in those efforts and govern. i.e. wians have questions and concerns about your plans. they can t be heard over the cheers of a rally. robert, we do have some reporting from our own stephanie rhule quoting a senior member of the white house team saying there were some cringe worthy moments for the members of the staff hoping somehow he would turn a page that the presence of a teleprompter would help, but i guess the lure of red meat was too much as we said, he went off script early and often. reporter: brian, as i listened to the president s remarks tonight, i saw him being observational as well as defiant. it was a living version of his twitter feed. i also heard him road testing suggestions to the republican base, things he has not always fleshed out yet in policy speeches. like the solar panel on the wall. he s trying i m told by my sources to deal with government as reality.
poli policies, listen to americans with a stake in those efforts, and govern. iowans have questions and concerns about your plans. they can t be heard over the cheers of a rally. robert, we do have some reporting from our own stephanie ruhle quoting a senior member of the house team, saying there were some cringeworthy moments for the members of the staff hoping somehow he would turn a page, that the presence of a teleprompter would help. but i guess the allure of red meat was too much. as i said, he went off-script early and often. brian, as i listened to the president s remarks tonight, i saw him being on servational as well as defiant. i also heard him road testing suggestions to the republican base, things he has not always fleshed out yet in policy speeches like this solar panel on the wall. he s trying, i m told by my sources, to deal with government
twitter feed. i also heard him road testing suggestions to the republican base, things he has not always fleshed out yet in policy speeches. like the solar panel on the wall. he s trying i m told by my sources to deal with government as reality. with the bracing reality that some of the things he promised may not happen as he promised them. and maybe some different ways of approaching signature issues like the wall or tax reform and health care could be could pass by the base, could get the support of the base. this was him returning to that iowa crowd that lifted him back in early 2016 and wondering allowed. in almost a subtle way even though it was a ruckus environment whether he could pivot a bit and still keep their support. robert, indeed to your point about a road test, he made the point about health care as if to cover a less than perfect health care plan, he said even if it was perfect and cost the american people nothing, they d