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Presidency. leader mcconnell said this morning that obamacare will be repealed and replaced with something else using exclusively republican votes. >> it's clear in the early months, it will be a republicans-only exercise. we don't expect any democratic cooperation on the replacement of obamacare and don't expect any democratic cooperation on tax reform. i had just gotten here and i was a back-bencher still trying to figure my way around when we did tax reform last time. a different environment. >> and some gop lawmakers are getting uneasy that they have been in charge for weeks and obamacare ...

Will spread to more moderate democrats. we've seen joe manchin say he believes trump is absolutely legitimate. we've seen david axelrod, the aid to president obama said he disagrees with john lewis about this. we've seen dennis mcdonagh, the white house chief of staff stress that president obama believes that trump is the freely elected president of the united states. a lot of democrats aren't going along with john lewis on this. >> shannon: do you think it was a lesser democrat and newer to the game who sparked this conversation. somebody lesser known, not an historical figure, do you think i...

Views of putin and russia. after being a back bencher for russia on policy for years, he told me he thinks he can bring some members there and he wants to work actually with the russian legislature to try to coordinator an agenda between the two countries and comes as the investigations into the hacking and intelligence issues. a congressman close to trump who wants to head to russia next month. >> robert, fine. plan a trip to the duma but why not plan a trip to meet with vladimir putin we know nothing happens there without vladimir putin's final say. what negotiations will he bring given he t...

Question, what do you fear more than losing. president obama went on to tell david axelrod that having gone from 15 minutes of national fame as the first african-american president of the harvard lawr law review, to being a back bencher in the state of illinois, gave him experience with the rhythms of ups and downs, and that helped balance him when he was shot out of a can canon, as he put it. >> by that time, i was fully formed, had a good sense of who i was, had a good sense of what was important and what wasn't. >> president obama talked about the people who have helped keep himself real, t...

She was somebody who was, was that i didn't fear losing. it's that i feared more being dishonest or being a jerk or losing respect for myself. i feared that more than losing. >> most politicians don't have an honest answer to the question, what do you fear more than losing. president obama went on to tell david axelrod that having gone from 15 minutes of national fame as the first african-american president of the harvard law review, to being a back bencher in the state of illinois, gave him experience with the rhythms of ups and downs, and that helped balance him when he was shot out of a can...