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And maybe republicans look at what they want. maybe they'll pass a bill that strips away the affordable care act. but maybe we'll be in a single payer system. i would be. better to sit down and create joint ownership. talk about kernels and see if we can get something that works for both of us. right now, i don't think it is a prospect. i think mitch mcconnell has decided to go back to the secret negotiations and that means we'll be on the outside shouting at the door. >> thank you. i'm joined by the republican from new york who voted against the house version of the health care bill. i want...

To improve the exchanges within the affordable care act. we've seen rising premiums and rising deductibles and we know from the congressional budget office report that this bill will only make those things worse but there are very practical things ke can do together and many have introduced legislation to do that. we welcome the opportunity to sit down with republicans as long as they abandon the idea of going behind closed doors and doing everything in secret. we said we're willing to work with them. >> that wasn't productive. let me ask you about elizabeth warren. she says all democrats on t...

Entitlement program for the seniors, an entitlement program for the young people and you expand credibility to where you have to go to the equivalent of a psa or a driver's license to get health care. we've got a lot of countries around the world who say i can't leave i have to wait in line. that's what you get. we have a situation. >> jon: there are a lot of democrats and liberals out there who like the idea. >> let me respond to that because there are a bunch of democrats who want a single-payer system. it's not the majority of democrats, is not the majority of democratic voters. we need to ...

Say let's, now you can buy health insurance. - >> isn't this the age-old story to say that once you put an entitlement program replace people then turned to it and become dependent on it in a way they might not otherwise have done? then you end up in a situation you are always in we have this exploding cost and people worried about losing it. and the result is you have this national debt through the roof and you can never seem to take it away. >> that is absolutely right. if you look at the way the healthcare has developed over the last 50 years in this country, it has taken a significant marc...

Single-payer system because they knew obamacare was destined to fail. >> jon: good discussion, thank you both. >> heather: isis fighters launching a string of counterattacks in an area thought to have been cleared of ice's. benjamin hall has more from london for us. >> the battle is coming very close to its end, we know that now. the battle in general is far from its conclusion as we have seen over the last couple of days. there are thought to be only a few hundred isis fighters left and they were pushed into the dense streets of the old city. about 1,000 militants have been killed and more th...