♪
HOW YOU ARE, SIR?
YOU ARE HERE FOR A SPECIFIC EVENT?
FLYING OUT ON AIR FORCE ONE.
ALL RIGHT.
HAVE A GOOD ONE.
♪
HEADED OUT TO GET ON AIR
FORCE ONE.
THAT'S A BIG PLANE.
IT'S GOT MORE MISSILES THAN
TRUMP'S PRIVATE PLANE, BUT FEWER
GOLD‐PLATED FIXTURES.
♪
HI.
MS. HICKS, HOW ARE YOU?
HOW ARE YOU?
♪
MY FIRST TIME ON AIR FORCE
ONE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP.
KIND OF CINEMATIC.
YOU KNOW, THE SYMBOLISM OF THE
OFFICE.
MOST POWERFUL JOB IN THE WORLD.
♪
WHERE IS MR. KINNON?
HE IS SPENDING THE DAY WITH
TED CRUZ AND RAND PAUL.
IF YOU'RE ASKING ME IF HE DREW
THE LONG STRAW ‐‐
[ LAUGHTER ]
‐‐ I'M SAYING NOT NECESSARILY.
WE'RE HERE FREEZING OUR ASSES
OFF.
♪
WILL YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR
RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME?
I ‐‐
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR ‐‐
THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY
EXECUTE ‐‐
THE OFFICE ‐‐
OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES ‐‐
AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY
ABILITY ‐‐
PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND
DEFEND ‐‐
THE CONSTITUTION ‐‐
OF THE UNITED STATES ‐‐
SO HELP ME GOD.
CONGRATULATIONS, MR.
PRESIDENT.
♪
THE FIRST 100 DAYS OF ANY
PRESIDENCY HAS BECOME A
BENCHMARK FOR SUCCESS.
IT CAN SET THE TONE FOR AN
ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION.
♪
HONESTLY, LOOKED LIKE A
MILLION AND A HALF PEOPLE.
THIS WAS THE LARGEST AUDIENCE
TO EVER WITNESS AN INAUGURATION,
PERIOD.
SEAN SPICER GAVE ALTERNATIVE
FACTS.
BUT IT WAS THE MARCHES THAT
STOLE THE WEEKEND.
THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE.
DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE.
LET'S START BUILDING.
I'M ESTABLISHING NEW VETTING
TO KEEP RADICAL ISLAMIC
TERRORISTS OUT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
WE DON'T WANT THEM HERE.
CUTTING REGULATIONS
MASSIVELY.
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, PENDING
REPEAL.
REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING HE'S
THE PERFECT PICK.
WAS THAT A SURPRISE?
WAS IT?
I WANT TO JUST PRAY FOR
ARNOLD, IF WE CAN, FOR THOSE
RATINGS, OKAY?
A FEDERAL JUDGE TEMPORARILY
HALTING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TRAVEL
BAN.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ALREADY
TWEETING.
THE OPINION OF THE SO‐CALLED
JUDGE WILL BE OVERTURNED.
PRETTY UNPRECEDENTED.
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER
MICHAEL FLYNN IS OUT.
WHAT HE DID WASN'T WRONG.
WHAT WAS WRONG WAS THE WAY THAT
OTHER PEOPLE WERE GIVEN THAT
INFORMATION.
CALLED THE FAKE NEWS.
THEY ARE THE ENEMY OF THE
PEOPLE.
♪
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
♪
THE TIME FOR TRIVIAL FIGHTS
IS BEHIND US.
WE ARE BLESSED TO BE JOINED
TONIGHT BY THE WIDOW OF U. S.
NAVY SPECIAL OPERATIVE, WILLIAM
RYAN OWENS.
HE BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES IN THAT MOMENT.
HIS JOINT ADDRESS TO CONGRESS
COMPLETELY OVERSHADOWED BY NEWS
THAT HIS OWN ATTORNEY GENERAL
TWO MEETINGS WITH THE RUSSIAN
AMBASSADOR.
AROUND 6:30 THIS MORNING,
PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETS JUST
FOUND OUT PRESIDENT OBAMA HAD MY
WIRES TAPPED AT TRUMP TOWER.
I'M REALLY NOT A BAD PERSON,
BY THE WAY, BUT THE TONE IS
SUCH ‐‐
I CAN GET GOOD RATINGS.
YOU HAVE TO ADMIT THAT.
♪
DONALD TRUMP IS THE COLOSSUS
STRIDING OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM
RIGHT NOW.
THE COUNTRY IS GENUINELY
BEING CONVULSED BY THIS.
IT'S LIKE THE NOTION THERE IS A
RESISTANCE, WHEN MILLIONS ARE
WALKING AROUND SAYING NOT MY
PRESIDENT.
