place, a start-up visa provision. hopefully the focus will be on innovation and job creation in the middle of the country, on immigration so we can win a global battle for talent. that s where they need to focus, not on these other issues. this in a way is a great tragedy of what s happening right now because there are people inside the white house who do have a ens about what businesses need to flourish, what the country needs to actually become more vibrant, and you can argue about the details of the policy, but there are people around the white house who have hard-headed strategy ideas. but the problem is that you have a white house that is being run i would say almost more like a medieval court, more like king henry viii or king of france, where you have this leader and courtiers around him but you don t have the normal channels of bureaucratic power and planning which allow these carbon monoxide of economic strategies to be implemented. so he s got these great plans to try and b
middle income americans, especially in the context of health premiums going skyrocketing up, they recognize they need some relief. so we ve got to do what we can to address that. reporter: historically, since healthcare has reviled many presidents back to harry truman and when hillary clinton came to washington, she went to the hill and that she could get it done. i am sure there are many lessons you could learn from previous presidents and perhaps previous first ladies. has the president thought about reaching out to hillary and finding out how she maneuvered and some of the best practices or some pitfalls she has come through? press secretary spicer: i think you know he has met with dr. emanuel and others. he has reached to several people through out the process to gauge both their policy ideas and strategy ideas. i think the president noted friday afternoon that we learned a lot on several fronts about
talk to middle income americans, especially in the context of health premiums going skyrocketing up, they recognize that they need some relief. so we ve got to do what we can to address that. john christopher? thank you. historically since health care goes back to harry truman, and certainly when hillary clinton came to washington, she went to the hill and thought she could get it done. i m sure there are many lessons to be learned from previous presidents and perhaps previous first ladies. has the president ever thought of reaching out to hillary and find out how she maneuvered and some of the best practices with some of the pitfalls she s come to? i think you know, he s met with dr. zeke emmanuel and others. he s reached out to several people throughout this process to gauge their policy ideas and strategy ideas. the president noted on friday afternoon that we learned a lot on several fronts about