can t speak to that today. once we have an announcement i ll let you know. dave? sarah, thanks. the president has said many times in the past six months that we needed to get the healthcare legislation done first so we can go on to massive tax reforms, healthy economy. can now proud with massive tax reform that will give the biggest bang to the economy without having done the obamacare part of it? we re going to continue pushing forward on tax reform and laying out that plan. i know this will surprise a lot of people but we can walk and chew gum at the same time. we re not done with the healthcare battle, we ll continue wishing forward on that and hopefully get that completed then transition fully to tax reform after that. sarah, you concluded this is the democrats fault. but they were able to come back to the table and negotiate to
burdensome regulations, butting isis on the run, securing the border, protecting our country, taking steps every single day to help improve the lives of the forgotten man. he certainly delivered on a lot of those things. and we re going to continue to do that. every single day that he s in office. sarah, also, in terms of what the president said a little bit earlier and also what he tweeted earlier, spoke about coming together. does that indicate that the president is open to some sort of bipartisan solution to fixing what is wrong with the affordable care act? absolutely. the president said all along that he, his primary goal is to fund a solution. he s happy to work with democrats to get it done. francesca? you said the administration would want congress to finish work on healthcare and then move on to taxes. previously the white house has said that it wanted to see a
i m not sure what the structure is for that. thank you, sarah. the president, as candidate and president, raised significant expectations about this legislation saying it s going to be a beautiful plan, of one was going to be covered. and did he ever really have a plan? and what does that say about his true knowledge regarding the healthcare system? i think the president has shown extensive knowledge, he s laid out priorities that are important to be included in the legislation. once again, this is not a game-over situation. we re continue to be push forward and work hard to make sure that the american people get the type of healthcare they ned and deserve. alexis? as long as the affordable care act remains law is the president committing through hhs to support the subsidies, the
the decision on subsidies and payments to insured companies that would finally kill it? no, that s not what i m saying. again, in terms of obamacare being dead, it s an unsustainable program. when something is unsustainable and can t reeb vooifd there are people who depend on it, millions of people, many of your supporters. it s not dead. that s why the process of repealing and replacing would need to make sure that those people are continued coverage. that s been a big focus. one of the priorities of this process. throughout, from the beginning. is he going to push it over the cliff? this is already going over the cliff and doesn t need a push by the president. sarah, when you spoke to the president earlier today, said that this system will continue to collapse and get to a point where democrats have to come back to the table and join and try to find a way to fix it. what specifically does the administration think would be that point?
individual marketplaces, allow tense of millions of people to have insurance. so far that hasn t happened. republicans appear at this moment hopelessly divided. moderates on one side, conservatives on the other in stark opposition and unable to do what they promised. the affordable care act, obamacare, remains law. and there is nothing in the works to change that. we have team fox coverage, chief congressional correspondent mike emmanuel live on capitol hill. first the chief white house correspondent john roberts out of the briefing and with us on the north lawn. what did the white house say moments ago, john? you pointed at the top of it, shep, the president is frustrated with what happened last night and is what going on today. frustrated from a couple of stand points. he s frustrated that republicans have been talking about repealing obamacare for seven years now. he gave them an opportunity to repeal and replace it with something else, something better he says. and they re not ta