packed rooms of new yorkers, look at this, are confronting congressman tom reed today. he's a republican who voted for the house resolution to overhaul health care. let's go to msnbc senior editor of politics where congressman reed is holding this third town hall of the day. it looks like he's getting an earful today. >> reporter: yeah, and, sheinelle, tom reed is one of only a handful of republican congressmen are actually doing town halls which is what makes him so interesting and why we came up to cover him. we also covered him in february even before he voted on health care legislation. there were probably 125, 150 people crammed into this fire station in a very small rural town in western new york. people are very upset with him, very concerned about the fact that he chose to vote for this piece of legislation which they fear will cost coverage of pre-existing conditions. people stood up and talked about how they had children with special needs, that they had had cancer, that they had diabetes and other things that might render them uninsurerable. tom reed, for his

let's bring in tom reed. congress member, you were a yes before the amendments that were trying to soften the harsher impacts. did the constituents make you think about your vote? >> yes. absolutely. i listened to the people reacceresewe represent. >> how do you believe you are standing with individuals like that teenager if you remove the guarantee that pre-existing conditions get coverage. >> that's the misinformation. when you read the bill and study the bill. 300 pages. the pre-existing conditions guarantee issue is corner stone reform. with the waiver opportunity, it only gets better as i read the bill and text. i have a son who is a type i diabetic. i care deeply about the individual and millions of others in the same situation. >> your understanding of the waiver it does not allow flexibility within insurance companies in terms of how they cover pre-existing conditions? that is what it says by the letters. >> what folks are getting to is a state that applies and continuous coverage lapse and the commun

. >> tom reed is facing angry crowds at town hall meetings in western new york today. beth fouhy is at the third stop of the day. let's talk about what you're hearing today from constituents. >> yeah, boy, congressman reed is getting an earful from his constituents here. he is one of the only republican congressmen who is actually even hold any town hall meetings this weekend, so you've got to give him props for that because he is meeting some pretty angry people. we were with him at his meeting this morning in dunkirk. about 125 people packed into a firehouse to let him know what they feel about the health care plan the republican house passed on thursday. the main concern amplified everywhere is what this is going to do to people with pre-existing conditions. people kept getting up one by one by one telling him about their pre-existing condition. one little child stood up with a sign saying i was born by c-section, does that make me a pre-existing condition? people are very, very concern, afraid of losing their health coverage, of losing the medicaid expansion, which

. >> new proposal -- >> reporter: today representative tom reed was among the first to face constituents following the house's vote to replace obamacare. >> are you going to take services away from my child? >> reporter: new yorkers give the new york republican an earful. they're afraid they'll lose coverage. but reed stands by his vote, insisting the american health care act will bring down costs while protecting people with preexisting conditions. >> at least i can look in the mirror and look our constituents in the face and say i tried to be part of the effort to fix this. >> reporter: during his weekly address today, president trump told americans they can expect to pay less for more benefits. >> the house bill is a plan that will save americans from this disaster, and replace it with more choices, and more freedom for american families. most importantly, it will be great health care, and your premiums will come down. >> reporter: some critics say his bill won't do that at all, insisting millions will lose their health insurance entirely. and for now, the senate appears in no rush to

and tom reed from new york. with that, i will yield five minutes to the

representative tom reed from new york was one of the first to face his constituents. he said he stands by his decision, saying the president's plan will bring down cost while protecting people with pre-existing conditions. >> at least i can look in the mirror and look our constituents in the place and say i tried to be part of the effort to fix this. >> critics of the bill believe it won't help american families and instead may cause them to lose their health insurance entirely. we'll have much more on the gop health care bill this morning on nbc's "meet the press." san francisco senator dianne feinstein and secretary of health and human services tom price will be on the show to talk about the recent health care vote. that's coming up right after this newscast. >> a san rafael man pretending to be a landlord is in police custody this morning. investigators say he preyed on immigrant women looking for housing. police arrested 38-year-old stephono maldonado on friday. he was called by an undercover officer pretending to answer one of his ads. during that conversation, h

