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If we can and talk about the state of the union. because that's another big story in the last 90 minutes that has broken. i had on kellyanne conway earlier. do we have a little bit of that? i would like to play it. there was one point where she accused speaker pelosi of being petty, and the back-and-forth that has gone on between pelosi and the president. and over whether or not, as an invitation by the speaker, they will be a state of the union. let's watch that. okay, i'm getting a thumbs down, which means they are not quite ready with that. but she was on the program earlier this hour. what...

Has been very critical of the president on a number of fronts from his press conference with vladimir putin, john mccain said he made himself an embarrassment on the world statement to his comments about the news media. he said the president's rhetoric, the enmy emy of the people, it's not helpful. and the president dislikes that he voted against the affordable health care act repeal. he came out and gave a thumbs down, and the president felt like john mccain was out to get him and embarrass him and it was not a good relationship between the two men. >> do you remember what the beef was before...

When he put the thumbs down, when he said no, there were gasps in the chamber. it was like, oh, he actually did that. >> nobody should underestimate john mccain's ability to seize advantage of a traumatic moment . he is not uncomfortable on center stage. >> we talked about this. it was not so much a vote against the skinny repeal. it was a vote against the whole screwed up process that is washington. >> for a man like mccain, at this moment allowed him to say, i put my country before my party. >> when i saw the vote and saw the fact that john walked up to the floor and put a thumbs down, i sai...

Tax cut. the original mandate is gone which is about the end of obamacare. we had obamacare beat and then one senator decided to go thumbs down. do you remember that? no, nobody remembers thumbs down. that's all right, because alex acosta has come up, and this is a plan that a lot of people wanted for a long time, associations, and we're going to have tremendous sign-ups. alex, when is that -- tell me, tucked, when is that going to be ready when people can actually start signing and doing it through groups and cooperatives, et cetera? >> that's right, mr. president. we hope to have that by thi...

Hundreds more have been injured by live fire. plo official slammed israel's use of live fire in response to protests, calling for an international investigation into israel's actions. obviously the situation remain versus fluid now. but already we're expecting more protests this coming friday. and that's true for every friday from now until mid-may. even if the numbers were down from the previous week, each of these protests still has the potential to spark a much bigger conflict. oren liebermann, cnn, jerusalem. >> oren, thank you. still ahead here on "cnn newsroom," more on the alleged che...