the american people, abandon tax cuts, highly unpopular with the republican people, we democrats are happy to meet with them in the white house to talk about how to improve health care for the american people. reporter: the wheeling and dealing continues tonight for senate republicans behind closed doors, even though they know they won t get a vote this week. there is still some faint hope that the broad outlines of a plan can be agreed upon before they leave for the july 4th recess on friday. wolf? it s going to be really, really tough. we ll see what they can do. ryan nobles on capitol hill. thanks very much. all of this clearly a major setback for president trump who campaigned extensively on repeeling and replacing obamacare. let s go to correspondent jim acos acosta. jim, there is a lot at stake here for the president. reporter: president trump is not sounding so sure about victory in the health care
in there, and that is just where technology is right now. to think that we re going backwards and not having things on camera to me is just preposterous. can i respond? i think the bipartisan letter from ari a lot of us look at them and sy what are the american people learning? what really is the press learning? jim, i can understand you want as much acsession as you can get. your freedoms are not being denied when the white house determines the method they want to brief the press. that is their first amendment right. they re our cameras and we should be able to turn them on. the white house is saying we can t turn them on. april? matt, with all due respect, when we do not hear the voice of the president, the briefing is needed. and that comes not from the press, but from someone who has authored a book about managing the press, managing the president s message and working with the press. her name is dr. martha joint
separation between himself, the white house and his hotel, wolf. he s already thinking about the reelection three and a half years to go. thanks very much. we re going to have a lot more on all of these stories. we re also standing by to speak live with an influential member of the house intelligence committee. congressman jim heinz will be joining us right after this. hi, i m joan lunden with a place for mom
down. no, jim. you have to own it yourself. you have to own your own actions. when he tells half the country that we re enemies of the people, how can you stand by that? joe, you re not my enemy. this is why it doesn t work. we re shouting at each other. i think you re a good man trying to do your job. i think the president is a good man. he has the right to set the rules as how he briefs the press. that s his right. on that note we re going to leave this conversation. i m sure there will be many more down the road. good conversation, guys. thanks very, very much. there is more breaking news we re following. president trump asking for military options to use against north korea. tonight, there is national security advisor is warning of an immediate threat.
the nation has been at war for decades, and when we have to watch story after story of this investigation which actually weren t accurate about the russia investigation, the fact trump is their president, you look at that hard study and it s hard for you to put yourself in a conservative s shoes. when you look at the coverage, the overwhelming majority of kovrmg ko coverage is anti-trump coverage. he has to own up to those mistakes. they want to get the facts without all this shading. i think the american people deserve that. let me ask jim acosta to respond. go ahead, jim. reporter: i think that, and i asked this question of the president when he was running to win the white house, can you withstand the scrutiny that comes with being president of the united states? he didn t like that question.