anymore of the newcomer, we don t have to depend on the next fresh face on the horizon who still has a lot to learn or the one young exception. there is strength in numbers now, and this story is about a confident, accomplished, elegant, warrior. an example and an inspiration for women of all ages. it tells us that at 78 years old, with decades of service behind her, nancy pelosi s most important moments in her value and in her contributions to this country may be in the years to come. amen. as she goes head to head against donald trump. how awesome is that. this is a moment for women. a mother of five, a grandmother, a wife, all incredibly important roles, also speaker of the house. my only hope is that the dozens of newcomers to washington, the record number of women who have the guts to step up, who ran for
critical week and fbi chief james comey testifies before congress. the focus, the trump campaign s possible ties with russia during the election, and the president s unfounded claims that he was wiretapped by president obama. this morning, lawmakers are both sides of the aisle are rejecting those claims. was there a physical wiretap of trump tower? no, but there never was. no evidence to support the president s claim that he was wiretapped by his predecessor. we have not seen evidence of any of the like that you ve described. did you know of any evidence to support that allegation? jake, not that i ve seen, and not that i m aware of. also happening this week, the president s supreme court pick faces his first test. tomorrow, neil gorsuch steps in to the spotlight as his confirmation hearing gets underway. then on thursday, house lawmakers will vote on the republican plan to repeal and replace obamacare. the question remains, can trump win over health care holdouts inside hi
what does there say about the credibility that perhaps the president is giving to some people who are disseminating information that doesn t really check out? the president has never been one to really be aligned closely to the facts. he doesn t have a very close relationship with that. so you know, he tends to go with what he thinks serves his interests best. and in this case, you know, he s looking for some way to get out of this box he put himself in with this, you know, charge that has no credibility, no base to it. so he s now seeing, well, maybe this fox story could help me out. we ll have we ll have sean spicer float that one. and maybe that will give me some wiggle room. i think he s looking for wiggle room at this point. he doesn t have to come out and apologize, which he ll never do anyway. there may be calls for him to apologize for being wrong and calling obama a sick guy. i think now he wants wiggle room. and maybe any of these little strands he s going to grab for.
was? no evidence of the president s claim that he was wiretapped by his predecessor. we ve not seen of any evidence do you know of any evidence to support that allegation? jake, than i ve seen, and not that i m aware of. also happening this week, the president s supreme court pick faces his first test tomorrow. neil gorsuch steps into the spotlight as his confirmation hearing gets underway. thursday, house lawmakers will vote on the republican plan to repeal and replace obamacare. the question remains can trump win over health care holdouts inside his own party? just in to cnn, three of those holdouts were spotted meeting with the white house senior staff yesterday in mar-a-lago, florida. house speaker paul ryan insisted this morning he s not worried about the bill passing. the president is being bringing people to his table, and i m impressed with how the president is helping us close this bill, making the improvements we ve been making, getting the votes.
the gop from the president to the speaker of the house to get the american health care act passed. the vice president addressed krveg critics of the plan saturday in florida. he said lawmakers are adding a number of amendments to the bill that include ending state medication expansion immediately for those that didn t expand under obamacare. giving states the option of medicaid block grant funding that s designed to allow states to reform the program as they see fit. a state-imposed work requirement for able-bodied adults on medicaid, and there s also the possibility of premiums and co-pays. the clock is ticking and a number of republicans are undecided or voting no. house speaker paul ryan says he is confident he has the votes. i feel good about it. it s exactly where we want to be. the president is a great coalition forces. he s the one that s helped a