will not include iraq among the nations impacted. and we did get the viewership numbers as to how many people watched the speech last night. it was a hefty sum but not as much as obama had. thank you very much. a meeting about the house republican house leadership had to gut and replace obamacare, it just wrapped up moments ago. some senators unwilling to embrace this plan. this is going to be crucial it is what the president says his top number one priority. man u, what are you hearing happened. we re hearing there are a lot of republican senators to key house republican chairman about what is in that plan. there were discussions about a central issue in that plan including tax credits to allow people to purchase health insurance, but we know now there is not still consensus behind one single plan not just on healthcare but on a range of issues on donald trump s agenda.
of people being able to access the mall as quickly as they had in inaugurations past. inaccurate numbers involving crowd size were also tweeted. no one had numbers. because the national park service, which controls the national mall, does not put any out. the press secretary also claimed massive numbers of public transit ridership, but according to the authority in d.c. and the washington post, the ridership was lower than during obama s second inaugural and lower than some weekdays. trump also tweeted about tv viewership, wow, television ratings just out. 31 million people watched the inauguration, 11 million more than the inauguration four years ago. according to viewership numbers, his numbers were better than four years ago.
right? i hear that all the time. but they are engaged and you talk about you know the enthusiasm level the polls show for each candidate but i just don t think it will matter. i think people want to participate in the election no matter what. oh, absolutely. look the viewership numbers for all of the debates, the polling numbers on level of enthusiasm that people actually do like the candidates that they like. i think we have a in this season in particular but in general we have a tendency to kick our politicians around. we re sort of a rambunctious democratic people we don t bow and strap to our leaders we actually kind of kick them around a little bit and make fun of them from time to time. and that s okay. i do think though that it s it s going to be in the next three weeks it s going to be really important that folks not fall prey to this sort of drum beat that we all hate the candidates. we all hate the system. we all hate the media. we all hate everything. it s simply not tru
his administration says wait a minute, all my assumptions are wrong, i have to change course. you saw this with george w. bush. the war is iraq is going extremely poorly. he says i have to change course and change my assumptions. there should be a similar reset to coin a phrase with this administration but it s not clear whether it s going to be coming. thank you, rich, rich lowry. martha: world cup fever. everyone said no one cared about soccer but record viewership numbers for the heartbreaking u.s.-portugal game. they are still in it. soccer fans take to the streets in a major u.s. city. bill: lawmakers in washington calling the white house to do something for this marine. he s an american hero and he
watched hbo show in hbo history now but the viewership numbers are also right up there with shows on regular nonpremium networks. is that very surprising for a paid network? i think it is surprising because you have to as you say you have to pay to have access to it but there s definitely this part of people that want to have a say in the conversation and it is a good show. i mean, rotten tomatoes, we track how the critics are reviewing the show, and this season, season 4, on the tomato meter is 98% certified fresh. oh my gosh. yeah. 98% of the critics and we poll critics from all the top sources all over the country, washington post, l.a. times all saying it s a terrific show. wow. something happens every week that keeps that momentum going and lots of surprises all the