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Pleasure. thanks for joining me, sir. >> thanks for having me. >> i would like your reaction to the president's speech. what did you think? >> i think the president began the discussion. i think he has some ideas which merit consideration. but i think, alex, we have a very long way to go on what is an enormously important and complicated issue. and the bottom line is, everybody wants to see the government do all that it can to make sure that this country does not see another terrorist attack. no debate upon that. many of us want to make sure that we protect the american people without undermin...

Yesterday. john boehner had a good statement yesterday that was self-correcting of some of the republican extreme statements earlier in the day. he said, the proposals the president outlined merit consideration. we hope he gives serious consideration to our ideas as well. it's nice. mark halperin, about this tour, life is full of these funny coincidences. the president, first, is going to richmond. then he's going to ohio. i'm sure they just closed their eyes and threw darts on the dart board. the first dart went to eric cantor's district and the second went to john boehners in ohio. >> talk a...