Transcripts For CNNW CNN Newsroom With Brooke Baldwin 20171017

We have the support of all the republicans because well have no support from the democrats or almost no support because they have really become just obstructionists. They have no good policies. And frankly, they are not good politicians but they are very good obstructionists. And thats what they do well, obstruct. The number of nominees that i have approved by the democrats are about half of what president obama had. And when you look at that, and you can look at judicial appointments, look how slow thats going, ill have 145 ultimately, which is a tremendous number. Well have 17 court of appeals, but theyre not getting approved, theyre being slowwalked by schumer and the group of democrats that really, its really disgraceful. Even people that they know, theyre going to approve, they take it right out to the end. They use every single minute. And i think its a very disgraceful situation. But obamacare is everything but dead. The people arent going to take it. Theyre not going to take it, alaska, they had over 200 increases and in arizona they were 116 . And i hear going up even higher. And the people arent going to take that any longer. So we are in great shape. I think we have the votes. And well be doing that right after the largest tax cuts in the history of our country are approved. Hopefully sometime in the very near future. Reporter so is Graham Cassidy still the plan, anywhere. Essentially, yes, block grants. Reporter with respect to the president , you said the potential for a donald trump presidency, quote, i hope we will not face this evil. And im wondering if after spending time with the president you have changed your mind or if you are of the same mind . I wish i knew that before my speech. Translator the meeting i had with the president , his approach and the way he addresses the u. S. Is a very strong power. And their ability to intervene for good are very, very important. I want to confirm that the meeting that we had was very productive. Not a moment did i feel threatened at any time. I saw that there is a very fertile outlook here. In order to set aside any differences we may have to find the Common Ground, the Common Ground which is really important for the relationship between the two, our two peoples that are traditional and historical. And for our common objectives. We need common values. We have common values, excuse me, dont forget that. The value of democracy and freedom was born of increase. And thats one of the values that traverses American Culture and american tradition. The president today of the u. S. Is continues this tradition. And i think our collaboration will be very substantial. And im very optimistic after the meeting we had today. I might just add that a number of countries were a little bit nervous at the beginning, and i have very good relationships with the leaders of virtually every country i have dealt with, but the reason they were concerned is because i will not allow our country, the United States of america, to be taken advantage of by so many other countries all over the world f. You lo world. If you look at our trade deficits, our massive trait deficits with every country. And you look at the jobs going out to certain countries, and the companies are leaving and firing the people and the product is made elsewhere, and then it sold back to the United States, im not going to be allowing that. So i can understand how certain countries and the leaders of concern counted countries may feel. But we are not going to allow the United States to be taken advantage of by other countries. And theres nothing we can do about that. Thank you. Okay, you have a question. Reporter in meeting with the greek republic today, mr. Prime minister, how do you plan to provide for Foreign Investments in greece . And based on the tax that greece is making to bureaucracy and taxation in order to ensure investors around the world that greece is strengthen for business. And mr. President , why would you encourage the u. S. Companies to invest in greece . And how can the u. S. Support the greek efforts to fully turn the page, attract investments and manage it . Thank you. Translator first of all, this is one thing is to intervene legislatively to attract investment. And its different to work on a daily basis to implement these intentions in a stable environment. We opted to conflict with the basic illnesses of greek public administrati administration. And to create a friendly environment for foreign investment. Because our investment means jobs, and jobs means less unemployment and it means return of young people that have left greece, educated greeks that have left greece to go out of the country and to come back to greece. So what did we do . We passed a law in parliament that provides a stable tax environme environment, a fixed tax rate for 12 years for investments of high value. We simplified the procedures to provide licenses to investments. We introduced the fast track process for strategic investments. And we also made significant change to hit and combat bureaucracy through dangigitize procedures in Public Administration and our vision is to have a digital Public Administration that we really want to make practice. I personally have created a task force in the Prime Minister office for investments. So we can see whether laws are being implemented, whether there is effectiveness, and we are sending out a strong signal of political will to promote these projects. The president asked me earlier what is happening with the old airport. Where years ago he himself as a businessman in the past was interested in it. And he saw himself the weaknesses of dealing with greek Public Administration. I informed him it is moving on, it is moving along and very soon well see this area being formed to a very, very large real estate project in greece, which will be, we are hoping that it will be an attraction for other investments from abroad. I would like to also say that greece for the first