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Choice. As speaker ryan puts the pressure on, the president seems to be brushing off the mounting opposition from seniors and doctors and hospitals against the American Health care act. President trump tweeted this, quote, despite what you hear in the press, health care is coming along great. We are talking to many groups and it will endi in a beautiful picture lets go to jeff zeleny. We know speaker ryan declared now is the time, this is the plan. Last hour at the white house briefing, the tone seemed to me more open to phases or changes. How did you interpret that . Indeed, brooke. That is definitely the president s plan here. He is saying, look, he is open to making small changes in this. He is listening to all these concerns from these conservative groups. But going back to his tweet for one second, ive talked to a lot of people here and republicans on capitol hill. They were struck by it will be a beautiful picture. They said, look, legislation is seldom beautiful. How the sausage gets made in washington is often ugly. They were struck by that. But look, i think the president is open to hearing concerns. The challenge here for it is everything is sort of built together. And speaker ryan is laying out a plan as he believes should be. He is not really open to that changes in it because you start changing a couple of things and it falls apart. This was sean spicer at the briefing earlier explaining the president s view. I think the president has said before he wants to hear members ideas. He believes that this bill encompasses the best of ideas and the best way forward. But again, were going to let the process work as well through the house and subsequently through the senate. If members have ideas, we want to hear them, wanting them to be part of it. This isnt getting jammed through. He says this isnt getting jammed through, but some republicans disagree. Tom cotton, the republican senator from arkansas, he was tweeting last evening saying, house, slow down, youre going too fast here, youre trying to run this through. So the criticism of it being jammed through is coming from republicans. We are in the middle of a republican feud, if you will, and its the challenge of this president to bring all sides together. Not saying he cant, this is an open process here, but this rollout is not what they hoped for or expected. Republican governor of arkansas just admitted, yes, its a process, what were looking at now may not be exactly what gets through, but complicated and the sausage, to your point, aint always pretty. At the white house, President Trump is launching a major Charm Offensive to the republican critics of this plan to replace obamacare. According to sources who were present at a meeting in the oval office wednesday, the president said this. If the effort to pass this plan goes down, then allow obamacare to fail and let the democrats take the blame. Joining me now, someone who was at said meeting with the president of the United States, in fact this is video of her with the group leaving the white house after it ended, so with me now, jenny beth martin, the cofounder of the Tea Party Patriot Citizens Fund and also john hart, the editor in chief of opportunity lives and an advisor to the one Nation Health coalition. So welcome to both of you. Thank you both for being here. Jenny beth, first to you. You were in the room. How did the president do with his pitch . Did he have a good grasp at a fairly complicated issue . Well, he went through and pointed out that there are three different phases. On monday night that was not communicated very well from the House Republican leadership. On tuesday, that message was more apparent. He went through it again when i met with him yesterday. The first phase is the bill that we see right now, the reconciliation bill. The second phase would be health and Human Services secretary tom price will do with regulations and the third phase is a bill that is not a reconciliation bill but would require the 60vote threshold to be able to come to a final vote in the senate. He talked about all three of those items, thats part of the repeal and replace process that hes going through. And we the groups who were there with me, we all discussed our serious concerns about the bill. Were concerned because it does not fully repeal obamacare. It does not remove the Insurance Company regulations, which are driving costs up. It doesnt go far enough for you . What we are concerned about is that its not just that it doesnt go far enough, that its going to cause the prices to go up even further. And that is not what the hard working men and women of america who voted to give the republicans the majority in the house and then in the senate and now in the white house, voted for when they voted for repeal and replace of obamacare. John, how do you see this . Well, look, i think this bill is an important first step. Its imperfect. But we have to account a. Obamacare is collapsing. Republicans are doing this because they care about people. This is not about politics or process. Weve seen premiums increase by 25 . The cost of obamacares broken promises about 6200 per person. So thats enough for a years worth of moorage payments for somebody whos making 40 or 50,000 a year. So this plan is not perfect will move us whats most important from a government centered system to a patient centered system that will introduce competition, choice, access and lower costs for every american family. It seems to me, though, john, just staying with you, neither the republicans in congress or in the white house are owning it yet. To quote one of our commentators, its sort of this orphan bill at the moment. You saw speaker ryan today, and i keep painting