Can we avoid war . As the gops latest repeal and replace attempt breaks down, is it time for a bipartisan solution . Those questions and more, for treasury secretary steve mnuchin. And the backers of the health care bill, Lindsey Graham and bill cassidy. Plus, our powerhouse roundtable. From the white house to your house, we take on the moments that mattered this week. Good morning. Donald trump promised to be a unifier when he was running for office. If thats what he hoped to achieve, hes not having much success. According to our new abc News Washington post poll out just this morning, 66 of all americans, including nearly 4 in 10 conservatives, think trump has done more to divide the country than unite it. Instead of bringing the country together, hes proved to be a provocateur. And as we are reminded yet again this week, when the president tries to be provocative, it can have real consequences. Lets start with north korea. President trump at the u. N. This week, threatening to quote totally destroy the reclusive nation. That finger in the eye of kim jongun escalating tensions so dramatically, we were left with this split screen yesterday. On the left, b1 bombers flying farther north of the dmz than any american planes have in decades. On the rightthat was north koreas foreign minister, threatening that launching his countrys missiles and hitting the u. S. Is now quote inevitable. This just days after he also said his country could detonate a Hydrogen Bomb over the pacific ocean. That would be a major escalation. Its been decades since the last atmospheric hbomb tests were conducted. Aside from the devastating environment toll, radiation contamination, a bomb could fry electrical grids. It is an understandably frightening thought. This morning, a very different cause for concern here at home. A concern once again provoked by the president. There he was, friday night, in alabama, wading once more into the thicket of Race Relations in this country, attacking the predominantly africanamerican nfl player who is say they are protesting Racial Injustice by sitting, kneeling, or raising a fist during the National Anthem. Wouldnt you love to see one of these nfl owners, when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a [ bleep ] off the field right now. Out, hes fired. Hes fired while some, including in the military, find it deeply offensive not to stand for a flag for which many have given their lives, condemnation of trumps comments was widespread. From players across the league. Nearly half of all nfl teams, the nfl commissioner, nba star lebron james, spreading to baseball last night. The president s response . Taking to twitter. Doubling down on his attacks. Even suggesting fans boycott the nfl. Of course, we have seen that before. The president provokes on race, takes criticism, refuses to back down. This hour, well break down the president s provocations at home and abroad, along with the status of the gops latest Obamacare Repeal and replace effort. But since it is sunday, just minutes until the days first nfl game kicks off in london, lets start with abcs ryan smith outside of Metlife Stadium in new jersey, for todays jetsdolphins game. What is expected today at the games in reaction to what the president said . Reporter martha, i think you could see one of the biggest days of protests that we have seen in professional sports. Right now, there is nothing formally planned by the players. There were a great deal of meetings by players discussing what to do about this. A great deal of anger conveyed over the president s comments. I think you could see a number of protests at a number of games. I initially, all eyes will be on the jaguarsravens game taking place overseas in london. That is the first game well see in america. At happens there . Lot of dynamics there. Both teams owners have not responded to President Trumps comments. One of those owners donating to his inauguration committee. Major League Baseball had its first player take a knee. Bruce maxwell of the oakland as took a knee at the National Anthem, expressing his views, as well. So i think what you have is the perfect storm of not only President Trumps comments, but just a ground swell of support really for players being able to speak their minds, which may lead to a lot of different statements in a variety of different ways on nfl fields this sunday. The president is asking fans to boycott the nfl this morning. What do you think the reaction to that will be from the fans . Reporter you know, i would say this. The average ticket price is around 172 bucks. That is not a lot of money for some. For many folks out there who come to watch nfl games, that is a lot of money. Especially talking about bringing family members, friends to the game. I think that you will always see people who might walk out, who might not come, because they support the president s comments. But i think, to a large extent, people will stay in the seats. Theyre there to see football games. Theyre there to see the activity on the field. They dont want their politics being a part of their sports. While i think, i understand the president s call. A call to