Hey, you bought gasx® unlike antacids, gasx ® relieves pressure and bloating fast. Huh, crisis averted. Im Yasmin Vossoughian back with you. The russia investigation is heating up. Vladimir putin came out and denied any involvement in the 2016 election. Former National Security adviser mike flynn has offered to testify in exchange for immunity, but the senate has reportedly rejected his offer. The president took to twitter accusing fake media of pushing the phony russian story trying to redirect attention to an obama surveillance scandal. Plus this i will never, ever support a Single Payer Health care system for america. Ever. And fired up voters giving senator Lindsey Graham all he could handle during a town hall earlier today. Well start with the white house and misdirection mode. The president today calling the investigations phony. Pointing the fingers at the Obama Administration and the media. This coming after reports that three white house officials helped House Intelligence C
Wiretap being requested by the department of justice, a warrant. But the longer it takes to answer my letter, the more concerned and suspicious im beginning to be. Reporter senator graham is holding a subcommittee hearing later on this morning, trying to get to the bottom of what russia tries to do to undermine elections in western democracies, sort of like what they did in the united states, john. Yesterday, youre right, in the White House Briefing room i tried to press White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer as to whether or not they had any evidence that the president was wiretapped by former president barack obama. Of course the House Intelligence Committee has been demanding that information. Theyre now giving the white house, the Trump Administration, and the Justice Department until monday to turn over that information. Here is what sean spicer had to say as to whether or not they will turn something over. Here is what he had to say. Ahead of what they may or may not submit repo
Coverage from it still rests in the hands of the Trump Administration. And the republicans in congress. The president says, let obamacare fail on its own. Ive been saying for the last year and a half that the best thing we can do politically speaking is let obamacare explode. It is exploding right now. Many states have big problems, almost all states have big problems. This morning our team of political correspondents and experts standing by to break all of it down for you and look at where we go from here. Cnns brian nobles for more on the finger pointing going on this morning, good morning. Good morning, christi, and it white house. The Trump Administration is trying to brush off the setback, that theyre ready to move on to bigger and better things. But make no mistake, this was a pretty big setback for this administration. Repealing and replacing the Affordable Care act was a Major Campaign promise by donald trump during the campaign. And yesterday he wasnt necessarily blaming repub
Or plan thats really great for the people of our country. Whats next . Does the failure make it hard for the president to move on to anyi any items on his agenda . Whats behind the interview in which tillerson i didnt want this job. All that and more on msnbc live. We begin with democrats looking ahead to 2018. Nearly 24 hours since the republicans failed attempt to repeal the Affordable Care act, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is rolling out its first ads for the next election cycle. Targeting 14 republicans who voted for the proposal in committee. Here is one of the ads set to air. Promised us on healthcare. Everybody will be taken care of . Nobody will be worse off financially. Now we learn the truth. This isnt freedom. Your plan makes it unaffordable for people. They drop in coverage for 24 million people. Healthcare more expensive for people. Theres a tax break for Healthcare Company executives. And Leonard Lance voted yes . You deserve better. Congressman charlie
Why . Because i can afford it and my aunt cant. Im not going to tax the rich to fix a problem they cant fix. I will ask wealthy people to pay more into medicare and take less from Social Security because these programs are worth saving. Let me tell you about my life. When i was in college, i lost both of my parents by the time i was 22. My sister, darlene, was 13. Shes here with me today. We lost our businesses when my mom and dad got sick. We owned a liquor store a pool room and a beer joint and we had insurance that didnt cover us very well. I know what its like to get sick and be under insurehead. We moved in with a uncle and aunt. We got about 350 check from Social Security to help us survivor from my parents contribution. Im now 61, ill be 62. I am in good shape financially. Ive been wellblessed. I will pay more into medicare and take less from Social Security because i know why people need it. Now, if everybody in the country is willing to ask people like me to pay a little more