this picture because it was great to see, sleeves rolled up, powerpoint presentation, obviously very familiar with the instant kraess of this bill i think its him showing leadership. The story that isnt being told is the republicans have had alternative bills over a decade. I worked for one when i was an aide for tom coburn. Paul ryan was our sponsor on the house side called the patients choice act. So theres a very spirited family debate happening between competing plans. But whats being missed is that the democrats have no plan. Partisanship is not a plan, denial is not a plan. We have an obamacare plan that former president clinton what do you mean they have a plan . They eventually passed obamacare. Right, right, but theres no plan to fix obamacare. Even democrats are saying that this is collapsing. That this is a train wreck, according to max baucus who was the chairman of the Senate Financial committee that helped write obamacare. So democrats know they have to act as well and they should be falling over themselves to work with republicans to find an solution. This is an issue that should unite it, it shouldnt divide us. Health care is about people, its about relationships, and we need to focus on lowering costs, improving access and protecting people who are being hurt by the status quo. Jenny beth, you mentioned off the top in listening to President Trump that he mentioned the three stages. I think sean spicer called this a threepronged phased plan. Are you surprised maybe that the president or the white house was so caught off guard on this, in the sense that its not as easy as one would think, getting Something Like this through congress . My surprise is not really with the white house. Like john just said and what we heard from the president , we can all agree obamacare is a disaster. Its causing prices to go up. It is not doing what it was intended to do. What i conveyed to the president is that the supporters of Tea Party Patriots, who are the people that helped get him elected and who are his voters, we want to make sure that we can help him keep his promise to repeal obamacare and to lower costs. What im surprised by is that the house would introduce a bill that benefits the Insurance Companies so much and leaves if this bill passes as it is right now, were going to look back at it and say once again, washington, d. C. , forgot about the hard working men and women of this country. We cannot do that. We have a tremendous opportunity in front of us and im very hopeful that we can fix what has been introduced so we do achieve the goals that we share with President Trump. I think we can all agree this is a process, it will take a little time, but also we want something that benefits people who need health care so desperately in this country. Were going to go for now. I appreciate you very much. Just into cnn, senators are now revealing exactly who they want to talk about this investigation into the Trumps Campaign ties to russia, who they want in the hot seat. Thats ahead from capitol hill. Also, a dramatic drop in border crossings at the u. S. mexico border. So well explore whether or not its President Trumps hard line rhetoric that could be behind that. Im brooke baldwin, this is cnn. [waitress] more coffee . [student] yeah, thanks. [student] oh yeah for sure. [waitress] yeah ok [student] i can just quit school and get a job. [ex student] its okay daddys here. [wife] daddy [wife] hi [dad] hey buddy [son] hey dad [wife] i think we can do this. [dad] really . [chancellor] adam baily. [chancellor] adam baily. 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Actually what the Senate Intelligence committee has under its rules gives significant powers for members to subpoena any of those witnesses if they decide not to come. What im told from a number of those senators, they want to hear directly from those Trump Officials who allegedly had some conversations or contacts with russian government officials during the time of the elections. Now, this comes as this committee is ramping up its investigation. Actually a number of senators went to langley, virginia, to cia headquarters today to pore over data. Im told by senators that data showed how russia was heavily involved in trying to hack and influence this election, but they want to go a step further in this investigation, determine if there were any contacts between Trump Officials and russian officials. James langford, a republican from oklahoma, who sits on the committee talked to me about this issue just moments ago. Do you think it would be help. To have michael flynn, carter page, manafort, people who have had connections allegedly contacts with russians to come and testify before the committee . Were trying to get all the background and information currently that all of those agencies have and why some of those names got floated and its entirely reasonable to be able to visit with some of those people and ask specific questions about it. Its not unusual to do, its a normal part of our process, not only to get Background Information but also conversation with people in interviews. Have you asked them to appear yet . Im not going to talk about who we have and havent talked to about it. When weve gone through the interviews at this point, weve had to do no subpoenas. Weve been able to have the people we want to appear be able to talk with us. Now, brooke, the question is where does this go from here. One issue some members are pushing on is to try to get Donald Trumps tax returns to look into whether or not there are any russia ties with the president of the United States. Dianne feinstein, who sits on the committee, told me just moments ago, quote, the tax returns become a primary lead into a russia connection and that would be russia