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report," fair, balanced and unafraid. we have one more day at two hours. go back to one hour next week with eric bolling sitting in on monday. here is sandra smith in for martha the first 100 days. >> sandra: breaking tonight, a new vote a new republican healthcare bill could come any time within the next 48 hours as the g.o.p. and white house scramble to make good on a campaign promise to repeal and replace obamacare. welcome to day 98 of the first 100 days. i'm sandra smith in for martha maccallum tonight. with just two days left until the key marker in the trump presidency, it appears a vote is eminent. as republicans rally support behind the compromise plan. while the different factions of the party are finally in agreement on the bill, the democrats are still not on board. >> what does this amendment does is it gives states more flexibility and tools to reduce premiums and increase choices. and it does this while maintaining and preserving
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protections for people with preexisting conditions. >> house republicans' latest version of healthcare means heart stopping premium increases for americans. at some point they have to explain it to their children what did they do to make america sick again. >> sandra: the president not commenting on the new health plan today instead touting his dozens of other accomplishments with two days left until the first 100. >> during these first 100 days, which, as you know, i have been saying this, a very extreme emphasis placed on these 100 days, joni, it's not quite as big as they're saying. but we have really laid a foundation. we have had a lot of legislation passed which nobody understands. i think it's 28 bills as of this moment. somebody said by the time it ends, it's 32 bills. and tremendous legislation. >> sandra: congressman jim jordan was part of the group that killed the first healthcare bill. but he signed onto the new one. so what changed?
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we'll ask him straight ahead. but first we go to our chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel live at the capitol where all of this is unfolding tonight. hey, mike. >> sandra, good evening. there is pressure on house republicans to put points on the board by passing healthcare reform. house speaker paul ryan suggestesuggest rejected any suggestion he is pressing moderates to heck reform by saying it's keeping their word to the american people. ryan acknowledged doing big things is not easy. >> the kinds of agenda that we're attempting to put together here, overhauling healthcare, overhauling the tax system, rebuilding our military, securing the border. those take more than just a few months. they take a long time. at least a year. and so that's why we are working on the path to get it right and not constrain it to some artificial deadline. >> the house rules committee has been meeting this evening to prepare a one week government funding extension for the floor. it could do the same for healthcare reform later. now republicans are being
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pressed whether they are a yes or no. >> i am a yes under duress. remade it better. we are lowering premiums. that was one of my fights against it before. the premiums were going to go up under this. they should go down. the tax relief is immediate. employer mandates go away right away. overall it's a better bill than it was that we were originally presented with. >> i spoke to the president personally and explained to him why i was a no vote. to his credit, he listened more than he spoke. when i was finished he said new york is a unique place. he has lived there his entire life and that, you know, sometimes things that are good for the rest of the nation aren't the same -- don't see the same benefit in new york. >> there no surprise house democratic leader nancy pelosi is not interested in repealing and replacing obamacare. >> trump care, again, means higher costs, 24 million people losing health coverage. getting key protections, a crushing age tax for those
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50 to 64. and stealing from medicare. >> those rounding up votes from republicans say it is heading in the right direction but not very quickly. sandra? >> sandra: all right. >> mike emanuel. thank you. house freedom caucus opposition to the first g.o.p. healthcare bill was one of the biggest reasons you will remember it never made it to a vote. now the influential group has changed its tune. joining me now freedom caucus member jim jordan is here. congressman, thanks for joining us tonight. >> good to be with you. >> sandra: is everything we're hearing true? is there a lot of progress being made. >> i think. so. >> sandra: movement on this. >> yes. >> sandra: how close are you getting. >> i think close. the vast majority of the freedom caucus is going to support the legislation because we think by our engagement we know that the tax increases that were put in place under obamacare, those are gone right away. we know that there is now a work requirement in the bill for able bodied aconsults in the medicaid population. if the states seek and get
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this waiver, we believe premiums will come down for their residents. that's a step in the right direction. sandra, we have got to be clear, this is not a full repeal of obamacare. it's a good step and best step we can get out of the house of representatives right now. that's why we support it. >> sandra: all right. so you're sold on it your colleagues in the freedom caucus are sold on it your fellow conservatives are sold on it but as mike just laid out, democrats aren't sold on it and many moderate republicans. >> democrats are never -- yeah, democrats are never going to get sold on it. >> sandra: what about those moderate republicans? >> i think they will come along, too. that's what we are working on right now. that's what the leadership is working on right now. we have got to focus not what moderates think and freedom caucus. what did the american people elect to us do? get rid of obamacare. this bill doesn't quite bet there. good step. get to the senate we got to do more and be persistent about doing more. what did the american people elect you had to do in 2010, 2014, and again in november of 2016? they elected to us do what this bill does and frankly
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to do even more. so let's just get this passed. >> sandra: snapshot of what the american people do want. this is the latest views we have seen on obamacare, fox news polling. repealing entirely 26%. 31% want to repeal parts of it. 25% want to expand it 16% want to leave it as is. so a majority want to replace some or all of obamacare. >> right. right. san san that's a really interesting statistic to look at at this point in the game. >> the democrats are thinking about shutting down the government because they want to keep obamacare. that makes no sense to me. focus on what the american people sent to us do. what they elected us to do. what we told them we were going to do. this is a good first step. get this passed and get it to the senate and keep working so we can make sure -- >> sandra: do you have enough votes now, congressman? >> i think we are close. you would have to ask the whip that question. i do think we are really close. when the freedom caucus come on board that brought a lot of votes to the yes column.
