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workforce and the commercial airplane uni unit. >> jon: we are awaiting a speech by vice president mike pencewho is in wisconsin at this hour, talking and listening to small business owners. meanwhile, we are learning mr. pence used a private account when he was governor and it was hacked. at times, he discussed sensitive matters and homeland security issues. the vice president's office pushes back saying "similar to previous governors, mike pence maintained a state account and a personal email account. when he concluded his time in office, he directed outside counsel to review all of his coming occasions to ensure that state-related emails are being transferred and properly archived by the state in accordance with the law." let's bring in jamie weinstein, political commentator and contributor to the guardian, pablo henriquez. thanks both of you for being here. pablo, what, if anything, has former governor, no vice president mike pence done wrong here? >> everybody knows that mike pence is a hypocrite and attacking hillary clinton for something he knew, from the start, he had done it as well,

la publicaciÓn tambiÉn afirma que la cuenta personal de mike pence fue vÍctima de ataques cibernÉticos-mail a los contactos de pence, diciendo que Él y su esposa estaban atrapados en filipinas y necesitaban dinero para pagar el hotel y su regreso a casa, obviamente nunca necesitaron tal ayuda. enrique: la memoria selectiva, parece ser el problema del procurador general jeff sessions, que decidiÓ separarse de la investigaciÓn que siguen el congreso y el departamento de justicia sobre los vÍnculos entre el gobierno de rusia y la campaÑa de donald trump. dijo que no recordaba se habÍa tenido una conversaciÓn polÍtica con el embajador de rusia en washington, como tampoco recordÓ haberse reunido con Él cuando se lo preguntaron durante las audiencias para su confirmaciÓn. lourdes: jeff sessions enfrentÓ protestas y llamados del congreso para que renunciara se excusara de investigar la campaÑa electoral de donald trump. esta maÑana anunciÓ. "he decidido recusarme de investigaciones actuales o futuras de cualquier tema, relacionado las campaÑas de la presidencia de estados unidos". presidente

vice president mike pence who was interviewed by fox news also declined to directly answer a question about the president's unsubstantiated allegations against his predecessor, mike pence said pointing to these

remember, mike pence was basically the reason why michael flynn had to step down, because michael flinl did not tell pence the full truth about a conversation he had with then russian ambassador. and mike pence basically said when he heard about this story involving michael flynn that, you know, it's just further affirmation for president trump's decision to basically fire michael flynn. and the other people that care about it, well, the press. if you saw sean spicer's briefing yesterday, keep in mind, we're in the midst of a hot issue up here on capitol hill and in washington, d.c., having to do with the health care plan. but it felt like every other question had to do with michael flynn and the foreign agents registration act. it's a little confusing but it kind of again, as mike pence would say, goes to that -- you know, gives further affirmation that maybe president trump made the right decision. >> they talk about the affirmation for what decision was made over flynn. it seems as if the affirmation that the public may need or certainly our elected leaders on the hill need to contin

i think it's very possible -- i mean, i know mike pence.'m sure he did not know about it because he's a guy who speaks the truth. and the tightrope which he walks on, it would be too difficult not to tell the truth on something like this. now, the way i understand the flynn situation, he was hired by a businessman named hakim atepkin, if i'm pronouncing it correctly. he owned a dutch company called laveno. flynn's client was a businessman and not the government of turkey. the murkiness comes in because turkey benefited from the work flynn was doing for eltempkin. the faro law, federal registration act, is blurry that you can work for a foreign business and don't have to register as a foreign agent. if you work for government, you do. and in this case -- >> understood -- >> i can understand, frankly, some legalistic issues, and i can see why flynn would deal with that with his lawyer and then say i've taken care of it. >> but the turkish government could have benefited from the work. and in his statement, his submission in registering as a f

