dr. ezekiel emanuel.hair of the department of medical ethics at the university of pennsylvania and one of the architects of the affordable care act. thank you for joining us this morning. >> happy new year. >> happy new year to you as well. this must be a disheartening start to your new year knowing that the first priority of the republican-led congress is repeal the measure that that you spent so much time on. >> what are they going to replace it it and is it going to be a bipartisan replacement? i think they are going to have a hard time replacing it unless they do a bipartisan replacem t replacement. i'm not actually not as disheartened as many people might think. >> we've spoken on this program to many republicans who say there are some good measures in it. the preexisting conditions being covered, the children being allowed to stay on their parents' plan through 26. so it sounds like what they plan to do is to do it more piecemeal, so is that a good compromise? >> piecemeal replacement without a -- i

dr. ezekiel emanuel. thank you very much. >> absolutely and not just 30 million. remember -- okay. >> go ahead. there was a lay. i want you to finish your point. >> lots of parts of the affordable care act don't just affect people who didn't have insurance before. they affect all of us by improving the quality of care at hospitals, by keeping costs under control, by giving us all free preventative service fs with no deductibles and copay that's something every american got because of the affordable care act. it's 310 million people, not 30 million people, that have been beneficiaries and we need to keep that into account because when they repeal certain provisions, it's going to affect all of us, not just those who got insurance through the changes or medicaid expansion. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> all right. and we'll be right back. giving up all the things she loves to do. it should just mean, well, finding new ways to do them. right at home's professional team thoughtfully selects caregivers to provide help with personal

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dr. ezekiel emanuel. thank you very much for being here tonight.ave you with us. >> nice to be with you. >> martha: mr. trump signed an action to "grant a relief to ease the burden from financial and regulatory burdens of this obamacare act." what do you think? >> the executive order is cryptic, no one really knows what it means. he also did say that if you make regulatory changes, you have to follow the law and bank regulatory changes that requires a common. mack and a notice. matt, those are actually taking months, so, it doesn't actually mean anything immediately. it is unclear what the burdens are that he wants to lift. if you run to the news conference, i think everybody could rally around the claim that we want lower-cost health care and we want to make sure as many people as possible get health insurance. that seems like one of those unifying bipartisan claims. i think that is the place we need to move. as the president's officials will know, that is easier said than done. lower-cost is not the easiest thing to achieve in health care. many o

dr. zeke emanuel joins us next.ere's a list of last week's winners and losers. ♪ thera, dau .kntist y ♪ >>> welcome back to "squawk box" on cnbc live from the nasdaq market site in times square. u.s. equity futures strong at this hour for the -- whoa, up 173. we need 237 to hit 20,000. the dollar this morning, about 1.04 against the areeuro, below that now, 1.03. 118 on the yeen. the pound, $1.22. dollar strong again. >> dollar strength, equity strength. >> same stuff. >> continuation of the trump rally. >> yeah. everybody got back from st. bart's. where were most of your friends this -- most recent time? >> times square. >> were they st. bart's? somewhere warm for new years. >> i know where a lot of people went this year, because of zika, hawaii. >> hawaii. >> hawaii. >> that's a long way. >> it's a long hike. >> can't get there from here. >> a lot of the caribbean stuff, because of zika. a lot of people had to go elsewhere. all the boats were not lined up in st. bart's, the way they normally are. >> is zika still

dr. price a stunt. neil? >> thank you, mike. mike emanuel in d.c. you gathered here, a little bit of back and forth between democrats and republicans and with rand paul questioning this repeal effort on the part of republicans with the healthcare law. whether there could be trouble within the republican ranks, charlie gasparino talking about that. what do you think? >> there is. there's going to be a compromise here on every part of the trump economic social agenda. when you think about it this way, donald trump has certain priorities he wants to get through. those priorities will cost something. you have people that have to prove it in congress that are deficit hawks. namely mitch mcconnell and paul ryan. what people are saying on wall street, listen, donald trump ran on lowering the corporate tax rate from 35 to 15%. they're factoring in it could be lower to 25%. talking about tax cuts being rolled back. you have a taste of that stuff from rand paul who said, you know, you have to repeal and replace the same day and it can't cost -- can't blow up

