2016 president ial campaign. Theres growing call from both the democrats and the republicans for sessions to recuse himself from the russia probe. Should he do it . Attorney general sessions, hes still maintaining his innocence. He says and i quote for the very latest, go to our own blake burman live at the white house. Hey, blake. Reporter hey, trish, the important part of that quote that you read was about the campaign. Here at the white house, they are pushing back by saying thensenator Jeff Sessions was able to talk to ambassadors, in this case, ambassador, an ambassador of any country under his duties as a member of the senate. However, the other part here and which is a problem for sessions is the testimony he gave during his confirmation hearing which he said and i am quoting, i did not have communications with the russians. To that end, many republicans are calling republicans keep in mind are calling for the attorney general, should he be overseeing an investigation into russi
Legislative process. Well have 218 when this thing comes to the floor, i can guarantee you tt. Charles a lot of pushback from members of the Republican Party, and there are several yets the American Public wants to understand. Is this real repeal and replace . I dont know the answer to that question. I have to be convinced they can do all this in the reconciliation vehicle itself. I think the plan is sound. Its what we have been talking about for years. Restore the freedom of people to select a wide range of plans and assure the basic plans within their financial reach through the expansion of Health Savings account. That plan is sound. My concern is whether they can accomplish all that through reconciliation alone, and i have yet to be convinced of that. Charles the same question to you, representative harris. This is a great start. Whats the most important thing for every american to know, if you have a preexiefght condition, you dont lose your coverage. This is an important feature
Leader nancy pelosi as well. Welcome to risk reward. Im Elizabeth Macdonald in for deirdre bolton. Well bring you the latest. The gop pulling the obamacare replacement bill after a show down on the house floor as they did not have the votes to pass it. Would have been historic moment, the biggest entitlement reform to medicaid since lbj introduced it in the 60s. After a week of wall to wall, 11th hour negotiations, meetings at the white house and capitol hill and armtwisting and horse trading as well. Did not happen today. Trump said obamacare will likely explode. He says republicans will probably work instead on tax reform next. Lots going on right now. Bring in blake burman with the very latest. Reporter hi there, liz, the president speaking from the Oval Office Moments ago saying that they believe they were about 10 to 15 votes short of eventually getting this done. A lot of the focus has been on the House Freedom caucus. The conservative wing of the republican party. The president
Fighters without any civilian casualties but u. S. Forces are being secondguessed. Liberals now demanding answers. They want to know why the military went ahead with this bomb. Theyre asking the pentagon to explain it. Pentagon responding say its commander in afghanistan did not need President Trumps approval to use this bomb. The president said earlier today that he removed the militarys restraints. Trump what i do is i authorize my military. We have the greatest military in the world, and theyve done a good job as usual. So we have given them total authorization, and thats what theyre doing. And frankly, thats why theyve been so successful lately. If you look at what has happened over the last eight weeks and compare that to the last eight years, youll see theres a tremendous difference. Liz just to clarify, that sound byte was from yesterday, the president saying it because then today. Joining us right now ambassador john bolton. Ambassador, first on this bombing. Will it stop isis
And evangelicals in an email exchange. This email exchange happened five years ago from Jennifer Palmieri. They had an email exchange and it happened at center the for american progress. Thats the think tank. They were talking about a new yorker Magazine Article talking about Rupert Murdoch and news corp. Chief executive Robert Thompsons decision to raise their children catholic. Twentyfirst century fox is the Parent Company of fox business network. Heres what mr. Halpin wrote about conservative catholics and the way they think. Heres a quote and Jennifer Palmieri now the Clinton Campaign director emailed back earlier today, donald trump held a Conference Call with catholic leaders talking about the Clinton Campaign, basically official derogatory comments about conservative catholics that happened before Jennifer Palmieri joined the campaign. Just moments ago lee donahue called for campaign resignations on fox news. Put up with stupid comments made by these people. What i cant put up w