicans. Certainly were at 47 or 48 senators already. Others are looking alt it very positively. But attempts to rush it through, a deadline that would pass it with just 50 votes looked doomed. With two declared nos and more senators signaling they were not ready to support the bill. I have very serious reservations about the bill. Are you ready to support it . Nope. The bill attracted opposition from all corners of the Health Care Industry as well as from comedian jimmy kimmel who bill cassidy hoped to win over. He lied right to my face. Coverage for all, no. It will take about 30 million americans off of insurance. Preexisting conditions, nope. Realizing that repeal and replace is doomed, the president turned his bases attention to other targets lashing out at nfl players that protest in the national naal anthem. Wouldnt you love to see one of these nfl owners, when someone disrespects our flag, get that son of a bitch off of the field right now, he is fired. Nba star lebron james weighed in calling the president a bum. We know how much sports brings us together. The passion, the love, the care, the friendships and everything that it creates. For him to try to use this plasform to devise us even more is not something i can stand for or be quiet about. Joining me now is republican senator rand paul of kentucky, welcome back to meet the press. I want to start with the president to did start with president mccain. Let me play it. He voted quite yes. Okay . He was very good. And i have not given up on him. I think he may come around, okay . Senator, are you going to come around . I have always been a yes for repeal, but the bill unfortunately keeps most of the obama care spending, almost all of it, and just reshelves it and block grants it to the states. I dont think block granting it makes it go away, it just makes the money youre spending still in obama care. Taking it from democrat states and giving it to republican states. It sets up a food fight over the father or mother formula. This is a bad idea, not repealed, however all of that being said, if they narrow the focus to what we all agree on, giving governors more freedom, slowing down the rate of growth of a outrageous entitlement spending, sure, i would be for that, but just not for this block granding concept because it is affirmative that i have agreed to keep obama care. If you cant accept the block grant concept, then you will never accept it. They could remove it and then we could vote on what we all agree on. Wasnt that skinny repeal . I think there is more in this bill than skin any ny repeal, b started my political career campaigning against obama care. I said at rally after rally that we would repeal it, all of the spending, once we do, the republican name will be on income, and this wont work. Well have republicans absorb the blame for a Terrible Health care system. So if block grant is in there, youre a no. I would block grant at preobama levels. If you want to look at 2009 levels with medicaid i would say yes. We have a 700 trillion deficit this year. There has to be awe few republicans left that say were really for repealing obama care. You probably heard the speculati speculation, but the National Review put it this way about you. There has been widespread speculation on obama care. He does not wish to really see major changes to it and he will find lynntariansounding objectio libertariansounding problems. Zla that is an insult to my character. I dont doubt they would say that. This is neocons that dont like it. They insult me and say it is a charade. Most people that follow me know there has not been a more consistent voice for repealing obama care. Right now im still working with the president on letting people buy across state lines in groups, Health Care Associations and the president assured anyway is coming by executive action in the next couple weeks. He believes he can do this. The secretary of labor believes he can do this, and it will get millions of peek access to inexpensive insurance. I keep working for Free Market Solutions but not for blockgranting obama care, calling it a day, saying were keeping it but were going to divy it up. There is a lot of conversation between the president and the leadership in north korea. The rhetoric has been, not hoot, it has been a little low. The president sending out these tweets then you had the leader of north korea calling the leader speaking about him. Are you concerned were going down a road we cant pull back from . Yeah, i think there is a problem. If i were going to be sending messages to north korea. I would say we dont plan on invading, we dont plan on regime change, or occupying north korea. We dont plan on being the one to have an offensive military strike for any reason. I would also say there is no good military option for us, but also for them, and they need to realize that in no uncertain terms, that there is no option for them to use military weapons. The results would be catastrophic for them. I hope that we can ratchet down the rhetoric, but im still a believer that china can be coaxed into this. I would say to north korea, if you will dismantle your nuclear weapons, i invite china to be part of an International Force to help keep peace in there and that will help them know that we will not come in here. The problem started with barack obama boming leadership ya that sent a terrible message to north korea. You brought up your libertarian ideoology. Wh what do you think of the nfl players and their protests. There is a Racial Injustice that comes from the war on drugs. But should speak out and do something about it. I dont like that we fight undeclared wars in foreign lands. If you ask me if im proud of our country, yes. Am i proud, yes. I reaction would be that i dont hesitate to criticize policy, but i stand and say the pledge, and i think that people should. That would be my advice. If a kid asked me, still complain, have your focus, but i think this is the greatest country on the planet, and we need to be proud of our country and try to make it a\place. So you think it was appropriate that the president criticized these players that do this . I think people have the right to protest. I understand their protests and join some of the things theyre unhappy with, personally i stand and say the pledge and i think that is better, the better way to do that. I understand that, but you didnt address my question. If i was the president i would probably not get involved in this. I think that the nfl makes money off of their fans, and the one thing you could hear from trump saying that to that crowd is tens of thousands of people. They dont understand dit respecting the flag or the country. I can stand up in my state and have real serious complaints about fighting. But at the same time show that im very hopeful and patriotic and i think you can do both at the same time. Senator paul, thank you i will leave it there. I spoke with mark short this morning, and started by asking him what president is trying to accomplish with his attacks on Colin Kaepernick and other nfl players president. I think it is simple. Coaches are getting punished for praying with their players in high schools. There are ways to express concern about social causes, but there are generations of americans that fought and died for the freedoms that we enjoy. And i think the president is saying yeah, the players have a First Amendment right but nefl owners have a right. These players represent their teams and if the owners want to get rid of them, they should. What do they think of a vast majority of owners that think they are creating more i did visiveness, not less. I think the president is standing with vast majority of people who think our flag should be respected. Is it because two hours earlier he found out that john mccain was voting no on health care. I think the president has felt this way for awhile and friday night he expressed it, i dont think it has anything to do with the Health Care Vote coming up. It was unthing that unified the country. 