his advice is been all over the map and that's one of the problems for the republicans in the house and senate. they are trying to craft a plan and have to reconcile plans in the house and senate on the same base and they have to guess they are looking to the president to give them guidelines on what they want and how they want to do that. when the guidance is all over the map, they tried to forge ahead without him. didn't newly confirmed health and human services secretary tom price go to capitol hill yesterday and what do we know about what he told republicans on capitol hill? >> from what we could tell it was a very tentative conversation saying you want to keep the door open a new wanted to have conversations with all of them about the problems in the district, particularly on taking away medicaid expansion and what that does. about ensuring pool -- insurer pools and what they look like. it was a conversation that came out from what we know with any sort of specific plan, it was more of i'm going to be the point person on this, i want to be listening to you guys in tandem. boss that is known to and on women's --whims change his opinion on any notice. it will be important for republicans saying privately for the president to try and stay away from publicly affecting the negotiations or even being too involved privately. i think with tom price, he has deep ties in the house. i think republicans on capitol hill are hoping he can handle it. host: republican members of congress are getting ready to head home for a week when congress is not in session. town halls are expected to be the focus of efforts by those who support the afford will care act. what sort of guidance is being given by republican leadership on how to deal with whatever republican members will run into back in a district when it comes to this issue? caller: you are seeing a lot of republican members that they can prepare for the next year or two. it is part more protest last month and we seen. you'd -- in utah, jason chaffetz have thousands of people come to his town hall and protest. you are having a lot of members who are going to have a really different and not for different reasons. if a lot of constituents who love president trump and no matter what he says or does, they are diehard supporters. they have to balance that who thinkother group this is the end of western civilization. this is a guy who inspires deep hatred and deep support. there's not a lot in the middle. that's going to be a problem for these guys heading forward. host: josh >> house returns in about 10 minutes at noon eastern. working on two disapproval resolutions. we'll -- one dealing with hunting in alaska and the other on a health and human services rule on family planning and preventative health care. live coverage of the house here on c-span when they gavel back in. and until then, part of today's "washington journal." >> washing. ♪ host: congresswoman susan delbene. a week ago you and your fellow house democrats were dashed here is a cnn headline from that retreat. internal split michael's house

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