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The president is very supportive of the bill. he wants to work with all the members to improve it in any way that can help facilitate that passage and make it a stronger bill. he intends to work with all the individuals. he's got a lot of respect for the four senators in particular on the republican side that have come forward,mentes to work with them, but i know senator manchin talked about getting senators together. maggie. >> thank you. >> welcome. >> thank you. what is the president's level of involvement at this point in terms of trying to push the bill forward or not? can you give us a s...

>> two brief questions. first, it was reported on one of the networks that the president referred to the american health care act as a mean bill and he wanted more money that was coming in. did he actually say that? or can you confirm or deny whether he used that term to describe it and call for greater funding for parts of it? >> i would tell you that i don't comment on private conversations that the president has. >> all right. and the other thing i do want to know was, on tuesday night, in a public conversation, his speech that he delivered in cedar rapids, the president called for legislat...

>> and his position is? >> that while he retains the authority and i believe steve and i had a healthy exchange, but that he has no intention of doing that. >> does he -- he seemed to suggest this morning there might be a circumstance under which mueller should take himself out. >> i don't -- yeah, that's one, obvious looer obviously, i would refer to mark in terms of the president's legal strategy but i'll just leave it at that. good try. >> sean, on health care, what is the president's current outlook on the senate bill given some of the reservations that some of the senators raised yesterda...

Crisis, they've learned about. there has been a lot of good will. they are actually at the table. one funny thing about the conference commitee and the va bill so many of the staff have actually never participated in a conference committee because it hasn't happened on va bills since 1999. >> that? >> finally they're at the table working together, trying to get this done. just got to get it done before the august recess. >> i think you're right. everybody have name tags, hi, i'm not a jerk, you don't seem to be a jerk, let's shake hands. you're right, alex, thank you very much. thank you for y...

This was a surprise and sort of surprisingly emotional announcement from the president. emotional enough that at one point he used the word "darn" and sounded like he meant it. >> i take executive action only when we have a serious problem, a serious issue, and congress chooses to do nothing. and in this situation, the failure of house republicans to pass a darn bill is bad for our security, bad for our economy, and bad for our future. >> president obama almost never says the word "darn." i looked it up and found it three times in white house transcripts over all of these years he's been presi...