all right. it is finally here. yes, the republican plan to replace obamacare is public. can republicans overcome party division and find support they need to get the bill passed? and the president's new travel ban rolling out with substantial changes from the first one. how does it impact national security and will it hold up in court? thanks for getting an "early start" with us. i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. a lot of news on this tuesday morning. after years of promises to repeal and replace, the republican plan to dismantle

obamacare is at the starting gate. republican leaders face a tough job rallying support on their side. this may be branded as repeal, but this plan keeps several popular components of obamacare. it would bring major changes in two key areas. the insurance mandate and medicaid expanse. allowing insurers to hike premiums for people who allow their insurance to lapse. >> and a tweet with the house introduce the bill to repeal and replace obamacare. time to end this nightmare. nothing from his personal account. today marks an important step toward restoring health care choices and affordability back to the american people. president trump looks forward to repeal and replace obamacare with both chambers. they have their work cut out for

them with reservations. our coverage starts with phil mattingly on capitol hill. >> reporter: dave and christine. this is the moment republicans promised would come for years. election cycle after cycle, the obamacare repeal bill is here. it is public. it includes a lot of provisions. republicans say it will make the insurance market better for those who benefitted. the core components are not new. republicans have stated they would be in many of the plans before. repeal of the individual and play employer mandate. including the current ban on denying individuals with pre-existing conditions coverage. all of those are key elements were in obamacare. two major issues in the bill that republicans need to reconcile. how they provide subsidy for americans. repealing obamacare subsidy over

three areyears, replaced by tax credits. goes up from $2,000 to $4,000 based on age and capped depending on income level. the other issue is medicaid. a number of states took that offered in obamacare. now those states will be allowed to continue growing those roles until january 2020. that is language trying to reach out to red state senators. those states that did not expand, they will get money as well so they are not punished for not taking them. what is the pathway forward? it will be difficult. something senate majority leader mitch mcconnell made clear. >> the house will work with legislation that under a new president who will actually sign it can finally help us pursue smarter health care solutions in place of the failed partisan

experiment. we know the task is daunting, but it is just as necessary. >> reporter: guys, it is not just the u.s. senate that republicans have to worry about. they control the senate and house, but the house republican conference they have to worry about. still unclear if house speaker paul ryan will have the number of votes to actually move this through. we will get answers quickly. house republicans return tonight. house republicans start moving and marking up this legislation in the two committees responsible for it on wednesday. after that, house republicans want this on the house floor within the next couple weeks. what that means is house republican leaders need to get members in line. still a lot of concern that conservatives go along with it or moderates go along with it. those are answers that paul ryan needs fast. >> thank you, phil. republicans start the public sales pitch this morning with an

11:00 a.m. news conference. paul ryan saying it will drive down costs and give americans access to affordable health insurance. key republicans are holding out. jim jordan who cited the taxes the bill keeps in place. jordan telling cnn, quote, i don't see anything changes here. it is significantly the same thing. it doesn't change my position. we put on obama's desk the bill that got rid of the taxes and a republican president's desk a bill that keeps taxes in place? the democratic side nancy pelosi who helped pass obamacare eight years ago slamming the bill. >> republicans will force tens of millions of families to pay more for worse coverage. republicans decided affordable health care should be the privilege of the wealthy. not the right of every family in america.

>> big changes of medicaimmedim. the plan covers 70 million people expanded. medicaid expanded under obamacare. 16 states led by republicans chose to expand medicaid under obamacare and pressuring not to appeal the federal funding. the new proposal rolls back the expansion gradually. remaining untouched until 2019. the following year, republicans plan to eliminate enhanced federal match. putting states rather than the federal government on the hook for the costs. something that concerns governors. since the states don't have the money, they would curtail benefits or cut payments. all this could hurt not only poor adults, but low income children and women and seniors and disabled. that is the analysis from cnn

money. >> it will be interesting to hear from republican governors. they need them to sell this. what do they think about the medicaid expansion? the debate begins. >> repeal bill includes a plan to strip all funding for planned parenthood over concern the women's group provides abortion services. planned parenthood does not use federal money for abortion services. planned parenthood rejected the deal by donald trump. he would back funding if they stopped abortions. the president calling it a necessary service as vital to the group's mission. >> if you want to know how republicans are selling this, an 11:00 a.m. conference. they wrote in "the wall street journal" they thhow they are atg to sell the bill. on any other day, president

trump signing a new revised travel ban. that would be our top story, but further down. vowing another long legal battle against this version of the ban. there are key changes this time. among them the version drops iraq. so the ban now blocked people from six countries. syria, iran, libya, somalia and yemen. it sub spends admissions for 120 days. travelers can be granted waivers to come to the united states with that decision made on a case by case basis. it removes language prioritizing the religious minorities. it does exempt green card holders. >> and the revised ban will be phased in. march 16th.

