the president has just returned to washington after visiting a family in northern virginia who had responded to a white house social media campaign my2k, which asked middle class families to describe what would happen if their taxes were forced to go up. after hearing their story, the president reminded republicans in washington that everyone will have some skin in this game. nbc's mike viqueira joins us live from the white house. mike, it seems as though the president was using today's visit as a visual aid for republicans to remind them that the majority of americans are on his side when it comes to continuing tax cuts for the middle class but raising them for the top 2%. >> well, i think that's entirely accurate, martin. over the course of the past two weeks, think of what we've seen now in this public relations xin xran and the president have launc