steve: welcome back. kellyanne conway counselor onto president trump joins us from the lawn of the white house. good morning, kellyanne: >> good morning. steve: we know he went to louisville and tiewkd 18,000 people there is he making a full-court press on getting this healthcare thing passed. how many votes do they need to put this across the finish line because, you know, the experts down there say right now they don't have the votes. >> well, the president has projected confidence and optimism that this bill will get passed. the big vote is thursday. it's almost seven years to have the day, steve, that obamacare passed the house and became law. and in that time, you know, premiums have spiraled out of control. people's confidence in heir healthcare system is down. they need the private system of health savings accounts to help them. the president last night in louisville made a big pitch to take care of drug pricing. he really reflected a lot of what we hear from the public all across the country which

is it's the cost of medicine, the cost of drugs that people need that have really made healthcare unaffordable for so many americans. i think what you've seen in the last month or so on healthcare legislation is the president and the vice president showing leadership. this is the president at his finest. listening, negotiating, we have seen different inputs and ideas and advice from the house? from the senate, from the leadership, from the governors, from the rank and file. is he working the phones. he has received people into the office. many of us are on capitol hill regularly. i think that as he promises the bill will be a reflection of all of that. and really just though about how it takes a nonpolitical leader like president trump to uproot a program that just has not worked for many people. you've got people -- have you got the health insurer needing the exchanges. folks saying regulatory framework doesn't work. steve: he had dr. eintreekial emanuel in for the third time. >> he did. that's the president.

he reaches across all different political viewpoints to try to provide care i've heard people on tv talk about the 2018 elections. this president wants to deliver health character care and access and coverage to americans who need it. many people have been left behind by obamacare. have you 6.5 million agree too long pay the penalty rather than forced of to buy government run healthcare. others claiming a hardship exception. but we know it doesn't work and we know it's unaffordable and unsustainable. i really like how the president went tout to kentucky last night though and he really channeled the optimism and confidence we are seeing in the markets. the home builders last week said 12 year high in confidence. you see consumers feel good about the economy. when the beltway gets negative and toxic. the president calls for patriotism and unity which was a really great message last night. brian: we know that president obama in 2015 wanted to get

tpp passed went down to capitol hill and failed. that was not a positive for him. how much is at stake they're this president. down at 9:30 this morning. all these groups involved. paul ryan called him et closer on sound. how much is at stake for him on thursday? >> the president has made very clear this was his top priority. but he also says when healthcare is done, he will move on to tax cuts to infrastructure, to dealing with actors around the world. he actually is going to capitol hill today. i think it's a really great display of leadership. and they are very confident they can get the votes. you know, in going through all this healthcare stuff and deeply involved in the process the last couple of weeks. it really strikes me the diversity of viewpoint in the republican congress. and in the senate frankly. it's a great show of strength for a growing party. and you do contrast that i think, to the other party. which seems to have one message, resist, obstruct, and that's unfortunate. i mean, look what else is going on on capitol hill

today. you have the second day of confirmation hearings for judge neil gorsuch. this man's academic credentials, his judicial temperament and record, his fidelity to the text of the constitution are really beyond reproach. we're hoping that in addition to 8 democratic senators who have said neil gorsuch deserves a hearing and a vote that those 12 democratic senators who voted for neil gorsuch 11 years ago almost, guys and gal that they will come together and say his -- the only thing that's happened is his judicial record has proven itself to be as somebody who has fidelity to the text. ainsley: kellyanne conway last night he said he is anxious to get this done. every american excited about it because it's going to be beneficial if his plan does pass that he ran on. going back to obamacare, the big day is thursday. that's in two days. and like brian was saying yeah, that would be great if he could do this on the first tie.

how dtry. how do you assure the american people it won't be pushed through quickly. the american people hear phase one, phase two, phase three. are we able to change things if things aren't the way want them to be when the vote rolls around on thursday. >> go to the senate. back and forth. of course there is reconciliation. there have been improvements yesterday technical and policy improvement. you see the difference work requirements have been put. in in other words, the progress and improvement was that the president did not say this is the bill and it's my way or the highway. he has been very respectful of different inputs. and that's reflected in the legislation. these three phases really are beholden to the number of votes you need in the cincinnati. steve: sure. >> phase one, getting rid of those taxes and mandates and penalties and expanding health savings accounts. phase three tort reform, drug pricing and of course interstate mobility, buying and selling. brian: that's going to be with democrats involved.

>> yes. you need the democrats involved. steve: okay. kellyanne, also yesterday i don't know if you had the tv on but james comey and guy who runs the nsa were on television in front of the house intel committee. mr. comey did confirm the feds are investigating russia see if team trump in any way colluded or involved. also, there is no fbi evidence president of the united states wiretap claim on twitter was true. director comey was very vague about a lot of things because there is ongoing investigation, clearly. were you disappointed in his testimony? >> >> i thought director comey's testimony revealed a couple things that caught my attention. he had and director rogers both confirmed that no votes were changed or affected in any of the swing states that president trump won. it was very key piece of information that really has been glossed over in today's breathless coverage of those hearings. that's important because if

you leadership to the democrats anlisten to the democ. is there was no collusion it simply was not there devlin nunez went through every single state. you had them confirming that all americans should be troubled about these intelligence leaks and the unmasking of a private citizen, in this case general flynn through, you know, back to surveillance. that's very concerning. i also think that we learned, look, this investigation has been going on for eight months. donald trump, this investigation has been going on eight months. we know very little about it no connection no, fruit. donald trump has been president for two months and he has a lot more to show for it. i thought it left open a lot more questions than it answered. brian: kellyanne, let me ask you something. everyone knows about mike flynn and everyone knows is he not there right now.

very insightful for us especially when he had his book out "war on terror." other names brought up aren't exactly running around the white house. roger stone tweet to guccifer. praising julian assange. greg carter and. these are all linked to the trump campaign and russia. they are not exactly trump insiders. is the president of the united states upset that fringe players have direct ties to russia and have indirect or direct ties to him? is he mad at them? >> you raised a very excellent point which is in the case plaintiff page, mr. gordon, some orioles that they have very attenuated contacts to the campaign that i managed for the last three months. i have spoken directly to the president and other senior officials about this. he doesn't know these gentlemen. he didn't work with them. we -- you know, sean spicer our press secretary addressed this at length in his briefing yesterday. is he absolutely right. there are others more involved in the gain that seem to be of

interest. divenel, where is the nexus? people are so quick to make that nexus. we have conclusions still in search of evidence. that's very dangerous because we didn't learn anything more yesterday to show any kind of nexus. i assure you, i would like to say but let me say it again, i was the campaign manager. i was talking to people in mccomb county, michigan, not moscow. it's very important yesterday under oath director comey and director rogers confirmed that there was no effect on any vote in these swing states. why is that important? because you really do have folks on the other side of the aisle, particularly those involved in our opponent's campaign insisting the opposite is true. enough to we have sworn testimony yesterday from the fbi and the nsa saying it is not true.