support the position hes taking. I think in many ways, i dont think youll see a mass exodus of fans walking out of games they paid so handsomely for tickets to go to see. Thank you, ryan. Lets bring in usa today columnist and abc contributor Christine Brennan and former nfl player, anquan boldin. Anquan, i want to start with you. You just retired from the nfl. You remain active on player issues. How are the president s comments being received among players you may have talked to . Do you expect more protests at the games this afternoon. Well, i can tell you that the president s remarks is not taken well by players. As far as protests, i cant say because im not in the locker room. But what i would like to see is guys coming together in the form of solidarity. With coaches, owners, and general managers. I think the president s words are real divisive. I dont like the hate speech that is coming out of his mouth. Neither do the players in the locker room. I think as a league, we need to stand together and show that were all about uniting one another. Not divisive rhetoric that is coming out of the mouth of the president. There are reports this morning that the raiders offensive line, the only all africanamerican unit in the nfl plans to sit or kneel. During the anthem. And i have to talk about that. This goes beyond sports. The nfl is almost 70 black. The nba is 74 black. Yes. I mean, theres issues that players are dealing with. And the guys that are using the platform that they have to bring light to these issues. Kneeling, taking a knee, sitting during the National Anthem has never been about disrespecting this country. Its never been about disrespecting the flag. But its been about bringing unity to america as a whole. I know we all live in a great country. Were proud of where we live. There is work to be done on both ends. Christine, after the president spoke in alabama, you had strong comments in an op ed saying let it be noted that trump mustered more anger friday over kaepernicks personal decision to not stfod ane thr anthem than he did for the neonazis and White Supremacists who marched in charlottesvilles deadly protests last month. Expand on that, christine. Yes, i think, first of all, when the president decides to take on the entire sports establishment, which right hw,s doing, it brings it into light, martha, in ways other issues might not. Sports is a National Conversation always. That intersection of sports and culture. My goodness. Were there now. This is not going away anytime soon. This story will build. And, clearly, i mean, he was with the rhetoric, people saw, with the venom. The anger. That he could muster more of that for colin kaepernick, a man taking a knee, exercising his First Amendment right to do so than for the deadly protests in charlottesville. Thats just stunning. I know others have pointed that out, as well. But, this is this is a this is a whole New Territory for donald trump. If he really wants to get into that sports realm, because all these players have twitter. Ane voeyicthd e. And they have a following fans who love them and care for them in a way other people that trump has gone after, those people dont have that kind of following. Sports does. And christine, just quickly. Is there an argument to be made that the football field is not the place to protest . Certainly, theres that argument. But i think more and more, we have seen it from sports for generations. You and i have talked about it. Be it muhammad ali, jackie robinson. Billie jean king. Sports is a place where this is is played out. Whether people like it or not, that part of sports and our culture is here to stay. Thank you very much. Thank you. And lets bring in treasury secretary steven mnuchin. With all the urgent issues, kree yarks health care, why is the president even talking about nfl players and disinviting nba players to the white house . Good morning, its great to be here with you. The nfl has all types of rules. You cant have stickers on your helmet. You have to have your jerseys tucked in. I think what the president is saying is that the owners should have a rule that players should have to stand in respect for the National Anthem. Th isnt about democrats. Its not about republicans. Its not about race. Its not about free speech. They can do free speech on their own time. That this is about respect for the military. And the First Responders and the country. The president is calling them s. O. B. S. Is that the kind of language, no matter how you feel about the issue, that he should be using . I think the president can use whatever language he wants to use. I think the issue is the topic. Okay. And the topic, i agree with the president. Why are the why does the nfl have all these other rules that they enforce, that they fine this is about respect for the military, the First Responders. I was at the 9 11 memorial. Is it not about their First Amendment rights . No, its not. They have the right to have the First Amendment off the field. This is a job. The employers have a right, when the players are working, to have rules. So, you know. Why didnt they wear stickers . Why werent the Dallas Cowboys