this program. it s a program that was built actually on a model from the heritage foundation, conservative foundation which is very market based. so when you start peeling away things, it s the insurance companies that are private companies may withdraw from the market. the market could collapse if you don t do this well if you don t give them assurances. it s a much more difficult thing to repeal and replace than it was if it was a straight government program. david, douglas, kirsten, thank you so much. thank you. when we come back, questions about donald trump s national security advisor and his contact with the russian ambassador. was it a coincidence they were in touch on the day president obama announced retaliation for russia s election hacking? with my moderate to severe ulcerative colitis,
what donald trump said is understandable. i think the chances of it are pretty small. but perhaps not zero. do you think it s understandable that sanctions might be removed, nick? you know, i mean the fact that he said for a time makes thee think maybe that is on the agenda. look, every new president seems to come flow office thinking oh, these are only people. i can make things work. jimmy carter, almost every president since. president obama tried to have a reset. they end up disappointed. at the end of the day, we have different values, different interests. i don t think they ll be cooperative. i think they have not been helpful on isis and we have ukraine, a major stumbling block. ambassador, you said you agree with that, correct? yeah. nick, this is about general michael flynn, trump s pick for national security visor. we are reporting that he contacted the russian ambassador to the u.s. last month including the same day that president
hillary said during one of the debates which is, of course, russia wants trump to win because he ll be a puppet for them. he has demonstrated nothing to the contrary. okay. that s going to have to do. the negative perceptions in the media, the people in the streets are excited about him. this is the same perception of folks that didn t think he was going to win that i sat there saying he s going to win and they were saying absolutely not smirking and laughing. they think everything on the news is indicative of what s out there in the streets. the people in the streets are excited about donald trump. the majority of the american people didn t vote for him. he s done nothing to an sauj their fears. have a great weekend. this is the obama family s final week in the white house. but what s the first lady s lasting legacy? after eight years? known for its perfect storm of tiny bubbles, it has long been called the champagne of beers. if you ve got the time welcome to the high life.
candidacy of hillary clinton. that s not right. that s not fair. that s not, the open democratic process. not a legitimate president. not fair to an open democratic process. do you agree with congressman lewis? i there that he is voicing something that frankly, a lot of democrats and a lot of hillary clinton supporters are starting to believe. and first of all, let me just say that congressman lewis has earned the right to say whatever the heck he wants, right? let s just start there. but i would also say that clearly, what he is saying, the way he s saying it comes from a place of a lot of pain and a lot of angst that i think he s feeling for the majority of the american people who did not vote for donald trump and i think a place of sadness because of a lack of support and outreach from donald trump himself. i would also add though he mentioned the russians in terms
21st or 22 fld or 23rd. sure he can. then everyone would accuse him he waited till he got in office that he didn t start take the necessary steps. that s when he s actually the president is when he s in the office. he s not the president now. less than a week away, he s president-elect. a week away and he s taking steps to hit the ground running. this is weeks ago. this was weeks ago. this wasn t just now. well, several weeks ago, they immediately when he got elected they started taking the steps in every form or fashion whether it s picking folks, lining up policy that you know, if they didn t, everybody would say why did you wait till you were sworn in? you should have been preening for this a long time ago. maria, what s your response to that. i do think it s concerning and maybe it s not so much because of the substance that they talked about even though we don t really know what they talked about. they said, they said they told us what they talked about but we don t