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>> i'd have to disagree with john boehner. i like john boehner. i had the honor of working with john boehner, but i absolutely disagree with him. let me say this. paul ryan, mike pence, tom price, and kevin brady, the four key players, have a plan right now. i can promise you they could roll it out tomorrow if they were given the green light to do so. as you know, they're trying to figure out paul ryan not only has to pass it in the house. he'll be able to do that, but how do you get 60 votes in the senate, and how do you take care of the political nuances and check all the boxes that you need to check in order to get some of the democrats on board? but i can promise you tom price and mike pence and paul ryan and kevin brady, they just haven't thought about this. they've been thinking about it for years. this thing has been in gestation. they're ready to roll. but the politics is a little bit trickier. so, you know, i think we're going to see a good plan. i think that it is going to empower the states. it is going to reduce the cost of health care

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it's always fun to here boehner saying it in his john boehner way.ere it is. >> the framework is going to stay there. coverage for kids up to age 26. covering those with preexisting conditions. all of that is going to be there. all this happy talk that went on in november and december and january about repeal, repeal, repeal. yeah, we'll do replace, replace. i started laughing because, if you pass repeal without replace, first, anything that happens is your fault. >> so avik, i think more and more republicans are finding that out at these town halls. where is this headed? if you have this freedom caucus -- i know who you are talking about. 50 votes in the house that just say, repeal it, period. there is no replace. repeal it. there isn't another 50 votes of democrats willing to help out the republicans. how do they do this? >> well, chuck, i wouldn't even say the freedom caucus is the obstacle here. the house republican leadership is developing legislation that they expect will be out within days or weeks according to paul ryan. he said it would be o

the former speaker to come out and say that admit -- >> neil: but to be fair -- >> that's why john boehner >> i agree. >> neil: one thing -- >> that's why he was replaced. >> neil: but this was the same speaker boehner that was very close to a budget agreement with the president. the president pulled the wool out from him. so a hutspa -- >> sounds like a caucus pulled it out from under him. >> neil: anyway, i don't know what that means. i guess it means you have the r ner nerve. okay. rachel, i thought this was repeal and replace on obamacare and affordable care act. it's a big unwieldy thing but does little to revive the economy and get the growth rate picked up like a dramatic tax cut. i thought they were placing the cart before the horse. if this gets divisive, they might be pushing that tax thing back a lot. that is going to hurt them in the mid-term election. what do you think? >> i think they can walk and chew gum at the same time. >> neil: i don't think they can. i don't think either party can do that. >> they're -- well, here's the deal. right now people are nervous, right? the dev

john boehner is having the time of his life speaking his mind.se, the people who are most aggressive in that caucus about repealing and replacing are the people who be deviled john boehner throughout his speakership and the reason that he left. it's been this on going problem. the republican party for six years when after repeal and replace, they were going to remove obamacare. now they have the responsibility of doing it and they're coming head on with the reality that there are many elements of that program that people very much like, and that if you remove some and not others, the whole thing can collapse. it can be a house of cards. so i think you're going to have a bill that says repeal and replace because they promised to repeal and replace obamacare. but inside that bill, you're going to see what john boehner forecast, which is more of a modification of obamacare than a replacement of obamacare. >> can i do a quick one? we remember back in the bush years carl rov being the brain. do you think all this about steve bannon is overblown, or is

. >> former house speaker john boehner hoping republicans won't be able to - - . we'll debate next.ithout them you're conducting business with an armpit on the side of your head. that's not just some battery. that's a duracell battery. that's a power you can trust. we need your password so we can lock down the system. my password? yes, sir, we need your password. the password that i use? yes, sir, your password. there's been another breach! sir! right. okay. i-h-a... ...t-e-m-y-j-o-b-1. ihatemyjob1? wanna get away? now you can with southwest fares as low as 59 dollars one-way. yes to low fares with nothing to hide. that's transfarency. sfx: clap, clap, ding ♪ (music pla♪ throughout) ♪ ♪ ♪ announcer: get on your feet for the nastiest, most terrifying bull in the state of texas. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (crowd cheers) ♪ >> we hadn't seen john boehner in awhile, but making some bold predictions about the future of obama care. said yesterday repealing and replacing the affordable care act won't happen because republicans can never agree on health care. here it is. >> all this happy talk went on in nov

