for years during the obama administration they tried to prepeel and replace obamacare should they control the house and senate and the last few years, they did not get it done. democrats certainly, you know, in the trump era everything doesn t really sort of matter, so it s i m not sure whether this is a gift for democrats or not, because, you know, fumble that happens in the trump administration happens to be a different gift for democrats, but trump somehow manages to recover. if 2020 ends up being about health care, if that is the primary issue, you know, democrats have a really good chance of taking back the white house, but, again, it all comes down to messaging and comes down to the ground game and they have a lot of work to do. there are some interesting enlightenments, i guess, of a new cnn poll in iowa and we will talk about that in a little bit. when we talk about who is
see how iowa voters are thinking about them. among hthem is hillary clinton and oprah winfrey. 72% of people from iowa saying hillary clinton would be a distraction and 55% say oprah would be a distraction. what is the minds of iows is 54% strong chance to win and 40% share their issues positions. this is something the democrats in particular have always cared a great deal about. and that is exactly what they are thinking at this early stage of this campaign. so a long way to go. 14 months before the iowa caucus, but we are now starting to see what iowa voters are thinking. ryan nobles, cnn, washington. the first lady spokesperson
translates pray for the nation on june 4th, the anniversary of the 1989 tiananmen square massacre. people are not supposed to talk about it and cnn is what kind out whenever we mention it in china. to have pastor of a church preaching to a congregation with 0 that is to get attention. the real crime religious groups that support this church would say is that they are not supporting the communist party ilg ideology. what is the consequence for these people arrested? do we have a gauge for that? we don t know. there is concern, they, like others who have been detained for religious crimes in the past, could be sent to concentration camps. you think about, you know, what china has been accused of, which is like this crackdown on independent religious practice,
office or not. we begin this morning with health care. the president and the former president offer dueling messages in the wake of the texas judge s ruling. cnn white house reporter sarah westwood joins us live this morning. sarah. reporter: president trump is continuing to take a victory lap after the judge s ruling on friday night. the president has claimed president for predicting the demise of obamacare and calling on congress to come up with a replacement plan for obamacare and there is perhaps a recognition from the president that there is no path forward for a republican only health care plan and he ll need democrats to help replace, repeal, whatever they are going to do with obamacare in the wake of this ruling if it stands. the president, last night at a
he were watching ntennis. when he blinked got down to save electricity. people put thoughts in his head about being president. this rug is the first them inc. getting rid of! wishing perhaps that he were anywhere but here. senator schumer wore the hint of a smile but the guy who seemed uncharacteristically happy as the meeting broke up was white house chief of staff john kelly. after all, in a few weeks he is out of there. before the press is ushered out, go live to mike pence, when you re at a smackdown, it pays to wear armor! i am proud. we disagree. i am proud to shut down the government. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. the folks on saturday night live had their take what the vice president might have been thinking in the oval office there. a reimagined version of the holiday classic it s a