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Connation. i commend patty for what she did. i understand the impacts of people losing these subsidies, but this isn't about making things easier for the republican party. in the end this is about getting control of the congress back, saving obamacare and going beyond it. in a lot of ways, what we engaged in last night is an enormous long-term problem. if we're going to make their outrageous tax reform, which isn't reform at all, it's a giveaway. if we're going to make their reform of obamacare, which is not a reform, it's taking away health care in america. >> it's creating a two-year bridge,...

>> it was so influential, republicans would say in 2010 midterms when they took the congress back, in 2014, they say it helped them in 2016, as well. and the democrats right or naive in thinking this potential chaos could end up being the seeds of their comeback? >> here's the part that democrats don't mention, it's already happening. they are already pulling out of the exchanges. the rates are already going up in huge numbers and it wasn't called the uninsured americans act, it was called the affordable care act act and that's the part where those have been insured have problems with astronom...

Looking at the maps feel be will put pressure and create a real opportunity for the democrats. it's not that they take the entire. congress back, but it's not unthinkable. that's frightening to them. in this respect, cruz is no better than trump. they both are serious liabilities at the top of the ticket. >> on trump, this is what i wanted to get to. carly fiorina, that separate story has been rolling around. tweeting donald trump reminds me of the kim kardashian of politics. famous for being famous and the media plays along. >> i might have been the first one to call him the affluenza candida...

Administration is going. >> a lot of questions are still being raised whether the administration handled the buy-in properly. now we have the poll, 79%, nearly 8 out of 10 people question, believe that there should be congressional approval. chris, the president did not get on that call last night. he delegated his national security team. but a lot of the members, some members were supportive afterwards. but a lot still are questioning why they have not called congress back. it's a push/pull because a lot of members of congress don't want to have to vote on this. we talked about iraq. that is ...

U.s. military strike will be more rather than less. they think this may be a significant attempt to degrade assad's army. >> what seems to me based on what's happening, the pressure is now on the u.s., on the obama administration, to move more quickly, to do it sooner, in other words, rather than later. what are you hearing, what do you anticipate about timing? >> talking to senior administration officials just within the last hour or so, i get the feeling that this will come sooner, that because congress is away, there will not be an attempt to call congress back, that the president will asse...