. >> reporter: senator, former speaker john boehner predicted that obamacare repeal and replacement isn't to happen. is he wrong? >> predicted what? >> reporter: speaker boehner this morning predicted that repeal and replacement isn't going to happen. >> i sure hope he's wrong. we need to do that. it's a commitment we made to the american people and we need to keep it. >> reporter: now, expect march to be a critical time for the republicans in congress to start that process of repealing obamacare, replacing obamacare. but the question, brianna, is whether or not any of the lawmakers who have been getting an earful back home from their constituents, whether they change their minds at all. because there is a very small margin for error in the house and the senate, if there are denede ne defections of more than two in the senate. a lot of efforts in the coming months will be a critical period as well. >> it sure will be, manu raju, thank you for that. senior political contributor michael nutter, the former democratic mayor of philadelphia, and beverly hallberg, a conservative strategist atte

john boehner is right. they have come around to the point of view that i have been at this piece of legislation was not perfect but it d did a lot of good. let's fix it. if that's where they get into the next couple of weeks that would be a gotted thing. very have explaining to do because they told the people that this is awful and it needs to go away now they are saying no, it's not. >> thank you, very much. >> thank you. >>> president trump will speak at cpac. that was a controversial decision. co founder the tea party who had this to say last year. >> donald trump loves himself first, last, and everywhere in between. he loves himself more than our country. he loves himself more than the constitution. he doesn't you or me or the tea party. donald trump has no business thinking he tea party. >> jeannie cofounder of the tea part. nice to see you. have you rethought this? >> well, we did rethink it during the general election after the primary was over. we went back to the sport irn colluding the two million

former house speaker john boehner.an on stage chat in florida, boehner said the president and congress will repair, not repealing obamacare. >> i shouldn't call it repeal and replace. basically he will fix the flaws and put a more conservative box around it. it's not all that hard to figure out. except this, in the 25 years i served in the united states congress, republicans never ever one time agreed on a health care proposal. not once. all of this happy talk went on in november, december and january about repeal, repeal. we'll do replace. i started laughing because if you pass repeal without replace, first, anything that happens is your fault. >> former speaker also weighed in on the first month of the trump administration. saying the trump administration will likely look much like the trump campaign. divisive and incoherent and sometimes disrespectful. >>> will the u.s. make a long term strategy to stay in iraq? it could happen. more next. ♪ there's nothing more important than your health. so if you're on medicare o

john boehner said it will not happen. it is just happy talk.hen he heard the president say it will happen quickly. he said republicans never, ever agreed on what a health care proposal looked like. i started laughing. to boehner's supporters said he is telling the truth that obamacare will be repaired and not replaced. activist want to see action on the hill and promises fulfilled and sean spicer said it is full speed ahead on that. martha. mar are mar joining us is mark kasen and julie who is a fox news contributor. good to have you. i want to reare place that moment with sean spicer in the briefing room today. >> i predicted a full repeal and replace is not going to happen. >> press secretary spicer: we'll end up with a more accessible plan to allow more doctors and providers. >> martha: we are about to hear from mike pence and the white house needs to be on the next. how do you read it? >> the republicans need only 51 votes to repeal obamacare. but most of the things they want to do with obamacare they need 60 votes to do that and they need

