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Kansas said he plans to retire for going to a difficult reelection bid. he announced his decision at the kansas farm bill to passage weeks ago. listen. >> i am announcing i will serve the remainder of this term as your senator, fighting for kansas in these troubled times. however i will not be a candidate in 2020 for a fifth senate term. >> and a gop source said the party is looking at recruiting kansas stative and susht secretary of state mike pompeo to run for the seat. no indication if he would be interested. topping other parts of politics hours after gaining control of the house, democrat...

That i wouldn't do that. >> i'm committed to protecting people with pre-existing conditions. >> i should mention that every single one of those republican candidates in the clip that you just saw has taken action, droekt action by either voting to kill the affordable care act or by joining lawsuits to kill it with an express goal of ending obamacare's protections for people with pre-existing conditions, all of them. so why are they suddenly acting like they loved obamacare? joining me is my washington post at, jonathan and jennifer rubin and msnbc contributor e.j. dye o dionne. this is preside...

To derail the gravy train of special interests by ending obamacare's twisted incentives that actually encourage higher drug prices. it also gives medicare part d plans new tools to negotiate lower prices for more drugs and make sure that medicare part d incentives encourage drug companies to keep prices low. there's a big incentive to do that. we are not going to reward companies that constantly raise prices, which in the past has been most companies. frankly, alex used to run one of them so nobody knows the system better than alex. that's what we needed. and a very successful one. our plan wi...

By the way, because some members of his administration and republicans on capitol hill were really urging not to do that. >> and since this was a promise of his and this was supposed to be the game changer, as you say, zeke, it's important to note hand we know this having -- i certainly know this having covered obamacare. there are so many stake holders in these negotiations. this idea of prescription drug prices was the big fight was sort of left for another day, even in obamacare. explain why this is so tough to do, to be directly negotiating drug prices but also how the president might have...

Everyone involved in the broken system, the drug makers, insurance companies, distributors, pharmacy benefit managers and many others contribute to the problem. government has also been part of the problem because previous leaders turned a blind eye to this incredible abuse. but under this administration, we are putting american patients first. [applause] thank you. i have instructed secretary azar to begin moving forward on reforms that will bring soaring drug prices back down to earth. our plan takes steps to derail the gravy train for special interests by ending obamacare's twisted incentiv...