that just means the obamacare taxes stay with obamacare. we're going to fix the rest of the tax code. reporter: does this portend other bad things? mr. ryan: i don't think so. i do not think it is prologue brother future things because there are parts of our agenda where people have more agreement. we have more agreement on the need and nature of tax reform, on fund thinking government, on -- funding the government, rebuilding the military, securing the border. -- this issue had a big difference of opinion, not whether we should repeal and replace obamacare but just how we should replace it. and that is the growing pains of governing. we were a 110-year opposition party. where being against things was easy to do. you just had to be against it. now in three months' time we try to go to a governing party where we actually have to get 216 people to agree with each other on how we do things. we just weren't quite there today. we will get there, but we were not there today. reporter: are you going to move ahead with stage two and three legislati

that just means the obamacare taxes stay with obamacare. members realize there are other parts of our agenda that people have even more of agreement on on what to achieve. refund more agreement on -- on funding the government. this issue had a big difference whether we not should repeal and replace obamacare, but how we should replace it. are a ten-year opposition party were being against things was the easy thing to do. and now we try to go to a governing party, where we have to get 216 people to agree with each other on how we do things. get there, but we weren't quite there's a day. >> are you going to move ahead with -- and also house the conference doing right now? >> the conference is let down, the conference is disappointed. we were on the cusp of for filling a promise that we made, of achieving an ambition we had for seven years and we came a little bit short. this bill would have made phase two much better. nevertheless i think there are some things the secretary can do to stabilize things. for instance, risk pools, we think the sm

that just means the obamacare taxes stay with obamacare. we're going to fix the rest of the tax code. >> you don't think what is passed is cruel, portends bad things? a >> i don't think this is prologue for other future things. members leel eyes there are other parts of our agenda people have even more agreement on on what to achieve. we have even more agreement on the need and the nature of tax reform on funding the government, on rebuilding the military, on securing the border. this issue had a big difference of opinion not whether we should repile and replace obamacare, but just how we should replace it. and that is the growing pains of governing. we were a 10-year opposition party, where being against things was easy to do. you just had to be against it. and now in three months' time we tried to go to a governing party where we actually had to get 216 people to agree with each other on how we do things and we weren't just quite there today. we will get there, but we weren't there today. yeah. >> i just had something. i wonder if you're

about repealing obamacare. common sense, i think i'm going to take that name, tweets this for republican leaders. what have you been doing since it was passed back in 2010, and two, why weren't you ready to go on day one for president trump? >> one problem is that the democrats have been slow-walking a lot of the nominees. he hasn't had a lot of time to work with his team in place. now that he does have his team in place, they are moving on. conservatives have to decide whether they will do what is achievable and pragmatic care, or whether they will make the perfect enemy of the good here. the reality here is that a lot of the stuff in this bill, paul ryan doesn't like. he doesn't like the medicaid expansion, he doesn't like giving tax credits or tax deductions. if you were building a system from scratch, they wouldn't be in there. but he's not building it from scratch, he's building a system from obamacare. he wants to move gradually, pragmatically, a way this can get through both chambers of congress. republi

that means the obamacare taxes stay with obamacare. we're going to fix the rest of the tax code. >> does this -- reporter: does this portend other bad things? mr. ryan: i don't think so. there are parts of our agenda where people have more agreement. we have more agreement on the need and nature of tax reform, on fund thinking government, on rebuilding the military, on securing the border this issue had a big difference of opinion, not whether we should repeal and replace obamacare but just how we should replace it. and that is the growing pains of governing. we were a 110-year opposition party. where being against things was easy to do. you just had to be against it. now in three months' time we try to go to a governing party where we actually have to get 216 people to agree with each other on how we do thing. we just weren't quite there today. we will get there but we current there today. reporter: are you going to move ead with stage two and three legislation? also, you can just talk about how the conference is feeling right now. mr

