we always take time getting to know you, so we can ensure you hear what matters most in your world. grandpa! (vo) call, click or come in today to learn how to start your better days. miracle-ear.hear a better day. paul: they re back. after a brief hiatus, both former president barack obama and 2016 democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton are making a return to public life, accepting the john f. kennedy profile in courage award last weekend, president obama defended his signature health care law and called on congress to what s right to protect the sick and vulnerable. hillary clinton, meanwhile, is reportedly set to launch a new political action committee calling herself part of the resistance during an appearance last week in new york city. we re back with dan, jason, mary and joe.
president trump today publicly supporting the republican plan to repeal and replace obamacare. with me now david axelrod and john meachem. it sounds like obamacare or the aca lite, i mean, they rolled out a plan to dismantle the president s signature health care law. some republicans are calling it lite. as i said. what is your reaction to that as a man that was by president obama s side as he crafted this law? well, look. i think that what you re seeing here is the collision of politics and the reality of governing. it s been a good strategy of republicans for last three cycles to run against obamacare, to run against the affordable care act. to say we ll repeal and replace it with something better and then they were the dogs that caught the car and now they have to produce and what they re
with me now david axelrod and david meacham. it sounds like obamacare or the aca lite, i mean, they rolled out a plan to dismantle the president s signature health care law. some republicans are calling it lite. as i said. what is your reaction to that as a man that was by president obama s side as he crafted this law? well, look. i think that what you re seeing here is the collision of politics and the reality of governing. it s been a good strategy of republicans for last three cycles to run against obamacare, to run against the affordable care act. to say we ll repeal and replace it with something better and then they were the dogs that caught the car and now they have to produce and what they re finding is the president has said, we re going to eliminate all those things you don t like about this affordable care act and keep all the good things. well, it is very hard to do
this is cnn breaking news. welcome to inside politics. i m john king. a very big day in the nation s capital and a very busy hour ahead. the new republican-controlled congress just moments away for opening for business. we will take you there live as both the house and the the gavel in the 115th congress. the 114th just ended. we ll take you there live for all the key moments. republican-controlled congress, of course, is not new. be the gop has had majorities of the house and senate the past two years, but the energy among congressional republicans is new. they believe they re just 17 days away now from having an administration that will embrace most of the policy ideas the obama white house refused to even consider the past eight years. things like repealing the president s signature health care law, cutting taxes, repealing regulations on banks and energy companies, but don t think for a minute this is all
for at least two years if passed. the house will be in order. reporter: republicans this week also expected to cast their first votes on repealing the affordable care act. the obamacare repeal resolution will be the first item up in the new year. reporter: with a major fight over obamacare brewing, top democrats launching a preemptive strike calling republicans rapid push to dismantle the president s signature health care law without a clear dreed upon plan to replace it, quote, an act of cowardice. pelosi urging them to take a second look. just repealing obamacare even though there s nothing to put in its place saying they will do it sometime down the road will cause a huge calamity. reporter: also another battle brewing, delay confirming trump s cabinet nominees possibly for months. the idea that the democrat s choice is to figure out from day one how to oppose every one of