THIS CAMPAIGN WAS A CRAZY
NON‐STOP SPECTACLE.
THIS WHITE HOUSE, THIS
ADMINISTRATION ‐‐
IS CRAZY?
CRAZY.
NONSTOP ‐‐
SPECTACLE.
THE FIRST 50 DAYS, I DON'T
KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN.
TIME HAS GONE, SO FAR, FASTER
THAN IT'S EVER GONE AND SLOWER
THAN IT'S EVER GONE.
ISN'T THAT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
YOU'RE IN A BLACK HOLE?
♪
THE FIRST 100 DAYS IS NORMALLY A
GREAT TIME FOR A PRESIDENT, IT'S
HIS HONEYMOON PERIOD.
TRUMP HAS HAD NO HONEYMOON.
NO HONEYMOON.
HE SKIPPED THE HONEYMOON AND
WENT STRAIGHT TO DIVORCE.
RIGHT.
IT IS TRUE THAT FOR ANY
PRESIDENT, THE TIME YOU HAVE THE
MOST CAPITAL IS AT THE VERY
BEGINNING.
RIGHT.
♪
TRUMP, IT'S NOT REALLY DOING
ANYTHING.
DESIGNED TO BE A UNIFYING
GESTURE.
THE FIRST THING GEORGE W.
BUSH DID AFTER THAT BITTERLY
CONTESTED 2000 ELECTION WAS HE
WENT UP TO TED KENNEDY AND
PASSED A BIG BIPARTISAN
EDUCATION REFORM LAW.
THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK HE
DID TO SHOW HIS INTENT WAS TO
GOVERN FOR ALL OF AMERICA.
TRUMP IS DELIBERATELY
SAYING I WILL GOVERN FOR MY
BASE.
IT'S HARD TO GET BIG THINGS
DONE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.
HOW DO YOU GET HEALTH CARE DONE?
THAT'S THE QUESTION.
BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON TOOK
A HUGE BITE OUT OF HEALTHCARE,
THEY FAILED TO GET IT PASSED AND
PAID A HUGE POLITICAL PRICE.
BARACK OBAMA TOOK A HUGE BITE AT
IT, PASSED IT, PAID A HUGE
POLITICAL PRICE.
THIS ADMINISTRATION IS STARTING
WITH HEALTHCARE, PUT EVERYTHING
DOWN AND SAYING THAT WE WILL
REPEAL IT, PASS IT, AND IT WILL
BE POLITICALLY GREAT.
I THINK INFLAMING DEMOCRATS IN
WASHINGTON AND AROUND THE
COUNTRY TO MAKE IT VIRTUALLY
IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE THE KIND OF
BIPARTISAN ‐‐
THAT'S IT.
IF YOU'RE A DEMOCRAT, HOW CAN
YOU STAND UP AND SUPPORT HIM ON
ANYTHING.
SERIOUSLY.
AFTER HE SAYS BARACK OBAMA
PERSONALLY BUGGED TRUMP TOWER.
A LOT OF WHAT'S HAPPENED IS
SHOCKING.
NONE SURPRISING.
THE REPUBLICANS ARE QUICKLY
REALIZING JUST HOW DIFFICULT
HEALTHCARE IS.
WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY FAIL?
I REALLY THINK IF IT DOESN'T
PASS, IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO
IMAGINE EVER HAVING A MAJOR
LEGISLATIVE ACHIEVEMENT.
IN THE FIRST TERM.
NO.
IN ALL THE PRTCY.
PRESIDENCY.
TRUMP IS A GIANT BATTLESHIP, AND
WASHINGTON IS AN OCEAN.
WHICH IS WHY THE STAKES ARE SO
HIGH.
THIS IS NOT CASINO THIS IS
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA.
WHATEVER THAT MEANS.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT
ANALOGY AT ALL, BUT OKAY.
♪
LET THE HEALTHCARE BATTLE
BEGIN AGAIN.
♪
HOUSE REPUBLICANS FINALLY
TURNING THEIR REPEAL AND REPLACE
TALK INTO SOMETHING CONCRETE.
THIS IS THE AMERICAN
HEALTHCARE ACT.
ALREADY IS UNDER LOTS OF
FIRE.
NOT ONLY BY DEMOCRATS, BUT BY
MANY CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS AS
WELL.
THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET
OFFICE COULD RELEASE ITS
ANALYSIS OF THE REPUBLICAN
HEALTHCARE PLAN AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE TODAY.
AMONG THE BIG QUESTIONS THAT
REMAIN UNANSWERED ABOUT THE
REPUBLICAN HEALTHCARE BILL, HOW
MUCH WILL IT COST AND HOW MANY
PEOPLE MIGHT LOSE COVERAGE IF
ENACTED IN ITS CURRENT FORM?
