debates, you are asked a lot of questions at a debate. what is clear to me is neither donald trump nor hillary clinton unfortunately are role models. reporter: on the other side, maggie hassan tried to cover herself with the top of her ticket appearing at a rally with hillary clinton and elizabeth warren yesterday. leading the case for a one-party democratic party in washington is more effective than divided government. it really shows you all the challenges that republicans face down ticket and running with donald trump given how controversial he has been. be john and christine. thank you. new this morning, a price tag for obamacare premiums. the cost of the silver plan will rise 22% in 2017. that is a scathing indictment of
really causing a lot of problems for his campaign these days, jake. jim acosta in sanford, florida, with donald trump. so why is donald trump finally making this very aggressive case against obamacare, the centerpiece of his stump speech? today the obama white house admitted that the affordable care act is about to cost millions of americans a whole lot more money. premiums could shoot up an average of 25%. the obama administration says that most of those impacted will be able to receive tax credits and subsidies to defray some of these costs. the premium hike is the latest blow, of course, to the president s signature legislation, with two major and many smaller health insurance companies leaving the obamacare health insurance exchanges earlier this year, drastically shrinking choice for a lot of consumers. in an already volatile presidential race the latest october surprise will hit
do you ever laugh? do you ever actually laugh? most of the time. reporter: and as for those polls showing trump trailing behind clinton, the trump campaign feels as though pollsters in the media are not really taking into account the large crowds that they draw at trump rallies. they feel as though that s anecdotal evidence, if you will, that be the candidate is performing well. trump, for his part, making two more stops here in florida. today clinton has one stop here in florida, two more tomorrow. alisyn? jason, thanks so much for all of that. donald trump and republicans blasting democrats after news that obamacare premiums will soar next year. trump declaring it s over for the affordable care act, but the plan s defenders insist most consumers will not feel that crunch. cnn s athena jones is live at the white house with more. what ahave you learned, ai thet?
obamacare premiums a set to surge an average of 22% next year. that means consumers will be paying an average of $296 a month total. joining me now, a hillary clinton surrogate and democratic congressman, reuben gallego from the state of arizona. congressman, good morning. good morning. thank you for having me. thank you. president obama s legacy is a key selling point in the clinton campaign. how does this obamacare news not hurt her? well, i think because there s no other plan. donald trump has no plan to actually replace the affordable health care act. the affordable health care act has brought insurance to millions of people who previously did not have it. if you re someone in arizona who has benefitted from the medicate expansion, for the first time probably in decades, you probably have health insurance. there are millions of families, especially in some of these
about you don t tweet? people who insulted me. you watch donald trump. do you ever laugh? do you ever actually laugh? most of the time. most of the time. reporter: both candidates making a heavy play for the state of florida. trump has two more stops here today. clinton has one more today and two more tomorrow. chris? all right. thank you very much, jason. appreciate it. donald trump and republicans blasting democrats after news that obamacare premiums will soar next year. trump declaring, quote, it s over for the aca, the a fordable care act. the plan s defenders insist most consumers will not feel the crunch. that gets us into a little bit of a spin game. we ve got cnn s athena jones to unspin from the white house, the house of spin. reporter: good morning, chris. it could be sticker shock for millions of people. that s because the premiums for the benchmark silver plan, that s the mid-level plan, are