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And that's a big rub as to why you can get all of them together. >> harris: i would just ask this, where you think we are with republicans in terms of their not having the ability to repeal. back in january 2016, they handed president obama the repeal legislation. why could they do it then but not now? what has changed? >> kennedy: that's the big question. that's such a good question. this is legislated and they voted for it to repeal obamacare. it's pretty basic. why is it so different two years later and it goes to melissa's point about the disingenuousnes disingenuousness -- >> harris: beca...

And, of course, that's the big rub. it is all politics. brian: i would add this. i think the repeal and we will replace it when we get a chance would be a political disaster worse than not passing anything. although the vice president of the united states said yesterday that would be preferable to not doing anything at all. senator mitch mcconnell said last week if i don't get this done with the republican support, i'm going to go talk to senator chuck schumer and talk with democrats which most republicans would hate because senator chuck schumer would then have leverage. steve: that's not whe...

They may have done anyway and getting tax credits for it. that's the big rub. you'll see short-term growth. the longer-term growth is going to be predicated on how this plan rolls out. >> interesting discussion. there are a lot of questions that we do need to key on asking here. meanwhile, brand-new demands that donald trump personally denounce a group of racists cheering his victory and chanting "hail trump" during a meeting just blocks from the white house. plus, an extraordinary suggestion from a president-elect. donald trump calls on the leader of brexit to be named an ambassador. even tho...

Discrimination for african-americans, interracial couples. the list goes on and on. if pivoted to there's a misunderstanding, what then has to happen to appease those people or will they simply be dismissed in this conversation in indiana and in arkansas? >> that's the big rub. there are these two counterpressures. on the one hand you had big business that says we don't want to be seen as discriminating at all. we want to serve our products to everyone. you have social conservatives who say religious liberty is incredibly important. we believe gay marriage doesn't confirm to our christian beli...

Has scheduled a 2:00 p.m. eastern press conference. this is interesting because many political annual lites were wondering if the president would talk to reporters before he leaves for vacation. later on he's leaving for hawaii for a couple of weeks with his family for christmas break. brianna keilar is follow this story. and i guess you could expect a lot of questions to come from reporters about obamacare and other things. the nsa and edward snowden. of course the big rub is will the president take questions from the reporters? >> reporter: good morning. i think we're expecting that. i don't...