we saw that earlier with obamacare. and if they think that they just need to keep going after obamacare done today and tomorrow back on to emails, that is really big mistake. sandra: you just called what we heard from donald trump a pivot, julie. >> yeah. sandra: and he stuck to his message that is obamacare. newt gingrich, who is donald trump supporter sat on this couch a couple weeks ago said i wishing he would just stick to obamacare, okay, instead of talking about the scandals. appears he is staying on message. what do you make of the strategy seven days -- >> i agree with everything steve just said. he should stick to obamacare or some other substantive issue. people are voting based on what will affect their pocketbooks. what will affect their lives. one thing i say about newest email scandal, for example, another woman came out and said donald trump inappropriately harassed me? will that make any supporter of donald trump suddenly say, okay, forget it, one more woman? i'm not going to do it. same thing with email

in spite of obamacare, and because of obamacare, that's why we need to get rid of all of obamacare including the supposedly popular conditions supposedly banning discrimination against patients with pretesting conditions. kennedy: if you weed out the bad parts of the aca you don't like, you are left with the status quo. you could argue it was the impending failure of obamacare that got donald trump elected in the first place. let's say you do what you just suggested. let's say you scrap the whole thing. what do you do for the 20 million people who have insurance because of obamacare. and how can you create a system in a short amount of time that fixes the daily healthcare market? >> you stop the bleeding. obamacare and other government leaders are exacerbating this problem of preexisting conditions. you want to put in place reforms that allow people to have secure access to care when they get sick. what was -- where that was happening was in the individual market that obamacare pretty much abolished. if you allow people to purchase insurance without tax penalties, tell them to buy insurance

over 90% of the counties in florida are losing obamacare, and they are losing the insurers that put obamacare there. but you know what? we are going to make it 100% of the counties because we are going to terminate obamacare, and it's not going to make a difference. we will be terminating obamacare , and we will be replacing it with so many different options that you will have great health ,are at a fraction, a fraction of the cost. and it will be great. with obamacare, premiums are surging, companies are leaving, insurers are fleeing, doctors are quitting, and adaptable's are going through the roof. are going through the roof. yet crooked hillary clinton wants to double down on obamacare, make it even more expensive. you've got -- going to go way up . going to go way up. obamacare is going to go much higher. "lock herchanting up!"] mr. trump: nobody in this room can believe what is going on in washington. nobody in this room can believe what is going on with the fbi and the department of justice. nobody. nobody. can believe it. i'm asking for your vote so we can repeal and replace obamacare

try to repeal obamacare. obamacare is such a gigantic bill. if you take away one piece, you can't leave one of the other pieces. it's sort of like a jinga game. if you pull out one piece, another piece falls down. he has to give something back to democrats to keep what he likes. we know what tom price wants to do but we don't know what democrats are going to be willing to do. it is to be determined what will happen to prices and the bill overall. we have a conservative voice leading the charge. >> i have to leave it there. thanks to all of you. >>> still to come on the "newsroom," michigan declares donald trump the winner as jill stein fights for a recount. jill stein will join me live next. this holiday, get an amazing deal on america's most awarded brand, during the ford year end event. ford, the brand with the most 5-star ratings... the highest owner loyalty... and award-winning value from kelley blue book. giving drivers what matters most. that's how you become america's best-selling brand. shop now during the ford year end event. get a th

with an obamacare plan. listen to this. 57% of doctors say they're not going to accept obamacare. patients next year, that's dramatic. >>s that dramatic and for more than half -- what is going on, what's going on is insure reverse fleeing obamacare and doctors aren't getting paid and not what they feel they're planned in place in exchanges so, in fact, the american college of physicians center sent a report to department of justice saying doctors are not getting paid is this your intent is this what youen play to do to bairvegly have us not being paid so paraphrasing what they said. so we also see that people are not very satisfied with their insurance plans right now. by the way, 1.4 million people are expected to lose their insurance plan under obamacare for next year. >> premium is u up 53% -- donald trump speaks in pennsylvania within the hour, i believe -- we'll take you there when it happens. he's going to plug obamacare as his very good issue to take that state. we'll be back. all right, now this. wai

but it's a meeting talking about health care and obamacare. our plan for other things include the bringing back back of manufacturing jobs. we'll bring back the manufacturing jobs that form the backbone of american middle class and the country as a whole. our jobs are being stolen. pennsylvania has lost almost 40% of the its manufacturing jobs since nafta, a deal signed by hillary clinton and supported by hillary clinton. the city of philadelphia has lost more than bunn third of its manufacture jobs since china joined the the world trade organization, another bill and hillary-backed disaster is it. a trump administration will renegotiate nafta, believe me. we have the greatest negotiators in the world. we'll use our greatest negotiators. [applause] we'll have a fair deal but we'll have a deal that goes into two directions, not one direction, right into mexico and other places. stand up to product dumping currency manipulation and unfair subsidy behavior. we're going to bring manufacturing jobs, lots of jobs, back to pennsylvania. we're going t

