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Scrambling. what is the white house's strategy? are they trying to repeal and replace at the same time or hold off and do repeal and replacement later? i talked to a senior white house official who said the president and the white house are still very much anxious to do repeal and replace together, but at the same time they are very much looking at this possible new strategy of doing a repeal stand alone first, and then forcing or trying at least to force congress to get a replacement bill later on. but still driving all of this at the white house, the reason -- one of the main reasons why the...

Team fox coverage ahead. mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. john roberts is out in the yard. good morning. >> the tweet you showed from the president there is really a stark departure in his thinking. during the election campaign and during the transition, the president insists that repeal and replacement of obamacare needed to happen if not simultaneously within a very short period of time because he was afraid of people losing coverage. this idea now that if the senate cannot coalesce around a single bill to repeal and replace obamacare and do it in two parts. some people are talking abou...

Obamacare. several gop senators worried about proposed medicaid cuts. now a revises the review illustrates a tough political sell. the senate legislation as is stands cbo says reduced pled caid spending by $772 billion over the next decade and in part because they know it's making it harder, a small band of conservatives persuaded the president to embrace a new approach. first, repeal obamacare and separate effort to craft a replacement bill. hearon the president's tweet today backing this two-step approach. immediately repeal and then replace at a later date. for president trump, that's a big...

Repeal without a replacement bill, the cbo says 18 million americans would be uninsured in the first year alone, 18 million who have insurance now would not have insurance. 32 million would not have insurance by 2026, they say. cbo also says premiums would rise dramatically, because young, healthier people wouldn't be forced to buy insurance. how much of a blunder could this be potentially for the republicans? >> it's harder to imagine anything stupider in that context. you could push people out of their health insurance right away and then only begin to grapple a health insurance that works. ...

Senate obamacare replacement bill. >> health care is working along very well. we're going to have a big surprise with a great health care package. >> what is the big surprise, sir? >> it's going to be great. >> the surprise might be the last thing people with health care might want to hear or experience. the president made a point of putting it out there, and a surprise might be coming. whether that's good or bad remains to be seen. what's clear is that donald trump enjoys telling us all to stay tuned. we've heard that phrase a lot. and keeping them honest, we've seen him fail to deliver on sc...