homeland security john kelly says other countries are being looked at. >> i don't believe the list will be expanded, but we have been asked by iraq to cooperate to get better information we need. there are probably 13 or 14 countries. not all in the middle east. >> the president signed this executive order away from the view of reporters and cameras after more than three weeks of delays. the first version blocked by federal courts. >> no public appearances for the president yesterday. we will see him today. the fbi director said to be fuming at the suggestion of wiretapping from president trump. what is the white house saying in response? . itdecision to make beauty last. roc® retinol, started visibly reducing my fine lines and wrinkles in one week. and the longer i use it, the better it works. retinol correxion® from roc. methods, not miracles.™

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the white house scrambling over the chaos that trump tower was wiretapped by president

obama. a source telling cnn that james comey was incredulous over the weekend. comey feeling he had to push back because the accusation could make the fbi look bad. the director is frustrated with the department of justice for not responding to the request to knock down the story. press secretary sean spicer. >> what is the president's view of james comey right now? does he have the full faith and confidence to stay on as fbi director? >> i don't think we heard unsubstantiated claims. i don't think director comey commented on anything he alle d allegedly said. i'm not going to comment on what people say he said. the director is capable of speaking for himself. >> michael hayden says both

breitbart and mike levin has their own world view. >> the reputation of the nation at risk to get at least a draw out of the next 24 hour news. >> president trump did not address the wiretap claims on monday. the first day since office he had no on camera events. confirmation hearings for nominees don't typically get attention, but today, rod rosenstein. he was tapped by president trump in january. his boss, attorney general neff sessions recused himself from the investigation on russia. rosenstein is set to oversee those investigations if confirmed. he is digging in on the claims his answers about russian

contacts to the committee were quote correct. he said he did not mention two meetings with the russian ambassador because the question did not ask about them. he was not at the meetings as a member of the trump campaign. ben carson trying to clarify his remarks likening slaves to immigrants who choose to come to america. he was speaking at the staff on monday. he was praising the work ethic of immigrants before comparing them to slaves who were forced to come here in bondage. >> this is what america is about. a land of dreams and opportunities. other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships and worked harder for less. but they, too, had a dream. >> they didn't have a choice. after making that remark, dr. carson had a chance to explain what he meant in the radio

interview. instead he doubled down. >> whether you are legal or illegal. you come from the outside to inside. you're an immigrant. slaves came here as involuntary immigrants, but they still had the strength to hold on. >> he released this statement. they are two different experiences. immigrants made the choice to come to america. slaves were forced against their will and lost opportunities. the two experiences should never been intertwined or forgotten. >> that took too long to walk it back. they had a dream. freedom. rights. the same day iraq was pulled from the president's travel ban, iraqi forces made big gains helping to drive isis from a key stronghold. we are live in iraq on the ground next.

iraqi forces taking control of mosul's main government buildings in the overnight raid. soldiers seized the complex and court building along with the museum. this gives iraqi forces better access to fight isis militants near the old city. the advance comes on the same day iraq was removed from the travel ban from president trump. senior international correspondent ben wedeman is live in irbil with more. >> reporter: good morning, dave. we learned the iraqi prime minister labadi is in mosul

visiting the troops and commanders in the area. this is the day of forces in mosul. we have seen them go to the edges of the old city of mosul. that's where it is believed many of isis fighters are holed up. they have taken the government complex in the last 24 hours rece, which includes the central bank and museum. just a few years ago in 2015, isis madmen vandalized the statues and looted everything of value. at this point, it appears that iraqi forces control three father quarters of mosul since the offensive of 17th of november last year. we are hearing extensive civilian casualties in the western part of the city as a

result of the fighting and the result of the intense bombard m ment and land and air backed up by the u.s.-led coalition. regarding the travel ban, it seems all is well that ends well. iraqis are happy to be off that list of banned countries. i was checking the newspapers in baghdad this morning. not one mentioned on the front page iraq exclusion from the executive order. dave. >> certainly other priorities there. ben, thank you. 24 minutes past the hour. dialogue about north korea under way at the highest levels following the country's latest round of missile launches. president trump speaking with japanese prime minister abercrombie & fit shinzo abe as we learn kim jong-un called for the missile test. we have will ripley with more

