coup and patricia ewing, committed to cultural differences in our committee. contributions from viewers like you. thank you. announcer: once again from washington, robert costa of "the washington post"." robert: good evening. president trump wasted no time blaming the failure of the republican healthcare bill on democrats. he called me moments after house leadership pulled the bill from the floor. he didn't blame speaker ryan. they just came up short. >> i told him that the best thing to do was to pull with this bill. obamacare. president trump: i think the losers are nancy pelosi and chuck schumer because now they own obamacare. 100% own it. and this is not a republican healthcare. robert: republicans spent eight years let's remember making promising to replace the affordable care act with a better, cheaper health plan. why couldn't they close the deal? and how big of a political crisis is this for president trump? >> it's a huge defeat, really a remarkable moment. the republicans have the majorities in the house and the senate and they control the white hous