will repeal obamacare. well, you know what? we are out of excuses. the time for talk is over, and now is the time for action. and i have to tell you that i think that failure is not an option. if republicans take this opportunity and blow it, we will rightly be considered a laughingstock. so we can't do that, and i will tell you that the leaders who have been here, and the leaders who have been addressing you today have been on the front lines fighting to take the house plan which has a lot of problems, and to try to make it real repeal which gives you real control over your health care. i believe that we can get it done. i can tell you in the last week, four days i have been at the white house meeting with the president, with the vice president, and the administration, and house members, and with senators and saying that we have got to get it done, and with your support, you are all here to talk to your elected representative, and the most important message for all of us to hear from you is that we have to

so obamacare is exploding with no democrat support. we can't quite get there, we're just a very small number of votes short getting the bill passed. i think the losers are nancy pelosi and chuck schumer, because now they own obamacare, they own it. 100% own it. this is not republican health care, this is not anything but democrat health care and they have obamacare for a little while longer until it ceases to exist, which it will at some point in the near future. and just remember, this is not our bill, this is their bill. now when they all become civilized and get together, and try to work out a great health care bill for the people of this country, we're open to it. >> sir, is it fair for americans to let obamacare explode? >> there's nothing you can do about it. things are going to happen to obamacare, there's not much you can do to help it. i have been saying that for a year and a half, i said eventually, it's not sustainable. i said the other day when president obama left, 17, he knew he wasn't going to be here, 17 is going to be

obamacare is a disaster. we are down. we learned that the fbi is investigating trump campaign operatives for potential ties to russia. here's my belief. it goes wherever it goes. no politicians can stand in the way. we should let the fbi do their job and what happens happens. >> cnn's polo sandoval is covering that for us. a lot of questions today and seemingly handling it well. he's comfortable in that setting. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. at no point losing control of this as he took questions for about an hour and a half, wrapping up in the last few minutes. that question about, of course, russian involvement in the election was, of course, something that he did talk about and also, one of the ones that prompted one of the largest responses from the audience is one of the last ones, some of the audience members calling into question senator graham's vote on some of president trump's nominee and eventual appointments including secretary of education and secretary of state, several individuals even leaving the room but

let's not forget, obamacare is collapsing. obamacare is not staying. if we did nothing, the law would collapse and leave everybody without affordable health care. mercyn byng a act of replacing this law with health care reforms that we as conservatives have been fighting for for years. conservative groups -- [inaudible] >> let me give you a list of what is in here that conservatives should be excited about. one, it reveals obamacare. two, it feels the obamacare taxes, a massive tax relief for families. the obamacare spending, medicaid expansion, and obamacare subsidies. onreveals obamacare mandates individuals and businesses and ends of funding for planned parenthood and sense that funding to community health centers. it is a medicaid per capital block grants, the biggest entitlement reform for decades. " amount of money people can contribute to health savings account, a fundamental part in a crucial part of conservative health care policy. equalizes the tax treatment of health care. i have been doing conservative health care reform for 20 years. for 2

but that just means the obamacare taxes stay with obamacare. we're going to go fix the rest of the tax code. >> this portends bad things -- >> i don't think so. members realize there are other parts of our agenda that people have even more agreement on on what to achieve. we have even more agreement on the need and the nature of tax reform on funding the government, on rebuilding the military, on securing the border. this issue had a big difference of opinion, not whether we should repeal and replace obamacare, but just how we should replace it. and that is the growing pains of governing. we were a ten year opposition party, where being against things was easy to do. now in three months time we try to go to a governing party where we have to get 216 people to agree. we weren't there today. we will get there. >> house speaker paul ryan reacting to the fact he couldn't get the votes to get the healthcare replacement bill passed today. this is a disappointing day for us he said. doing big things is hard he added. but he did admit that we will be l

it repeals obamacare's taxes, it repeals obamacare's spending, it repeals obamacare's mandates. it creates a vibrant market where insurance companies compete for your business, where you have lower costs, more choices, and greater control over your health care. and it returns power. this is most important. this returns power from washington back to doctors and patients. back to states. this is what good conservative health care reform looks like. it is bold and it is long overdue. and it is us fulfilling our promises. so i encourage everyone to go online and read our bill at readthebill.gop. are there any questions? christina? [ inaudible question ] >> as you know, we have this bottom up process that's been over a year long. last year we assembled working groups from committees of sxwlkz a jurisdiction and any republican who wants to participate. then this year the committees have been leading a process all year long, briefings, listening sessions, conferences, committee hearings. and we've got a lot of feedback from members over that process. our chairs, walden and brady, ways

