[applause] and interview him will be juan williams who needs no introduction but we are going to introduce them anyway. emmy award winner and fox news contributor since 1997, celebrated author in his own right, mister williams the prolific chronicler of the civil rights experience in america. eyes on the prize, 1965. and so democratic party, 3-1 majority. welcome to friendly territory. if you ever need a respite from fox news we welcome you here with open arms. gaithersburg, please join me in welcoming juan williams. [applause] >> a pleasure to be here with craig shirley -- craig shirley who high have known since the reagan white house in the early 80s. i did not know about lacrosse. i want to start with the basic question, people so kind, the book festival, why did you write this book? you have written extensively about reagan before. >> i guess if you're in friendly territory i am behind enemy lines. i am retired from all that but for making us ways we had to rename his tv show the four. i wrote this because it is an important part of american history, an important part of reagan's histo

jesse. >> dana: juan williams, what do you have?an: john, very interested in the reports coming out of washington that the investigators have now identified a person of interest who is close to the president. so, of course, everybody is thinking who could this be, you know, who in the white house is this person that has been identified. do you have anything to say? >> nobody knows in the united states. the independent newspaper and the guardian newspaper have identified that person as jared kushner. there is nothing to suggest that it is jared kushner. do remember that during the transition jared kushner was sort of the point person for contacting foreign officials to try to build relationships so that when the inauguration happened and donald trump took over as president, you didn't have to start from scratch here. so we do know that jared kushner talked with russian officials. he had an in-person meeting with sergei kiss lack the russian ambassador to the united states back in early december i believe it was and lieutenant general

and juan williams, cohost of "the five" ." gentlemen, welcome. good have you here. usan rice should testify? >> at this point, her argument is that because a democrat on the senate intelligence committee did not request, said that he thought it would be a distraction, a political move by the republican majority on the committee, she decided not to testify, not to participate. >> martha: marc, does not hold water? >> i spent seven years working on capitol hill and that is not how it works, juan. they don't have to have bipartisan agreement on witnesses. the chairman can call whoever they want, the democrats could call whoever they want, and they have to testify. the reality is, that is a big back fire for her. number one, her excuse for not testifying is that yet another susan rice misstatement, the woman who told us that benghazi was because of an internet video, that syria gave up with chemical weapons, she said i don't know anything about it when the unmasking came up. she has been dishonest. now, graham is going to hold the committee hearing just on her. and just

. ♪ >> juan williams, jesse watters, dana perino, "the five" ." so, mr.resident -- why did you fire director call me? >> he wasn't doing a good job, very simply. >> did it affect your meeting with the russians today? >> nope. so, comey is no longer his home homey. flipping more scripts than a coked up screenwriter. look what he has done to the democrats. >> donald trump has tried to put himself beyond the law. that is not how it works in america. >> this is not just a scandal, they are neither republican actions or democratic actions, they are authoritarian. >> we have a deeply insecure president. that's why i believe he has let jim comey go. >> there is a winner. this is the same crew that wanted call me gone. trump does what they ask for and now they hate it. it reminds me when someone says, i am going to take up jogging and you say hey, i will join you after work. then they say, i really didn't mean it. that's the democrats. out of bipartisan benevolence, trump grants them their wish. which is why their stuttering outrage over his firing makes him look

friends on "the five," welcome to "hannity," jay sekulow, monica crowley, maria barlow tomorrow moe, juan williamsll coming up on this very busy news night, we start president trump republicans are this close to a huge win on repealing and replacing obamacare, were being told a vote could come as early as tomorrow. we'll have a lot more on that later. the fbi director at james comey testified on capitol hill in a showdown with lawmakers and once again, he gets hillary clinton a free pass, while. that's tonight's very important opening monologue. while appearing before a senate judiciary committee he dropped a massive bombshell about hillary clinton and her aide huma abedin's handling of classified information, take a look at this. >> october 22nd, the investigative team that finished the investigation in july asked to meet with me. i met with them that morning in my conference room and they laid out for me what they could see from the metadata on this fellow anthony weiner's laptop that had been seized in an unrelated case. what they could see from the metadata was that there were thousands of sec

