. >>> i have steve israel now a cnn political commentator. lonnie, first to you, how big of a blow is this for the administration and for paul ryan right now and does this just get punted down the road? what happens? >> well, i think brooke, at this point it's maybe a little premature to say exactly what happens, one thing for sure is they didn't have the votes to get this finished so in a sense it is a problem for the president and for the speaker. this doesn't mean it's all dead but does mean they need to focus the fundamental question of whether the republicans want the status quo of obamacare or if they want something different and if they want something different they have to figure out a different way to get to yes. >> you know the workings of capitol hill and the arm twisting and know we had the freedom caucus at the white house and paul ryan was meeting with the moderates at capitol hill. explain what goes into these behind the scenes meetings and kind of things that happen when you realize you don't have enough votes to go? >> report

steve israel, matt lewis. i mean seriously. this is huge. dmai dana. get to you. hearing this may fall into paul ryan's lap now. not happy with the way he's handling this. some wondering if this was the president's strategy all along to have someone else take the fall for it. >> well i think what you're referring to is reporting that i have tonight from senior administration official that there is concern from that end of pennsylvania avenue with the way that the speaker has handled the process, specifically i'm told by a source that the concern is the speaker didn't bring conservatives who were balking and have been balking and causing the problem that led them to not have the votes and unclear whether they'll have them tomorrow, that the speaker didn't bring them in early enough before the president got involved. and that kind of came to a head tonight when the house freedom caucus, conservative group we've been talking about, house republican leadership and senior members of the white house team met in the speaker's office to try to go over this and figure out

let's talk more about that with former representative steve israel, he's a cnn political commentator and good to see you. what is your reaction to president trump's wiretapping allegation and that the administration, by way of the department of justice, white house, et cetera, they have to provide some evidence to the house intel committee on monday? what's your reaction to all of this and whether that deadline would or could be met? >> my reaction to the tweet was that it was a short-term reaction by donald trump to distract attention from the fact that his attorney general had to recuse himself from the department of justice investigation into russian meddling, and that short-term distraction became a long-term crisis for the president of the united states. i spoke with several of my former colleagues this morning on the house intelligence committee. they have set a deadline. they want to see the evidence tomorrow. my suspicion is that there will be no evidence. the next step is on march 20th when the house intelligence committee invites director comey in and clapper. and chances a

. >> i want to bring steve israel in here because i can see him. he's disagree with you. >> well, i agree with claudia's assessment that she doesn't know whether the bill is going to pass tomorrow. i think that's the most accurate thing we've heard. but i fundamentally disagree with her assessment with respect to the cost increases, particularly for seniors. what the congresswoman is referring to a special deal that was made for new york members of congress to get their votes that says that counties no longer pay their share of medicaid, but that it's shifted to all of the other taxpayers of new york state. so this is the quintessential robbing peter to pay paul. there is nothing that is free in washington. this is just shifting the burden to new york state, which is going to have to increase the income tax and property taxes are going to go up. >> absolutely not. >> go ahead, congresswoman. >> i respectfully disagree. that's completely untrue. i was a new york state assembly member, and the governor has what i call an unconstitutional slush fund t

steve israel, cnn political commentator and chris is a lizza new to our cnn family. welcome again, chris. let me start with you, jack. what's going to happen today? >> i think they're going to hammer it out. they'll go to the floor, probably won't even have the votes when they decide to set the vote, but i think through arm twisting, steve scalise, the whip, is going to get there. >> steve israel, they get through, now they have a bill and they go to the senate and the concerns they see with this group of doubters within the house gop right now is even magnified in the senate. what happens there and what's the chance that they come away with anything that they can pass that looks like this bill in the house? >> well, that's the inherent problem here, chris. i agree with jack. i think they'll muscle this thing through. first law of gravity in washington, d.c. is party discipline. here is the problem. every time you give the far right in the house a card in this house of cards, you're taking a card away from senators. people are saying this was an ultimatum that presid

i want to go to the former chair of the democratic congressional campaign committee, steve israel and former congressman jack kingston, former adviser to the trump campaign. congressman kingston, you heard sean spicer saying repeatedly today, i refer you to the speaker, to the speaker, question for paul ryan. is the white house setting ryan up to take the fall? >> no, i don't think so. i think what he's doing is saying there's some work in progress and i don't want to get ahead of the speaker. steve knows, and we remember well as republicans watching the democrats pass obamacare, this is part of the process. it's growing pains. you'll have people on the right, the left the in between saying this isn't good for me, my politics or my state. but i think frankly that the white house and the house and the senate are going to get this done but in the meantime, you have to go through this period, but i do believe they'll get there. i think they're unified as well. >> so congressman israel, what do you say? >> well, you know, jack is right. this is a process. people think that passing legisla