money and his businesses. Theyre open to subpoena, to try to use their subpoena power to get those tax returns. One other piece of news, brooke, fbi director james comey is on the hill this afternoon briefing some house leaders on this issue of russia in a closed door, private, classified meeting that is happening at this hour. Well see what more we can learn as this investigation on capitol hill ramps up. Police do let us know. Having the fbi chief on the hill is always significant. Lets begin there. Ive got Gloria Borger with me, cnn chief political analyst. Just on manus reporting, interesting this could be one attempt to try to see those tax records. Maybe pigs will fly before that happens. But secondly, the carter pages and Paul Manaforts of the world, if they dont say yes willingly, they absolutely could be subpoenaed. Absolutely could be subpoenaed. The big question here, everybody seems to agree whos looked at a lot of documents, that the russians were trying to were doing hacking and were trying to influence the election, period. Thats kind of almost a given at this point. Yeah. And i think the next step, and the next big question is collusion. Yes. Was there any collusion on the part of people in Donald Trumps orbit . Not necessarily people running the campaign. Not direct. But in the orbit who said were there any communications . I mean this is what this is what i think langford is talking about, this is what Dianne Feinstein is talking about, this is what senator warner was talking about to manu yesterday. I think what you do when you do this kind of an investigation, is you broaden out the circles and then you narrow them, right . And so what they do is theyre casting the net right now, and they want to talk to people to see if indeed there were any communications between people who were in the orbit of donald trump and russians who wanted to influence the election on his behalf. Its a very logical way to proceed. What about moving on to the wiretapping, you know, these allegations of without evidence of President Trumps, trump tower, with regard to president obama, and now apparently the democrats are calling for another investigation. Well whats that about . I think theyre calling his bluff basically. I think that, you know, you have sean spicer originally coming out after donald trump tweeted last saturday was that only last saturday . Only last saturday morning. Tweeted last saturday. You had the white house coming out. One way for them to deal with this was to try and say we Want Congress to investigate it. And its a way to get it off their plate so they could Start Talking about health care, which they also have to deal with, and to kind of move it to one side. And so now congress is saying, okay, you put it on our plate, were going to investigate it. Yes, we are. And so, you know, i think theyre kind of calling his bluff on that saying we want to see records, we want to know more. Even though as we all know, the president could put an end to this by releasing what he knows because he is the only one who can declassify that information. Last hour press Secretary Sean Spicer says he is unaware of a former Counter Intelligence investigation into President Trump but we do have new sound from the Vice President here. He was caught by a local tv affiliate and he was asked about whether or not essentially he believes that there was any wiretapping. Heres the Vice President. Yes or no, do you believe that president obama did that . Well, what i can say is that the president and our administration are very confident that the congressional committees in the house and senate that are examining issues surrounding the last election, the runup to the last election will do that in a thorough and equitable way. Hes in a sticky place. How do you answer that and how does does an answer like that even further deilegitimatize th accusation . He was given a yes or no question and that was not a yes or no answer. He was tap dancing. Again, what we were talking about before, the way hes tap dancing is, okay, its now in Congress Court and theyre going to investigate it and theyre going to look into it. That way he doesnt have to answer the yes or no question. And i dont know whether the Vice President knows exactly what the president is referring to. I dont know whether hes asked him and i dont know whether hes gotten an answer. We all know the stories that the president may have read something in breitbart or whatever. But i think its a convenient way for them to get it off their plate right now and talk about what they want, which is health care reform, which is what hes trying to sell. I got some information in my ear as i was listening to you on senator orrin hatch in utah, lobbied for trump and he will be, correct me guys, will be running for reelection, correct . 82 how old is he, guys . Hes an octogenarian. Hes been a trump supporter. And now that jon huntsman is going to be the ambassador to moscow, he was thinking of a senate race. Now you have orrin hatch saying hes going to run for the senate. Was it shermanesque . Did he say definitely, definitely . Guys, you have the wire in front of you. I dont know, but he will be running, so theres that. One other piece that i was handed, in a direct challenge to the white house, this is from the office of government ethics, saying it remains concerned, quote, by the misuse of position by Kellyanne Conway for endorsing ivanka trumps products in that tv interview, a couple of weeks ago on fox. It was like, hey, go out and buy ivanka trump products at nordstrom. So the office of government ethics is rebuking the white house for handling or maybe not fully handling kelly dlanne. I think theres going to be this tug of war between the office of government