which is why the president can make the call he is making tonight. send additional 4,000 troops or whatever it is he announces and be secure in political knowledge this won t cost him a huge amount amongst his base. he promised a lot of things on the campaign trail. the all working class people get to fight these wars. anyway, secretary jim mattis who oversold the war in afghanistan when he was commander of u.s. central command. he said mr. president we haven t fought a 16-war so much as we have fought a one-year war 16 times. what does that mean? kelly, you re the expert. what does that mean? i ve heard that a lot pr mat nis previous roles. i think is a lazy phenomenon. there s a lot of reasons why things aren t working out in afghanistan. the karzai government was
at the white house today the president met with key stakeholders in the debate. republicans are working on a plan. phil mattingly has more. nobody knew that health care could be so complicated. reporter: tonight president trump ramping up his pledge to undo and replace the cornerstone achievement of his predecessor. obamacare is a failed disaster. reporter: meeting speaker paul ryan and mitch mcconnell behind closed doors to map a path forward. this is a rescue mission. we have to step in and prevent obamacare from getting worse, from collapsing, and we will replace it with a law that s better. reporter: and huddling with insurance executives in the white house. if things aren t working out, i m blaming you anyway. reporter: shortly after a sit down with republican governors. two key constituents as they struggled to get behind a single plan. insurance executives are uneasy
insurance executives in the white house. if things aren t working out, i m blaming you anyway. reporter: shortly after a sit down with republican governors. insurance executives are uneasy about an unstable marketplace. gop governors increasingly split over how to handle medicaid reform in any new proposal. if nothing happens, problems happen for people in this country and in our states. reporter: those meetings a precursor to trump s prime time speech to a joint session of congress tomorrow night. aides tell cnn, a robust call to repeal and replace the law will be a central poenant component remarks. house republicans have their own repeal proposal they plan to release as soon as next week. it was recently leaked, showing it would replace obamacare subsidies with tax credits.
honor to do business with you, it s a great honor to have you in the white house and we look forward to providing health care that is extraordinary. better than any other country anywhere in the world and we can do that. we have the talent, we have the capacity and we have the people. so we ll work on that together. and maybe before the press leaves, we can just introduce yourself and your company and the public will get to see what you re about and then if things aren t working out, i m blaming you anyway, you know that. so we ll start with brad. thank you, mr. president. i m brad wilson, ceo of blue cross and blue shield of north carolina. pleased to represent our 3.9 million customers here today. great job. matt isles, i represent america s health insurance plans, we represent all plans
can just introduce yourself and your company and the public will get to see what you are about and then if things aren t working out, i m blaming you anyway. we ll start with brad. thank you, mr. president. all right. you re listening right there, president obama speaking during a roundtable meeting with president trump, rather. i m sorry. speaking to health care ceos as he is starting off that meeting. let s talk about this right now. what s happening to the fate of obama care? right now in the balance. let s bring in cnn senior economics analyst senior economic advisesor to the trump campaign and cnn global economic analyst, a financial times analyst and author of makers and takers. rhonna, health care, obama care is the latest reporting that we re seeing is not only is the president today meeting with governors across the nation talking about this big issue. he is it also meeting with