. >> here with me is peter alexander, ashley parker, also an msnbc political analyst. nprs jeff bennett is here with me in the studio. but peter, i want to start with you over at the white house, since we listened to what the president said about tax reform. he's not pleased currently with the congress. what's the expectation of how quickly they want them to get tax reform through? >> well, the bottom line you can hear a shift in strategy, not just in his words but in his very appearance compared to the way they handled health care. that was a dramatic failure. here the president making a stop going on the road to a state where there is a senator that is a democrat. a red state with a democratic senator, claire mccaskill there as well. the president is making similar stops and similar speeches in the weeks and months ahead. remember, he didn't make any such stop or a single speech on health care behind this. his singular focus was on the why they needed this. the sales pitch for tax reform. not so much on the how they were going to go about doing it which is some of the criticism you're