reporter: there is going to be a warmup event for tonight, a very interesting moment given the back and forth between the president and news media, and they will have lunch with the anchors of the major television anchors and the representatives of the smaller networks as well. appreciate it. meantime lawmakers trying to put some bridge over the political divide when it comes to congressional investigations of the trump campaign s alleged ties to russia. the house intelligence committee agreeing on the scope of what they will investigate. you have cnn sunlen. they have signed off on a plan to look at any contacts between the trump campaign and russia, and going into this this is a fundamental divide. you have the top republican on the committee and the top
sounds, i know i am not better off. had to wait a month to see a doctor. now let s bring in donald trump. donald trump, four years ago today obamacare passed. how has it gone, in your estimation? well, i would say that probably and i m not even talking about the web site being screwed up, probably it could not have gone worse. when i listen to his phony speeches, such lies, such incredible lies. you would think to a point where you could actually go to court and have it revoked. but it has been a it s a complete catastrophe for people and you look at it. you see the results all the time. i was with a man the other day who has a small business. he s got about 18 employees and he called it the cadillac plan, a great plan. he always had it. he took care of his employees. now he can t do it anymore and they have to take care of themselves and frankly, he said it s costing them so much money, he doesn t know. he s probably going to have to close his business. it has been a complete and
some of the costs and a lot of them are beholden to share holders and they have earning s reports and they are pushing it in the form of higher deductible. s. they could be having to give more benefits. we refer to it as the cadillac plan. they can t make them too rich because they have to pay a tax. if the plan is worth 10,000. and 27500. they have to pay 40 percent tax on the plan. it is it a fine line. and they don t want to at a the tax. there are examples of big companies taking draftec action. give me one. having your deductible raised is the lost of the pain. look at target and trader joe and home depo, who are wiping out care for part- time care.
universal health care and the ability of universal health care to bring equality and help people across the board. they still support that concept. but this is an imperfect law and needs to be fixed and one of those fixes that needs to be happen so people can keep it is too a fix to it. i think that is what they are pointing out. the unions are saying this is a good law, but needs to be fixed. they have a very nice plan, these union members, so-called cadillac plan. they don t want to pay the tax on the plan. why don t they want to play
thank, chris. that is definitely a motive. sign up for chris newsletter at fox news first. the prime minister of ukraine says he is going to come to new york city and address the un security council and visit the white house. russia is tightening its grip and sending in a new wave of troops. russian president says he is just making sure the russians are protected. but experts are warning this is part of a bigger plan i think it is part of putin trying to re-create a russian block where they have economic, political and security relationships with these countries that make them all lean toward, or do the bidding