are you yay or nay. i m yes. the new amendment was added. i wanted to take a look at it, vet it, see how it worked with ohio, what it did. of course after i was able to vet through it, remember, i was a supporter of the bill before this amendment. the real key was to see any time there s changes like this i want to make sure i understand it and it s good for ohio. at this hour you are a yes, you will vote for the new bill. i will. again, i was a supporter prior to this amendment. i m now a supporter after the amendment. let s talk about the amendment. the amendment, as i understand it says, part of it, about pre-existing conditions. let s talk about that since that s the one getting a lot of attention. it s hard to know for people at home whether or not pre-existing conditions absolutely 100% will be covered. what s your understanding? well, pre-existing conditions will be covered, pre-existing conditions. the real issue here is this
absolutely i would be honored to do it under the right circumstances. reporter: president trump sending shock waves through the international community with the prospect of an american president meeting with north korea s brutal dictator kim jong-un, after praising the nuclear armed despot a day earlier. at a very young age he was able to assume power. a lot of people i m sure tried to take that power away. he was able to do it. obviously he s a pretty smart cookie. reporter: the president issuing an impromptu white house invitation to philippines authoritarian president rodrigo duterte, who is overseeing a deadly crackdown on drugs and openly bragged about killing people. the president s willingness to cozy up to rogue leaders with atrocious human rights records is sparking criticism from both sides of the aisle. what you do is legitimize a person who is one of the really bad actors in the world.
president trump later acknowledging this fact on twitter while insisting president jackson, quote, saw it coming. trump also defending his unproven claim that president obama illegally wiretapped his phone, refusing to answer questions about his charge that obama is a bad or sick guy. you assistant by that claim about him? i don t stand by anything. before bankrupt abruptly end intervi interview. you don t have to ask me. i have my opinions, you have yours. i want to know yours. you re the president of the united states. today the call on president trump and putin scheduled for this afternoon. these two men have spoken three times we know of since donald trump became president but the first time since the cruise missile strike on syria which mr. putin said he didn t like at all. joe, you ve given usa lot of
remember, congress is going on vacation again. do they have the votes? you re looking at the current whip count. we ve got to say current because votes keep changing. there are a lot of uncertain minds. right now you have 21 house republicans against the bill. the simple math would suggest they can only afford to lose one more vote. what is the issue? there s a disconnect between president trump s promise for people with pre-existing conditions and what the bill actually guarantees. so you ve got a lot of lawmakers who are concerned that people on their districts were the most vulnerable, the most at risk. but some of this health care debate is being overshadowed by eye popping interviews given by the president. president trump doubling down on his assertion that president andrew jackson could have prevented the civil war. and the president is also reaching out to some of the world s rogue leaders. so we have it all covered for you this morning. let s go to cnn suzanne malveaux live
most like andrew jackson with his campaign. i said, when was andrew jackson. 1828. a long time ago. that s andrew jackson. a mean and nasty campaign. they said this was the meanest and nastiest. unfortunately it continues. then you listen to what he said just yesterday or sunday, about kim jong-un. listen to this. and at a very young age, he was able to assume power. a lot of people i m sure tried to take that power away, whether it was his uncle or anybody else. and he was able to do it. so obviously he s a pretty smart cookie. a.b., is it a stretch to think he relates to these people. he, too, got power from his father at a very young age and was able to parlay that into success. are we just sort of seeing what president trump values because it reminds him of himself? well, perhaps. i actually think that sometime