. >>> vice president mike pence used a private e-mail account while governor despite ripping hillary clinton over her e-mail controversy. >> and threats against jewish centers and why it apparently vo involves a romantic relationship. >>> kentucky senator rand paul wants to see the gop obamacare replacement bill. he took his demand tweeting the obamacare bill remains hidden from the public, what secret location will they meet in this weekend to work on it? . he went an a scavenger hunt and had unexpected company. >> we're not allowed to be in this area. >> i would like to read the obamacare bill. this is being presented as if this were a national secret. i think there's a bill in there, it's the secret office for the secret bill. we have got our own copy machine too, but we didn't get to use it. i'm told that the republicans have their aca, affordable care act bill, repeal somewhere in the capitol. we're going to look for it. it's not here. >> i can't find the bill. i know mr. lincoln, you are as upset with your party as i am. thank you all. >>> just in vice president mike pence prom

mike pence, obviously there's a reason he chose mike pence as his vice president.f he could even get him to stop swearing for a couple of days, that's a lot. >> the whole article is this idea that they're different and may be don't get along, they are not dating. they work together. if they were dating, donald trump would almost certainly be the top, which would mean that mike pence would curb his behavior to donald. >> tom: you don't believe it it all? >> i believe that trump would, when you're around people, out of respect, donald is known for having great respect for the people he's friends with. >> you can only imagine this as something negotiated, if he's going to give up expletives, mike pence will have to give up a couple of hallelujahs and praise the lord's. >> tom: got to give up your hallelujahs. i thought this might be kind of true. >> i thought this was more fascinating, you guys want to completely different direction, i started doing research on whether or not swearing is really sin. it is, bad verbiage out of your mouth does count as a sin. as a woman

mike pence was governor of indiana at the time. it's true that some of what was went through mike pence's personal e-mail account did relate to some homeland security updates and the fbi, so that is problematic but i don't think you can look at the two the same way. >> the risk, that's very clear david that the risk that hillary clinton and her team far exceeds the risk when it comes to the type of information going through this e-mail account and in her case a server, but to this point abbey, is part of this problem is perception here that it's not -- that mike pence might not really have a leg to stand on when he's been critical of hillary clinton? >> he's definitely facing some of those critical comments again now that it's been found out and i think the key part here is that his account was actually compromised. i think we would have a little bit different discussion about a private e-mail account which several people new and, several indiana reporters were aware of the fact he had an aol account. but we know whoever gained acc

pen mike pence on the road today. the president has no public events but he, too, has been having these personal meetings with lawmakers trying to persuade them. of course it comes at a time when we see the white house still has some controversies to deal with but eve an bit of good news. the president is flexing his boardroom skills to pitch an obamacare overhaul. >> this is the time we're going to get it done. we're working together. we have some great results. >> reporter: hampered by resistance from some conservatives, vice president pence has been making his own rounds. >> we move beyond the failed policies of obamacare. >> reporter: to different groups to push the republicans' health insurance plan. >> we're going to have an orderly transition to a better health care system. >> reporter: from health care to jobs. remember this campaign bravado? >> i am going to be the greatest jobs president that god ever created. remember that. >> reporter: back then, he discredited government job figures. >> don't believe thos

and donald trump and mike pence will need every vote they can get. but this new gop health bill is a tough sell here in florida. florida is the state with the highest number of enrollees under obamacare. we're talking 1.7 million people just this year. that's compared to 9.2 million nationwide. and duval county, specifically, where we are now, it's a county where donald trump won the election, just by 2% of a vote. and to give you more concrete examples, take a 60-year-old male here in duval county, making $30,000 a year. he stands to lose around $3,000 a year in coverage under the new plan versus obamacare. so that's why you have gop lawmakers in florida, like miami's ross-lleyton saying she flat out will vote no on this bill. we're also expecting demonstrators rally against mike pence and the gop proposal. also some pro-trump supporters we have seen on facebook will be outside. so in a way, florida and jacksonville, a microcosm of those tensions around health care we're seeing across the country. >> thank you very much. >>> and one house will be re

