bob is an washington post political reporter. welcome, bob. tell us how this interview came about. usual way, particularly after i was covering congress, and there were those in the senate and the house, and the party just did not have a plan, and i was very curious whether president-electt trump, just days before this, was watching the conversation, and he is. charlie: what did you learn from that and from watching the debate? bob: through the campaign coverage, that he is not driven by ideological passions. up in the air. he knows the democrats are making the case that the 20 million people covered under a obama care could lose their insurance if it is repealed and knows thatnd trump republicans have to have an answer for that, and he did say he has been watching what has been happening, with the failure of consensus among the republicans, and he says he has a plan. now, he did not go into detail, which is important to note, but he did go down to the final strokes, and he
bob: in the usual way, requested an interview especially after i was at the capital covering congress, and anxiety, a lot of especially among republicans in the senate and the house, and the party just did not have a plan, and i was very curious whether president-elect trump, just days before this, was watching the conversation, and he is. charlie: what did you learn from that and from watching the debate? bob: it was something reflective of a trait i found through the campaign following trump. he is not driven by ideological passions. he has a political antenna up in the air. he knows the democrats are making the case that the 20 million people covered under obamacare could lose their insurance if it is repealed and replaced, and trump knows that politically not just on policy, but politically republicans have to have an answer for that, and he did say he has been watching what has been happening, with the failure of consensus among the republicans, and he says he has
fences, produced directed and stars denzel and viola davis and with me is denzel and covenants covenants, wife of august wilson. you learn paragraphs have a meaning so you learn not to make too much of a meal out of it or it won t make sense and august is the same way. we conclude with billy eichner with billy on the street and difficult people. we have a strange trajectory on the show. a lot of shows are hot and buzzy when they pre-mir and get quiet. this is the opposite. premiered five years ago, who one knew what it was and every season has gotten progressively more popular. bob costa, denzel washington, covenantconstanza romero wilsond billy eichner when we continue. blvrng rose: funding for charlie rose has been provided by the following: and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. rose: we begin with a look at p
fences, produced directed and stars denzel and viola davis and with me is denzel and covenants covenants, wife of august wilson. you learn paragraphs have a meaning so you learn not to make too much of a meal out of it or it won t make sense and august is the same way. we conclude with billy eichner with billy on the street and difficult people. we have a strange trajectory on the show. a lot of shows are hot and buzzy when they pre-mir and get quiet. this is the opposite. premiered five years ago, who one knew what it was and every season has gotten progressively more popular. bob costa, denzel washington, covenantconstanza romero wilsond billy eichner when we continue. blvrng rose: funding for charlie rose has been provided by the following: and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. rose: we begin with a look at p