ethics and this white house. Youre going to see it constantly, whether it relates to the trump hotel and whos staying there and spending their money there or the divestment trumps divestment from his businesses, or ivanka trump, should she take a formal role in the administration, or Kellyanne Conway. And i think that theres going to be a lot of questions that the White House Counsels Office is going to have to deal with with the office of government ethics, because they have two different jobs and the counselor to the president is trying to represent the president and the people in the white house, Kellyanne Conway, theyre his clients. And the office of government ethics doesnt have them as his clients. His clients are the American People and the ethics rules. And so i think youre going to see this back and forth many, many times, brooke. Youre so good. Gloria borger, thank you very much. Thank you. Coming up next, President Trump chooses former utah governor jon huntsman to serve as bambassador to russia despit a rocky past. Why do some trump critics get the job and others are shunned . Well talk about that coming up. Alright, hows this for a tv show. Sous chef. Lawyer by day, prepcook by night. Also, his name is sous. No. Sloppy joseph. 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Huntsman have hurled at one another. Lets bring in michelle kosinski. It is nice to see you. Why dont you remind us of the things that have been said between these two and how this is quite a job to take on. Yeah, it is. I mean you have russia hacking, you have the situations in syria and ukraine. Theres a lot there. You look at Jon Huntsmans record as a former governor, former ambassador to china. One of the things that really jumps out about this choice as you mentioned is the fact that he has criticized donald trump in the past to the point that he actually urged him to drop out of the president ial race. So you have to think for President Trump to be looking past that now, he must have a very good reason for doing so and the Trump Administration does gain a few things from this choice. Former utah governor jon huntsman, trumps choice for ambassador to russia, is the latest player in one of the u. S. most complicated relationships. But huntsman only months ago after the release of the access Hollywood Tape of donald trump saying lewd things about women called for trump to drop out, telling the Salt Lake City tribune the campaign had become a race to the bottom at such a critical time for our nation and for so many have tried to be respectful of a primary vote, its time for governor pence to lead the ticket. President obama appointed huntsman ambassador to china. Back then it was trump who slammed him by tweet. Jon huntsman called to see me. I said no. He gave away our country to china. Also calling him weak, a lightweight and easy pickins. Huntsman in january offered a much friendlier tone. We talked by phone. Weve exchanged thoughts and ideas. I congratulated him on the race. And i wished him the best of success. And i really do hope that he is successful, because ive got two boys serving in the military of the United States. We all wanti the best for our country, particularly during tumultuous times. Now trump has looked past the criticism that has brought down others. Like Elliott Abrams 96ed as secretary of state. Maunts serve ehuntsman served a of the council that criticized vladimir putin. And trump manages what might be a favor for his supporter, owner hitch. Huntsman who oncin tender for hatch was rumored to be a contender for that seat. Jon huntsman was rumored as a possible opponent for president obama. What did president obama do . He named jon huntsman the ambassador to china. The joke at the time was keep your friends close and your enemies in china. The president needs senator orrin hatch whos head of the finance committee. Hes going to be intricate in the health care and tax reform. Hatch has helped him get his cabinet picks approved. As the longest serving senator, his seat might just be safe. Huntsman gets a big job and trump gets his ambassador to help him deal with putin. So if huntsman is confirmed and does become ambassador to russia, you also have to question how much will his own views and his own experience come into play when so much of Foreign Policy seems to be directed and very closely held within the white house. Brooke. Michelle, thank you so much. Michelle kosinski at state for us. Coming up next, u. S. Marines arrive in northern syria, bringing artillery for u. S. Backed forces there. Well talk live to the former u. S. Ambassador to syria to find out what this fight means against isis, how significant this is. Stars and stripes waving high in syria. [vo] quickbooks introduces jeanette. And her new business i do, to go. Jeanette was excellent at marrying people. But had trouble getting paid. Not a good time, jeanette. Even worse. Now im uncomfortable. But heres the good news, jeanette got quickbooks. Send that invoice, jeanette. Looks like they viewed it. And, tada paid twice as fast. Oh, shes an efficient officiant. Way to grow, jeanette. New. Get paid twice as fast for free. Visit quickbooksdotcom. U. S. Marines have just arrived in syria ahead of a crucial battle against isis. These marines are there to help u. S. Backed forces on a mission to retake the city ultimately of raqqah. Raqqah the effective capital city for isis militants. The pentagon is not confirming the marine deployment because of security concerns, so we dont actually know how many marines are in syria or their exact location. Joining me now, former u. S. Ambassador to syria, robert ford. Mr. Ambassador, welcome. Thank you. Nice to be with you. You know, were seeing some pictures, and lets just call them