time from the last country is the first country in absorbing european funds in Investment Capital from european structural funds. So we are finding ourselves at a turning point, a point where investments can provide the ability to exit finally the crisis and the message that i want to pass on to u. S. Investments is not that greece is just a tourist atrack in the world, but it is also an investment attraction and investment destination as well. I can say that we have a great confidence in greece. I think its a land of tremendous potential. I know many people are looking to invest in greece. A lot of the problems are behind it. They have had some very good leadership. They have really done a lot of, they have made a lot of difficult decisions. We are helping, as you know, with a massive renovation of their air force and also of airplanes generally going to greece. They are looking at buying additional planes from boeing. And we are helping, we are very much involved with greece and with helping greece get back on its feet. We have a tremendous greek population in this country. People whose heritage is greece. And we love that country, its a special country, one of the most beautiful countries in the world. So i think its got great potential. And we are helping it along. Okay, jennifer, you want to go . Reporter thank you, mr. President. Sure. Reporter i have a question for both of you, but let me start with you, mr. President. Let me give you a quick question about the federal reserve. Do you have any other candidates that youre looking at other than powell, yellen, the five that have already been named . Are you looking at anyone besides those folks . I would say within those five youll be getting the answer. And ill be making the decision over the next fairly short period of time. Reporter can you say who is your favorite at this time . Honestly, i like them all. I do, i have a Great Respect for all of them. But ill make a decision over the next very short period of time. Reporter can i ask you a quick obamacare question, even though john roberts did as well . Sure. Reporter apparently Lamar Alexander said he made a decision with patty murray to stabilize obamacare. Has the white house been involved in those negotiations . And will you support that deal . Yes, we have been involved. And this is a shortterm deal, because we think ultimately block grants going to the states is going to be the answer, thats a very good solution. We think its going to not only save money but give people much Better Health care with a very, very much smaller premium spike. And you look at whats gone on with that. Also, much lower deductible so they can use it. Lamar has been working very, very hard with the democratic, his colleagues on the other side. And patty murray is one of them, in particular. And theyre coming up and theyre fairly close to a shortterm solution. The solution will be about a year or two years. And it will get us over this intermediate hump. Because we have, as you probably know, we have the votes or are very close to getting the votes, and well get the votes for having the potential of having Great Health Care in our country. So they are indeed working, but it is a shortterm solution so that we dont have this very dangerous little period, including dangerous period for Insurance Companies, by the way, for a period of one year, two years, well have a very good solution. But were going to have a great solution ultimately for health care. Okay . And they are working together. And i know very much what theyre doing, okay . Thank you. Reporter thank you. And mr. Prime minister, on turkey, do you still regard turkey as a democracy . And should turkey remain a member of nato . Translator i have to say despite our concerns regarding turkey, despite the concerns that are also based on the daily interventi intervention, we continue to support the turkish course towards europe. We respect it as a Regional Power and believe it must stay oriented toward the european perspective, stay oriented to its collaboration with the west, and or stay oriented to nato. With ebelieve that the european outlook and perspective of turkey can also be a lever of pressure so that there is we can have those reforms toward the democratization of the domestic of the country. So my answer to your question is relatively easy. Yes, we do believe that turkey must remain within nato. And its european course. But on the other side, we have to ensure, and we want to make it clear to this ally of ours and to its government, that the road to europe and this day and the collaboration with the west, brings with it certain conditions and responsibilities. One of the most necessary conditions is to respect international law, to collaborate and not promote tension with allied countries such as greece. This is our basic direction. And i do believe, i had the opportunity to go in detail on this matter with President Trump, to explaining the need for the fulfillment of these conditions so there are clear messages. Also, toward the turkish administration. Reporter thank you. Mr. Prime minister, how do you us greeks like to hear about the deal striking the importance of greece in the region, what is your government planning to do to enhance this role and for the benefit of the bilateral relationship . And for specifically, are there any plans you have for it . And mr. President , you praised greeces role in nato with the contribution of the bay and within the eastern mediterranean, what is the potential of greece willing a pillar of stability in the region . And what will the u. S. Like to see happening in order for greece to achieve this potential . Thank you. Well, i will start by saying that i think it has a great role in stability in the area. We have a feeling that it will get stronger and strong er, a very stable people has the potential, once it gets over this tremendous financial hurdle that its in the process of working out, we think that there will be great stability in greece. And militarily and in