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Congressman, good to see you. >> good to see you. leland: start with the ruling out of texas. there's a huge reaction from both sides of the aisle. does it really change anything? >> well, we should remember, this is a court decision from a district court judge who leaves in place the affordable care act, but makes a declaration it's unconstitutional. obviously if this ruling were permit today stand 17 million americans would lose their health insurance and 133 million who have coverage for preexisting conditions would lose it, and children that are 26 years old on their parents' place. that's...

Obamacare and so many more who have private insurance and lauren blanchard here is break it down for us. >> hi, leland. the law will remain in place for now. despite the ruling, even the white house said they know appeals are coming. here is what happened. the conservative federal judge in texas, reed o'connor ruled the affordable care act invalid when last year's tax bill eliminated the penalty for not having coverage, the-- it knocked out the constitutional foundation and the judge says obamacare cannot be separated from that provision. texas attorney general ken paxton who initiated the law...

Running basically on health care. does this provide democrats headed into the next two years and towards november 2020 with a new talking point and a new argument? >> well, i think it's more than a talking point or argument. what we understood from the midterm election, people are concerned about their health care, they want to make sure they can continue to access it, to work together to drive down the cost of health care, they especially want us to make sure we're working to drive down the cost of prescription drugs and protect preexisting condition coverage. we have ideas to do all of that ...

Trump's border wall, but the clock is ticking and there are now just six days to go before a possible government shutdown. >> welcome to america's news headquarters in washington today, i'm gillian turner. leland: a cold day in washington d.c. six days until a possible government shutdown. i'm leland vittert. there's fallout from a federal judge's decision declaring obamacare unconstitutional. the deadline coming up to sign up for 2019 coverage. what you see when you go to healthcare.gov. the court decision does not effect this season's open enrollment. this could effect 17 million americans w...

More on that in a minute. in the meantime back to fallout from a federal judge's decision. leland: in the short term it's not as much as you might think. >> a judge may have ruled unconstitutional but they will remain in place for now. they can continue to enroll today. it's a deadline because even the white house has said they know appeals are coming. let's break this decision down. a conservative federal judge in texas ruled the affordable care act invalid because he said when last year's tax bill eliminated the penalty for not having coverage and knocked out the constitutional foundation an...