The speaker warned him off of that. Made very clear that the individuals that would be voting for this bill were many of the individuals that helped republicans secure and maintain the majority, told them it Wasnt The Best idea. That said, there was still a House Freedom caucus meeting that was scheduled with tom price and nick mulvaney. They allowed that to happen after it was clear after the meeting there would be no movement with the conservatives, the House Freedom caucus members. The call was made. President trump called the speaker and told him clearly it was time to pull the bill and that is exactly what happened and the ramifications of that arent just micro, not just this week or this bill. They are health care, period. Obamacare stands not just for now, not just for the next couple months butter for the foreseeable future. A lot of republicans talked about if this goes down maybe kind of go piecemeal, piece by piece, try to do this in smaller chunks than all at once but is th
Wanted to have them all in this same meeting in the same room here to discuss all this with the president. But still, even though the vote is scheduled for this evening, expected this evening, other republicans im talking to here and on capitol hill say they would nobt at all surprised if it was set aside or pushed back. That happens, thats a sign there is a big problem. John . Thats an understatement to say the least. Jeff zeleny at the white house. Lets bring it into the room. House Speaker Paul Ryan was supposed to speak to reporters this morning. Hes delayed that until this afternoon. Horse trading behind closed doors, wheeling and dealing, the very thing republicans criticize the democrats for doing when they passed obamacare but well put that aside for a second. What does this tell you that the president is meeting and gets a standing ovation from members of the House Freedom caucus who at the moment you can make the case are undermining the president on priority number one becau
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the house floor and on fox news. it s a different world. i would describe them as the dog that caught the car when it comes to health care. move on. move on to something else that is friendlier territory that gets beyond just the 36% of americans who still like donald trump. get to something that has a broader appeal. the repeal of the aca does not have that broad appeal. it s more popular than it s ever been. thank you very much, dan pfiefer, alice stewart. we appreciate it. we re going to get a quick break in again. we re waiting for paul ryan to take the podium there and answer some of these tough questions about devin nunes and the future of that investigation. before that, though, new intrigue surrounding the trump administration and russia. the president s son-in-law, jared kushner, facing increased scrutiny for a meeting he had with a very big-named russian banker who has close ties to vladimir putin. we re going to take you to moscow for more on that, next. nobody does unlimi