almost 20% eligible for obamacare will have one exchange insurer available this year. one plan is not a choice, it's a monopoly. at least 1.4 million americans are about to lose their plans in 2017 and that's after millions already lost their plans in the first years of obamacare. this means that too many people won't be able to continue to see their doctor, interrupt treatment and care. part of the reason costs wept up is because obamacare dictates that american buy a government-designed health insurance, we knew that when they passed this bill with expensive and very unnecessary benefits. i mean, no wonder that the young and the healthy don't want to buy these plans. i mean, the coverage is expensive, the plans have huge deductibles that people can't afford. i mean, the average deductible for the so-called cheapest category of family plans this year is almost $12,000. that's more than one fifth of the median household income of the united states. what's worse is many best doctors have opted out of seeing patients with exchange coverage. it's true. but it's also true

about obamacare, which you say you're going to repeal and replace. when you replace it, are you going to make sure that people with preconditions are still -- >> yes. because it happens to be within of the strongest assets. >> you're going to keep that. >> also with the children living with their parents for an extended period. we're going to try to keep it. it adds cost, but it's something we're going to try to keep. >> obamacare allows children up to the age of 26 to be includ on their parents' health insurance, and they don't have to be living in the parents' home. and of course obamacare does not allow insurance companies to deny care to people with preexisting conditions. and that's the right thing to do. it sounds humane. people with preexisting conditions should be able to get health insurance. what donald trump does not understand is that once he says he wants to retain the part of obamacare that allows people with pre- existing conditions t get health insurance, then he is stuck with almost the all the rest of obamacare, because when you for

that's not donald trump's plan. >> well, you have to remember, when obamacare became obamacare, obamacare rewrote medicare, rewrote medicaid. if you are going to repeal and replace obamacare, you have to address those issues as well. what a lot of folks don't realize is this 21-person board called the ipap is about to kick in with price controls on medicare. what people don't realize is because of obamacare, medicare is going broke, medicare is going to have price controls because of obamacare, medicaid is in fiscal straits. you have to deal with those issues if you are going to repeal and replace obamacare. medicare has serious problems because of owe be a bebamacare. those are part of our plan. >> do you put obamacare replace -- repeal and replace through the senate in budget reconciliation? >> those are -- >> okay. social security obviously is something you have always talked about. >> that's something i talked about. that was not part of our better way agenda. frankly, the fiscal pressures are mounting faster on health care than social security. >> what about taxes? is that going to b

a new study finds many obamacare users >>> donald trump has made repealing and replacing obamacare one of his key policy plans and with double digit proposal yum rises on the horizon, a recent study by the market research firm gvk found 50% of obamacare users are cutting back on care, compare that to 33% among the general insured population. and in the key swing state of arizona, premiums are expected to go up by 116%. that's the highest in the nation. peter barnes, senior washington correspondent for the fox business network is taking a look at that as part of our ongoing series. >> arizona is the swing state with the highest projected increase in health insurance premiums under obamacare for 2017. a jump of 116% for the benchmark silver plan more than four times the increase in the national average. and the number of insurers there participating in obamacare is falling from 8 to 2. with phoenix down to only 1. using figures from the administration, the typical 27-year-old arizona voter on obamacare will see his or her average premium in the silver plan jump from $196 a month to $422

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trump on obamacare? >> i wouldn't take it that far. i believe that president-elect trump is being properly respectful to president obama. this is obviously his signature domestic legislative achievement to hear president obama say it, but at the same time this has been an incredibly important issue to millions and millions disappointed in the ill effects of obamacare. their premiums have increased, their quality has gone down, it was a lie, it was a completely lie uttered dozens of times by the president and others that if you liked your plan you can keep your plan, if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor. you hear people talking about a lack of access. and now with the obamacare premium notices coming into your mailboxes and on your computer screens in october, many americans woke up and said, wait, now i have to ma affordability when it comes to paying the rent or mortgage, food, consumables and my health insurance. so this is an issue also politically speaking, chris, that helped the republicans win and keep the house and s