and that can mean only one thing: mike pence is such an out-of-control force five bone-icane, that heas to be monitored by karen pence at all times. one amstel light and he's dry-humping the bread basket. okay? ( laughter ) oh, there's snow on the roof but there's a fire in the furnac ( applause ) pence also won't attend events featuring alcohol without his wife by his side. he's so naughty, if you left him alone with a bottle of whiskey, he might try to have sex with it. and jim beam and jack daniels are both dudes. and he is "not" into gay stuff! he has to pray away the mt. gay. that's what i hear. i don't know. then there's the story of how the pence's got engaged. while they were out feeding ducks in 1985, mike pence hollowed out two loaves of bread, placing a bottle of champagne in one and the ring box in the other for her to discover as she tore off pieces. which is pretty impressive. that means karen can tell the difference between mike pence and a loaf of bread. it's actually a really cute engagement story. ( laughter ) it's actually a very cute engagement story. and it's a go

and learning that vice president mike pence routinely used private e-mail account as governor of indiana. talk to the reporter who broke to story. get to jeff zeleny and mish ale kosinski. earlier today attorney general recused himself from investigations related to the trump campaign, possible contacts with russia. what is the latest? >> stunning turn of events in the last 24 hours. late last evening breaking in "the washington post" when senior official said it's all partisan, nothing to see here. but end of today attorney general holding news conference at justice department recusing himself from any investigations at all. this is not any cabinet member. senator sessions was first to endorse this president. as close as anyone on thor in circle is to this president and by the end of the day recusing himself not simply because democrats complaining but republicans calling for him to step aside, he's not objective enough potentially to address any type of investigation. but this is what the attorney general said tonight on fox. >> i have not had any such meetings. not meeting with russia

nevertheless, vice president mike pence has professed absolute ignorance of any scandals and allegations of foreign payments and contacts surrounding mike flynn. pence was the leader of the transition. as the leader of the transition he was notified in writing by members of congress about flynn's apparent financial ties to the government of turkey. the transition was apparently notified in person twice by flynn's lawyers about his financial relationship with the government of turkey. vice president mike pence said he had no idea about any of that. never heard about any of it. that is shocking. never heard any of it until weeks after he was fired until weeks after he was fired mike flynn registered as a foreign agent admitting that he had been on foreign government's payroll while sitting in on the president's daily brief and all the other high end intelligence matters and national security matters he was privy to. vice president mike pence claims he had absolutely no idea of that despite him being notified about it on the record multiple times and it being a matter of considerable public

of foreign payments and contacts surrounding mike flynn. pence was the leader of the transition. never heard about any of it. that is shocking. never heard any of it until weeks after he was fired until weeks after he was fired mike flynn registered as a foreign agent admitting that he had been on foreign government's payroll while sitting in on the president's daily brief and all the other high end intelligence matters and national security matters he was privy to. vice president mike pence claims he had absolutely no idea of that despite him being notified about it on the record multiple times and it being a matter of considerable public discussion. mike pence's role in the mike flynn scandal is flashing loik a red beacon for anybody who sees him as normal republican in this setting. there are two people who have the most areas of unanswered questions throughout this whole debacle. one of them is paul manafort. the other is mike flynn. and the "wall street journal" reports tonight that he's making an offer. if he can get immunity, mike flynn sa

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. it was interesting watching the first round of both this morning, speaker ryan speaking to two or three people and it was clear from his

so less than 24 hours after that stunning health care defeat on capitol hill, vice president mike pence is pivoting to another campaign promise. job creation. later on this hour, the vice president will be meeting with small business owners in scott depot, west virginia. live under way and of course when the vice president speaks, we'll take that or at least monitor what he's saying and meanwhile, the president of the united states issuing a new message today after yesterday's stunning health bill failure on capitol hill saying, tweeting this, do not worry. let's go now to cnn's athena jones live for us outside of the white house there. athena, so, where does this administration go from here? >> reporter: hi, fred. well, in terms of legislative steps, i talked with a senior administration official a short while ago who told me that the white house team is recalibrating and talking to the president about what to shift around, what could come next. it looks as though what will come next is tax reform. this official told me that yes, it's complicated just like the repeal of obamacare. it w