WASHINGTON IS WAITING FOR THE
CBO, CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET
OFFICE, TO ANNOUNCE THEIR
SCORING OF THE HOUSE HEALTHCARE
BILL.
♪
THE CHALLENGE FOR REPUBLICANS
IS THEY'RE SAYING THEY'LL
PRODUCE A HEALTHCARE BILL THAT
WILL BE CHEAPER AND COVER MORE
PEOPLE.
BUT THE RUMOR IS IT WILL COVER
FAR FEWER PEOPLE.
REPUBLICANS HAVE SAID DON'T
LISTEN TO THE CBO.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE
TALKING ABOUT.
FAKE NEWS.
THE CBO IS SILENT.
THERE'S NO SPOKESMAN OUT THERE
EXPLAINING THE METHODOLOGY,
DEFENDING THEIR ROLE IN THE
WORLD.
THEY'RE ACTING LIKE THEY WANT TO
BE THE "WIZARD OF OZ."
SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL LOOK
AT THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN.
CBO, HERE WE COME.
YOU KNOW THE OLD SAYING ABOUT
REPORTS GATHERING DUST ON THE
SHELF?
YEAH.
THERE'S A LITTLE DUST ON THESE
THINGS.
A LITTLE DUST.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
GOOD, HOW ARE YOU?
DEBRA KELLER.
MARK HALPERN, NICE TO SEE
YOU.
COULDN'T GET ANYBODY ON THE
PHONE.
WE DECIDED TO COME OVER.
WE'D LOVE A TOUR.
CAN WE GET A TOUR?
UM ‐‐ YOU KNOW ‐‐
WE JUST WANT ‐‐ WE FEEL LIKE
CBO IS UNDER ATTACK.
MM‐HMM.
PEOPLE ARE QUESTIONING THE
WORK BEFORE IT COMES OUT.
WE'RE SO BUSY.
YEAH.
ARE THE NUMBERS COMING OUT
TODAY?
AS SOON AS WE CAN GET THEM
OUT.
COULD IT BE TODAY?
CAN WE HANG OUT UNTIL THEY COME
OUT?
YEAH.
SO THE CAFETERIA IS HERE.
IN THE HISTORY OF WASHINGTON,
HOW MANY PEOPLE STAKED OUT THE
CBO?
DOESN'T HAPPEN MUCH.
THIS IS A FIRST.
NOT ONLY THE CBO SCORE ‐‐
LOOK AT THAT.
BREATHLESS ANTICIPATION.
BUT CERTAINLY IT IS AN
IMPORTANT DAY ON CAPITOL HILL
FOR THE FATE OF THIS BILL.
C‐B‐O.
DID IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO?
MY BAG OF OLD TRICKS.
DELIVER THEM SOME PIZZAS.
DELIVER FOOD UPSTAIRS.
I'M PLEAD WITH HER MORE.
COME ON, GIVE US SOME BEHIND THE
SCENES.
WHAT HAPPENED?
♪
GOING UP.
DEBRA, HOW IS IT GOING?
HOW ARE YOU?
THESE ARE FOR YOU.
THAT'S SWEET.
I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO
REACH THE FINISH LINE.
OKAY.
WE WERE JUST WATCHING CNN
DOWN THERE.
THEY'RE LIKE EVERYONE'S WAITING.
EVERYONE'S WAITING.
THIS IS IT.
MM‐HMM.
WE'RE GOING BACK DOWN TO OUR
OFFICE IN THE CAFETERIA.
YOU'RE GOING TO STAY DOWN
THERE.
OKAY.
YEAH.
WE WANT TO BE HERE WHEN IT
HAPPENS.
OKAY.
LET US KNOW.
THEY'RE FOCUSED.
THAT'S THE LESSON WE LEARNED
HERE.
THEY'RE FOCUSED.
AIN'T NO HOTTER THING ON THE
RESUME THAN TO SAY I CLOSED DOWN
THE CBO CAFETERIA.
WE'RE JUST GETTING THOSE CBO
NUMBERS RIGHT NOW.
THE TOP LINE NUMBERS ARE WHAT
REALLY MATTER HERE.
24 MILTLION MORE WOULD
BE UNINSURED BY 2026 AND INCLUDE
A $327 BILLION IN BUDGET SAVINGS
OVER THE COURSE OF A DECADE.
THE FACT THAT THE REPUBLICAN
PLAN IS NOT AS BAD AS OBAMACARE
DOES NOT MEAN IT'S GOOD.
THIS WAS A BIG CAMPAIGN PROMISE.