and improving obamacare. but for the president to have to make obamacare worse and make people suffer, to say it doesn't work when cbo says it does work. that's not being president. >> listen to how speaker of the house paul ryan reacted. >> we were probably doing the democrats a favor, we were doing the architects of obamacare a favor by pass this law, and it's going to get worse. i don't think the architects of obamacare -- i'm sure they may be pleased now, but when they see how bad it gets, they're not going to like that either. >> go ahead and react to the speaker. >> well, again, obamacare is working for millions of people. that's why there was such an outcry when this he decided to repeal it. can it be improved some? of course. we've always said that. once republicans are taking repeal off the table, we're willing to work with them to improve t. but it's far better to have it than not have. 23 million people covered, preexisting conditions covered, college kids taken care of, women's care, seniors getti

obamacare has failed, and obamacare must go. since the day florida helped send donald trump to the white house, he has been focused on replacing obamacare with something that actually works. we know that the core -- the core flaw of obamacare was -- is this notion that you could order every american to buy health insurance, whether they want it or needed it or not. that was never the answer. a few days ago in nashville, president trump actually called that obamacare's quote, fatal flaw. the president couldn't be more right. that's why we're going to end this flaw. we're going to replace it with real solutions built on freedom, personal responsibility and state flexibility and reform. that's what works. and that's what president trump's plan for health care reform will do. for the american people. we're going to begin, though -- we're going to begin by repealing obamacare's taxes. we're going to end its mandates by eliminating the penalties. we're going to give americans more choices. we're going to expand health savings accounts

s attribution of clapgs of obamacare to tom price over at the hhs. obamacare is obamacare. the premium hikes are coming because of obamacare. the people with the fake medicare insurance got it because of obamacare. >> it's not fake, you know that. >> the american people know. >> no, it's not fake. and it was working and there was some problems in some markets where it is a one-time spike because it was under price. and you know that. and so the obamacare is collapsing, but the rules -- >> as i have been saying, we have standing by here for donald trump in these remarks from the oval office. seated right next to me, brian williams. >> steve kornacki, thanks. as our coverage expands here to include what is a tape turn-around, remarks already delivered by the president but not yet fed out to the television networks and to viewers. here is what the president had to say. >>> thank you very much. we were very close, it was a very, very tight margin. we had no democrat support. we had no votes from the democrats. they weren't going to give us a single vote, so it's a very difficul

i'd say what happens with obamacare? >> what you will see is magnification all these stories rather stable. more businesses harmed, more individuals not everything, that they would use. more moms and that's unable to care for the kids in the way they believed to be most appropriate. more people getting insurance but no care. this is about real peoples lives and that's why it is so important. >> and deductibles are so high. you hear these stories whether paying a fortune for insurance and then you are how high the deductible is. unless they have attracted in the family it would never be able to use it. >> $13,000 before the insurance kicks in. that's what the estimate, $13,000. >> keep working. >> he's been working very hard and doing a great job. mr. vice president, do you have anything to say? >> mr. president, i think what these great americans see, you're someone who puts people over politics, and i just want to thank all of them for coming and in front of a national media talking about the real world and the index of

we'll repeal obamacare. if only you give us the senate, we'll repeal obamacare. if only you give us the white house, we'll repeal obamacare. you know what? we're out of excuses. the time for talk is over. ow is the time for action. and i got toil, i think failure is not an option. -- i got to tell you. i think failure is not an option. if republicans take this opportunity and blow t. we will rightly be considered -- blow it, we will rightly be considered a laughingstock. we can't do that. i'll tell you the leaders who have been here, the leaders who have been addressing you today have been on the frontlines fighting to take the house plan, which has a lot of problems, and to try to make it real repeal that lowers premiums that gives you control over your health are. i believe we can get it done. i can tell you in the last week, four days i have been at the white house meeting with the president, with the vice president, with the administration, with house members, with senators saying we have got to get it done. and with your sport, you-all are here talk to your