allowed to wear stickers in response to peotee to pay respect to . So the nfl is picking and choosing what they want to enforce. And the president says, for a long time. The National Anthem. This is not about politics. Its about respect for the country and the people that have made great, great sacrifices for the country. Lets talk about the nfl. Nfl commissioner Roger Goodell calls the president s comments divisive. Before the s. O. B. Comments. The latest abc Washington Post poll shows 66 feel he has done more to divide the country than unite it. Do you see these kinds of statements uniting the country. We even have bob kraft this morning, the president s good friend, saying i am deeply disappointed by the tonef the comments made by the president on friday. Im proud to be associated with so many players who make such tremendous contributions in positively impacting our communities. I think our political leaders could learn a lot from the lessons of teamwork and the importance of working together toward a common goal. I support their right to peacefully affect social change and raise awareness in a manner that they feel is most impactful. Were talking about dividing the country. Is this a unifier . I think the president was trying to unify the country. Because the National Anthem is about unification. I think the owners have the right. They should have a meeting. They should decide. They make the rules. They should decide. It sounds like many of those owners have already decided that this is a right the players have. Some of them have. They should all meet. They should decide. And im happy to talk about this all morning. But i would be happy to talk about north korea, taxes, all the other things were trying to do for the American People. I want to turn to north korea right now. What will we accomplish by sending the b1 bombers further north than they have been in the 21st century . What do we accomplish with that . Let me first say, it was a great experience being at the United NationsGeneral Assembly this week with the president. I sat next to secretary tillerson and ambassador haley. While i listened to that speech. Sitting in that room, you realize how important all these issues are. I think the president did two things that were very important. One, he explained what America First means. It mean that as president , he is responsible for americans first. But that he also wants to work with the world community. The second thing is he used the opportunity to talk about two very difficult situations. One is north korea. The other is iran. And were very happy that the Security Council came through 150, to put sanctions on north korea. Lets go can we go back to the question . What do you think well accomplish by sending those bombers . I think the president has said everythings on the table. So this week, the president signed an executive order that allowed me to issue the most strong sanctions that have ever been done. I can cut off Financial Institutions anywhere in the world that support north korea. The military is one form. Economics is another form. The president will pursue all the options. I think its unbelievable that e sathidgo thie s week they may t Hydrogen Bomb above the pacific ocean. Thats something that everyone in the world should be completely put off on and unify against. How should the u. S. Respond if he does Something Like that . I am obviously subject im a member of the national Security Council. Im privy to plans. Im not going to make any comments about that on this show. The president has said all the options are on the table. The president has lots of alternatives that have been presented to him. Hell make decisions at the time. You know, we know so little about kim jongun. We do know this is about his personal reputation. Its the core of his leadership. So this backandforth provocation, making it very personal. The president made it very personal. He also said that he would totally destroy north korea. So, might this be provoking him too far . Might this make the situation worse . Not at all. This is not about personalities. This is not personal. This is about someone Testing Nuclear weapons. A Hydrogen Bomb, bigger than any weapon that has ever been used. This is about sending Ballistic Missiles across japans air space. These things are not going to be continued to be allowed. The president has made that very clear. And the rest of the world has made it very clear at the Security Council. This behavior is unacceptable. Is Nuclear War Possible . This is a very frightening concept to americans. In our poll, 62 of americans say they dont trust President Trump to handle it responsibly. Well, i dont know where that poll came from. And i question it it is our abc Washington Post poll. I see that. Wonder how a diff would be. But what i would say is, i can assure you. The president s number one priority is the safety of the American People and our allies. The president doesnt want to be a well do everything we can to make sure that doesnt occur. On the other han the president will protect the American People and our allies. Having a country like this using them. Ear weapons. Sending