DONALD TRUMP SAID IT WOULD BE
CHEAPER, MORE PEOPLE WOULD BE
COVERED.
IT WOULD BE BETTER.
ACTUALLY, I THINK IF YOU READ
THE ENTIRE REPORT, I'M
ENCOURAGED BY IT.
IT EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS.
THEY'RE TRYING TO SPIN THIS
THAT IT WOULD SAVE MONEY IN THE
LONG RUN.
WE BELIEVE COMPETITION LOWERS
COST.
THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE
PRESIDENT HAVE SAID EVERYBODY ON
OBAMACARE WILL BE COVERED.
THAT CBO REPORT WILL BE HUNG
AROUND THE BILL LIKE A LEAD
WEIGHT.
♪
WHILE THE WHITE HOUSE
STUMBLES WALKING BACK THE
PRESIDENT'S WIRETAPPING CLAIM A
STUDY BY THE NONPARTISAN CBO IS
MAKING REPUBLICAN PLAN FORCE
OVER
PLANS FOR OVERHAULING HEALTHCARE
A TOUGH SELL.
I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE A
DEVASTATING REPORT.
HOW WOULD DESCRIBE IT NOW?
DEVASTATING.
THERE'S A CHORUS ON THE
SENATE SIDE FROM MODERATE TO
CONSERVATIVE ALL SAYING THIS
WILL NOT WORK ON THIS SIDE OF
THE HILL.
ONE OF THE THINGS MOST STRIKE
BEING IT IS HOW LITTLE THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY IS ON THE SAME
PAGE.
THEY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO
HOLD IT TOGETHER AND TRY TO PASS
THIS
THIS.
THEY'RE NOT FUCKED, BUT THEY'RE
IN TROUBLE.
WHAT IS TRUMP TRYING TO DO ‐‐
SELLING IT IN PHOTO‐OPES.
GOING AROUND THE COUNTRY IN A
RALLY S THAT EFFECTIVE OR NOT?
I DON'T KNOW.
♪
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL BE
HOLDING A POLITICAL RALLY WHERE
HE'LL BE TOUTING THE REPUBLICAN
HEALTHCARE PLAN.
THE TROUBLED BILL IS FACING AN
INCREASINGLY UNCERTAIN FUTURE
WITH A GROWING NUMBER OF
REPUBLICAN MRALAWMAKERS.
♪
SO, AIR FORCE ONE HAS GOT THE
PRESIDENT OBVIOUSLY, SENIOR
STAFF IS HERE, KELLYANNE CONWAY,
KUSHNER, REINCE PRIEBUS IS HERE.
YOU HAVE THE POOL IN THE BACK.
WE'LL GET BACK ON THE PLANE, FLY
TO TENNESSEE, DO EVENTS IN
TENNESSEE.
♪
DOES THIS TRIP GIVE HIM AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO REV UP THE
PARTY'S UNIFIED SUPPORT BEHIND
THE REPEAL AND BASICALLY SAY WE
GOT TO REPEAL AND THEREFORE WE
GOT TO REPLACE IT, YOU HAVE TO
ACCEPT THE FLAWED BILL?
THERE'S UNIFIED SUPPORT FOR
REPEAL.
THERE HAS LONG BEEN.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT COMES NEXT?
I THINK A LOT OF THE PEOPLE
MAKING THIS POLICY UNDERESTIMATE
THE RESERVOIR OF HOSTILITY
TOWARDS REPUBLICANS, REPUBLICAN
LEADERSHIP AMONG THE REPUBLICAN
FAITHFUL.
THEIR POINT OF VIEW IS SIMPLE.
YOU HAVE SEVEN YEARS TO THINK
ABOUT THIS.
FOR SEVEN YEARS YOU'VE BEEN
PROMISING US THAT YOU WILL
REPEAL THIS MONSTROSITY AND
REPLACE IT WITH SOMETHING GREAT.
YOU HAVEN'T SHOWN WHAT THE
SOMETHING GREAT IS.
YOU HAVEN'T AGREED ON IT.
WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING?
THE BATTLE OVER PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S HEALTHCARE OVERHAUL IS
HEATING UP WITHIN HIS OWN PARTY.
CNN IS REPORTING THAT PAUL
RYAN, THE SPEAKER, IS PLANNING
ON CHANGING HIS BILL.
CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS ARE
REALLY PUSHING BACK.
REALLY GOING TO HAVE INPUT IN
THIS.
THE BILL COMING OUT OF THE
HOUSE IS GETTING IT FROM BOTH
SIDES, FROM DEMOCRATS AND ALSO
FROM REPUBLICANS LIKE RAND PAUL
WHO IS LEADING THE OPPOSITION ON
THE REPUBLICAN SIDE AGAINST THE
BILL.
