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>> congresswoman maxine waters in characteristic style pulled no bunches on his budget in an interview they will wreak havoc. the representative is learning that donald trump who said he is 100% on board and i tried to call it ryan care, but it's trump-ryan care, he is talking about the changes that are work requirements for medicaid recipients who are the working poor. making medicare treat more. they want the block grants to medicate limited and want no more ability to do the expansion. they are trying to make it crueller. how do they justify that on the other side of the aisle? >> the first...

Basically did sort of, you , disparity between warren buffet and his secretary when it came to those issues, yet they hated that idea. doesn't that seem weird to you? >> well, they didn't hate that idea in his plan. what they hated, the idea that making medicare into a voucher program that runs out. if grandma needs a hip replacement under ryan's plan, she's going to have to pay for it out of her pocket. i don't know what she's going to do, maybe wash cars or sell cookies on the street. martha: wait a minute. wait a minute. the whole idea is that you, you know, you don't need to cut entitlemen...

Bill clinton cut medicare when the democrats controlled the congress. he then cut medicare even more when newt gingrich took over control of the congress. president obama is now studying bill clinton's presidency, the six years of it, that was -- that went under republican control of the congress. that's got to have you pretty concerned on the medicare front. >> it's a huge concern. and if president obama continues to march in the direction of making medicare cuts he will have a lot of very angry, progressive voters and independent voters not to mention republican seniors who happen to be on m...

The democrats controlled the congress. he then cut medicare even more when newt gingrich took over control of the congress. president obama is now studying bill clinton's presidency, the six years of it, that was -- that went under republican control of the congress. that's got to have you pretty concerned on the medicare front. >> it's a huge concern. and if president obama continues to march in the direction of making medicare cuts he will have a lot of very angry, progressive voters and independent voters not to mention republican seniors who happen to be on medicare. you know, in 2012. so ...

Democratic presidents from your perspective. bill clinton cut medicare when the democrats controlled the congress. he then cut medicare even more when newt gingrich took over control of the congress. president obama is now studying bill clinton's presidency, the six years of it, that was -- that went under republican control of the congress. that's got to have you pretty concerned on the medicare front. >> it's a huge concern. and if president obama continues to march in the direction of making medicare cuts he will have a lot of very angry, progressive voters and independent voters not to men...