john boehner did show the way out.art: what john boehner had to say would not make conservatives happy. ashley: no. stuart: but it would make investors happy. ashley: yes. stuart: because john boehner said look, fix it. tinker with it. don't repeal an reform the whole thing. you haven't got time. liz: he is common sense. in my 25 years i never seen any republican come up with a replacement plan that they all agreed on. and that is the problem with republican party. that is reason why john boehner is the former speaker because there is a new sheriff in town. they do know how to do it. this is what we want to have done. we've rejected the old gop, the republican party that couldn't get anything done. now they can. stuart: okay. raucous applause. the president has taken the stage. let's listen to this. ♪ ♪ i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free, and i won't forget the men who died to gave this life to me, i gladly stand up, next to you and defend her still today, but there ain't no doubt i love land, g

former house speaker john boehner. >> all this happy talk that went on in november and december and january about repeal, repeal, repeal. we'll do replace, replace. i started laughing because if you pass repeal without replace, first, anything that happens is your fault. you broke it. but most of the affordable care act, the framework, is going to stay there. robert: what's fueling this newfound activism out will? molly: the activism at the town halls i think is largely organic. the president and others have said that this is all paid protesters, that they're all being ginned up by george soros and the teachers' unions. but you cannot buy protests this big both because it would cost too much money and because this kind of passion only come when people are really excited about something. there was a progress i movement in this country before donald trump got elected and many of those organizations are trying to piggyback on the grassroots anger that's out there. but i think very similar to the tea party in 2009, there is a legitimate organic groundswell of public anger out there and it's flo

and let's listen to house speaker john boehner on exactly doug's point. >> i shouldn't call it repeal and replace, because that's not what's going to happen, they're basically going to fix the flaws and put a more conservative box around it. if you pass and repeat without replace, because their will never, every agree on what the bill should be. in the 35 years i served in congress, republicans never, ever, one time agreed on what a health care proposal should look like, not once. >> so is boehner being more honest than some republicans in congress right now in terms of what they have promised? >> no, i think john boehner is a guy that obviously didn't know how to lead on this issue, and that's why he's not in that position anymore. he was an incredibly weak leader. let's talk about that obamacare poll that you just put up a minute ago. one of the reasons that that number is so high, is the democrats have done a great job at getting their fearmongering out that you're going to lose your health care. congress has said, the president has said that there not -- you do not have to worry g

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that was around marco rubio, i want to share what john boehner said. >> they will fix obamacare.dn't call it repeal and replace. they are going to fix the flaws and put a more conservative box around it. >> all right. so, congressman, if that is essentially what's going to happen, just tweak it and put a new box around it, that's a really reasonable idea. what does that mean for democrats? you spent so much time and effort putting together obamacare. if they just improve it, repackage it and put trump care on the cover, are you okay with that? president obama said i don't care what you call it as long as people get covered. >> it's interesting coming from the guy that wanlts to repeal it, coming to the realization of how difficult it is. we have known for a while they have been uncomfortable doing away with the goodies, all the sweets that are in the affordable care act, staying on until 26 years of age, lifetime caps removed, pre-existing conditions, all the things they are very uncomfortable at removing. they are trying to tweak it and change it to what is more uncomfortable. t

kennedy: john boehner, between john boehner and john brennan, i'm kind of sick from hearing from the johns who are no longer in power. it's like the mother-in-law in the back seat telling you how to drive he where. >> it's looking grim for that. the governor, that's funny, they don't have much juice over trump as much as trump does to pull fund away from them. when you get a regular guy like trump in there that had campaign promises, obamacare is so intricately tied into so many other thing. the irs, medicaid, that you can't just yank this thing out and put something else in. he's finding out this is a lot more difficult. kennedy: oftentimes at the end of a presidency we see this kind of energy to cement a legacy. he's just trying to cement the promises he made to people as quickly as possible as though he knows the quick sand he's running on will give way and he's going to sink. >> trump said earlier today about healthcare, he said it's an unbelievably complex statement. nobody knew how complicated it was except anyone who gave it 10 seconds of thought. i almost cursed and i can't d

