Republicans could face a watergate-level blowout in the mid term election if they don t make strides on healthcare, invoking the political standard that brought down richard nixon s presidency. that s the fear. president trump knows what that is. senator cruz knows what it is. but is that working to get things done? it is. the president is taking action now, because he knows that if congressional republicans fail to do something, the republican administration needs to have a victory to claim in 2018 and it may translate to generating republican turnout at a mid term election. i was at a conference with republican conservative donors, and this concern that senator cruz outlined is something they re feeling. they re worried there will not be anything and they will lose control of congress and it s not just something that republicans will gain back a year from now or in the next mid term election
In congress failed to agree. i will sign an executive order taking the first steps to providing millions of americans with obamacare relief. it directs the department of health and human services, the treasury, to increase action to increase competition, increase choice and increase access to lower priced high quality health care options and they will have so many options.
[applause] and you all didn t start it, the establishment started it. but i will tell you one thing, you all are going to finish it. elizabeth: president trump also appearing in front of the group on friday. he is the first sitting president to do so although it s not his first appearance. president trump this morning claiming victory on twitter as health care stocks crashed on his announcement ending some obamacare subsidies. he wants to pressure congress to finally do something about republican s promise to repeal and replace. kevin cork with us, as some congressmen like to challenge and one might imagine on capitol hill, others pushing back. you re right on the money on that. the administration is making it plain and clear, they cannot lawfcannot lawfulfully continue to make
You as somebody looking at this in the way you are as we keep watching the fires burn in sonoma now. our thoughts and prayers with you and our support as well over the next couple of years for sure. i m sure that people will be coming by to see you and say we saw your interview and wanted to come by and say hi. appreciate it, sir. thank you. thank you very much. leland: godspeed. liz? elizabeth: still ahead, president trump s decertification of the iran nuclear deal drawing praise and criticism. we ll take a closer look at their reaction. president trump dismantling pieces of obamacare. we ll have a fair-and-balanced panel that will weigh in on the president s executive order. we re going to have great healthcare in our country. we re taking a little different route than we had hoped because getting congress, they forgot what their pledges were.
Authorization and we can go on for a minute or two. is there a strategy here or is the president not wanting to deal with things? it is a way to turn up the pressure. he knows that republicans will pay the price if they cannot get a victory in the next several months. this is his way of handing republicans in congress several opportunities to do something. they have an opportunity on immigration, to find a fix on daca and push through some responsib responsible on immigration. leland: they have all these things, but healthcare repeal and replace out of the inauguration doesn t happen, failed spectacularly. we re seeing fraction breaks when it comes to healthcare. this is what senator ted cruz said, republican of texas, the