repealing and replacing the affordable care act. action is not a choice. it s a necessity. i m calling on all democrats and republicans in congress to work with us to save americans from this imploding obamacare disaster. shepard: the republican party has been split over how to replace president obama s signature healthcare law. politico is reporting that gop lawmakers don t know what he meant in the address to congress. the house majority leader, kevin mccarthy said the president endorsed the party s leadership plan which would let americans use tax credits to help pay for insurance. some of the party s conservative have called that proposal obamacare-like. they said the president did not give the leaders the go-ahead. mark sanford perhaps summed it up clearly when he said we all hear what we want to hear. mike emanuel is on capitol hill. what are the critics on the
isis. a network of law less savages that have threatened muslims and men and women and children of all faiths and all believes. shepard: president trump s last night address to congress referred to the 30-day deadline to come up with a plan to take down the islamic state. monday, officials met that deadline. jim mattis gave the plan to repaidly rapidly defeat isis but plan is said to have needed more ground trips. now the top u.s. commander in iraq is pushing back on the idea of more ground troops. the brand new idea that just came yesterday. the army lieutenant general stephen townsend down playing the chances that the u.s. would
reform that he wasn t going to bring up last night to try to create a news narrative that was positive for him. what is happening on immigration reform if anything? yesterday what we saw at the lunch with the television anchors where the president floated the immigration reform, your classic trial balloon, the message he gave to congress was more subtle. nothing about this idea of a path to legal status for many of the people in the country illegally or path to citizenship for the so-called dreamers, the children brought here by their parents illegally. the two topics are controvers l controversial. last night when the president brought it up, it was specific on bringing in on a merit system. that didn t draw much appreciation from the democrats either. here s what the president said followed by chuck schumer. listen. it s a basic principle that those seeking to enter a country ought to support themselves
financially. if we are guided by the well-being of american citizens, then i believe republicans and democrats can work together to achieve an outcome that has eluded our country for decades. yesterday he has these cosmopolitan reporters in and says oh, maybe we ll do something on immigration. at night, he gives an anti immigration speech. he mentioned repeal and replace obama care, tax reform. we ll need a lot of heavy lifting from republicans. the congressional leadership was over at the white house for lunch. near getting down to the business and setting agenda and creating time lines. it will take a long time to get through and require determination on the republican leadership. before we move on, every yea state of the union or the address to congress.
right saying? shep, there s some in the house and three in the senate, ted cruz from texas, mike lee from utah and rand paul from kentucky. they re against the idea of offering subsidies for people to buy insurance as part of the obamacare replacement. senator paul explained the thinking earlier today. people are trying to make it too elaborate now. they re adding in some government programs that i object to. so for example, if you give people back money that they did not pay in taxes, that is basically an entitlement program. other republicans say this is all part of the legislative process. people fighting for their ideas, hoping to have an impact on the final product. shep? shepard: what else are you hearing from republican leaders in congress, mike? i should note there s a meeting on the senate side in about an hour for a couple of key house committee chairman to sell republican senators on their vision. mitch mcconnell said earlier today, they re trying to save