mcintosh, editor of share blue, and msnbc political analyst and former rand paul campaign adviser elise jordanse, playing a little bit of your old boss' sound there, what he said earlier -- your thought here -- and i'm guessing you're not surprised by what he said. >> i think it's shocking that the gop has had seven years to get together on a bill and the bill that now is put forward is so divisive to so many people like my former boss, senator paul, are calling it obamacare lite and aren't satisfied with the changes inherent in the bill and senator tom cotton, staunch ally of the trump white house coming out and saying this bill will not pass. i think it's looking very gloomy for this potential obamacare replacement to actually go anywhere right now. >> i want to get some response and those critical from the left. and bernie sanders, one of those who have spoken out about this certainly not only during the campaign and in terms of health care and what the solutions might be but now also what will be proposed by republicans. let's take a listen. >> 5 to 10 million people will lose their health

bush white house and the state department, elise jordan. and in washington, senior political analyst for nbc news and msnbc mark halpern. and "the new york times" reporting jeremy peters. a full house this morning and get into it. a check o president trump's j approval numbers this morning. the gallup traing poll, the daily poll, shows 39 approve of the job he is doing and 56% d disproofing. 56% disapprove. 17% approve of this plan and 61% disapprove the way trump is handling willing health care process. 20% say it should be completely repealed and 27% say it should be left intact. you put all of those numbers together and highly unpopular bill with an increasingly unpopular president doesn't bode well for the passage of this thing today. >> no. i'm not the good at this politics thing, willie, but those numbers look really, really bad. holy molle! mark halpern you were in the belly of the beast yesterday and in the woody allen movie where your face was implanted in the great moment of our time. you were everywhere. talk about what the house

my thanks to elise jordan and joel benneson. you guys are like champs. thanks so much.ll be back at some point this afternoon. right now more news with my friend hallie jackson. good to see you. >> good to see you, too, pal. good morning from washington where right now the washington is getting ready for the arrival of german chancellor angela merkel. and just this morning, tom price is getting everybody to support health care. and we'll talk to kathy mcmorris rogers. and frankly, the white house tried to defend the president's unproven wiretap claim. he tweeted that nearly two weeks ago now. but it's another tweet just moments ago from the president aiming a verbal warning shot at north korea, you can see it here telling them they're behaving very badly, all of it as the secretary of state puts the option of military action on the table. there is a lot to talk about on this friday. our power house team is here. chris jansing is on the set, susan davis, margaret tolive and national political reporter for "the washington post" robert costa. thank you all for being with u

. >>> let's bring in elise jordan and a columnist for time, and peter erso a huffington post contributor who has worked for three democratic administrations. good afternoon to both of you. let me start with this town hall with senator lindsey graham in south carolina. were you able to listen in? it was rowdy at the beginning, let me get your take. >> i was, you know, it was surprising he -- senator graham went in immediately saying that we had to have some kind of bipartisan solution to healthcare. speaking about how president trump had indicated that was going to be his attitude going forward. and then senator graham pledged to also support that process. it's something that he would be someone who would be more emenabeme amenable to reaching across the aisle to reach a solution. definitely was indicating that the party isn't completely giving up. >> i have to say, this man, puts himself in front of these people. in the beginning they were booing and it was a bit rowdy. he still talks to them. there are a lot of people who believe these are the town halls that swayed what happened where

elise jordan, hairnld our panel.k about wiretapping, but i want to get one other aspect of healthcare oumt of our system before we move on. single payer, why not have single payer in this country? >> i don't think it's off the table with the trump administration. i really don't. donald trump professs support of it in the past. and here you look at steve bannon's philosophy, he really is all about the middle class in talking about workers, you know the bailouts, and how it really you know screwed overworkers. so i don't think it's off the table completely with this administration. >> culturally, we're different. aspects of single payer i like. we are countries where you know three-quarters or more of dollars spent on health care, the last 12, 18 months of life. if you go to a single payer, you compromise, the system will make different choices. we as a culture have to make different choices. >> some kids with single payers, though, have healthier people for longer. >> you need a salesman to sell that idea. donald trum

joined by nbc news presidential history, michael, ann geren and elise jordan, former adviser for senator rand paul's presidential campaign. welcome to all of you. michael, let me start with you. i want to play for you a few of president trump's themes last night. and then with your historical perspective, i want to find out which you think is the most realistic or likely to get done? >> we will soon begin the construction of a great, great wall along our southern border. we're also taking great measure to protect our nation from radical islamic terrorism. i believe real and positive immigration reform is possible. the time has come for a new program of national rebuilding. tonight i am also calling on this congress to repeal and replace obamacare. >> we got a big, big wall, isis, obamacare, immigration reform. when you think we're talking about this a year from now, what do you think we'll see real progress on? >> we'll get this is a classic trump opening position in negotiation. everything we know about the way he negotiated as a business person was he asked for it all at the beginning.

