sect-general. let s begin with kristen welker. real clear politics associate editor a.b. stoddard and jennifer tet. kristen, there are ways to interpret the jobs report but not surprisingly you heard the upside why the glass is half full from the president. reporter: that s right. president biden focusing on the unemployment rate. it dropped to 3.9%. he talked about how history cli low that rate is and made the argument that people are leaving the jobs going to better jobs, higher paying jobs but that doesn t deal with the issue of inflation, with those still struggling to get back to work. the president fired back at republicans essentially that he has ptd been focused on inflation. you heard him say that s
yamish alcinder, msnbc contributor jeremy peters, political reporter at the new york times. real clear politics associate editor a.b. stoddard and former house democratic caucus chairman joe crowley. president trump s campaign manager, brad pascale, his response to our own kristen welker, all news about the president s polling is completely false. the president s new polling is extraordinary and his numbers have never been better. if it s not entirely obvious from that statement there, how do you think the campaign is handling this, jeremy? the first step there is to appease the president. there s a pretty well-born formula of doing that. you use words like extraordinary, tremendous and say it s impossible anybody could ever beat him because he s the strongest candidate who has ever run for the office. that s step one. step two, though, is trying to wake up the republican party and
point in their presidency, you see that donald trump is at the bottom there. all his modern day predecessors were at a much stronger point at this, the end december of their first year in office than donald trump is. very interesting to see all these numbers in context. stick around, if you would. we have more questions for you. we want to bring in associate editor a.b. stoddard. why do you think opposition to this tax bill has grown so quickly since just last month? as the house bill was being sort of, you know, integrated with the senate bill and a larger discussion was had about which provisions would remain and which ones were too valuable to eliminate and which ones would pay for what, you saw sort of a game of wha krchlwhack-a-m a deficit would pop up and they would take something out.
steve: i m sorry, guys. there s a lot of important point that you both made but i ve got people here who have important and interesting points to make. i want to bring in our panel in los angeles. thank you to both of you. with here tonight, new york times best selling author mickey ward, fox news contributor guy benson and associate editor a.b. stoddard. i want to start with you. you saw the discussion there and there are serious issues at the heart of this. i worry that it s gotten muddled up in a week a donald trump response. that is a good point. i m in the lonely middle on this. i am of two minds. i really truly believe that as an american i want everyone to unify behind our anthem and flag and i want at those events to us not be feeling red or blue state or tribal but to be feeling
steve: i m sorry, guys. there s a lot of important point that you both made but i ve got people here who have important and interesting points to make. i want to bring in our panel in los angeles. thank you to both of you. with here tonight, new york times best selling author mickey ward, fox news contributor guy benson and associate editor a.b. stoddard. i want to start with you. you saw the discussion there and there are serious issues at the heart of this. i worry that it s gotten muddled up in a week a donald trump response. that is a good point. i m in the lonely middle on this. i am of two minds. i really truly believe that as an american i want everyone to unify behind our anthem and flag and i want at those events to us not be feeling red or blue state or tribal but to be feeling