every way we look at it as very important and very important to the United States. We have great confidence in greece as a nation. We have great confidence in what theyre doing relative to the military, because i know they have plans to do some terrific things. And we know they will be an ally for many, many years to come. You know, they have always been a very tree liabreliable ally. And we have always been reliable to them. So we look forward to that for many years. We are going to be friends for many, many years. And stability is very important. And we look upon that with respect to greece as being a key. Okay . Thank you. Translator in regards to the initiatives of growth to be taken and also regarding the initiatives that we have taken to broaden the strategic role of greece as reliable partner, both to the eu and nato, i would like to say that from the first mome moment, we took over the administration, we moved, we proceeded to a new dogma. But it was basically to enhance the role of greece as a country that is a pillar of safe security and stability in a very sensitive and unstable area of the region. We enhanced the collaboration with two significant partners in the area of egypt and israel. And with greece, cypress and israel and with other countries in the area such as jordan, lebanon. Our goal is that through these multilateral collaborations to ensure the collaboration, stability, peace and joint growth in this area. Of course, greece, for a number of years, has been playing as underlined earlier, it plays a very Important Role of reliable ally of the u. S. But it also has a unique different feature. Greece may be talking with the arab world with other countries in the east, so it is not just a nato member, its a useful ally for the United States of america. Now, in regards to crete and suda bay, we all know it is a special strategic importance, and we evaluated it, jointly evaluated it, and i think we are doing good work there. And it can and it must be upgraded, enhanced. Thank you to the Prime Minister. He said, this is so beautiful. And i said, this is the rose garden. And i think even the media likes the rose garden. Thats hard to believe, but even the media likes it. Mr. Prime minister, its been a great honor having you, and we look forward to many, many years of friendship, working together, and keep up the good work. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. [ applause ] the president of the United States and the Prime Minister of greece wrapping up a press conference at the rose garden at the white house. As they wrapped up, we just got word that there is a deal in principle that will allow the Obamacare Health care subsidize to Insurance Companies to continue. The chairman of the House Committee Lamar Alexander, the ranking democrat, patty murray, their aides tell cnn theres an agreement in principle. And we just heard moments ago from President Trump say he would support this deal. He said, it would be a shortterm, for a short period of time, this deal would be for two years, but it in effect reverses the e tdecision he mad last friday to reverse subsidize to Insurance Companies because he said the companies were making too much money. Lots to assess as a result of this News Conference, but this is a Significant Development right now, gloria. Bipartisan cooperation, a republican and a democrat working together forging this tentative deal. But just step back for a moment, look at the larger picture. The president says hes going to end the subsidize. End the subsidize and gets a lot of blowblack on it. In fact, a lot of people who would be affected, if you end these subsidize, are people at the lower end of the economic scale, many of them trump voters, and he takes the political tax saying, it was just the Insurance Companies were getting too much money. Fast forward the republicans and democrats are trying to stop this from happening led by the two senators say they have come up with this in principle, now they still have to get cosponsors, but the president today says, okay, thats fine. After he said that the Insurance Companies profits were up too much, et cetera, etc. Then in the end, he said theyll have the votes for his version of health care reform, what is called Graham Cassidy. In fact, they dont have the votes for it yet. And we all know that. Jeff zeleny is our chief white house correspondent. Hes there for us. Jeff, the president keeps saying he has the votes for what he wants, he clearly doesnt have the votes. If he had the votes, they would have passed the legislation. Didnt have the votes, still doesnt have the votes, thats why presumably hes made this major decision to support at least for the next two years what this compromise Lamar Alexander and patty murray legislation is all about. Reporter thats right, they do not have the votes. The republicans do not have the votes on their side of the senate or they would have passed it and moved it through. We, of course, know the house supported this version of health care, the senate did not. But by the president saying that he supported this shortterm deal in principle between democrats and republicans, its certainly a sign that he wants to move forward with this. He wants to get something done in health care. But wolf, its so interesting here, he say os obamacare is dead, its not coming back. The reality and worry here among the president s advisers is he will own the collapse of health care. Thats something hes not eager to own in its entirety. Hes blaming it on the predecessor, the obamacare legislature, but the reality is he and the republicans control this. So thats one of the reasons hes supportive of this bipartisan move, wolf. But this is just the beginning of this. It certainly is not the end of he can. And health care. In terms of the votes, he hopes to move on after tax reform, but the reality of that is, wolf, thats many months away, likely, even though he said he would like to get some type of tax reform package done this calendar year. Thats seen as a