WEBVTT 00:00:03.599 --> 00:00:08.365 >>> WELCOME BACK. FOR ALL THE SMOKE ON RUSSIA, IN 00:00:08.533 --> 00:00:11.098 ADDITION TO THE RUSSIAN CLOUD BOGGING DOWN EVERYTHING, THE 00:00:11.232 --> 00:00:15.332 WHITE HOUSE AGENDA IS A MESS AND PARTY ALLIANCES ARE DRAMATICALLY 00:00:15.466 --> 00:00:17.365 DOWN. TODAY, THE PRESIDENT SEEMINGLY 00:00:17.499 --> 00:00:23.199 DECLARED WAR ON HIS RIGHT FLANK FOR KILLING HIS HEALTH CARE 00:00:23.366 --> 00:00:30.765 PLAN, THREATENING TO FIGHT HARD LINERS IN THE 2018 SEASON. 00:00:30.899 --> 00:00:36.065 AND IN A TWEET MOMENTS AGO, THE HARD LINERS RESPONDED TODAY WITH 00:00:36.199 --> 00:00:43.865 OPEN DEFIANCE. >> DO YOU THINK THIS IS A 00:00:43.999 --> 00:00:47.965 CONSTRUCTIVE WAY TO DO IT? >> IT IS CONSTRUCTIVE IN FIFTH 00:00:48.133 --> 00:00:49.332 GRADE. >> I DON'T WORK FOR THE 00:00:49.466 --> 00:00:51.432 PRESIDENT. I DON'T WORK FOR THE LEADERSHIP. 00:00:51.566 --> 00:00:53.199 I WORK FOR THE PEOPLE WHO SENT ME. 00:00:53.333 --> 00:00:59.432 >> I DON'T KNOW WHO IS GIVING HIM THAT COUNSEL BUT IF IT IS 00:00:59.566 --> 00:01:03.165 THE SAME COUNSEL THAT SAID LET'S PUT A BILL POLLING AT 17% ON THE 00:01:03.333 --> 00:01:06.132 HOUSE FLOOR, WHEN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE 17% PROVE, THAT'S NOT 00:01:06.266 --> 00:01:07.832 A WINNER. >> YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE 00:01:07.966 --> 00:01:12.865 LEGISLATION AND IT DOESN'T DO WHAT THEY SAID WOULD IT DO. 00:01:12.999 --> 00:01:16.265 THAT'S WHY ONLY 17% OF THE POPULATION SUPPORTS THIS 00:01:16.433 --> 00:01:20.232 LEGISLATION. >> THIS PLACE IS A SWAMP. 00:01:20.366 --> 00:01:22.565 NOT A HOT TUB. PEOPLE SENT US HERE. 00:01:22.699 --> 00:01:24.965 CONSERVATIVES, REPUBLICANS THAT BELIEVE IN WHAT THEY CAMPAIGNED 00:01:25.133 --> 00:01:27.565 ON AND DONALD TRUMP. THEY SENT US HERE TO DRAIN THE 00:01:27.699 --> 00:01:29.499 SWAMP. >> AND THAT'S JUST THE 00:01:29.666 --> 00:01:31.732 BEGINNING. HOUSE SPEAKER PAUL RYAN HAD A 00:01:31.900 --> 00:01:34.932 WARNING FOR SOME OF THOSE FREEDOM CAUCUS CONSERVATIVES. 00:01:35.100 --> 00:01:38.799 THE PRESIDENT TOLD YOU HE MIGHT STRIKE A DEAL WITH DEMOCRATS. 00:01:38.933 --> 00:01:41.932 DON'T LET HIM. >> THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HELP US 00:01:42.066 --> 00:01:43.799 REPEAL OBAMACARE. THAT'S MY POINT. 00:01:43.933 --> 00:01:47.632 IF WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE SAID WE ON DO, WHICH IS REPEAL 00:01:47.766 --> 00:01:51.332 AND REPLACE OBAMACARE AND SAVE THE AMERICAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, 00:01:51.499 --> 00:01:54.999 SOMETHING TELLS ME THE DEMOCRATS ARE NOT GOING TO HELP US REPEAL 00:01:55.133 --> 00:01:59.132 OBAMACARE. THEY'RE THE ONES WHO MADE IT IN 00:01:59.300 --> 00:02:04.332 THE FIRST PLACE. >> SENATOR CORKER SLAMMED 00:02:04.533 --> 00:02:06.965 SPEAKER RYAN FOR THAT APPROACH SAYING WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY 00:02:07.133 --> 00:02:10.265 WHEN THE SPEAKER OF ONE PARTY URGES A PRESIDENT NOT TO WORK 00:02:10.399 --> 00:02:14.765 WITH THE OTHER PARTY TO SOLVE A PROBLEM. 