Lets begin now with cnn ryan noble in washington there on the white house property. Tell us more about whats believed to have happened, ryan. Reporter fredericka, we are still piecing together all the information thats coming from our various sources within the administration and within the secret service. What weve been able to drill down is a man was arrested after gaining access to the white house grounds. We believe from the east side of the white house. He made it all the way up to the south portico entrance which if youre looking where i am, im on the north side of the white house. It would be on the complete opposite end. This is a wellknown entrance into the white house. This is where the president would exit and enter if he were leaving on a trip to get on marine one. Its also a place where president s often greet guests that come to the white house through that entrance. Its also very close to the white house residence where President Trump was at the time that this man was arrested. Were told the man did have a backpack with him. We dont know the contents of that backpack. We also dont know what his motivation was. The white house was put on a orange level security which is one of the highest security levels that the white house can go to. But after the man was apprehended and the grounds were searched, the security situation was put back to normal. I can tell you ive been here since about 9 00 this morning and there was really no sign that anything had happened here in the past 24 hours. It was a relatively quiet morning before we heard these reports come out. The white house is back to operating at normal, but this was certainly a major Security Breach that happened here last night. We understand donald trump tweeting about the health care gop plan even in the midst of perhaps all of this early this morning in terms of the amount of time that youre been at the white house. Lets also bring in tom fuentes and jonathan. Thanks to both of you to join us. Tom, let me get your impressions on what weve learned by way of ryans reporting, cnn reporting, about the Security Breach. What are your concerns here . Well, i think as ryan mentioned, this took all night before secret service made a public announcement for that. Theres a very good reason. They would want to get offduty personnel in as quickly as possible to supplement the manpower at the white house and at the perimeter of the white house to keep it secure. If they make an announcement right away that we caught someone, even if its not a major conspiracy, it could prompt copy cats to come out running right away to. I think the secret service will have this well in hand, that its not part of a larger conspiracy, that there arent additional attackers on the way and theyd like to have the advantage of having the security in place before the sun comes up so that they can have the extra advantage of security at the white house. And then, jonathan, when Something Like this happens, we know there have been a number of breaches of security in the last administration. This now as far as we understand the first happening while this president is in the white house. What is your view on the likely precautions being put into place or heightening security by way of secret service or any other body right now as a result of this breach . So the point that was just made, we want to make sure that this isnt an organized group thats trying to test the security measures at the white house. That this wasnt, you know, really a dry run for a more coordinated attack later on. But i will say that the secret service has, you know, multiple layers of protection in place. We actually saw that with the arrest being made outside of the white house. Since the well publicized breach in 2014, the secret service has revised their protocols and layered their defenses of the white house when the president is there and when he is not there to mitigate this type of vulnerability. Ryan, let me go back to you. Have you learned anything new in your reporting . Yes. Just in the last few seconds ive got a statement from the u. S. Secret service which confirms our reporting. On march 10th, 2017 at approximately 11 38 p. M. An individual scaled the south Grounds Fence line of the white house complex. Secret Service UniformDivision Officers arrested the individual without further incident. This is new information that were receiving. A backpack carried by the individual was screened and searched as a precautionary mesh. The backpack was found to be free of any Hazardous Materials. Following the established protocols, the south and north grounds of the white house complex were searched by secret Service UniformDivision Officers. Nothing of concern to Security Operations was found. And were also being told that the department of Homeland Security secretary john kelly was fully briefed on this incident. Theyve not told us the name of the suspect in this statement, but they have confirmed what we didnt know and that backpack did not contain any Hazardous Materials. Also theyre also confirming the fact that he did scale a fence in tord gaorder to gain ao the white house grounds and were being told it happened on the south grounds of the white house. That information just coming to us confirming our reporting that an intruder did gain access to the white house grounds last night. What are the benefit are or potential pitfalls that come with the urgency in which the u. S. Secret Service Reports publicly that there hasnt been a breach in security . Well, their concern there is that you dont want to put this out in public and have people who have no involvement