the idea of repealing obamacare and the abstract because obamacare was effectively opposed by the republicans at the time. republicans struggle to do it, as you point it out of the goals of healthcare, should it be reducing coverage or the size of government. this is the chaos. the discussions today would be far different had karen handel lost. the moral support that victory gave to mitch mcconnell and the administration and the republicans who want to deliver on their promise of appealing of obamacare cannot be under estimated. that s one more reason why these types of deals we are talking about is struck. i wonder how he will launch it. i had a few republicans say that, mcconnell is saying i am givering y giving you guys a week.
vladimir putin. manafort suggesting he wanted to do business with him that would greatly benefit the putin government. we reached out to a representative for pauwhile he a business relationship with him from 2005 to 2009, at no time was he involved in representing russian political interests. manafort and his representatives trying to shoot down the notion he was operating on behalf of the russian government or to the benefit of the russian government. james: standby for a moment. president trump campaign on his record as a master of the art of the deal. tonight a core group of republicans in the house is threatening to torpedo the first major test of mr. trump s ability to close the deal. lawmakers openly declaring that the legislation to repeal and replace obamacare cannot survive a vote on the house floor tomorrow.
manafort suggesting he wanted to do business with him that would greatly benefit the putin government. we reached out to a representative for paul manafort he said while he did have a business relationship with him from 2005 to 2009, at no time was he involved in representing russian political interests. manafort and his representatives trying to shoot down the notion he was operating on behalf of the russian government or to the benefit of the russian government. james: standby for a moment. president trump campaign on his record as a master of the art of the deal. tonight a core group of republicans in the house is threatening to torpedo the first major test of mr. trump s ability to close the deal. lawmakers openly declaring that the legislation to repeal and replace obamacare cannot survive a vote on the house floor tomorrow. the house rules committee is
obamacare cannot afford to go to the doctor. how covered really are they? these are true facts. but it s really muddled messaging. versus the democrat s message this represents a loss of coverage. this represents higher cost for seniors and this represents a tax cut for the healthy. it s a very clean and powerful thing they will use against the republicans. it s going to be a better perception than it is for this explaining that the republicans are caught in on other side. susan is right. the divide between just in the republican party where there s news out on politico, white house is dealing with the freedom caucus making promises about ending medicaid expansion before early next year. that s a deal breaker for moderate republican and people from states like ohio and senator rob portman. we will not do that. we ll cut too many people off the rolls. how you get chamber passing this
is telling bill o reilly a replacement or parts of it would come likely within this year. he also left some room for the changes to come in the next year as well. that is the contestants. live in a d.c. bureau with more. recognizing the disappointment that people could see telling bill o reilly that obamacare cannot be appealed till next year. but then quickly added that his administration should have something proposed by the end of this year with more to come in 2018. the time frame by one the republicans controlling the house and senate would be able to move legislation repealing the affordable care act even if they left some parts of the signature domestic program in place appears to have shifted. after the republican retreat, paul ryan outlined an aggressive repeal slated for rollouts on the hill in march. now the leader of the house freedom caucus which prizes small government and reduction, tries to appeal sooner than