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Condition protects, as long as there was at least one plan in every state that did offer those obamacare protections. is that a safe option? >> no, it is not. what you're going to do is get very, very high risk pools which makes those premiums not affordable for the american public. that's why we need to do this together. and that's the -- that's the concept of the affordable care act, it is law, that allows all of us to join together so that someone who has a serious illness, women who will need obstetrics coverage, mental health and addiction, those services are available at affordable rates...

Europe for the g-20 summit and also have a face to face meeting with russian president vladimir putin. john, alisyn? >> suzanne, thank you very much for all of that background. let's discuss it with our panel, david drugger, cnn political analyst and correspondent for the washington examiner, jeff mason for reuters and the president of the white house correspondents association, and carun demergon. let's talk about what the president is doing here with retweeting things like this and continuing, even es ska lating his battle with the media. i read you said he believes that fighting with the pr...

I get it. i share your feelings sometimes. what is confusing is when the president of the united states focuses on this. i'll show you how many tweets he's put out that are media attacks, 94 versus 29 on the military and what is happening with our veterans. where is his focus? >> well, i think that's interesting. if you look at the media coverage and i didn't come here to defend the president. but you ask -- >> i'm asking your opinion? >> i'm going to tell you. you look at your focus, and the media's focus, it is all attacking the president. it has been that way for a couple of years. you ment...

>> well, yes and no. it is private information. but some of it is public. and the -- >> no, if it is available -- what the statement said, via cnn's story i read, was public information that doesn't run afoul of state laws. i don't have an issue with that. if it did, private information like you said, that ran against state laws, i would not support it, of course. >> got it. here is why it is confusing. let me read what mississippi secretary of state says about this request. quote, they can go jump in the gulf of mexico and mississippi is a great state to launch from. mississippi residents sho...

Has a right to respond to. >> reporter: the president tweeting a barrage of anti-media attacks over the holiday weekend. and defending his use of social media as modern day presidential. trump even unleashing a verbal tirade at an event meant to honor america's veterans ahead of the fourth of july. >> the fake media tried to stop us from going to the white house. but i'm president and they're not. >> reporter: this with the white house already on defense for the president's crude attacks on two msnbc hosts last week. >> the president in no way form or fashion has ever promoted or encouraged vi...