What was your news story of the week . Democrats call 2027488000. Republicans 2027488001. 2027488002. Andh us on twitter cspanwj facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Lets begin with the latest news on the gop effort to repeal parts of the Affordable Care act. Senator john mccain has said he will vote against the measure. According to the your times, New York Times, it was less dramatic of his middle of the night thumbs down that killed the last repeal effort in july. , he said, the senator he could not vote in good conscience support the proposal from senator graham and bill cassidy. Democrats united in opposition. Center republicans can afford to only lose two other members. Senate republicans can afford to only lose two other members. President trump responded, saying john mccain never had any intention of voting for this. Ill, which is governor loves he campaigned on repeal and replace, let arizona down increaseent said 116 in obamacare premiums last year with deductibles very high. Chuck schumer sold john mccain a bill of goods. Bad. More about what senator mccain said in his statement yesterday. Opposing the bill, he said i cannot in good conscience bill for the grahamcassidy proposal. I believe we could do better working together, republicans and democrats who have not yet really tried, nor could i support it without knowing how much it will cost and affect insurance premiums and how many people will be helped or hurt by it. John mccain opposing the Health Care Effort by the gop, one of many news stories this week. We are getting your thoughts on what your story of the week was. Brad from international falls, minnesota, republican line. Caller i am pretty happy about hillary not being president. Most people are. Even though you are on msnbc a lot, even you. That a great saying hillary is done and so is the democratic party. It was a good week. Host what was the top story . Are you happy with the president s response to john mccain . President s response to north korea . What was the biggest story of the week for you . Me,er it does not interest the smear merchants trying to push down trump. That is the real story but nobody talks about it. Wisconsin,ton, democratic line, good morning, paul. Caller good morning. I want to talk about the health care vote. The news media keeps talking about preexisting conditions. That is not the whole story. The whole story is lifetime caps. That is what the Insurance Companies want to get rid of. They want to get rid of those, because, if you have cancer, it can cost 1 million or whatever. That is what they want to your rid of, it is not about preexisting conditions. It is about lifetime caps does it in it costs Insurance Companies a lot of money and that is the biggest guarantee under obamacare. Both insurance policies cut off or 120,000 and your Insurance Company shuts off. People do not realize that. That is the bigger guaranteed and preexisting conditions. People need to realize that and the news media does not cover that. They just do not. That is the biggest guaranty under obamacare. , are you worried about the coverage caps . Caller i do not have insurance. I have been out of work for eight years. I do not have insurance. Insurance, do have they have to realize that. Working atwhen i was even salarymill, people, they would have drives with family with cancer, they could not cover the cost of the cancer care. Then, i am just saying , that is the biggest guarantee under obamacare, lifetime caps. Host they are a part of what is known as the jimmy kimmel test, after the latenight show host spoke out against the latest effort to repeal and replace obamacare. Jimmy kimmelrts has gotten help in his effort from chuck schumer. Opposition to the latest republican effort to repeal and replace obamacare has been driven by a latenight talkshow host who has little interest in Health Care Policy prior to the show. , heays, behind the scenes and his team were in touch with health care officials, charities, and advocacy groups. This is the daily beast, i apologize. He also was in touch with the office of Senate Minority leader according to, sources from the your with the conversation, provided technical guidance and information about the bill, and staff from various think tanks and experts on the effects of grahamcassidy appeared wherecassidy. Grahamcassidy. Republican line, california, good morning. Caller good morning. Host what was your new story of the week, al . Caller lets be realistic. First of all, we do not have a Health Care System anymore in america. The obama administration, democrats, is gone. Way thisnowhere no thing will survive. It is done. Mccain, ajohn republican, and the lady from alaska and the lady from maine, get on board . They are not interested in americans, they are interested in their own political beliefs or dislikes. Can getree republicans this bill passed. Can change itey as time goes on. We all will have a health care bill. It would go to the states and the governors will run it. The federal government would be out of it. Does not want to do it because he has a problem with trump. This is not american this is listen, weican will all be in the dump. Host senator mccain, he cited his opposition based on the fact that the bill has not gone through regular order and there have not been hearings, input from both sides of the aisle. ,hat do you think about that him calling for the process to be different . Caller no more than what the said,ats did when pelosi we will take care of it we will pass the bill and read it later. Come on. We have to do this now. Get it done. Republicans and democrats get together. You know what, if we do not do this, how are people going to survive with all of the storms going on . He is an american. I was in vietnam and suffered, not like him, god bless them. Lets get something passed. Host thats what look at what the president said, large block grants to states is a good thing to