>> reporter: good morning. the president got high marks for tone, for rhetoric and even threw in a little policy guidance for congressional republicans on repealing and replacing obamacare. he did tip his hat to congressional republicans on the issue of tax credits to help pay for insurance as well as expanding health savings accounts. for the most part he didn't give republicans a lot of ideas how to get there. keeping it mostly big picture. listen. >> action is not a choice. it is a necessity. >> action is not a choice, it is a necessity. so i am calling on all democrats and republicans in congress to work with us to save americans from this imploding obamacare disaster. at the same time providing better health care. >> the way to make health