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Are we going to repeal and replace obamacare with Something Better . This is the covenant that we made with the American People when we ran on a repeal and replace plan in 2016. We are designing a system that is not going to lower costs, and that is the big deal. By removing the mandate of a governmentmandated, you must buy this program or you will pay a penalty, and eliminating choice, we are enacting, i think, very strong conservative flat numeric values and health care that give allamericans more choice at a lower cost. I think that should be a very positive message. Make no mistake, the pr...

The first thing, in a big way, i try to look at things in proportion. so let's, for example, say i'm a conservative peer, you had thangam debbonaire. i kind of understand that the things that divide me from her — although they are important and we argue about them — are the stuff of politics, are not the big things in history that divide, that did these things to my parents. i can tell the difference between those, that introduces a sense of proportion that is very important to my politic5, and hopefully a moderation and a willingness to compromise, all of which are vital. second, clearly ...

Talk to me at what is at stake here. >> sure, you got it right. this policy is confusing because it is designed to confuse and keep out asylum seekers. but at its core there are people who flee armed conflict and who flee natural disaster and are forced to pick up their lives and move their bodies in order to survive. some of those people need to leave their country and go to another. in the united states we welcome people through the refugee system. and under u.s. law and international law if someone shows up by foot they are also able to seek asylum. that is what an asylum seeker is and this...

For having me back. it is true that we are going to experience some growing pains because, obviously this is going to be a significant shift in policy. i'm also optimistic that we will rise to the occasion. it's going to take some resources. it's going to take personality, to take coordination. what we saw in el paso this week maybe a preview of what's to come. on average, the city is taking 2500 arrivals per day. shelter capacity is strange. we have some border operations as well. we have certainly seen that. that is where it's troubling. around the holidays, to see these heartbreaking images...

Effect overruling or despite the concerns and objections of a senior official. it happens when a policy doesn't meet the usual criteria. in this case it was all to do with the cost and whether it would represent value for money, civil servants not able to say or work out or quantify how much money this would cost the taxpayer in the or how much it would save compared to what the government is currently spending on processing asylum seekers and refugee system. the home secretary pushed ahead with it despite those concerns, sources close to priti patel singhjust because the modelling wasn't avai...