emanuel is on capitol hill. some tense moments, no doubt. >> shepard: they were. dr. price faced questions about his finances.e says everything he's done is above board and legal. elizabeth warren questioned him about an investment in a medical bio mass company. >> i'm asking, did you buy the stock and did you introduce a bill that would be helpful to the companies that you bought stock in? >> the director was directed by a broker that was making those decisions. i wasn't. >> these are your stock trades. they're listed under your name, right? >> georgia senator johnny isaacson jumped in to say that a financial advisor buying a stock is something that could have happened to any lawmaker. so any questions about his belief on healthcare and questions about his finances, shep. >> shepard: thanks. more to come. president-elect trump's pick to head the epa, scott pruitt, said he doesn't believe climate change is a hoax. that's different from what president-elect trump has to say about climate change. he said the chinese came up with the concept to hurt u.s. businesses. he said he would keep an open mind on the issu

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel life on capitol hill keeping a close eye on congressman price's hearing. >> good afternoon. this is round two for dr. tom price, and at times, it doesn't feel like boxing in his confirmation process to be the next secretary of health and human services. this session is critical because it is in front of the senate finance committee which will vote on dr. price's nomination. he has been an orthopedic surgeon who has spent 12 years in congress so he has extensive knowledge as a medical doctor and congress both the healthcare system and the government bureaucracy here right off the bat, the finance committee chairman raised concern about the way democrats are treating trump cabinet nominees. >> i am serious when i say that i am worried about what my colleagues on the minority side are doing to the senate as an institution. while the overriding sense of courtesy among senators has admittedly been in decline over recent years, i have never seen this level of partisan rancor when it comes to kneeling with the president from an opposing party. >> as for the question and answer in this particular hearing, d

emanuel is following the action from capitol hill. >> four hearings on capitol hill featuring the nominees to held health and human services, environmental protection agency, ambassador to the u.n. dr. tom price. >> ion asking. did you buy the stock and introduce a bill that would be helpful to the company you just bought stock in? >> the stock was bought by a broker who was making those decisions. i wasn't making those decisions. >> these are your trades. >> bernie sanders interrupted price when the nominee said "we are a compassionate society." >> know we are not in terms of our relationship to poor and working people, our record is worse. >> if you want to talk about other countries health care systems, there are consequences. go scott pruitt told senators, environmental regulations should not occur in an economic vacuum. ed markey tried to drive a ridge between pruitt and president-elect trump. >> do you agree that global warming is a hoax? to go i do not. >> so donald trump is wrong? to go i do not believe climate change is a hoax. >> that's important for the president to hear. >> pruitt also rejected any suggestion that he's been bought by major energy companies. >> it appear

emanuel is a very busy man live on capitol hill. we'll start there with that hearing. what are the expectations, mike, for dr. price today? shannon, it is likely to get testy as democrats would love to derail his nomination to lead health and human services. as you mentioned, he is an orthopedic surgeon and served 12 years in congress and republicans see him as a key figure in an effort to replace obamacare. he offered a lot of republican conservative ideas in terms of the future of healthcare, big picture top republicans are expressing frustration feeling like democrats are dragging their feet on confirming the trump cabinet. >> now is whether we have the courage to begin binding our national wounds. if we can fight about the things that divide us forever or can we take a moment to finally move forward as one country? one way to begin moving forward is by proceeding with confirmations without delay. >> already in the hearing behind me chairman orrin hatch talked about the level of rancor in the senate and damage being done to the senate as an institution with all the partisanship so far. >> shannon: how are democrats def

mike emanuel is live on the hill with a busy day ahead. good morning to you. he is a critical player, drprice. what is expected in his hearing today? let's start there. >> one would expect fireworks as dr. tom price talks about the future of healthcare. as democrats try to defend obamacare, dr. price is a member of congress from georgia has brought forward many republican ideas about how to improve our healthcare system. we expect price to tell senators today quote, we all want a healthcare system that's affordable, accessible to all of the highest quality with the greatest number of choices driven by world-leading innovation and responsive to the needs of the individual patient. no surprise vermont senator bernie sanders doesn't sound impressed. >> our job guarantee healthcare to all people as a right in a cost effective way. lower the cost of prescription drugs and i'm afraid his ideas are moving us in the wrong direction. >> republicans love tom price as a medical doctor and member of congress. he understands both healthcare and government bureaucracy. >> bill: another one who has dem