. >> juan williams, what do you have? >> john, very interested in these reports coming out of washington that the investigators have now identified a person of interest who is close to thef course eves thinking who could this be? you know, who in the white house is this person that has been identified. do you have anything to say? >> uh, nobody knows, uh, in the united states the independent newspaper and the guardian apnewspaper have identified that person as jared kushner. there's nothing to suggest that it is jared kushner, but do remember during the than - - . inauguration happened and took over as president you didn'tt have to start from scratch here. we do know jared kush ner talked to russian officials. and lieutenant general michael flynn was in that same meeting. there's nothing to say it is jared kushner and nothing in the report to say investigators have identified a person of interest. it's interesting, though, to me juan, that this little piece of information was dished to the washington post just as robert m

mccain, host of "kennedy" and one lucky guy, fox news political analyst and co-host of the five, juan williams. he's outnumbered on a big day. a lot of news. and the president oversees his first big trip. good opportunity to talk about it. >> we'll chat about how that's going so far. we'll begin with president trump's history. making trips, history-making trip in the holy land where he hopes to make head way on his promise for peace. earlier mr. president becoming the first the sitting president to visit the western wall in jerusalem, one of the hoiliest sites. a day after he urged them in helping wipe out terrorism. the president earlier today on what he believes he accomplished in the speech. >> president trump: during high travels in recent days, i have found new reasons for hope. i have just concluded a visit to saudi arabia where yesterday i met with king solomon and with the leaders from across the muslim and arab world. and that visit, we reached historic agreements to pursue greater and greater cooperation in the fight against terrorism and its evil ideology. >> chief white house corre

also tonight juan williams, jay sekulow, byron george, joe coverage that, lisa booth, austan goolsbee all coming up. first the past two weeks have been nothing like we have ever seen before in american history. president trump has been attacked with lies and innuendo, late day news dumps, anonymous sources, bretless hyper ventilating reporting. i will explain exactly what the president is up against. this is important. we put it all together in tonight's opening monologue. ♪ ♪ >> sean: this week we have been telling you about the five groups that are aligned to try and destroy president trump. now, they want to undermine the will of you, the american people. now, these are the threats that we're facing. one, the deep state. and, of course, they are going after president trump, selectively leaking information. just look at the disgruntled fired former fbi director james comey. he is using the press to carry out his own personal vendetta against president trump. number two, the destroy trump media. rigid left wing hillary supporting idealogues but pushing their tin foil hat conspiracies

juan williams, jay sekulow, byron york. joe concha, lisa boothe and au austtan goolsbee all coming up. the past two weeks, they've been nothing like we've ever seen before in american history. president trump has been attacked with andlis innuendo, breathless hyperventilating reporting. i'm going to explain what the president is up against. this is important. we put it altogether in tonight's opening monologue. this week we're telling you about the five groups that want to destroy president trump. they want to undermine the will of the american people. these are the threats we're facing. one, the deep state. they're going after president trump, collectively leaking information. look at the disgruntled fired former f.b.i. director james comey. he's using the press to carry out his own personal vendetta against president trump. number two the destroy trump media. these rigid, left-wing, hillary-supporting idealogues pushing their tin foyle hat conspiracy theories night after night, breathlessly hyping everything up, one fake

. >> juan williams? >> john, i am curious about thec reaction coming from capitol hill to the white house. schumer -- he said he told president trump this is a mistake. and subsequent to that, we haveh heard from bob casey of pennsylvania, this is nixonian. a saturday night massacre. richard blumenthal of connecticut says the legal system is being threatened and even republicans, john mccain of arizona saying he regrets this and we see from the chairman of the intelligence community that he is troubled by this. the question, is it likely now that to insulate the white house, he will supportle n independent inquiry into the russian probe? >> i think the president is very comfortable where that investigation lies, it lies with the deputy attorney general. i don't think there'll be any great call here to have a special prosecutor look into that. let's also look at some of the statements coming from democrats on capitol hill, juan. it was 14 days ago, senator schumer said rod rosenstein was a guy who has pro

. >> juan williams? >> john, i am curious about the reaction coming from capitol hill to the white house. schumer -- he said he told president trump this is a mistake. and subsequent to that, we have heard from bob casey of pennsylvania, this is nixonian. a saturday night massacre. richard blumenthal of connecticut says the legal system is being threatened and even republicans, john mccain of arizona saying he regrets this and we see from the chairman of the intelligence community that he is troubled by this. at the question, is it likely no.to insulate the white house, he will support an independent inquiry into the russian probe? >> i think the president is very comfortable where that investigation lies, it lies with the deputy attorney general. i don't think there'll be any great call here to have a special prosecutor look into that. let's also look at some of the statements coming from democrats on capitol hill, juan. it was 14 days ago, senator schumer said rod rosenstein was a guy who has proven hi

