we re talking about something that is so important to our economy right now, where you have half the united states senate that s against it, and you know, a sliver of the republican conference that is not for it either. rand paul and susan collins who thinks it s too tstrident when t comes back to paul ryan or donald trump who says he s going to be angry. gloria, how long can this go on? can they take the summer? well, they re talking about getting rid of half the recess in august. this is important to them. this is something every single republican campaigned on. repeal and replace. and if they can t do it, there s going to be hell to pay. and if they do do it, there s going to be hell to pay. they re stuck here. and the problem they have, quite frankly, is that when you lose these moderates, you know, there
reporter: well, jim, it was a trip designed to celebrate long-lasting military allowances to build stronger ties with the french president. and to see some of the historical sites in paris, but even here, even abroad, president trump could not escape questions about what exactly his son was doing meeting with the russian lawyer. as far as my son is concerned, my son is a wonderful young man. reporter: president trump jumping to his son s defense at a press conference in paris. insisting donald trump jr. s meeting with the russian lawyer was typical campaign fair. i think from a practical standpoint, most people would have taken that meeting. it s called opposition research. that s very standard in politics. politics is not the nicest business in the world, but it s very standard. reporter: the comments coming in the wake of another russia revelation. this time, a meeting last june between the president s eldest son and a russian lawyer. who purportedly had dirt on