long shot by some republicans on capitol hill, wolf. Yeah, they got to pass a budget first, then move on to tax reform. And clearly, theyre not going to get anywhere near major repeal or replace efforts as far as obamacare, at least until the president s own advisers have told us, at least until march or april of next year. In the meantime, david gregory, this is a reversal for the president , only last friday he said he was ending those subsidize to Insurance Companies, because they are making way too much money. Today he says hes going to support what Lamar Alexander and patty murray have put forward, namely to continue the subsidize for the next two years. I suppose he would like the credit for sticking it to the insurance companyies see yeah executive order and to dismantle obamacare. In his mind obamacare is dead because of the executive actions he took because republicans couldnt get it done on capitol hill. But theres a striking thing about this that gets into health care policy, which no matter how you slice it, if you want universal health care, Insurance Companies have to get it taken care of. Thats what the obama team understood. One way or the other, they have to get taken care of because they have to extend coverage to more people than they would rather not give coverage to, they have to give it to everybody, and they only do that if young and Healthy People take up insurance, buy insurance to drive up profits to give it to people with preexisting conditions. And trump, even through block grants, wants preexisting conditions to be taken care of. So theres a lot he still wants to be on the right side of when it comes to universal health care, but for now he wants to be the one who is taking on the Insurance Companies. The stuff just doesnt add up yet. What is your analysis . Lets not forget what the strategy was behind ending the payments last week. And they were pretty transparent about this. He talked about it being a bailout for the Insurance Companies, but he also said im going to end these payments. And then the democrats have to come to me and cut a deal. To improve health care because obamacare will fail. Now it seems like hes agreed to continue the payments for another two years. If he thought that democrats had any incentive to cut that kind of deal with him, it would be gone now because the payments are going to continue. And its not totally clear to me either whether hes on the same page with a lot of Senior Administration officials we have talked to in the last few days, weeks leading up to the announcement to cut off the payments, they have said in order to continue the payments, well need to get something. Thats either going to be an end to the individual mandate that david talked about, an end to the employer mandate for insurance, and it doesnt appear, i havent seen the fine print on this deal, but it seems very unlikely that patty murray and democrats would be agreeing to anything like that. So he seems to have gotten ahead of where the white house strategist was 24 to 48 hours ago. He clearly wants a deal, he wants to be able to say, yes, theres a deal, and maybe there will be a deal, its by no means a done deal, theres still a lot of work to do. Even as we talk, jim chute sciu theres word that carter page, the Foreign Policy adviser to the Trump Campaign has now been subpoenaed by the Senate Intelligence committee to testify. He had refused to testify. Page has been a prominent figure in the coverage of the Russian Investigation since the beginning, although there are questions of how central a figure he actually was. Certainly a very public supporter of the president , very public in his, if not support, his willingness to engage with the russians, go to his speeches that criticized the u. S. Foreign policy at the time. And you might even say exaggerated his own role in all this. He was very happy to be public and to be sbrinterviewed and no revealing too much. But he didnt accept voluntary requests for him to come forward, so the Senate Intelligence committee is doing what it said it would do with others who did not take their request to come voluntarily, they are subpoenaing him. It doesnt mean hes a central figure, but they have reasonable questions to ask him and bring him forward. Well see if he testifies or pleads the fifth or whatever he wants to do. Theres other news, john mccain has just responded, just responded to the president. Last night john mccain gave a very important speech making it clear he disagrees with the president. Earlier today the president said, be careful, this is what he was referring to, senator mccain, be careful because at some point i fight back. And now john mccain has just said this reporter lets start with the senator rand paul on the budget going against the budget reform. Does he not understand the bill . Why is he pushing against this . I dont know. I dont pay any attention to senator paul. Reporter he and senator graham seem to be having a disagreement with the understanding of what is in the bill. Youll have to ask them. Reporter okay. Lets go to your speech last night. Okay. Reporter were you trying to were you addressing the president or bannon or the group in total . I think that what is clear is what i was talking about as an environment here of nonproductivity of a version to the attitude of the 30s, which was one of the major reasons why we fought world war ii. Reporter and then with regard to im lureluctant to bring it up but with regard to what the president said about john kelly and his son and president obama not addressing the senate, you served in the armed forces. Frankly, i dont know what to think about that. I think that our first objective has to be to honor the service and sacrifice of these young people who have given their lives. Reporter can i ask a question on isis . A question on isis, President Trump said that if he had been president earlier, than raqqah would have fallen earlier. Glad to hear that. Thats illuminating to me. I was involved in it throughout. Do i believe