I THINK WE'VE HAD SIX YEARS
TO COMPLAIN ABOUT PRESIDENT
OBAMA'S PLAN.
WE OUGHT TO GET IT RIGHT.
RIGHT NOW THERE ARE NO DEMOCRATS
IN THE ROOM.
THERE'S ONLY REPUBLICANS IN THE
ROOM.
MANY OF THEM ARE GIVING US THE
OLD OBAMACARE IDEAS DRESSED UP
IN REPUBLICAN CLOTHING.
HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE
SPEAKER?
YEP.
CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATION?
YEAH, MAYBE.
WE RAN ON REPEAL OF OBAMACARE.
HE DID NOT GO TO ANY OF THESE
RALLY WHERE THERE WERE 100,000
PEOPLE THERE SAYING REPEAL
OBAMACARE?
THE PLAN IS TO SHOVE THE RYAN
PLAN DOWN OUR THROATS WHETHER WE
LIKE IT OR NOT.
BUT IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
THE TRUE POWER OF CONSERVATIVES
IS IN GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE
THEY UNDERSTAND WE HAVE THE
NUMBERS TO STOP THEM.
♪
THIS IS WHAT THE ESTABLISHED
DOESN'T UNDERSTAND.
MANY OF THEM ARE HERE BECAUSE OF
THE CONSERVATIVE GRASSROOTS
MOVEMENT.
PAUL RYAN IS SPEAKER BECAUSE OF
THE TEA PARTY RALLIES IN 2009
AND 2010.
THEY DISREGARD US, I THINK, AT
THEIR OWN PEARL.
PAUL RYAN IS A REPUBLICAN,
YOU WOULD THINK HE'S
REPRESENTING US THE RIGHT WAY.
WITH THIS BILL THAT THEY'RE
TRYING TO PASS, IT DOESN'T SEEM
LIKE IT'S REALLY REPRESENTING
US.
I'M SICK AND TIRED OF THEM
PLAYING GAMES.
IF YOU'RE REPUBLICAN, GET ON THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE.
GET OFF THE FENCE.
NOBODY GETS ANYTHING DONE THERE.
I WANT A TRUE, GOOD, SOLID
STAND‐ALONE BILL.
NOT ONE THAT NEEDS AMENDMENTS.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADIEU,
SENATOR RAND PAUL!
[ CHEERS ]
♪
HEY, GUYS!
THIS BILL IS RIDDLED FROM TOP TO
BOTTOM WITH PROBLEMS.
WHAT WE WANT IS FREEDOM!
WE WANT TO BE FREE OF OBAMACARE!
COMPLETELY!
I'LL KEEP FIGHTING.
HANG IN THERE.
[ CHEERS ]
SENATOR TED CRUZ!
INTERESTING KIND OF POWER
PLAY GOING ON BETWEEN RAND PAUL
AND TED CRUZ.
RAND PAUL FEELS LIKE HE'S THE
LEADER OF THIS REPEAL MOVEMENT.
TED CRUZ IS JUMPING IN ON IT,
TOO.
TED CRUZ IS KNOWN FOR MAKING A
LOT OF TROUBLE.
HE'S GOOD AT IT.
SO, HE'S BLOWING UP STUFF
BEFORE, LOOKS LIKE HE'S BLOWING
IT UP AGAIN.
WE HAVE A REPUBLICAN IN THE
WHITE HOUSE, WE HAVE REPUBLICAN
MAJORITIES IN BOTH HOUSES OF
CONGRESS, HOW ABOUT WE ACT LIKE
IT!
[ CHEERS ]
WE'VE GOT TO DELIVER ON OUR
PROMISES.
WE NEED REAL REPEAL THAT LOWERS
PREMIUMS THAT GIVES YOU CONTROL
OVER YOUR HEALTHCARE.
THANK YOU, AND GOD BLESS YOU.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE
HEALTHCARE, WHERE WE ARE RIGHT
NOW, REMINDS ME OF A LINE FROM
YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE, NEVER GET
INTO A LAND WAR IN ASIA.
"PRINCESS BRIDE," RIGHT?
NEVER GO AGAINST A SICILIAN
WHEN DEATH IS ON THE LINE.
THIS BILL F, IF IT GOES TO THE
SENATE WILL NOT PASS.
WE HAVE TO FIX IT NOW IN THE
HOUSE.
I THINK WE'RE MAKING
MEANINGFUL PROGRESS.
SEE YOU.
♪
TAKING HIS ACT TO NASHVILLE
AS HE TRIES TO SELL HIS
OBAMACARE REPEAL AND REPLACE
PLAN.
AN OPPORTUNITY TO SELL A PLAN
THAT'S COME UNDER FIRE FROM ALL
SIDES.