mike pence making a bold prediction about the passage of a new healthcare law.said that one will be in place by spring. the current bill has advanced through to house committees. on conservative lawmakers warned that the subversion will not pass. the list of states promising that. they will join hawaii in trying to stop the order from taking effect they said it still amounts to an unconstitutional ban on muslims. the federal judge has scheduled a hearing for next wednesday. the first jobs report to cover a full month under president trump is due out in just a few hours. also look at the unemployment rate. that's expected to fall from 4.8 to 4.7%. there 51 points. looking pretty well. >> indus a few hours will get the february jobs report and it would give us clues to how high they will raise the interest rate. was there any payroll number that would actually stop them from doing the hike next week. that might give them some pause. i think they are pretty will set their mind right now. it's not just this employment number the unemployment rate is about 5%. and it

mike pence is no different.he problem is that for mike pence, one, you're supposed to be keeping a record of your official business, and two, it's easier to hack from your aol account. i hope no one hacked his my space page. that's part of the problem here. of course, there's hypocrisy. >> okay. this is just one of the long list of problems that the administration has been dealing with. we're not even at the end of week six. the national security adviser, the attorney general recused himself. kellyanne conway with indecent behavior. this seems to be a white house which is in chaos in many ways in. >> any transition there's a level of chaos. thinking back to the last several presidents, i don't recall this level of chaos or this level of leaking. on a funny side, tom hanks sent the press corp. an espresso machine today. it was needed. the swearing in through today. >> why does this white house seem to struggle when it comes to getting control of the message when times of crisis. >> donald trump is the first perso

>> reporter: hearing mike pence talk about the defeat was kind of striking. owe tends tonight the sunny public face, often talking in very encouraging tones. so acknowledging a defeat, one that he was so personally attached to, was notable. and when i say personally attached, mike pence who had served in congress for a dozen years spent a lot of time on capitol hill,s a as the vice president prying intrying to n with fellow republicans. and he has the most credit ability and a bloc of them wouldn't go along. but trying to accept that, they are now saying democrats are part of what went wrong, although republicans here in this white house and at the other end of pennsylvania avenue never really tried to get testimo democrats on board. so that was a nonstarter. so try fougt ting to put the de behind them, if they can, still a time toed a the issue of health karks but he was looking to other things that are important to a lot of the republican base and fulfilled promises made by president trump. hear's what they want to do next. >> we're moving forward. next up

vice president mike pence took his healthcare pitch on the road this weekend... ng at a distribution center in louisville, kentucky. pence wasted no time drilling into why the current administration has been so eager to repeal and replace the affordable care act.mike pence / vice president: "here are the heartbreaking facts. today, americans are paying 3- thousand dollars more a year on average for health insurance since the day obamacare was signed into law." getting rid of obamacare was a promise president trump made throughout his campaign..mike pence / vice president: "we are going to repeal the mandates and taxes and penalties of obamacare. butt sot we'll give americans a tax credit so people can buy plans that they need and at the price they can afford. butt sot and most significantly in my view is we'll give states like kentucky the freedom and flexibly with medicaid." saturday's event wasn't all about healthcare...pence took the opportunity to bring up another campaign promise.. putting america back to work. mike pence / vice president: "we are going to re

tom price and mike pence, who is here. perhaps the best thing that can happen is exactly what happened today, because we will end up with a truly great health care bill in the future after this mess known as obamacare explodes. i want to thank everybody for being here. it will go very smoothly. it certainly was an interesting period of time. we all learn a lot. we learned about loyalty, the vote getting process. we learned about some very arcane rules in obviously both the senate and the house. for me it has certainly been an interesting experience. in the end it will be an experience that leads to a better health care plan. thank you very much and i will see you soon. >> your intention is to go for tax reform? pres. trump: we will write now be going for tax reform, which we could have done earlier, but this would have worked out better if could have had democrats support. we have had no democrat support. we will go toward tax reform. >> are you confident in speaker ryan's ability to get this thing done? pres. trump: yes.