we have robby mook, former campaign manager for hillary clinton, elise jordan, msnbc political analyst and former rand paul campaign senior adviser, ari melber is with us, and malcolm nance there. hi, malcolm. let me go to you, elise, real quick. this is -- rand paul has come out. he's one of the senior republicans who have come out and said this health care bill's going nowhere. >> and he's followed by senator tom cotton and senator ted cruz. i think you're seeing formidable opposition against ryancare, essentially, and the messaging out of the white house is not terribly enthusiastic for this bill. you have president trump immediately out of the gates saying, this is up for negotiation. this is the last thing the speaker wants to hear about a bill that he felt was pretty ready to go. i think this bill is really in trouble. >> that's going to be another line of questioning. malcolm nance, i feel safer with you around. now i feel like i can look at my microwave as it's heating up my porridge and not think it's listening to me. what do you think of the debunking of the allegation that t

mike barnicle and elise jordan are both still with us.he conversation, former director of the cia and nsa now a principle at the chur took group. his book "playing on the edge american intelligence in the age of terror," is now out in paperback. also joining us on capitol hill, a political reporter for "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst, robert costa. joe, take it away. >> general hayden, so much to talk to you about. but before we get into the obvious questions, i just want to underline for americans watching who see this as political intrigue, the stakes involved. north korea has fired another missile. the danger they present to the united states is growing greater by the day. in their first meeting, barack obama and donald trump spoke and barack obama said the greatest challenge that you face is not obamacare, it is north korea. they have got a missile that may be able to reach seattle in four years within your presidency. and now you have the president -- this president of the united states, the 45th president of the un

former white house deputy staff secretary under president clinton, david goodfriend and elise jordan,ical analyst. thanks for being here. let's start with ohio. elise, how is -- it seems like john casic, who has been very critical of donald trump in the past, that he doesn't have a thing really to lose here. and he is trying to split the difference. >> governor casic has really navigated an interesting vantage point in the republican party when it comes to opposing donald trump. now i think he's speaking honestly about the concerns that he has for his constituents who will be very angry if their health care is ripped out from under them abruptly without a reasonable replacement. that's what all these governors are dealing with, and senators and congressmen and women who have to ultimately answer to their constituents, who have serious concerns now that there might be an abrupt obamacare repeal. >> abrupt obamacare repeal in these democratic states, blue states led by conservative governors, who stands to lose here? as i was saying in the introduction here, many of them are still tryin

. >>> one last word with mike pesica and elise jordan.el that stuck around diligently for us on this tuesday morning. college basketball. you guys are huge fans. national championship monday night. who are we predicting is in the game and who are we predicting wins it. you were a sports guy. >> yes. i just hope south carolina makes it. >> my man! >> i love the player stormwell. he is awesome. >> it would be nice. >> women's basketball i am rooting for mississippi state clearly. >> that game against baylor was the best men or women's game in the tournament. >> have to be honest with you. i am from south carolina, pulling for the gamecocks in the men's tournament and also in the women's tournament. i wonder if we are at the point where any women's basketball team other an uconn winning would be good for women's basketball. >> i think so. i think it's always good to have the spoiler effect and to not not just one huge powerhouse but have other challenges especially from all over the country, come in and divide a conquer. >> when ucla was win

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elise jordan an msnbc panelist and adviser to the rand paul campaign and natalie aczar, a medical contributor. what a trifecta. even democrats said obamacare was a first shot. this needs to get tweaked. when you look at what we have now received, what is your take? >> well, i think it backs up against the law. i think paul ryan and the republicans think -- >> whoa, whoa, oa, why back-up against t wall? >> they haven't had a plan. they said they were going to repeal and replace obamacare and offered nothing up. now, it's not something with the i's dotted and t's crossed. he wants committees to vote on it without a cbo score. it's the height of irresponsibility. he's going to cut his credibility if he goes down that path. >> this is the concern of conservatives in the house and the senate. just a little bit of breaking news, the freedom caucus is coming out at 3:00 p.m. to say we should go back to the 2015 full repeal. we have to talk about this and fully repeal obamacare and have an open and transparent debate on what actually is going to be in the replacement. >> dr. natalie, i love saying th

bush white house and the state department, elise jordan.or having me. >> last night at a republican party fund-raiser, president trump continued his pitch to pass the republican health care bill. >> that legislative effort begins with thursday's crucial vote. and it really is a crucial vote for the republican party and for the people of our country. to finally repeal and replace the disaster known as obamacare. it's what it is. a disaster. >> so a look at the numbers. nbc news head count shows 27 republican no votes right now. that is more than they can afford to pass it. senator rand paul estimates that number to be about 35. in the last few days, the bill was modified to try to woo both conservative house members and more secentrist senators. the president told republicans behind closed doors pass it or lose seats. in a meeting yesterday morning the president called out mark meadows saying, quote. mark, did you hear that? you can blame me, trump said, according to a source in the room, oh, mark i'm going to come after you. trump added dra

bush white house and state department's elise jordan and on capitol hill, political reporter for thel analyst robert costa. >> speaking of casablanca, look at the fog. straight out of casablanca. >> and in new orleans, best-selling author, walter isaac. >> i have to start with bob costa. you're starting down washington, smoking your cigar. >> got your hat on. >> walking your bulldog. you have your reporter's hat on with a couple of tickets to the hockey game stiking out of it, spit out your cigar and your phone rings and it's the president of the united states. what's going on, costa? you're suppose d to be an enemy of the people. >> fake news. >> what happened was i was working on a story with trump about deal maker and poking around the white house and capitol about a week about this. i put in an interview request aa few days earlier hoping the president would want to talk i hadn't spoken to him since he had been inaugurated. friday afternoon i was surprised he called to do the interview. i didn't think he was going to do an interview at all. we started to do an interview right on