unlike john boehner, i can't read minds and i can't tell fortunes.rong consensus in the house that the obamacare is collapsing on the american people. we're hearing the complaints constantly about that. more people are opting now to pay the tax penalty than to purchase a plan on the obamacare exchanges. that tells you a lot right there. but as we repeal it, we have got to be certain that we have fixed the problems that gave rise to obamacare. and i think that the deliberations in the house are moving very rapidly in that direction. >> so these town halls, a lot of the frustration that has been at these town halls has been about obamacare, right? >> yep. >> you yourself have held a few town halls. at one of them things got so heated that you had to be escorted out of the building. it was that tense of a moment. you still held other town halls after that. but that's not the case with some of your fellow republicans. earlier today, senator marco rubio was confronted about this at a hospital. he hasn't held a town hall. here he is. >> i saw these missing

why john boehner says washington will never repeal and replace obama care. live looks with the president there at the white house. and the peruvian leader with him. news is breaking now. let's get to it. >> shepard: first from the fox news deck, the white house is just frozen out media organizations that president trump has blasted as fake news. instead of holding the daily press briefing today, the press secretary sean spicer called what is called a gaggle with reporters behind closed doors. he would answer questions off camera. and he hand-picked which news organizations could attend. that is highly unusual. not included were "the new york times" newspaper, cnn and the website politico. that prompted boycotts. "time" magazine refused to attend the gaggle. the times editor says "nothing like this has ever happened at the white house in our long history of covering multiple administrations of different parties." free media access to a transparent government is of crucial national interest. the head of the white house correspondent's association has responded

over the years talk about the real problems with obamacare and the conclusion i came to is what john boehnering to happen and any conservative fix that would fix health care is not politically palatable. it cannot happen in the real world so i think what you're going to end up with is basically obamacare like with a few more tweaks and maybe a little more competition but it's not going to be any sort of grand conservative solution because it's not possible. the tentacles of obamacare are so deeply rooted and the only way to -- you would have to do dramatic change and i don't think there's the political will for that in america. >> all right. we will leave it there. abby and matt thank you very much. in the battle to retake mosul from isis iraq forces are reporting major success this morning. the breaking details are coming up next. you do all this research on a perfect car, then smash it into a tree. your insurance company raises your rates. maybe you should've done more research on them. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident.

. >> how are they reacting at the white house to the former speaker john boehner saying, you know whatg and replacing obama care. not going to happen. they probably could fix it and improve it a bit, but they're not going to get it through. >> a bit of truth serum. sometimes when you leave office, you have a more realistic perspective. the smartest thing to do is leave it alone. the reality is more people if you talk to them and really sort of get what they're really thinking, they believe john boehner is closer to right. he knows how difficult it was to write this bill in the first place. writing a whole new bill, very difficult. >> all right, guys. everybody, stand by. there's more developments happening. town halls turning tense as republican lawmakers face very angry crowds. we're going to go live to louisiana to hear the complaints, the concerns of constituen constituents. ves megared omega-3s... but did you know your eyes, your brain, and your joints really love them too? introducing megared advanced 4in1... just one softgel delivers the omega-3 power of two regular fish oil pill

i think that's what john boehner is saying.e never saw a single plan that all republicans could agree on in 25 years. don't ignore, despite vice president penn's comments last night the reality of town hall meetings where people were very concerned about the impact of taking away the current plan without understanding how they would get coverage for their medical emergencys and potentially catastrophic things. >> shannon: exactly. as i talked about yesterday, there were horrible crazy town hall meetings in the words of the critics back then in 2009 about this when they were getting ready to pass obamacare. democrats were great, we heard you at the meetings but they all voted for obamacare without a single gop vote. something to remember, the congressional budget office, nonpartisan has made dire predictions about republicans if they repeal without some kind of replace ready to go. they said that increase of uninsured in the first year would go to 18 million people. premiums would spike 20 to 25%. they estimate up to 32 million