00:02:14.899 --> 00:02:16.698 SO SOME MODERATE REPUBLICAN DECIDED TO FREEZE OUT 00:02:16.832 --> 00:02:18.799 CONSERVATIVES. A BLOCK OF MODERATE HOUSE 00:02:18.966 --> 00:02:22.165 REPUBLICANS MET LAST NIGHT AND DECIDED NOT TO NEGOTIATE WITH 00:02:22.266 --> 00:02:25.265 THE FREEDOM CAUCUS ANYMORE. AND THEN TO TOP IT ALL OFF, IN A 00:02:25.399 --> 00:02:28.065 MOVE THAT HARDLY INSPIRES CONFIDENCE IN THE WHITE HOUSE' 00:02:28.233 --> 00:02:33.665 VIEW OF ITS CHIEF OF STAFF REINCE PRIEBUS, HE NOW LOST HIS 00:02:33.833 --> 00:02:37.232 TOP DEPUTY. SHE IS MOVING OVER TO THE SUPER 00:02:37.366 --> 00:02:39.099 PAC. I'MM JOIN BID SOMEBODY WHO HAS 00:02:39.266 --> 00:02:48.598 PUT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY BACK TOGETHER IN A PREVIOUS ERA. 00:02:48.732 --> 00:02:51.699 HALEY BARBOUR. I HAVE TO SAY IN THE FIRST 70 00:02:51.866 --> 00:02:54.899 DAYS IN A ONE PARTY RULE IN THIS TOWN, I THE DIDN'T EXPECT THE 00:02:55.066 --> 00:02:57.899 WEDGE TO BE DIVIDE INSIDE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. 00:02:58.066 --> 00:03:00.498 I EXPECTED AN ATTEMPT BY REPUBLICANS TO TRY TO FIND A 00:03:00.632 --> 00:03:03.499 WEDGE INSIDE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. 00:03:03.666 --> 00:03:07.732 WHAT'S YOUR ASSESSMENT? >> I'VE NEVER SUSTAIN LIBERAL 00:03:07.899 --> 00:03:11.065 MORE GIDDY AND HAPPY. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS I 00:03:11.233 --> 00:03:13.799 REMEMBER WHEN OBAMACARE PASSED THE FIRST TIME. 00:03:13.933 --> 00:03:19.232 IT TOOK 14 MONTHS FOR THE DEMOCRATS TO PASS OBAMACARE. 00:03:19.366 --> 00:03:23.732 AND THEY HAD SUPER MAJORITIES. SO I LOOK AT THE REPUBLICANS 00:03:23.900 --> 00:03:26.132 TODAY, WE DO HAVE A MAJORITY OF THE HOUSE. 00:03:26.266 --> 00:03:28.832 IT IS A SMALL MAJORITY. WE HAVE A MAJORITY OF THE SENATE 00:03:28.966 --> 00:03:32.632 WHERE NORMALLY IT TAKES 60 VOTES, WE HAVE 52. 00:03:32.766 --> 00:03:36.032 I DON'T THINK OF THAT AS CONTROL BUT WE DO HAVE MAJORITIES. 00:03:36.200 --> 00:03:41.532 AND IT IS VERY DISAPPOINTING FOR REPUBLICANS WHO KNOW THAT 00:03:41.666 --> 00:03:46.765 OBAMACARE HAS BEEN TERRIBLE POLICY. 00:03:46.933 --> 00:03:50.765 HAS PUT PEOPLE ON MEDICAID WHICH IS NOT A GREAT SYSTEM SINCE SO 00:03:50.933 --> 00:03:54.565 MANY DOCTORS DON'T TAKE MEDICAID PATIENTS BECAUSE REIMBURSEMENT 00:03:54.699 --> 00:03:57.765 RATES ARE SO LOW. BUT 90% OF THE REPUBLICANS IN 00:03:57.933 --> 00:04:00.865 THE HOUSE RECOGNIZE THAT WHILE THIS BILL WASN'T PERFECT, IT WAS 00:04:00.999 --> 00:04:09.032 A BIG, BIG, BIG FIRST STEP. THREE STEPS. 00:04:09.166 --> 00:04:11.765 TO REPLACE WITH IT SOMETHING RESPONSIBLE THAT KEPT PEOPLE 00:04:11.899 --> 00:04:16.265 HAVING ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE. 00:04:16.433 --> 00:04:20.898 10% DIDN'T WANT TO GO ALONG. 10%, WHEN THE TAIL IS WAGGING 00:04:21.032 --> 00:04:23.098 THE DOG, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND ABOUT FRUSTRATION. 00:04:23.232 --> 00:04:26.698 I AM NOT THE OF SAME MIND AS SOME PEOPLE BUT I DO THINK OUR 00:04:26.832 --> 00:04:33.665 PEOPLE OUGHT TO REMEMBER THAT THESE GUYS THEMSELVES, THEY HAVE 00:04:33.799 --> 00:04:35.765 KEPT OBAMACARE FROM BEING REPEELED BY THE HOUSE. 