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we should be real close now. hopefully it will happen soon. >> sandra: what timing are we looking at. 100 day coming up on saturday. will there be a vote by then? >> much more important when it happens is that it happens the right way. we shouldn't be in a rush to pass anything. that's why we opposed and fought and debated this bill and got it to this point. we should be focused on doing the best piece of legislation we can remember, the bill as introduced, the american healthcare act only 17% of the country liked it it's a good thing we did engage in this debate and make this bill a better piece of legislation. let's focus on getting it right and getting it to the senate and doing more and doing what the american people elected to us accomplish. >> sandra: real quickly, ministry can, your name has been thrown around as possible replacement for jason chaffetz. is there anything to that? is that anything you are interested n terms of the chairman of the house oversight committee. >> sandra, i'm focused on getting healthcare bill done. starting the tax reform legislation. making sure the wall gets built. jason chaffetz is still the
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chairman. i'm going to keep working hard on the committee. we will find out what happens later down the road. >> sandra: so much going on. congressman, thank you for joining us tonight. >> you bet, thank you. >> sandra: david bossie served as president trump's deputy campaign manager. is he a fox news contributor and juan williams is a fox news analyst and co-host of the five is which is on 9 p.m. eastern time. author of the book "we the people" now out in paperback. good to see both of you. juan, i will start with you first. it seems there are positive developments on the part of republicans getting together and backing these changes to the healthcare bill. >> well, without a doubt. because what you just heard from jim jordan is the freedom caucus is on board. people at the heritage foundation, are now saying yes, we think this will work which gives, i think, the conservatives some basis for moving forward. but, you know, sandra, it strikes me, just looking from the outside, as a political salvage job. they were so embarrassed by the failure to get anything
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done initially that they are now engaged in an act of symbolism that on saturday, potentially, the 100th day of the trump administration they say we are going to have a vote. wee will have something for you. but as jim jordan pointed out, this is not even a full repeal and replace of obamacare. >> sandra: they pass it onto the senate and they do a little more work on it david, let me get your responds. >> this is a great start, juan. and you know it and it potentially happens on the 100th day. let me just say. this he elections have consequences to quote barack obama. we're going to have some consequences to this election. jim jordan was just pointing out. they got elected, president trump, parity of the reason that he is president trump today is because of his leadership and on this issue and because he promised to repeal and replace obamacare, which this is a big step towards doing. >> sandra: juan? >> well, again, go back to what the congressman said. jim jordan said the american care act or whatever they call it, trump care had about a 17% approval in its
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prior incarnation. now, with the changes they have made to bring on board heritage and frawxz, sandra, is to say that people with preexisting conditions, well, you know what? we're not going to enforce the insurance companies to deal with that we are not going to deal with medicare in that way. >> sandra: david, let me ask you this question. you did hear from a very optimistic congressman jim jordan just a few minutes ago. what if? what if they don't have -- what if this doesn't go through? what if there is another failure? what would the fallout be from that? >> first of all, president trump has done everything that he can to this point to get this job done. to repeal and replace obamacare. he has been a leader. he has worked. he has worked the phones. he has had meetings. he has had groups of individuals. he has had individual congressman that he has talked to and met with. he has done everything over the last month to get to this point. and now it's in the republican leaders' hands. in the house of representatives. speaker ryan has to get
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those moderates, has to work to get that conference that he leads on board. and i think that he is well on his way to doing it. the freedom caucus coming on board is a big step. but i think speaker ryan is a tremendous speaker and he's going to get there. >> juan: david, i don't think it's fair to blame paul ryan for the fact that donald trump campaigned and said i will get a better plan right away within 100 days and nothing. >> juan, you guys want, look. paul ryan and the leadership of the house has had a long time to get a bill ready. in my opinion, they failed a month ago. the president has made them -- the president of the united states sat down and said enough's enough. we're going to take this back at the white house and we will deliver the bill. >> sandra: yuan? >> juan: go home with a bad plan? good plan ensures more people. >> the paid protesters who show up at all of these town halls they are going to continue to be.