obamacare has failed. hardship ona american families and on the american health care system and president trump is determined to work with members of congress to keep a promise he made to the american people to repeal obamacare with his mandates and taxes. with the onerous burden that is placed on the american people and to replace it at the same reformth health care that will lower the cost of health care insurance by giving the american people more choices in health care. more freedom. more flexibility. and also by returning resources and flexibility to the states that will allow them to reform medicaid said they can more effectively meet the needs of our most ponderable citizens. the simple fact is obamacare must go and we are now on the first full day of our effort to keep that promise to the american people. i am very grateful to the senate leadership. i will be meeting with the house of representatives this afternoon as we continue to build support. to membersas i said of the senate caucus today. if

obamacare is exploding. we couldn't quite get there. , very small number of votes short in terms of getting our bill passed. a lot of people don't realize how good our bill was because they were doing phase one. when you add phase two which was mostly the signings of secretary price behind me and phase three which i think we would have gotten, it would have been a good bill. premiums would have gone down and it would have been very strong. but we're very, very close and i think what will happen is obamacare will explode. it's going to be a very bad year. last year you had over 100% increases in various places, arizona, i understand, it's going up very rapidly again. like it did last year. last year was 116%. many places, 50%, 60%, 70%. i guess it averaged, whatever the average was, very, very high. this year should be much worse for obamacare. what would be really good with no democrat support, if the democrats want it to explode if they got together with us and got a real health care bill. i'd be totally op

this year should be much worse for obamacare. what would be really good with no democrat support, if the democrats want it to explode if they got together with us and got a real health care bill. i'd be totally open to it. i think that's going to happen. i think the losers are nancy pelosi and chuck schumer because now they own obamacare. their own it, 100% own it. this is not a republican health care, this is not anything but a democrat health care and they have obamacare for a little while longer until it ceases to exist, which it will at some point in the near future and just remember this is not our bill. this is their bill. when they all become civilized and get together and try and work out a great health care bill for the people of this country, we're open to it. we're totally open to it. i want to thank the republican party, i want to thank paul ryan. he worked very, very hard. i will tell you that he worked very, very hard. tom price and mike pence who is right here, our vice president, our great vice president, everybod

you own obamacare. when you go into your midterm elections, it's on you that basically high insurance costs, part-time jobs all on the rise. obamacare reform bill has been pulled at the 11th hour. minutes after the vote was scheduled to start, president trump asked the speaker paul ryan to pull the bill. sent health care stocks soaring. let's bring in gerri willis with the latest. we're seeing health care stocks moving, but the dow really didn't take a hit. do you think that's maybe because now the president is saying i'm going to focus on tax reform? >> reporter: a very good point, it was a complete yo-yo day in the markets, let me tell you. dow down as much as 120 point, rallied in the end as the news came out that the bill was pulled, health care bill was being pulled. there's a lot going on and i want to break it down for you. the stocks have popped here. a lot of hospital stocks did well. tenet was up 8%. hca popped 8%, as we were getting news about the bill being pulled. health insurers up, 5%. if

it's failed the of america, and obamacare must go. [applause] the plan the president outlined in his joint address to congress is the plan will working on. we will repeal and replace obamacare once and for all and replace it with health care reform that will improve the lives of every american and strengthen our economy. the truth is ordering every american to buy health insurance, whether they wanted it or not, was never the right solution for health care in this country. so we're going to start out, repeal the mandates and taxes and penalties of obamacare. [applause] we are going to and obamacare is individual and employer mandates were going to get rid of more than $500 billion in obamacare tax increases. [applause] and we are going to get americans more choices. we will expand health savings accounts, give americans a tax credit that will help people buy plans they need at a price they can afford. we will make sure americans with pre-existing conditions still have access to the coverage and care that they need. to all the parents