whatsoever suddenly get a major brain wave that oh, what a great idea, im going to go fence jump at the white house and get on television. So they dont want to have copy cats come out, spshlespecially e middle of the night before they have enhanced screening in place by calling in people. They want the advantage of daylight if possible before this goes out public. They want to make sure they dont have a larger conspiracy. So they have to worry about people that may be involved in the plot already and are still yet to come over the fence and people that have nothing to do with it but may hear about it in the media at midnight, 1 00 in the morning and then come racing to washington to be part of the activities. So thats their concern with that. Also we dont know yet the security measures that have been put in place, other than the person being able to scale the fence, the rest of the measures may have worked fine. The sensors and alarms and cameras, may have been operating adequately to inform the officers at the building to watch for this guy. Hes on his way or hes circling the building and get him before he actually makes an entrance like the last jumper did a couple years ago. And then, jonathan, we know the suspect has been apprehended. What kind of line of questioning is likely happening right now . Whats the process as far as you can tell . What the secret service is going to do now is theyre going to interview the individual and ascertain the means, opportunity and intent for this individual to cause harm. Why was he well . What was he doing . To the point earlier, is this part of a larger organized attack or is this a lone individual thats doing this. But what it speaks to is back in 2014 there was a protective panel, Mission Panel that recommended raising the level of the fence. And, you know, its now 2017. That action still hasnt happened. Theres been, you know, a lot of reasons why. A lot of it is bureaucratic, congress, dhs and other entities figuring out the optics of the fence. Here were seeing again theres been a breach of the white house. The fence is not an adequate defense. It still isnt mitigated. It only put the secret service in a bad position once again where they have to use other means to stop threats other than the primary, you know, asset, which is the fence line zbl. Ryan, back to you, if you could explain this 16acre white house property there and that south side of the white house and the access of the general public. But at the same time, the kind of security in place. Can you kind of participate a picture, give us a lay of the land of potentially the route this suspect may have taken. Yeah. I should point out its 18 acres. I said 16 before. I left two acres out. Yes, it is 18 acres. Essentially if you take a look at the white house, if youve ever been to washington, this is obviously one of the top tourist destinations, im standing on the north side of the white house. This is what youd see if you were on pennsylvania avenue. Of course, to great fan fair, they have just reopened tours to the public at the white house. They were initial le closed down while the Donald Trump Administration got its bearings and Melania Trump was able to prepare for those. If you come here to take a tour, you would center from the east side by the treasury department. According to the statement, the suspect gained entrance from the south side of the white house which would be if you are looking at the Washington Monument, if youre at the Washington Monument and looking over towards the white house, thats where that south portico is. You get a pretty good view of it from the Washington Monument. Thats a pretty famous entrance. Its where marine one lands. Yes. In fact, just a few days ago the president greeted the Prime Minister of isreal was at that spot. The idea that this person could have gained entrance and we dont know exactly how far he made it across the white house grounds, but it would be a significant distance to get all the way up to that point and then be only a few hundred yards away from where the president was in his residence at that particular time is pretty astounding. It harkens back to the incident that happened back in 2014 where someone scaled the fence, was able to get all the way across the white grounds and enter into the north portico and get inside before being apprehended. Thats what led to this kind of beefed up security with the fences being raised and the greater uniformed presence around the white house. So its not as if the secret service hasnt worked on preventing incidents like this from happening. But apparently there are still the opportunity for to take place. Tom, what question do you have now as the investigation moves forward . My question would be for congress and the other authorities. You know, deciding to increase the security perimeter at the white house and actually doing it are not necessarily the same thing. And so at this if the recommendations to make the white house safer in every way have gone unheeded and no changes have been made and theyre still discussing it and all of that, why . Jonathan, questions you might have . I absolutely agree. L listen. Youre putting the agents in a very difficult position. I think in this case, this is a successful ending. The structure of the white house prevailed. The circles of protection around the white house, you know, proved its value. The first line of defense, though, is that fence line. And its inadequate. Its been determined to be inadequate. It needs to be resolved right away and that means dhs and congressional funding now to yi initiate that change. That suspect getting just within a few hundred yards away from the president who was in the white house at the time. But as we know, there was no contact, direct contact between that suspect and the president. The approximate is okay, right . Right. The president was not harmed at all in this incident. He was made known. He was made aware of the fact that it took place soon after but in no way was hoe in any harm. Theres still an open debate about increased security. This is the peoples house. Its not necessarily easy to get a tour of the white house. You have to get you have to be brought in by a member of congress. This is a place that people love to come to as tourists in washington. Its one of the mof popular d t destinations. 