from tokyo. >> reporter: dave and christine, i want you to look at this behind me. this underscores the danger this country faces from north korean missiles. these areintercepters. they are here to protect the people in the tokyo area from the threat from pyongyang and kim jong-un. he ordered a ballistic missile test. there were four missiles launched toward japan. three landing within 200 miles of the japanese coast. as add vavanced of the systems,s system could be overwhelmed. they may not be able to stop a nuclear-tipped missile from raining down on a highly populated area. that is why the japanese prime minister says this is a new threat they have not seen before as north korea's technical capacity increases. we know president trump on the

phone with the japanese prime minister reassuring him that japan as the united states 100% support. a similar conversation with president trump and acting president of south korea. in south korea, another defense system. thaad has started to roll into the country. those will be put in place. the u.s. says to help defend the more than 10 million people in seoul. 30,000 u.s. troops there. however, beijing and moscow very upset about this. they view the insulation of the technology as a provocative act. from the u.s. perspective, this is crucial to protect highly populated areas from the north korea threat. >> thank you, will wripley in tokyo. republicans need to muster their own votes to repeal obamacare. can they do it? how does it effect you? that's next.

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the republican plan to replace obamacare is finally here, but not everyone is on board. what's in the plan and how will it impact your health coverage? and the president's new travel ban in effect. are we in for the same chaos? the new ban withstanding legal challenges on the way. welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. twitter is a good place and bad place. they are comparing the old plan with the new plan with pictures as twitter tends to do. >> that is a little much for me. 4:00 a.m. on twitter. >> that's a net win. after years of promises to repeal and replace, the republicans trying to dismantle obamacare at the starting gate. republican leaders face a tough

job rallying support on their side. this may be branded as repeal, but it keeps several popular issues of obamacare. it would bring major changes in two key areas. insurance mandate and medicaid e e expansion and allowing insurers to allow ending coverage foincrr those who with allow it to lapse. >> the president looks forward to repeal and replace obamacare. the lead over e leaders have th out for them. we have coverage with phil mattingly on capitol hill. >> reporter: dave and christine, this is the moment for years.

election cycle after election cycle. obamacare repeal bill is here. p is public. no longer secret. it includes provisions. republicans say it will make the market much better for individuals and those who benefitted from obamacare itself. the issues are not brand new. republicans said they would be in the plans before. repeal of the individual and employer mandate. the moving forward of individuals on the parents health insurance to the age of 26. and including the current ban of denying individuals with pre-existing conditions coverage. those were in obamacare. popular. two major issues in the bill right now that republicans need to reconcile. how they provide subsidy for americans. repealing the obamacare subsidy over three years will be replaced by refundable tax credits. that goes up from $2,000 to $4,000. it will be capped depending on

income. and medicaid. some states took that offered in obamacare and now those states will be allowed to continue growing the roles until 2020. that is compromise language trying to reach out to red state senators concerned about what will happen to the program. those states that did not expand. they will get money as well so they are not punished by not taking them. what is the pathway forward? it will be difficult. something senate majority leader mitch mcconnell made clear on monday. >> the house will work this week to move forward with legislation that under a new president who will actually sign it can finally help pursue smarter health care solutions in place of the failed partisan experiment. we know the task before us is daunting. of course, it is just as necessary. >> reporter: guys, it is not just the u.s. senate. they control the senate and

house. it is the house republican conference they have to worry i about. still unclear whether or not house suprepeaker paul ryan wil have the number of votes to move this through. house republicans return tonight. republicans start marking up the legislation in the two committees responsible for it on wednesday. after that, house republicans say they want this on the house floor within the next couple weeks. things will move quickly. house republican leaders need to get members in line. a lot of concern whether or not conservatives will go along with aspects or moderates. those are answers that paul ryan needs fast. guys. >> phil, he has his work work cut out for them today. republicans start the pitch with the 11:00 a.m. news conference by the committee chairmans that drafted the measure. speaker paul ryan saying it will drive down costs and give americans access to affordable

health insurance. key republicans are holding out. jim jordan said taxes the bill keeps in place through a year-long transition period. jordan saying i don't see significant changes. it is significantly the same thing to me. it doesn't change my position. we put on president obama'si dek to get rid of the taxes and we put a bill on the republican president's desk a bill that keeps the taxes. nancy pelosi says it will force tens of millions of families to pay more for worse coverage. republicans decided affordable health care is the privilege of the wealthy. not the right of everyone in america. >> it will change a lot before it lands on the president's desk. it is possible to see who the winners and losers could be in the legislation.

