>>> ON THURSDAY, THE HOUSE VOTED TO REPEAL ONE OF THE WORST JOB
KILLING LAWS OF ALL. IT'S CALLED OBAMACARE.
PERHAPS YOU'VE HEARD OF IT. MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT WILL BE
GREAT HEALTH CARE, AND YOUR PREMIUMS WILL COME DOWN, AND
YOUR DEDUCTIBLES WILL COME DOWN. REPEALING AND REPLACING
OBAMACARE WILL BE A BIG, BIG WIN FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> ALL RIGHT. DONALD TRUMP DOES HAVE ONE THING
CORRECT THERE IN THAT NEW WEEKLY ADDRESS.
THE GRAMMAR. REPEALING OBAMACARE WILL BE A
BIG DEAL. FUTURE TENSE.
BECAUSE IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET, AND IT MAY NEVER HAPPEN.
BUT EVEN IF IT NEVER HAPPENS, CONSIDER THAT THE HOUSE VOTE
DID. AND THAT MEANS VOTERS IN EVERY
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY KNOW IF THEIR
REPRESENTATIVES WANT TO GUT OBAMACARE NOW.
AND WE'RE BEING TOLD BY INDEPENDENT EXPERTS THAT IS
ALREADY HELPING DEMOCRATS. THEY GAINED IN 20 HOUSE SEAT
CONTESTS THIS WEEK IN THE RATINGS FROM THE NONPARTISAN
COOK POLITICAL REPORT. THE REPORT EMPHASIZING
GRASSROOTS FUNDRAISING AS WELL. OVER $4 MILLION POURING IN TO
DEMOCRATS SINCE YESTERDAY. THE LAST TIME THE DEMOCRATS TOOK
BACK THE HOUSE WAS IN 2006 WHEN THOSE DISILLUSIONED WITH GEORGE
BUSH'S SECOND TURN SWUNG 31 SEATS MAKING NANCY PELOSI
SPEAKER, AND THE MAN SEEN RIGHT THERE NEXT TO HER IS CHRIS VAN
HOLLEN. WHEN DEMOCRATS WON IN 2006 THAT.
>> TAPPED HIM TO LEAD THE HOUSE ELECTIONS AS CHAIRMAN OF THE
DCCC. SO HE KNOWS SOMETHING ABOUT THIS
MAP. AND HERE IS HOW HE NOW HANDICAPS
THIS RACE. >> I THINK THE HOUSE IS IN PLAY.
FIRST OF ALL, YOU HAVE ALL THIS ENERGY AROUND THE COUNTRY
RESPONDING AND RESISTING TO THE TRUMP AGENDA TO TURN BACK THE
CLOCK. AND EXHIBIT A IN THAT EFFORT IS
THEIR EFFORT TO BLOW UP THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A REALLY TOUGH VOTE FOR
REPUBLICANS TO DEFEND. >> JOINING ME NOW IS DAVID NIR,
POLITICAL DIRECTOR FOR DAILY COAST WHO LAUNCHED ITS OWN
FUNDRAISING EFFORT TO TARGET VULNERABLE HOUSE MEMBERS AND THE
INDIVISIBLE PROJECT, ORGANIZING
VOTERS TO PRESSURE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ON THIS ISSUE.
SO DAVID, YOU'RE IN THIS FIGHT. HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK THIS HOUSE
FIGHT HELPS IF THIS PROVISION NEVER ACTUALLY BECOMES LAW?
>> NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, WE DEMOCRATS CAN HANG THIS AROUND
REPUBLICANS' NEXT FOR THE NEXT 18 MONTHS, AND WE WILL.
IT'S ALREADY FIRED UP THE GRASSROOTS LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
WE LAUNCHED A FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN AS DID MANY OF OUR
ALLIES THAT RAISED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
DAILY COAST RAISED OVER A MILLION.
WE'VE NEVER SEEN AN OUTPOURING LIKE THIS.
THIS INTENSITY IS GOING TO LAST THROUGH THE NEXT 18 MONTHS,
BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICANS AREN'T GOING AWAY.
>> EZRA, WHAT IS THE ACTUAL BREAKDOWN OF THAT MAP LOOK LIKE?
WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE NUMBER OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS WHO ARE IN
CLINTON DISTRICTS, ONE THAT SHE WAS VICTORIOUS IN AND 14 THERE
VOTING YES ON THAT HOUSE BILL. 9 NO, 23 TOTAL.
YOU NEED TO BUILD BEYOND THAT TO GET BACK THE HOUSE, RIGHT?
>> ABSOLUTELY. BUT I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT IT IF
THIS REPUBLICAN MAJORITY KEEPS ACTING IN THIS WAY.
THIS THE SPECIAL ELECTION IN GEORGIA 6, IT WAS A REPUBLICAN
PLUS 8 DISTRICT. THE ELECTION SHOWED IT SWUNG SIX
POINTS IN THE DEMOCRATIC DIRECTION.