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In our reporting were also learning the secret service used canines to go through the ground, surveil as much as they could including the first ladys garden there near the South Entrance. Ryan nobles is there on the white house grounds and helping to bring us the details of the this. Also joining us again senior Law Enforcement analyst tom fuentes as well as jonathan. Good to see all of you back with us. Ryan, if you could, fill in the blanks for the latest information were learning about this breach. We now have official secret Service Confirmation that a man did jump over a fence on the south side of the white house and make it all the way to the south portico entrance of the white house around 11 38 last night. That would have left him only about 100 feet away from the president who was in the residence at the time. He was apprehended with a back back and inside that backpack was no hazardous material. The man was arrested and put into custody. Now at in no time was the president in any danger. But he was alerted to the fact that this incident did take place. The security level here at the white house was raised to level orange which is one of the highest security levels at that time and then according to the secret service the grounds were completely searched on both the north and south sides to make sure there was no other threats. But by this morning everything was back to normal. I was here at around 8 45 this morning. It was business as usual. You will not have known that something had happened here late night. Major Security Breach at the white house after a number of security enhancements had taken place to prevent Something Like from happening. You said it seemed like a pretty normal morning when you got there. In fact, no one noticed that President Trump tweeted in the 9 00 or so a. M. Hour calling attention to health care and the gop plan. This while the Vice President is in louisville kentucky to detail that gop plan. Back to this breach on white house grounds, tom, what are your greatest kconcerning about this . It was 2014 when a suspect got close to penetrating the white house, the president at the time. Obama was not in the white house. But you cant help but draw some parallels here. What are your concerns . My concern, fredericka, is that, you know, were going to go another couple of years with dhs and Congress Mulling over what possibly should happen and what kind of security enhancements and should the fence be raised and all of these issues. And then at the end of the day do nothing. Thats the problem with this. They have all these discussions but they need to lead to perimeter enhancements, additional security. You know, theres other safety issues with that. Not just the president. But if this individual had pulled a gun out of his backpack, the secret service would have had to have opened fire on him and then you have bullets spraying across the yard of the white house out on to the streets beyond. E street, 16th, pennsylvania, depending on when which side of the building theyre on. Thats a hazard. If you end up with a gunfight on the outer perimeter of the white house, its dangerous for anybody that may be out. In washington, d. C. 11 30 is not that late for people to be out. Jonathan, would you be able to give a sense or kind of paint a picture potentially of what may have preceded the moment when the secret service made the arrest . Might they have had him in view for a period of time trying to assess who the person may be as opposed to whether that person was unobserved for a long period of time before being apprehended . Let me just take you back for a second. By the fact that when ryan reported the white house had an elevated security condition, i think ryan reported it went up to a condition orange, what that indicates that is that the white house went into a very comprehensive Building Defense posture where multiple tactical teams were deployed not only on the south grounds, but remember part of the protected is ensure 360 degrees of coverage of the white house at all times. At times of an elevated threat, that has to be fortified. You had tactical teams going on the north and south grounds to mitigate this threat. You had all of the sensors and alarms were probably going off. So once the person came over the fence line, those sensors start going off. Uniformed Division Officers and the Emergency Response team at the white house deployed into those areas. That individual, you know, made it very close to the diplomatic Reception Room entrance which is right there at the south portico. However, whats really important to understand is that there is a security structure on the outside, but on the inside theres also a very comprehensive Security Posture when the residence when the white house is at a condition orange. So this internal layers of security that are very