more lower income folks could be left uninsured. obamacare expanded medicaid to subsidize health care costs for low income adults. 11 million people right now. people making $20,000 a year take a hit under the gop plan. on average, a 27-year-old would get $2000 back. good news for young americans. under obamacare, people subsidized older and sicker americans. now they could save $700 to $4,000 a year according to a study. the rich will get a tax cut. taxes on the top 1% pay for obamacare. now they get a tax cut averaging $33,000. the other day, president trump signing the travel ban would be the top story. now it is further down. another long legal battle against the version of the plan. there are changes this time. among them the version drops iraq. now the ban blocks from six

countries. blocks them from obtaining visas for 90 days and suspends admissions for 120 days. you can be granted a waiver to come to the united states on a case by case basis. it removes language on religious minorities and exempts green cardholders. >> and the revised ban will be phased in march 16th. homeland security secretary john kelly says other countries are looked at for extreme vetting. >> i don't believe the list will be expanded. there are countries out there that we will ask like iraq has done by the involvement of their prime minister to cooperate with us better to get information we need. there are 13 or 14 countries. not all muslim countries. not all in the middle east. >> trump signed executive order

away from the view of reporters and cameras after three weeks of repeated delays. the first versus blocked by federal courts. john kelly confirming his department is considering a plan to separate undocumented children from their parents at the mexican border. kelly says the practice could deter attempts to illegally enter the country and prevent the exploitation of children. if the plan enacted, undocumented children will be placed with health and human services or linked up with relatives already in the country. one thing they have been concerned about is people taking other people's children. people using children who are not theirs to get priority. when you come in with a family, you are brought in and told to come back for a hearing. of course, there's an unfortunate phrase of runners. they come to the first appointment with immigration and never come back. >> kelly did a nice job

articulating the need for this with wolf blitzer yesterday as opposed to the hateful rhetoric. it was more of an intellectual and safety argument here on cnn yesterday. is the white house confident in the fbi director following the accusations of wiretaps? hear what was said coming up. my fine lines and wrinkles in one week. and the longer i use it, the better it works. retinol correxion® from roc. methods, not miracles.™

the white house moving to calm the chaos triggered by the claim that trump tower was wiretapped by president obama. a source telling cnn fbi director james comey was incredulous over the weekend after the president tweeted the allegation. comey feeling he had to quote push back because the accusation could make the fbi look bad. the director is frustrated over the request to knock down the

story pushed back. and press secretary not offering up a ringing endorsement. >> what is your issue of the fbi director? does he have the full confidence? >> i don't think director comey has commented on anything that he has allegedly said. i'm not going to comment on what people say he might have said. the director is more than capable of speaking for himself. >> meanwhile, former cia director michael hayden is blasting the president and breitbart. he says both are advancing quote illegitimate world view. >> the president of the united states put his reputation and reputation of predecessor and nation at risk to get at least a draw out of the next 24 hour news. >> president trump did not address the wiretap claims on monday. the first weekday that he took

office that he had no on-camera events. we will hear from sean spicer at 1:30 when he takes questions on camera. he will be under fire. >> i know appointment viewing. confirmation hearings for nominees typically don't get that much attention, but a lot of people are watching at 10:00 a.m. when the senate committee takes up the nomination of rod rosenstein. his potential boss jeff sessions recused himself from the investigation of the involvement of russia. rosens rosenstein is set to oversee the investigation. he says he did not mention two meetings with the ambassador because the question did not ask about them and he was not at the meetings as a member of the trump campaign.

secretary ben carson trying to clarify remarks likening slaves to immigrants who choose to come to america. dr. carson speaking to his staff at hud on monday. praising the work ethic of immigrants before comparing them to slaves who were forced to come to this country. >> that's what america is about. a land of dreams and opportunity. other immigrants who came here in bottom of slave ships who came here and worked here for less. they, too, had a dream. >> after making that remark, dr. carson had a chance to explain what he meant in a radio interview. instead double downed on the comment. >> whether you are legal or illegal. you come from the outside to inside. you're an immigrant. slaves came here as involuntary

immigrants, but they still had the strength to hold on. >> backlash growing. dr. carson released this statement. quote, the slave narrative and immigrant narrative are two different experiences. immigrants made the choice to come to america. in contrast, slaves were forced against their will and lost opportunities. the two experiences should never been intertwined nor forgotten nor should that statement, mr. carson. we now know the cause of death of the actor bill paxton. according to the death certificate, paxton suffered a stroke following heart surgery. he was best known for "aliens" and "titanic." so talented. 61 years old. 48 minutes past the valley

