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republican congressman ted yoho of florida. representative yoho, welcome to the program. what are your reservations, and could you support the bill as it is right now? >> thanks, judy, for having me. my reservations are many. i like the direction we're moving in, but i could not support the bill as it is right now. >> woodruff: why not? >> there are several things. one is the refundable tax credits. what that means is the government has to take money from us, the taxpayers, it's a government program. and what i've seen in the government programs in my short time up here but being a citizen for almost 62 years come april is a government program, they tend to get bigger and bigger and they're less efficient. and any time you give control to the government, it costs more money and they're less efficient. i think we've seen this over and over again. >> woodruff: let me ask you about that. >> one of the other things is a work requirement for able bodied citizens without dependents, that they're either looking for work or they're getting work or they're getting reeducated or do

let's bring in florida republican congressman ted yoho, of course a member of the freedom caucus. congressman. >> good morning, craig. >> good morning to you. one of the issues that house intelligence committee investigation -- this idea that what's happened in the past two weeks has damaged the committee's credibility, beyond repair, is that a fair assessment? >> no, i don't think it is. i mean let them go through the process. we have that hearing today, like you said n 40 minutes. things will come out and things will evolve and then choices will be made. i have confidence that they'll get to the bottom of this and i think the important thing is, we need to see if russia was in here and who leaked the information is the thing most concerning to all americans. if you have somebody outside of the committee or outside of the agencies leaking information, this is wrong and we need to get those people and hold them accountable. >> would it speed things up if chairman nunez stepped aside? >> i don't think so at this point. i know devin, he's a man of high integrity and character and i

joining us from capitol hill the florida congressman ted yoho, member of the house committee and freedom caucus. thank you for joining us. >> sure, wolf. good to be on. >> let me get your quick reaction to the white house press secretary citing this unsubstantiated report on fox news by judge napolitano that the british intelligence community had been told by former president obama to go ahead and spy on donald trump at trump tower. it obviously caused this huge, huge anger in -- among obviously one of the top allies. what's your reaction to the white house giving at least some credence to this report by even citing it from the white house pulpit? >> i watched that report yesterday, and he did, he gave that information out. i assume there is some cretence to it or some credibility to it or he wouldn't have done that. other than that, i'm not going to weigh in on judge napolitano said what he said on fox news. i think i'm going to wait for the movie to come out to see. let the rule of law and the investigations do what it's going to do and let us focus on the things that we need to focus

did it surprise you to hear ted yoho of florida said he thinks devin nunes works for the president?i mean, nothing is shocking anymore. but even in a world where that's true, it's still shocking to hear that republicans have so far lost sight of who they truly represent, that you could even let something like that slip out. i think that is a kingsley gaffe where he accidentally said what he really thought. >> it's pretty shocking. dianne feinstein threw some shade at devin nunes today when she talked about really what he probably ought to do in his conduct and its impact on the investigation. this is dianne feinstein. >> the chairman devin nunes ought to clear this up. because it sort of casts a pall over all of us, house and senate. and it's not the way this would happen over in the senate. this would not have happened. >> and one more. one more for you, david corn. this is david swalwell, a member of devin nunes's committee. take a listen. >> he shouldn't last as the leader of this investigation. the continued progress that we're supposed to show is not happening. so we have lost

i member of congress from florida by the way, ted yoho, referred to the chairman of that committee as a guy working for donald trump today in an interview. that's what he said. he works for trump. what do you make of that? >> well, i'm not going to comment about the house. they've got their own challenges. i do know that i'm proud of the way that chairman burr and all the members of this committee are actually working together in a bipartisan way. we had a press conference yesterday. we had a very, i think, thorough hearing today. it came out again, complete validation of all the witnesses and maybe the president's the only person that doesn't accept this, that the russians were responsible for hacking into the dnc, hacking into john podesta, they they were responsible for spreading vast amounts of fake news where these paid internet trolls in a sense send up so much information and flood the zone and then shape the narrative around fake news that then arises higher on your twitter or other kind of news feeds, facebook news feeds. and actually a couple of the witnesses said part of th

