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Things on their own schedule, but certainly there have been expectations and some indications that they may want to do another test, and they -- you know, it could come when theyre sitting in mar-a-lago talking about what to do about the north koreans. i dont think it is going to help the north korean cause much, but i think the really interesting thing will be how the chinese size up donald trump and how donald trump sizes up the chinese. >> president trump said today about his upcoming mar-a-l...

-- he talked about radical islamic terrorism. thats the first time any president has ever said that in the well of the house. he reached out to democrats, i thought it was a grace note to begin. saying that this is black history month, condemning the attacks on jewish community centers and cemeteries and the hate killing in kansas. he also talked about immigration reform, reaching out to democrats. you pointed out the extraordinary moment with the widow but also the student data has been terribl...

Will remember long-term from this day, but it was a nice moment. >> steve schmidt, you are fond of talking about our inheritance as americans, in terms of our democracy. the president, effective today, inherits all of them. >> he does. i think hes acutely aware that what fueled his candidacy and elected him president, foundationally was a collapse of trust in every institution in this country you could think to name, but theres one exception. and thats the united states military, which has risen...

Its -- that was -- that was touching. and its not necessarily what we will remember long-term from this day, but it was a nice moment. >> steve schmidt, you are fond of talking about our inheritance as americans, in terms of our democracy. the president, effective today, inherits all of them. >> he does. i think hes acutely aware that what fueled his candidacy and elected him president, foundationally was a collapse of trust in every institution in this country you could think to name, but there...

Yeah, it was a grace note. when you have men and women who could possibly be in harms way at any time, its good to know from their standpoint and hearing them talk about how other presidents have each erea out to them, they want to feel that connection. and there was definitely a connection tonight in that room between the new president, president donald j. trump and his first lady, first lady melania trump, with the troops. it means something. it resounds. at least they feel, hes connecting. he...

Last eight hours. >> so youre serious about mid-course correction as simple as, you know, dislike on social media, they think the speech was dark, people are tweeting that you were too harsh and then he would add a grace note about hillary clinton as a result? >> i have no such evidence that that is what happened today, but there is no way to rule out the possibility and we do know for a fact that he lives in a constant twitter media feedback loop. his existence is to speak, act, watch the cover...

[ applause ] >> that was a side of this president we dont see that often. this sort of gracefulness. especially given how adversarial they have been up there. >> i thought it was a real grace note. he often used examples, not of boehner, but of other people throughout the speech to show that were not dysfunctional outside washington. that, in fact, theres a lot of good things going on, and that that should be the model for the chamber itself. i thought that was a fairly effective strategy. >> ha...

Friendship lunch? >> my guess is that it is largely symbolic. it is good for democracy, the president and mitt romney, who is leaving the national stage. we wont have romney to kick around anymore. the reason he was kicked so hard is what he said afterwards when he tripled down or doubled down on that 47% comment. he can come out of the white house and make a statement. he is never going to live there. at least, he is going to get to visit. it is good for the president. he is reaching across the...

Friendship lunch? >> my guess is that it is largely symbolic. it is good for democracy, the president and mitt romney, who is leaving the national stage. we wont have romney to kick around anymore. the reason he was kicked so hard is what he said afterwards when he tripled down or doubled down on that 47% comment. he can come out of the white house and make a statement. he is never going to live there. at least, he is going to get to visit. it is good for the president. he is reaching across the...

People may not be supporters, may not vote for me, but ive got to try to convince them, part and parcel of the message he delivered when he was elected. >> one of the strikes against obama among, you know, those who will not vote for him, is that he -- he talks in poetry. ive never listened to a politician who talks more in pros than mitt romney. when he was in the room, he seemed actually lit up and in a way much more articulate as you said. and this linear, cost benefit, you know, balance shee...