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Capitol hill were more comfortable with this. the question, is this rubbing off on the president? any indication that will be a more permanent change in style or are we going to be back to old tricks in 24 hours? >> reporter: well, when we heard the president grading his own messaging performance as a c plus and talking about how results are more important, perhaps he will review how people are perceiving this speech, maybe take some cues from the fact that a more stick to the prompter measured sort of tone actually gets him some goodwill. so we'll have to see how the president responds to tha...

He is acknowledging he hasn't been perfect. >> i think in terms of effort, which means something, but i give myself an a-plus, effort. but that's, you know, results are more important. in terms of messaging, i would give myself a c or c-plus. >> reporter: the president will attempt to get that messaging right tonight, laying out his plans to repeal and replace obamacare, crackdown on illegal immigration, tackle the budget, grow the economy, and beef up national security. but the president is learning quickly health care may be the most daunting task. >> all i can do is speak from the heart and...

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This just happened inside an anchor luncheon in the white house. in the "fox and friends" interview, the president gave himself a report card. >> in terms of achievement, i'd give myself an a. i and my people. i don't think we've explain it well enough to the american public. i think i get an a in terms of what i've done. in terms of messaging, i'd give myself a c or c plus. >> the president says it's not the substance but the message. he can't communicate his wild successes to the american people. if that is the case, tonight is his chance to change it. his advisors say he will talk about pro...

Infrastructure reform. but he's not expected to offer much in the way of specifics on the thorny issue of repealing and replacing obamacare. told the speech will end on an optimistic tone with a call for uni unity. something that the white house believes was overlooked in his inauguration speech. in addition to issues of substance, there are renewed questions of white house credibility and flurry of fact checks calls for conflicts of interest, and of course controversial claims. so today, president trump offered a rare acknowledgment of his administration shortcomings when it comes to messagin...