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Millions more people being actively hurt by this law. they hoped republicans would come and save them. and so far that is not happening. >> brett: let alone small businesses who can r. concerned about the taxes who don't expand beyond 49 workers because they don't want to be rolled into this. i asked the senate minority leader chuck schumer about what they would do if they had the negotiation about obamacare. >> they would have toen compromise wets republicans. we would give the state insurance commissioners more authority to limit the price increases. we would be for creating more competition...

Breaking his word to working people. so having other voices, i get the opportunity to speak to you folks all the time. i think made a great deal of sense. >> senator chuck schumer of new york, the minority leader in the u.s. senate. thank you very much for being part of our coverage tonight. >> nice to talk to you folks. thank you. >> senator, in keeping of this segment of only talking to people named chuck, chuck todd, our political direct wror, is standing by in washington. chuck, we haven't heard from you yet. we just lost chuck todd so we won't still hear from chuck todd for another minu...

The average person more and give them less benefit. you know, it may help the insurance companies. it fits their, quote, free market ideology, but it is the opposite of everything trump talks about. >> senator, with respect to the former two-term governor of kentucky, why didn't you give the democratic response? it's been said time and time again the resistance is going to start in the senate with you. >> well, i have plenty of time to address the american people. the governor of kentucky did a fabulous job, i thought, tonight. his speech shined, and i think was a much better speech than donal...

At noon. you probably got a drift of it yourself. >> yes. >> trump was going to go ahead and offer basically a chance for people who came into the country without papers, without documentation to if they weren't felons they could stay here legally. that was a big development. it turns out he couldn't do it tonight. he couldn't say what he said he was going to say. what do you make of that? >> no. chris, three weeks ago he said it and then his government, the people around him, the right wingers said you can't say that and backed off. from what i'm told they're already backing off what he said ...

Harden the republican party's resolve on this issue. we actually told people we were going to do something on this issue. we've got to do something. but what they've floated thus far is dead in the water. there are enough republicans, just republicans against what necessary floated this past friday that it is dead and that's their best effort at a compromise measure to bring together even just their own caucus. they are nowhere near being able to repeal let alone replace the affordable care act, and it is getting more distant with every news cycle. >> despite the millions who may beg to differ...