Whoever he needed to work with to call whoever he needed to call to get our plan across the finish line this week on capitol hill. Ive got to tell you i was inspired by President Trumps determination and commitment to keep his promise to the American People. The president and i are grateful for Speaker Paul Ryan and the House Republicans who stood with us in this effort to begin the end of obamacare but as we all learned yesterday Congress Just wasnt ready. You saw it. With 100 of house democrats, every single one and a handful of republicans actually standing in the way of President Trumps plan to repeal and replace obamacare. We are back to the drawing board. Julie this morning the president tweeted obamacare will explode and we will get together and piece together a Great Health Care plan for the people. Do not worry. While there were signs of trouble for the plan as early as thursday morning in fact one house leader said to be ready for a late night. Later that evening the white ho
5 30 tweeting this. Obamacare is imploding, he writes. Massive subsidy payments to pet Insurance Companies have stopped. Dems should call me to fix. Sandra john roberts is live on the north lawn on a busy friday. John, how much does this change obamacare . It will likely change it a lot. The president appears to be throwing a hand grenade into the middle of the obamacare Insurance Markets by announcing he will end the 7 billion in subsidies to health Insurance Companies that participate on the socalled exchanges with open enrollment coming up in just three weeks time now, this could be a profound effect. By ending the subsidies the president gives lies tones a lot of Insurance Companies to end their contract with federal government and maybe pull out of the marketplaces. The white house, though, in announcing the decision late last night said the courts have found this to be illegal in a statement saying the bailout of Insurance Companies through these unlawful payments is yet another
She gave a total lie on content. Bill the controversy prompting an appearance by john kelly in front of the White House Press corps yesterday afternoon. He got emotional at times speaking of his own experience losing his son seven years ago in afghanistan. Here is part of that exchange from yesterday. A bit long but it has quite a impact. Typically the only phone calls a family receives are the most important phone calls they imagine from their buddies. In my case it was after my son was killed his friends were calling us from afghanistan, some president s have elected to call, all president s i believe have elected to send letters. My first recommendation was do not do it. Because its not the phone call that parents, family members are laong forward to. He said to me, what do i say . I said to him sir, there is nothing you can do to lighten the burden on these families. Let me tell you what my best friend, joe dunford, told me. He was my casualty officer. He said kel, he was doing exa
It is looking like were at a major turning point, a story that we and the whole world have been watching for the past three years plus now. Were talking about the syrian city of raqqa, the capital of the caliphate of the socalled Islamic State, or isis, that has fallen to the combined forces of kurdish and arabic fighters. According to the forces a u. S. Official telling fox news a few minutes ago circumspect, 90 of the city has been recaptured. U. S. Backing this effort in a big way. Especially with its air power and intense battles going on in the city for the past four months. Some isis fighters have fled. Some are surrendered, many killed. The last few hundred holding out against the forces. Raqqa hugely important, symbolic to the terror group. It was its headquarters and where the foreign fighters from outside would be processed and dispatched and foreign prisoners, americans, hostages would be put on display and tortured and killed. Where attacks against the u. S. , europe, the w
And we talk about the wall. Well have the wall. Its part of what were doing. We need it. Bill live team fox coverage this morning. Casey stiegel the latest in dallas. We begin in los angeles with william la jeunesse what this ruling does. The ruling has two effects. One the doj cannot claw back millions in Law Enforcement grant money that violate a statute 1371 that cities cant prohibit local police from sharing information from federal authorities. The Obama Administration required cities comply with 1373 as a condition of receiving Law Enforcement grant money. When President Trump took office he tried to enforce that through an executive order. Two california counties sued and last night federal judge said the counties have demonstrated that the executive order has caused and will cause them constitutional injuries by violating the separation of powers doctrine and depriving them of due process and states rights. Some sheriffs oppose sanctuary policies. I believe we need to freely co