i asked tom reed about it. i said why aren't your colleagues talking about this? he said this has been on my schedule for a long time. props to him that he went ahead and did it anyway facing the reaction that he got. but the silence really spoke volumes to me. these guys were not out there selling this. if they were willing to go stand in front of the white house and do that ceremony, why are they not talking about this with their constituents at home? they had to know the it was a liability. >> since they had flak, you'd think they'd want to go back and see. ozzy, when you look at the fact that even the deficit hawks, the right wingers in the congress, they added $8 billion here which is furthering the deficit. i mean, so you've got even those on the far right saying wait a minute. what are we doing here? how is this bill better than obamacare in the terms of the debt side? if you look at it down the little on the left or the right, there's no real win here. they are having a celebration by themselves in the rose garden. >> they were celebrating for donald trump

joining me now, moving on from new orleans and my food jealousies, we'll talk to congressman tom reed, republican from new york. congressman, sorry i introduced you in such an awkward way, but we can move on to the news at hand. the republican health care plan, you voted yes for it. you got an earful at your own town hall and you'll be holding another in a couple of days. what do you plan on offering your constituents there that will ease their nds. >> obviously, there's still a lot of misinformation out there what the bill in the house does and what it represents when you read the text. so a lot of misinformation. so hopefully we'll have an exchange to clarify that. and the senate needs to act. the status quo of the collapsing marketplace is not acceptable and is not going to work for the american people. so i look forward to bringing back input for sharing with the senators. >> what specifically do you want to clarify to your voters that you think has been misinformation? >> well, i think the whole preexisting condition reform. i'm an adamant supporter of the preexisting condition r

[ applause ] >> congressman tom reed in western new york facing his constituents on that vote. here was republican congressman rod blum of iowa facing his constituents tonight. >> you're getting your health insurance through medicare, nothing is going to change. nothing is going to change. nothing is going to change. if you're getting -- if you're currently getting your health insurance through medicaid, nothing is going to change. >> congressman rod blum of iowa getting heartily booed tonight at a packed town hall in dubuque, iowa. congressman john faso is one of the republicans who has declined to host a town hall meeting while home this week. tonight some of his constituents, over 450 of them held a town hall meeting without him. this is sort of a new form of otest in districts across the country. where if a member of congress declines to show up to a town hall event, folks put up a cardboard version or they hang an empty suit there in his or her place. tonight in new york's 19th congressional district, those constituents did get a real life member of congress to show up. it

[ applause ] >> congressman tom reed in western new york facing his constituents on that vote. here was republican congressman rod blum of iowa facing his constituents tonight. >> you're getting your health insurance through medicare, nothing is going to change. nothing is going to change. nothing is going to change. if you're getting -- if you're currently getting your health insurance through medicaid, nothing is going to change. >> congressman rod blum of iowa getting heartily booed tonight at a packed town hall in dubuque, iowa. congressman john faso is one of the republicans who has declined to host a town hall meeting while home this week. tonight some of his constituents, over 450 of them held a town hall meeting without him. this is sort of a new form of protest in districts across the country. where if a member of congress declines to show up to a town hall event, folks put up a cardboard version or they hang an empty suit there in his or her place. tonight in new york's 19th congressional district, those constituents did get a real life member of congress to show up.

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let's bring in congressman tom reed of new york who was a no and now we understand is leaning yes. thank you for being here. you're leaning yes. is this a hard vote for you? >> no, we've had a chance to study the bill. i'm very comfortable where we're at. moving this forward is a good step for the american people so i'm a yes on this bill. >> are you comfortable with how it addresses the problems and the issues dealing with people with pre-existing conditions? >> i am. when i read the legislative text, we're talking primarily about waiver authority to states. given a state like new york in particular, i'm very comfortable that my commitment to honor the pre-existing condition reforms of the affordable care act are going to go forward and will take care of those individuals in a better way. >> so, you're saying you're betting that the state of new york will not ask for a waiver. that's why you're a yes, is that right? >> yeah. knowing the policies of new york that makes me more comfortable to be supportive of this bill. even on top of it, looking at the wafr of language and what the

