they faced challen in six, rose to that challenge. second of all, democrats can look forward to a good environment in the 2018 midterm, not a bad one. even though they've lost the specials in 2017, they all took place in republican leaning districts and democrats closed the gap in those districts. third, though democrats will gain seats in 2018, they have not shown they can break there is in the kind of republican leaning districts they need in house. this is one of those districts. finally, this cooutcome is positive firefighter repht are o move on health care as well as tax reform. and republican leaders know this will calm their member, make it easier for them to keep it .ogether, so president trump a for "nightly business report," i'm john harwood in atlanta. >>> oracle's cloud business helps results. the software giant saw profit and pref re knew climb higher analyst's targets.results shares initial ly rose in u 1% to $46.33.ng after the meantime, nike and amazon have reportedly entered swoo a partnership to sell the shoes on thr

stoddard and cnn political director david challen. we're waiting on the cbo score. the health and human services secretary, tom price and kellyanne conway were out there, making big claims about why this bill was the way to go. let's play tom price. >> the plan we have, we would not have individuals fall through the cracks. we would not lose coverage for anybody that wants for themselves and their family. we want to make certain that health care is available to all americans. >> how, ron, do you take money out of the system and still have an equal amount or even greater covered? >> you know, in my career i've been covering washington since the early 1980s. i cannot remember a single statement by a cabinet officer that is more misleading than that. cbo analysis is clear, 23 million people will be uninsured with the house bill than under current law. it is possible that the senate bill would remove insurance from slightly fewer people in the ten-year window that the cbo analyzes than the house bill but more people over the long term. they backload their cuts in medica

nick ackerman, former cia op operative mike baker, alice stewart as well as david challen. david, you want your take. you have many important points johnson made, putting it into focus one more time, plain and simple he said it was russia that was behind the hack. they had no question. also the democratic frustration then that you saw coming from democratic members that president obama didn't speak out forcefully enough. >> right. let's put this in larger context of where we are now. you recall, sean spicer was asked yesterday at the white house press briefing about the president's own thinking about russia hacking in the election. i haven't talked to him about that today or recently was his answer. we know that president trump has not made this a big focus. we know that when comey testified, he was asked if the president seemed to have an interest in this and comey said he didn't -- there were not that many questions about this. as you made the point at the end of your conversation, forget -- which donald trump can't do. for this conversation, forget anything related to do

. >> that is a great question and a challenge given the terrain challen challenges we have. i am committed and now is the time to close the digital devitamdivide and you know it is important in your state and around the country to get that access. i am committed to using every tool in the fcc's tool box to address meaning number one making sure we wisely spend the universal service funds that are under our administration, direct them to unserved parts of the country. number two, making sure that we modernize our regulations inc t incentvise deployment of next generation networks meaning working with local governments to adopt broadband policies and that smaller people get to inthe poles. this is one of the biggest coast elements to deploying networks. the fcc is shining the spot light on the issue and working with this body. in september, i proposed the giga bit opportunity zones. i have seen in alaska native villages and poor towns in mississippi there are far too folks on the digital divide. companies see there is not a return on investment in these are areas. i am committ

we wanted to come here to get people's perspectives on the possibilities and challen our two countries think of the allegations in america that russians interfered with our presidential election? >> it's nonsense. nonsense. >> reporter: you don't believe that? >> don't believe it. >> reporter: how do you think our two countries are getting along right think there's tension and i'm sorry about that. >> reporter: why do you think that is? >> translator: i think it's because of my country and because of my president. >> reporter: do you think that russia and the united states should be better friends? >> translator: two big countries, we should live in peace and prosperity. >> reporter: so we just got word this morning that vladimir putin agreed to sit for yours truly tomorrow. and i'll ask him directly about the prospect of the countries working together and the mettling and beyond. that ought to be fun. >> that's going to be fascinating. the timing of that couldn't be better. it's going to be great. >> don't worry. nobody will be focussed on that at all. just relax. >> i'm sure we'll ma