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eastern time with remarks from dr. tom price, again live at 1:00 here on c-span3. health news, the u.s. house will vote on the republican plan to repeal and replace the affordable care act next thursday at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. you can watch live house coverage over on c-span. >>> german chancelor angela merkel is in town for a visit at the white house, we'll have live coverage of that, expected to start at 1:20 eastern time, you can watch it on c-span 2. >> and next week the -- looks into allegations of russian interference into the 2016 election. >> and of course on monday the president's pick to be the next

price. >> joining us is dr. tom price, secretary of health and human services. >> thank you. thank you. >> just a little over a month ago, it must feel more like a month having been thrown into the firestorm, you were thrown into. dr. price is an old hand at t

i thought tom price, dr. tom price who really is amazing on health care in his knowledge, i thought he did a fantastic job. same with mike pence. thank you very much. joni is now from statuary hall, molly cooper of "the hill." how did we get here? >> we got here because the republicans did not have the vote. part of the reason is because it was a small group of republicans who just were not going to be voting for it. caucus,of the freedom they were retractable votes. it was clear that the president was not going to be able to get them. basically, house speaker paul ryan took a trip to the white house, have lunch with the president, comes back, holds an emergency meeting with his conference, telling them, guess what, here's the deal, we are not going to have the vote, i will not put you on the chopping .lock to have a tough vote that is it. host: how many votes are we talking about?where there members that -- where there members that were going to say yes? guest: as the morning went on, the no votes were piling up

i thought tom price, dr. tom price who really is amazing on health care in his knowledge, i thought he did a fantastic job. same with mike pence. these two guys, they worked so hard, did a fantastic job. thank you very much. >> joining us now from statuary hall in the capital is molly hooper of the hill. a very interesting day in the house. paul ryan takes a trip down to the white house, has lunch with the president and calls an emergency meeting telling them, no microphones, guess what, here is the deal. we will not have the vote. we are pulling it. >> comedy votes where we really talking about. -- how many votes were we talking about? >> the no votes were piling up. and if they are going the opposite direction, it was interesting watching that first round of votes, speaker ryan talking to one or two or three people. it was clear from his body language that he was not happy. penceresident mike traveled up to capitol hill to meet with a number of the freedom caucus members. it was clear they were not going to sup

i thought tom price, dr. tom price, who really is amazing on health care in his knowledge, i thought he did a fantastic job. same with mike pence. these two guys, they work so hard, and really did a fantastic job. thank you very much. thank you. >> [indiscernible] >> joining us now from statuary hall in the capital is molly hooper of the hill. a very interesting day in the house. how did we get here? molly: we got here because the republicans did not have the votes to take this bill over the goal line. part of that reason was there was a small group of republicans who were not going to be voting for it.

i thought tom price, dr. tom price who really is amazing on health care in his knowledge, i thought he did a fantastic job. same with mike pence. these two guys, they worked so hard, did a fantastic job. thank you very much. >> joining us now from statuary hall in the capital is molly hooper of the hill.

. >> at a hearing today haejd human services secretary dr. tom price said the president's initial budget that proposes funding cuts to his agency is not an attempt

eastern time with remarks from dr. tom price, again live at 1:00 here on c-span3. health news, the u.s. house will vote on the republican plan to repeal and replace the affordable care act next thursday at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. you can watch live house coverage over on c-span. >>> german chancelor angela merkel is in town for a visit at the white house, we'll have live coverage of that, expected to start at 1:20 eastern time, you can watch it on c-span 2. >> and next week the -- looks into allegations of russian interference into the 2016 election. >> and of course on monday the president's pick to be the next supreme court justice judge neil gorsuch will begin his confirmation process starting at 11:00 a.m. eastern time the senate judiciary committee will hear opening statements with questioning of the nominee slated for tuesday. again watch it beginning live at 11:00 a.m. eastern monday on c-span 2. >> c-span recently participated a poll of whether or not cameras should be allowed in the supreme court and we talked about that this morning on "washington journal

