agreements in terms of a foundation. there was a general agreement that the progress that we re making is certainly progress. and there are good discussions, but understanding that there s a whole lot of things that we have to work out in terms of differences. the president, of course, does have a lot of power to try to push some of these members in a way, but he is not the speaker of the house, who just walked by and said hello. and he would be the one who would decide and know if they have 216 votes to pass a bill like this. kate? run after him, kasie! i know you. i m a little tied to this music stand in front of me. too shackled today to run after the speaker. kasie, thanks so much. i hope you get a break tomorrow, too. for more on republicans renewed efforts to work out this possible health care deal, i want to bring in wendell potter now, a former health insurance executive and author of nation tonight take. his newest project is called ee
congressional correspondent. no cue cards, no teleprompter. 360 walking around the stage with his family. how did he do? in the room he did great. as a jersey girl i got my fill of bon jovi and and bruce springsteen. he had a music stand you could see in some of the spots. and he had some notes he referred to in an outline i was told ahead of him. he didn t have a teleprompter he didn t want to be still. he wanted to come across the way people got to know him and if we go back several years, really like him for the way he talks like a person. that really is what he s going for right now, the authenticity thing. that s been his problem, is that with bridgegate especially people said wait a minute this is just like another politician where as before because he talked like you and i talked he
today. he was more muted in this tone? explain what you saw. it was nothing muted about chris christie s tone not at all. you know the way that gloria got his wife, mary to set up the presidential campaign that he s going to have was really exactly what we saw. just the fact that he and his aids made a point no teleprompter no text. usually behind the scenes presidential candidates sent out the actual speech they will give. they couldn t do that because it didn t exist. he had music stand, outline with notes and he just went for it and he used language that was certainly not lofty, not that kind of rhetoric at all. a little salty and certainly he tried to give the swagger that he is known for, the swagger he
crashed upside down right in the sand. the pilot did walk away with only minor injuries. and is this the proffer way to display an american flag? well, parents and students are ready to run a kentucky art teacher out of town for this school project. it s the american flag and it s, as you can he see, placed on the floor with a music stand on top of it. the display is a recreation of a piece titled the proper way to display an american flag. students were encouraged to stand on the flag and write how they felt about doing it. principle says the school did not sanction this project and the teacher made quote an error in judgment. the teacher has since apologized. the flag will be properly disposed of, we re told. and a short time ago, pope francis naming the so-called deputy pope archbishop. serve as the secretary of state acting as the pontiff