comprehensive, especially when the president is there. Ryan reported it was only a few hundred yards away from where the president would be. I would say the president was very safe. They have a comprehensive plan outside the white house but also on the inside. In the event that all the defensive measures were bypassed on the outside, if that individual ever did get into the inside of the house while the president was there, theres a whole new layer of defensive posture that is in place. Lots of assurances of many layer outside the white house, within the perimeter and then within the white house. I dont want to lose sight that this was a very big breach. I mean, to get that close to the diplomatic Reception Room, that actually has to be investigated immediately as to why multiple players were circumvented to even get that close. We are very glad to hear that the suspect did not come sbinto contact with the president. President is okay. But it is very troubling to know that this person was able to get as close as he or she was. Tom, ryan, well check back with you. Right now on the tiny screen, on the big screen youre also seeing the Vice President there who was pushing for this gop plan. He is louisville kentucky. Lets listen in. Our administration will be the best friend americas Small Businesses will ever have. The president and i know the Small Businesses are thing ins of the american economy. As President Trump said in his joint address to Congress Last week, were going to restart the engine to create jobs and prosperity and growth in america like never before. I grew up in a Small Business family. Just a little bit north of here in columbus, indiana. I went to work at my fathers gas station when i was only 14 years of age. I was actually what was called a gas station attendant. If youre under the age of 30, ill explain to you after the program exactly what that was. But as the world also knows, the president grew up in a Family Business too. We both know the skrieacrificest are required to make a business work. More importantly we know when Small Business is strong, america is trostrong. And this president s going to fight every day to make that a reality. [ cheers and applause ] President Trump wants to help you. Wants to help you become stronger than ever before. He made a promise to you and the American People. As i like to say, this white house is in the promise keeping business. Look at what weve done over the past month and a half. On day one President Trump went straight to work rolling back reams of red tape. He actually instructed every agency of the federal government to find two regulations to get rid of before issuing any new regulations on job creators in america. [ applause ] the president has taken action to protect american jobs and American Workers by taking measures to secure our border, to build a wall and end illegal immigration once and for all. [ applause ] the president authorized the keystone and dakota pipelines at least creating thousands of american jobs and building on Americans Energy infrastructure. [ applause ] businesses, and if you havent noticed already, businesses have been already reacting to President Trumps vision. His buy america and hire American Vision with optimism and investment around the country, from coast to coast, literally since election day. Companies have been announcing that theyre keeping jobs here. Theyre creating new ones. Last month alone the economy added an amazing 235,000 jobs in the month of february. This economy is coming back and coming back strong. [ applause ] and most importantly of all, the top priority the president gave us, work with members of congress and make sure that the obamacare nightmare is about to end. [ applause ] ill tell you, its amazing to think about. Virtual le every promise of obamacare has been broken. We all remember the promises that they made back in 2010 when this was signed into law. They told us the cost of Health Insurance would go down. Not true. They told us if you like your doctors, you can keep them. Not true. They told us if you liked your health plan, you could keep it. Not true. Here are the heart breaking facts. Today americans are paying 3,000 more a year on average for Health Insurance than the day obamacare was signed into law. Last year alone premiums spiked by 25 and millions of americans have lost their Health Insurance plans and lost their doctors. Kp in 1 3 of the nations counties they only have one Insurance Company to chews from which essentially means they have no choice at all. The truth is the American People are struggling under obamacare every day and so are Small Businesses like those so well represented here. You all know exactly what im talking about. The truth is kentucky is a textbook example of obamacares failures. Here in the blue crest state, premiums skyrocketed by an average of 24 last year. With some plans spiking by 47 . Nearly half of the state has only one Health Insurer to choose from and next year humana headquartered right here in louisville is pulling out of kentuckys obamacare exchange. Today 1 3 of the state is on medicaid. As your governor has said over and over again, its unsustainable and medicaid here in kentucky is threatening to bankrupt this state. Folks, this just cant continue. And i promise you it wont. [ applause ] since the day that kentucky helped send President Trump to the white house, his top priority has been to repeal and replace obamacare with something that actually works. Weve already made incredible progress. The house released its repeal and replace bill on monday and it already passed with support with two