mike pence should know better.t's a stupid mistake on his part. >> thanks. >> thank you to you both. >> to quote the white house, the media is opposition party and how that approach is impacting the trump administration, just ahead. ♪ energy is amazing. how we use it is only limited by our imagination. and at southern company we're building the future of energy, for you. reports for jeff sessions to recuse himself from probes into the election campaign. >> it was through the media that the white house learned of sessions's meetings with the ambassador. the president is seizing on the leaks, feeding the stories as the bigger issue. our political writer for the l.a. times and senior editor at variety. welcome to you both. >> it does seem like a handful of newspapers, the l.a. times for instance and "the washington post" and "new york times" and broadcasts like cnn which are very much driving the coverage in an aggressive way dedicating resources and time and exposing a lot of major stories. is there anything similar

mike pence has become the administration's point foreign sell the new health care plan.t. the others were in ohio and wisconsin. and this trip to kentucky might have also been directed to senator rand paul who has been the harshest critic of the bill asking it to be scrapped all together and even calling it obamacare-lite. with his visit to kentucky today mike pence might have been pressuring him and other republicans in congress to get behind the new by at the event today he also mentioned another kentucky policing and praved him, senate majority leader will have a large part in getting this bill passed and was not in attendance today either. this was a hard sell for kentucky ans. the state's uninsured dropped from 20% to 7%. 1.3 million kentuckians are covered because of medicare expansion. that's why you saw hundreds of protesters outside this event today asking mike pence for affordable health care for everyone and asking for obamacare to stay. richard? >> thank you so much for that report out of kentucky. >>> also we're watching this. several states, including hawai

. >>> earlier today, vice president mike pence hitting the road.re going to talk about the art of the deal. in louisville kentucky, the white house began selling the republican plan to replace obamacare. listen. >> the obamacare nightmare is about to end. obamacare has failed the people of kentucky. it's failed the people of america and obamacare must go. >>> how republicans unveiled their plan monday among other things, it drops the employer and individual mandates, adds tax credits in place of certain subsidies and freezes obama's medicare expansion. greg fisher released a statement. he called on the white house and congress to slow down and get it right. live in louisville with more on the president's speech. what happened? >> reporter: so gigi vice president mike pence urging small business owners in louisville we're talking a local florist, tanning salon, poppa john urging them to support him in repealing and replacing obamacare here in kentucky and to get behind what some are calling trump care. the vice president detailing what in his views

norah is in washington getting ready to speak with mike pence.news poll this morning 71% of those watching the address felt that it was unifying. >> the president told congress the time for small thinking is over. the time for trivial fights is behind us. the hour-long speech covered a wide range of policies. >> i will be asking congress to approve legislation that produces a $1 trillion invest mnlts in the united states. we should ensure that americans with pre-existing conditions have access to coverage and we have stable transition for americans currently enrolled in the health care exchanges. we're also taking strong measures to protect our nation from radical islamic terrorism. we will work with our allies including our friends and allies in the muslim world to extinguish this vial enemy from our planet. >> the emotional high point came when the president thanked karen owens, widow of navy s.e.a.l. ryan owens. he was killed in an anti-terror mission authorized by mr. trump. >> ryan's legacy is etched into eternity. thank you. >> the applause

and they wanted to hear exactly what mike pence had to say.ere i saw just more, you know, president trump supporters versus that event in kentucky last weekend, where we saw more insurance companies here. i just saw more everyday people who are in support of scrapping obamacare and getting on board with this new health care bill. but, again, florida is a state where you have the highest number of obamacare enrollees. so even in districts that, you know, might have voted for president trump and are supportive of president trump, you see a lot of senior citizens, low-income floridans, pregnant women, disabled people, who are still concerned about this new gop health care bill, and what that would mean for their health, and for their pocketbook. richard? >> thank you for that. evan, you were listening to what mary anna was telling us in terms of what the reaction is on the ground. so important. that this is why that the vice president is there. that he is in florida, specifically. and speaking of governors, rick scott, who was introducing the vic