rockets over our allies, that is unacceptable behavior. Can we talk about your travel . Just quickly here to wrap up. Abc is reporting that you used a military jet to make the short return trip from new york city to d. C. Following the press conference at trump tower last month. The plane cost 25,000 an hour. Why couldnt you take a shuttle . They leave every hour. The Inspector General is reviewing my travel. Im looking forward to that review. If there are suggests, well follow it. It doesnt cost 25,000 an hour. But it costs a lot of money. Number three, there are times i need secure communications to be in touch with the president and the national Security Council. Thats the reason why. Can you remember anything specific from that day why you would have needed to be in touch with them on that airplane . Absolutely. I have specific. And the pentagon gave us those figures. By the way, of 25,000. You can check with the pentagon. Thats not what they charge. But what i would say. Its not the point. They charge a lot of money. I had a secure call that day that was critical and set up and needed to be done at that time. Thats why i used the plane. Thank you very much secretary mnuchin. Thank you. Joining me to discuss the escalating tensions with north korea, former vice chair of the joint chiefs of staff, retired general james cartwright. And evan osnos of the new yorker. Who just returned from a reporting trip to north korea and has this weeks cover story titled on the brink. General cartwright. I want to start with you. Americans are clearly nervous. Concerned about President Trumps judgment in this. How close do you think we are to a military confrontation . Is all this making it harder . My sense is that the tensions are as high as they have been in anybodys recollection. Were really at a dangerous point. The likelihood of a direct confrontation between north korea and the United States is probably not that high. Thats not the way north korea operates. They tend to pick off people who are out on their own, think pueblo, any number of incidents we have had with them. A direct confrontation, they cant win. More likely it will be something we stumble into. Somebody misinterprets an action. You have two forces standing across from each other on their tippytoes. Ready to go. The likelihood of a mistake is high. We have provocations. Kim jongun feeling personally insulted. Everything he has said he would do, i will test a Hydrogen Bomb, i will send an icbm test, hes done. So why wouldnt he test a Hydrogen Bomb . I think the likelihood is there that hell test a bomb. At some point. Its time to state very clearly, flying missiles over our allies, endangering other populations is unacceptable and has to stop. And there are consequences for that. Those consequences are probably more along the lines of, were going to start to engage those activities. Were going to start to use our capabilities in Missile Defense to address those issues. A direct confrontation on their soil is not likely. Evan, you spent so much time in north korea. It wasnt just a tour around. You talked to a lot of officials. How do you think they view what is going on . And do you agree with general ca cartwright that they will not he will not go to war . Well, by the standards of dictatorship, kim jongun is extraordinary worried about personal criticism. Probably because here a younger leader. Until recently, the north korean officials had told me they were aware of the fact that President Trump had not personalized this dispute. They thought that meant there was an opportunity, a possibility for diplomatic negotiation. The risk of personalizing it is that it suggests to the north koreans that that may no longer be possible. Would you also think he would test a Hydrogen Bomb . I think hes indicated he is willing to do extraordinarily provocative things. And i think we need to be prepared for that. And let me ask you. I asked secretary mnuchin about it. He said he wouldnt talk about it. If they do that, theres very serious consequences to Something Like that. We havent done an atmospheric test in decades. How would we respond . It would have to be militarily, wouldnt it . Guessing what we would do in the future is hard. But i think the time right now should be spent on declaring exactly what is unacceptable behavior. Youre not going to fly over japan. Not going to fly over south korea. So hes doing the right thing . You have to declare those things to make sure people understand. When we first started with the north koreans, they were launching over the top of japan. We said, one, you have to tell us when youre going to unch. Two, you have to tell us where thats going to go and what areas its going to come down in. They, over time, came to that. Two or three launches before they got the idea. We have to start now to declare that space. If we dont, then its very difficult as you get further down the road, if we act, how will it be interpreted . We dont know. How we view each other is a problem. We dont know. Theres a tremendous gap in perception between the two sides. If theres one lesson i took away from the trip, as much as we dont understand what kim jongun does, the north koreans dont understand President Trump. We have lowlevel backchannel communication at the moment. Theres a strong view on the National Security community were ready to have some kind of engagement. Thank you both so much. Fantastic article, evan. When we come back, republicans are making another attempt to repeal and replace obamacare. Will they fall short of the50 votes they need in the senate . 