do. Better control and management, great for arizona. On mccain let his best friend, Lindsey Graham, down. Lets look at what Lindsey Graham said about the bill. It is well clear to me where the country is going under obamacare. It is going into further bankruptcy. More decisions further away from where you live. In 1996, we blog rented money for welfare reform and it worked like a charm. We put governors in charge of the program and held them accountable. Here is the choice for america, socialism or federalism when it comes to your health care . Get 40 of the money under obamacare, new york, california, massachusetts, maryland, they represent 20 of the population. Our goal is by 2026, every patient in every state gets the same contribution roughly from the federal government and allow people in your states to make decisions that would have been made in washington. The most beneficial aspect of this bill is follows if you do not like obamacare, who do you complain to . You can complain to me but i do not run it bid if i can get South Carolina in charge of this money, that would have been spent in washington by a bureaucrat not elected, i promise every south carolinians the following, if you do not like your health care, somebody will listen to you. Your governor and state house representative. Host fort lauderdale, democrat line, hello barry. Caller getting past all the hyperbole. The reality is that if this is such a great plan, this republican plan, why doesnt Lindsey Graham and all of the other republicans say they will give up their free, federally provided health care with no deductibles, no copays, and sign on to this . Second of all, i would like to say, get past the hyperbole and look under the covers. Spain,tries like italy, if they canry poor, provide universal health care for all of their citizens, why dont these braindead americans demand, why as a citizen of the United States, cant we have health care for all of our citizens . All of the stories about how we are going broke is a republican line. The government can borrow all the money they want at historically low rates. Lies and a lot of people are too stupid to separate the facts from fiction. Host what do you think the fix should be . Universal singlepayer . Caller i would like a singlepayer but i am also realistic. I do not deal in hyperbole. If you have a leak in your bathroom, you do not tear the house down, you fix the leak. Obamacare is not perfect but provides things you did not have before, namely, preventive care. If you are a woman or a man, you can go to the doctor, was not subject to copay or deductibles. Of obamacareantage , it provided Health Insurance for millions of people that could not afford it before with subsidies. It may not be perfect, it needs you have a leak in your about the, you do not tear the house down, you fix the leak. The recalled the problem with the republicans, they are on a crusade, repeal obamacare and a lot of the people do not understand that use the term socialism and timing is a, but that communism, but we are the only industrialized nation in the world that does not provide health care for all of its citizens. Host in some other headlines today, the New York Times talks about the ongoing verbal sparring between President Trump and the north korean dictator, is as the war of words between on fridayd concerns that it could escalate into a new and more volatile phase as weighste house ways the next step. Trump derided kim jongun as a madman hours after the north korean calls him mentally deranged u. S. Dotard, a sort of namecalling exchange most president s have avoided. President trump seems to began pulling that the same style that put is domestic opponents on the defensive could work on the diplomatic front, but Foreign Policy veterans said the president was playing a dangerous game. At the very least, it complicates his own efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the dispute over north Koreas Nuclear missile program. Kevin from burlington, new jersey on the democratic line. What was your story this week . Caller good morning and thank you for taking my call. It is the Health Care Debate. I would like to make a couple of quick points. First of all, this is not about health care for america. Racing ly about a erasing president obamas legacy. Donald trump has reversed everything president obama did. Secondly, if this is such a good bill, that the republicans are offering, why wont they open it up for a debate in the senate . When obamacare was passed, there were 350 amendments accepted by aca or obamacare. It is the same thing, if people do not know. Thirdly, i just lost my train of thought on the third one. It is ridiculous they are trying ridiculous they are trying to get rid of this mans legacy to get a win. Host lets look at what barack obama set in new york this week about the efforts to repeal the Affordable Care act. The legislation we passed was full of things that still need to be fixed. It was not perfect but it was better. Undoi see people trying to the progress for the 50th or 60th time with bills that would raise cost and reduce coverage or rollback protections for older americans, or people with preexisting conditions, cancer survivor, the expectant mother, the child with autism, or asthma, for whom coverage once again would be almost unattainable, it is aggravating. All of this being done without any demonstrable economic or actuary, or plain common sense rationale. It is frustrating. At it is frustrating to have to mobilize every couple of months to keep our leaders from inflicting human suffering on our constituents. Typically that is how progress is one. Won and how progress is maintained. For eacho stand up other on every issue and recognize that progress is never inevitable. That it often can be fragile. It is in need of constant renewal. Our individual progress and collective progress depends on our willingness to roll up our sleeves and