the last eight years were failed . Absolutely. Absolutely. There was no rules of engagement. And there was no success. There was no strategy. So i certainly agree that the last eight years were a dismal failure of our policies and strategy in iraq and afghanistan. Thats why its been 15 years. Reporter thank you, senator. All right, so there you have senator john mccain, in part, responding, he didnt respond to the president s threat to him. Be careful, because at some point i fight back, but gloria, hes speaking bluntly. Hes agreeing that the Obama Administration failed in iraq and afghanistan. Agrees with the president on that, but is making it clear on a whole host of other issues he disagrees with the president. I think it was clear he didnt want to reengage with the president on this issue again. I think he spoke his peace last night and elaborated just a little, just a little bit. Hes not going to back down. And the president can threaten him, im sure, john mccain has been through a lot worse in his life than threats from donald trump. And i thought it was sort of funny, he said he didnt listen to rand paul very much either. Well, i felt it concerning that he didnt blame trump by name for this, but i think it was pretty clear when you listen to his words last night, that hes describing an environment that trump created. He just called it a reversion to the 1930s. And went on to say, thats what led to world war ii. Thats a remarkable thing for a statesman like john mccain, a republican senator, to in effect accuse the president of a 1930s populism. Its a remarkable charge. And its sobering to hear that from john mccain. He said last night, david, he did not want to see halfbaked spurious nationalism emerge here in the United States. Didnt mention the president by name, but clearly everyone understood what he was talking about. Right. The kind of America First isolationist to abdicate its role as a leader of the postwar period, which is what the International Order was built out of world war ii, and that is very much john mccains world view. So i think it is striking to hear that. And you know, youre going to hear a lot more from john mccain who doesnt want to take President Trump on directly, but its that line from hamilton, talk less, smile more. John mccain is gritting his teeth through the trump presidency, but his actions on health care and maybe more to come will make it very difficult for this president. Lets go to Phil Mattingly on capitol hill for us, walk us through what looks like major breaking news, a tentative deal reached between Democratic Leaders and Republican Leaders moving forward, keeping obamacare, the Affordable Care act alive, at least the subsidize to the Insurance Companies for at least two more years. Reporter yeah, the subsidize that the president just a few days ago canceled because the executive branch has that ability. The way they wouldnt have the ability anymore is if congress appropriated the funds. And that has been what the negotiations are between Lamar Alexander of season and congresswoman murray have made. And the deal is essentially this, what im told from aides is the deal has been agreed in principle. A twoyear funding of the costreducing payments to help insurers bring rates down for individuals in the marketplace. That would be what democrats would get, plus about 100 million in funding for obamacare outreach for the exchanges. What republicans would get in exchange would be regulatory flexibility on the state level. So basically hold on one second, phil. The democratic leader and the minority leader Chuck Schumer is addressing this issue. I want to listen in. Then you can do questions on anything but youll have to go. So first, i want to salute both Lamar Alexander and patty murray for working hard on a bipartisan solution. We think its a good solution. And it got broad support when patty and i talked about it at the caucus at lunch today. First, it stabilizes the system. Two years of cautionary provides real stability to the system. And we want to make sure that happens. We want to work in the longterm to produce premiums and increase coverage. Our republicans colleagues seem to be in the opposite place in the longterm, but i think theres a growing consensus that in the shortterm we need stability in the markets. So we have achieved stability, if this agreement becomes law, we have also put in some very significant antisabotage provisions. The president had been sabotaging this bill and the agreement would undo much of that sabotage. So overall, we are very pleased with this agreement. Now, its just general, there are a few more details that have to be worked out, but we think its a very good step forward. And i, speaking for myself, i hope senator mcconnell will put it on the floor under senator lamar and murrays leadership. I hope the house will take it up and the president will sign it all as quickly as possible. Because what it will do, it will protect the people from premium increases, assure the marketplaces that this has a future, a longterm future, and prevent the sabotage that we have seen thrown at it in the last several months. Senator murray. Well, as we all know right now, patients and families across our country are looking at the harmful steps that President Trump has taken to sabotage health care in our country. They are looking at their bank accounts, and they are realizing that if the president is allowed to continue down the path hes headed on, they are the ones that will pay the price. So im really glad that democrats and republicans agree its unacceptable and that the uncertainty and dysfunction cannot continue. And im very pleased that in the hearings and discussions with over half the senate, chairman alexander and i were able to find Common Ground on a number of steps to stabilize the markets. And to help protect families from premium spikes as a result of the sabotage we have seen from this administration. We are ironing out a few of the last details right now, but im very optimistic