i thought tom price, dr. tom price who really is amazing on health care in his knowledge, i thought he did a fantastic job. same with mike pence. these two guys, they worked so hard, did a fantastic job. thank you very much. >> joining us now from statuary hall in the capital is molly hooper of the hill. this is an interesting day in the house. how did we get here? molly: we got here because the republicans did not have the votes to take this bill over the goal line. the reason was there was a small group of republicans who were not going to be voting for it. a number of freedom caucus members retracted their votes, and it was clear that the president was not going to be able to get them. and so basically house speaker paul ryan took a trip down to the white house, have lunch with the president, comes back and hold an emergency meeting, telling them, no microphones from what i am told -- saying guess what, here is the deal. i will not put you on the chopping block. we're pulling it. i do not know when it will com

coverage of the conference at about 1:00 eastern with remarks from health and human services secretary dr. tom price. again, our live coverage here on c-span3 starts at 1:00 p.m. eastern. >>> chairman chancellor angela merkel is in town on a visit to the white house today. she was supposed to arrive earlier this week, but her trip was postponed until today due to the recent unexpected snow. president trump will hold a joint news conference later today. live coverage for you, expected to start at about 1:20 eastern and watch it on c-span2. >>> next week, the house intelligence committee looks into allegations of russian influence in the 2016 elections. fbi director james comey will testify on the issue. you can watch that live starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern monday here on c-span3. and, of course, this coming monday, the president's pick to be the next supreme court justice neil gorsuch will begin his confirmation process. starting at 11:00 a.m. eastern, the senate judiciary committee will hear opening statements with questioning of the nominee slated for tuesday. again, you can see that live at

i thought tom price, dr. tom price, who really is amazing on health care in his knowledge, i thought he did a fantastic job. same with mike pence. these two guys, they worked so hard, did a fantastic job. thank you very much. thank you. >> [indiscernible] >> president trump have more to say on twitter. his message, obamacare will explode and we will all pieced together a great health care plan for the people. not worry! for more insight on what happened in the next steps are, the republican -- we spoke with a capitol hill report to as things were unfolding. >> joining us now from statuary hall in the capital is molly hooper of the hill. this is an interesting day in the house. how did we get here? molly: we got here because the republicans did not have the votes to take this bill over the goal line. the reason was there was a small group of republicans who were not going to be voting for it. a number of freedom caucus members retracted their votes, and it was clear that the president was not going to be able to g

price. >> joining us is dr. tom price, secretary of health and human services. >> thank you. thank you. >> just a little over a month ago, it must feel more like a month having been thrown into the firestorm, you were thrown into. dr. price is an old hand at that firestorm, though. he's been at the center of the health care debate on the republican side at least since coming to congress in 2005. represented georgia's 6th district in the house since 2005 until just this year. before that, you were a georgia state legislator. and before that, for two decades and more, a practicing physician. an orthopedic surgeon, professor of orthopedic surgery at emory. you bring to bear what it takes to know about the health care debate and that's what we want to talk about today. so we can hardly ask for a better guide to where things stand for a better guide to a sense of where the debate is. everybody, i think, dr. price, naturally would like to start with just what's going on with the bill, where does it stand, where are things on the hill? maybe the place to start is really with the nat

lou: think about that, dr. tom price, head of health and humanervices, is e guiding spirit, if you will,rchitect at least at large here, on this legislation, and the best he could do today is say that cbo is a flued entity -- but thatted flawed entity, this is getting to be dangerous stuff. it not good. >> i think by phases, there seems to be good stuff comes later. >> is that not the way of washington. >> like christmas. all this is structured because of reconciliation requirements, i understand that. but -- lou: i don't. >> but it is presented in a way that you just to to wait and see until it is fully implemented, i think that is a very asked for people who are already unhappy with the government program. lou: i heard was, from a few republicans, including speaker goody goody it saves 337 billion over a decade, as if that is sufficient reason, purpose and design to put the fropresident's signature on it. >> argument we made about repealing, we wanted a better healthcare system for those who are using the health

