that is in a broken condition, or is it to provide more insurance to people that is affordable? and what the president has done is said, we can t find an agreement upon how to fix the broken law, so i m going to take actions that allow us to provide more insurance to more people, and today, he did three things, none of which are covered by the affordable act. he did three things. he told the department of labor, i want you to find a way to expand the ability for people to use association health plans. what that means is, if you are a fast food operator or a landscaper or a cattle operator, you can join with other people in your industry across state lines and provide insurance to all of your employees, to all the employees of those small businesses and get the same discounts. martha: a simple idea that has been around a long time, makes a lot of sense. there are limits to how much you can do there, but it s a good step. then short term insurance policies of that people can buy for
these ponds used for agriculture now being used to fight fires. already had a fire roared through there late sunday and into monday. mike back here in southern napa county, martha, it has been quite a battle, a number of evacuation centers still full, people on the side of the valley joining them in their houses over there. martha? martha: thank you so much, adam housley in napa valley tonight. president trump bypassing congress and doing what they wouldn t do and taking action on obamacare. today he signed an executive order to try to reshape the nation s health care system. this is promoting health care choice, and competition all across the united states.
and to condemn nazis and white supremacists who are tearing at the fabric of this country. so the idea that president trump is going to get major kudos from democrats because he blunderred his way into doing something that democrats like is laughable. but you know what? what the president doesn t realize is house minority leader nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer, he is facing two of the savviest people on capitol hill. remember, nancy pelosi got obamacare through her chamber with not a single republican vote. and it s a point of pride for her that she was able to keep her caucus together in order to push through this enormous and very difficult thing that we re still dealing with now. senator chuck schumer, people must remember, you know, he comes out of new york. he is a very good not good brilliant political mind out of
a horror show for democrats in particular, but for any american who looks for moral authority from the oval office, who looks to a president to condemn hate and to condemn nazis and white supremacists who are tearing at the fabric of this country. so the idea that president trump is going to get major kudos from democrats because he blundered his way into doing something that democrats like is laughable. but you know what? what the president doesn t realize is house minority leader nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer, he is facing two of the savviest people on capitol hill. remember, nancy pelosi got obamacare through her chamber with not a single republican vote. and it s a point of pride for her that she was able to keep her caucus together in order to push through this enormous and very difficult thing that we re
of course you are. it s not entirely fair. republicans warned for years about exactly what we are watching happen, the unraveling of obamacare. they deserve some credit. if obama had listened to them in the days when they had the confab, the sit downs and listen to some of the objections, might be a different place right now but he didn t. while obamacare is unraveling much the way republicans predicted, they owned it. they ran on it. they set for seven years were going to repeal and replace obamacare. if they don t do that now, it will be a colossal broken promise. and of course republicans will own the fallout. they are also going to pay a higher price if they replace it with something just as terrible. that is kind of what we are dealing with. i think this is the republican dilemma. they have a program some people regard as obamacare lite and they ve also got obamacare.