[laughter] gaithersburg, please help me welcome juan williams. [applause] >> thank you. great pleasure to be here with craig shirley who i have known since the reagan white house. >> early '80s. >> early '80s. i did not know about lacrosse, that is fabulous. but i wanted to start with a very basic question for the people who have been so kind to come into our tent here at thees gaithersburg book festival and ask why did you write this book, because you've writtenen extensively about reagan beforea >> well, first, thank you. first of all, i guess if you're in friendly territory, i'm behind enemy lines. [laughter] >> not quite, not quite. >> well, i'm retired from all that anyway. [laughter] but i did think that for making us late, we ought to rename his tv show "the four." [laughter] i wrote this because it's an important part of american history, an important part of reagan history because it's never been explored before. like winston churchill, martin -- >> i'm going to pull this a little closer. >> martin gilbert, who was winston churchill's most famous, most important

will hear from several authors including ronald reagan heard biographer, fox news contributor juan williams, former white house aide, sidney blumenthal and many more. first up here is maria olson the author of "not the cleaver family" about the modern family structure. this is a book tv live coverage of the book festival. >> good morning. how is everyone doing? i'm thing any wind born and i am a planning commission in the city as well as a member of the book festival committee. this is our eighth annual book festival and we are so happy to have everyone here. gaithersburg is a wonderful city that probably supports particularities and we are pleased to bring you this fabulous event thanks in part to the general support of our sponsors and volunteers. when you see them, please say thank you. a few announcements for the consideration of everyone here we would like you to silence all devices and if you are tweeting today is ##gbs and we also have a survey we would like your feedback so we can keep making this a better festival every year. ms. olson will be signing books immediately following he

will hear from several authors including ronald reagan heard biographer, fox news contributor juan williams, former white house aide, sidney blumenthal and many more. first up here is maria olson the author of "not the cleaver family" about the modern family structure. this is a book tv live coverage of the book festival. >> good morning.

we're on the red carpet with juan williams of fox news also a contributor to the hill. do you feel about this recognition tonight. >> i'm pretty wowed by it. you the year for the multimedia corresponden about the idea thax news channel last year number one, i mean, we broke ratings records and for the five i hope people watch the five and that was again breaking ratings records. a very tumultuous year in some ways given all the politics that happened and to go through that history making cycle and then come out and be acknowledged by my peer as& broadcast journalist of the year is pretty fantastic. >> reporter: and what would be your message to young people watching you? i mean, such an accomplished career that feel maybe discouraged by this industry or feel that it's too intimidating. what dowel would you -- would you tell them. >> i'm an author. i write books. i do tv. i write a column for the hill as you write for the hill and so, what you have to do, i think, is get yourself adapted to a changing media environment but if you have the drive and the skills in terms pr

. >> hello everyone, i'm kimberly guilfoyle, along with juan williams, jesse watters, dana perino, ands not a clock in new york city and this is "the five." today, roger ailes, passed away at the age of 77, will look back at his life, his career and to share some personal stories later this hour. but first, breaking news tonigh tonight. president trump is pete speaking on camera for the first time since adjustment department decision to appoint a special counsel to investigate possible coordination between his campaign and the russian government between the 2016 election. >> i respect the move in the entire thing has been a witch hunt, there is no collusion betweemylf

here now with me, fox news political analyst, columnist for the hill, juan williams.key host of the five. i think that democrats are foolish to try to impeach donald trump at every turn. you hear that language every time there is a story in washington post or "new york times." that would be bad for business for them. >> he electrifies the base, that is the reason that the band is getting back together, they are talking about areas in which they can take advantage of atmosphere this trump created, they will talk about corruption, anxiety and twitter. now challenge, is how do you get resistance to understand that basics of politics. which is raising money, organizing, getting people out to vote. kennedy: that is the big one, there is a lot of emotion and excitement. but then you know you have foolish things like california democratic chairman, his using naught i languag naughty language and obscene hand gestures. >> what about chair of committee mr. perez, he is taken to cursing. kennedy: i do not see how that translates to votes, voting is most important, that is somet

