shoulder into iowa organization in a big way. that s why you see so many obama knocks coming around and swimming around buttigieg because they are trying to replicate. he even talks like obama. he does the same pauses, same vocalizations as obama. they are trying to will into existence the obama phenomenon. they may pull it off. you p don t i take away from the endorsements, alexandria ocasio-cortez, i think you may have gotten a look at one of the top contenders for the democrats in 2024. bret: [laughs] maybe so. forecasting there. panel, thank you very much. when we come back, celebrating hanukkah across the country and the world. celebrating hanukkah around the country in the world.
there s more ensentive for donald trump to do this on his own than for congress to do it themselves and take all the heat. i mean, just speaking politically here for the pain that is going to come with these instructions that i support, but i also acknowledge cause pain short term. what if maria s scenario bears out, the marketplace collapses and gets worse. what happens? don t republicans open it? doesn t donald trump own this, actually? absolutely. donald trump owns it. he s the head of the republican party. you are not going to be able to divorce republicans from donald trump when this debacle happens. i assure you that democrats and americans are not going to let that divorce happen if republicans try to run away from it. it s a huge issue in 2018 where, already, democrats are ahead by 11 points on the generic congressional ballot because they see what a dumpster fire of a president this president has
pre-existing conditions are going to see their coverage skyrocket, even disappear, because what happens when you have when you have plans that are not offering the essential health benefits or essentially are not robust, comprehensive plans, then the people who actually have pre-existing conditions are not going to be able to be covered. so you re going to have tons of people who are going to be kicked off their health insurance. i think it s going to be more than rocky. i think it s going to be a debacle, and trump is going to own it. so what happens next? i would just raise one point on that. the executive orders that he signed and is contemplating don t do anything to break apart the essential benefits that obamacare created. all this does is give people more options and able to have access to more insurance plans. right now, say if you live in the state of west virginia, there may be a cheaper plan available in maryland, but because you re constrained by
choices, so you have one choice and the premiums go up. that really drives consumers crazy. so maybe if they get a few more choices and they see lower prices they ll be happier. configureel. i ve got to get to a break. do you know why that is, scott? because president trump and because obama paced a terrible law? no. because trump has done everything he can to chase insurance carriers out of the market. they will even say it because of the uncertainty. they were leaving already, maria. they were leaving already and you know it. don t be dishonest. absolutely not. this is not collapsing. that s a republican talking point. that s false. yeahment it happens to be true. we ll be right back. but some people still like cable. just like some people like banging their head on a low ceiling. drinking spoiled milk. camping in poison ivy. getting a papercut. and having their arm trapped in a vending machine.
where the ambulance is coming from? no. you just want the ambulance to get there. help save your life. you p don t want the ambulance to tell you, by the way, ma am, just make sure you know, this is costing the citizens of x $1,000, just so that you know. no. i mean, the most powerful country in the world can t get enough water into puerto rico, an island that s 100 by 35 miles wide. come on, you know. ma am it isn t that they can t. maybe they don t want to. well, i have to despite, you know, what the president is saying, the former fema administrator, craig few dpat, told my producer today that fema is still working in louisiana for katrina recovery. that s 12 years later and said that fema is going to be working for recovery years to come in puerto rico, the u.s. virgin islands and florida and texas. ask a tweet doesn t change that. so i want you to give us an update on what s happening. do you feel, do you feel that