we'll get health care taken care of in this country. >> reporter: republicans tried to repeal and replace obamacare, received insufficient, removed the bill, regrouped, and were left reeling after repeat defeats. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: the most dramatic courtesy of john mccain. >> we promised and failed. >> reporter: the gop had no major legislative victory all year until december. >> merry christmas, america. >> reporter: a $1.5 trillion gop tax plan passed with a partial repeal of obamacare, handwritten edits, and absolutely no democratic support. a white supremacist rally in charlottesville, virginia, began with a torching of a monument. one white supremacist ran his car into a crowd, killing 32-year-old heather heyer. the president failed to call out the white supremacists. >> i think there's blame on both sides --