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That they're seeing in those red counties in the middle of the country. big approval rating from there. on the flipside, about 400 counties where hillary clinton bo won landslides. i'm being told the speaker of the house is up. let's listen. >> this bill, the american health care act, it keeps our promise to repeal and replace obamacare. it dlelivers relief to american fed up with skyrocketing premiums and moves us towards a better patient-centered system. that means lower costs for hard-worng families. it means more choices in competition so that you can buy the plan that you need and that yo...

Something we weren't initially hearing, this three-phase idea. we're going to pass this now, do more stuff later. is that going to be compelling to republicans wavering right now? >> they've been saying that for a while now, that's the message that's been conveyed to members and it hasn't resonated. the big question is how hard does donald trump lean into this? does he bully -- use the bully pulpit to put pressure on republicans in the house and senate who are calling it obamacare light and obamacare 2.0. does trump fight that or does he support it in a more modest way with some nice statement...

And the sick people. that's what they've presented to us. >> all right. thanks for the time. >> thank you. >> thank you, steve. again, we are counting down here, the speaker of the house, paul ryan is set to hold the news conference sometime in the next few minutes. yesterday, republican leaders put out their repeal and replace plan on obamacare. there has been a torrent of criticism, of concerns raised by conservatives, by republicans throughout the day. if this is going to get past the house, paul ryan is going to need virtual yunanimity along republicans. and voters across the country are...

Full repeal, 39%, so a slight majority saying keep and improve what is already in place. how should democrats be handle thing right now with republicans trying to push this through without democratic support? >> i think they should be standing up for the american people who may potentially, 15 to 20 million, may be kicked off -- if you look at this plan, may be kicked off of obamacare, health care. the plan is going to cost more, cover less. it's putting us back at the whim of health care insurance companies. and really what it's doing is taking us back to before 2009. there's nothing here tha...

Mind when they said this for the last seven years? >> i think it's pretty similar to what republicans had in mind. of course that varies depending upon which republican you talk to, but the principles of repeal have been repeali the individual mandate, repeing the taxes that are in individu are job killers, those individual mandates which are job killers. a lot of people were reduced to part-time status or might have lost their jobs completely as a result of cutbacks as a result of obamacare. so this is the start of the process. i don't think this is the bill that ultimately president trump wi...