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President trump is lashing out against senators opposed to a last ditch effort to repeal and replace obamacare. Did the latest republican defection doom it . We talk to the coauthors of the bill in just two minutes. Utes. [phi anne. G] so those financial regulations being talked about . They could affect your accounts, so lets get together and talk, and ma s yeah, that would be great. Being proactive. S ed j maseofesng. but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered. In jellyfish. In clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve shortterm memory. Prevagen. The name to remember. We cut the price of trades to give investors even more value. And at 4. 95, you can trade with a clear advantage. Fidelity, where smarter investors will always be. S reto repiceapul and replace obamacare. With senator mccains announcement friday that he cant support the latest gop proposal, does it still have a chance . Lets go to the coauthors of the bill, louisiana senator bill cassidy, and South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham. Senator graham, lets start with you. This bill is seen at the gops last attempt to get something done on health care before the september 30th deadline. Your good friend, senator mccain said he wont vote for the bill. You have said the fight is not over. How can you make this happen in the little time you have . Well, number one, the only way you know how people will vote is to vote. We thought we had the votes last time. We didnt. Its not about our friendship. I love john mccain. Hes an American Hero and my dear friend. I just disagree with him here. My state had a 31 premium increase against obamacare. If we dont repeal and replace, its a disaster for South Carolina. And arizona. John talks about a bipartisan process. Im a bipartisan guy. I have come to conclude obamacare is a placeholder for berniecare in the democratic world. The best you could hope for is to prop up obamacare. Because theyre moving toward berniecare. So theres no process. There is not a snowballs chance in hillebend, arizona, as john would say, that Chuck Schumer can do anything to change obamacare. Is there a snowballs chance your bill will pass . Yeah, there is. I think maine, Susan Collins is a great senator. They get a 42 increase. The governor of arizona has come out for this bill. Rand paul objects to the taxes. When you look at the bill, we save a lot of money over time for medicaid. We put a cap on obamacare growth. We make it more affordable, more flexible. More sustainable. I think senators Paul Associated health plan married up with our bill changes health care. Yes, were moving forward. Well see what happens next week. Im very excited about it. We finally found an alternative to obamacare that makes sense. Take the money and power out of washington. The same amount of money we would have spent on obamacare and let states Design Systems. Because if you keep replicating obamacare, you get the same outcome. Flexibility and innovation is what were seeking. Senator cassidy. Lets get down to this . A little more detail. Senator graham mentioned Susan Collins. Whose vote youre trying to get said shes reading the fine print and says it doesnt protect people with preexisting conditions. You have the same argument from jimmy kimmel because the premiums could be so high that it wouldnt be affordable. How is this someone who is going to come around . One, thats absolutely incorrect. President trump said he will not sign a bill that doesnt protect those with preexisting conditions. Im a physician who worked in a Public Hospital for 25 years caring for those with preexisting conditions. If a state wishes to do something different, they must first establish that those with preexisting conditions have access to affordable and adequate coverage. Two things more. Affordable, how do you define it . People ask. It means able to afford. Now, contrast that with status quo. If youre not getting subsidies right now on the exchanges, your premiums with dedikt ductables can be how is that decided, who can afford it . How is that decided . Thats what is missing in the bill. What is adequate and Affordable Care . Thats what people are complaining about. If i may, we have under status quo, a family with a child with preexisting conditions is paying 32,000 a year. Now, thats not affordable. Were being compared to somebody with a premium plus deductible approaching 40,000. If i were to so tay iu,yom going to go buy a car that i can afford. You would have a good sense of what it is. So we give the states the latitude to establish, it may be someone who is a millionaire would pay a little bit more. And someone who is