dr. tom price will join us. the man responsible for whipping republican votes in the house, congress steve scalise and congressman tim ryan on the game plan and mcconnell answering the question in his own special way on the issue of who is paying for the wall. we will have that coming up for you. >>> first, bill karins with a check on the forecast. what gout? >> we have to watch madison again. two things things. how did she hang on to the door handle and not drop the phone that was in her other hand? this is in ohio. wind were gusting up to 60 miles per hour. here comes the gust and there goes madison. she got pinned against the siding of her house and yelling, mom! but look at her right hand. she has the phone in her hand. doesn't drop that and she holds on to the door handle! that is impressive. and she is fine and everyone is laughing about it now. scary moments there for mom as she turned around and saw her daughter acting like a kite. >>> talk about the bad weather. the snow and cold and snowstorm for next

phase two with dr. tom price driving markets through a lot of the ability he has by regulation and then in favor -- >> i just want to be precise. i want to be precise because a lot of viewers don't know what phase two is or phase three. phase two would give the secretary of health and human resources an opportunity to change regulations put in place by the obama administration. we don't know what those changes would be. we don't know if the courts would say those changes are okay. >> right. >> phase three would require the senate to vote for major changes. it would require also votes in the senate. they have a 52-48 majority. you would need at least eight democrats if all the republicans held firmly to support phase 3. it doesn't look right now like phase three is going anywhere. >> i would disagree. i think in phase three we do have some pretty good things like competition across state lines, more competition between insurance companies, doctors and hospitals we think will reduce prices. we get reform in t

. >> and i'm dana bash, and we want to welcome dr. tom price. he practiced as an orthopedic surgeon for 20 years and is a former member of congress from georgia. he now serves as the secretary of the department of health and human services and is at the center of the health care debate in america. >> and secretary price, our audience is obviously very, very eager to hear your answers to their questions. but first, dana and i have a few questions we'd hike like to get. first, in your effort to repeal and replace obamacare, you talk about impving access, access health care. but president trump promised quote, insurance for everybody during the campaign, not just access to insurance for everyone. how will this plan live up to the president's promise? >> good to be with you and the wonderful folks here in the audience. i really appreciate the opportunity. serving as only the third physician to head the health and human services department it real shri really is an incredible honor. you have individuals who don't have access to care and some of them

and as we work to pass this first bill, rest assured, our administration is also working with dr. tom price over at health and human services, and with seema verma at the center of medicaid services to give states like the florida the freedom and flexibility to help your most vulnerable in the ways that are going to be best for you. just this past week, they sent a letter to governor scott and other state leaders around the country saying, and i quote, that a new era for federal and state medicaid partnership has begun. and so it has. you know, the fact is, and i say this as a governor state of indiana, the fact is, florida is a unique state with unique needs. and this administration know, it's state-based solutions designed by your governor, are the best way to give better coverage and get better health care outcomes, particularly for the most vulnerable citizens across the state of florida. and under president trump's leadership, lastly, just know this. we're going to give the american people the freedom to buy health insurance across state lines. the way you buy life insurance, the

amy: that is dr. tom price. >> that shows a shocking level of ignorance for our highest health official in the country. what they're doing is robbing money from the medicaid program, robbing money from the state, incentivizing states to cut people off of medicaid instead of being looked at the eligibility was here, they're changing it to every six months. instead of letting people have retroactive medicaid if they get into an accident and go into a coma that goes backwards for a month while you are in a coma, they're getting rid of that. they're basically incentivizing the states to cut off medicaid for low income and working people. in we will have no more medicaid program for them. the fact he does not understand how the numbers were derived by the congressional budget office -- by the way, which were rosier than the white house's own numbers. he is in the white house will stop can't he read the report? >amy: unless that is his intention. >> are pretending to obscure facts, which seems to be the plan he