steve: we are honored this morning to have vice president mike pence join us from the white house. mr. pence, we have a lot of things to ask you. >> good morning. steve: at one point my wife and i were talking about mike pence and paul ryan along with the president are on television for over an hour. how important is it to know, you know, that everybody's watching you and how do you figure out when to start a standing ovation? >> well, nobody was watching me or paul ryan, i'll tell you. i just -- i just have to tell you what a privilege it was for me to be there. not just for a great speech but it was a great night for america. and what the american people saw last night for that one hour speech was the president of the united states stepping forward and laying out an agenda to rebuild our military, restore our economy, to repeal and replace obamacare, to have the kind of trade deals and the kind of tax reform that will really get this economy moving again, to end illegal immigration, and i think it's the reason why that speech is resonating all across the country and as i said, i

same with mike pence. these two guys, they worked so hard, did a fantastic job. thank you very much.

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.

they had to fire him because he had lied about those russian government contacts to vice president mike pence. that explanation is the official explanation from the white house that we're supposed to believe about what happened with mike flynn. that explanation makes no sense and it never has. after the white house learned that mike flynn lied to the vice president about the content of his communications with the russian government. after the white house learned that information, they waited almost three weeks before firing mike flynn. that delay is unexplained. in fact the vice president's role in this saga just seem plausible in terms of the white house explanation of events. once they learned that, they didn't do anything about it for three weeks. that makes no sense. axillary mike pence has been the head of the trump transition. as such, he would have been intimately involved with the selection and vetting process for a job as important as enormous adviser. nevertheless, the vice president has absolute ignorance about the allegations of foreign payments and contacts and all the rest of it

vice president mike pence will be in kentucky later today. senator paul's home state as well as mitch mcconnell's. he will try to meet with business leaders to tout this health care bill. but look, we have a way for the congressional budget office to score this thing. they don't know when this budget office score will come back and this is where it gets interesting. if the budget office, the nonpartisan budget office comes back and says this bill will cost money, then the republicans house speaker paul ryan, president trump, they can't avoid the if i wouldly buster in the senate and that's where senator mike lee, senator rand paul, senator ted cruz, that's where their opposition really matters. sources i speak with inside the administration, they tell me that they are negotiating with republicans, that they're in bridge builder mode, they are in negotiation mode. they want to wait and see exactly what will happen. but either way, this has been a rocky rollout, but they have to win it over. mike pence doing all he can do in kentucky today. >>

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 come back up. >> so how many votes were we talking about? are there any freedom caucus members who decided to vote yes? molly: it is interesting. as the morning went on, the no v

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but anybody expecting mike pence to answer that question doesn't know that mike pence is good -- he answerst's like, why did he do that? last night he didn't pick the fights. >> i think the distractions, the thing when he picks the fights it's a distraction and it gets in the way of the prospect of having a bipartisan legislative agenda. you listen to the democratic leadership that has been on the show today, there is no chance, it's dead, and they will not work with him, and how does he draw them working together on some things. you heard pelosi praise george bush, and if trump is going to succeed by the fall, he needs nancy pelosi to say i don't like a. and b., but i like this or this. >> you said democrats need to take the opening in some of the areas where it's child care, family leave, infrastructure, a lot of these issues that matter to democrats. >> yeah, and i think that -- i thinkt having a very extremely bad reaction to this speech, which, you know, you could have, is just not good strategy. whatever is going to happen with the presidency, as we have seen, is going to speak for it