♪
NOT OUR PRESIDENT!
THINK ABOUT OBAMACARE.
IT EVEN SOUNDS BETTER.
OBAMA DID CARE.
TRUMP DOESN'T CARE.
NO WALL!
NO PLAN!
NO WALL!
THE PRESIDENT IS MINUTES
AWAY.
SEAN SPICER AS POPULAR WITH
THE CONSERVATIVE RIGHT AS HE IS
UNPOPULAR WITH THE LIBERAL LEFT.
HE WALKED IN HERE, HE WAS MOBBED
LIKE HE WAS GEORGE
STEPHANOPOULOS, CIRCA 1992
♪ I'M PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN
WHERE AT LEAST I KNOW I'M FREE ♪
[ CHEERS ]
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, DONALD J. TRUMP!
[ CHEERS ]
USA!
THERE'S ONE VERY IMPORTANT
THICK THAT
THING THAT WE HAVE TO DO WE ARE
GOING TO REPEAL AND REPLACE
HORRIBLE, DISASTROUS OBAMACARE!
IF WE LEAVE OBAMACARE IN PLACE,
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
WILL BE FORCED OFF THEIR PLANS.
THE BILL THAT I WILL ULTIMATELY
SIGN, AND THAT WILL BE A BILL
WHERE EVERYBODY IS GOING TO GET
INTO THE ROOM AND WE'RE GOING TO
GET IT DONE WILL GET RID OF
OBAMACARE AND MAKE HEALTHCARE
BETTER FOR YOU AND FOR YOUR
FAMILY.
♪
[ CHEERS ]
GOING AFTER THE AFFORDABLE
CARE ACT.
THAT'S WHERE THE REPUBLICANS ARE
UNITED.
A LOT OF REPUBLICANS WANTED HIM
TO BE MORE SPECIFIC.
THIS IS ALL NEW TO HIM, THOUGH.
HE WOULD RATHER TALK ABOUT THE
CAMPAIGN STUFF, IMMIGRATION,
TRADE.
HE DID DO A SUSTAINED PLEA.
USA!
♪
I WANT TO GET TO HEALTHCARE
IN A SECOND.
FIRST NEWS FROM CAPITOL HILL
TODAY.
I DON'T THINK THERE WAS AN
ACTUAL TAP OF TRUMP TOWER.
CONGRESSMAN NUNEZ CONFIRMED
THERE'S NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CLAIM.
TO BAUT PUT A YOU ABOUT THEN O,
NOTHING TO SUGGEST THAT
PRESIDENT OBAMA WIRETAPPED
PRESIDENT TRUMP WHILE AT TRUMP
TOWER THAT YOU KNOW OF?
THAT'S CORRECT.
LET'S SET UP OVER TWLHERE.
WHEN THE SENATOR COMES, HE HAS
ANOTHER BOX.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, WE'RE ON
THE HOUSE SIDE OF THE CAPITOL.
♪
WE DON'T NORMALLY GET THIS
KIND OF PRESS.
THE FREEDOM CAUCUS, HOUSE
MEMBERS ARE MEETING HERE AND
SENATOR PAUL IS ABOUT TO COME
SPEAK TO THEM.
♪
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
FIND OUT HOW WE'RE DOING.
FOR ALL I KNOW, NOBODY HAS
EVER BEEN INSIDE A MEETING UNTIL
NOW.
♪
I THINK THEY SEE THIS AS DOES
RAND PAUL AS A MOMENT TO MAKE A
BIG MARK.
♪
OH, MY.
NOBODY TOLD ME WE WERE GOING
THIS FANCY.
THE TUX.
THERE'S A BLACK‐TIE EVENT
TONIGHT FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT.
OH.
WE ARE BRINGING ONE CAMERA
FOR A QUICK SHOT.
OBVIOUSLY SENATOR RAND PAUL
EARLY ON CAME IN AND WAS LAYING
OUT HIS STRATEGY.
SO HE I WOULD
SO I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU THE
HONORABLE GENTLEMAN FROM
KENTUCKY, SENATOR RAND PAUL.
[ APPLAUSE ]
I BROUGHT YOU ALL A GIFT
TONIGHT, THE ART OF THE DEAL.
I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
WE GO INTO THIS, THAT WE REALIZE
WE HAVE ENORMOUS POWER.
YOU GUYS HAVE ENORMOUS POWER IF
YOU STICK TOGETHER.
I PUT UP A QUOTE FROM THE "ART
OF THE DEAL" WHICH I THOUGHT WAS
APPROPRIATE.
THE WORST THING YOU CAN POSSIBLY
DO IN A DEAL IS TO SEEM
DESPERATE.