70 thought Race Relations were bad, and this was across party lines. Accord the spectrum. Does the president have a plan to try an play a role . I think he has a role, but it is also important to note that we had a his touric election, but Race Relations didnt improve under his tenure. Does picking fighting on twitter with steph curry, getting in back and forths, does it help it . Steph curry is an amazing story, he is an ion for a lot of young children. My middle schooler idolizes him welcome he was a great guy that was overlooked. He is now perhaps the best basketball player in the nba. What is unfortunate when they politicize a visit to the white house. Its not necessary to make this into a political argument. He is trying to invite them to acknowledge their terrific season and steph curry is amazing. Why they chose to politicize it is unfortunate. You were hoping the warriors would take the high road, why not the president . They were the first to come out and does who wron two wrongs ma right . If they dont want to go to the white house, the president says dont come. Are the votes there for health care, or is it make sure the vote happens regardless of whether or not they know they have the 50. Were planning to have the vote, we think it will probably be wednesday. Do you believe you will get the votes and who is in place in do you think you request get rand pa think you can get rand paul . Obama care has imploded. People are hurting. There was promising if you like your insurance you can keep it. Over 1400 counties have only one insurer left. There is no competition if is a monopoly. You were promised your premiums would decrease. Is there anyone that can say their premiums have decreased . Arizona, 109 you laid the case for why changes need made, but this change, basically every medical group you can think came out this morning with a letter and they write this. We agree the biblical l result in dramatic cuts to medicate, changing the what i that states provide coverage. Millions will close their coverage and go without needed care. The concern is the change in how medicaid is giving in and out this country. It is going to go broke. What the republican plan does is not cut medicaid, it decreases the rate of growth which only in washington does that mean its a cut. All of those groups decided at a price they would climb in bed with the Obama Administration to pass obama care. Because it mandated that everyone had insurance. So if you want it or not, youre forced to buy insurance or if youre a corporation youre forced to buy insurance. They want more government bailouts. American people are tired of special interests deciding what the vote be in washington dc. Shouldnt there be some pause that there is not a single medical Health Care Group that supports the bill. There are millions of americans that will benefit, we think every state will benefit, because governors will be given the opportunity to allocate the program that makes the most sense for their constituents and residents. Taking something where the Previous Administration where they thought a utopian idea would now best how to distribute across america. Less e lets allow the states to divide the program that is best for its people. Do you accept the analysis that precystiexisting conditioe not going to be protected . They are protected in this legislation. It does not change the legislation that obama had in obama care. It leaves that clause the same. And you believe that states will abide by this, nothing in here legally that says states have to. There is nothing that changes it. It says in there there is nothing that protects that person from the state. Youre assuming the state will do it from the goodness of their heart. There is nothing that takes away preexisting condition coverage. The president said he may have made a mistake in getting involved in the alabama primary. He said it in the rally itself for one of the candidates, does the president regret it . He has supports luther strai strange from the start. The president won all four special elections he has been involved in this fall. Were confident he will win again on tuesday night. If he loses, republicans will still hold that seat. Is it still a win for the president . I think that the way it will it will depend on what roy moore does. He has been a loyal ally of the president. Well leave it there. Thank you have having me on. Thank you for coming on. President trump set you have by going after nfl players that take a knee in the National Anthem. The president is saying what he their experience is coveted. Their leadership is instinctive. Theyre experts in things you havent heard of researchers of technologies that one day, you will. Some call them the best of the best. Some call them veterans. We call them our team. Briathe customer app willw if be live monday. Can we at least analyze customer traffic . Can we push the offer online . Brian, i just had a quick question. Brian . Brian. Legacy technology can handcuff any company. But yes is here. Youre saying the new app will go live monday . yeah. 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The lowest prices. Welcome back. Stephanie cutter is here along with rich lowry. I will begin with you, but i want to show you a few things here. A if you remember of nfl steam owners made statements in dense of their layers. They supported their fellow players was a fulltime job of our staff, and also mark cuban who has straddled politics a little bit. He was at the Global Citizen festival yesterday. If the president is going to Say Something condemning a person or an industry, a sport, then he has to be about to take the blow back that will come back. It is an open door now. They have every right for the same reasons to say whatever is on their mind. Now, yesterday you said that locker rooms are pretty emotional, that was before noon yesterday. How emotional now . I think the players that gather saturday night to get ready on sunday, they had conversations. Buffalo and seattle for sure. O