that well be able to make an announcement with all the details very soon and that well be able to show patients and families as well as those who are still determined to enable trumpcare that, you know what . When republicans and democrats in Congress Take the time to Work Together under regular order rather than retreating to partisan corners, we can truly get things done that help people that we serve. Thank you. Thank you, patty. And she was saluted in our caucus today by one and all for the fine job that she has done. Okay. Now, segway, sheldon will appreciate this being a man of literature, just so theres the news, you heard the news that democrats in the senate, they support patty murray, the ranking democrat in the Senate Health committee working with the chairman, Lamar Alexander. Theyve got a deal, at least for two years, keeps the Affordable Care act going. They were very, very pleased with this deal. They are still working on things to be done. But Phil Mattingly is with us, our congressional correspondent, phil, very enthusiastic support for the tentative deal by the Democratic Leadership. Earlier the president in his News Conference said he would support it as well. Does that automatically mean its a done deal . Reporter it doesnt. And look, what im told right now, and you heard from senator schumer, obviously senator murray gave a presentation about what the deal would entail during the democratic lunch that just ended, republicans also got their own presentation from Lamar Alexander. Its always been the republicans that are the issue with this. What this does for a shortterm period, it quote unquote fixes obamacare. Something republicans have considered now for seven years. The components of the deal are extremely important on the republican side. Obviously, you know what democrats get out of this deal, the funding and the money for obamacare. Senator schumer referred to that as well. The regulatory piece of this is crucial for republican support. And what senator alexander was essentially to get out of the deal, at least as it has been read to me out to this point, the regulatory waivers allowed under obamacare would be allowed to be sped up, they wouldnt have to be approved by state legislature, just a governor would be able to do them, if another state had gotten a waiver related to exchanges or how they could change the exchange to make it easier for individuals to apply to that exchange or to get coverage, they would be able to simply get waivers approved. The speed to get the waivers approved and the types to get approved are important here. And there is an expansion of peoples ability to get catastrophic plans based on this deal. Those are the components that will make or break this deal. Because this deal now needs to be sold to republicans. Im told that what they dont have right now is a guarantee from Senate Leadership that this will ever find its way to the senate floor. Essentially, what they have to do now and senator alexander told reporter this is earlier, they need to whip up support on their own. Basically prove to Senate Leaders that if this gets onto the floor, this would move and perhaps, more importantly, that it also has life in the house. The house of representatives that has kind of even been more deeply held in opposition to this type of idea going forward. So this is certainly a break through. This is certainly something that democrats are latching onto, saying this has to move forward, there are several republicans we have talked to that dont believe the csr should have been canceled altogether. They will be supportive of this as well. But this is far from a break through. Wolf, i will say, you made an important point, the president in the last couple of days has touted the plan of the bipartisan shortterm deal. He was talking specifically about this and im told he told senator Lamar Alexander a couple times behind the scenes over the last week or two he would be supportive of this plan. The president s voice on this and the president s willingness to actually push this forward, particularly in the house where republicans are more skeptical, will be extremely important as to whether or not this has a future. But right now, a deal has been agreed to. The big question now is, will it actually move forward beyond the deal phase and into something that actually passes into law, wolf. It sounds to me like it is an issue that right now the democrats are on board, a lot of republicans are on board, will the speaker in the house, will paul ryan insist on a majority of the majority on board in order to allow it to come up for a vote . Because theres plenty of moderate republicans who probably are going to go along with senator Lamar Alexander and patty murray. Reporter theres no question, there are republicans in the house including powerful ones, the house ways and Means Committee says there should be provisions, at least in the shortterm, but the speaker and republicans operate under a rule almost, kind of an informal rule, that they dont want to put anything on the floor that will pass with a majority of democratic support and a minority of republican support. They need to figure out if theres a path forward here. I can tell you, i noted that the negotiations have been going on for a while and were going on right before, kind of the repeal and replace effort known as graham kaz Graham Cassidy came back to life a few weeks ago. And it was paul ryan that called over to Senate Leadership and the white house and said, this is not something we can put on the floor. This is not something our conference will support. So they will need a shift over in the house in terms of how they feel about this before they actually have a green light to move this toward. I can tell you that leadership over in the senate wants no part of moving something forward that has no future in the house. I will say, one other kind of logistical component here, procedural component, this is probably not going to be a standalone bill. This is going to be something