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>> juan: come on. >> sandra: we have to leave it there. but thanks to both of you for coming on tonight. >> juan: you're welcome, sandra. >> sandra: and tomorrow on day 99 of the first 100, don't miss march that's exclusive interview with president donald trump. no topic will be off limits. as martha presses the president on the big issues in the first three months of his term including healthcare, north korea, the wall, his clashst put courts and the never ending battles with what the president calls the dishonest media. that is all happening tomorrow night at 7:00. all right. breaking tonight, this is a live look at berkeley, california where hundreds are now gathering in protest to free speech. we'll continue to monitor this throughout our hour. plus, president trump talks with leaders from our north and south. have him rethinking a campaign promise to retool the nafta agreement. chris stirewalt is here on what that means.
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>> very big changes or we are going to get rid of nafta for once and for all. cannot continue like this, believe me. >> sandra: all right. that was president trump just last week doubling down on his campaign promise to either renegotiate or pull out of nafta. it's a regulation that eliminates most tariffs on trade with canada and mexico. but after a late night call with leaders from both countries, trump now says there is some wiggle room. watch. >> so i decided rather than terminating nafta, which would be a pretty big, you know, shock to the system, we will renegotiate. now, if i'm unable to make a fair deal, if i'm unable to make a fair deal for the united states, meaning a it will fair deal for our workers and our companies, i will terminate nafta. but we're going to give
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renegotiating a good strong shot. >> sandra: here now chris stirewalt fox news politics editor. chris, good to see you. so, are we seeing an about face from the president, first he said he is doing away with it all together and now it's talk about renegation. >> well, let's put it this way. there is campaign talk and every politician does this. there is a lot of freaking out about trump. they are acting like he is the first politician to say one thing on the campaign trail and govern a different way. well, dew. they all do it. trump does it at higher decibel level. the issue here is presidents like trade. they love trade because it makes for good jobs. they want free trade. when presidents get in they say i want to grow the economy and manufacturing. how do i do it? i have got to increase exports. that's why trump did an about face on the import, export bank. that's why he changed about china being a currency minuter as he has more streams of information and access to more smart people who can tell him how the stuff works. i want to grow the economy
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and grow jobs i need trade. >> sandra: historically, when you look at trade wars what historically is the engage in these. >> famine. various forms of pestilence and discord and dismay. wars, actual shooting wars. trade wars stink. they should be avoided at outline cost. what trump is doing here and i think you can certainly put this to his good, trump is getting leverage and he scares the canadians, scares the mexicans oh my gosh, he is crazy. is he going to pull out of nafta which would be devastating for both of those countries. nafta is goods for us but devastating for those countries to lose access to the u.s. market. so he scares them. he gets into the negotiating table and whatever changes he makes in the end he will claim victory. he wants nafta. this is a way to make changes. whatever happens he will claim victory just like he did on nato. >> sandra: because, in the end, what is important to
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american voters that put him in office and to the american people the economy jobs. if you are telling me this is an about face from the president that voters will be fine as long as we see a strong economy? >> the whole point of trumpism is just win. right? that's the whole point. it's not an ideology. it's an attitude. it's like a sports franchise. so the voters are looking to trump not on specific -- well, he said he would do renegotiate nafta, who cares? what they care about and this is where democrats are missing this. this is where democrats are screwing up their trump opposition which is if people are richer a year from now than they were a year ago. it's like on his tax plan. if he works and he gets it in and people are richer than they were a year ago they will forget about a lot of stuff. republicans thought they could beat bill clinton on social issues. democrats think they can beat. this case economy was good. people forgave him even after impeachment. with trump he would have a lot of latitude on doing whatever he wants if the
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economy is cooking. >> sandra: all right, chris stirewalt, thank you. >> bye. >> sandra: the u.n. security council addressing the atrocities in syria and u.s. ambassador nikki haley not mincing words. calling for all eyes and all pressure go to russia to end the conflict. listen to this. >> russia continues to cover for the syrian regime. russia continues to allow them to keep humanitarian aid from the people that need it. russia continues to cover for a leader who uses chemical weapons against his own people. the syrian people don't care about diplomacy. the syrian people don't care about any sort of task forces. syrian people don't care about any of the things we said today. they're just trying to live their very last day. >> sandra: here now a man who served in that very same role, former u.s. ambassador to the united nations john bolton. he is also a fox news contributor. ambassador, always good to see you. first of all, as far as nikki haley is concerned, how is she shaping that role