department of health and human services secretary dr. tom price will be here live, and no joke. >> as far as wire tapping i guess, you know, by this past administration, at least we have something in common. >> the fbi director heads to congress to testify tomorrow. will he tell them that the president's evidence-free wire tapping allegation is a lie? plus, travel ban battle. a judge overturns the president's do-over and uses his own words against him. >> an unprecedented judicial overreach. >> will the president push his case all the way to the supreme court? and the best political minds will be here with insights on what happens next. >> hello. i'm jake tapner washington where the state of our union is currently on lockdown, well, not literally but secret service alarms halt the white house have gone off twice in fewer than 24 hours. late last night police arrested a man who drove his car up to the white house checkpoint and claimed to have a bomb inside. bomb technicians have so far not found a device. this just hours after another man ju

thank you, dr. tom mason, for many years of dedicated service to the great state of tennessee, and our nation. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. green, or five minutes. mr. green: thank you very much, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i will say today what i said when we were passing the affordable care act, working to pass it, what we said when we were having some 79 witnesses, approximately, to appear, over a o-year period, having 79 arings and correction, 181 witnesses, many more witnesses. i said then that i would fight to make sure that health care would not become wealthcare in the richest country in the world. and i still stand on that basic premise. we cannot allow health care to become wealthcare in the richest country in the world. wealth care where the wealthy will receive the very best care that's available and the poor will get care, but it won't be health care, it'll be sickness care. it'll be sickness

coordinated push to replace obamacare we will get a progress report from health & human services head dr. tom price and have plenty of political analysis. all straight ahead on "face the nation". >> dickerson: good morning and welcome to "face the nation", i am john dickerson. the senate intelligence committee was already investigating russian efforts to med until the 2016 election but yesterday the president opened a whole new set of questions by accusing his predecessor, president obama of wiretapping trump's campaign headquarters and this morning, the president has asked congressional committees to investigate. we are going to try to sort through all of this today and we begin with the top democrat on the senate intelligence committee mark warner, senator, let's start with the claims by the president he tweeted that he on saturday that he had just found out obama had quote unquote my wires tapped in trump tower just before the victory, nothing found. he called it mccarthyism. what do you make of this? >> well, john, let's step back for a moment and look at what we do know. we know that we

we also know that the secretary of health and human services, dr. tom price, is working from a regulatory standpoint to try to do everything he can to stablize the insurance market and to make sure that people continue to have some choices. i think this is fundamentally a test of our principles, whether we actually believe in more choices and competition and, my firm conviction is, choices and competition improve the quality of a service and quality of a product. that is really one of the foundational principles upon which our economy is based. and i think it also works in health care but we haven't had that since obamacare passed. >> live now to london for british prime minister's question time. each week the house of commons is in session we he bring you prime minister theresa may taking questions from the members of the house of commons wednesday mornings here on c-span2. we invite your participation via twitter using the hashtag, pmq. live now to the floor of the british house of commons. >> with the results how we thought so far. >> seamus the voic

sara, you saw dr. tom price saying you have to look at the whole plan. on board. the problem is getting it through the house. they have to move in a way far in the opposite direction of where democrats want to go. >> here's the thing. necessity is the mother of invention. republicans, after having campaigned for seven years on repealing and replacing obamacare have to come to terms with a bill that can get through the house and senate. >> to get it through the house, you have to do more medicaid cuts. speed up the changes in medicaid to get it through the senate, you have to put more money into medicaid. >> i think conservatives in the house, while having been strongly opposed to the bill are now saying the right things. which is, they're looking at it. they're -- they're looking at amendments. i think president trump deserves some props here. >> he's working hard. >> he's working it very hard. he's going to be in kentucky on monday. working behind the scenes. not commenting on individual provisions. i think ultimately, republicans have no choice. >> and

authors of this today, but the person who really crafted thisfd bill when he was a congressman was dr. tom price. he is now the secretary of health and human services and it is his job now to shepherd this not only through the congress, but also implement it if it is getting to the point where p president trump is going to be able to sign this into law. this is how secretary tomorrowsr price described what the goal of this effort is today. the goal of all of this is to patient centered healthcare where patients and families and doctors are making medical decisions and not the federal government. for thend the house introduction of the billl yesterday and we look forward to working with all individuals in this > now to be clear about this, though, not all conservativesera are on board with this. bright barton news tonight calling this obamacare 2.0. senators ted cruz, senators rand paul, senators mike lee all having very big concerns about the costs of all of this and the fact that this bill was not scored by the congressional budget office. theice. that is the non-partisan officee up here