republican congressman tom reed wasting no time. he faced a packed house at several events today. many angry over his vote to repeal obamacare. >> you cannot do this to us and to our children. you are doing a death panel. >> you're killing us. you're killing us. shame on you! >> i mean, i hear the question if you -- when you come out and say that the opium epidemic in our county is a number one priority and yet you vote for a law that takes that out in the mandate that they don't have to provide it. explain that. >> pretty intense town hall session there. beth fouhy is there where he just wrapped his third town hall of the day. many more trump supporters there. so how did that change the atmosphere of that town hall? >> yeah, that hinsdale one that just wrapped up had a number of trump supporters attending in addition to those folks who were constituents of congressman reed but very upset about the new health care plan as you describe. that first one we went to this morning was almost entirely critics of the new gop health care plan. critics of trump, skeptics of congressman reed.

. >> representative tom reed among the first to constituents following the house's vote to replace obamacare. >> our question is, are you going the take surfaces away from my child? >> voters giving the new york republican an earful. they're worried they'll lose coverage if the trump backed plan becomes law. but reed stands by his vote, insisting the american health care act will bring down costs while protecting people with pre-existing conditions. >> at least i can look them in the mirror and look our constituents in the face and say i tried to be part of the effort to fit this. >> and proteters mixed with some supporters near his new jersey golf club, the president pushed for the aaca's full passage. >> now, i'm calling on the senate to take action. >> in his weekly address, the president insisted obamacare is failing and must be replaced. >> the house bill is a plan that will save americans from this disaster and replace it with more choices and more flee come for american families. >> the critics say this bill won't do that a insurance entirely. and the senate appears to be in no rush t

in upstate new york, representative tom reed got an meetings. many of their concerns focused on so-called pre-existing conditions. this man says he recently donated a kidney. >> now that i have a pre-existing condition my cost of health care could go up significantly and also i could possibly be denied health care. >> reporter: the republican bill would roll back the affordable care act's protections for patients with pre-existing conditions. that's one out of every four americans. health insurers would still have to cover them. but the bill does include a mechanism allowing insurance companies to raise rates on those patients, possibly even making their insurance unaffordable. in idaho, congressman raul labrador shot back at a constituent who told him people will die without access to health care. >> that line is so indefensible. nobody dies because they don't have access to health care. >> it will be great health care and your premiums will come down and your deductibles will come down. so you will have better health care at a lower cost. and

in upstate new york, representative tom reed got an earful at his town hall meetings. many of their concerns focused on so-called pre-existing conditions. this man says he recently donated a kidney. >> now that i have a pre-existing condition my cost of health care could go up significantly and also i could possibly be denied health care. >> reporter: the republican bill would roll back the affordable care act's protections for patients with pre-existing conditions. that's one out of every four americans. health insurers would still have to cover them. but the bill does include a mechanism allowing insurance companies to raise rates on those patients, possibly even making their insurance unaffordable. in idaho, congressman raul labrador shot back at a constituent who told him people will die without access to health care. >> that line is so indefensible. nobody dies because they don't have access to health care. >> it will be great health care and your premiums will come down and your deductibles will come down. so you will have better health care at a lower cost. and