and former democratic congressman from new york, steve israel. doug, in addition to working for the rnc you worked for leadership on capitol hill. you have the scars to approve it, right? you must be having a nervous tic today watching this internal battle going on. where do you think it stands, the idea that the white house and leadership might give the freedom caucus what they want on essential benefits, will that get this bill over the finish line or might it alienate too many moderates? >> i don't know yet. the news that the conference committee meeting has been cancelled means the vote is, as sunlen serfaty said, fluid. as congressman israel knows very well, i'm still trying to get, we have a long history in the gop of losing votes and pulling votes and not being able to get the 218 votes. one dynamic is the republican president, obviously donald trump has been on a massive charm offensive. the white house bowling alley has been in overdrive. he saw the youtube video this morning. if donald trump pushes this through, it will be a massive suc

congressman steve israel, you get the first answer next time because we ran out of time. thank you. >> sounds good. thank you. >>> still to come for us, we are on top of this fast-moving story and all of the developments on general flynn and how the white house is messaging all of it. also, the clash between the president and the house freedom caucus. is that really the way to get to yes on health care? straight ahead. marie knows that a dutch apple pie can make any occasion feel more special. so she makes her pie crust from scratch. and sprinkles on brown sugar streusel. so that you can spend more time making special moments with your family. marie callender's it's time to savor li don't want to pry... grown man now. dad. but have you made a decision? i'm going with the $1000 in cash back. my son... ...a cash man. dad, are you crying? nah, just something in my eye. the volkswagen 3 and easy event... ...where you can choose one of three easy ways to get a $1000 offer. hurry in to your volkswagen dealer now and you can get $1000 as an apr bonus, a lease bonus, or cash back

. >> bring steve israel in here. he's disagreeing with you. why? >> agree with claudia's assessment she doesn't know whether going to pass tomorrow. most accurate but fundamentally disagree with the respect of the cost increases particularly for seniors. what she's referring to is special deal made for new york members of congress to get their votes that says that counties no longer pay their share of medicaid but shifted to other taxpayers of new york state. robbing peter to pay paul. nothing free in washington. shifting burden to new york state, have to increase the income tax and property taxes. >> go ahead congress woman. >> respectfully disagree. completely untrue. i was new york state assembly member. governor has a slush fund to the tune of -- hundreds of millions of dollars been spent by this governor to meet his needs anz leverage his needs against the taxpayers. there is so much more room in the state budget. medicaid -- out of $152 billion bunt. 19 million people in new york. 38 million people in california and our budget is coming close

. >> i know jack kingston and steve israel don't want to buy it. >> jack said he loves to pay insurancee want ryan to pay. >> thank you, congressman, i appreciate it. had when we come back if the gop healthcare bill goes down what does that do the president's agenda? (announcer vo) when you have type 2 diabetes, there's a moment of truth. and now with victoza® a better moment of proof. victoza® lowers my a1c and blood sugar better than the leading branded pill, which didn't get me to my goal. lowers my a1c better than the leading branded injectable. the one i used to take. and better than that diabetes pill i used to take. (jeff) victoza® works with your body to lower blood sugar in three ways-- in the stomach, the liver, and the pancreas. and while it isn't for weight loss, victoza® may help you lose some weight. non-insulin victoza® comes in a pen and is taken once a day. (announcer vo) victoza® is not recommended as the first medication to treat diabetes, and is not for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. do not take victoza® if you have a personal or family history

betsy mccoy is here and steve israel.ing to ask both of you, but first betsy, why -- off the bat, why won't they put their name on it? should it be called trumpcare? should it be called maybe ryancare, obamacare-lite? >> the fact is the president is throwing the entire prestige of the white house behind this, and he is bringing in republican lawmakers and even some democrats in groups and one at a time to make sure he woos nem into supporting this legislation. >> before we move on, what do you think the name should be congressman? >> well, it's ryancare. at the end of the day, if it is passed, it is passed under paul ryan. so when you lose your insurance, you can blame ryancare. when your premiums go up, you can blame ryancare. when your out of pocket costs go up, you can blame ryancare. >> this bill is going to be several important things for the nation. more than anything it's a jobs bill. let me tell you that under obamacare 170 million people have been clobbered by the employer mandate. you've got 8 million who lost t

and steve israel, a political commentator and a forme new yo congressman.hy -- off the bat why won't they put their name on it? should it be called trumpcare? should it be called ryancare? or o bbamacare-lite? >> the president is putting the entire prestige of the white house behind this. and he is bringing in republican lawmakers and democrats in groups and one at a time, to make sure that he woos them into supporting this legislation. >> we'll move on. what do you think the name should be, congressman? >> it's ryancare. at the end of the day, if it's passed, it's passed under paul ryan. when you lose your insurance, you can blame ryancare. when your premiums go up, you can blame ryancare. when your out-of-pocket costs go up, you can blame ryancare. >> this bill is going to do several important things for the nation. more than anything, it's a jobs bill. under obamacare, 170 million people have been clobbered by the employer mandate. you have 8 million who lost their coverage on the job spi entirely. 156 million paying higher deductib deductibles. >> white

