It's gearing up to be a busy week on Capitol Hill after President Trump's U-turn on the Epstein files.

To discuss that and more, we turn now to our Politics Monday duo.

That is Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter and Tamara Keith of NPR, who joins us tonight from Salt Lake City.

It's good to see you both.

So, Tam, I'm going to start with you because, as you heard Lisa report earlier, the House is expected now to vote on the release of those Epstein files.

Tomorrow you saw what the president posted online when he had his reversal, at least rhetorically,

on the release of those files. He said, House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein

files because we have nothing to hide.

It's time to move on from this Democratic hoax.

I don't care.

All I do care about is that Republicans get back on point.

So, Tam, what do we know about why that reversal?

Well, initially, he was sort of holding his hand up, trying to tell a moving freight train to slow down and stop.

Eventually, he realized that this was going to pass and it was going to get a lot of Republican votes,

and it would show a fissure between himself and members of his party in Congress, something he really doesn't want.

So he got out of the way.

And now instead of this being, you know, a vote that shows weakness, he can spin it as a vote that shows that the House is just going along with what he wants.

But clearly, for weeks and weeks and weeks and weeks, he made it quite clear he didn't want this vote to happen.

Now he's even saying that he'd sign a bill if it gets to him.

Of course, it has to go through the Senate.

And his public posture may be different than his private posture there.

Amy, we saw him try to pressure some Republicans to not support this

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