. >> christa: you mentioned more aggressive russia. we know president trump has spoken about... the suggestion he would take a more conciliatory approach to russia. if that's what this president does, what will chancellor merkel's response be? >> she has a lot of experience in dealing with russia. she has spoken so many times with president putin over the last year. i think we are pursuing a double-track approach, strong dialogue, keeping the channels of communication open, but at the same time being very resolute about our defense, keeping in mind our security interests, especially in the eastern part of europe and beyond. so i think we would welcome a new chapter of the american and russian leader in their relationships, but on the basis of a very clear idea where our strategic interests and our security interests are. >> christa:>> woodruff: do you t that to come up? >> i expect to talk about russia and the ukraine conflict, about many things, judy. >> woodruff: we spoke about nato. the president has also been critical of the european union. he was one of the first to argue t

he says he still has the same reservations he had going in. >> christa: lee centennial park finally, if they are able to get it through the house, what are the early indications in the senate? >> there's trouble there too, judy. rand paul and mike lee say they are noes on this exact bill. mike lee restated his emphatic opposition in the past day. and they can't lose any more republicans than that. but not just talking about moderates, some core members of the republican leadership over there like bob corker are questioning this bill and questioning what it would mean for health care in their state. so a lot of questions, not just here, but also on the senate side. remember, judy, this is on a very fast paste, the idea is to go through house rules tomorrow. they had a long day on the house floor thursday. then the earliest you could get to the senate is maybe even for a vote on tuesday. that's the best-case scenario for republicans. maybe getting to the white house next week. but right now it also looks like a worst case is possible, which you andry standing here talking about the hou

. >>> this is christa. she just went through surgery at uch hospital in aurora, colorado. her boyfriend decided to turn on the camera and steal her nose. >> i took your nose. >> why? >> as you know, people go through anesthesia and sometimes take things a little too literally. >> you can't do that. >> but i just did. >> no, you can't. >> yeah. >> i need that back. >> no. >> she's right. you really shouldn't go taking people's noses. >> she's literally right as well because he literally can't do that. but in her his he just did. >> say please. >> please. >> here. >> why would you do that? you can't just keep going around stealing people's noses and think that's funny. what if i just stole your nose? you would suffocate. that's not funny. >> right, that's rude. didn't your mother teach you better than that? >> don't steal people's noses. that was literally the first lesson she taught me. >> what the heck is this? it's like a booker on my hand. because you bit my nose off. now my boogers are getting every. >> she's got a good attitude and posted this on her facebook page. she

went to visit christa patton, she's here in new york and depends on meals on wheels.> think you should try to put yourself in my situation and what would you do? as i indicated, i'm on a fixed income, basically homebound, haven't been out of this apartment in like seven years. how else would i eat? i don't know. >> you saw congressman chris collins there, watching. van had him on the show. is she a typical person who benefits from meals on wheels? >> yes. >> and what are her options. >> many of the clients live on $900 a month of income in san francisco. imagine if we're not providing meals. this is not just value add but the difference, as the client that you just heard, it's difference between life and death and being able to survive. and this is not uncommon. this is true across every community of the country. i think what is really troubling is as you look at first round of cuts and community development block grant, these are targeted predominantly at low income communities and communities that live on the margins. we're really kind of causing and exacerbating a

is christa patton a typical person who benefits from meals on wheels?absolutely. >> what are options without it? >> let's be frank. meals on wheels san francisco provides two meals a day seven days a week, and many of those clients live on $900 a month of income in a city like san francisco. imagine if we were not provides those meals. this is not just a value add. it is actually the difference as the client that you just heard. it's the difference between life and death and being able to survive. and this is not uncommon. this is true across every community in the country, and i think what's really troubling is as you look at the first round of cuts in the community development block grants, these block grants are targeted predominantly at low-income communities and communities that live on the margins. so we really are kind of causing and exacerbating a problem that actually we need to remedy. >> ashley mccome ber, san francisco director of meals on wheels, thank you. >> thank you. >>> coming up, donald trump campaigned that he would be a law and orde