. >> hello everyone, i'm kimberly guilfoyle, along with juan williams, jesse watters, dana perino, and greg gutfeld. it's not a clock in new york city and this is "the five." today, roger ailes, passed away at the age of 77, will look back at his life, his career and to share some personal stories later this hour. but first, breaking news tonigh tonight. president trump is pete speaking on camera for the first time since adjustment department decision to appoint a special counsel to investigate possible coordination between his campaign and the russian government between the 2016 election. >> i respect the move in the entire thing has been a witch hunt, there is no collusion between myself and my campaign, but i can always speak for myself and the russians, i think it divides the country. i think we have a very divided country because of that and many other things. so i can tell you that we want to bring this great country of ours together. speak through the mic to mix but do i want to go through the medications of the messaging. >> kim: dan heninger wrote a piece that was just let tru

. ♪ >> greg: hi, i am greg gutfeld with kimberly guilfoyle, jesse watters, dana perino, juan williamsit is "the five" ." the terror attack in manchester. still hunting down the bomb maker before the jihad can strike again. it details ahead. but first. expecting wisdom from a pop star is like expecting sonnets from a gerbil. but bono said this of terrorist terrorists. >> they hate music, they hate women. they even hate little girls. they hate everything that we love. the worst of humanity was on view in manchester last night. but so was the best. they queued up the blood banks. manchester has an undefeatable spirit, i assure you. >> greg: he is right. islamists see fun and evil. pop singer morrissey from the smiths went even further when the manchester mayor called the attacker an extremist, morrissey asked, and extreme what? an extreme rabbit? this is the same mayor that said the terrorist was a terrorist and not a muslim. don't avoid the truth. there's a pattern. the calls were made to a terror hotline about the bomber years before he struck. why no action? could it be again, the fea

. ♪ >> juan williams, jesse watters, dana perino, "the five" ." so, mr.ire director call me? >> he wasn't doing a good job, very simply. >> did it affect your meeting with the russians today? >> nope. so, comey is no longer his home homey. flipping more scripts than a coked up screenwriter.

. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello, everyone, i'm dana perino along with kimberly guilfoyle, jesse watters, juan williamsgreg gutfeld. this "the five." we begin tonight with multiple major developing stories. first, president trump is on air force one enroute to saudi arabia on first overseas trip as commander-in-chief. there is breaking news here on the home front. more bombshell reports about the russia investigation. according to the "new york times" in a meeting with russian officials at the white house, president trump called ousted fbi director james comey a quote nut job. and that has his firing relieved quote grave pressure on the -- relieved great pressure on the president. meanwhile the senate intelligence committee announced today that mr. comey has agreed to publicly testify sometime after memorial day. and then "the washington post also out with a report saying senior white house advisor -- i'm sorry a senior white house advisor is now a person of interest in the russia probe. here to break all of this down for us is chief white house correspondent john roberts who is already in saudi arabia

alongside juan williams, jesse watters, dana perino, and greg gutfeld.t is 9:00 in new york city, and this is "the five." ♪ former president obama just can't help himself. his presidency was one of the most politically divisive times in history. the former commander in chief seem to have a convenient case of amnesia when he lectured about the current political climate.ve >> our politics remain filled with division. everywhere we see the risk of falling into the ways of tribe and clan. and anger at those who don't look like us or have the same surnames or play the way we do. at such moments, courage is necessary. at such moments, we need courage to stand up to hate. not just in others but in ourselves. >> obama was speaking at the john f. kennedy library to receive his prestigious award in part for his leadership in passing obamacare. the house of course voted to repeal and replace major parts of that law. mr. obama response to that development for the first time. >> this great debate is not settled.he but continues. and it is my fervent hope and the hope

deals with arab leaders and time now for our sunday group, fox news political analyst brit and juan williamsane harmon and kimberley strassel. what do you make of president's trip so far and we are on day two and the effort to try to unit the muslim world against radical extremism. >> we have one president at a time and i want this president to be successful on the trip and so far he is being successful. it's a little too much pageantry for my taste and i'm sure he loves it and the messaging helps saudi arabia so much it helps us but we are in the middle east. i love the idea that he's going to all free major religions and if he's able to deliver a message that is a little more nuance than just iran is terrible that would be very helpful and one last point, chris, that is that isis and most of the terror groups are sunni arabs, saudi arabia and gulf states are sunni arabs. it's not just attacking shiite arabs but defeating the idea of terrorism and i hope speech and activity addresses that. chris: i have seen a first draft of the speech and it's just that, the people who affect the most are

. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello, everyone, i'm dana perino along with kimberly guilfoyle, jesse watters, juan williamsthis "the five." we begin tonight with multiple major developing stories. first, president trump is on air force one enroute to saudi arabia on first overseas trip as commander-in-chief. there is breaking news here on the home front. more bombshell reports about the russia investigation. according to the "new york times" in a meeting with russian officials at the white house, president trump called ousted fbi director james comey a quote nut job. and that has his firing relieved quote

mccain, host of "kennedy" and one lucky guy, fox news political analyst and co-host of the five, juan williams outnumbered on a big day. a lot of news. and the president oversees his first big trip. good opportunity to talk about it. >> we'll chat about how that's going so far. we'll begin with president trump's history. making trips, history-making trip in the holy land where he hopes to make head way on his promise for peace.

along with kimberly guilfoyle, greg gutfeld, jesse watters and juan williams. this is "the five." we began out of manchester, england. last night a suicide bomber detonated himself and killed 22, injuring over 50 during an ariana grande concert. >> so many young, beautiful innocent people living and enjoying their lives, murdered by evil losers in life. i won't call the monsters because they would like that term. they would think that's a great name. i will call them from now on "losers." because that's what they are. they are losers. >> dana: british prime minister theresa may warned there could soon be more attacks to come in the united kingdom. >> the threat level should be increased by the time being. from severe to critical. this means that the assessment is not only highly likely for an attacked but there is a further attack maybe in the near future. >> dana: joining us is benjamin hall. benjamin, that was a stern and scary warning prime minister. >> dana, absolutely. the u.k. has raised its terror level. it believes an attack could be eminent. and that there will be militar

also tonight juan williams, jay sekulow, byron george, joe coverage that, lisa booth, austan goolsbeeoming up. first the past two weeks have been nothing like we have ever seen before in american history. president trump has been attacked with lies and innuendo, late day news dumps, anonymous sources, bretless hyper ventilating reporting. i will explain exactly what the president is up against. this is important. we put it all together in tonight's opening monologue. ♪ ♪

juan williams joins me of "fox news" analyst and columnist for the hill. look around and people on the left, i was raised to believe that they were more tolerant and open-minded but when it comes to having disparate beliefs especially on college campuses they can be downright fascist if the disagreement is violent enough. >> violence, stop that word. i was with you until you guess the word violent that in my experience and i am 63 years old. i'm a senior, kennedy that when i grew up i thought our cheap ankar was a right-winger and tolerance was the province of the archie bunkers of the world. i tell you now in this long toothed age that i am in fact i have found that the left is in fact more intolerant. i got fired from npr for simply saying i get a little anxious after 9/11 when i see people in muslim garb getting on a plane but when you look at what's happening in college campuses today you can see people are being driven into position of you agree with me or you're not welcome here. kennedy: if you disagree with me you are the enemy and were actively wi

every time i hear people, i hear juan williams talk all the time saying there is no data on crime from i willegallill. we have put into our jail in 25 counties, 212,000 illegal ailians, charged with 565,000 crimes. two thirds here being illegally. 6,000 sexual assaults. 1,100 murders, 6,600 drug offenses. 500 kidnappings. the drug cartels control the border and they allow their people to come over, gangs all over the country, they come through texas, they stay in houston, stay in dallas. anyone who says that sanctuary cities that says makes our cities safer are fools. as i said the other day on fox, we receive, greg abbott and i received almost 50% of the hispanic vote in the last election. hispanics support law and order just as much as everyone else. >> neil: thank you, we'll keep an eye on this and where it is going. >>> we're keeping an eye on i call them barometer earnings, apple, disappointing a little bit, although it did beat estimates. iphone sales were below expectations, a lot of people waiting in the fall for the ten-year anniversary phone coming out, the iphone 8, whatever

. ♪ ♪ >> hello, i'm greg gutfeld with kimberly guilfoyle, jesse watters, juan williams,el and she sleepsperino, "the five"! ♪ now we all know kathy griffin will do anything for attention, except apparently be funny. so she has to rely on shock value to get attention from those who still think that marilyn manson is edgy. she embarrassed herself each new year's eve on cnn, alongside a giggly anderson cooper who certainly knows his crap. >> i don't care what he says to the russians, he is the president of the united states.

