Of obamacare. When we repeal and replace obamacare, it will amount to the biggest entitlement reform in the last ten years. Reporter central to their bill, American Health care act, individual and employer mandate, tax penalty for people without insurance. The replacement, a continuous coverage incentive, a 30 surcharge on premiums for consumers for one year who let their coverage lapse, levied by insurers. The plan phases out obamacares expansion of medicaid, eventually capping federal funds to the program for each state in 2020. Obamacare subsidies replaced by refundable tax credits determined by age and income. What will stay . Obamacares protections of those with preexisting conditions and Adult Children can remain on their parents plan until the age of 26. Some republicans are already divided, calling the bill obamacare 2. 0. Ive already heard from some constituents upset about youre creating another Entitlement Program . Were calling it tax credits that we actually send people ch
King be abdullah on thursday. He will also meet with xi jinping on thursday at maralago. A key point of convention, north Koreas Nuclear ambitions. President trump offering a vague, but head turning assessment to the Financial Times saying he may act unilater unilaterally, quote, if china doesnt act, we will. He expects the high profile meeting with china to be difficult. Particularly after all of the tough talk after the campaign. We cannot continue to allow china to rape our country. Thats what theyre doing. China is responsible for nearly half of our entire trade deficit. Reporter the president s soninlaw and Senior Adviser Jared Kushner expected to play a key role. All of these diplomatic meetings come as the cloud of russia is hanging over the Trump Administration. The president continuing to stand behind his unfounded wiretapping claim. Insisting he does not regret any of his tweets. Attempting to downplay the connection with Campaign Advisers and russia as fake news. I would tel
Supreme court. And new information about the infamous wiretapping claims. President trump says he got his information from watching tv. Not from any of the 17 agencies of the u. S. Intelligence community. Get to mark preston. Stephanie original travel ban a debacle, overturned by court. Now attempt two blocked before it takes effect. Black eye for the white house. Bad 12 hours. Given it started at 11 00 a. M. When we heard the House Intelligence Committee chairman come out and say he has seen no evidence as of yet that trump tower was wiretapped and saw Jeff Sessions attorney general say he has never briefed him. Travel ban right now we all thought would get through. Fact of the matter is, hasnt gotten through. Difficult time for the white house. And according to the judge, in part because of the administrations own words. President and people in his administration. Get to jessica. Does the judges decision indicate he believes this is muslim ban that violates the First Amendment . Enti
National security council. Is bannon now losing influence and power in the white house . And no comment. After north korea fires another missile, a white house source warns that all options are on the table, but the secretary of state says the u. S. , quote, has spoken enough about north korea. So whats the message for kim jongun. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking news. The Trump Administration is voicing outrage over the deadly chemical attack in syria. At the United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley held up gruesome pictures of young victims, and President Trump calls the gassing an affront to humanity, adding, and im kwout quoting now, that attack on children had a big impact on me. After blaming his predecessor for missed opportunities in syria, President Trump says the crisis is now his responsibility, but hes not saying what hell do about it, and today he made no mention of russias aggressive role in the conflict. Citing no evidence President Trump tells the New
Democrats now have 40 votes to filibuster a final vote. Republicans have suggested if they didnt get an up or down vote they could trigger whats called the Nuclear Option. That strategy would put gorsuch on the Supreme Court, but it could also destroy the filibuster, as well as harm the consensus building relationship that our Founding Fathers had envisioned for the body. Reports and analysis from new york with our correspondents. Chief Legal Correspondent ari melbor. Chris, where do we stand on the democrats filibuster, and are they ready for the republicans potentially to go nuclear is reporter theyre almost expecting it. A number of them have said thats where its heading and weve never seen anything like this. Its unprecedented. Its got a lot of people upset. The tensions are very high, and right now with 40 democratic votes, saying yes on a filibuster, they need just one more. 41 will do it. And sitting in the seat behind me in this hearing room is chris kuhns. Hes the democrat fro