bye-bye pabwith bipartisanship. stephanie, i think the biggest point out of last night was that there was a lot of hope. the fact that the senate was there, as tom said, this is what people wanting. they want us to to work together. now we ve got to do the same thing across the board. right on. you know who else needs help? the state of florida right now. governor rick scott is giving a press conference addressing those in his state. just moments ago he said they are anticipating this storm, irma, to be worse than hurricane andrew, that devastating hurricane that rocked the state of florida just ten years ago. let s listen in. the american red cross has also established a disaster relief operation in orlando. last night i spoke with u.s. health and human serves secretary tom price. he told me that hhs has disaster medical assistance teams en route to florida. these rapid response teams aid in the provision of medical care to those who need it after the storm. the florida departme
texas, we see air force one in a blue sky coming down. we ve been waiting for president trump s arrival in texas as this historic flooding has been worsening. sarah huckabee sanders did a brief meeting with reporters aboard air force one just a short time ago. she confirmed that secretary tom price is on board along with elaine duke, ben carson is on board air force one as well as linda mcmahon. she also said the president will be joined by senator ted cruz and john cornyn for most of the day and corpus christi to oxon texas and reiterated he will return to an unspecified location and texas on saturday. the purpose of the trip, she said, for the president, to lay the foundation of what we unknown will be a long recovery effort. that s a big part of what today will be all about. trish, air force one landing in texas just moments away. trish: it s good to go for
tucker: republicans spent years avowing they would immediately repealf and replace obamacare. maybe you voted for them for that reason. when barack obama was still president, the house of representative repeatedly passed bills. now they have the power to do it and there are having a hard tim time. the senate still has never passed a repeal bill and that baby a good thing according to polls which show that only 17% of americans approve of the plan. five points lower than the approval rating in this country for vladimir putin. what would this plan do for americans? some confusion about that stilli health and human services secretary tom price joins us tonight to clear it up. thank you very much for coming on. good to be with you. tucker: you are trying to
we are very, very close to ending this health care nightmare. we are so close. it s a common sense approach that restores the sacred doctor/patient relationship and you are going to finally have great health care at a lower price. this weekend, top trump officials including vice president mike pence and health and human services secretary tom price are in rhode island trying to garner support at the national governors association gathering. president donald trump is going to lead this congress to rescue the american people from the collapsing policies of obamacare. after being unveiled on tuesday, the senate replacement bill is already facing resistance on the hill, with kentucky s rand paul and maine s susan collins already coming out in opposition. this bill doesn t repeal obamacare. i m very disappointed,
health and human services secretary tom price are in rhode island and they are trying to garner support at the national governor s association gathering. it is us, we, the governors, that are going to have the responsibility to make sure that the citizens of our states are in a good position. so it s like so many things in congress, we hope they are listening to the governors. after being unveiled on tuesday, the latest senate bill is facing resistance on the hill with rand paul and susan collins. they are already coming out in opposition of it. i m very disappointed because i ve been very vocal about my concerns. several republican senators are still undecided. leader mcconnell cannot afford any of these six to go on a