. >> congressman tom reed reassured since subsequeubsequun that those with pre-existing conditions need not worry. in fact, it rolls back the afford wa care act. they would still have to cover them, but insurance companies are still allowed to raise rating on patients, making their insurance unaffordable. they pushed back at a constituent that told him without access to health care, people will die. >> that line is so indefensible. nobody dies because they don't have access to health care. here in new jersey, congressmane rodney switched his vote from no to yes just last week. . >> i was supporting preex-existg conditions. >> he was holding my lelter in his hand when he said that, now in remission, thanks to these pills. they cost $11,000 a month. more than she earns. >> $500 a pill? >> yeah. but it is saving my life. >> do you feel like your congressman sold you out? >> yes, absolutely. i am furious. david writght, abc news, washington. >> senator diane feinstein is speaking about the health care bill now saying democrats are open to changing parts of obama care. >> don't repeal obama

chris pa loan >> representative tom reed among the first to face constituents following the house's vote to replace obamacare. >> my question is, are you going to take services away from my child? >> voters giving the new york republican an earful. they're worried they'll lose coverage if the trump-backed plan becomes law. but reed stands by his vote, insisting the american health care act will bring down costs will protect people with pre-existing conditions. >> at least i can look our constituents in the eye and say i tried to be part of trying to fix this. >> the president's push for the aaca's full passage. >> now i'm calling on the senate to take action. >> in his weekly address, the president insisted obamacare is failing and must be replaced. >> the house bill is a lan that will save americans from this disaster and replace it with more choices and more freedom for american families. >> the critics say this bill won't do that at all, and the senate appears to be in no rush to take up the house's bill. chris palone, nbc news, new york. >>> and health care will be a big topic on "me

. >> representative tom reed among the first to face constituents following the house's vote to replace obamacare. >> my question is, are you going to take services away from my child? >> voters giving the new york republican an earful. they're worried they'll lose coverage if the trump-backed plan becomes law. but reed stands by his vote, insisting the american health care act will bring down costs will protect people with pre-existing conditions. >> at least i can look our constituents in the eye and say i tried to be part of trying to fix this. >> the president's push for the aaca's full passage. >> now i'm calling on the senate to take action. >> in his weekly address, the president insisted obamacare is failing and must be replaced. >> the house bill is a plan that will save americans from this disaster and replace it with more choices and more freedom for american families. >> the critics say this bill won't do that at all, and the senate appears to be in no rush to take up the house's bill. chris palone, nbc news, new york. >>> meanwhile, health care will be a big topic on "meet

tom reed. tom? >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. director, if you could just take a quick minute before i start with my line of questioning with regard to what happened last night in manchester to do whatever you can, the best you can from your expert opinion to try to reassure the american people that what we do in this country and what we're trying to do would help thwart and stop any kind of similar activity here in the future. if you could help try to put american minds at ease briefly, i would appreciate any words that you might have of advice. >> well, i would say that isis and al qaeda and their terrorist affiliates continue to try to carry out these outrageous attacks in europe as well as the united states. but i can say with great confidence that this country has the absolute best counterterrorism community. together, the experts from intelligence, law enforcement, homeland security, and does a great job of making sure that our federal structure is interoperating as best it can with state and local officials and local law e

in upstate new york, representative tom reed held town hall meetings with his constituents. >> these are human beings. >> many of their concerns focus on so-called pre-existing conditions. this man says he recently donated a kidney. >> now that i have a pre-existing condition that my cost of health care could go up significantly. and also, i could possibly be denied health care. >> reporter: the republican bill would roll back the affordable care act's protects for patients with pre-existing conditions. that's one out of every four americans. health insurers would still have to cover them but the bill does include a mechanism allowing insurance companies to raise rates on those patients. possibly even making their insurance unaffordable. in idaho, raul labrador shot back at a constituent who told him without access to health care, people will die. >> that line is so indefensible. nobody dies because they don't have access to health care. >> reporter:. >> it will be great health care and your premiums will come down and your deductibles will come down. so you'll have better health kar

this was an air force veteran at tom reed's town hall. >> i'm a veteran of the uz air force and it has saved my life four times. we have to get the profit. we have to get the property. these are human beings. we have bodies, we have minds. we are not property taxes. that's how you boil down. we are not money, we are a nation. >> it's fascinating to me, ali, because donald trump ran for that demographic, that person, that sort of midwestern -- i'm sorry, it's a lady, she's a veteran, that sort of salt of the earthish sort of white working class person is what he said he was for but this health care bill is for the young and affluent. >> i appreciate the intellectual honesty, yesterday he said there were about 25 million people who are in the individual market whose premiums have gone up under obamacare. now, that is a fact. and that was the group that this legislation is meant to help. what this womanho just spoke said is something that's ver interesting in that there are two industries which should not be profitable. one of them is health care and the other one is prisons. because the

