the chinese bloggers are trying to make obama tigger. yeah, tigger.hat because he's -- tall? ( laughter ) tigger, please. let's move on. this past weekend, this past weekend and this past week, we have been so focused, so focused on who the trump campaign met in secret with that we've barely mentioned what the entire republican congress is doing in secret, relieving millions of americans to have the burden that is healthcare. this week was meant to be the culmination of everything mitch mcconnell and the republicans worked on. today they were going to open debates on the new bill. this thursday, going to pass it, because for mitch mcconnell, passing healthcare should be treated like jacking off. you go into a dark room, get it done as quickly as possible because the longer you spend thinking about it, the more likely you will feel shame. i understand. i understand. ( laughter ) so last thursday, the new healthcare bill came out and much like last night's "game of thrones," we were all anxiously awaiting to see how many people it would kill off and als

now includes widely circulated images of xi strolling with then-president obama in 2013, juxtaposed with winnie the pooh and tigger. and, from 2014, xi shaking hands with japanese prime minister abe, alongside an image of pooh and eeyore. who knew? still to come on the newshour: i talk with senator bernie sanders about what's next for the affordable care act. the white house slaps new sanctions on iran. we catch up with the afghan girls robotics team initially banned from coming to the u.s. and, much more. >> woodruff: the collapse of the republican's push on health care raises serious questions about the road ahead for reform. key among them: will the democrats come to the table? to explore that, and more, we are joined now by senator bernie sanders of vermont. he is the ranking member on the senate budget committee. welcome back to the "newshour", senator sanders. what happened to your republican colleagues in what went wrong? >> well, what went wrong, judy, is they brought forth a disastrous healthcare bill that had the support of all of 12% of the american people, that was opposed by the american medical assoc

tigger is thin. lean and mean. and president obamaoesn't hate this comparison, tall, thin. >> i'd take it >> you wouldn't mind being -- >> sure. lions, tigers. >>> great story. and i'm with ann coulter on this >> i wasn't going to say it. >> immediately what i thought of when i saw this,it was delta when you said i don't know if you know who i am, delta, but i better get this fricking seat, or you're going to have hell to pay with my million twitter followers. you did say it >> i did not you tweeted -- >> tell the ann coulter story, tell the sore kin story later. >> i did not threaten anybody. >> i saw your tweets what did you tweet. >> years ago. >> only about a year ago >> years ago they told me to tweet at the service people. i wrote them and said please dm me direct message me. >> the way you said dm me or you're going to have hell to pay. >> i did not say that. >> dm or you're the sorriest mfs. >> i didn't say that said better to keep it as a private matter, dm me. >> i think you said if you would like to keep it a private matter