trump to reconsider the repeal of obamacare. the president signed that into law six years ago and it became one of obama's signature achievements, as joe biden so aptly put it. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states of america, barack obama. remember that? but if trump has his way that big deal is about to go down. cnn's chief business correspondent christine romans is here to talk about that. will it be so easy to repeal obamacare? >> i would say for republicans it a curse word. it has been a curse word for some time in a very different way. in a word, carol, it takes congress and it takes a plan here to repeal and replace obamacare. let's talk about what they could do here. they could repeal and replace it then with a brand-new law. that's what congress could do. they could repeal it just like that and return to the old system. or they could remove parts of the law, and keep the broader law. remove parts of it, and basically fix it. but what donald trump has said he wants to do is repeal and replace it. if

obamacare is going to be repealed and replaced. obamacare is a disaster. it is over for obamacare. obamacare is just blowing up. >> so now he's saying he wants to keep parts of it. he's completely changed. that was just campaign talk. this is the real trump. this is the most -- example of the difference between campaigning and governing. you go talk to president obama. you go to the hill and you are talking about the speerkt speaker ryan and mcconnell about. and rhetoric falls away. the rallying cries of campaigning repeal and replace come down to negotiating and compromise. and one thing president elect trump has sold himself as is he's a really good negotiator. and he will get you much better program that will keep the most popular parts. the thing he has to reckon with -- >> and the cost for couraging -- for the things that are particular he say he's going keep. v selena when you look at trump supporters, 83% in exit polls said they thought obamacare went too far. and you said the press takes trump literally but not seriously. his supporters take him seriously but not literally.

"real change begins with immediately repealing and replacing obamacare." now that donald trump is president-elect, the repeal of "obamacare" now seems like a viable option. president obama's affordable care act has struggled to find widespread public acceptance. but as manu raju reports, getting rid of the entire law would be a challenge. <

the thing is obamacare is going to die no matter what. it's going to die under the weight of its own horribly writtenself. republicans own this at this point. what is interesting is who president-elect trump chooses as lead advocate here. we will know when he names someone for the health and human services, whether that will be the lead policy advocate. is he just going to defer to congress? and even there you have differences of opinion. senator mitch mcconnell has deferred to bill cassidy the senator from louisiana who just wants to tinker with obamacare. the house has much bolder proposals but even they retain -- most of them retain keeping 26-year-olds on heir parent's healthcare plan and making some kind of provision for people were preexisting conditions. so this is one area where we really don't know what's going to happen except that we know that obamacare is done. >> it is totally unsustainable as a math question unless they repeal math. >> i would be in favor. >> as a liberal arts guy i'm in favor of that. if you tell insurers t

so we will repeal and replace obamacare. obamacare is failing, premiums up 25%, 16 of the 23 co-ops have failed or are on the verge of it, plans are pulling out, less choice for the public. it has to change. >> but you can't really legally repeal obamacare unless you have a super majority in the senate to beat back a filibuster. so, one, won't some parts of obamacare, the law parts, remain in place as opposed to the budget parts and what do you do for those 20 million people who now have health insurance under obamacare while you a're dismantling the plan? >> look, we put a lot of thought into this and we've worked hard to repeal it in the past. we know there's also a reconciliation as you know, chris, that's maybe a little inside washington allows with 51 votes to be able to do something in the senate, in the house we can move forward. but you want to have a transition, you want to make sure people are protected as they move, that they're able to continue to have coverage and we will be able to do that. but you've got to st

i believe a big part is obamacare because we're going to repeal it and replace it. >> obamacare has to be replaced. and we will do it and we will d it very, very quickly. it is a catastrophe. if we don't repeal and replace obamacare, we will destroy american health care forever. >> but now, president-elect trump seems to be softening that hard line somewhat. here's what he told "60 minutes" today for a broadcast on sunday. let's watch. >> when you replace it, are you going to make sure that people with pre-conditions are still covered? >> yes, because it happens to be one of the strongest assets. also with the children living with their parents for an extended period. we're going to very much try to keep that. it adds cost but it's very much something we're going to try to keep. >> that's something. he's taking the two most popular features of obamacare and saying he's going to somehow finance those without having a larger pool of people insured by obamacare. that's the hardest thing to square that circle. according to the "washington post" mr. trump said a big reason for a shift from

let's talk about obamacare. president obama says -- excuse me, president-elect trump says he is open to possibly amending parts of obamacare. >> right. you know the entire campaign, and especially the last two weeks when the government disclosed that the premiums were going to go up an average of 20 to 100% in some states, he said, we're going to repeal and replace obamacare, drove that point home. so today when i was in his office this morning, i asked him about his meeting with president obama yesterday. well, the president apparently is a really good salesman, paul. donald trump is a great deal maker, the president sold him. pleaded with him, please do not repeal obamacare. trump said to me, i'm going to take those suggestions and out of respect i'm going to listen to him. i said what in particular about obamacare would he keep, and it is the provisions about the preexisting conditions, not letting insurers drop people over those, and letting the children stay on their parents' policies longer. >> which he ta