something that former house speaker john boehner said last week, he never should have sold it as repeal and replace, what's going to happen is they're going to end up fixing it, improving the law and putting a conservative box around it. and the reason they're gotting to repeal and replace and replace it. because all of these years of his time in capitol hill, republicans couldn't agree on a health care plan. >>> and i want to now bring in david gergen, cnn's political analyst. before we talk about the president's speech and other things, i want to talk about news just in to cnn, cnn is confirming that phillip bergen, trump's pick for navy secretary. and the president's pick for army secretary withdrew, what's your reaction? >> one of the things donald trump has done is go for very successful people to be in these positions, and that means they're usually wealthy and that also means they've got very tangled finances. so the apparently secretary nominee, couldn't get past the government ethics questions to go forward with the nomination. but i also think it underscores, dana, the -- some

. >> john boehner says they're not going to replace it but they'll repair it. >> the absence of complaining and attacking it, was that a strategic error. >> republicans have had plans, the challenge is coalesing of the plan. ultimately, i think it is going to be important for republicans to coalesce around something even if it is a bear bone replacement for the affordable care act that gets them to a year from now. they're in a difficult posture and position and you are seeing these in these town halls. >> thank you everybody on a thursday night. ron fournier and lanhee chen. >> coming up next. this is "the 11th hour" on msnbc. so tell us your big idea for getting the whole country booking on choice hotels.com. four words, badda book. badda boom... let it sink in. shouldn't we say we have the lowest price? nope, badda book. badda boom. have you ever stayed with choice hotels? like at a comfort inn? yep. free waffles, can't go wrong. i like it. promote that guy. get the lowest price on our rooms, guaranteed. when you book direct at choicehotels.com. book now. >>> our current president came o

cheryl: i want to get your take, we had heard from, from former house speaker john boehner and i want read you this because he said, basically that a full repeal and replacement of obamacare is quote, not going to happen. so that is what he said. but then, in response to what boehner said, that you're seeing right there, sean spicer this afternoon, actually responded to a question along the same vain. listen to what sean spicer said in response to boehner. >> i think what we're going to end up with is something i talked about over and over again. we'll end up with a more accessible plan that will allow people to see more doctors, have more providers and drive costs down. cheryl: that is the white house's response to this criticism, and john boehner saying, don't do this. >> i agree with sean spicer on this because we can see a future, where there are health savings accounts. where you know what you're buying. price transparency. insurance goes back what it was intended for, to cover catastrophic hospitalization, emergency room visits. if you want more bells and whistles you buy more b

here is senator tom. >> john boehner in his speech said that they are not going to repeal obamacare. they are going to repair it. is that how this will end up looking to a vast majority of people? it is basically a repair of obamacare? >> we have had four elections about obamacare. and in three of those elections, republicans will make big victories, because we promised to repeal obamacare and fix the health care system once and for all. that is what we are going to do. >> and the tough talk. a former campaign advisor is warning that speaker paul ryan has to go. if he cannot deliver on replacing obamacare. >> paul ryan is not doing his job. if he cannot do is his job as a speaker to hold the republicans together and get a repeal and replace bill through, then somebody else should be speaker. brian has attached things to his version of the replacement buildout are very unpopular. he has to get on board with donald trump, because donald trump's program is popular. >> all right, no mincing words they are coming and the judge does not hold back. >> no, here is a problem that i see. and k

it is no longer apparently, according to my good friend john boehner, an easy decision to make about replacing. , or repealing. one of the things they governors i think have to pay attention to is the interest in block grants. that is an oxymoron, fully funded. i almost could say they will be. so the governors have to be quite careful that they do not end up with the shift of responsibility, because if they get that shift of responsibility without adequate lending it will be the shaft. they really have to be a alert and asking the right questions and seeking the right answers from folks here with this administration and members of congress. there is no easy solution to a problem of this magnitude. going to come in easily. they are going to have to work hopefully in a bipartisan way. that is always the hope. but whatever they do, they have to be sure they do not make a worse in the process of trying to make it better. i hope it does not surprise you that the fact that jim is a republican from vermont and these two are both democrats, i believe in everything they said. first of all, he

