in washington. our panel. tom, molly, and charles. by the way, i mai have to interrupt you in a couple of moments. the new speaker is about to have a news conference on the hill. we are waiting for that. we will dip in when she starts speaking. charles, what do you think about the president saying we will surprise a lot of people and get a lot of stuff done? >> it would be a surprise if he got a lot done with nancy pelosi. it's an olive branch that he has extended to her before. there was the famous chuck and nancy have a great idea episode a while back. it didn't last this long. it's part of a strategy of the white house to show the president wants to compromise and the democrats are the ones who are intransigent is here. that's part of the larger game