00:04:35.899 --> 00:04:43.665 >> LET ME ASK YOU THERE. GOING ABOUT THIS, YOU HAD THE 00:04:43.799 --> 00:04:47.398 PRESIDENT IMPLYING, GOT TO GO AFTER THE FREEDOM CAUCUS AND 00:04:47.532 --> 00:04:51.532 DEMOCRATS IN 2018. YOU HAD MARK SANFORD SAYING THAT 00:04:51.700 --> 00:04:55.732 NICK MULVANY PASS AD MEN FROM THE PRESIDENT, YOU DON'T WANT 00:04:55.866 --> 00:04:58.099 HIM CAMPAIGNING FOR A PRIMARY OPPONENT. 00:04:58.233 --> 00:05:03.432 IS THIS THE BEST WAY TO CAJOLE? OVER 17 LEGISLATIVE DAYS? 00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:06.532 OR DO YOU WAIT SIX MONTHS AND MAKE MORE OF AN EFFORT BEFORE 00:05:06.700 --> 00:05:08.732 YOU GIVE UP ON THE FREEDOM CAUCUS? 00:05:08.899 --> 00:05:17.032 >> WELL, LOOK. MY STYLE IS DIFFERENT IS FROM 00:05:17.166 --> 00:05:19.332 OTHER PEOPLE AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S RIGHT. 00:05:19.466 --> 00:05:21.399 THAT'S NOT THE WAY I WOULD HAVE APPROACHED IT. 00:05:21.533 --> 00:05:23.932 BUT PAUL RYAN IS RIGHT. THE DEMOCRATS ARE NOT GOING TO 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:29.865 TRY TO HELP US REPEAL OBAMACARE AND REPLACE WITH IT A REASONABLE 00:05:29.999 --> 00:05:31.532 HEALTH CARE POLICY. AND I DON'T THINK WHAT YOU SAID 00:05:31.666 --> 00:05:36.765 ABOUT SENATOR CORKER, I DON'T THINK HE MEANT AS CRITICALLY AS 00:05:36.933 --> 00:05:43.165 SPEAKER RYAN AS SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE TAKEN IT. 00:05:43.333 --> 00:05:45.532 THE FACT IS THE DEMOCRATS AREN'T GOING TO. 00:05:45.666 --> 00:05:49.165 THEY CONSIDER THEMSELVES RESISTANCE DUFLT HEAR TODAY, 00:05:49.333 --> 00:05:53.132 GOVERNOR DEAN OF VERMONT, THE FORM HE CHAIRMAN OF THE 00:05:53.266 --> 00:05:59.599 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE OWNED YOUR NETWORK, SAID IF THE 00:05:59.766 --> 00:06:06.065 REPUBLICANS GET 60 VOTES AND THERE IS NO FILIBUSTER OF JUDGE 00:06:06.199 --> 00:06:08.665 GORSUCH, THEN WE'RE DEAD IN THE NEXT ELECTION. 00:06:08.833 --> 00:06:14.365 BECAUSE OUR BASE WON'T GIVE US ANY MONEY UNLESS WE FILIBUSTER. 00:06:14.499 --> 00:06:21.165 THAT'S A REAL REASON TO FILIBUSTER A SUPREME COURT 00:06:21.299 --> 00:06:25.099 NOMINEE. >> THE BASE WAGGING THE DOG OF 00:06:25.266 --> 00:06:28.798 BOTH PARTIES, BUT LET ME ASK YOU THIS ON HEALTH CARE. 00:06:28.932 --> 00:06:31.699 YOU SAID THAT, THERE IS NOT CONSENSUS IN THE REPUBLICAN 00:06:31.833 --> 00:06:33.632 PARTY THAT REPEAL IS THE WAY TO GO. 00:06:33.766 --> 00:06:38.232 YOU HAVE A LAMAR ALEXANDER TRYING TO SAY, SKIP THAT 00:06:38.366 --> 00:06:40.232 LANGUAGE. CALL IT REPAIR ASK DO GET 00:06:40.400 --> 00:06:41.999 DEMOCRATS TO COME IN AND WORK WITH YOU. 00:06:42.133 --> 00:06:44.732 WHY NOT GO ABOUT THAT STRATEGY? ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE SITTING 00:06:44.900 --> 00:06:52.432 AT 52 DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE -- 52 REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE. 00:06:52.566 --> 00:06:58.199 >> I HOPE WE CAN. I HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF RESPECT. 00:06:58.333 --> 00:07:00.999 HE'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS VERY, VERY BRIGHTLY. 00:07:01.133 --> 00:07:05.032 ONE THING WE SHOULD REMEMBER, PRESIDENT TRUMP ISN'T THE ONE 00:07:05.166 --> 00:07:07.865 THAT SAID, LET'S DO HEALTH CARE FIRST. 