campaign and diplomacy. friedman s hearing was interrupted multiple times by protesters. bret: mike emanuel live on the hill. up next, republicans say they are getting closer to getting rid of obamacare but what about replacing it? here is what some of our fox affiliates are covering. fox 5 in new york. a new jersey judge rules for a second time that a criminal complaint against governor chris christie can go forward. the judge says there is probable cause to believe the governor new lane closings on the george washington bridge in 2013 were not part of a routine traffic stop. fox carolina in greenville. the arrest of an accused white supremacist who officials say was planning an attack in the spirit of dylann roof. accused of purchasing a gun from an undercover fbi agent. this is a live look at
. breaking news, the vote for nikki haley overwhelming. and ben carson for hud. these will go to the floor and pass. there were some serious fireworks on capitol hill today. trump s picks for health and human services, which will of course oversee obamacare and budget director both had a very hot tday opinio. manu raju is out front. reporter: congressman tom surprise under fire from senate democrats in a contentious hearing over his nomination to lead the health and human services department. democrats pushed price to explain what he would do to replace obamacare. what we have after the repeal is trump care. reporter: price often deflecting questions, including whether he was working directly with trump on a plan to replace obamacare. president trump said he s working with you on a replacement plan for the aca,
country. mulvaney actually supports raising the eligibility age for medicare to age 67. he supports raising the eligibility age for social security to 70. he actually doesn t support raising the debt limit, which will create an incredible fiscal crisis in our country, calling into question the credibility of the united states of america, and he doesn t believe in climate science, which also is something he s responsible for funding. meanwhile, representative price has no answer for what will happen to people who are now covered by obamacare. will trump care cover them? he still has no answer for it. and he wants to privatize medicare and he wants to basically gut medicaid as we know it today, which provides for tens of millions of americans the coverage they need, including 1.6 billion american who is get coverage for substance abuse treatment. are you decided, then, you re a no vote on both? i am a no vote on both of
not giving out these specific numbers about whether or not there are going to be people who are going to lose their coverage under obamacare. and it fits into a pattern where there is serial hyperbole, exaggeration, nonfactual representations made by the president of the united states that then unfortunately go to his cabinet nominees to have to deal with to see whether or not they are actually going to have the integrity to separate themselves from the misrepresentations that are made by the president. earlier today, he did two very significant things. he delivered on two campaign promises, and one, executive actions to advance approval of keystone pipeline. obviously that was a crucial one. the obama administration opposed it. you opposed it. it is now by executive order going to move ahead. that s what he s trying to do. what are you going to do about that. well, we are going to try to find a legislative way to continue to block it as
i m not sure providing health insurance for my family is a viable option. that s okay. i ll help you. reporter: across town, vanessa ramirez calls her obamacare story a success. so this is you. yeah. that was me. how old were you? 23. reporter: despite her pre-existing condition as an ovarian cancer survivor, ramirez, a married mother of two, still got obamacare. her lower income with tax subsidies means a monthly premium of just $125. what happens when the aca is repealed? it gets me emotional. it frustrates me. reporter: president trump points to this state as a reason for immediate repeal. in the great state of arizona as an example premiums are going up more than 116%. reporter: that 116% increase, by the way, true. i think that obamacare for