. ♪ >> greg: hi, i am greg gutfeld with kimberly guilfoyle, jesse watters, dana perino, juan williamse terror attack in manchester. still hunting down the bomb maker before the jihad can strike again. it details ahead. but first. expecting wisdom from a pop star is like expecting sonnets from a gerbil. but bono said this of terrorist terrorists. >> they hate music, they hate women. they even hate little girls. they hate everything that we

conservative hosts but plenty of democrats have found a home at fox as well, including geraldo rivera, juan williams, bob beckel, leslie marshall, ailes was a conservative but those responsible for news coverage were encouraged to play it straight, as on the eve of the 2000 election. >> rogers interest, is it right? are we sure the sources good? are we sure the facts are accurate? after that, there was never a moment's hesitation about whether we should do the story or not, even though it had the potential to derail busch's candidacy. >> fox news ratings climbed. coverage of the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, by the end, fox news fox news became everyone in cable news and has remained so ever since. there has always been as scrappy atmosphere. a sense that the work here is a privilege to be enjoyed. >> i tell people, if you're not having any fun, go home. go home. you are irritating me. >> roger never forgot where he came from. >> how would you describe yourself? >> a guy from ohio who worked his way up and got lucky. going into television as a gofe gofer, and an opportunity presented itself. i thin

. ♪ ♪ >> hello, i'm greg gutfeld with kimberly guilfoyle, jesse watters, juan williams,el and she sleepsa cotton ball, dana perino, "the five"! ♪ now we all know kathy griffin will do anything for attention, except apparently be funny. so she has to rely on shock value to get attention from those who still think that marilyn manson is edgy. she embarrassed herself each new year's eve on cnn, alongside a giggly anderson cooper who certainly knows his crap. >> i don't care what he says to the russians, he is the president of the united states. if he wants to say that, barack obama wants to say whatever, if george bush says i look in his eyes, whatever. >> oh, mr. cooper. so comedy is another thing, maybe why kathy griffin is embracing twhat we are going tos disturbing, so if there are kids in the room, tell them to go get you aem beer. here is griffin in a photo shoot holding a mock decapitated head of president trump. i'm glad we put mock in there. it is not his real head. here is the behind the scenes video. >> tyler and i are not afraid to do images that make noise. a look at the artist

friends on "the five," welcome to "hannity," jay sekulow, monica crowley, maria barlow tomorrow moe, juan williamss night, we start president trump republicans are this close to a huge win on repealing and replacing obamacare, were being told a vote could come as early as tomorrow. we'll have a lot more on that later. the fbi director at james comey testified on capitol hill in a showdown with lawmakers and once again, he gets hillary clinton a free pass, while. that's tonight's

michael and fox news political analyst author of we the people, juan williams, former democratic congressmandona edwards and rich lowery, editor of the national rebuke. you were pretty concerned ahead of time donald trump for all the treatrics, he's been a pretty conventional republican conservative? >> i think that's exactly right. if you're living on another planet, and i think juan thinks he's living on another planet for the last 100 days, you're hearing about substantive things that have happened, you would think this is a fairly conventional republican administration doing fairly conventional republican things. chris: does that make you happy? >> happier than i expected. it's not the greatest 100 days ever as president trump likes to portray it. judge gorsuch is a home run. he's begun the deregulatory rollback, the big incomplete, chris, is on capitol hill where he could still get health care reform and tax reform but could get shout-out on both. chris: congresswoman edwards, how do you see the 100 days? >> he hasn't had a significant legislative achievement, health care has gone down

alongside juan williams, jesse watters, dana perino, and greg gutfeld.new york city, and this is "the five." ♪ former president obama just can't help himself. his presidency was one of the most politically divisive times in history. the former commander in chief seem to have a convenient case of amnesia when he lectured about the current political climate.ve >> our politics remain filled with

. >> chris: columnist for the hill, juan williams.swoman jane harman, director of the woodrow wilson center, and former house speaker newt gingrich. if we asked if her question and it's clear democrats are already making headway on this argument that the house bill is going to hit older americans. susan lloyd farrell sent this on facebook, these are the years when the elderly need medical coverage and many live on social security, what will happen to us under this new pla plan? folks over 65 are still protected by medicare, but if you are 55-64, will it pay more under this new plan? >> you may pay someone more but the fact is the obamacare system is collapsing. they just announced in maryland a 50% rate increase next year. there are no plant left. and 94 of the 99 counties of iowa there are no plans left. people can yell about pre-existing conditions, you can't get any insurance, you have no coverage for any condition. this is an effort to get the program to survive. to make sure we can offer insurance for everybody. >> chris: let me