americans. and to make this marketplace work and for these insurance companies. so when you say you re going to yank that money, it injects that incertainty that drives premiums up eventually for everybody because the government is still on the hook for paying other subsidies, brian, so it drives up all premiums. so you re ensure fewer people and you re paying more. and actually analysts are starting to look at this, does this add to the deficit. so you ask, is there sinna six, what is the end goal in this? it appears maybe this san attempt to try and jam the democrats to try and actively tear this law apart to force them to the negotiating table. but getting into the politics of this, the president is taking ownership for this healthcare law politically. i m not sure that the democrats are going to feel compelled to rescue him and his party from the consequences of what s about to happen here. and, heidi, how do you think
establishment republicans in primaries next year. there s a real nervousness among republicans on capitol hill and an uncertainty about which direction to good. what a mess. i ve never heard it so or thefully explained, however, by heidi, casey hunt, peter baker, thank you and easily the best name for a show on this network since the 11th hour. casey dc debuts 7:00 p.m. eastern time sunday evening. there s nothing else going on, no excuse not to be watch ing. right in between the football games, brian. i wasn t gonna mention that at all. coming up, what do the changes to this iran nuclear deal mean for our allies. all those americans in poounifo for the possibility of finding a diplomatic solution for north korea. all of that when we continue.
condition, congress should begin impreach meant proceedings. presidents do not get to pick and choose which americans to help at times of disaster. and last night on this broadcast nicole wallace was openly questioning whether or not the president knew before this storm that puerto ricans were tax-paying american citizens. he has since said that, you know, they can t have fema or the military forever. what do you make of where he is on this issue and these folks? well, where to begin? i mean, first of all, nicole wallace, as we all know, worked for president george w. bush as a senior adviser and communications and she knows very twhwell that for george bu his response to katrina was a real low point for his administration. and it was very difficult because his ratings went down so much as he was seen as not properly responding to that crisis. in fact, we see that now the
islands. we re going to be there. we have really it s not even a question of a choice. we don t even want a choice. we re going to be there as americans. for the record, donald trump is the president of the u.s. virgin islands. he met with the governor of that u.s. territory. this morning on twitter the president seemed to soften his position on puerto rico writing, the wonderful people of puerto rico with their unmatched spirit, know how bad things were before the hurricanes, i will always be with them. later, he appeared to pivot back to something closer to his original stance. well, you have to watch it. you can t say there was a hurricane and now we re going spend x dollars. and we also have to do something with all the money that s been invested mostly private, the government s gonna have to come before that money because the government s gonna want security, they re gone have to come before that money. i m sure we ll be able to work
with nuclear weapons. second, obama s biggest domestic achievement, the affordable care act forever known as obamacare. the president will cut off the payments the government makes to keep costs lower for a lot of americans. that money was a subsidy and all mouflt could say a payoff to insurance companies and what we have to do is come up with a way to help healthcare. what would be nice if the democratic leaders could come over to the white house, we ll negotiate some deal that s good for everybody, that s what i d like. but they re always a block vote against everything, they re like obstructionists. if they came over, maybe we could make a deal. let s talk about it. joining us is heidi president bellow white house reporter for usa today is and political analyst. casey hunt, nbc news capitol hill correspondent. her new show on this network premieres sunday night at 7:00 p.m. eastern time. we re excited for that and also excited to welcome back after an