obamacare may just have two years left on life support. hospitals like this one in maryland are very concerned if obamacare is repealed but not replaced, they could be flooded with patients who need very basic health care but can't pay because they're uninsured. it's exactly what obamacare was meant to address. lester? lot of new details about the president-elect's inner circle as he prepares for a massive transition at the white house and across the power levers of washington. three of his adult children are in, plus his son-in-law who's been seen by some as his right-hand man. and getting a demotion of sorts is the former leader of the trump transition effort, chris christie. here's nbc's katy tur. >> reporter: a flurry of activity inside trump tower as the president-elect started to figure out who will government. what was on the agenda today, please? >> transitions. >> reporter: what about -- are you -- >> giving advice. >> reporter: how about a.g.? >> just giving advice. >> reporter: this afternoon, trump's team announcing v.p.-elect

obamacare is going to go much higher. "lock herchanting up!"] mr. trump: nobody in this room can believe what is going on in washington. nobody in this room can believe what is going on with the fbi and the department of justice. nobody. nobody. can believe it. i'm asking for your vote so we can repeal and replace obamacare and state health care for every family in florida and our great country. real change also means restoring

the repeal and replace obamacare act. fully repeal obamacare and replace it with health savings account. if i win, i am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation. >> all right. since donald trump's win, we have been hearing a different tone. the wall street journal declaring trump signal's shift on obamacare and "the washington post" writing this, trump team is hedging on some pledges. it's many -- well, it's because of many of the campaign pledges that you have seen that sparked nationwide protests, sometimes with with violent results. police and protesters protesting in portland, oregon overnight. officers has to use flash bangs to break up crowds after they began throwing objects at police officers there. that was one across the country. demonstrators taking to the streets, blocking interstates, burning flags and chanting, not my president. a shake up on the trump transition team. chris christie is out and vice president-elect, mike pence is in in terms of leading the

columnist for the new york post and author of "beating obamacare" and beating obamacare 2014." withcarrollton, virginia employer-supplied health insurance. good morning. guest: good morning. caller: good morning, lieutenant governor. feel.is a simple, i i'm a retired civil service worker. i am insured under the federal employees program. do, thiseed to insurance i am under covers 500 insurance companies, goes across state lines, is the best insurance you can have. guest: i agree with you. is underhe premium $200 a month, my deductible is low. under obamacare i would not be able to afford anything. pay the penalty and forget about it and pray i don't get sick. if thet is president-elect is serious about fixing obamacare, he needs to repeal it to start. guest: he will repeal it. expanding thell federal employee's health insurance program to everyone. have the state insurance serves as and opm consultant to answer questions on how they may do this. as far as individuals, treat it as a group insurance to start. then, you don't have to worry about pre-existing conditions. it would b

to head an offensive against obamacare. then, inside aleppo's battle: 16,000 syrians flee as government forces are poised to take back the rebel-held city. and, the impact of a trump presidency on mexico's economy. how the future commander in chief plans to restructure trade with our southern neighbor. >> that flat screen that you bought-- that's like 60 inches huge, which would sound surround, and it's really nice, and it cost you $1,000. guess what? you're not going to have that anymore. because that was made in mexico. >> sreenivasan: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> xq institute. >> bnsf railway. >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: president-elect trump whittled down his optio

. >> reporter: as people signed up for obamacare, the program now in jeopardy. what local businesses want to see changed when it comes to healthcare. >>> the youngest out of state representative ever and how this college student managed to e company should treat you like family... [phone rings] operator: health care customer service caller: hi this is patricia ramirez. operator: oh, patricia! colleague: i love patricia! colleague 2: when is she getting married? operator: it's about time, lady! this is the real question: how's that man you're dating? ...we mean more like this. operator: we can do this together. i'll schedule an appointment with the diabetes specialist, ok? member: thank you. you deserve compassion. you deserve molina healthcare, your extended family. to learn more about our marketplace plan, visit molinahealthcare.com to be replaced. -- obamacare has to be replaced. >> the impact it could have on all of us. good evening everyone jamison uhler. >> and i am wendy. thanks for joining us. >> today local small business owners are celebrating but other

