The Senate has dealt a devastating setback to Republican efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare, defeating a GOP “skinny repeal” bill early Friday morning. Sens. John McCain, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins joined with Democrats to oppose the measure, a major blow to President Donald Trump and the Republican congressional agenda. Kimberly Leonard the Senior Health Care Policy Reporter for the Washington Examiner joined Dan and Amy to talk about what went wrong with the current bill and what could happen moving forward:
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According to a new medical study, 99% of NFL players have had a brain injury. Dr. Jesse Mez one of the lead authors of the study joined Dan and Amy to talk about what CTE is, what the symptoms are and what the NFL could do to make professional football a less risky profession:
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions talked to Tucker Carlson on Fox News. Sessions admitted that President Trump’s criticism over his recusal from the Russia investigation has been “kind of hurtful,” but insists he will continue in the job.
Newly minted White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci is still making the media rounds. He appeared on CNN and did an interview with the New Yorker that featured language and bravado not normally seen from a public official.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingirch is concerned about Scaramucci’s over the top behavior.
Hillary Clinton has a new book coming out about the 2016 Presidential election. The working title is “What Happened.”