IF WE SAW A SIX-POINT SWING NEXT YEAR, YOU WOULD SEE 61
REPUBLICANS LOSE THEIR SEAT. YOU ONLY NEED TO SEE A
THREE-POINT SWING FOR REPUBLICANS TO LOSE THE HOUSE.
AND WHEN THEY'RE VOTING FOR BILLS THAT HAVE LESS THAN A 17%
APPROVAL RATING THAT IS GOING TO REWORK A SIXTH OF THE ECONOMY
WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING WHAT'S IN IT, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO GET
THEM OUT OF OFFICE. >> TAKE A LISTEN HERE TO TOM
PERIOLO WHO IS RUNNING NOW FOR GOVERNOR IN VIRGINIA AND WHO
THINKS THIS IS A WINNER FOR DEMOCRATS AS WELL.
>> I'M TOM PERIELO. AND IN CONGRESS I VOTED FOR
OBAMACARE BECAUSE IT WAS WRONG THAT A MILLION VIRGINIANS
WEREN'T COVERED. INSURANCE COMPANIES HELD ALL THE
POWER. WE'LL MAKE SURE THIS NEVER
HAPPENS IN VIRGINIA. >> FIRST OF ALL, YOU CAN SEE IN
LITERATURE CLASS HE WAS PROBABLY NOT REAL SOFT ON SYMBOLISM.
THE CRUSHING AMBULANCE BEHIND HIM VERY DIRECT MESSAGE.
BUT SECOND, POLITICALLY, YOU KNOW THAT IN THESE GOVERNOR'S
RACES, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO CONGRESS.
YOU CAN RUN ON ALL KINDS OF OTHER THINGS.
JUST ON THE POLITICS WHAT DOES IT TELL YOU THAT HE THINK THIS
IS A WINNING ISSUE FOR HIM TO BRING UP FEDERAL ISSUES AND
TRUMP AND THE ACA? >> WELL, IT'S NO SURPRISE.
LOOK, A 17% APPROVAL RATING, AND THAT WAS BEFORE WE SAID YEAH,
WE'RE GOING TO TREAT RAPE LIKE A PREEXISTING CONDITION.
WE'RE GOING TO TREAT BABIES WITH HEART DEFECTS AS HAVING A
PREEXISTING CONDITION AND CHARGING THEM MORE.
THIS BILL STINKS. THIS BILL IS NOT POPULAR.
AND IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT PEOPLE LIKE TOM ARE RUNNING FOR THEIR
OFFICE SAYING HEY, I DON'T LIKE, THIS AND I STAND FOR ACTUAL
AFFORDABLE COVERAGE. >> DAVID, THE OTHER POLITICAL
PUSHBACK IS THAT IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, CANDIDATES, NO
MATTER WHAT PARTY DO BETTER WHEN THEY STICK TO WHAT THEY RAN ON
AND ARE STRONG AND BRIGHT PARTISANS RATHER THAN SOMETHING
MORE MEDIOCRE. AND YOU WORK WITH THE DAILY
COAST THAT ATTACKED JOE LIEBERMAN AND OTHER DEMOCRATS
THAT WERE SEEN AS SQUISHY. WHAT DO YOU SEE FROM THE SHEER
POLITICAL ARGUMENT FROM THE REPUBLICANS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT REPEALING OBAMACARE FOREVER SO THAT'S WHAT
THEY HAVE TO DO? >> THEY ARE DEFINITELY STUCK
WITH IT NO MATTER HOW UNPOPULAR IT IS.
THEIR BASE HAS DEMANDED THIS. THE PROBLEM IS CAN THE SENATE
EVEN PASS A BILL? THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT EVEN GOING
TO PASS ANYTHING. BUT NO MATTER, WHAT AS EZRA
SAID, YOU HAVE THIS TERRIBLE BILL THAT THROWS 24 MILLION
PEOPLE OFF OF THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE.
AND REPUBLICANS WILL TAKE THAT WITH THEM ALL THE WAY INTO
NOVEMBER, NO MATTER WHAT. >> GO AHEAD, BRIEFLY, EZRA.
>> THAT IS A GREAT POINT. LOOK, THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF
THE FIGHT. THIS IS THE EASIEST THING FOR
THEM TO DO. IT TOOK FOUR MONTHS TO PASS
THROUGH THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
IT'S NOW GOING TO PASS THROUGH THE SENATE.
IT'S GOT TO GO THROUGH CONFERENCE AND PASS THROUGH THE
HOUSE AGAIN. WE'RE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS.
AND OUR SIDE IS JAZZED UP. THEY ARE GOING TO COME AWAY AND
DEBACK THIS BILL. >> COMING OUT OF THE HOUSE IT
HAS TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER PART OF CONGRESS BEFORE IT BECOMES
LAW? >> THAT'S RIGHT.
WE'RE NOWHERE NEAR TEND. >> I WATCHED THE WHITE HOUSE
PRESS EVENT I FELT LIKE MAYBE THAT WAS THE END OF THE ROAD.
>> IT'S A SHOCK. MAYBE HE NEEDS TO WATCH HOW A
BILL BECOMES A LAW. >> IT'S FRIDAY