THAT MAKES THE OTHER GUY SMELL
BLOOD, WHEN YOU'RE DEAD.
WHEN WE WERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
THE OTHER DAY WE HEARD THAT THEY
ARE ALREADY GIVING ‐‐ WE'LL GIVE
YOU THIS, WE'LL GIVE YOU THIS,
WE'LL GIVE YOU THIS.
YOU HAVE TO DECIDE DO YOU LIKE
THE BILL OR ARE YOU WITH SOME OF
US WHO THINK WE OUGHT DO A CLEAN
REPEAL.
THIS IS HOW THINGS GET DONE.
THIS IS A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF
INSIDE WHEEL AND DEAL.
♪
INTERESTING THING ABOUT BEING IN
THAT ROOM, GETTING BEHIND THE
CURTAIN WAS WE SAW ENOUGH
MEMBERS IN THAT ROOM TO KILL THE
BILL.
VERY SIGNIFICANT.
A BIG DEVELOPMENT RIGHT
NOW ‐‐ THE WHITE HOUSE IS
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE HOUSE
BILL IN ITS CURRENT FORM CANNOT
PASS THE SENATE.
HOUSE SPEAKER PAUL RYAN
ADMITS ‐‐
THE BILL NEEDS CHANGES IN
ORDER TO PASS.
TODAY, THE HOUSE BUDGET
COMMITTEE TOOK UP THE AMERICAN
HEALTHCARE ACT, PUTTING US
ANOTHER STEP CLOSER TOWARDS
KEEPING OUR PROMISE TO REPEAL
AND REPLACE OBAMACARE.
QUESTIONS?
SPEAKER, COUPLE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE PRESIDENT AND THE
HEALTHCARE.
ONE IS, LOTS OF SPECULATION THAT
SOME OF HIS ALLIES DON'T LIKE
YOU, SOME OF YOUR ALLIES
DON'T ‐‐
THIS IS NEWS?
TO WHAT EXTENT ARE YOU TWO
PARTNERS EVERY STEP OF THE WAY?
WE ARE.
I SPOKE WITH THE PRESIDENT ABOUT
A HALF HOUR AGO.
I SPEAK WITH THE PRESIDENT
PRETTY MUCH EVERY SINGLE DAY.
NO THAT WE HAVE OUR SCORE, WE
CAN START MAKING IMPROVEMENTS
AND REFINEMENTS BASED ON
FEEDBACK FROM MEMBERS, AND THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
HAS BEEN MEDIATING THIS.
YOU OBSERVED THAT HE'S
UNORTHODOX IN SOME WAYS.
OF COURSE HE'S UNORTHODOX.
IT'S CONSTRUCTIVE IN MANY, MANY
WAYS.
THE FACT THAT HE TWEETS,
MIGHT BRING UP SOMETHING ABOUT
ALLEGED WIRETAPPING, IS ALL OF
THAT UNORTHODOX STUFF THAT IS
HELPFUL?
SURE, IT'S UNORTHODOX.
DID YOU SEE HIM YESTERDAY IN
DETROIT, IN TENNESSEE?
THE PRESIDENT HAS A CONNECTION
WITH INDIVIDUALS IN THIS
COUNTRY.
THIS IS A POWER THAT WE HAVE NOT
SEEN SINCE RONALD REAGAN.
♪
THANK YOU.
CAN YOU GIVE US A JOE NAMATH
GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL PASS THE
HEALTHCARE BILL?
BRETT FAVRE GUARANTEE?
♪
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE IS
FLIPPING REPUBLICANS AND
ACCORDING TO HIM THE HOUSE
REPUBLICANS HE MET WITH WHO WERE
OPPOSED TO THE HEALTHCARE PLAN
ARE NOW ON BOARD.
ALL OF THESE NOS ARE ALL
YESES.
EVERY SINGLE PERSON SITTING IN
THIS ROOM.
WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS
ON WHAT HAS BECOME AN
INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT OVER THE
PRESIDENT'S CLAIMS ON
WIRETAPPING.
PRESS SECRETARY SEAN SPICER
CITED A FOX NEWS REPORT THAT
IMPLICATED THE UK IN WIRETAPPING
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
THREE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES
HAVE INFORMED FOX NEWS THAT
PRESIDENT OBAMA WENT OUTSIDE THE
CHAIN OF COMMAND, USED GCHQ, THE
BY THEISH INTELLIGENCE SPY
AGENCY.
THE PRIME MINISTER CALLING
THE CLAIM RIDICULOUS.
THE PRESIDENT IS LIKELY TO BE
ASKED ABOUT THIS AT A PRESS
CONFERENCE WITH GERMAN
CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL LATER
TODAY.
