and i think that s the way to go. let s talk about the bipartisan plan. as we just pointed out, obamacare, ase people are worrid it s going to be lost, it has become more popular, and we have seen this turnout particularly republican townbl halls, i think people legitimately worried what s going to come next. should democrats instead of fighting, obstructing, should they try to work with president trump and arrive at a compromise? look. if you look at the ryan proposal, right? it turns out to be very, very bad. chris: this is house speaker ryan. house speaker ryan. millions of protesters, throw people over insurance, raise premiums and raise cost for most americans. if we are going to get to t something more reasonable, we can t use the ryan proposal. cannot be the approach.ha the question is, what is that
job training, jobs and taxes and regulatory reform. some observers says that is speech today was a dry run of what we will see on tuesday. let s do a little of a preview. bob, how much of the attraction is just to see donald trump, the anti-politician, walked down the aisle of the house with all those politicians around him? it s going to be great theater,r, especially for some democrats getting over the election. i think he s got to unify his party,y, part of the mission is get going and unify the republicans. i want to speak up on that issue, because there are splits within his party but among republicans on obamacare repeal and replace. how much does he have to give them direction, not the details, but some marching orders and what they need to do? he s going to have his budget soon, he is going to have a robe
u.s. invasion of vera cruz in 1914. it is terrible right now. chris: of course, what president trump would say is, that s because there has been a soft policy, we haven t been enforcing our border and finally we are. well, what i would say is that president trump is wrong. there is no invasion of mexicans coming to the united states for the last five, six years.. the undocumented population has remained stable at about 11 million. by the way, more mexicans live in the united states than coming to this country. there is really no invasion. the problem right now with the mexican government is that trump wants mexico to pay for that wall, and mexicans, believe me, they won t pay a cent for that wall. jorge, good to be with you. plenty more ahead as the factor moves along this evening. the president flexs his military muscle and promises to obliterate isis. what is his plan? we will take a look. as republicans promise to repeal and replace obama
chris: thanks for staying with us. i m chris wallace in for t bill o reilly. and if the factor follow-up segment tonight, president trump says one of his top priorities is to repeal and replace obamacare. today he pressed the point.er we also inheirited a failed healthcare law that threatens our medical system with absolute and total catastrophe. now, i have been watching, and nobody says it. but obamacare doesn t work, folks. i mean i could say, i could talk, it doesn t work. and now people are starting to develop littleev the people that you are watching, they are not you. they re largely, many of them are the side that lost.e they lost the election. chris: but a new poll showsey the affordable care act may be gaining in popularity a survey p from the pew research center found 54% of americans now approve of the affordable care act. that s the highest level ever recorded by pew. 43% disapprove. worries that obamacare may be repealed have ignited protests town halls recently.
as constituents confront their members of congress. i could tell you, three members of my family, including me, that would be dead, dead and homeless if it was not for a.c.a. joining us one of the architects of the affordable care act and fox news contributor. doctor, i want to put up a couple of statistics aboutri obamacare. in 2016 premiums on obamacare premiums went up. 7%. this year up 25%. 2016, 2% of enrollees had only one insurer to choose from. now that s true for 1%. you are one of the architects would you agree that the program needs substantial changes? it needs both reform. it needs bolstering. even when hillary clinton was