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Times the president has experienced a lot of angst about his negative press coverage but that he's feeling energized following tuesday's address to congress. earlier this week president trump admitted his messaging has room for improvement. >> i think in terms of effort which means something that i give myself an a plus, okay, effort, but that's -- results are more important. in terms of messaging i would give myself a c or a c plus. >> in that same interview the president said of the probe in his own press shop quote, i would have handled it differently. let's go to the issue of health care...

Here's what he said about the grade he should get right now. here he is. >> in terms of achievement, i think i'd give myself an "a," because i think i've done great things, but i don't think i've -- i and my people, i don't think we've explained it well enough to the american public. i think i get an "a" in terms of what i've done but in terms of messaging a "c" or "c-plus." >> how honest is that assessment? didn't give himself an "a" on messaging. >> i think he's getting ready to fire sean sicer with a "c" for messaging. the idea anybody would give themselves a grade after four weeks is kind ...

Numbers. maybe he will today in that lunch. one note we want to make, the white house made the vice president available to every television network except cnn. we did extend an invitation. the white house did not respond. we do want to bring in larry sabato, director of the university of virginia center for politics. rebecca burg from realclearpolitics and jackie kucinich washington bureau chief for "the daily beast." professor, first to you. yesterday donald trump said he gave himself a c plus in terms of communicating his overall message to the american people so far. last it in's speech has...

When we know if what he says today turns into action. he said this is not time for small thinking or trivial fights. this is coming from a guy who has fought with a department store, what a broadway musical, with a tv show. with hollywood actors. with -- you know, newscasters. with news channels. let us see. >> it's worth saying. it was interesting about him giving himself a c plus, but he also blamed the obama administration for the leaks. they are no longer in power, so the leaks he says is because of the previous administration. >> i think that sometimes we get caught up in analyzing a spee...

Likewise serious eloquent speech, and that inaugural was incredibly different. >> but when you're in the house chamber, that's a little more reserved. >> yes. you would think it would be on the same level, but he was also looking out at millions upon millions of people in his view, or in his eyes, but they were all the supporters out there. i think that kind of played into it. >> this is a guy who reads press and watches tv like an addict. it means he heard the criticism and read it of the speech that he gave and today he went out and tried to give a different type of speech. >> i'm actually w...