One reporter wasnt having it. The 11th hour begins now. And good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Another eventful one day. Day 159 of the trump administration. And the president s promise, the republican promise to repeal and replace obamacare faded today. The Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is a cagey veteran and inside player, and a very good vote counter. He doesnt do this often. But today he pulled back on the bill. Its been delayed until after the july 4th recess. Then the Senate Republicans got on a bus and went to the white house where they sat around a giant table with the president , who was notably book ended by two of the plans critics collins of maine a no vote, a murkz ever alaska who was called out by name by the president who added if they cant make a deal thats okay. I thought id ask you folks to come say hello and well discuss health care. We have really no choice but to solve this situation. Obamacare is a total disaster. Its
And a good vote counter. He does not do this often but today he pulled back on the bill. It is been delayed until after the 4th of july recess. The Senate Republicans got on a bus and went on the white house where they sat around the giant table with the president who was noticeab noticeably. Collins of maine no vote. I thought i ask you folks to come sto say hello and well discuss healthcare. We have no choice but to solve this situation. Obamacare is a disaster. Rates are going up and it is interesting. Alaska was 206 . A 206 increase in alaska. This will be great if we get et done and if we dont get it done t something that we are not going to like and thats okay and i understand that very well. I think we have a chance to do something very, very important for the public, very, very important for the people of the country that we love. As the senators left the white house, Mitch Mcconnell laid out whats next or this bill. Well continue to work on the agreement thatll involve the dis
The president then went on to dispute point by point the intelligent assessments given publicly by his own intel chiefs just this eck woweek, downplayi threats by i. C. E. And north korea. Here are part and then contradicted by the president s fantasy version today. Isis is intent on resurging and still commands thousands of fighters in iraq and syria. What happened in syria with respect to isis and the caliphate have grown tremendous in the past couple of weeks, at the same time were consolidating a tremendous amount gf things are happening. North korea will seek to retain its wmd capabilities and unlikely to give up its Nuclear Weapons and capabilities. We made tremendous progress with north korea. When i came in, or lets say at the end of the last administration, we looked like we were going to war with north korea. Now theres no missile testing, theres no rocket testing, theres no nuclear testing. This same former intelligence official adds, this is the same tactic he tried with th
Rally today he had hid his mind defending the crowd behind the chan and tripling down and the attacks on four american congresswoman. The things they said about our country are terrible. Its a disgrace what theyve said. They cant call our country and people garbage. You just cant talk about our country that way. And when people are angry at them i fully understand it. Reporter so he now seems to sympathize with those behind the send her back chant, a chant incidentally that echos the words from his racist tweet over the weekend where he implied the women arent americans and can go back to where they came from. Lets be clear. The group of women have been outspoken about trumps policies. But theyre supported by the First Amendment. Theyre elected officials. And lets not forget, the president himself has a long history of disparaging the country. Mothers and children, trapped in poverty, and the crime and the gangs, and the drugs that have stolen too many lives. In american carnage stops
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