. >> let's bring in abc's political director in washington, bureau chief rick klein. esident accomplish tonight what he wanted to accomplish, what he needed to accomplish? >> byron, this was trump in full. this was a man who is emboldened, empowered. i think at the peak of the view that so many of his supporters have, of where his popularity is and where his authority is, and he's accomplished so much. and i think this, in a way, was a victory lap and also a call to arms to his base and maybe beyond that to say, look, this is what i am trying to do and i hope you get on board. he didn't reach out to people that were on the other side of him politically, but he certainly made an invitation to the country to get on board and say, look, this is what we're doing and we'd like you to be part of it. >> speaking about the other side, congressman al green from texas, he gets removed early on in the speech, something that few of us had ever seen before. theater. or does it set the tone for what we'll see between the two parties moving forward? >> the democratic response to me w