israel issues. he is strong -- even the presence of a valve white nationalists like steve bannon in the cabinet cannothake trump's leaders. this man is a outspoken israel supporter. he pointed to trump's jewish family members and his long history working with the new york jewish community to point to evidence of that trump is not anti-semitic. >> trump holds the warmest sentiments for the jewish people and israel in particular. reporter: going into estimates of them in the united date was concerning and trump needed to address it but he said he is no more than anyone what the dangers of white nationalism are and that is not the greatest threat to the community these days. >> he should be doing more but let's face it right now the principal threat to the world jewish community are coming from islamic extremist organization which have genocidal charters against jews. reporter: many are not convinced. after a fan of bomb threats against jewish communities, many are feeling uneasy about the new president. most of the community is left wing. at of the steps outside the con -- out of the conference, protest

steve evans in seoul. in other news: israele first new settlement in the occupied west bank in more than 20 years. the settlement near the palestinian city of nablus was approved at a meeting of israel's security cabinet on thursday. palestinian officials have condemned the new plan and called for international intervention. south africa's president jacob zuma has sacked his finance minister pravin gordhan in a cabinet reshuffle. it comes after days of speculation that rocked the country's financial markets. despite many senior officials opposing mr gordhan‘s removal, he's been replaced with the man who was home affairs minister — malusi gigaba. there has been growing criticism of venezuela's president maduro after he allowed the supreme court to take over responsibility for lawmaking on the opposition controlled national assembly on wednesday. the head of the organisation of american states said that the decision had dealt the final blow to democracy in the country. part of a motorway in atlanta has collapsed after a major fir

steve, just this week, u.s. taxpayers it was found out helped fund another u.n. report bashing israel. is that money well spent? >> obviously, not, david. the u.n. has become a welfare agency for diplomates, dictators and human rights abuser and the

steve, just this week, u.s. taxpayers it was found out helped fund another u.n. report bashing israel. is that money well spent? >> obviously, not, david. the u.n. has become a welfare agency for diplomates, dictators and human rights abuser and the money goes to waste. they say they fight disease. if you want to fight disease, go to something like the gates foundation. in terms of economic development, builds bureaucracies. this is a badly needed house cleaning, it's just the beginning. david: and bruce, it's a management nightmare. the united nations is run like-- kindergartens are run better. the u.n. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley spoke about this last week,'s listen. >> just with the bureaucracy at the u.n., you can trim a lot fat. everybody sees that, if it's not effective, we're going to call it out. david: bruce, should we trim the fat? >> listen, i'm all for trimming the fat, but when you have this white house that's engaged in its own bracket of march madness here, you're going to have to clone people like nikki haley to calm the diplomatic blunders of the president who k

whether it is the delegitimization of israel by the united nations, the intimidation and isolation promoted by bds or the white nationalist dog whistles blown by steveannon from the west wing. it's up to all of us to stand up to stand together and speak out against anti-semitism in all of its forms. that includes raising our voices together. in rejecting anti-semitism's close friends, racism and xenophobia. we see these forces of fear and division in the administration's support for policies that profile immigrants based on their chosen religion, the color of their complexion, the nation of their origin. we hear it in the rhetoric designed to stoke fear of syrian refugees, rhetoric that demonizes innocent families calling out from refuge from the terrorist and isis, refuge from the bombs dropped by vladmir putin and refuge from basher al assad. it reminds us beliefs are increasingly under siege. for israel, the threats posed by further instability are obvious. the increasing volatility we see intensifies the deep concern felt by u.s. ally and partners, especially throughout the gulf that iran will emerge as a nuclear armed power. now, as you all kno

whether it is the delegitimization of israel by the united nations, the intimidation and isolation proposed by bds or the white nationalist dog whistles by steve ban nonof the west wing. it's up to all of us to stand up and speak ought against anti-semitism and all forms and that includes raising our voices together in rejecting anti-semitism's close friends, racism and xenophobia. we see in thers for fear and -- in the immigrations policies and hear it in the rhetoric designed to stoke fear of syrian refugees. that demonizes innocent families, calling out for refuge from the terrorists in isis. refuge from the bombs dropped by vladimir putin, refuge from the did tearership of bashar al-assad. the scope of the humanitarian crisis reminds us the problem is -- and for israel the threats are obvious. the increasing volatile we see deeply intense identifies the deep concerns felt by u.s. allies and partners, especially through the gulf. that iran will emerge as a nuclear armed power. now, as you all know, i have spent the better part of my 25 years in the house and senate helping craft an extensive network of sanks, sanctions that weakens the iran

