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Washington post, and cnn political commentator. david, let's start with you. protecting those with pre-existing conditions was a vocal point of the mid-term campaigns and did help democrats take back the house. what do you think are the political consequences of the ruling? >> good morning, alex. i think the political consequences are that republicans have now basically done the equivalent of playing jenga, pulled the bottom block out of something hoping it will collapse. as your previous guest said it will probably go up to the supreme court to resolve this, and if the affordable care act doe...

Done anything with health care, tax reform, there's a lot of focus on that. house speaker newt gingrich just moments ago talking with bill had this to say about getting that done. >> the danger of ending up with baker pelosi is wrapped up directly and whether or not we can pass a tax cut. i'm afraid that the guys who failed to pass obama cares repeal are about to go through exactly the same dance. >> shannon: speaker pelosi. that will get the news attention. >> it will, pelosi being an asset from publicans as sort of a of vocal point of fear for the revoking base. speakers point is well taken....

Ambassador jerrod ross is here. and author of the book doomed to succeed. the u.s. is here. good evening always good to see you. of course is there a difference between the trump strategy and at of the obama administration. the overall thrust is very similar. the trumpet ministration is not becoming a substitute and making ourselves the vocal point of the fight. were looking with local parties we want in the case of muzzle. we are backing up in a significant way the iraqi military. in the case of dealing with them. trying to free them again. we are working with what our local or regional arter...

Dnc chair or the handful that we have left say about where democrats go and how they move forward if they're trying to avoid some of the pitfalls? chuck? >> well, i mean, of course, whos associated with the bernie sanders wing of the party. and who is considered very controversial in part fairly or not because he is african-american and a muslim and there are people within the party who feel that -- know nothing ininherently wrong with that. >> i think there are specific statements and things he has made. >> and past associations with farrakhan. >> not just those characteristics or those thing...

Dnc chair or the handful that we have left say about where democrats go and how they move forward if they're trying to avoid some of the pitfalls? chuck? >> well, i mean, of course, whos associated with the bernie sanders wing of the party. and who is considered very controversial in part fairly or not because he is african-american and a muslim and there are people within the party who feel that -- know nothing ininherently wrong with that. >> i think there are specific statements and things he has made. >> and past associations with farrakhan. >> not just those characteristics or those thing...