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By people in the country illegally, and reached out to introduce the nation to some of these individuals, many who have been following the campaign, if you know the president's campaign speeches, will recognize these people. tone might have been one thing but lot of people in the chamber, drs.emocrats especiall but moderate republicans as well won't find unifying. he did the basic outlines of the speaker ryan plan talking about tax credits for people who can't afford health insurance, something that conservatives have expressed concern about, thinking might be entitlement, he gave support. tha...

It is a key part of the ryan plan and donald trump signed up for it. it was subtle, but it was there. i think that's one of the reasons ryan was so excited about it. that doesn't mean it will be settled. we'll have to wait and see what happens. it clearly was the president coming down on ryan's side in terms of what the prescription should be. >> i thought that was very insightful. it occurred to me that all the republicans were there, none of them are thinking about running for president until at least 2024 when maybe all the democrats are thinking they'll want to run in 2020 maybe even again...

Rising to the bait, that will be a problem. but if you were to build on this, i think the point that chris stirewalt made -- he really brought the ryan plan. republicans were really looking for -- there was a division inside the republican party about repeal and replace on issues like tax credits, how he will do with medicaid. he really bought into the ryan plan. there a lot of republicans that don't like that but he has given ryan and the presidential seal of approval that is job one. infrastructure will come later. obamacare, repeal and replace is job one. >> martha: tucker, a lot of people ...

To sell a divided country on the need to repeal and replace obama care and on the need for sweeping tax reform. those are big goals the presses shares with the republican congressional leaders. goals aren't laws, and to get legislation passed, republican leaders need some help from the president settling some big internal republican disagreements. >> first, we should insure that americans with preexisting conditions have access to coverage and that we have a stable transition for americans currently enrolled in the health care exchanges. secondly, we should help americans purchase their own co...

Care, and a government entitlement. >> i don't think that this speech papers over the divisions in the house on that issue. one can interpret tax credits in different ways. but you could see paul ryan there. that was probably where he lit up the most, and i know the ryan team today is sort of saying -- pointing that that excerpt and saying he is on board with our plan, but the fact that this plan -- >> that's their read. >> that's their read. >> other people are saying, well, you asked him to be really specific, and he wasn't all that specific. is he not on board with your plan? >> the house i...