if you don't like it, government is making it come quicker. >> tom: dr. eat at this restaurant or would you want people to handle your food? >> i would pass on the ketchup, that's for sure. are these robots even documented? >> tom: they've got to be american robots. thank you very much to my entire panel, i am tom shillue. have a good night. birthday wish. >> bret: an all-nighter on the new health care legislation but can the leadership and the administration convince conservative republicans to sign on? and in-depth interview with vice president mike pence. this is "special report" ." good evening. welcome to washington. i am bret baier. will have an extended interview with vice president pence in a few moments. first off, president trump and the leadership team working the hard and soft sell to try to get reluctant conservatives to go along with the obamacare repeal and replace bill called the american health care act. the soft sell com

health and human services secretary, dr. tom price speaking out after the congressional budget office released their report on the new gop bill... the american health care act.according to the report, 14 million more people would be uninsured next year under the new plan compared with the existing plan... and a staggering 24 million by 20-26.secretary price says the report only looked at a portion of the plan that was released a week ago. dr tom price / hhs secretary: "they also ignored completely the other legislative activities that we'll be putting in place that will make certain we have an insurance market that actually works."lawmakers who have criticized the health care act says republicans should pull the bill. rep. nancy pelosi / (d) california: "numbers are important.they see the numbers and they should see how that transfers into people's lives." butt sot sen. chuck schumer / -d- new york: "the head of cbo has confirmed what we democrats have been saying all along. trump care will be a nightmare for the american people

legislative agenda is the repeal and replacement of obamacare, health & human services secretary dr. tom price joins us from atlanta to give us an update. secretary price, the president said that he would have a replacement for affordable care act on day one and then more recently he said it was more complicated an issue, healthcare that anyone would have guessed. where is. does the president's plan stand at this point. >> john, thank you so much, so good to be with you today. before i answer that let me just say it is an incredible privilege for me to serve it is a health & human services secretary. the mission of hhs is to improve the health and safety and well-being of the american people, and right now, across the country, there are many individuals who have a challenge from healthcare access and cost of insurance in the individual and small group market and that's what we want to focus on, and there are literally millions of folks who have either, unable to afford their insurance or pay a premiums, premiums are up 25 percent over the last year, almost 100 percent over the last three

lowry: joining us is dr. tom price. director of health and human services. [applause] he came to that job just a little more than a month ago. having been thrown into th

lowry: joining us is dr. tom price. director of health and human services. [applause] he came to that job just a little more than a month ago. having been thrown into the firestorm you are thrown into. he has been at the center of the health care debate on the republican side at least since coming to congress in 2005. he represented georgia's sixth district in the house since 2005. before that, you were a state legislator. before that, a practicing physician. surgeon at emory. we want to talk about the health care debate today. a better't ask for guide to talk to about a sense of where the debate is. we would like to start is what is going on with the bill? wherarthings on the hill? maybe the place to start is the nature of the problem. before we get to the legislation entering the position you're entering with the enormous experience you bring to bear and thinking about what health care policies for, what challenges it meets, how did you think about the problem to be solved as it confronts you and congress and the president? sec. price: thanks for the oppor

lowry: joining us is dr. tom price. director of health and human services. [applause] he t

phase two will allow dr. tom price to set up a regulatory framework keeping with the patient-centric system. interstate mobility of healthcare so you can buy and sell health insurance across state lines and drug price and tort reform. it's all there. howie: one of the reasons the president has a problem with parts of the conservative party is when he ran he made it clear that no one would lose their coverage. so now he's in an ideological fire with people who want to do away with more of it. would you concede that? >> there is nothing to concede. the president is trying to repeal and replace obamacare with a better system. it's existed for 7 years. preexisting conditions and these young adults on their parents plans until 26 are two pieces important to americans. that's part of his plan where he's repealing and replacing. i think this is donald trump at his best, the deal maker, the decision maker. this is the guy who is listening as president of the united states. the democratic party is nowhere to be found exce