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iraqi forces taking control of mosul's main government buildings in an overnight raid. soldiers seized the complex and court building along with the museum. this gives iraqi forces better access to fight thousand of isis militants near the old city. we have senior correspondent ben wedeman live in irbil. we know the iraqi prime minister is in mosul. >> reporter: he has come to see the progress and battle. the progress is impressive. offensive to take west mosul began two and a half weeks ago. they have taken part of the

city. since october, three quarters of mosul has been liberated from isis. as you mentioned, they made progress in the last 24 hours taking this government complex which is just adjacent to the old city where it is believed many of the isis fighters have retreated to. among the buildings they took was central bank and museum of mosul until isis took over the city. it was full of treasures going back 5,000 years. in february of 2015, isis members went in with sledgehammers and power drills and destroyed many of the priceless artifacts that are there and it is believed those that they could, they sold on the black market for antiquities. as far as iraqi reaction to the country's removal from the executive travel ban, executive

order, iraqis yesterday expressed satisfaction and relief that the country is no longer banned from traveling to the united states. it seems that 24 hours later, they refocused attention on mosul. this morning, i had a look at the front pages of the baghdad newspapers and not a single mention of the travel ban. >> interesting. thank you so much, ben wedeman. dialogue about north korea at highest levels following the missile launches. the prime minister and acting president of south korea in discussions. now a central defense system deployed to south korea. we have will ripley with more from tokyo. >> reporter: dave and christine. i'm at the japanese defense ministry. i want you to look at this behind me.

this underscores the danger the ree region faces from north korea. these are two intercepters. more than 20 million people living in the tokyo metro area from the threat of pyongyang and unpredictable leader kim jong-un. there were four ballistic missiles launched. three landing within 200 miles of the japanese coast. as advanced as the systems are, i'm told they are not foolproof. this system could be overwhelmed. they may not stop a nuclear-tipped missile from raining down on the highly populated area. that is why the japanese prime minister saying this is a new level of threat they have not seen before or as north korea's technical capacity continues to increase. we know president trump spoke on the phone with the japanese prime minister reassuring him that japan has the united states 100% support.

there was a similar conversation between president trump and the acting president of south korea. also in south korea, the first components of the missile defense system. thaad missile defense system rolled into the country. those will be put in place. the u.s. says to help defend the more than 10 million people living in seoul. 30,000 u.s. troops there. however, beijing and moscow very upset about this. they view the installation of that as a provocative act. this is crucial to protect the highly populated areas from the growing north korean threat. thank you, will. let's get a check on cnn money. stock futures bareeaarely movin. snap's honeymoon may be over. tanked 12 points yesterday and ended below the opening day price of $24.

snap soared 44% of the ipo on the first day of trading and 11% on friday. critics are concerned about the user growth and hype. snap only started making money two years ago and struggling to turn a profit. silicon valley not a fan of the revised travel ban. top executives are out against it. they were quick to speak out against the executive order. lyft says the company stands against the order. lyft will meet with the aclu to talk about the ban. uber also speaking out. our sentiment has not changed. it is unjust and wrong. more than 100 companies joined a legal fight against trump's original travel ban. that included apple and microsoft and google. silicon valley may not like many of the trump policies like the travel ban, but investors in tech stocks are happy. here's why. facebook, amazon, netflix and

google have soared in 2017. fang stocks. look at this. amazon, 19%. amazon up 12%. alphabet up 7%. apple is the best performer in the dow. >> fang. i never heard that. >> the new term for the fancy part of the economy. philosophic philosophically, they against the proposaproposals, but the t reform will help them. if the president can do that, they will make more money. >> if the president can stay on that message. "early start" continues right now. it is finally here. the republican plan to replace obamacare is public. it is online. you can read it. can republicans overcome party division and find support they need to get this bill passed.

>> that's obamacare. this is the president's new travel ban. that's rolling out. substantial changes from the first one. how does it affect national security and will this hold up in court? good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. they called it obamacare. this one, they are calling on twitter #trumpcare. the technical name is american health care act. after years of promises to repeal and replace, the republican plan to dismantle obamacare is finally at the starting gate. just at the starting gate. republican leaders face a tough job rallying support. the headline of the plan, eliminates the individual mandate and employer mandate. replaces with a new set of incentives. including the replacement of obamacare subsidy with refundable tax credits to encourage people to buy insurance on the open market. it also would eliminate t