whether it is the delegitimization of israel by the united nations, the intimidation and isolation promoted by bds or the white nationalist dog whistles blown by stevefrom the west wing, it is up to all of us to stand up, to stand together and speak out against anti-semitism in all of its forms. and that includes raising our voices together in rejecting anti-semitism's close friends, racism and xenophobia. we see these forces of fear and division in the administration's profiling immigrants based on their religion, their complexion, their nation of their origin. and we hear it in the rhetoric that demonizes innocent families, calling out for refuge from the terrorists and isis. refuge from the bombs dropped by vladimir putin, refuge from the brutal dictatorship of bashar al assad. the scope of the humanitarian crisis spurred by the conflict in syria reminds us that the entire middle east is increasingly under siege. and for israel, the threats posed by further instability are obvious. the increasing volatility we see deeply intensifies the deep concern felt by u.s. allies and partners, especially throughout the gulf, that iran will emerge as a nucle

netanyahu who was quick to invite european jews to come to israel after attacks in paris has not once been critical of trump even as trump's adviser stevenen faces repeated accusations of anti-semitism. >> there is no greater supporter of the jewish people than president donald trump. we should put that to rest. >> netanyahu has urged caution and expressed optimism with the trump administration. the first time netanyahu has ever worked with a republican president. an opportunity too great for netanyahu to risk. even if it means overlooking criticism trump faces in his handling of a wave of anti-semitism. or lynn lieberman, jerusalem. >> orrin, thank you so much. here in the united states police are investigating another violent incident as a possible hate crime. a gunman allegedly said "go back to your country." then shot a sikh man outside of his home near seattle, washington on friday. the victim is a u.s. citizen originally though from india. he's recovered from his injury and police are now hunting for his attacker. >>> cnn's new delhi bureau chief joins us live this hour. it's good to have you. what more are you hearing from reacti

steve and this new administration, by the way, is still in the making, it's not even completed yet. this administration also has no fully fledged policy, it's not really formed its policy about israel ijust asked you a direct question, what is the direct answer? what is the direct answer? the direct answer, we expect a relationship and we expect to be invited to the white house and the state department, like we have been. we have been a close partner of the us for many, many years. the long held us policy is very well—known. the huge investment the us has made with us and our investment towards this relative stability is something neither us nor the us is willing to forego and therefore we do expect that. we're not the exception, by the way, we are the rule here. let me say this sentence, most of all leaders did not have the chance to talk to president trump. binyamin netanyahu was the exception there and binyamin netanyahu misused that one ear that was given to him and misinformed the american president he wanted to legitimise his illegal settlement activities. he did not get that and it was clear that president trump asked him to back off, to stop his settlement activities. he wa

israel. that didn't happen for 8 years. unbelievable day. steve: acts of your tax dollars helping them.fbi director james comey debunking the james comey's wiretaps here. >> i have no information that supports those tweets and we have looked carefully inside the fbi. brian: but could president trump be on to something? a closer look at the loose ends still untied. that story next in the next two hours and 55 minutes. ♪ under pressure ♪ ♪ thrivent mutual funds. managed by humans, not robots. before investing, carefully read and consider fund objectives, risks, charges and expenses in the prospectus at thriventfunds.com. two words: it heals.e different? how? with heat. unlike creams and rubs that mask the pain, thermacare has patented heat cells that penetrate deep to increase circulation and accelerate healing. let's review: heat, plus relief, plus healing, equals thermacare. the proof that it heals is you. can-am spring fever sales event. get a cash rebate of up to $3,000 on selected models. or get the outlander l, starting at $5,499. visit your local dealer for details. can-am. the rid

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steve: there's a tan dot. that. >> that actually shows the region where you're from. maybe jerusalem, bethlehem. >> israelget a scholarship. i've actually heard people check to see if they can diversify. so that's interesting. not only that, as we have with you guys, we also took that information and dug deep to see what historical documents we could find for you. you ready? so we know that you have german roots; right? and we also found documents to support your swedish heritage this time. we have the -- steve: what? an ikea repeat? >> i know you guys want to take that trip to ikea. but this is a document from 1850 that shows your great, great, great grandfather on your mother side. it shows that he was a merchant living in south carolina, and it shows that his place of birth was sweden, which of course speaks to the swedish heritage we just found. but that's not all. so we know you have deep german roots, and we found from historical records that your great grandfather lewis was born in germany, and he moved to the u.s., and we discovered that his occupation in 1870 was actually a saloon keeper; right?