what he wants. there were was a few lines in there that clearly were put in at the behest of speaker ryan s office. i know this because they blasted out thanks for those lines literally snainstantaneously as soon as they were delivered. it seems to me if trump wants to get any of hi agenda done, amace appeal and infrastructure, tax reform, needs a legislative bran. for someone coming into office not knowing how congress operates and the legislative process goes this seemed? some ways a not to that. willie, no president walks into the oval office knowing exactly what they are going to do. donald trump is the first president in the history of this country with no political or military experience stepping into that office. last night seemed to be a recognition, who his audience was and what he needed from them, and, again, like ronald reagan. anybody that underestimates donald trump usually loses. the only comparable speech and maybe you can correct me on this i could think of as i lo
didn t know how to go there on african-americans and others. so he set the tone. he has raises the bar for himself which is important and i think to mark s point, that reaching o you saw it that olive branch with pau ryan on health care. sort of adopting that tone and language from capitol hill that says, okay, guys, we are ready to do this and see if he gets it done. by the way, you also had gary cohen. paul ryan. you had, again, all of the players, i ll just be blunt, that we hoped would have more influence over donald trump going in and having that influence. would have the ear of the president. had the ear of the president. we are just getting started here. the vice president of the united states mike pence joins us live on the set. also senate minority leader chuck schumer and senator ted cruz and hive interview with house minority leader nancy
conversation we are going to have to have. long-term entitlement reform. i pressed last night on this and it was a similar answer. a wait for the in may. we may see a semantics change when it comes to entitlement reform on the long term. not the people who are in or near retirement right now. jon: there s some people who are thinking with the budget talk with former members of congress along with tom price, the director of health and human services now, that there might be a push toward tightening the budget and coming up with budget cuts that might be palatable to the president. is there any indication that that s happening? i think it is happening behind the scenes. i don t think we have of the details yet, but i do think it s going to happen. think about it from speaker ryan s perspective. here s a guy he s worked with for years on budgets, on
affordable care act replacement plan. the president s aides have been back channelling with speaker ryan s office but we haven t really seen the president himself come out and deliver specifics on how he wants to repeal and replace obamacare, and not only sell the plan but also provide air cover to these members who are going to have to vote on it. kate, you have seen what is going on at town halls when members were back on recess last week and went back to their districts. and so what i think the two republican leaders are really going to try to impress upon him is the importance of him being out there and being the face of this, and the fact that if he doesn t do this, this plan could be in jeopardy. this also comes, sara this is a huge week for the president. we re getting a first look at the president s budget priorities, his budget outline. it sounds like it s coming down to two words, one worth, security or national security. what are you hearing? reporter: that s absolutel