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But you are not going to get. then you wonder why we have a problem. that's why we have a problem, folks. i don't think we should play games. i never did polling on that. i don't know if that's popular or unpopular. probably you will have some people say that's not nice. but these people are killing our kids and they are killing our families. and we have to do something. we can't just keep setting up blue ribbon committees with your wife and your wife and your husband and they meet and they have a meeting and talk, talk, talk, talk. two hours later they write a report. i have got all these blu...

Or background checks that -- look at what happened after newtown. there was a democratic controlled senate and they couldn't get past the bill. it is difficult for democrats to get something done. you will need the white house's push on this. the president doesn't feel this is something for them. >> the most expensives of health care is mental health care. there is two other tracks that we watch in terms of health care debate. one, the president's effort to undo the affordable care act and change the cost model into cheaper insurance that is more available for people. things like the associati...

Now, he's out. the nomination has been withdrawn. the president talked about that this morning on the radio. listen. >> there was a couple of articles having to do with him and drug companies and i will tell you, he felt compelled, he feels very strong about the opioid problem and the drug problem, which is a worldwide problem, but it's a problem that we have, and tom marino said look i'll take a pass, i have no choice, i really will take a pass, i want to do it. >> so the story that did all this was a "washington post"/"60 minutes" report citing, among other things, the fact that tom marino i...

He doesn't want anything to do with it. whether we have insurance companies or drug companies, and there was a couple of articles having to do with him and drug companies, and i will tell you, he felt compelled, he feels very strong about the opioid problem and the drug problem which is a worldwide problem, but a problem that we have, and tom marino said look, i'll take a pass. i have no choice. i really will take a pass. i want to do it. he was gracious, i have to say that. >> now keep in mind it was only yesterday when president trump was asked in that rose garden press conference what he th...