what do you think, tara? do you think republicans, obviously donald trump has the advantage having republicans in the house and senate, do you think they push something like this through given the cost and price? this is actually a bit tricky when it comes to funding. i worked on capitol hill for years and immigration and federal law enforcement issues. i know how complicated it can be. in 2013 there was a bill proposing a $46 billion border security bill over ten years. that is $4.6 billion a year. that was voted down in congress. that was with republicans. it is very tricky when you get to spending billions and billions of dollars are things. congress now, though, has incentive with republicans controlling everything to get a package put together. whether you see a physical wall built, i think remains to be
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it. we are telling the republicans if you are repealing, show us what you ll replace it with first. they re repealing. we re not. it s their obligation to come up with replace first and i think we have unanimity within our democratic caucus on that position. reporter: erin, shum ears caucus is not completely united. joe manchin, the west virginia democrat, actually skipped today s meeting with president obama and actually met with mike pence separately as he told me earlier in the day that he s willing to work with republicans as they repairing the law or if they do repeal the law, figuring out a replacement. the republican side has their own problems. rand paul was the one republican senator who voted against the budget measure today that will fave way for a repeal of the law. the reason why he voted against it because it would increase the budget deficit. thank you very much, manu. you saw her there at the meeting today and she was there with
up witho ooan alternative that better, more affordable, provides better access and more competition for people. the criticism of the republicans, including trump have received is you ve railed against the affordable care act for six or seven years. finally, there s going to be a republican president, a republican majority in the house, republican majority in the senate. why aren t you ready on day one with legislation to not only repeal but come up with a plan that will replace it? we have because we ve got literally a menu of options. members in the house and senate have introduced comprehensive bills, more targeted bills. i think you ll see in a systematic way us in a step by step way start early on to introduce legislation to start implementing our ideas. but it s going to take a period of time. you can t expect this to happen overnight. some of these ideas that have been worked on for several years, we have to sort of unify behind. there s a rubio bill, bill cassidy has a bi
has been a good friend over the years to really do what is necessary to get some answers on exactly what we can expect from this nominee going forward. right now i m very concerned about that and i have talked to a lot of american people. a letter this morning from charleston county. this gentleman was writing me a letter expressing real concern about these appointments and about the president-elect s conduct and expressions going forward. james clyburn, the assistant democratic leader in the house of representatives. thanks for joining us. thank you so much for having me. coming up, the war over obamacare is on as president obama tells democrats don t rescue republicans with a replacement. so where does the fight go from here? the former health and human