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>> bricking news, the move to repeal obamacare collapses. this is chn tonight". i'm don lemon. the senate does not have the votes to pass a health care bill. tonight president trump calling on republicans to repeal obamacare now and just start from a clean slate. can that happen? we'll discuss now. i want to begin this hour with white house correspondent kaytlin collins and political commentator david swird lick. good evening to both of you both. this is from the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. he said regretfully, it is now an apparent that the effort to repeal and immediately replace...

I think her lawyers are telling her she is subject to the conflict of interest statutes and she better observe them. i hope they are because that's the law. the white house ought to come clean on this. >> even if she doesn't think she is, she is. if she does something ethical, she has to face the music for it. >> absolutely. that's why the white house ought to come clean on this right now and say she is a government employee and stop playing games with ivanka. it's not worth it. >> i want you to hear what the former defense secretary told my colleague wolf blitzer earlier today. >> watch this....

The law. >> even if she doesn't think she is, she is. if she does something ethical, she has to face the music for it. >> absolutely. that's why the white house ought to come clean on this right now and say she is a government employee and stop playing games with i vvanka. it's not worth it. >> watch this. >> well, i have no idea what that was about, and it doesn't sound like it was something that was done pursuant to the normal duties that somebody in a transition position would engage in. i have a feeling that it related to financial issues since it involved a russian bank. >> so he's talkin...

I have no idea what that was about and it doesn't sound like it was something done pursuant to the normal duties that someone in a transition position would engage in. i have a feeling it related to financial issues since it involved a russian bank. but to his credit, he is willing to testify on that issue and i hope that the committee really thoroughly looks at what reasons were, why he engaged in that conversation. >> yeah. if he were dealing with foreign government, even matting with the russian ambassador during transition, that's much more acceptable, right? >> that's right. you basically...

>> you're right about benefits costs. that's one of the areas that can be trimmed and savings put in place. but the post office need as turn around the guy. there may be a turn around guy available after the second week in november to run the post office. just saying. >> mitt romney is going to be postmaster general if he loses? >> just saying. >> transition position. >> gene, thanks very much for joining us. check out gene's latest column in "the washington post" today which is a sweet kiss for governor romney. check that out, okay? ed rendell, you're going to stick around for us. coming up, ...