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Don't want to pay the cost at the next election? >> vice president pence: i think the president and i are very encouraged by homely members of the house and senate are saying yes. >> tucker: but the ones that are afraid, were they afraid of? >> vice president pence: the house of representatives labored through a very challenging process. the president talked about the fact that obamacare is dead. the system is collapsing around us. there's the old saying that it's hard to turn a big ship at sea, but it's actually hard to turn a sinking ship, tucker, and that's what obamacare is. the reality is...

And conveys the sense that he is distracted from his priorities, which is making the president better, and that the staff is in disarray. i don't see an upside to it. >> the president's priority is clear. he wants to get repeal and replace done of obamacare. the vote yesterday with mike pence breaking that tie was critical to move that piece forward. the campaign pledge that he has promised to do and he will deliver on it. you have to hold those u.s. senators accountable. for seven years, voted to replace or repeal obamacare, and now they are not voting for anymore. it's hypocrisy at its fines...

The president is completely focused on getting the agenda done. he needs to make sure obamacare is done with repeal and replace. at minimum, repeal. we need to get a tax cut done, we need to repatriate the money from overseas so we can have more money here. we need to cut the corporate tax rate. these are the priorities for the president. other parties, infrastructure spending. a trillion dollars moving forward. and then build the wall. something he pledged to do, and we told people accountable. those elected officials who are serving in the congress who voted for these things in the past, hav...

That moved legislation to repeal and replace obamacare, and we are grateful for all the members of the senate who moved us forward. the debate is going on even as we speak. we are going to rest until we give people a fresh start on health care. >> tucker: most people would be for that, but why should members of congress and their staffs have a better deal, not subject to the same rules that everybody else is? >> vice president pence: again again, that's pretty typical in washington, d.c. isn't that? over the years, you more often than not see one set of rules for the american people and one se...

Gtorney general. >> tucker: i think you do have inside knowledge, and i think that's a sign that he will probably stay, and i think that's probably good because it's hard to see what would happen next. quickly on health care. what's your best guess? >> it has to get done. this is where president who is a closer, a great deal maker who can get those people to get, at minimum, the repeal done. if we get the repeal done, very important. p if not, obamacare, the market -- the american people will be devastated. >> tucker: good to see you. g president trump surprised everyone by announcing the mili...