in upstate new york, representative tom reed held town hall meetings with his constituents. >> these are human beings. >> reporter: many of their concerns focused on so-called pre-existing conditions. this man says he recently donated a kidney. >> now that i have a pre-existing condition, that my cost of health care could go up significantly. and also, i could possibly be denied health care. >> reporter: the republican bill would roll back the affordable care act's protections for patients with pre-existing conditions, that's one out of every four americans. health insurers would still have to cover them but the bill does include a mechanism allowing insurance companies to raise rates on those patients. possibly even making their insurance unaffordable. in idaho, congressman raul labrador shot back at a constituent who told him without access to health care, people will die. >> that line is so indefensible. nobody dies because they don't have access to health care. >> it will be great health care and your premiums will come down and your deductibles will come down. so you'll have bet

. >> that was a woman at a town hall for new york republican congressman tom reed, one of several lawmakers hearing frustration from their constituents. at least four more are holding town halls today and we will keep a close eye on those events. i want to bring in congressman reed member of the ways and means committee. thank you for holding that town hall. i know it's not easy. you did vote in support of this bill. so, i want to go through some of the things, not just that tyou heard at the town hall but said over the weekend. we heard from tom price who said, the new plan would be more affordable for those with preexisting conditions. how is that true? >> well, we protect the preexisting condition reform in the base legislation and what we're opening it up to is if someone has a better idea, if a state has a better idea of how to serve those folks with preexisting conditions we give them flexibility to make that pitch, make that argument, and potentially get that approved. but from my perspective, it's collapsing as we speak. it's the right thing to do to take this step forward to start

>> reporter: in upstate new york, congressman tom reed reassured his constituents that people with pre-existing conditions need not worry about the republican bill. >> the bill protects the pre-existing conditions. >> no! >> no! >> reporter: in fact, the bill rolls back the affordable care act's protections for patients with pre-existing conditions. health insurers would have to cover them. but the bill includes a mechanism allowing insurance companies to raise rates on those patients. possibly making their insurance unaffordable. in idaho, congressman raul labrador pushed back. at a constituent who told him without access to health care, people will die. >> that lie is so indefensible. nobody dies because they don't have access to health care. [ crowd reacting ] [ chanting ] >> all: hey, hey, ho, ho. >> reporter: here in new jersey, congressman rodney frelinghuysen switched his vote from no to yes just last week. >> i support looking after pre-existing conditions. >> he was holding my letter in his hand, yes, when he said that. >> reporter: adina survived stage 4 breast cancer. now in remissio

now here is tom reed again getting pushback. >> a 14-year-old boy in the eye and justify how you can vote for a bill that will take away mine and millions of other guarantees about being discriminated against because of a pre-existing condition. >> the fact that pre-existing condition is in the bill will continue, you have have access to health insurance just as you do today. >> the line that you will have access to health insurance just as you do today. we all have access to maseratis and ferraris, too. the question is if you can afford it. it depends on what state you are in, but some states can change the rules. so yes, they will have access, but states can change the premium structure dramatically. >> the interesting thing is having covered this bill from start to where we are now, there is a way republicans can explain that they believe they are maintaining pre-existing conditions, that the price controls that exist in obamacare can be maintained, that there are protections underneath. there is $8 billion to help you with premiums. all these things that take a long time to expla