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that you once held? >> well, i think what's been notable in the first 100 days is the extent of her ability to make statements that have really incapsulated the new administration's foreign policy. i wouldn't say it's quite a role reversal with the secretary of state. secretary tillerson is now, i think, beginning to speak now more to the press. did he with bret baier earlier tonight. but in this first couple of months, it has been very interesting to see how much he has done and how much she has been able to call attention to. so problems as she did this afternoon on syria. >> sandra: how much change can we actually enact there? >> well that goes to a more fundamental question. the real hard work at the united nations, this is breath takingly boring, but it occurs in windowless rooms after midnight when the ambassadors on the security council are hashing out language post people will never read in security resolution. iconic. chamber.
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good place to take advantage of to make statements that you want the rest of the world to hear. >> sandra: by the way, you make it so simple for us. i know can you easily go into that rang wage that nobody canhave you heard from tp calling the u.n. an under performer. he referred to it as. >> very diploma diplomatic, i mt say. hsay. >> sandra: he said quote it has huge potential. i spoke with you earlier this week. >> i said the president sound optimistic you didn't agree with that. >> i think he sounds optimistic. a. agree with that i'm just not as optimistic as he is. i think that's fine for a president. signal to the other security council ambassadors that the administration doesn't come in with an inability hostility to doing things at the u.n. he wants to see whether, in fact, there is follow through on it and i think that's where the hard task lies. >> sandra: let's talk strategy. because you just saw nikki haley, she is saying we need to put pressure on russia in this syria conflict. >> yeah. whether speeches in the security council will do that or not is a question.
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and i tell you the russians in these circumstances, the chinese when it comes to defending north korea, have shown very thick skins. they can sit there and listen to that and completely ignore it. so, there's a lot of utility to putting this public pressure on. but different countries react in different ways where we might take it more seriously. it's just business as usual. >> sandra: speaking of us taking it more seriously, this is where the american people stand, according to the latest fox news polling on using u.s. air strikes to punish syria for using chemical weapons. 67% of response dents said they approved. 29% disapprove. >> i think it's in part because president trump made it very clear that the air strikes were a precise response to the syrian use of chemical weapons against his own people. it did not reflect a change in our overall involvement in the syrian conflict. some proponents of that thought that the u.s. strike did represent a change of policy and they liked it
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opponents of greater u.s. involvement also thought it was a change of policy. they didn't like it. it wasn't a change of policy. i think the american people care a good deal about nuclear and biological weapons. >> sandra: it shows up in the poll. the grade for the president foreign policy wise for the first 100 days, ambassador. >> a solid b there is a lot to do. he has inherited a lot of difficulties from the obama administration. >> sandra: ambassador, thanks for being here. >> good to be here. >> sandra: trump administration weighing in on another major foreign policy decision tonight. on the heels of nationwide climate change protests, the white house now considering getting out of the paris climate greene agreement. e.p.a. administrator scott pruitt is here on that next. and breaking tonight, we're watching as cities are prepping for protests after ann coulter said she was forced to cancel at speech at uc berkeley. we are monitoring that situation throughout the hour. ♪ ♪
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>> paris deal also allows china the world's largest polluter by far, to increase emissions for more than a dozen years while the united states makes drastic cuts immediately, right now. what's that all about? why aren't we doing that
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together? what's that all about? who negotiates our deals? >> that was then candidate donald trump critical of president obama's entry into the paris accord. the deal limits u.s. carbon emissions while critics stay goes easy on countries like china and now top trump advisors are talking about pulling out of the deal. how now a man involved in those discussions environmental protection agency administrator scott prosecute, in fact, in fact, mr. pruitt, you were in conversations with the president today any changes or any developments there? >> no, sandra. and the discussion continues. and you're right. there were discussions today at the white house with respect to this issue of paris. i think the point that needs to be made initially is that the co 2 discussion, having a see at the table, american leadership if you will on co 2 reduction. we are at pre1994 levels right nowen in o. n this country on co 2 footprints because of technology deployed here reduced our carbon emissions. china, russia, independent i