let's take a listen to what former speaker john boehner said about his expectations.ere it is. >> they'll fix obamacare. i shouldn't call it repeal and replace. that's not going to happen. we'll fix the flaws. >> is that what's going to happen? that seem kos contrast with what you suggest to me. what do you see happening here? >> well, i see congress take a very thoughtful approach to it. there is a commitment to repeal the affordable care act when you talk about the individual mandate to buy insurance and the employer mandate. i expect those to go away whenever you're looking at the medicaid expansion, part of the affordable care act. i expect much of that to be returned to the state and the tricky issue is to make sure you don't penalize those states that did medicaid expansion and you don't penalize those states that did not accept it and to equalize those in some fashion and the best way to do that is by working out a partnership arrangement on the financing and given the state's flexibility to cut the costs, serve and save money. that is the objective and i think

. >> what did you make of former speaker john boehner's some might call it a truth bomb when he said, obamacare's not getting repealed, it's getting repaired. >> well, i think, you know, i have a lot of respect for john boehner. he's my friend, he's my former speaker, and frankly, to a degree, he's right because there are elements of obamacare we will keep. if you look at the bill, we're certainly going to keep the portion that allows people to stay on their, you know, parents insurance until they're 26. we have said, the president's committed, that we're going to continue to make sure that people with preexisting conditions can afford and buy, purchase health care. and finally, and i specialize in this stuff, there's something called the indian health care improvement act that was separate and then added, that's staying in intact as well. the point is there's going to be elements you keep, that's absolutely true, but the replacements that we make will be major. it's not going to be tweaked, it's going to be substantially changed. >> let's talk about the other question that i was rais

former house speaker john boehner, remember him, speaking in florida today said republicans ultimately aren't going to repeal and replace obamacare after all. >> i should haven't called it repeal and replace, that's not what's going to happen. they're basically going to fix the flaws and put a more conservative box around it. >> joining me now, republican congressman leonard lance of new jersey who last night hosted a very contentious town hall of his own. isn't there something beautifully american about voters yelling at their elected representatives? >> it happens all the time and i believe in a beautiful america, chris. >> do you enjoy them? >> i enjoyed yesterday's town hall meeting. i so enjoyed it that i'm doing another one saturday morning, chris. >> i want to show, just to give a flavor of what these look like for you. here's someone asking you about impeachment at a town hall. take a listen. >> do you support impeachment? [ cheers and applause ] >> now is the time to put country before party. >> i feel betrayed, all of us feel betrayed because you have flip-flopped on your pos

former house speaker john boehner saying obamacare may not be replaced au ed at all. >> well, i think they'll do, i think they'll fix obama care. i shouldn't have called it repeal and replace. that's not what's going to happen. basically, we're going to fix the flaws and put a more conservative box around it. >> previewing mr. trump's speech, vice president mike pence had a different reaction. while knocking down angry voters. >> let me assure you, america's obamacare nightmare is about to end. [ cheers and applause ] you know, despite the best efforts of liberal activists at town halls around the country, the american people know better. obamacare has failed. and it must go. >> pence wasn't the only one who took the cpac stage. chief strategist and former breitbart chief steve bannon was there. bringing his fighting words with him. >> reporter: a trump team takeover at a conservative conference. stepping out of the shadows of the west wing, one of the president's most trusted advisors in a rare public appearance. >> i want to thank you for finally invite megato cpac. >> reporter: tha

. >>> but n another notable republican john boehner questioning president ability to >> revamping obamacare with concerns about taxes, social security, medicare and transgender rights issues have become the center piece of increasingly deviceive and rock us republican town halls nationwide. >> in tweet earlier this week president trump app caused so-called angry crowds as being planned out by liberal ak sgliingts i'm not a paid protester. >> and today cpac he again ripped media after story surfaced overnight suggesting white house chief of staff unsuccessfully tried to get fbi to speak out about accusations some of the president's top campaign aids were in "russian officials during the election. >> they should not be allowed to use sources unless they use somebody's name let their name be put out there let's their name be put out. >> attention with the media house gagle today where some news outlets including cnn and "new york times" were excluded from participating. in washington, joe walden. fox news. >> j.c. penney closes up to 100 stores to improve online sales. that's 14% of stores and

