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Completely agree osomethin, som we agree on is we need to secure our border. the physical barrier on the border is all about. we have security concerns given this age of terrorism and the fact we have drugs coming across our border, an opioid problem. lots of reasons our focus is on border security. >> thank you, mr. speaker. >> all right. we're going to break away from this press conference. it was the gop weekly leadership press conference. let's talk about what just transpired. i want to bring back in our panel. politics editor at the root.com, jason johnson. columnist for the daily beast, ...

According to a new "usa today"/suffolk university poll 54% of americans agree with him and approve of the job he's doing. what's up for debate is whether or not the affordable care act is his greatest achievement or biggest failure. 24% of americans ratist as greatest achievement, then the recession and his moral leadership. the same americans were acted a what ranked as president obama's biggest failure, 27% said it was -- wait for it -- the affordable care act followed by the wars in iraq and afghanistan and his failure to improve race relations. for more on how president obama's legacy will...

Obama's legacy will be written, i'm joined by heidi perez bill la, jason johnson politics editor for the root.com. przybyla. heidi, to you on that poll, it's interesting. the obamacare life -- the affordable care act is loved, six more million people signed up for it today. or it's hated. why is that? >> if you look at the partisan correlation, you'll sigh why. it's heavily based on what part you you fwlong or identify with but the interesting thing about obamacare is that even if the republicans are successful in rolling back much of it when you ask specific questions a test ban treaty pillar...

Our laws. the executive branch does not. >> okay. so president-elect trump is also not opposed to using executive orders. just two weeks ago in louisiana, mr. trump outlined how he planned to act without congress. >> one of my first executive orders will be to ask the department of labor to investigate all visa babuses tht undermine jobs to america and the workers. this is about our country now. >> in november, mr. trump also outlined a list of executive actions he would take in his first 100 days in office. he would withdraw from trade deals, kill energy regulations and impose a five-year ban...

Votes when a judge ordered a halt to the recount and the state's high court agreed with that decision. in pennsylvania a federal judge says he will rule on monday whether the recount should go ahead. in wisconsin, with 89% of the ballots recounted clinton gained only 49 votes and trump still maintained a 22,000 vote lead. joining me, politics editor for the root.com. thanks for joining us today. >> glad to be here. >> what about michigan's quest to recount? >> it's a waste of time. it's to determine if the final results of the election would change. state senators, jumps a governors' race like...