time price, -- tom price, i thought he did a fantastic job as did mike pence. thank you very much. >> thank you. callsing up next, your and comments, live on washington journal. and then highlights from this week's confirmation hearings for judge neil gorsuch. and later, we will show some of the house debate and reaction the republican health care replacement bill. >> c-span's voices from the road. we recently visited 17 historically black colleges and universities asking students what they would like the administration to address in the first 100 days. >> hello, i am a student here at north carolina central state university. i would like president trump to grasp and understanding, and that we are all represented under him. i would like him to work on building and maintaining relationships with other countries as our commander in chief. >> i am a senior here. what i would like to see for the first 100 days is taking care of our education. i would also like to see better medicare and expanded obamacare. student, i would like to see that. >> hello. howardsenior h

have please help me welcome the vice president of the united states mike pence. [applause] vice-pres. pence: hello, kentucky. thank you, governor for that great introduction. and how about that governor matt bevin. isn't he something. kentucky, i believe, i was for matt bevin before it was cool. kentucky is blessed to have a who is a doinger such a great things for the state. restoring fiscal responsibility and rolling back red tape. kentucky is now a right to work state. kentucky is open for business. [applause] vice-pres. pence: governor, the president and i are proud to partner with you to make kentucky great again as we make america great again. [applause] vice-pres. pence: i get along great with people from kentucky. except in march. [laughter] vice-pres. pence: a gets a little testy, but the same goes with all my strong feeling about your governor. they goes for other dedicated public servant that are here. the state senator just joined us for a great conversation, and to -- to great congressman i served with in washington, which you stand up and let these p

paul ryan would look better than mike pence in anything, even mike paens hair, he probably-- that looks good. that looks good. it really does. ( laughter ) guys, last night's speech was pretty good. and you know what? if the speech were president, america wouldn't have so much to worry about. unfortunately, the speech and the man reading the speech have nothing in common. ( laughter ) for example, trump's promise to help black people-- or as he calls them "inner cities." >> our neglected inner cities will see a rebirth of hope, safety, and opportunity. >> trevor: now, you see, that sounds great. it definitely sounds a lot better for black people than what attorney general part-time hobbit jeff sessions is doing. they are pulling back on owl federal investigations into police brutality. in fact, jeff sessions gives so few (bleep) about civil rights he made this decision would you want reading the reports on violence in both chicago and ferguson. it's true. he said he knows what they're about because he read the summary. which, i'm sorry, people, is (bleep). it's like someone saying they

norah is on her way to interview vice president mike pence. there she goes.p the steps in that purple coat. she's walking into the we'll get the response to the immigration system. >>> the "los angeles times" reports new details about the people who were killed in a southern california plane crash. three on board were killed when small plane slammed into a riverside neighborhood monday and burst into flames. remarkably two women survived. both are in critical condition. brandon says his 22-year-old sister adean died in the crash but his mother was one of the survivors. he got a chilling phone call just before they took off. >> my mom called me and said the plane is acting a little weird and the weather is acting crazy. i told her it's probably not best to take the plane very the group was returning to san jose after a cheerleading competition. >>> the kansas city city far reports the fbi is officially investigating the deadly shooting in a bar as a hate crime. adam pure entin shot them. one of them reportedly died. he told them to get out of my country. >> he

but next, vice president mike pence in kentucky today to convince voters that trump care is the bestption for medical coverage. >>> plus, an attorney from the aclu gives us his take on whether trump's revised immigration order will stand up in court. >>> the trump white house hitting the road today to sell the obamacare replacement. vice president mike pence was in lieu wiville, kentucky promoting a plan that's taking heat from all sides. >> despite some of the fear mongering from those on the liberal left, i want to assure the people from kentucky who might be looking on this morning, we're going to work with the congress and work with our agency in health and human services and we're going to have an orderly transition to a better health care system that makes affordable, high-quality health insurance available for every american. >> pence acknowledged their replacement plan isn't popular with everyone in kentucky. a red state that cut its uninsured by half because of obamacare. >> i know that not every politician in kentucky supports our plan to repeal and replace obamacare. i kno