. >> john boehner says they're not going to replace it but they'll repair it. >> the absence of complaining and attacking it, was that a strategic error. >> republicans have had plans, the challenge is coldlessalesci the plan. ultimately, i think it is going to be important for republicans to coalesce around something even if it is a bear bone replacement for the affordable care act that gets them to a year from now. they're in a difficult posture and positions a and you are see these in these town halls. >> thank you everybody on a thursday night. ron fournier and lanhee chen. >> coming up next. this is "the 11th hour" on msnbc. o insurance agency had helped the bears with homeowners insurance. o insurance agency they were able to replace all their items... ...including a new chair from crate and barrel. call geico and see how easy it is to switch and save on homeowners insurance. i'm not a customer, but i'm calling about that credit scorecard. give it. sure! it's free for everyone. oh! well that's nice! and checking your score won't hurt your credit. oh! i'm so proud of you. well thank yo

>> well, i'm afraid the former speaker, my friend john boehner, is right about this. remember that the pledge that the republican party and the republicans in congress made to repeal obamacare was made basically in 2009, '10 and '11 before obamacare was implemented. repeal at that time would not have been a big deal. we have hey six years of people signing up, the insurance companies marketed. >> 22 million americans. >> a big, big deal. the president is talking about even repeal and place. he doesn't want to throw 22 million people off the rolls. maybe they'll have a vote to repeal. i say it's not repeal and replace. it's repeal and very quickly restore an awful lot of what they repealed. >> a good way to put it. eugene this is dangerous territory for president trump. >> it's really interesting. it is dangerous, hazardous to one's political health to own the health care issue. >> absolutely. >> it's very dangerous to be the one who has to move on this. >> you may not know who gave you the health insurance but you'll sure as heck remember who took it away. >> in the p

congress is weighing in, you heard john boehner and kasich, where do you think things stand? >> complete chaos there is a very large amount of uncertainty among republicans and democrats in the white house about what happens. that is true on two fronts. the issues problem for republicans is they actually don't have a policy. there has been a leaked house draft, but that has not gone to any committees, it is not something that will get 50, 51 votes in the senate, much less the 60 because some would need democratic support so they are very much at the beginning of coming up with what replacement would come up and typing is a very difficult piece of it but the second thing you are really not seeing and more important than people are giving credit for. there is not a process really. you are just seeing leaked documents, you don't have a very structured house process for looking at a draft, nothing is really happening in the senate, it is unclear in the signals that are sent in kind of what involvement they want. that is actually a very bad sign on capitol hill. >> dickerson:, lan

but even former long-time house speaker john boehner was skeptical this week of republicans' ability to replace the law. >> they'll fix obamacare, i shouldn't have called it repeal and replace, because that's not what's fwg to happe -- going to happen. they're going to fix the flaws. >> save our health care! >> pressure is mounting, republicans lawmakers bombarded by angry constituents, many worried about dismantling obamacare. for people like brandi walker in arizona who has already had a double mastectomy, there are deep concerns about changing the law. >> i was 38 when i was diagnosed with cancer. so i'm still pretty young, and it would be difficult for me to afford. >> the draft bill proposes paying for the plan by increasing taxes on expensive employer-sponsored packages. republicans stress it's just a draft and emphasize their aim is to increase coverage. the opposition is fierce. tonight one top democrat calling the plan a recipe for disaster. lester? >> kristen welker at the white house, thank you. >>> president trump today also used his appearance at the major conservative g