obamacare is collapsing. if we just our hands of the situation, we would see a further collapse of the health insurance markets, so we feel an obligation to step in front of that collapse and replace this with one that works and that has more freedom, some people like it to be done a little bit differently, the point here though is we have an obligation. we made a promise to the people who elected us who would have, we would repeal and replace this law and basically said this is what we would replace it with and now we are keeping our word. >> dickerson: there have been so many people picking at different pieces and issues of it, on your side, the other side, cotton from arkansas, lindsey graham from south carolina have both said, let's slow down. why go so fast? that is. >> that is actually really puzzling to me, why go so fast? let me see, we ran for peel and replace in 2010, we ran on repeal and replace in 2012, 2014, in 2016, oh by the way we spent six months last year developing a replacement plan and ra

it is about $1 trillion, but that means the obamacare taxes stay with obamacare. we will fix the rest of the tax code. >> [indiscernible] >> i do not think so. members realize there are other parts of our agenda that people had even more agreement on on what to achieve. we have even more agreement on the nature and need of tax reform on funding the government, on rebuilding the military, securing the border. this issue had a big difference of opinion, not whether we should repeal and replace obamacare, but just how we should replace it. that is the growing pains of government. we were a 10-your opposition party where being against things was easy to do. and now in three month, we tried to go to a governing party where we actually had to get 216 able to agree with each other on how we do things, and we were not quite there today. we will get there. ryan on friday to we are moving ahead to what is next in the trump agenda. a couple of tweets -- speaker ryan had no business trying to eliminate obamacare through reconciliation. it was never possible. there are too few

that means the obamacare taxes stay with obamacare. we'll fix the rest of the tax code. reporter: what is past is prologue here? this portend -- >> this is not prologue for other future things. members realize other parts of the agenda people have even more agreement on what to achieve. we have even more agreement on the need and nature of tax reform on funding the government, on rebuilding the military, securing the border. this issue had a big difference opinion, not whether we should repeal and replace obamacare, but just how we should replace it. that is the growing pains of governing. we were a 10-year opposition party. we're being against things was easy to do. you just had to be against it. and now in three months time we try to go to a governing party where we have to get 216 people to agree with each other how to do things. we weren't just quite there today. we will get there but we weren't there today. reporter: bloomberg. are you going to move ahead with phase two and three, hhs phase two and phase three legislation and also, if you can talk about how the conf

obamacare repealed that. they had a great risk pool on reinsurance system in utah, washington state, all those are gone. here's how they work and here's how our system would work. we would directly support the people with pre-existing conditions. let me give you a sense of this. 1% of the people in these markets drive 23% of the costs. 1% of the people in the individual health insurance market drive 23% of the costs. reassurance program is to cover more than just the 1% to cover the people who have high health care costs. so by having state innovation funds to go to the states to set up these reinsurance programs, we would directly subsidize the people who had pre-existing conditions. direct support for the people with pre-existing conditions so that everybody else has cheaper health insurance. what you do when you do this is, the individual market, the people who don't have pre-existing conditions have much more stable prices. let me give you an example. take a small business with 40 employees. let's say fou

this is our time to repeal obamacare. but it is not going to happen unless you guys are doing what you are doing today and you are going and telling them in person. so over there is where mitch mcconnell works. when mitch mcconnell was running for reelection his campaign theme was we are going to tear up obamacare root and branch. so i am looking at this crowd right now and i believe we are here to help him keep his campaign promise. so please, folks, i appreciate you coming here. i appreciate you taking the time. i appreciate your hard work. please remember obamacare is not going to go down unless you guys help put it across the finish line. with that, we are going to be bringing up -- >> that is what you broad me here for. >> thank you for coming and braving these temperatures. >> i have been doing events with freedomworks for about six years. one of the heroes of this movement has been a man who holds conservative, libitarian principles and unlike these guys waiting to be told by paul ryan what to do he came up with hi

and this year should be much worse for obamacare. so, what would be really good, with no democrat support, if the democrats when it explodes, which it will soon, if they got together with us and got a real health care bill, i'd be totally open to it and i think that's going to happen. i think the losers are nancy pelosi and chuck schumer because now they own obamacare. they own it 100% own it. >> so, there you heard the president say a lot of things, placing the blame squarely on democrats. i don't think that they would agree that they have lost anything here. the democrats on capitol hill have shown themselves to be pretty gleeful about this outcome. you also heard him remaking this argument that did not succeed in persuading enough republican voters, which is this idea that this plan to repeal and replace was three phases, this was the first phase. that did not do enough to win over voters who -- republicans who did not think this first phase went far enough to dismantle obamacare. the big question is what is next. we've heard the

