From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

Replays failed, repeal and delay is dead. What's the GOP plan now?

I'm Leon Krause, in for Warren only, and this is To the Point. After two Republican senators bailed on their party's health care bill, the project to replace

Obamacare died before even going to a Senate vote.

A full repeal has already been shut down.

What does the GOP's failure tell us about Republican leadership on the hill and in the White

House? The threat of bipartisanship is looking a little more real now.

And later on, who was behind the targeted use of social media

and fake news in crucial states and counties that might have helped sway the election in Donald Trump's favor?

We will catch up with that fascinating development in the Russia

investigation. But first, here's the news.

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I'm Leon Krause, Inforworn, and this is to the point. Later on the show, the targeted use of fake

news stories on social media might have helped Donald Trump win in all important counties across the

country. Did Russian social media operatives run the procedure? Was there any active coordination with the Trump campaign?

We will delve into that aspect of the ongoing Russia investigation.

But first, the Republican-controlled Senate has failed in its attempt to repeal and replace

Obamacare, a goal that the party has had since 2010.

It started last night when two senators defected,

which apparently caught Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell off guard

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