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Is an awful lot to the trump agenda protecting jobs, tax reform, obamacare, trade, infrastructure, all of those issues. all of the oxygen about them is being eaten up in this long, difficult and ultimately unsuccessful fight over the travel ban. you wonder if this is how the trump administration wants to proceed. >> martha: yeah. it's a great point. you couple that, chris, with the fact that the word earlier today was that, you know, they are going to rework this order. i heard judge napolitano talking about earlier really it needs to be bullet-proof. when you put this order out in the first p...

Has indicated that the house is going to take another big step in about seven weeks. >> but we want to be moving our obamacare legislation by the end of the first quarter. >> well, that open healthcare slot is a key one. the administrator of the center for medicare and medicaid services. trump's nominee confirmation hearing is next week. reforming medicare and medicaid are a huge part of this puzzle. during price's confirmation hearing suggested those who rely on those kinds of services don't have to worry. >> our commitment is to make it so that they have that coverage or greater. >> that's a...

>> well, i think there is a lot of truth to this. i think it is difficult to be outsider and take the reins of the government and make it work smooth. it's a balance, martha. if you say you want traditional politician someone who has been there all their lives and know what is they are doing to run the federal government today. we settled that in november. the answer was no. the american people did not want that. i think it would probably be smoother in some respects, the bureaucracies would like the white house better if you had hillary or traditional politician. but donald trump was not elec...

Administration right now. and it is springing leaks on all sides. that is a big problem. every administration leaks. this one leaks a lot. and how much of this is due to infighting, we don't know. but oftentimes that is the root cause. and if there is a schism in the administration or there are people who don't trust flynn on or about flynn doesn't trust them and stuff springing out of that space. that could be on the going forward basis a big problem. >> martha: on the substance of it, alex, chris is talking about the political ramifications which are very real. on the substance of it is it p...

>> martha: joining us us is marc siegel and professor of medicine. good to see you tonight. >> good to see you, martha. >> martha: repeal and replace is the big question. we have seen protests already breaking out across the country. people saying their healthcare is going to be taken away from them. you know dr. price and now hhs secretary dr. price. how is he going to do it. >> well, i think he is going to be a point person for this. as carl cammeron is just saying we don't know the pace this is going to roll out. is he committed to restoring the doctor-patient relationship as front and cent...