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Of trying to understand the russia connection question? is there anything you would tweak or change in the structure we have right now, with the special counsel and four investigations on the hill? >> no. i think that the investigations on the hill serve one purpose, and they aren't looking at crim crimes. they do nothing about crimes. mueller can look at the crimes, but we as americans need to know what went wrong, how the russians were able to hack into state voting systems, how they were able to use twitter and facebook to influence the election, how they were allowed to have phony meetings...

Not going to be able to. then there will be democrats who are going to bash their opponents and tie them to trump on something like the travel ban or his comments. >> i want to move on to the other issue that garrett was telling us about here, rick, andrew mccabe. we've seen many statements via twitter from the president over this weekend, really hitting out against andrew mccabe and his wife. in addition to that, we have the reassignment of chief counsel, or the counsel there at the fbi, james baker. these are two of three individuals, which has been widely reported, that james comey had conf...

Can get insurance. we have to work together the next year to try to get that accomplished. >> so 9 million have signed up in this past year during open enrollment as you understand. >> right. >> that is equal to the previous year, despite a shorter amount of time. on the flip side, 13 million are projected to lose health insurance. how do you put those numbers into context when you're talking about everyday americans, which again obamacare is aimed at helping? >> well, first of all, even though 9 million signed up, those 9 million are also going to find their premiums going up. you mentioned 1...

Answered that question in the form by saying it's a right. all countries have. my personal view is the united states has to move in that direction. we have to have a good, solid debate. i don't think it's going to happen in '18. maybe after '18, maybe when we get a new president in 2020, then that debate will be available. but we have to make -- america has to make that basic decision. is it a right, is it a privilege, health care. the more it's a right, then people have health care. the more it's a privilege, more people won't. >> senator, quickly, one last question here. you've heard your si...

On this saturday at msnbc world headquarters in new york city. here we are at the half hour. this is what we're watching. new reaction after president trump signs his first major piece of legislation into law. that sweeping tax cut plan that also included a repeal of obamacare's individual mandate. now, the president predicted that without the mandate, obamacare will be, quote, over. joining us now, max baccus, former senator from montana. he also shepherded obamacare through the senate in 2009. senator, as a former democratic senator from the great state of montana shall montana, as you look ...