lower income would pay a little bit less. Do you really know this . Do you really know this . You dont have a full cbo report. Thats a complaint as well. How do you know . If youre speaking of the language that it has to have access to adequate and Affordable Health care, thats not related to the cbo. Thats contrasting with the status quo in which people are paying 30,000 to 40,000 out of pocket. And yet, you still have the vagueness of that. I want to go back to senator graham. Quite an extraordinary statement from major physician, hospital, insurance groups yesterday, including blue cross, blue shield. While we sometimes disagree on important issues in health care, we are in total agreement that americans deserve a Stable Health care market that provides access to highquality care and affordable coverage for all. The grahamcassidyhellerjohnson bill does not move us closer to that goal. Quite an extraordinary statement. Its extraordinary that the Insurance Companies would willingly allow that money to be given to state governments to design new and innovative systems. The fact that Insurance Companies are objecting to the fact that they no longer get payments directly from the federal government. The same amount of money goes to states to let up new Health Care Systems that wont fail doesnt surprise me. I would have been surprised if these people were for our bill because we take money away from them, give to it state governments to Design Systems that will deliver a better outcome. Let me just say this. If we move the money and power out of washington and dont allow flexibility, we require the states to do what obamacare is doing, how can you get a different result . This system is collapsing all over the place. The big winners are hospitals and people that get direct payments from the government. I want to take that block of money, give it to governors at the state level. If you dont like what you get under obamacare who do you complain to . Under our bill, if you dont like the health care youre receiving, complain to your state house member, to your governor, who cares about you, because they want your vote. I raised if this fails, what will you tell people about yo promise to repeal and replace obamacare . Thats a gre question. That i did everything i could to get money and power out of washington to give you Better Health care closer to where you live. And im not going to stop fighting. Im on the budget condition. Committee. Ron johnson is on the budget committee. Were not going to vote for a budget resolution that doesnt allow the Health Care Debate to continue. I thing well get the votes next week. Were using the exact same process the democrats did to pass obamacare. They complained about a process they used. Theyre never going to give in to changing obamacare. Theyre going to Single Payer Health care. There is no bipartisan solution to health care that changes obamacare because theyre a stakeholder Single Payer Health care. Heres what im telling republicans and everybody in the middle. We have to speed this up. If they did to pass it. The fight goes on is a fight worth having. Thank you very much to both of you. Thank you. Lets turn to bernard j. Tyson, chair and ceo of kaiser permanente. Who came forward this week to oppose the Graham Cassidy bill. Good morning, mr. Tyson. Good morning. You just heard the senators. They are not going to say this bill is going down. But it is on life support, if anything. Youre ceo of a Nonprofit Health system that serves almost 12 million americans. Where do we go from here . I think prior to this bill being proposed, there was a Bipartisan Committee looking at what it takes to stabilize the Affordable Care act. I actually testified before this group. I met with many of the senators. I believe theyre on the right track to come up with few answers that will help to stabilize the current law. What is the single most important thing congress can do to stabilize obamacare . Reach a consensus to stabilize and create a more competitive marketplace. One is the cost re sharing reduction the csc. You have probably heard a lot about. It needs to be funded. Number two is to provide the state with additional guexibility while maintaining to protect the interests of the consumer. You have spoken to the president. As you have said, you testified before congress. You do seem to have faith they can work this out somehow eventually. Absolutely. I mean, the Affordable Care act is not perfect. It is moving in the right direction. This is about providing coverage for the all americans of the front door of the American Health care system. We have 20plus million more covered because of the aca. Its the biggest piece of law passed for health care since medicare and medicaid of 1965. It took years for those programs to be stabilized. It will take years for this to be stabilized. Theres a few things that could happen to create the competitive marketplace. To get the insurance, other Insurance Companies back into the market if they did a couple of things to the existing laws, that will help. Just finally, and quickly, if you can. Your reaction to what the senators said about their bill with preexisting conditions and adequate and affordable. Prior to the aca, Insurance Companies could exclude people individuals who have preexisting conditions. And or, if they provided coverage, it was so expensive. One important point that was made this morning that i want everybody to Pay Attention to. Theres a difference between having access to coverage versus access to care. So, one might be able to afford access to coverage. But with the deductibles and all the additional costs to access care, that person could have coverage but still cant afford to get the care. 