Welcome to weekends with alex witt. Hes back with a whole lot to say. Mitt romney on todays meet the press, talking about the comparisons between romney care in massachusetts and obama care. And perhaps the most important lesson the president failed to learn was you have to tell the American People the truth. What when he told the American People you could keep your Health Insurance if you wanted to keep that plan, period, he said that time and again, he wasnt telling the truth. I think that fundamental dishonesty has put in peril the whole foundation of his second term. Current Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick was also on meet the press. Heres his take. It does a lot of good for a lot of people. Thats already begun. It will continue. The website isnt perfect. Thatll get fixed. Im confident of that. The website at home in massachusetts when we first started implementing in 2007 was also imperfect. It got fixed. And governor romney was right then when he said that if massachusetts s
Client. We thank mr. Manafort for volunteering and encourage others with knowledge of these issues to voluntarily interview with the committee. Lets get straight over to manu raju on capitol hill, we find you in that stakeout location quite a bit this week. What new did we learn from devin nunes . This is a big deal about Paul Manafort but there are other headlines this morning. Reporter thats right, the Manafort News certainly the biggest one. I followed up and asked him if this is going to be an open hearing with Paul Manafort or a private briefing. He said its really up to mr. Manafort, his decision whether or not to come forward publicly. At least having that discussion, which is a significant development, because before that mr. Nounes had not committed to bringing forward any trump associate that presumably had advertise ties or contacts with public officials. Well hear from james comey and mike rogers, nsa director, in a private classified briefing next week. They expect more in
Nothing happening, the house is in recess. The vote was supposed to be taking place right now but its not, instead, in just about an hour the entire republican conference will meet to attempt to physical out what to do t. Vote was delayed late this afternoon, it became obvious the republicans could not pass the bill. Nbc news reporting 31 House Republicans are leaning no, including many members of the House Freedom caucus, caucus chairman mark meadows explains why he is still on no. We are trying to get another 30 to 40 votes that are currently in the no category to yes. Some of the provisions in here do not Lower Health Care costs enough. I am desperately trying to get to yes. Do i think it gives the president a loss . Absolutely no. When you look at this, we are going to get to the finish line. Earlier in the day, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer insisting there is no plan b. Is there any sort of plan if the bill did not pass tonight . What else . A plan b . It will work. It w
Lets begin live on capitol hill. Reporter good morning. Many House Republicans are breathing a sigh of relief. They are actually back in their home districts taking a step forward to fulfill a significance promise to the american people, pushing forward and passing their own health care plan. But there are already problems with this. Many Senate Republicans looking at this and rejecting key provisions. Some even vowing to start from scratch. I think well get it through. Much mcconnell knows how to do things. The republican effort to repeal and replace obamacare now in the hands of the senate with a controversial bill that narly passed in the house. The bill is passed. Faces an uphill battle. It could change a little bit. Could get maybe even better. Senators on both sides of the aisle arent in any hurry, vowing to do things their way. Mr. President , im sorry to disappoint you. This bill in its current form is not getting through the senate. No way, no way. The senate will write its ow