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can't, those countries across the globe have not had similar commitments. >> what paris represents is a front loading of cost for this country. a contraction of our own economy while those countries continue to pollute and not take steps that we have taken already. >> sandra: so is there any changes, a more moderate approach to this agreement that would, in your opinion, allow you to stay in the -- allow us to stay in the agreement and not leave it entirely? >> well, the paris accord and the paris agreement one, should have been treated at as a treaty, it's something that this country, the clean power plan, the regulatory response of the past e.p.a. was in response, to the climate action plan in paris think are inextrickably linked. as such we have front loaded those costs, san draft what we should be talking about is how we export innovation and technology that we have already deployed here to places like china and india to get accountability with respect to our co 2
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footprint. the clean power plan represented a 2.5 trillion-dollar reduction in gross domestic product in 10 year period. 2-million-dollar compliance. up to 400,000 jobs annually. this is something that we're doing taking steps now when we are already at pre194 levels. that's a bad business deal for this country. >> the reason i ask you if there is any more moderate approach that could be between on this while still being in it there seems to be. i'm thinking on this rex tillerson, the secretary of state who used to run exxon mobil during confirmation hearings shed we should have a seat at the table that seat can continue, san draft that's something we should do. in fact, the secretary of state and i talked about that we are a part of the un at ccc. a seat at the table. that discussion can continue it needs to be reset and focused on america first
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strategy to make sure our interests are add van advanced in that international discussion and not sacrificed with respect to our economy in relation to china and india and other nations what's interesting about the green climate fund, for example, the fund that followed and was part of the paris discussion, $100 billion of moneys to be committed by the year 2020 if we kept our current funding commitments we have already made, we would be providing almost 20% of all funding internationally, taxpayers in this country while china and india and russia pay career. that's a continuation of america last, america second type of strategy that the previous administration used on issues like this. that has to change. i appreciate the president's leadership in those areas. >> sandra: mr. pruitt, we have to leave it there but thank you for coming on tonight. >> thank you. >> sandra: with just two days left until the first 100 day mark. what do the voters think of the trump presidency so far? pollster lee carter is here with some the most pivotal
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>> i've always heard that the most important thing that a president of the united states does is appoint people, hopefully great people like this appointment to the united states supreme court and i can say thi this is a greater honor. [applause] and i got it done in the first 100 days. >> all right, that was president trump touting one of his big achievements of the first 100 days. but my next guest argues now is the time for president trump to take a long, hard
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work of how he does business and says the trump legacy will be decided by what happens after his arbitrary milestone. karl rove is a fox news politics political contributor and former deputy chief of staff to president george w. bush. carl, i will ask you a simple question first. how is he doing? >> mostly good. but the things that he is coming up short on if not rectified could have a long-term impact upon his ability to be a successful president. particularly in the mid terms next year and in the final two years of his first term. >> >> sandra: all right. so how important is his first 100 days as you just saw him reflecting on some of his biggest achievements. is this an important benchmark for you? >> no, the 100 days is not. look, no 100 days has mattered to a presidency since 1933. when franklin roosevelt came in and achieved a great deal of legislative prowess and action in the country in the first 100 days. no president since then has
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been able to turn the first 100 days in to a lot. and that's, look, that's the way the system works. sure, he had a bunch of executive orders. he did a terrific job with gorsuch recommendation he has a cabinet in the international arena. home land. we shouldn't be judge ago president, you know, their policy achievements in the first 100 days because congress doesn't act in 100 days. americans do form a judgment about what they sees a the ability of that individual who is holding that office to achieve the things that they expect of the presidency. that's why i'm worried to say it's time to recalibrate and rethink. the real clear politics average shows 42% approval for president trump as we approach the end of this first quarter of his term in office. 53% disapprove. the average for modern presidents is 61. no president since we began polling has been elected to office and had in the first 100 days a lower approval
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rating than their disapproval rating. so the way that he is conducting business and the focus that people are perceiving from how he does the things that he does is not helping him. this is the moment that he should have the honeymoon. even george w. bush who came in to office with acrimonious election, his approval rating was at 63% in the gallup poll at this point. >> sandra: that's right. and ba also higher at this point. >> oh, 70, 72%. >> sandra: when you look at it in fox news polling donald trump 45%. barack obama 61%. george bush 61% at this point. there is that perspective at this point as well. if he the president is to look on day 101 which is this sunday, look back at the first 100 days, what should he learn as far as his mistakes? there are a variety of things i think they could do focus on is focus. there is a jumbo.
