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Calling the inaugural address, quote, a rebuke to the trump administration but not everyone welcomed the incoming governor with open arms. >> i object! i object! >> reporter: that outburst not stopping him from counting the progressive agenda he claims to unleash in the golden state including state-funded healthcare for 138,000 young illegal immigrants, a state healthcare mandate with single-payer plan and increased subsidies for middle-class families. and comments on sanctuary laws got most of the attention. >> a house stronger than the coming storms yet open to the world. a house that provid...

And for good reasons that republicans are worried about. so many of them spent much of the time defending themselves on the preexisting conditions issue. they would have to try to make good or make a deal with the democrats. that's not going to be easy. >> the democrats are moving to the left when it comes to health care. more people are talking about medicare for all and the single payer plan. the idea of having a grand bargaining for trump and the republicans is a fantasy right now. republicans don't want to deal with health care and they spent time trying to deal with health care and the de...

On the other hand, we have a lack of doctors in this country, a lack of nurses, a lack of nurse practitioners and dentists. we are an aging population. we need more people working with the older people. we'll create more jobs under a rational medicare for all system than currently exists. there will be a transition just as the same way to transform the energy system. we create more jobs and pain and you got to deal with that pain. >> all right. dealing with pain is not something that's done well in politics and why the idea of raising taxes to pay for this single payer plan, almost a guarantee...

Lack of doctors in this country, a lack of nurses, a lack of nurse practitioners and dentists. we are an aging population. we need more people working with the older people. we'll create more jobs under a rational medicare for all system than currently exists. there will be a transition just as the same way to transform the energy system. we create more jobs and pain and you got to deal with that pain. >> all right. dealing with pain is not something that's done well in politics and why the idea of raising taxes to pay for this single payer plan, almost a guarantee, is hard. your own state ver...

Republican -- >> it's possible. i think this was a big deal that this tax bill got rid of the individual mandate. that's the linchpin that we were told will keep obamacare afloat. you basically -- insurance companies are required to treat people with pre-existing conditions. how do you do that? you have to have young, healthy people who are mandated to also buy health insurance. once the mandate is gone, there's the potential for this death spiral. >> right. >> and that premium skyrocket, the thing could collapse. the concern that i would have, though, if i were donald trump and republicans is...