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Popular, its turned the polling -- >> saying its a disaster. >> saying its a disaster, but what they need to do generally philosophically to do it and the reason is gloria is because they have been losing the public relations battle. >> this is exactly why he gives himself a c and c plus in terms of messaging because he hasnt explained the why in terms of obamacare, or in terms of the wall other than to say its a campaign promise but why do you spend $20 billion on it? what is the why of the tra...

States and in europe. something that is very troubling and needs real leadership from the president of the united states to push back against. >> president trump said today that in terms of mess alaning, hed give himself a c or c plus, but in term of achievements so far since becoming president, hed give himself an a. what grade would you give the president so far? >> well, clearly president trump is grading on a curve if he would give himself an a for actual accomplishments. he has signed a who...

Possible path to citizenship for the so-called dreamers. those are the kids who are brought to the u.s. illegally. the president is also talking about a bill where undocumented immigrants who are not committed to crime can stay in the u.s. legally, that is a big shift from where he has stood in the past. its just one of a number of big-ticket items for president trump who will be delivering perhaps his most important speech since his inauguration. with polls showing a majority of americans disap...

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Think weve explained it well enough to the american public. i think i get an a in terms of what ive actually done. but in terms of messaging id give myself a c or a c plus. >> how are you going to change that then? >> well, maybe i change it during the speech. >> so, ron, if you were in charge, what would you be telling the president he needs to do tonight? >> well, i think thats setting an optimistic positive forward-looking agenda, talking about the benefits of his ideas. not just keeping prom...

But it is interesting as you pointed out that the president gave himself a c-plus. its like hes acknowledging ive broken through to my supporters, people like me, people who turned out and voted for him but maybe i havent broken through to those middle 30% of individuals curious about president trump but havent quite heard what they want to hear. tonight when he talks about a more optimistic tone. he mentioned it in the talking points provided to, i believe, abc, he wants to talk about working p...

Entitlements. they dont want them touched, even if you explain, hey, if we dont touch this and fix this, its going to be bankrupt in the very near future and its easier to deal with that now. trump is actually employed a similar argument on obamacare where he said, look, it would be the easiest thing to give in and not change this at all and let it ride out. but its not working and its not going to work and its going to be irrevocably broken if we dont fix it. i look forward to them talking abou...

Terms of messaging i would give myself a c or c plus. >> bill: part of your job at the rnc is the message. how do you think he is doing? >> he is doing a great job. he has a lot of obstacles. i give him an a. he is coming to the american people to give his message to congress and the american people. the obstruction of the democrats not working with this president and not giving him time to get his cabinet or work with him, thats a problem that he has dealt with from day one. something that bara...

Reach across the aisle? even the president says his administration could do better, at least when it comes to messaging. >> i think in terms of effort, which means something, i give myself an a plus, okay, effort. but thats -- you know, results are more important. in terms of messaging, i would give myself a c or a c plus. >> our teams are standing by at the white house, capitol hill, and outside the beltway with reaction. lets begin with halle jackson who is at the white house. halle, before we...

Better grade than a c or c-plus. hes the master at setting the bar and well see an a-plus performance. really i think what well see tonight is a bit of something for everybody from existing supporters. theyll like what they hear about the president in terms of keeping promises and also this unifying message for people who did not support them. were going to hear a lot of that. in particular theres a line in the speech. i even only seen a small amount where he talks about everything in our countr...