part of the court, which is their stronghold. it s had an effect. the u.s. has been pressing pakistan to take on the group more aggressively on the ground. it seems to be having an effect both here as well as some 3,000 counter terror operations across the country. now, as the pakistani military took the fight to the taliban, there have been fears among politicians about blow back. we may have seen that today but one u.s. official saying that this could be seen as an act of desperation as the pakistani taliban comes under pressure and remember this is a matter of competition, that the taliban capability by carrying out - attacks like this and when you have groups like isis which is drawing support and members and leaders, even the spokesman from a pakistani taliban in effect changes sides and going to isis. it s a competitive atmosphere. they see that isis is cap vat ti
of course, the ryan plan talks about keeping things the same for current seniors but they could change some 15 years from now. all of that is an idea. he s been a proponent of that. you can say that republicans will have to deal with that either way. it certainly puts it front and center if paul ryan is the choice. but he also brings vigor on the campaign trail. he s a great speaker. i ve watched him deal with voters and he s very cap ti vating and that is helpful as well. kelly o donnell in ohio, thanks for being with us. nice to speak with you as well. i want to get you to white house where our white house chief correspondent is standing by. chuck todd, are you with us? i am. hey, what do you know? chuck todd knows all. what can you tell us? msnbc has three sources all telling us that paul ryan is mitt romney s choice for the pick. but what we also can tell you is