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All right. this morning the president on twitter urging republicans to pass a new health care bill, but a new kaiser family foundation poll shows that more and more people are not that optimistic about the house version of the bill that was passed. 49% view obamacare favorably compared to 31% who view the house bill favorably. only 16% think the cost will be better under the gop health care bill. in the house, and 36% feel it will be about the same. let's discuss with andre bower, cnn political commentator and former lieutenant governor of south south carolina and also with us jennifer granhol...

Get your beat on this because as john pointed out earlier in the show, frank interviewed michael bloomberg and here's part of what he writes that stood out to us. democrats are searching for the right issues and words. and they'll step on each other. there is a 55% chance that trump gets re-elected. what do you make of that, governor? >> i think he's pulling that out of the air, but i do think that democrats have got to take donald trump seriously and when donald trump says he's speaking for the forgotten american we have to listen to that and make sure that he does not take that away from wha...

Answer the question brianna keilar was asking her. simply will people have preexisting conditions see their premiums rise under the new gop health care bill. that's at the center of this conversation in large part. >> she didn't seem to be able to get an answer out of her, but that is the overriding question for most people. that's one of the biggest crux of this whole bill. >> joining us now to talk more about this, former south carolina lieutenant governor andre bower, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> so this bill, all health care as the president has learned, as many people have lea...

Pre-affordable care act world where essentially, you know, most of the people who bought coverage in the individual market were those who didn't need it and if you actually needed coverage, it was very hard to obtain it. so this is a big philosophical change that moves away from the idea of establishing in essence more of a community vision of how health care is provided. >> andre, quickly, i want to play for you something from a town hall meeting last night, idaho congressman raul labradore, the house is on break and they'll be off until the 15th. here's an exchange from that meeting. >> mand...

And take more time to do it allows to show a difference. but they've got to have a bigger discussion than just shifting. >> how can republicans claim that they want a fiscally responsible way of doing this without knowing how much it's going to cost? >> well, until you have a way to bring health care coverage down, and that hasn't been part of the discussion, you're not going to know what it's going to cost. i don't see that anywhere in the discussion. >> they would at least have an estimate from the congressional budget office. let me bring it to the conversation now we've got with us cnn pol...