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>> president trump reacted on twitter with disappointment saying in part, let obamacare implode, then deal. president trump, there is no obamacare. you run the u.s. government. you control, you're in charge of the welfare of the american people. i want to go straight to capitol hill where kasie hunt, a woman who truly has been working overtime, is all over this. so, kasie, is the effort the appeal obamacare, the affordable care act, officially dead? >> it sure looks that way, steph. mitch mcconnell last night calling this a disappointing result. and frankly everyone on capitol hill was stunned...

Trump. he is doing himself no favors. >> after the senate's fail you're the fast obamacare repeal, donald trump tweeted three republicans and 48 democrats let the american people down. as i said from the beginning, let obamacare implode. then deal. watch. they should have approved health care last night. but you can't have everything. boy, oh, boy. they've been working on that one for seven years. the swamp. we'll get it done. we're going to get it done. i said from the beginning, let obamacare implode and then do it. let obamacare implode. >> aside from that's not whatted em, he was saying ...

Punctured like a balloon. >> do you know what the president thought of mr. kushner's remarks today? >> i haven't spoken to the president since jared gave his statement outside the west wing. but i'll see him tomorrow on the way to ohio. so maybe after i speak to him tomorrow. >> what do you see as a key to the obamacare votes tomorrow, and this week, given that the white house hasn't yet moved enough republicans to do repeal? will straight repeal be any different than the replace and repeal votes? >> i think really it's a matter of personal conscience. we've asked our colleagues on the hill to...

We have had meetings on our side for the past several years, get down to it. i think we are a lot closer on this than healthcare as an example. republicans pretty much agree we ought to have lower tax rate, have tax relief, tax cuts, particularly middle class families, and do something so sensible on the international side, it's crazy, losing jobs. >> neil: you mention healthcare at the outset, the president did a 180, as you know, senator saying it first earlier in the week, let obamacare implode, i'm par frais phrasing here, hang it on the democrats and they'll come crawling back. the next d...

>> neil: you know, fred barnes is a brilliant writer. when he said earlier in the week in a great comment, talked about republicans who are nitpicking over details, that something essentially is better than nothing, that by not moving when they could have moved on a fix and replacement for obamacare what they ended up leaving in place was obamacare. only he said it far better than i ever could. fred, good to have you. >> good, you said it pretty well yourself. >> neil: what happens now? they're revisiting this again, what happens now? >> i don't think there's any future in this congress, anywa...