committees in congress. Congressman guth three, i wa congressman guthrie, i want to thank you for your goal to appeal and replace obamacare. Now, i know that not every politician in kentucky supports our plan. I know your former governor has been defending obamacare all over america. And he might even have something to say about my visit here today. And i welcome the debate. I really do. Steve bashir is actually a friend of mine. We worked together when i was g governor of indiana to promote jobs and growth. Im awfully proud of those ohio river bridges, arent you . [ applause ]. The great story about collaboration between our two states. The bridges i believe are going to support Economic Growth across this region for generations. Your former governor is wrong about obamacare. [ applause ] obamacare has failed the people of kentucky. Its failed the people of america. And obamacare must go. [ applause ] now, the plan the president outlined in his joint address to congress is the plan were working on. Were going to repeal and replace obamacare once and for all and well replace it with Health Care Reform that will improve the lives of every american and strengthen our economy. The truth is ordering every american to buy Health Insurance, whether they wanted it or not, was never the right solution for health care in this country. So were going to start out. Were going to repeal the mandates and taxes and penalties of obamacare. Were going to end obamacares individual and employer mandates. Were going to get rid of more than 500 billion in obamacares tax increases. [ applause ] and were going to give americans more choices. Well expand Health Savings accounts. Well give americans a tax credit that will help people buy plans that they need at a price they can afford. Well make sure that americans with preexisting conditions still have access to the coverage and the care that they need. And to all the parents here, well make sure you can keep your kids on your plan until theyre 26 years of age. And most significantly in my view, well give states like kentucky the freedom and flexibility with medicaid to meet the needs of your most vulnerable in the way that works here in kentucky. [ applause ] the bill moving through the Congress Today is going to give governor and states all across the country the chance to reform medicaid so it will better serve the underprif underprivileged state. Ill never forget being here for the governors inaugural address. Anybody else remember that sunny day . [ applause ] as i was sitting listening on, i remember hearing the governor say that he announced his intention to reform medicaid using some of the same conservative principles that we used in indiana. He said then that he was inspired by indianas reforms, but he was pretty sure kentucky could do better than indiana. Id like to see him try. President trump truly does believe that giving states like kentucky, like indiana, like every state in the union, the resources and flexibility to improve their Health Care Programs and medicaid is the than way to meet the needs of our most vulnerable. Were going to make it happen. [ applause ] its competition between the states. It will give the American PeopleBetter Health care choices. Under President Trumps leadership, were actually also going to finally allow americans to purchase Health Insurance across state lines the way you buy life insurance, the way you buy car insurance. [ applause ] President Trump and i both know the way to lower the cost of Health Insurance is to create a National Marketplace and give americans more choices to buy the insurance they want, not the insurance that the government mandates them to have. Folks, let me be clear. This is going to be a battle in washington, d. C. And for us to seize this opportunity to repeal and replace obamacare once and for all, we need every republican in congress and were counting on kentucky. President trump and i know at the end of the day after a good and vigorous debate, we know kentucky will be there and we will repeal and replace obamacare once and for all. [ applause ] let me say one more thing. Despite some of the fear mongering by those on the liberal left, i want to assure the people of kentucky who might be looking on this morning, were going to work with the congress and work with our agency at health and Human Services and were going to have an orderly transition to a Better Health care system that makes affordable high quality Health Insurance available for every american. In a word, were going to make the best Health Care System in the world even better. Now, while i came here to talk about obamacare, its really just the start of what our administration is doing to make America Great again. Let me give you a quick preview before i head back on that airplane. First off, after we get this done, were going to cut taxes across the board for working families, Small Businesses, and family farms. [ applause ] were going to keep slashing through red tape and rein in unelected br unelected bureaucrats from their desks in washington, d. C. Were going to do a little bit more like we did with those bridges. Were going to rebill america so we have the best roads and brinbrin bridges and highways and airport that america has ever had. [ applause ] but making America Great again doesnt stop just there. This president has no higher priority i promise you than the safety and security of the American People. Hes working every single day to protect our nation and our way of life. This is a president i can tell you who appreciates the men and women of our Law Enforcement community and he is standing