>>> tonight, obamacare backtrack? breaking news from the president-elect's first big interview. what he's now saying after repeatedly promising to repeal and replace the law. >>> all in the family. donald trump shakes up his transition team, boosting his children into prominent roles. and demoting chris christie. >>> amazon refunds. the company ordered to pay back customers tens of millions of dollars. we'll tell you why. are one of them? >>> deprescribing meds. all those pills, all those side effects. more and more people are opting for something different. for some, surprising results. >>> and legend lost. beloved singer/songwriter, poet and author leonard cohen is gone. tonight, the incredible legacy he leaves behind. >>> good evening. in his first public interview since winning the election, donald trump is suggesting a willingness to compromise on one of his key campaign issues, his vow to repeal and replace obamacare. speaking with the "wall street journal," mr. trump tonight is raising the possibility of amending the existing health re related to his sit down meeting with

if we don't repeal and replace obamacare we will destroy american healthcare forever. >> donald trump and indiana governor mike pence earlier today laying out the reasons why

seeing with obamacare. we will stop the obamacare. >> i have been saying we have to fix what's broken and keep what works rms>> for obamacare customers the less they make the more they kic in premiums. congress needs to fix the system. >> you have this crazy system where all of a sudden 25 million more people have healthcare and the people are going 60 hours a week with premiums doubled and coverage cut in laugh. >> although democrats are joining republicans and criticizing aspects ofthe presi far from agreeing on how to fix healthcare. donald trump wants to reveal healthcare allow customers from one state to buy insurance from a company in another. >> stopping hillary's healthcare takeover is one of the single most important reasons that we must win on november 8th. >> k had and democrats say they want to add to obamacare. >> i am going to fix it. premiums have gotten too high, co-pays, deductibles prescription drug costs. i have laid out a series of actions we can take to try to get the prices down. >> th

won't be obamacare so you don't have to worry about it. that means parents won't have enough money to pay their bills or get medicine for their kids. in the great state of arizona, a wonderful place i just left, premiums will go up even higher than 116%. other states are going up 60%, 80%, 90%. deductibles can go to 12,000, 13,000, $14,000, even $15,000. and other words, your healthcare won't even be usable, paying all this money you won't even get to use it. people all across the country are devastated. in many instances healthcare costs are more than their mortgage costs for their rent which by the way is a first in american history. this is particularly unfair to millennials and younger americans generally who will be totally crushed by these massive healthcare costs before they even get started on their journey through life. one third of the counties, think of this, one third of the counties in pennsylvania will have only a single insurance company left if you have that. that includes philadelphia where i went the associated press foun

if obamacare is repealed. so she opted for a longer lasting iud. >> i made the appointment right after the election, because of uncertainties about what sorts of resources would be provided to me in the next four years. >> reporter: jim harrell says his virginia beach community has been hit hard by the rising cost of premiums under obamacare, an average of 10% in the state. >> anything would be better than obamacare. >> anything? >> anything. >> reporter: but will mr. trump and congressman tom price be able to turn their promises for better, more affordable health care into reality? >> talking about repealing the affordable care act is the easy part. figuring out how to replace it and how to deal with the 20 million people who have already been covered by the law, is going to be really tough. >> reporter: adam koons just hopes they keep people like him in mind, while crafting an alternative. kristen welker, stone ridge, virginia. >>> there was emotional testimony today in the trial over a deadly police shootin

talk about obamacare. how, president elect trump, now says he's opened to possibly amending parts of obamacare. >> you know the entire campaign and especially of the last two weeks when the government disclosed that the premiums were going to go an average of 20 to 100% in some states, he says we'll repeal and replace obamacare. today when i was in his office this morning, i asked him about his meeting with president obama yesterday. the president is a really good sales man. donald trump ais a great deal maker. he pleaded with him to please do not repeal obamacare. i am going to take those suggestions and out of respect, i am going to listen to him. what in particular about obamacare would he keep? the provisions about the preexisting conditions, not letting insurers dropping people over those and letting the children to stay on their parents' policies longer. >> he talked during the primaries about keeping the preexistence conditions but i don't think he talked about the older kids. >> that was the point

price, an opponent of obamacare has even floated his own alternative to obamacare. >> well, it sounds like somebody really prepared, shovel ready, to go in there and head the department and get things done. just one of the things that president-elect promised that he would do to his supporters as he campaigned across the country, that he was going to do something to repeal and replace obamacare. then we saw that he met with president obama who is, by all accounts, quite charming, and talk to him and they thought maybe he would walk it back, not do it. he agreed about two things that he was going to do in the republican plan as well. so we're going to have to see what his specific ideas are and if that comports with what president-elect trump wants to do. >> what do you think, what surprised them on the left? >> well, i think they are surprised that this is not someone who has any interest in sort of maintaining health insurance program, not only for people -- the poor covered in large part by obamacare but goes beyond that to things like medicare and medicaid and programs that benefit