work. [applause] and not be afraid to work. Host taking your calls, asking what is your new story of the week. Democrats can call 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. Jack from oklahoma on the independent line. Caller good morning, how are you . Host i am good. Caller i have a couple things i would like to talk about. One is insurance. Health care. Why dont they did the pharmaceutical companies and Insurance Companies out of it and give us something we need . Year, io know why, each am not a republican or democrat, the republicans think they have does that make them more intelligent . Why do they think they have to do that . President trump started it. Why do they give korea so Much Television coverage . Them they know that makes go further with what he is doing . Cut him off. Thank you very much. Have a good day. Host brenda calling in from indiana, pennsylvania on the democratic line. Caller good morning. I am calling in about the Health Care Debate. It is interesting, everybody is playing the blame game. There is not an elected politician that has the guest to get on stage and explained why got to get on stage and explained why we have a problem with the Health Care System. The reason they cannot repeal and replace obamacare is because the snacks in the obamacare snags in the obamacare are created by the american citizens themselves. Signedugh young people up to water down the risk pool and people took advantage of the preexisting condition clause and waited until they got sick to sign up for medical insurance. You can be diagnosed with cancer in the morning and have medical insurance that afternoon. Third, americans want medical miracles. Medical miracles cost millions of dollars. People do not want to pull the plug on their loved ones. We caused the snags. Republicans can fix the snags, because we caused them. If we have the money to send a satellite to mars, how can we not in sure our people insure our people . They talk about states rights, states have rights to administer the Health Care Program now and that is why there is such a large variation from state to state. Because states are exercising their right. Costsyou talked about the created by people wanting to use every day for ordinary measure for their loved ones extraordinary measure for their loved ones but how do you regulate against that . Caller you dont regulate against that. Of course you want to save your loved ones. Do not complain about the high cost of medical insurance. You want to save your loved one, it will be expensive and stop complaining about how costly it is. Host lets talk about other headlines in the news today. The latest on the travel ban. President trump will be replacing it soon. With severeace it restrictions on visitors from due to he has determined little to protect against terrorists and criminals coming into the United States. The new travel restrictions sould include an definite ban on entry until vetting procedures and Security Cooperation improved. It will go into effect as soon as sunday, after the conclusion of a 90 day policy review undertaken as part of the administrations original travel ban. The story says it could impact the Supreme Court case taking up the travel ban. Arguments are scheduled next month. Al calling from pomona, new york, on the independent line. Caller good morning. Host what is your new story of the week . Caller President Trump could not shine president obamas shoes. Any human being, politician or anybody, that puts money in front of human life needs to go find another job and get the hell out of the country. That is it. Host sandra calling in from denver, colorado on our independent line. What is on your mind . Caller a couple of things. The guy that just talked. The basic thing we need to be able to perform, to be a part of society, to bring up society, this is basic, we know we are nationy industrialized that does not have everybody has health care. Media not take down the north korea thing more . We are not going to war with north korea. We are getting enough coverage to what has happened in the past. Not just in korea, but vietnam. We could talk about iraq. Countries that run on a different system, they will never come to a democratic system. The vietnam war, year after year of slaughter of americans. We know it was for nothing. Another point we can bring all these people who have to go to the Health Care System because they went to a war that has no point. Calling out for what north korea is, be more quiet about it. Host ok. Joyce is calling in from omaha, nebraska on the democratic line. What is the biggest news story for you . Caller the states right with the medicaid going back to the states. The governor should be a friend. With medicare going back to the states, they will have to operate it and keep from going over the state budget. They will have the next question would be disaster. They these states would have to take care of their own disasters. If that happens, they will not have the money. Other states will not have the money. Because they will be too busy trying to keep the medicaid going. That will be a problem. The governors should think about it. Donald trump will say he will not finance a disaster. Thek what would happen with because the states cannot pay for the disasters, other states are helping. If there if they do not want to run over their budget, they will not have host the New York Times reports about President Trumps trip to alabama yesterday to campaign in favor of senator luther strange. Keeping the seat formerly occupied by jeff sessions. President trump through a few hedges in his endorsement of luther strange, at a rally that he admitted he would rather not have had to attend. Donald trump offered a rambling tribute to luther strange, arguing he had been unfairly tag as an establishment lackey and ally of mitch mcconnell. Allies have bankrolled much of the strange campaign. Even with the phrase, President Trump praise,