every day with those who protect and serve our country in Law Enforcement. [ applause ] President Trump as i mentioned is also taking steps to strengthen our borders, to enforce our laws. As the president said, were working through immigration and Custom Enforcement and were taking in his words the gang members, the drug dealers and the criminals that threaten our communities and prey on our citizens off the streets of kentucky and off the streets of our country. [ applause ] and while we talk about those that serve in the uniform, as the proud father of a United States marine, let me tell you how grateful i am that in President Donald Trump we have a commander in chief who will rebuild our military, restore the arsenal of democracy and give our soldiers, sailers, airmen airmen, marine and coast guard the resources they need to accomplish their mission and protect our nation. [ applause ] and by nominating judge neil gorsuch to the Supreme Court of United States, President Trump kept his word to appoint a justice to the Supreme Court who will keep faith with the constitution and hell be a justice who will uphold the god given liberties that are enshrined in our bill of rights. Let me tell you President Trump is a man of his word and hes a man of action and i believe he will make America Great again. Weve come to a Pivotal Moment in our nations history n. This moment we need every freedomloving american to join with us in this effort to make America Great again. We need all of you to stand up, to speak out. To let your voice be heard. Theres no time like the present. We need you to tell the world that we can do better. We can do better on health care. We can do better with a growing economy. We can stand tall and strong in a world again. We can restore this country. Put it back to a path to a brighter future. And i know were going to do this. I truly do. One of my favorite verses in the old book is from the book of jeremiah. Its hung over the mantel of our home from before i was elected to office now more than 16 years ago. Now it hangs over the mantel in the Vice President s residence in washington, d. C. It reads for i know the plans i have for you. Plans to prosper you. Not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future. You know, in november, the people of kentucky voted to give america a president with the strength and the courage and the vision to make america safe again. You voted to give us a new leader who i believe will make america prosperous again and give us a fresh start on health care and Economic Growth. So i truly do believe with all my heart that with your continued faith and support and with gods help together we will make America Great again. Thank you very much for being here on this saturday. God bless you. God bless Vice President mike pence making a big push for the Gop Health Care promising this is a plan that would make more flexibility and it will alou the purchase of Health Insurance across state lines. He also pivoted to tackiking a stand a hard stance on crime and even employing that this administration has a real commitment towards rebuilding the military. It really ran the gamut. But the primary focus, the Gop Health Care plan. Let talk more about all of this in a big push. Wesley lowry, also a political reporter for the wash pothe wa post with me. As well as i believe it is dan with us also . Cnn producer who is there traveling . Everybodys on board. Good to see you and at least hear from you gentlemen. So youve got this big sell taking place first from the house speaker, paul ryan earlier, you know, with kind of like a big board trying to layout the pie chart. Youve got the Vice President. Then this morning you have donald trump who tweeted out republicans are coming together to get the job done. David, why this approach . Does Vice President pence make the more convincing argument on the road . Well, the approach, fred, is because republicans in congress and the white house, Republican Leadership rather still have to convince some of the members in their caucus, particularly members of the Freedom Caucus who are further to the right that the bill that house leadership and that the white house wants is the right bill. Not everybody has signed on to it. Vice president pences speech i thought was pretty effective because it was heavy on criticizing obamacare and listing out the other accomplish mentes in the first 50 days in the Trump Administration and the selling points. A lot of it was criticism of obamacare and you mentioned the president s tweet. The president s tweet was sort of similar. He said obamacare was imploding. A line he used in his speech last tuesday night to joint session of congress. Thats the emphasis i think the administration wants to put on this. The art is is it imploding, especially when there are critics of this new gop plan that say actually maybe upwards of 11 to 15 Million People would lose their coverage as a result of this plan . How does this white house combat that . How do republicans on the hill combat that . Of course its going to be difficult. As we see the president as well as the Vice President messaging around this. Much of their conversation is going to be about the Affordable Care act as opposed to now the republicans repeal and replace bill. In part because the more conversation had about the current bill on the floor, the more confusion and perhaps frustration there will be among people who otherwise might have supported or said previously they supported repealing the Affordable Care act. What we an z obamacare has never been more popular. In part because it has become clear to