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every day bringing new issue to us. last night nafta we were going to withdraw in a matter days after reassures phone calls with canada and mexico. no we are not. that was the same day that he laid out his tax reform package. maybe they are better off slowing this thing up paying particular focus economy and jobs and people's paychecks and not have high expectations that this needs to be done in a rush. now we have the administration saying we think we ought to have a vote on the healthcare reform bill now and maybe we audited to do it saturday. well, that's going to be a very tough vote to pull off. so they are not going to be raising the expectations. better to under promise and overdeliver and maybe it ought to be to slow things up. we loss got a lesson earlier tonight about something i think they would be well advised to do in bret baier's "special report" he had an interview with the secretary of state which was terrific. and maybe we need to see just a little bit less of donald trump and more of the people around him. we had a great interview here in the last day or so
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with general kelly the general of homeland security. better to put these faces throughout so they get a sense of who the president sur rounded himself with i think that's a big plus for the kind of people he has drawn into sensitive posts. >> sandra: karl rove, good to get your take as the president wraps up his first 100 days. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> sandra: we have been looking live and you are looking live now at the uc berkeley campus where police are in a standoff. we are being feared over protests that ann coulter could actually turn into riots. we're going to continue to monday tort situation there. and take you there if there is news breaking. and, up next, american voters weighing in on the best and worst moments from president trump's first 100 days. pollster lee carter is here with the results right after this. ♪ ♪ s about moving forward, not back. it's looking up, not down. it's being in motion. boost® high protein it's intelligent nutrition with 15 grams of protein
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sap san as we close in on president trump's first 100 days, what do american voters think were his best and worst moments? we put the question to our pollster when you watch the blue line on your screen represent democratic voters. red represents republicans and yellow is for the independents. here is his top moment. watch this. >> tonight i call on all civilized nations to join us in seeking to end the
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slaughter. and blood shed in syria. and also to end terrorism of all kinds and all types. we ask for god's wisdom as we face the challenge of our very troubled world. we pray for the lives of the wounded and for the souls of those of -- >> here now lee carter president of maslansky and partners. >> good to be here. >> sandra: that moment on syria one of his best. >> it was strong and decisive. people really rallied around him. you could see the democrats there why they won't enthused guy but. it wases was a moment everybody came together and said we can't watch this. >> another labeled as one of the best. you will see it with the
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talking about american pride. >> anything we can dream for our country, we can achieve for our country. all we have to do is at that poinis tapinto measure pride ths swelling our hearts and stirring our souls and we found that out very recently in our last election, a lot of pride. >> sandra: that was really reminiscent of some of his strongest moments on the campaign trail as well. >> that's right. he gets his energy from being around those rallies around those people and can you see it. you the republicans and independents respond to american pride, america first make america great again. is he his best when he is around his people talking about those sorts of things. >> sandra: and bringing people together there was this moment on trump with healthcare admitting it's a very difficult complex subject. watch. this now, i have to tell you, it's an unbelievably complex subject. nobody knew that healthcare could be so complicated.
