the polls. bill: 34 days, take a breath, okay? rachel, i ll play you a quick clip from charles krauthammer that you can address. as to whether or not republicans have answers. roll this from the doctor. the republicans have no answer. this is a casualty of the delay. as long as the republicans talk about repeal without having a replacement, people aren t going to imagine they ll lose their healthcare or they ll lose their doctor, republicans have to have an answer and the bleeding will continue until they put something on the table. bill: what is the answer then, rachel? look, you have to get healthcare right. leslie and the democrats know it s very complicated. so i think the republicans are willing to take a little more heat by not doing it right away and rushing into it, which by the way is the mistake the democrats did with obamacare. and trying to get this right. in the next the victory comes with getting it right, not in the timeline.
the reception they will give president trump tomorrow? i think it will be good, bill. he has come for five years or so and always had a good reception. this one is particularly special because he is coming in his very first year of his presidency. the last president who came to cpac in his first year was ronald reagan in 1981. it is paying respect to the conservatives here. to the conservative movement. it is the heart and soul of the republican party. donald trump is now the standard bearer of the republican party. bill: later today you have the honor of sitting in between reince priebus and steve bannon. i don t know if they ve appeared in public like this before. you ll moderate an interview based on what i understand. what are you going to talk about, matt? there is this misconception or improper conception that maybe these guys the rivals and read they try to fight each
shannon: your take. i completely agree with what charles said. and look, what we did in the obama administration was put in place very tough standards that the u.s. government could use to vet people. we don t rely on other governments to vet people for us. we wouldn t do that on any kind of immigrant. in someplace like syria we don t trust or work with the government to vet refugees. it doesn t mean we can t have on our end really strict rules, really strict vetting to make sure we know who is coming into this country. i don t think the argument that we can t work with these governments on the other side to vet people holds water. we don t do it on any other kind of immigrants and why we do it for the most vulnerable people in the world. shannon: you sound you re there for district vetting and scrutiny. we can do it on our end and maybe that s a point of agreement for troublesome spots around the world. good to see you today. bill: the annual conference
in the first hours of his administration when he talked about the long game. i m focused on why we re here. i m focused on the president s agenda, what he has entrusted all of his on his senior team to do for him and this nation. he will be here for eight years and we recognize that there will be people who will be trying to throw crocodiles in our way. bill: look out for the gators. let s not take the metaphor any further than that. you report there is progress on obamacare, correct, on behalf of congress? yeah. bill: gaps on tax reform and border security. first of all, any one of these is a big deal. what can you tell us today about where they are or not? we know that tom price, former member of congress, former member of the congressional leadership, is working well with the team in the house to put together what is the repeal and replace plan. what they basically settled on