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Saying president trump has "weakened the west," accusing the u.s. of standing against the interests of the european union. want to sort through the european reaction here. senior international correspondent frederik pleitgen is in london. and fred, how is all of this being received by the europeans? do they agree with angela merkel? >> reporter: well, i would say most of them do agree with angela merkel. looking to france, for instance, similar comments came from the french president as well. the brits take a little bit of a different view. they're just leaving the european union in the next t...

He's also using some personal salesmanship to make that case. he traveled to capitol hill today to meet directly with house republicans and just a short time ago he had 16 key republicans down here at the white house. wolf, i am told by talking to these republicans he is using the power of his personality more than actual specifics about the bill. but, wolf, there is no question, it's the biggest test yet of the power of his persuasion. >> we had a great meeting and i think we're going to get a winner vote. we're going to have a real winner. >> reporter: president trump on capitol hill today, ...

There are going to be adjustments made. i think we'll get the vote. >> but tonight the white house still isn't sure it has enough votes to pass replacement of obamacare. so the president took his case directly to house republicans. delivering a blunt message behind closed doors. one person in the room told cnn trump said this to republicans. i honestly think many of you will lose your seats in 2018 if you don't get this done. it's the first big test of whether the president can make good on a campaign trail promise while navigating one self made distraction after another. trying to move from f...