u. S. Forces there on the ground in syria waving the stars and stripes. From what i read from a pentagon spokesperson saying that the presence of even the flag is very deliberate for visibility reasons. What do you make of that . Well, the u. S. Forces in iraq have two components and they have two missions. Im sorry in iraq or syria . Sorry, in syria, excuse me. First, there are u. S. Special forces operating in syria, and they have been there for a long time. They have been there for more than a year. They are working against the Islamic State in coordination with Syrian Kurdish fighters and a growing force of syrian arab fighters. They work, for example, these American Special Operations Forces with the American Air Force which is bombing targets, Islamic State targets in syria. Thats been going on for a long time. Thats not new. The marine deployment of artillery by contrast is new, and that would be an expansion of the mission so that now were going to provide not just calm p combat air support along with special advisers on the ground but now were going to be firing artillery as well. Now, theres a Second Mission which the americans have also started and just in the past week and thats the pictures youre talking about with the american flag. The Defense Department announced at the beginning of this week that there would be some special Operations Forces deployed not against the Islamic State, but rather as peace keepers between warring syrian factions in the city of menage up close to the syrian turkish border. Not against the Islamic State but as peace keepers. Thats a new and very different mission. What about, ambassador ford, though, the actual presence of these marines and the artillery that you reference. Is this a risky move, is this a positive move just with your knowledge and experience with syria, how do you see it . Well, so far during the two years and more that weve had u. S. Forces in combat in syria, weve only suffered one killed in action, one American Service member killed. That was last november. These artillery units i dont think will be up on the very front lines. Artillery is normally stationed back behind and so is a little more distanced from isis fighters, but of course they will be targets if isis with infiltrate suicide bombers or something through. For sure they would like to get close to those american marines. I actually think the forces deployed on the peacekeeping mission up in menij are how so. Theyre in the middle of four different warring armies, syrian government, syrian kurds, turkish army and turkishbacked syrian rebels. Theyre all fighting each other. Youre going to put americans into the middle of that. For example, today there are reports that turkish artillery was shelling those syrian kurds and shelling those syrian army positions. The americans are very close to where that shelling is happening. They wont target the americans, but an errant shell, a misplaced location, bad things can happen. Form u. S. Ambassador to syria, robert ford, thank you so mu much, sir, i appreciate it. My pleasure. Obviously we wish those men and women the very best. Coming up next, illegal border crossings drop 40 in the last month between mexico and the United States. The Trump Administration is taking credit. Should they . People confuse nice and kind but theyre different. Nice tells you what you want to hear. But kind is honest. This bar is made with cranberries and almonds. So, guess what . We call it cranberry almond. Give kind a try. [student] i can just quit school and get a job. [ex student] daddys here. [wife] hi [dad] hey buddy [son] hey dad [wife] i think we can do this. [chancellor] adam baily. [chancellor] adam baily. President trumps tough talk could be having a serious effect on immigration. According to these latest statistics just released by the customs and Border Control officials, illegal crossings from mexico into the u. S. Were down 40 last month. 40. That is actually a staggering reversal on a 17year upward trend. Joining me now from the Woodrow Wilson International Center is chris wilson, Deputy Director at their mexico institute. So, chris, nice to have you on. You know, listen, it may be impossible to actually know whether or not the trump rhetoric is tied to the numbers going down, but is that the sense youre getting . Yeah, thanks for having me on. I do think that its tied to the rhetoric. But the question for me is whether or not this is a permanent change or a temporary one. We saw the numbers of apprehensions go up last fall and through the winter during a time of year where thats not usually happening. Usually at that time of year the numbers are going down, so i think that was also related to the elections. There were people that were crossing the border, trying to get across into the United States, before donald trump took office, before new Border Security measures were put in place. To a certain extent its natural there would be a decline afterwards, that demand for migration was moved up and so now there could be a lull. The real question is two months from now, do we move back to the regular amount or are we in a permanently different situation because of the change in rhetoric and really more importantly the change in policy, because thats the only thing that could have a lasting effect on decision making. Thats a great point. We also heard from dhs saying that there is a corresponding increase in the amount of smugglers who are being used and theyre able to increase their prices to take people to the bord border. Do you attribute that to maybe the increased security right now . Again, just as you said at the outset, we only have sort of one month of new data, of new stories of whats going on, so we should all be cautious with our