they try to attach to some other piece of moving legislation. So keep an eye on the different vehicles that senators are looking for and keep an eye on the support, but as you know, keep an eye on the house. They are on recess this month and well get a good idea of where they stand for another couple of days, but that will likely make or break whether this moves forward. Well see what happens in the house. Chris soliza is with us as well. The compromise of democrats and republicans working together. You heard the president saying Mitch Mcconnell is on board, but as Phil Mattingly correctly points out, this is far from being a done deal. Reporter right. Wolf, lets talk about trump first. Remember that donald trump essentially, as recently as today, has described those subsidize as big payoffs for the Health Insurance industry and it was not helping consumers, an thats why he got rid of it. This deal based on the outlines that we know at the moment would restore those subsidize for two years. So its not clear why all of a sudden donald trump endorses the Alexander Murray legislation. That is point one. Though hes been a little bit all over the map, so i guess its consistent in its inconsistency. On the house side, i feel like with every major piece of legislation, phil notes this better and has talked about this better than i have, every time we come back to the same thing. 40ish members of the House Freedom caucus. The most conservative elements of the House Republican conference. Are they willing to go along with this . This is government subsidize to health Insurance Companies so that they will indeed be incentivized to pay for lower income americans to have Health Insurance. On sort of the philosophical end, thats not something that a lot of quite conservative republicans of the American Freedom caucus endorse. With trumps endorsement, assuming this stays, maybe that matters. Maybe paul ryan decides not to do the majority and just bring it up because they are concerned about the impacts of not doing so from a policy and political perspective, but i would say this deal, at the moment, it certainly is one of the only bipartisan things done in a very long time. I think we were going back to the ryan murray budget act in 2013, that being the last major thing, but not a done deal certainly because, for the same reasons that no major piece of legislation is just immediately sort of blank checked through the house and then the senate. If it were to pass the senate and eventually pass the house and signed into law by the president , this twoyear deal, it would take the deal, the Affordable Care act would stay in effect through the midterm elections next year. Thats a significant part of all of this as well. Chris, standby. Well have a lot more on the breaking news of President Trump. Also, envoking the dpepth o the white house chief of staffs son to say that the former president didnt always call the families. This ambush left four american troops dead. A lot more on all the breaking news right after this. You might take something for your heart. Or joints. But do you take something for your brain. With an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is the number one selling brainhealth supplement in drug stores nationwide. Prevagen. The name to remember. Alright, i brought in high protein to help get us moving. And help you feel more strength and energy in just two weeks ill take that. 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The president remained silent for 12 days and hasnt reached out to if families of the four. We are bringing in a retired green beret and now the ceo and founder of the Nonprofit Mission america. And hes also the author of gamechangers going local to defeat violent extremists. What do you have in terms of questions about what happened to these soldiers . Because theres so little we know at this point. Hey, breanna. As far as questions go, the invest is going to barrel a lot of that out, but these guys were special forces operating in a very atrisks cou country doing is dangerous work, working with Indigenous People to stand up on their own and push back against isis. That is dangerous work, it is very osteer and very remote. We are going to find out these guys were doing exactly what they need to do to keep us safe in an atrisk country. Why are we not hearing more about it from the government . Well, i think the nature of this work, it is a bit different than a lot of the other special Operations Forces that are out there. It is not the direct action nighttime strike thing that seems to garner a lot of media attention. What this work is is more longterm, its more bottomup kind of work. Working with indigenous forces over a long period of time. And frankly, brianna, it is use in a place far away from any kind of natural support. The country has been doing this for 50 years in places like colombia, the philippines, and it is frankly how we get in front of violent extremism in places where we cant afford to set up large footprints. So i think thats why we dont hear a lot about it, because its the nature of the work. It is quiet work. And you make a very good point that especially movies poplarize the idea, if youre a commando, youre kicking indoors, but a lot of the special operators are doing this work really at the community level. That said, do you think one of the reasons we havent heard, i guess, answers to the questions about what happened, is because there is a rpush for the government to make clear to americans just how widespread this quiet work is around the world . You know, brianna, i hope thats not the case. I make this point in my book Game Changers that we have been at this war for 16 years now. If we think the directionaction raids are the only way to defeat isis, we have another thing coming. We have had three president ial administrations now that have gloomed on to that approach. We need it. Its amazing what the operators have done in syria and iraq to beat isis back, but if we dont build capacity in these