misleading to try to twist what the cbo score is saying. we can t let him direct failure of republicans take us away from the fact that they still need to get repealed on and their promise to voters. that s not true. i think we need to focus on what speaker ryan just set a few days ago, he said there several dozen bare patches and this is the rhetoric i am talking about. it s misleading the american people. i am all for fixing obamacare. there are changes that need to be made but we cannot use this language to make it seem like we are dealing with something completely wrong or nefarious in nature, it is not. there are only two go bare patches and we need to come together in a bipartisan way to fix anything that is wrong. jon: you can t put the toothpaste back in the tube but if obamacare had never been
that is hurting american people. jon: the fact that every county has one coverage choice at least, is that sending to be rejoice? policymakers have to start being honest and what speaker ryan did was intellectually dishonest. we know the trump administration delivery really drove out insurers to make room for trumpcare. a speaker ryan said dozens of bare patches were there. at this time time said that, there were only to go bare patches. now there are no bare patches. obamacare is not failing, the case against it from the g.o.p. is what s failing. the g.o.p. has to put aside this pervasive narrative. they can now start fixing what is wrong with the affordable care act. what they cannot do is say they are going to repeal it. they should turn to fixing what is wrong. jon: there were insurers
been a problem. he welcomed the hero worship that people gave him in overcoming the cancer and going to d.c. and opening the boat and turned his back when it came to a real chance to begin the reform of the biggest entitlement going bankrupt in our nations history. you ve got on normal problem for john mccain, he does some things people find very overwhelmingly good and he does some things that shoot us all in the foot. the thing that people really need to understand about president trump is even on that level, that s kind of a peripheral issue. he needs to focus on getting the economy going, fixing obamacare, keeping us safe and killing terrorists. that extension, he started on one of those last night. major pieces of legislation don t pass without the presidential leadership and that
digits. in areas where a lot of people don t have air conditioning because they don t usually need it. stay out of the sun. stay hydrated. try to be somewhere where there is some ac. and it s not just humans needing help. in oakland, california, firefighters took time out of their day to some elephants with water. the elephants and the rest of us should get a little relief this weekend with temperatures dipping back down to a much more if seasonable low 80s. with no humidity. i will be right here at the beach if you need me. chris? chris: [laughs] thank you, jonathan. congress leaves town without fixing obamacare. and at least one state is getting sticker shock over a big premium. and meet the first democrat already running for president in
something about this. they have to move on to tax reform but tax reform is a big part of obamacare repeal as wel well. you started out saying immigrants blow it, they just wondered talk about drum, the last election, the agent of a message that a lot of your party leaders are focused, russia, russia, russia. and the fact of the matter is you have chuck schumer and nancy pelosi who have done virtually nothing to work with this president. isn t finally time, as the year comes to a close almost, because they are going away for the rest of the month of august. they have a narrow window. when will democrats start working with this president? probably if they take back the majority in the house in the senate. ed: that is 2018. i don t know why democrats won t work with him at all but they have no political incentiv incentive. ed: what about the country? in all seriousness. what about fixing obamacare. i have said that but i m not