the tea leaves of things he says not for attribution off the record, as homelanding out some promise that he'll be a different kind of president. >> reporter: as for the moment of the night, the president's tribute to the widow of fallen navy seal ryan owens who died in a raid in yemen few are doubting mr. trump's sincerity. >> and ryan is looking down right now, you know that, and he's very happy because i think he just broke a record. >> reporter: but on the president's claim that the raid yielded valuable information -- >> ryan was a part of a highly successful raid that generated large amounts of vital intelligence that will lead to many more victories in the future against our enemy. >> reporter: republican senator lindsey graham is not so sure. >> my advice is let's celebrate this young man as a hero and not oversell, and i don't know if they're over sell, but we'll eventually find out. >> reporter: writing the speech was a trump team effort