interpretations. But weve seen a several year process of smuggling prices going up so were definitely at a period in which increased Border Security, you know, may have any time its harder for migrants to cross the border, they rely more on smugglers to make their way across and smugglers, therefore, can charge greater prices. The greater question is are smugglers at the root of this as well. They advertise their services to potential migrants so they could use the presidency of donald trump as a selling point ahead of his inauguration saying to potential migrants you need to make a move now. If youre going to make a move in the next six months, now is the time to do it. So they play an Important Role in communicating real information but also communicating false information, and so well have to watch how that plays out as well. Maybe its the smugglers optimizing their, quote, business practices, right, ahead of knowing how the president would come down on illegal immigration. Well find out as you point out. Too early to know. Chris wilson from the Woodrow Wilson center, thank you very, very much. Thank you. Coming up next here, as President Trump makes a hard sell for the Republican Health care plan, well take you live to knoxville, tennessee, where a major insurer is about to pull out of the obamacare exchange. A look at whether this new bill would help people there at the risk of losing their coverage altogether. But first, check out this oneofakind experience Cnns Chris Moody found in Salt Lake City if you are ever passing through. Salt lake city, utah, the World Headquarters of the Mormon Church and a thriving business city that serves as a gateway to few hours after your meetings, just a 35 minute drive will take you to one of the greatest thrills of your life. The utah olympic park was built for the Winter Olympics in 2002 and its still used today as a Training Center for athletes. 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You talk to some of the funny est people they tell you the best material comes from their everyday home life. This fatherson comedy power house carl and rob reiner lived that philosophy. I actually got to go to carl reiners home in l. A. , sit down with him and between them you have legendary shows like dick van dyke, harry met sally, i could go on. I learned that laughter and politics really just in their dna. Did you grow up laughing in this house . The funny est people in the world came into this house. People have asked me a million times what it was like growing up in a household where there was mel brooks and theres norman lear, just the funny est people in the world. I said, well, you dont know as a kid, youre growing up, you dont know thats your reality. I was trying to think of when he was very, very young, four, five and six years old, when mel and i would be kidding around in the living room he would sit on the steps and listen and laugh. We didnt understand how this kid knew what he was thinking about. Matter of fact, when he was 12 years old or 13 or 15 he threw in a joke we still use. I was staying up late last night rewatching scenes from when harry met sally which ive seen 18 times at least. Really . Oh, yeah. The scene when shes faking the org asm, ill have what youre having, your wife, do you think that would be seen as tame now . You know, yes, probably. If you look at Cable Television and all the shows that are on. Of course. The people are doing more than faking orgasms. Theyre having actual, whatever they do. I dont know what it is because taking this off, doing this and that. And they use the f word freely. Bill ma her cant use two words without saying it. Makes it okay. Now if youre a political satirist, your act is written for you. Theres a lunatic in the white house. Do you think anything should be off limits for when theyre poking fun at the president . No. No. No. Why . Because nothing is off limits for him. I mean, the guy, he makes fun of handicapped people. He talks about what hes going to do to women. I mean, nothing is off limits for him so why should anything be off limits for the comedian . Nothing should be off limits for comedians anyway. Nobody has ever attacked a president the way this guy is being attacked because no president deserves it. Theyve said we dont like obamas obamacare, but they couldnt a dttack him for being person. Hes not a person, hes a pig. Are you up late on saturday night . Melissa mccarthy knocked it out of the park. Aside from the fact she was brilliantly funny and the makeup was incredible, she looked just like sean spicer. I loved the fact that trump was upset that sean was being played by a woman. So now were trying to get Rosie Odonnell to play steve bannon. Id love to see a woman play trump, meryl streep or whatever. In the history of our country, weve never had the citizenry go after the president like in this vein because he deserves it. No other president i mean, there were antibushes, there were antinixons. Not this way. Ive never seen anything like it. Huge thank you to the reiners. By the way, carl reiner turning 95 years young this month. Do not miss our cnn series, the history of comedy, 10 00 p. M. Eastern pacific only here on cnn. Im brooke baldwin. Thanks for being with me. The lead with jake tapper starts now. Thanks, brooke. So, why wouldnt President Trump want it to be called trump care . I mean, its not as if hes averse to putting his name on things. The lead starts right now. An all nighter, Speaker Paul Ryan and the gop pushing ahead with their Health Care Plan to replace obamacare as groups representing hospitals and doctors and seniors push back and are joipd this afternoon by the top doctor in the Trump Administration medicaid program. 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