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When we sit there and look at the stock market and try to use that as a barometer of economic success, undoubtedly we all love a strong stock market, as i said last night, theres more to it than that. we have to recognize theres parts of our economy and country that are doing really well as there were under obama administration. theres parts that are still struggling to try to find their footing. and thats bigger than just a tax cut that is tilted dramatically towards the wealthy. this means try...

But if the president trump is low 40s by the time we get to notify democrats think maybe it wont be 60. maybe it wont be 52. but they need 24. that would be enough. so if you look at the numbers today, president approval rating, democrats think pretty good chance to get the house, reasonable to raise money. so watch the president approval rating. presidents approval rating number one bo number one bar number one barometer. and president trump in trouble there, wolf. >> plenty of time between now...

Had to take to the white house, he was lying to the press when he was saying that because he had no information. he runs to the white house to try to get information from the white house and when they give him information he goes out and has a press conference. much ado about nothing, an absolute clown show. bob costa, let me ask you, if you could, best as you can, give us a reading. whats the barometer of republicans on the hill looking at ron johnson, for instance, claiming there is a secret s...

Washington is operating. no matter what numbers you look at, theyre astounding. african-american unemployment. people off of food stamp rolls, the stock market, no matter what barometer you use now, i can tell you, my personal business last year, i did better last year than i did the previous ten years which is astounding. unbelievable. the -- youve got a guy that understands business first and foremost running the country. >> patty, i saw you shaking your head. >> first of all, i think the argu...

The tax breaks that these companies are getting will go to their employees or will go to investment or go to their shareholders. were seeing that at least from these companies. should democrats be concerned? >> i think what these companies are doing, thats fantastic. weve seen walmart close down, you know, 20 sams clubs across the country, let go thousands of thousands of people. but to andres point, we just had a special election in wisconsin last week where democrats flipped a state senate sea...

The visa lottery or chain migration. barack obama just a few years back said the atlantic magazine, im sure wouldnt take wish it, he said the mess the presidents privately he calls libya an s-show. in part because it scweengtly become an isis haven as has sudan, as has somalia, egypt has huge radicalization problems that they are having to deal with. the president -- previous president obama called it an s show. s hole, s show, whats the difference? >> we destroyed libya. >> laura: its okay to d...

Migration. barack obama just a few years back said the atlantic magazine, im sure wouldnt take wish it, he said the mess the presidents privately he calls libya an s-show. in part because it scweengtly become an isis haven as has sudan, as has somalia, egypt has huge radicalization problems that they are having to deal with. the president -- previous president obama called it an s show. s hole, s show, whats the difference? >> we destroyed libya. >> laura: its okay to demean the people of that c...

When a terror group might model his legacy. the small business optimism index is at a record high. you can tab because of the green arrow. its going up. the optimism is a decent barometer of job approval. more so than what the polls tell you. small businesses thrive in good times and now they sense good times. i should know. i am a small piece of business myself. lets talk about it. donald trump commented on his own meeting. vintage drum. >> my performance, some of them called it a performance. ...

>> as the new year ended, we started getting news that don mcgahn reportedly knew about what was going on with michael flynn, which means the president knew when he was going to james comey telling him kill this investigation. we also know that michael flynn got a sweet heart deal from the special prosecuter. so there are some things we dont know. there are some things we do know. >> thats right. >> if bob muler eller is fired, people are going to jail. they are going to be charged at the state ...

Poor barometer for how most americans are doing in this economy. 80% of market gains only benefit the top 10% of earners. critics are warning that the presidents tax reform package will benefit businesses and the wealthy. >> what the middle class really does need are jobs and wage growth. the whole trickle-down sales job has been belied by every historic example of these cuts. >> the white house disputes that, citing its own research that slashing corporate rates will increase worker incomes by ...