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Done, far from over. it's as important as, you know, anything that the trump administration is now doing. but i'm much more pessimistic that we're going to get a bill this week or even in the near future. laura: all right. mark, obviously, this is a top priority for the trump administration, to get this repeal and replace effort through. but, you know, there have been a lot of distractions going on. the truth about wiretapping which fbi director james comey will testify about week, the revised travel ban and the challenges there, the border wall, there's that too. how can president trump close...

Laura: and, mark, you said it there, it's all about the american people. there are various reports at where the american people sit with this. some supporters consider the gop plan an improvement but are not necessarily enthusiastic about it. we want to take a look at our fox news poll, only 35% approval of president trump's handling of health care so far. so, doug, what does that tell you about the administration's momentum on this? >> it tells me that the american people are very skeptical, and when they see that the cost of health care may go up, the number of people covered may go dramatic...

They are to a come proto poise that's really going to work? >> i think they're a good distance away, and i do believe, as mark was saying, that the president has unique, persuasive powers. but there are 40-odd members of the so-called freedom caucus that have been very reluctant to commit to this bill. and be unless it is sixed in a way that moved -- it is fixed in a way that moves to a more conservative direction, less of an apparent mandate and more cuts, i don't think they're going to support it necessarily e it is passed with a more conservative bill, that will only mean it requires more c...

House that is working hand in hand with congressal leaders to get -- congressional leaders to get to yes. so let's bring in mark lam kin, former senior ad visor to former house speaker john boehner, and doug schoen, former adviser to president bill clinton and a fox news contributor. welcome to you both. >> thank you, laura. >> thank you for having me. laura: let's talk about this. do you agree with that quote in the "wall street journal" that the trump administration is doing more to work with congressional leaders on this? doug, i'll start with you. >> well, i'm sure they're doing more to wo...