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>> and? >> and i think most people i think a lot of people knew healthcare could be so complicated. if it weren't you would have a plan already. this was one of his low moment. even republicans and i independents didn't support him. they want to hear is he going to fix it. >> sandra: they want to here he has all the answers and he is going to fix it jim jordan at the want to hour says republicans are on their way. we will see. in the second worst moment or i should say the worst moment you brought to us tonight, these moments sort of happened earlier on in trump's presidency. watch this. >> free nations are the best vehicle for expressing the will of the people and america respects the right of all nations to chart their own path. my job is not to represent the world. my job is to represent the united states of america. >> okay. let's try that one more time. >> sandra: that was actually one of his best moments as you mentioned. this was sean spicer and kellyanne conway a few things that they said
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earlier on was that messaging coming out of the white house. that a lot of even his own supporters complained about. watch this. >> photograph of the inaugural proceedings written tenly framed in a way in one particular tweet to minimize the enormous support that it gathered on the national mall. this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period. both in person and around the globe. >> you are saying it's a falsehood and they are giving sean spicer, our press secretary gave alternative facts to that. >> sandra: didn't go over so well, right? >> didn't go over well. looking at the worst moments and polling people what they were. most of them came out of donald trump's tweets. what we saw kellyanne conway and sean spicer had to defend those tweets those are some of the worst moments he had. what people want to hear is him talking about the issues, tax reform, healthcare, that he has got solutions. >> sandra: american pride. the economy. that's what they love. all right. lee carter, thank you. >> great to be here.
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>> sandra: breaking tonight. we are watching the west coast where free speech protests are growing in california. you can see police there facing off against protesters in berkeley. this, of course, is coming as an annual tradition in another state was scrapped because of threats to, quote, drag local republicans off the parade route. the head of that group is going to be here next. test inve, isn't just what you invest in, but who you invest with. ♪ listen up, heart disease.) you too, unnecessary er visits.
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portland. the chair of that group joins me now james. thanks for being here tonight. >> you're welcome. >> sandra: what did you make of being called a nazi? >> i think these people are delusional. i mean, we are just the oregon county republican party. we are not nazis. if we are marching in a parade and somebody shows up in our ranks and tries to wave a swastika we are goings to eject them quickly. we are throughout to attract voters not act like psychos. >> sandra: why did organizers decide to cancel the parade? >> that's a good question. this city has tolerated these left wing psychos for a long time. and we're not privy to the full range of threats that was made here. i don't really know why they cancelled the whole parade. it doesn't make any sinc sense o me at all. a character of capitulation characterized. ever since trump was elected they have let these people shut down interstate
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highways and cause millions of dollars of damage downtown and it's to the point these people are bragging openly bragged in the threat letter oh, the police can't stop us. the real answer is the police won't stop them. >> sandra: i talk to you as we are looking at these images at uc berkeley where, of course, the speech by ann coulter was supposed to happen. it is now thought happening. violence was -- the reasoning behind that. they said this couldn't go on anymore. so, organizers caved there. when you look at what is happening in this country on college campuses, or the streets where parades were planned for 82 years straight this parade went on. and now it will not. what does that say about the state of free speech in america? >> it's under very serious attack because we have raised a generation of what you might call little nazis. they're little total yerions. whyeriontotalitarianians who hao adherence to principles
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other than shutting people up who they don't agree with it's very sinister thing and indictment of our educational system that this is a -- these people are the product of a public educational system that is supposed to uphold civic virtues. instead, here in portland they turn the kids loose to participate in anti-trump protests. it's ridiculous. >> sandra: by the way how do you plan to fight back? what do you plan to do about this? >> we will probably be organizing our own free speech event. maybe i should call ann coulter. >> sandra: okay. well, listen, organizers said it was threats of violence during out parade by multiple groups that were planned for this event to demonstrate at the event. they said they could no longer guarantee the safety of our community and have made difficult decision to cancel that parade. it's a shame. but we thank you for coming on and telling your story tonight. all right. tomorrow on day 99 and our final of the first 100 days. do not miss martha maccallum's exclusive interview with president donald trump.
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no topic will be off limits as martha questions the president on the big issues on the first three months of his term. that's it for us tonight. thank you for watching. i'm sondra smith. tucker carlson is up next. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: well, good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." america, the country is as divided as it has been in 150 years since the civil war. right in right and left different cultures rarely encounter each other personally. they live in different cities, attend different churches, read different books, have different hobbies. they even eat different foods increasingly. at the political level state and local governments don't just denounce federal policy they actively defy it 8 states ignore federal ban on marijuana letting cities grow it impunity. countless city tell their police immigration

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