voters across the country, that one, previously there was not a comprehensive plan, but second what has been put would in fact impact them, trump voters more than other people felt many of them stanning standing to lose their medical coverage. What we have seen is the more republicans seem to be explaining their plan, whether it be paul ryan as well as a few other advocates, the more anxiety has been created. So, dan, traveling there with the Vice President , prior to the Vice President s arrival, reportedly many kentuckyians actually liked the Affordable Care act, were benefiting from it. Why was this the best venue . Its interesting when you listen to his speech, it was as much politics as it was policy. He basically said were counting on kentucky to deliver this repeal bill. I said this is the best chance republicans are going to have to repeal obamacare. One quote that really stuck out with me is him saying President Trump and i know at the end of the day, after a good and vig rous debate, we know kentucky will be there. Woo t that is a not so subtle pointed statement to senator rand paul who has been openly critical of the bill. What was also interesting is you had governor matt bevin who appeared with pence at the round table and spoke before him at this event. And he got in a little bit of trouble on friday for saying that he wasnt solely behind this bill and he aligned himself more with senator rand paul. Bevin said of course there are going to be dis graeagreement. I was struck by how political this event was in addition to being policy based. David, how undermining is that, that that kind of dispute and cleaning up would be done publicly . Well, i think, you know, to that point, if the president is effective at putting that pressure on senator paul, the governor over the course of the next several days or weeks is might have an effect on how he might vote. What ive seen in senator paul is hes most comfortable when hes in this sort of stance not quite going along with the republican line until the last minute. If you go all the way back to the republican primary debates when he was still in that race, he looked uncomfortable when he was towing the party line. He looked most comfortable and he revisiting his roots. I wonder how this sort of standoff will last. Obamacare is popular in kentucky more so than in most red states. This medication expansion issue is pretty sizable. Is this going to be the Sticking Point for republicans in terms of what they are on board or not . You know, its going to be interesting. When we remember the campaign trail, this was something that donald trump made one of his promises. During the speech, you know, Vice President pence said that this is going to be a white house that keeps promises. Well, donald trump made some specific promises about medicare and medicaid as well as not just the expapnsions but the access o people across the country. Kentucky is a good example. Obamacare, the term doesnt pull particularly well but the things included in it, the actual Affordable Care act pulls much better. I think theres going to be a real question. Once voters start realizing what obamacare is, what it means and what it includes, people who otherwise might have voted for donald trump because of the promise to repeal and replace might have some second thoughts. Its going to be interesting to see how the white house attempts to maneuver this issue moving forward. All right. Wesley, david and dan traveling with the Vice President , thank you so much, gentlemen. Well talk much more about this throughout the afternoon. Well have much more right after this. Minute. 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We dont have his identity or motivation for trying to get here, but once again, this is another Security Breach here at one of the secure build ngs the world. This of course not too long after the famous incident behind me where a suspect breached the wall and got into the north entrance. So once again, you can expect to hear major calls for an update to the security procedures here at the white house after this incident. Right and that time, it was president obama, but he and the family were not in the white house at the time. Ryan nobles, thank you so much. Appreciate that. Keep us posted. We have other breaking news. Also, a source now saying high profile u. S. Attorney for manhattan has indicated he will not submit a letter of resignation and will instead make President Trump fire him. Cnn justice reporter Laura Jarrett joining us now on the phone with more on this. Also, paul kalin, also with us. So, first, laura, to you. We know that the attorney general Jeff Sessions had asked what all 44 u. S. Attorneys general to clean out their desks, resign and now, you have this information that he says no fire me. Thats exactly right. He said you will see a letter of resignation for me. Instead, President Trump will have to fire him. This is despite being explicitly told otherwise. Last november, youll remember, he had a very Public Meeting in trump tower with president when he was president elect and was promised he would be able to stay on. And so, we are now told by sources that he felt blind sided by the move yesterday and was given in whatsoever. And so, that reassurance, he went to the Television Cameras after leaving trump tower last fall saying that at the time, that you know, the president elect trump before his inauguration said he wanted him to stay on. Along with another u. S. Attorney general. In fact, heres that sound of that moment when he came out of trump tower. 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