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But it is interesting as you pointed out that the president gave himself a c-plus. it's like he's acknowledging i've broken through to my supporters, people like me, people who turned out and voted for him but maybe i haven't broken through to those middle 30% of individuals curious about president trump but haven't 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 parents and access to education. these are things a lot of times are lost in the mix when talkin...

Entitlements. they don't want them touched, even if you explain, hey, if we don't touch this and fix this, it's going to be bankrupt in the very near future and it's 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 it's not working and it's not going to work and it's going to be irrevocably broken if we don't fix it. i look forward to them talking about that on something like social security and medicare in the future. >> the president, bakar...

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, that's a problem that he has dealt with from day one. something that barack obama never had. why aren't the democrats giving this president a chance? 73% of americans have ...

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 that's -- 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. let's begin with halle jackson who is at the white house. halle, before we jump into tonight's address, it's been a busy day at the white house, which is fairly unusual for...

Better grade than a c or c-plus. he's the master at setting the bar and we'll see an a-plus performance. really i think what we'll see tonight is a bit of something for everybody from existing supporters. they'll like what they hear about the president in terms of keeping promises and also this unifying message for people who did not support them. we're going to hear a lot of that. in particular there's a line in the speech. i even only seen a small amount where he talks about everything in our country that is broke condition be fixed. there's a beautiful package that is a unifying theme. more...