republicans are under fire for their plan to repeal, replace obamacare but former house speaker john boehner says he laughed when he heard that adding it is "not going to happen." instead he predicts republicans will keep most of obamacare's existing framework and make relatively modest changes. >> we'll see who is correct in that decision. >>> the trump administration also plans a crackdown on legalized marijuana. the white house spokesman sean spicer saying is the justice department will enforce the federal law against recreational use. as a candidate, president trump said he supported medicinal marijuana but spicer says there's a big difference between that and recreational use. such use is legal in eight states. >>> malaysian police say a nerve agent was used to kill the half-brother of north korea's leader. body reveal the presence of vx nerve agent. it's a banned chemical weapon which the u.n. classifies as a weapon of mass destruction. kim was assaulted by two women seen wiping the toxic chemical on his face the. investigators are trying to determine how the women were able to get the

and it turned out it wasn't food it was hat held it up, the dairy program that was important to john boehner at the time. so this was a testament to some very persistent people in the senate in both parties, very knowledgeable aides. to a lot of aides working around the clock very to get d their job things done and they don't always trump each other but they together.gh work host: jill lawrence is a graduate of the university of michigan earned her masters from n.y.u. written for the ssociated press and national skwrufrp journal and is a column ill for u.s.a. today" and author of "the art of the political deal" how congress beat the odds and broke through gridlock. let's go to dave on the florida.an line from caller: good morning. i was going to be asking a my feeling ative to that president obama was insular dealing failure in with congress through the art of the deal and a perspective as obama you saw the administration's activities the art of theng deal in the divided congress. people forget that in the first year of his waited for the senate to try to negotiate a compromise on the afford

name of the doctor not the monster, the monster was created by a system, paul ryan, eric cantor, john boehner. it led to the creation of this monster, he turns around and bites them. they say, it's a problem. i think it was a problem when you created him. donald trump represents that. >> what do you make of the data that suggest we not only didn't gain ground on race during the obama era. but we lost ground in the obama e era. >> i actually talk about that in one of my books. i strike to strike a balance of critique and praise. the reason it was difficult for many black people to really oppose donald trump at a certain level, even as you've often stead, a broke clock can be right twice a day. he was making some legitimate points about the loss of black people under the first black presidency, we look at it across the board, every index suggests we had a double rate of unemployment. if that had been a white man in the white house, we would have been outside picketing. we know that president obama was in an extremely difficult position, the moment he talked about race, they went ham. i tell peo

. >> i wonder what you make of what former speaker john boehner said recently. >> but most of the affordableact, the framework is going to stay there. i should. call it repeal and replace, because that's not what is going to happen. they're basically going to fix the flaws and put a more conservative box around it. >> do you agree with that characterization? >> i think he's pretty close to where -- if it gets done. i mean, there's going to be a problem in the house of getting anything out of there that still provides coverage to people. that's why the republicans have to reach out to some of the democrats. >> why is there a problem, explain that problem to me. >> i think there are some very conservative republicans in the house who say just get rid of the whole thing. that's not acceptable when you have 20 million people or 700,000 people in my state. because where do the ill go, where do the drug addicted go? look, i don't understand everything that's going on with these town halls. but what i think it's having an impact from the stand point of hey, people are watching. i don't think that t

flaws and put a more conservative box around it. >> that was a post cocktail post 18-hole chat john boehner last thing you want to own and people inside the trump white house know this, the last thinyou want to own is health care. thehave said all along, it was wreck before obamacare. it's a wreck now. it's going to take ten years to try to fix it systemically. >> that was a man free of any responsibility. >> just, you know, monterey golf and merlot. >> this is tied to the last discussion. it doesn't matter necessarily what the democratic strategy is here, it's dependent on the republicans. the democrats fortune to rise will depend on how republicans deliver. they are going to be blamed for whatever happens to the health care system. if things go south, that's going to be on republicans and the democrats are the beneficiaries of that. if the economy doesn't improve or gets worse, the democrats are the beneficiaries of that. the republicans, as you say, own what happened. >> why should democrats do anything? i'm not saying democrats don't play tough, they need to try to tear republicans to s