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We've made some strides. included in it are some major changes to medicaid that would begin to bend the cost curve but we do have some changes that we'd like to make. our goal isn't just to pass something, it's to pass something which long term is the right thing to do. we'd like to be able to provide insurance coverage for as many people as possible, but we'd also like to make sure we're not simply dumping things on states, whether they did not expand or if they did expand. and part of that is equalizing what each state could expect to receive in terms of federal participation in the medicaid...

Allowed obamacare to be successful, i think there's a very large group of republicans and democrats that will come together and make other very substantial changes over a period of several months. for right now i think politically they'd love to see us twist and squirm for a while. >> and you don't want to call their bluff? >> no, i think it -- in this particular case they've made it very clear that as part of their conditions, we're not going to be able to repeal a lot of what's in obamacare. >> you haven't opened the door. when you made the decision to do reconciliation, that's shutting the ...

You said something about when we have this big trade fight that all ag policy is local. you said the midwesterners, the weak guys don't want to see nafta change but the florida guys do. you have 15 seconds. >> the florida guys strawberries, oranges, tomatoes, et cetera have lost a lot of market to mexico because it's cheaper to produce food over there and they can produce it year round. in the midwest do no harm. don't touch anything that will mess up what we're already sending down there. >> you would have assumed florida was the free trade state and the midwest that powered donald trump woul...

Welcome back. time for the lid. panel is back. all right. i'm still pretty fired up about the white house yesterday. they complain about fake news and sarah huckabee sanders utter the phrase, i don't know whether it's accurate or not, but take a look. talk about undermining every argument they ever tried to make in media criticism. >> i don't think truth or accuracy is something that is particularly meaningful to this white house. that was on display yesterday. what i think is sad about this is i think those white house briefings have become useless. >> i would be going. i'd put a tape recorde...

Or he wants the issue in 2018? folks, welcome to washington where the idea of bipartisan ends up dividing the two parties. joining me now is senator mike rounds, republican from south dakota and former governor. i think that matters because governors have been weighing in a lot. >> welcome back to the show. >> thank you for the opportunity. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said make some changes. we're hear they're hoping to make the changes fast enough so the bill gets sent over to the congressional budget office before you guys leave town this week. can this be just tinkered with in...