let's get reaction from ted y o yoho. this is important four and floridians. let's put numbers on the screen and get your reactions. before obamacare took effect in 2014, 41 million without coverage. without coverage. after obamacare, 28 million without coverage. the cbo now says over the next ten years if the republican repeal and replace plan goes into effect, 52 million people will be without coverage. so you support that? >> i don't support those numbers. i think the way we're going, if you look at what's going on right now, the affordable care act is going to collapse on itself. and if you look at the cbo numbers, historically, when they first came out and scored the affordable care act, i think they had it scored at 800-some billion dollars according to jonathan gruber, but the real numbers are $2.6 trillion. if you look at the numbers that cbo estimate would be there by 2016 there would be over 20 million people signed on the affordable care act. if you look at reality it was less than half of that. >> the numbers if this goes into effect a year from no

we'll talk to luke messer, a republican from indiana, and republican ted yoho from florida. see if they can get the 22 voters, republicans who may or may not go along with the caucus on this. we have market guests here today to talk about the fallout from that if it doesn't look like they have the votes or if thing also rally if they do get the votes. we will talk to ann marie slaughter, a former state department official who made headlines when she talked about you can't have it all ways. she will talk about a lot of different events unfolding, not just in london but where we see things with russia and our relationship in the world. all of that in just a few minutes. we'll see you at the top of the hour. >> look forward to that. >> thank you. up next, citi's chief economist will talk about the fed, policy and the impact on growth. stay tuned. say hello to at&t's best, unlimited da deal ever. it's a total game-changer. so now the whole family can binge, surf, shop, navigate, listen, game, stream and more. all without the hassle of worrying about overages... ...or running out

ted yoho said in the last 48 hours, he's gotten 1800 phone calls from angry constituents and just 30 who are in favor, so obviously, the administration wants a win. house leadership wants a win, but there's a sense that it might take more than a day to resolve some of these issues. we'll see. melissa. >> so, in terms of a tick-tock, there is none. >> thing is, it's fluid. i could tell you the tick-tock for tonight, the expectation for tomorrow, but as we saw today, anything is subject to change and if they don't have the vo s votes, this will not be brought to the house floor. simple as that. >> thank you. in washington. and we are taking a look there on the screen. that's a live shot of speaker ryan's office. you see people going in and out, but that is a live shot of what's going on capitol hill right now. so, the self-proclaimed king of the deal couldn't make a deal in time to get the vote through tonight. the market turning negative, so will we see heavier selling tomorrow? if we go another day with no deal in sight. grasso, what do you think? >> i think the market is handling th

let's bring in florida republican congressman ted yoho. thanks for your time, sir. you have been opposed to this health care plan from the beginning, as i understand it. if there was a vote today, the plan as it stands would pass the house? >> i can't speak for the house. i would not support it in its present form today. we're working in the right direction so i look forward to working with our leadership to refine some things in this program. >> the cbo report that came out, did it in any way, shape or form change your position on the bill? >> no, not at all. the cbo, you know, if you look historically, they have been way off on certain things. if you look at the original cost of the affordable care act, it was $860 billion. but truth be known, it was over $2 trillion. it's only off by a factor of 2 trillion. the cbo is a good starting point but not the end result. we have to look down the road to see what we are fliaccomplishin here. the affordable care act on its own is going to be it i own demise. we see the exchanges some counesly have one insurance marketer an

. >> congressman ted yoho of florida, great to have you with us. >> thanks for having me on, john. >>he white house says it's willing to work with democrats now to get things done, so are democrats ready to play ball, or is the partisan divide in washington just too deep? l, 2 dynamic diy duos, and an entrepreneur named sharon. its witnessed 31 crashes, 4 food fights, and the flood of '09. it's your paradise perfected with behr premium plus low odor paint. the best you can buy starting under $25. unbelievable quality. unbeatable prices. only at the home depot. i just want to find a used car start at the new carfax.com show me used trucks with one owner. pretty cool. [laughs] ah... ahem... show me the carfax. start your used car search at the all-new carfax.com. >>> already. welcome back to "the lead." lots to discuss in our politics lead. want to the jump right in with the panel. joining suscongressman rogers, former chairman of the house intelligence committee. mr. chairman, why would -- is there any reason why current house intelligence chair devin nunes would have to go to the whit

ted yoho of florida. thank you for being with us. i was listening to a conversation you were having with craig melvin yesterday to talk about health care. something you said caught me as remarkably honest and forthright. i think that health care coverage is, to some degree, an ideological issue. some people believe that everybody should be covered. and most other developed nations in the world, in fact, all of them, have a universal health care system where it's a right. everybody gets to be covered. there are those who believe it's not a right. you said to craig that you are one of those who thinks it's not a right. you have should access to it but it's not a right that you be covered. >> right, ali. and thank you for having me on. that's the fundamental argument that we need to have. n that's what i've been saying all along. whose responsibility is it to have health care? you aren't responsible for me or my family's health care or anybody else in america provided i'm able to take care of myself and my family. we need to make sure t

