president obama had a little bit more of a honeymoon. he basically got to pass the aca. once that past, they hemorrhaged their majorities in congress, they lost 60 votes in the senate and it was downhill from there, and president obama threw his hands up in the air and said i m just going to do it all by executive action. i think we re headed more quickly toward that with president trump. you ve seen a lot of his first 100 day actions come that way, be executive actions, and he has sort of struggled the figure out how to navigate capitol hill. they may blame paul ryan or other people, but they have not successfully taken republican majorities and achieved anything significantly legislatively. kasie hunt and kelly o donnell, big thanks to both of you. on thursday, president trump denied the original health care bill ever failed. he says that it s merely been evolving.
clear where our country stands! president and ceo of the center for american progress, and receivabled kelly o donnel white house. mira, we heard the secretary there, dancing around the criticism of president trump over the past few weeks. no mistaking her tone last night, though. what s your take? look, hillary has talked about issues related to civil rights, lbgtq rights, women in families. and sadly, a lot of these issues, if not all of them, are under assault in a trump administration. and so she s going to speak out more and more forcefully i imagine on those topics. now, there s going to be a range of democrats who do that in the coming years. she will be one of those people.
susan rice is a national security advisor, not the fbi director or the attorney general. frankly what i think we saw is that a disgrateful attempt to smear her reputation yet again for doing her job. even what they are alleging she is is a very routine thing that a official might into in the course of their day. she was the latest example of them trying to justify a false tweet from from president trump about being wiretapped. they know there is no evidence to substantiate that. she did her job, admirably, and they owe her an apology. ben rhodes, thank you for coming in today. common ground, can democrats find any things to work with president trump on?
this will be great health care. it s evolving. there was never a give-up. the press sort of reported there was like a give-up. there s no give-up. the plan gets better and better and better, and it s gotten really, really good. a lot of people are liking it. we have a good chance of getting it soon. i would like to say next week, but i believe we will get it. congressman tom reed is a republican from upstate new york and also vice chair on president trump s transition team. congressman, thanks for being with me. good afternoon, craig. thanks for having me on. let s start with this health care vote. how good is this bill he s talking about, what have you heard about a pending vote? i think we re getting closer. i know over the last two weeks, members have been talking as we go back to the districts. and i think that bodes well going back to d.c. to get health
diego with a fascinating look this hour. gadi, thank you for that. in the next hour, president trump will head over to the treasury department where he ll sign a series of new executive orders on taxes and financial reform related to dodd-frank specifically. we re told at least two of those measures will relate to dodd-frank. we ll bring that to you just as soon as it happens. will your business be ready when growth presents itself? american express open cards can help you take on a new job,