standing room only at a town hall held by congressman tom reed today, the republican from new york state is defending his vote to repeal and replace obamacare. he's holding several public meetings throughout the state today. residents there worried about losing their health care, expressing their objections. very understandably of course. joining me now from his third town hall of the day, senior political editor. beth, thanks for joining me. you're in hinsdale as i just said. trump supporters there. what are the concerns people have there? what are they saying? >> there are a lot more trump supporters at this town hall meeting than the one we attended in the morning. that sound bite you played was from this morning. today was a very big crowd. this afternoon bigger than the one we saw in the morning. there are more trump supporters. this morning there were a lot of people very unhappy with congressman reed, his vote to repeal obamacare and replace it with this new gop bill. a lot of people who didn't like trump. here it was a lot more mixed. so you saw a lot of back and forth over issue

representative tom reed of new york, thank you so much. we want to, just bring in aaron gibbs of s&p global. lori rothman, on the floor of the new york stock exchange? tell us what the market reaction is? i saw for a second the dow making a run for the flat line. >> liz the house is optimistic the house passed a bill, trump's overall agenda, baby steps. going to the senate. but getting things done. funny, i talk to some of the guys. how do you feel about what is actually in this bill. they really didn't have a clear-cut answer. but the fact it did pass the house here was very encouraging. you saw the market really bounce between gains and losses all session long. small step up. still down, 11, 12 point here. overall picture it is not engaging in any negative news. it really wants to consolidate higher. that is the phrase of the everything is really, the market is withstanding any kind of bad news. jobs report tomorrow. you may look at this as kind of a pause if you look how far we've come. and how we held at technical levels, this is where

republican congressman tom reed is member of house ways and means committee and he joins us now. congressman, tying the two stories together with hope of tax reform with what is happening with the special counsel, the fact that a special counsel now has all this russia stuff, is that going to kind of clear the decks for you guys to do the hard work and come together on tax reform proposal? >> i hope so. even if it doesn't, i tell you we're focused on tax reform. it is biggest thing to do for the administration. this is one of their top priorities. focus on the issue at hand is what we're going to do. david: senator mitch mcconnell came out with a statement on tuesday, saying whatever tax proposal comes through it has to be revenue neutral. now we heard kevin brady how this has to be a bold plan. the mitch mcconnell, sort of watered down that version by saying it has to be revenue neutral which usually means you don't get the the bold tax cuts this economy needs. how do you square the two notions? >> you go through the process. i appreciate revenue neutrality. we have a national d

reed of new york had to say. he got some really rowdy crowds at a couple of his town halls. take a listen. >> it's starting to open up. it takes the mandates off, that one size fits all approach, and starts relieving that type of approach to health care. and allow people to be empowered and allow states some flexibility if they can come up with a better way to start undoing what is being caused by the laws that exist today. >> mark, you have been looking into this. what are some of the recurring claims that aren't passing the dest? >> when you talk about flexibility, one of the big claims is that with the bill does with pre-existing conditions, is that people will end up having more affordable health care coverage. that's a claim that hhs secretary tom price said on "meet the press" yesterday. and when you look inside the numbers and the flexibility that was given to the states, well, that could actually make coverage for people with pre-existing conditions have a more unaffordable and costlier care, potentially.

>> republican congressman tom reed faced angry constituents in a series of town hall meetings. >> re-defended his vote for the gop health care plan. >> i totally understand it and empathize with the fear, the anxiety because we are talking about health care. it's a very personal situation. >> reporter: closer to home, the president's weekend home in bedminster, new jersey, an unusual drive-by protested saturday, a line of a few dozen cars passed outside president trump's golf resort where local police prevented them from stopping. demonstrators then met nearby. >> want the people of this community to know that we don't all agree with him. >> reporter: others defended the longtime working resident who is now president. >> he's a hard working guy that has a day off. >> reporter: the president is at his golf resort and he is more than a golf course. he and members of his family have homes on the property, and he has worked with the community of bedminster to get an expansion of one of those homes it is notable when the president is tweeting about the beautiful community of bedminster and they're