obamacare just is not working n.ast year alone premiums are up 25% in a third of the counties in this country we have only one insurance provider therefore american citizens don't have a choice. we have no choice but to make the plan better for all americans out there. we will get a score next week, cbo will do what they need to do, we will see what the score is and in the past the score has been meaningless. they said more people that would be ensure that are actually ensured. >> but to repeat my question, will the president support a plan if the cbo says that millions of people will lose their health insurance coverage, will the president continue to support that plan? >> but, chris it's not just about coverage, it's about access to care, it's access to be able to see your doctor, the number who is covered and who is not covered that is interesting and i know that may make head lines, what we care is people's ability to get health care. that's what we care about and that's what we are driving for. >> but gary, cove

by repealing obamacare. people are not going to see the truly devastating effects of obamacare. they are not going to see the devastation in 17 and 18 and 19. 2019.2017, 2018, and it will be gone by then. the press is making it look so wonderful so that if we ended everyone will say, "remember how , wonderful obamacare was?" it is so great. it is a little bit like president obama. when he left, people like him. when he was here, people didn't like him so much. that is the way life goes. that is human nature. the fact is, obamacare is a disaster. and i say this to republicans on the time. by repealing it, by getting rid of it, by ending it, everybody is want to say, "it used to be so great," but it was not great. i tell tom price and paul ryan and i tell everyone of them, i say the best thing you can do is politically is wait a year because it is going to blow itself off the map, but that is the wrong thing to do for the country and the wrong thing to do for our citizens. so with that, i would like to introduce some of the folks, and if you could say a few words about your curiou

as you know, obamacare has destroyed the marketplace. one third of all the counties in this country only have one choice. that also creates a monopoly. some counties have no insurance, and the government wants to penalize you because you can't even buy them. obamacare created 23 co-ops, giving $2 billion, 18 have already collapsed. so the goal is to provide federal antitrust scrutiny to an industry that's becoming increasingly concentrated. second, we'll provide small business health fairness act. we talk so much about letting small businesses pool together but we also talk about across state lines. this allows small businesses to pool together and go across state lines. i opened my first business when ways 19 years old. three lessons you always learn. you are the first to work, the last to leave and the last to be paid but you know the those that work for you are like family. you want to provide health care for them. but you are at a disadvantage between the big companies and small ones. why not let the small businesses that help drive

also known as obamacare. some conservative lawmakers and groups say the legislation, which includes tax credits to buy insurance doesn't go far enough. >>> house republican speaker paul ryan, he is set to hold a news conference in the next few minutes. he will talk about the bill that his leadership is now presenting. that the white house is now pushing. we are all anxiously awaiting to the speaker. we will bring you live when it happens. >>> and wikileaks today publishing what had it says are thousands of cia documents containing hacking secrets, including suggestions that the spy agency can turn smart tvs into listening devices and get past encrypted communication apps. nbc news has not verified the authenticity of the documents, the cia has declined comment. >>> all 100 u.s. senators now coming together, calling on the federal government to help the jewish community centers across the nation enhance their security. the request coming as centers in four states reported phone or e-mail threats today. authori

those were in obamacare. popular.ajor issues in the bill right now that republicans need to reconcile. how they provide subsidy for americans. repealing the obamacare subsidy over three years will be replaced by refundable tax credits. that goes up from $2,000 to $4,000. it will be capped depending on income. and medicaid. some states took that offered in obamacare and now those states will be allowed to continue growing the roles until 2020. that is compromise language trying to reach out to red state senators concerned about what will happen to the program. those states that did not expand. they will get money as well so they are not punished by not taking them. what is the pathway forward? it will be difficult. something senate majority leader mitch mcconnell made clear on monday. >> the house will work this week to move forward with legislation that under a new president who will actually sign it can finally help pursue smarter health care solutions in place of the failed partisan experiment. we know the task befo