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What are they thinking in the white house . I can tell you. You just got off the phone from someone in the white house. They feel like most americans will side with the president on in that most americans they say want to see people stand during the National Anthem. So i think in some way, they will try to say behind the scenes that this is helping him. I have to say, here we are. Once a. Inga the wake of charlot. And the president of the United States has yet again inserted t being a very horribly ugly discussion about race in the country. This is not about players versus the president. This is about race in the United States of america. And i think a lot of people, particularly minorities in the country, are going to hear what the president has said and see this as a very, very divisive tone from this white house. And we had secretary mnuchin say free speech, they can have free speech on their own time. I think thats fair. But i think what a lot of people on capitol hill think is that the senate is trying to pa th president is trying to pass a health care bill. Tax care reform. A senate race in alabama. Hes elevating something that would have been confined to peoples sunday watching habits while drinking beer and eating bad food. And hes made this into a big national issue. He didnt have to do that. A distraction. Really, i mean, once again, the president distracting from what is probably going to be a really bad week for him. And doubling down. The third day in a row hes tweeting about that, commenting on that. Mary, the president s approval is lowest of any president at the eightmonth mark. Slightly up. 39 in our poll say they approve of the job President Trump is doing. Thats just up from july. You cover congress. What is he going to do with that . Thats a good question. Where does he go from here . Everyone on capitol hill, republicans and democrats, are well aware of that number. As jake and anna are mentioning, theyre hitting nine months into the administration without a single major legislative achievement. Republicans are trying their hardest to finally get one on the books. Its not looking very likely this morning. It comes as the president again is trying to distract. Is trying to veer the National Conversation back into this conversation about race, intolerance, politics, sports. Do you think he did that on purpose . In alabama, im going to take on race. Im going to turn the conversation back to that . He knew what audience he was speaking to. The base, the base, the base. The base, the base, the base. He goes and elevates it. Now the conversation will continue and continue to dominate on capitol hill when they want to be talking about other things. I totally agree. But im told, he went into the speech on friday, and there was language in it about the nfl. He went and said a lot more than what was in the speech originally. So he knew that he was going to do this. But i have to say, one of the numbers that jumps out at me in the poll is this idea that hes maxing out on his base. Theyre hitting a peak here. Theyre hitting their cap. The number of people who support this president dwindles in comparison to the strong critics hes got out there. 48 to 26 . He can reach out to the base. But how much further can he go with that . Theres a positive number. 65 approve of the deal the president made with democrats on hurricane funding and raising the National Debt ceiling. Does he seize that kind of number and go with that and try to get beyond the base . Clearly hasnt done that in the last few days. I think the question is, can they find an immigration deal to be cut . Just because the democrats will cut some deals with him when its advantageous to them, i wouldnt expect Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi saying, lets hold arms together, kumbaya moment. And lets talk about health care. Senators graham and cassidy talked about it. Very optimistically. Do you think its all but dead . Yes, i do. I mean, i dont want to thank you for the short answer, jake. Yeah. I think we can take a poll right here. Anything could happen. There are Senate Republicans and we have put this in this mornings playbook, that are more optimistic to get it on the floor and get a process that would pass the bill. I think its difficult. Three or four people have objections to core elements of the bill. Senator mccain, murkowski, noncommittal. Senator collins. They oppose the guts of the bill. Its not like well change a few things here and there and get it through. So many republicans