as they face the constituents there in their hometown, republican congressman tom reed for instance of new york is doing that today. he's facing a packed house at several public events where he is defending his vote to repeal obamacare. many residents there are showing up to protest that decision. >> try to put together an insurance policy that excludes about everything and sell it for $42 a month. and that's great as long as you stay healthy. what is the point where you have to answer, yes, we've lowered it but we didn't take away the value of the insurance? >> msnbc senior editor of politics beth fouy in new york where senator reed was wrapping up his third town hall of the day. last we were speaking you were saying trump voters there in addition to those critics which we did hear in that little bit of sound that we just played very passionate but earlier seemed to be a bit quieter. did it ramp up over the course of that final town hall? >> they did, richard. it did start off a little quiet. the first one we went to this morning was very rowdy right from the beginning. the second one

>> reporter: in upstate new york, ssman tom reed reassured his constituents that people with pre-existing conditions needn't worry about the republican bill. >> the bill protects the pre-existing conditions. >> no! >> no! >> reporter: in fact, the bill rolls back the affordable care act's protections for patients with pre-existing conditions. health insurers would still have to cover them, but the bill includes a mechanism allowing insurance companies to raise rates on those patients, possibly even making their insurance unaffordable. in idaho, congressman raul labrador pushed back. at a constituent who told him without access to health care, people will die. >> that lie is so indefensible. nobody dies because they don't have access to health care. [ crowd reacting ] [ chanting "hey, hey, ho, ho" ] >> reporter: here in new jersey, congressman rodney frelinghuysen switched his vote from no to yes just last week. >> i support looking after pre-existing conditions. >> he was holding my letter in his hand, yes, when he said that. >> reporter: adina renfrow michelle survived stage 4 breast can

and tom reed from new york. with that, i will yield five minutes to the gentleman from the state up north, from ohio, mr. levin. >> you're still bitter about some of the back and forth between our two states. i don't think ron kind was here when we introduced judy chu. and earl was here part of the time. so dr. miller, welcome. as i read your report, your testimony, and also the executive summary, i was just struck by the thoroughness of the work you do. a lot of the issues are controversial. i remember when we first talked about controlling payments to physicians and the heck that we received and how much controversy there was. and you thought the sky was falling and it would never work out. and i mention that because i really think your report, and it has areas where there are difference of opinion, your report shows how successful this has been, this program, that is, in some respects a public but not only public, but public and private partnership. and with a lot of back and forth from the private sector as

congressman tom reed on the house ways and means committee, republican from new york. congressman, what do you think of that this report that the treasury secretary wants to talk about the debt limit, have this sing settled earlier rather than later so everyone is not on the brink of the trying to raise this thing in the middle of the proactive preventative way. that i think is responsible way to govern. neil: when he is saying just a simple debt limit hike, don't attach anything to it, just raise it what you do you say, are you for that? we find oursels in represented in the debt ceiling limit itself. neil: are you afraid that some of your democratic colleagues, for example, they say they have offered republicans an olive branch to go ahead and they would support a debt limit increase so that other things could get done. if this goats to be heated -- gets to be heat the delay, then everything you want done including rework of health care law not obstruction and division a lot of rhetoric coming out of d.c. neil: if you're open, congressman to attaching something to a

in sterling tom roussey, abc7 news. jonathan: what a great story! alison: remarkable. jonathan: i went time at walter reed with the prosthetics over there. they do miracles for people. and this is for the animals. what a great thing. nancy: how she ran. alison: great story. jonathan: good stuff. coming up next for us at 4:00. >> that shows that we have a deeply insecure president who understands that the noose is tightening. introducing the fios gigabit connection with download speeds up to 940 megs that are 20x faster and more powerful than most people have. incredibly, it's $79.99 a month for one year. switch to the most powerful internet at the most revolutionary price. get fios gigabit connection for $79.99 a month and we'll give you tv, hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for 2 years all with a 2 year agreement. so act fast. go to fiosgigabit.com announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. jonathan: our top story at 4:30, the firing of f.b.i. director james comey. michelle: reaction coming in all day including from congressional leaders.