00:07:08.033 --> 00:07:11.865 HE WOULD HAVE RATHER GONE TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND TAX REFORM 00:07:12.033 --> 00:07:14.732 BUT HE WAS TRYING TO BE A GOOD TEAMMATE. 00:07:14.866 --> 00:07:18.265 >> IS THAT THE ULTIMATE ERROR? I LOOK AT THIS 70 DAYS IN. 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:20.165 DO YOU THINK WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE IF HE STARTS 00:07:20.299 --> 00:07:24.765 WITH INFRASTRUCTURE AND TAX REFORM AND SAYS, RENEED A TASK 00:07:24.899 --> 00:07:27.932 FORCE ON HEALTH CARE. GET SOME FOLKS IN A ROOM AND 00:07:28.066 --> 00:07:31.932 WORK ON IT THE NEXT SIX TO NINE MONTHS WHILE WE FOCUS ON JOBS. 00:07:32.066 --> 00:07:37.232 >> WELL, THE MAIN THING IS, TRUMP WOULD HAVE GONE TO 00:07:37.366 --> 00:07:38.132 INFRASTRUCTURE AND TAX REFORM 00:07:38.200 --> 00:07:42.199 FIRST, TO BE A GOOD TEAM PLAYER, DID HE WHAT THE HOUSE WANTED TO 00:07:42.366 --> 00:07:44.399 DO. ONE THING THAT I THINK WE NEED 00:07:44.566 --> 00:07:48.798 TO ALL REMEMBER, YOU CAN REPEAL OBAMACARE VERY FAST. 00:07:48.932 --> 00:07:54.098 BUT YOU CAN'T REPLACE IT SUCCESSFULLY FAST. 00:07:54.166 --> 00:07:58.799 IT TOOK DEMOCRATS 14 MONTHS TO PASS IT WITH -- AND THEY HAD 00:07:58.966 --> 00:08:04.298 SUPER MAJORITIES. 60 IN THE SENATE MOST OF THE 00:08:04.432 --> 00:08:06.665 TIME. AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT BY 00:08:06.799 --> 00:08:09.499 RECONCILIATION RULES. THIS IS COMPLICATED STUFF. 00:08:09.666 --> 00:08:13.398 SO WILL TAX REFORM BE. THE IDEA THE MEDIA HAS GIVEN THE 00:08:13.532 --> 00:08:17.299 AMERICAN PEOPLE, IF YOU DIDN'T GET THIS PASSED IN THE FIRST TWO 00:08:17.433 --> 00:08:19.999 MONTHS, WHAT A CATASTROPHE. >> IT'S THE PRESIDENT THAT SAYS 00:08:20.133 --> 00:08:22.732 HE'S GLAD IT IS IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. 00:08:22.866 --> 00:08:24.932 I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE PUTTING THIS ON THE MEDIA. 00:08:25.066 --> 00:08:28.565 THE PRESIDENT SAID HE'S GLAD IT IS IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. 00:08:28.699 --> 00:08:32.832 >> I'LL LET YOUR VIEWERS DECIDE HOW THE MEDIA HAS TREATED THIS. 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:37.232 THE FACT IS, FOR SOMETHING THAT TOOK 14 MONTHS TO GET ENACTED, 00:08:37.366 --> 00:08:40.532 AND MUCH OF IT HAS STILL NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED. 00:08:40.700 --> 00:08:43.899 A LOT OF OBAMACARE HAS NEVER BEEN PUT INTO PRACTICE YET 00:08:44.033 --> 00:08:49.232 BECAUSE IT WAS SO MESSED UP. AND 80% OF THE PEOPLE WHO GOT 00:08:49.399 --> 00:08:53.465 HEALTH CARE, WHO DIDN'T HAVE IT BEFORE, GOT I BY BEING PUT ON 00:08:53.633 --> 00:08:57.265 MEDICAID. NOT BY GETTING HEALTH INSURANCE. 00:08:57.433 --> 00:09:00.465 SO TO REPLACE THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN DO REAL FAST. 00:09:00.599 --> 00:09:02.965 MAYBE REPUBLICANS SHOULD BE BLAMED. 00:09:03.099 --> 00:09:06.932 WE LET EXPECTATIONS THAT WE COULD DO IT SO FAST, MAYBE THAT 00:09:07.066 --> 00:09:08.532 WAS SOMETHING WE SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE. 00:09:08.666 --> 00:09:09.598 >>