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Forward? so that s where there s one of the questions. the outside conservative groups have their own fund-raising bases, their own messaging. they don t have to live within these rules so they re putting a lot of pressure on this as well trying to see some change. it would be a three-step process. the first part as we ve discussed would be kind of the repeal and some new changes, then the administrative piece in the middle which would be the hhs secretary tom price, and then the third part would be sort of making additional changes that don t fall under the specific budget rules and so forth. it is asking people to have faith in the future. that s a big ask, but at the same time leaders here are telling us they can t do some of those things in the specific legislation as it stands now. so it is a bit of a leap of faith. we ll see how it goes, and there s certainly a lot of public pressure on all sides right now. kelly, i want to get your take on some other news nbc just learned. sen ....
Are problematic. he resigned. is he an upstanding citizen. was this an indiscretion. they are going to consider all of this. jenna: why both of you are here i want to get a take on another case having to do with a small business in lake station, indiana. it was an interesting story. there is this retail store, it s suing the city for banning synthetic marijuana, it s also known as k2 and the store s name is green field s trading company, it care reese items like herbal supplements, hemp clothing. a lot of the items aren t fairly included in that. synthetic marijuana, in ban eug it does this store have a case, kelly. i don t think so. there is an ordinance now and a municipality can look out and think what is against public policy or harmful. there s someone that died and they think it s related to k2. just because things are available mo municipalities and ....
Political action committee to finance campaigns wasn t in the millions of dollars. overall, again it s a tricky political issue. i ll tell you what is interesting is that people criticize these situations in both directions. if i recommended jail time as a prosecutor some would say, oh, i m going out of my way to single out and get a notch on my belt, then if i don t they say i m going easy on a famous politician. it s a tricky issue. jenna: well, kelly let s take your take on this as well. there are a couple of things that evolved here that we wanted to add. it s been five years since the charges were actually brought, and in that time delay has remained a very public figure, he did a stint on dancing with the stars, he s maintained he s innocent. will that make a difference in what kind of sentence we see. absolutely, is he still involved in politics. is he still doing things that ....
Matthew, and from honolulu, kelly o donnell. kelly let s start with you, you re there, the president there at the beginning of his 11-day trip to asia, what are you expecting to happen? to give you a bit of the trick diary, the president is right now headed to pearl harbor where he ll place a wreath and place his respects. the first lady of course traveling with lim. the president spoke earlier this evening when he talked about he d never been to pearl harbor, had read and studied about it so he s looking forward to this part of the trip. it is standard for the president when traveling to asia to stop in hawaii for a fuel stop. he s expanded it a bit to include time to pay his respects at pearl harbor but to also meet with specific of demand. ....
This is the bill, this is what we need to work on going forward, so you do have that mixed messaging when folks like people from the club for growth come out and say the president says he is open to talking about these things, very different from what we re hearing on the hill. and this health care act, kelly, the american health care act, is supposed to come in three phases, the final phase going back to the senate, where they re going to need a super majority to pass it, which means they re going to need democrats to pass it. our rank and file republicans on the hill buying that this is a plan that will ultimately be able to get any democratic support. well it is a legitimate concern because there are no democrats who are at this point willing to offer support. the challenge is one of the elements that some of the conservatives talk about, like the idea of being able to sort of break down the state by state barriers to buying health insurance. under the rules again that is not so ....