joining us now to analyze the coverage in new york, amy holmes, political analyst for "rasmussen reports." amy, even most legal analysts say neil gorsuch was a good witness, he was funny and charge but he didn't really answer most of the questions. >> that may be true. nearly half of the voters thought opposition to in gorsuch was largely political and 82% of voters think he's likely to get confirmed. there is a broad consensus neil gorsuch is a qualified candidate to sit on the supreme court. this positive coverage has to do with the fact that he has a conservative would be replacing a conservative justice. the coverage would be different if we were talking about replacing ruth bader ginsburg. howie: he said he's disheartened by anyone who criticizes judges. >> the interesting thing about the gorsuch nomination is how little coverage it got because of what else is going on. the healthcare debacle got more coverage on both sides and the investigation into russia got more coverage. neil gorsuch probably benefited from the lack of coverage. but it's interesting to see how little people pro

political analysts amy holmes, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you, good morning. , i will start with you. what's the first thing that president trump needs to do? >> consult with greg, sort of the king of tax reform on the republican side who knew how to work with democrats. i think that it's key to passing tax reform and the second thing he could do is to start holding hear to go prep both the public and politicians on the parameter of tax reform in terms of politics and policy. heather: obamacare taxes will remain. how do you move forward with that in terms of, you know, the tax code? >> i think it's going to be a challenge and i think one of the reasons why they try to prioritize the repeal and replace of the affordable care act is for that reason. medicare tax, medical device tax and a number of the taxes that are rolled into the aca in addition to that they were counting on some of the cost-saving to be able to pay for some of the tax reforms. and speaker ryan actually owned up to that fact on friday at his press conference. heather: so is now the time that we

joining us now for more on this, liz smith, former deputy campaign manager for martin o'malley, and amy holmesreports political analyst. mike was just talking about democrat opposition to repeal and replacement of the affordable care act. but it sounds like they may have republicans, they may have one of the biggest problems in their own senator, rand paul. >> donald trump said that healthcare is complicated, it seems like for republicans, the governing might be even more complicated. right now, you have this huge pressure, and it's not just democrats, it's republicans running around the hill. my lord, rand paul running around like he is inspector gadget trying to track down dr. claw. >> jon: there would not be a bit of theater involved there, where they are? on the part of senator paul? >> he knows what he's doing and having a little bit of fun with that but it does underscore a big problem for republicans, the perception problem which is all of their big ideas, whether it is tax reform, obamacare repeal, are taking a backseat to some of this chaos. every day, here more talk about russia, her