In russiaamerica relations especially at the military level, under the administration of donald trump has not improved, but rather worsened. He is saying this as the u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is behind closed doors right now meeting with his russian counterpart, talk object about their differences, differences right now that seem as big as black and white. Michelle kazinski is in moscow for moderating niece talks, michelle, what have you learned . Reporter hi, you know this was always going to be an extremely difficult meeting. But what was unusual was to see that tension on full display even before it started. You know, before this meeting, they usually have a photo op. There are pleasantries exchanged or at least cordialitys. But in this case the Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov Just Launched right into it. With his sharp criticism of u. S. Strikes on syria, saying theyre a violation of International Law and cant happen again. He talked about the fact that there is
What got him booted from a conference is much, much worse. Sarah, good evening to you. Thanks for joining us tonight. The president announced lieutenant h. R. Masters after firing general Michael Flynn over trust issues. Weve been working all weekend very diligently, very hard. General h. R. Mcmaster will become the National Security advisor. A man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience i watched and read over the last few days. Hes highly respected by everybody in the military and were very honorered eed to ha. How did the president decide on lieutenant mcmasters . The white house had to move quickly to fill this position. This is the top National Security advisor. When Michael Flynn held this role this is someone the president turned to for information every single day. He spent the weekend pouring over these potential picks and eventually decided on lieutenant mcmaster and he said it was really a combination of the combat experience as well as his intellectual drive that rea
Despite the fact, thats exactly what the president claimed. Can we really take President Trump and his administration at their word . Lets get right to that to report today out by the gop plan to repeal the obamacare. And joining me david gurgen and also with me, cnn senior economic analyst, a former economic advisor. So gloria, lets dive right into this. 14 million more by 2018 according to nonpartisan thresh hold. Is this the report they wereects pe expecting . They were bracing themselves for because they were trying to undermine the credibility of the cbo because they knew they were going to get some bad numbers. This is the first step of a three step process. There are still regulations that we have yet to propose that will be enacted and there are fixes we want to do so this isnt the be all end all pch but this is a real big problem, don. Youve got older people who are going to end up paying more. Youve got people in red states who are Blue Collar Workers who are going to end up
Nick robinson, cnn, england. We are back here in washington tomorrow. Time to hand things over to don lemon and cnn tonight. Boy, big breaking news. The negotiations are over. Thank you so much for joining us. President trump with a blunt message and a warning to House Republicans. Heepts a vote tomorrow on the bill to repeal and replace obamacare. And if he doesnt get it, the gop is stuck with obamacare. Okay, thats what he is. But is that what the president really wanted all along . And what are the odds that paul ryan can avoid a humiliating loss on a plan republicans have been planning for seven years . I want you to listen to what speaker ryan said just tonight. We will repeal and replace this broken law because its collapsing and failing families. And tomorrow were proceeding. So weve got a lot to get to. Good evening, to both of you, by the way. Today, republicans they had this selfimposed deadline to pass the gop bill and they failed. So take us behind the scenes here. Whats ha
Point that this thing may not even make it out of the house depending on how certain members are feeling. Reporter first and foremost im trying to grab movie quotes to catch up. In speaking with house leadership aides, they realize one crucial component every action taken to the bill causes a reaction, so if you change it to address conservative concerns all a sudden the coverage numbers become harder to come by, same thing with the Medicaid Expansion from the current level of 2020, if you do that the coverage numbers drop further and moderate republicans will flee in mass if you do that. Talking with aides have made very clear the structure is the structure thats going novembto forward, now they need to try to bring on the requisite votes to get this passed. You will see a lot of behind the scenes action, trying to get individuals comfortable with the plan, but a lot weighs on the president hymim. A lot of them are going to the white house for pizza and bowling tonight. Changes will o