who is on that list we're keeping, opposed to this bill as far as we know, republican congressman ted yoho of florida, who serves on house freedom caucus. thanks for being with us on a very busy day. >> thank you for having me on. >> you're welcome. are you still a no? >> yes. why? you went to the white house again? >> yes, we went to the white house. president trump is very humble, very anxious to get something done -- i shouldn't say anxious. very willing to get something done. he's listening to a lot of people getting input on this. the message we to want take away is our leadership has been working extremely hard on this. what we want to do is fix the remedies of the broken affordable care act that is going to throw people off. it's unsustainable. we want to go something right for the american people. i have confidence that we're going to do it. i don't know if we'll do it today but i know we'll get it done. >> what are you specifically hung up on? i mean, the white house is saying this is it, the vote is going to happen tonight and they believe they gave you -- we don't know what happ

ted yoho (r) florida >"i haven't seen any evidence. but, i also know that mr.smart enough that, if he says something, there must have been something that made him react that way. landing(catherine) the justice department delivered documents to the house intelligence committee late today. a response to a request for materials regarding president trump's wiretap accusations. f=b=i director sean comey is due to testify on monday. vicki? (vicki) today the environmental protection agency announced a one-hundred- million dollar award to michigan in response to the flint water crisis.(vicki) cost cutting measures in the city led to tainted drinking water that contained lead and other toxins. the e-p-a grant aims to help flint "replace lead service lines" and improve infrastructure. the money came from a 2016 special fund. the e-p-a said in a news release that under president trump's new budget blueprint, its drinking water state revolving fund "remains fully funded." ( grant ) let's check back in now with chief meterologist brittney shipp a weak high pressure ridge is

representative hal rogers, ted yoho, all agree that this cut is absolutely misguided. several retired three and four-star generals wrote a letter to congress expressing their deep concern over these serious budget cuts being made to the state department because they know that diplomacy goes hand in hand with any kind of defense that has to be put out there. you've got to have the two together. here's what they said. this is -- i'm reading a quote. the state department, usaid, millenial challenge corporation, peace corps and other development agencies are critical to preventing conflict and reducing the need to put our men and women in uniform in harm'sway. end quote. in 2013, general mattis himself said if more funding for development wasn't provided he would have to buy more bullets. development programs are inextricably linked with our national security and this president should not be cutting these programs if he wants to bolster snarble security. if he wants to bolster national security we should be investing more of our dollars into diplomacy and development as tw

i caught up with congressman ted yoho this morning. he said he suggested to the chairman that they delay the vote by at least 24 hours to, in his words, get it right and that there had reportedly been others who made the same suggestion to the congressman, to the chairman of the freedom caucus to delay this vote. we don't have an official word from the house majority leader's office. he's in charge of setting the schedule. we'll make a final word. some attendees at the meeting have thrown cold water on this idea that the president made a so-called final offer. i heard it described by one attendee as a dialogue where the freedom caucus threw out some ideas and the president and his staff threw out some ideas. they went back and forth. so it does seem like there is some optimism that a deal can be reached but not optimism that a deal can be reached necessarily in a time frame that had been previously hoped for. >> the other interesting thing about this, too, kayla, is it better for them to delay it 24 hours or however long of a time to h

i talked to ted yoho of florida, who you had on yesterday.ituents in the last two days to vote against this. just 30 were in favor. but kocongress have made some changes. they're trying to offer something for everyone. they don't eliminate the mandatory or essential health benefits like maternity and mental health care, but they do give states power and funding over them, and they used an extended medicare tax to do that. the debates on the full house floor will begin at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. the voting is expected to wrap by about 5:00 p.m., joe. we'll see if we get more political theater because the threat from constituents is very real, or whether the political reality of washington and working with this president for the rest of his term is going to settle in. >> it is compelling and fascinating, kayla. it really is. been talking off camera with our next guest. he's very thoughtful. we decided, both of us agreed it's complicated. we're all coming to that -- >> who knew? >> we're all coming to that conclusion. we have to decide what kind