atrisk areas like libya and niger where the amazing operators were killed, then we are never going to get in front of the problem to allow locals to stand up on their own. Thats what these guys are afraid of. Thats what the bad guys are afraid of. Green berets can punch up from the weight with big capacity. And i hope our politicians understand that. That this is absolutely essential for National Defense over the longterm in these rough places where we cant set up 100,000 troops in a base. Colonel scottm mann, great insight. We appreciate it. You may have heard senator john mccain firing back on President Trumps threat to, quote, be careful after mccain called his world view halfbaked. We are back in a moment. S we lost a lot of food. We actually filed a claim with usaa to replace that spoiled food. And we really appreciated that. Were the webber family and we are usaa members for life. Anyone who calls it a hobby doesnt understand. We know that a persons passion is what drives them. [ clapping ] and thats why every memorial we create is a true reflection of the individual. Only a dignity memorial professional can celebrate a life like no other. Find out how at sanfranciscodignity. Com. Senator john mccain was speaking to cnn just moments ago, elaborating on the vailed comments he made, and maybe not too vailed, actually, about President Trump last night. Listen to some. Reporter were you addressing the president or bannon or the group in total . I think that what is clear is what i was talking about as an environment here of nonproductivity of a reversion to the attitude of the 30s, which was one of the major reasons why we fought world war ii. Reporter and then, with regard to, and im reluctant to bring this up, but with regard to what the president said about general kelly and his son and president obama not addressing him, is this an appropriate place for the president to be making a comment. You have served in the armed forces. Frankly, i dont know what to think about that. I think our first objective has to be to honor and serve those young people who have given their lives. I want to turn to cnn president ial historians tim notali and douglas brinkley, a history from feprofessor at bry university. You are looking at the escalating war of words between senator mccain and President Trump. What do you make of it . Well, that john mccain was very brave to give that dinner address under the osposis of liberty. And we are being taken over by halfbaked ideas, that the whole sense of promotion of the global ideals is getting corroded, it is under siege. Its an oldtime big pronato john mccain, and he sees the Foreign Policy acting in a very fickle and confused way right now. He thought he had a Public Service to speak up, he did, and it reminded me of eisenhowers farewell address in a sense that he is warning the country to beware of having your government behave in a rerp rehenceable rightwing nationalistic manner. Tim, one of the points he made is dont turn away from the world you helped organize. He said that in his speech. And here he was asked to talk about really this return, the nonproductivity of the version of the attitude of the 30s. That sort of turning into ones self is a country, which he said precipitated world war ii. Thats a big warning. Remember that john mccain, not only has an unbelievable beautiful and honorable personal biography, but he comes from a family of service. And in his speech last night, he talked about how he remembered pearl harbor and his father leaving that day, he said. For service. For him, he has a personal Family Connection to internationalism. The fact that america, in the 1930s, let the world fall apart. Didnt participate, didnt add its voice as it could have, that was a lesson his generation and his fathers generation learned. Which is, when you leave things alone and america doesnt take its place among the great powers, the world gets into trouchblt and he trouble. And hes saying, remember that. Now it is selfish that a new generation of american firsters has forgotten the lessons fought for by his father. Thats what hes speaking about. He believes this is a rebuke of american excellence as he sees it. Well, its a rebuke of the whole title. That was the title used by isolationists in the 1930s through pearl harbor. They disappeared through pearl harbor for obviously reasons. Hes saying, dont forget the reasons why america began to participate internationally. It was not because we were seeking control of the world, it is because the world needed us and we met the call. Thats what it was about. Doug, what do you think . Well, i think any u. S. President since fdr would have embraced john mccains words and said, right on. Youre saying, youre preaching to the american choir. However, donald trump is a different an massachusetts aima offense to the fact that donald trump was intimating that they are creating a halfbaked isolationism that will be dangerous for future generations to come. He felt at this point, hes fighting cancer, hes in that stage right now in his life that he could come forward and tell the truth, speak truth to power. Donald trump didnt like it. And hes already warned donald trump, hey, i can fight back, you know. So you may be in the next few weeks or months having a tit for tat going on between trump and mccain. And i give mccain already the bronze star for that fight, because i think he will defeat trump if it gets to being whos right about the democratic ideals are all about. And john mccain will be a formidable ally, no doubt, in that debate. Douglas brinkley, tim notali, thank you so much to both of you. Its the top of the hour. Im breanna kieler in for brooke baldwin. Cnn is learning two bipartisan senators, one democrat, one republican, say they have reached a deal in principle on health care. Now this time patty murray, a democrat, and senator Lamar Alexander, a republican, are reaching across the aisle. And their goal is to stabilize obamacare rather than, as the president has requested, just le