well, of course, obamacare is crazy. premiums are spiking across the country by 25% nationwide and as much as 47% in kentucky for individuals. choices have fallen from coast to coast with about a third of counties nationwide and nearly half in kentucky having only a single insurer to choose from on the exchanges. and health care markets are teetering closer to the edge of collapse. the obamacare status quo is simply not an option. we have an obligation to the american people to repeal and replace obamacare. we have a thre three-throng pros to get there. the first is the legislation. house committees are currently considering. it's a specialized piece of legislation that allows us to repeal obamacare and implement some but not all of the important replacement reforms we want to make. another is an additional replacement reforms that go even further in making health care more affordable and accessible. the remaining prong is executive action. there's much the administration can do to help bring calm out of chaos out of oba

obamacare is not viable.eople chants to keep obamacare, obamacare has failed, even nancy pelosi and democrats say we need to fix obamacare, i can promise you, we're trying to get it done, but there is no help from the democrats, so the people who are saying they will keep obamacare, that is not going for america. >> keeping -- without insurance. >> cboscored by amendment. >> obamacare your --? >> obamacare is failing. if we don't get this repealed and replaced, we have a good. obamacare has failed. when we take about option of country healthcare it would be in a mess. if we don't get a replacement. if obamacare does implode before our eyes. >> are you precluded from doing tax reform? >> the point is, if we don't get this done, where are we going to go with tax reforms and immigration reform? this is step one. without step one, we really don't get to step two, we're talking eliminating $800 billion of job killing taxes, fees and penalties to get our economy growing, and get us more jobs, this is more than just

the obamacare taxes stay with obamacare. and this -- >> members realize there's other parts of our agenda that people have even more agreement on on what to achieve. we have even more agreement on the need and the nature of tax reform on funding the government, on rebuilding the military, securing the border. this issue had a big difference of opinion, not whether we should repeal and replace obamacare but how we should replace it. that is the growing pains of governing. we were a ten-year opposition party where being against things was easy to do. just had to be against it. in three months time, we tried to go to the governing party where we had to get 217 people to agree on how get things done. we weren't there today. we were close. >> are you going to go ahead in phase 2 and phase 3 legislation and also if you can just talk about how the conference is doing right now. >> the conference -- we were on the cusp of fulfilling a promise that we made. the cusp of achieving an ambition. we were close. this bill would have made w

obamacare provided subsidies more generous for low income americans, that's going to change, obamacare restricted compared to younger one, this will allow to charge older people more. if wep want to look at the winners, younger people could be the winners, older people are going to be charged more, also higher income people are going to win. fewer taxes, rolls back the taxes on the rich americans that help pay for obamacare and people with higher income, many middle class people but with higher incomes will be able to qualify for the tax credits they put an income cap on it so not the wealthy wealthy will be able to and on top, insurers will feget a tax break. >> thank you for break k it down. >> what is this going to cost and when will we know the final price tag. phil mattingingly is on capitol hill following all this among republicans. >> reporter: the interesting element is we don't have answers how much it costs or how many people it will cover according to tcongress congressional offi. on the cost that's where you're hitting on conservatives. there's a concern there will be a mil

trump: no, i think we have to let obamacare go its way. i would love to see it do well, but it can't. i would love it to do well. i want great health care for the people of this nation, but it can't do well. it is imploding, and soon will explode. it will not be pretty. the democrats don't want to see that, so they will reach out whenever they are ready. when they are ready, we are ready. >> do you feel betrayed by the house freedom caucus? they seemed to be the most difficult -- pres. trump:no, they are friends of mine. i am a little disappointed. i am surprised to be honest with you. we would have had it. it was pretty much within grasp. i will tell you what will come out of it is a better bill. there were things in this bill i didn't particularly like. both parties can get together and do real health care. that is the best thing. obamacare was rammed down everyone's throat. bipartisan will be a big improvement. no, i think this is going to end up being a good thing. i am disappointed, but they are friends of mine. this is a very hard ti