just want to move on from health care to tax reform. Something else. Health care is a loser issue for them. Theyre not going to be able to figure it out. This was the major promise for seven years. Repeal and replace obamacare. What happens to the republicans if this goes down . If it does. We think the chances are high, they still have to get something done. And, it seems most likely at the end of the week, they could be where they were two weeks ago, heading toward some kind of bipartisan fix. Both sides of the aisle know something has the to be done. Then its a conversation about repairing obamacare, not repealing and replacing. Which is their signature promise. A bipartisan effort here is what mccain wants. Regular order. Open hearings. They want to fix the problem and move on to tax reform. And i want to move on to another issue. The alabama election. Very quickly. Cecilia, you were watching the speech. I wasnt sure by the end who he was supporting exactly. Luther strange . Roy moore . He sounded very conflicted, right. He said i might have made a mistake in endorsing this in some ways, hes in a weird position. He has his people in his own camp. Steve bannon is going to alabama tomorrow to endorse the other candidate that the president is not endorsing. The speech was an hour and 20plus minutes. It was all over the map. Some of it was about the alabama race. The real test for the president is can he sway his base . A lot of people in the room were there to see the president who dont support strange. And your take on this, jake and anna. I think the big question is if Luther Strange loses, its a probable for Mitch Mcconnell. In primaries going into the 018 election that all of a sudden, youll have conservatives try to go after some of the incumbents and create problems for Mitch Mcconnell. Mitch mcconnell will have a problem. You can make longer points. You were so happy with my brevity. Mitch mcconnell will have problems in the capital. Roy moore is not a Mitch Mcconnell person. If he wins, mcconnell has problems keeping the lights on. Because this guy doesnt like him. Number two i dont if im Mitch Mcconnell and paul ryan, i dont want to see what donald trump does if he doesnt get health care through and loses the race in alabama. He could run to democrats again. Thats a problem for republicans who have campaigned for years on unified republican governing in washington. Going into 2018. The house is in play. The senate could be in play. If moore does win, does he become a test . A marker for other republican candidates . Hes a staunch christian conservative. With some controversial positions, shall we say, especially on samesex marriage and the like. Does every candidate get asked, do you agree with him . Not what the Republican Leadership wants to be facing. Okay, something the Trump Administration doesnt want to face heading into 2018 is this yu russia investigation. And, cecilia, this week, special counsel mueller asked the white house for information about meetings the president himself had. How do you view this . What is going on there as far as you can tell . At meetings about the president had in the oval office with the russians. There are 13 areas of interest theyre seeking information on. Look. All we really know at this point is that this tells us that special counsel mueller is his line of inquiry is focused on the president and the people closest to him. We still dont know directly that the president is under investigation. But look. I have talked to people in the white house about this. None of this is unexpected. Everyone in the inner circle is expected to be talked to, interviewed. The fact that they have to hand over documents is zero surprise to them. Theyre all sort of bracing for it. I have to say, on a week where were talking about north korea. Sorry. Alabama, all of these other things, this is the first week in a long time where i remember russia and the investigation was overshadowed by so many other things. Much to the happiness of the white house, im sure. Anna. There is that sort of drip, drip, drip of this. It keeps maybe under the radar this week quite a bit. But it keeps coming back. I think this is just going to be in constant problem for the white house. Hurricanes. It gets lower in the news. Mueller is aggressively going after this. Its an expectation that indictments could come soon. And as that moves into a serious phase, it will be a problem for this white house. Thank you all of you for joining us. Well be right back. Well be right back. Well be right back after this from our abc stations. Thats all for us today. Thanks for sharing part of your sunday with us. For breaking news alerts, on politics, the white house, and president donald trump, download the abc news app. Right now. Plus, check out world news tonight. And have a great day. Up next, breaking news in San Francisco where Police Investigate a fatal officerinvolved shooting. What Officials Say led to police opening fire. And the first of whats ing the to be a day full ofer r National Anthem following President Trumps recent comments. Good morning. 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