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ALMOST NOON, HEAD OVER TO THE
WHITE HOUSE.
WE GET ONE SEAT IN THE WHITE
HOUSE BRIEFING.
ONE PER NEWS ORGANIZATION.
HEADS I WIN, TAILS I LOSE?
SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP ALL WEEK, YOU
CAN GET THIS ONE.
I LIKE TO KEEP MY DISTANCE FROM
THE GERMANS.
CHANCELLOR MERKEL IT'S A
GREAT HONOR TO WELCOME YOU TO
THE PEOPLES HOUSE, THE WHITE
HOUSE.
♪
MARK IS NEAR DONALD TRUMP,
I'M NEAR A BAR.
MARK, TRUMP.
ME, BEER.
WE'LL DO A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS, MARK HALPERN?
MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU.
STRAIGHT TO MARK HALPERN.
A LOT OF AMERICANS HAVE
ANXIETY AS THE GOVERNMENT
DEBATES ABOUT WHAT TO DO ABOUT
HEALTHCARE.
YOU TALKED IN THE PAST ABOUT NO
ONE SHOULD BE DENIED HEALTH
INSURANCE IF THEY CAN'T AFFORD
IT YOU TALKED ABOUT NO CUTS TO
MEDICAID AND MEDICARE.
WOULD YOU VETO ANY PIECE OF
LEGISLATION THAT VIOLATED THOSE?
THANK YOU, MARK.
WE JUST HAVE A WONDERFUL GROUP
OF PEOPLE MEETING LATER.
WE MET WITH 12 PRETTY MUCH NOS
IN CONGRESS, YOU SAW THAT A
LITTLE WHILE AGO.
THEY WENT FROM ALL NOS TO ALL
YESES.
AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, TRUMP
HAS NOT ANSWERED MARK'S
QUESTION, EVEN IN THE GENERAL
NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE SAME ZIP
CODE.
WE HAVE A GREAT PLAN.
WE HAVE A PLAN THAT IS GETTING
MORE AND MORE POPULAR WITH THE
REPUBLICAN BASE, CONSERVATIVE
BASE AND WITH PEOPLE GENERALLY.
APPARENTLY THE HEALTHCARE
BILL IS IN GREAT SHAPE.
WHAT IS NOT NEGOTIABLE FOR YOU,
MR. PRESIDENT.
I'LL TELL YOU AFTER WE'RE
FINISHED.
TELL US NAMES OF THE ALLEGED
WIRETAPPING ON YOU, ON TRUMP
TOWER, ON TRUMP ORGANIZATION OR
ON MEMBERS OF YOUR CAMPAIGN THAT
BRITISH INTELLIGENCE WAS EITHER
RESPONSIBLE FOR IT OR INVOLVED
IN IT.
AS FAR AS WIRETAPPING, I
GUESS BY THIS PAST
ADMINISTRATION, AT LEAST WE HAVE
SOMETHING IN COMMON, PERHAPS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
JUST DOES NOT HAVE ANY
INTEREST IN MAKING THIS GO AWAY.
AT A TIME WHEN THE PRESIDENT
JUST PUT OUT HIS BUDGET, THE
PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO FIGHT FOR
HEALTHCARE REFORM, AND THIS HUGE
IMPORTANT GLOBAL MEETING BETWEEN
THESE TWO PEOPLE, ALL OF IT JUST
OBLITERATED BY THIS WIRETAPPING
THING.
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MARINE ONE.
TRUMP IS HEADED OUT TO
FLORIDA FOR THE WEEKEND.
TRUMP IS GETTING ON.
TRUMP AND MELANIA.
SHE WAS WEARING RED.
THIS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE
WEEK.
YEAH.
THE BIG THING REMAINS
HEALTHCARE.
THEY KNOW IT HE'S GOT TO PASS
IT.
IT'S SO MUCH MORE COMPLICATED
THAN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER OR THAN
A TWEET.
IT TOOK DEMOCRATS 40 YEARS TO
PASS IT.
YEAH.
AND TAKING IT AWAY IS HARDER
THAN PASSING IT.
THEY MAY PASS IT OFF.
NEVER SAY NEVER WITH DONALD
TRUMP.
IT IS LOOKING BETTER TODAY
THAN IT DID, BUT STILL A MILLION
MILES TO GO, JUST TO GET IT
THROUGH THE HOUSE.
HE GOES
THERE HE GOES!
ONE THING I LEARNED WITH ALL
THIS AMBIGUITY, IN DONALD
TRUMP'S WASHINGTON, EVERY WEEK
ENDS WITH A CLIFFHANGER.
♪
♪ I LIKE TO MIX LADIES DRINKS
WITH MY FINGERS ♪
♪ ARE THESE MY JETS ♪