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And neck. according to the polls. his point i think is that polls have not measured him and the campaign, he is saying that they do not measure him now as far as people who support the trump administration. all that caveat is that there are still roadblocks up ahead still potholes. robert mueller. all of it is troubling down the road. >> jon: i remember when the stock market took a slight nosedive because it had not anticipated the trump victory. and look at what has happened since then. of the ...

To take a different track pressuring china rather than engaging with north korea directly. the risks of action so great and imminent, and successor has to do that. leland: it seems we are seeing the risk of inaction. they have a nuclear weapon, there was first strike capability, and icbm, a way to prevent that. video of kim jung un celebrating a lot. north koreans are not shining away. they step up the pressure, china is conducting live fire drills near the korean peninsula. the morning post has...

President trump promising to drain the swamp. the latest example the firing of reince priebus and now john kelly being brought in. so this restart, andre, does this exemplify draining the swamp? >> i dont know that it e exemplifies draining the swamp and i didnt mean that as far as taking everybody out. i think youve got to have stom folks that have institutional knowledge from within washington to help the process. but there are certain positions where to get the full results -- look, the presi...

>> sessions told the associated press that he will stay in his job for as long as the president wants him there. thats the barometer at the white house. >> sarah murray reporting from the white house. also breaking right now, a newly published bombshell conversation in which white house communications director launches a profane attack against the white house chief of staff. this is a remarkable development. i want to bring in ryan liz of the new yorker. he had this remarkable conversation with ...

Abby: i love that. steve denning has a wall -- i guess they list all the wall in his office and a check of things they promised along the way during the campaign and since then things that are getting done. >> is there any other barometer you want from someone you like? you want something you like them and they do it they say as opposed to doing whatever washington wants. there literally is a list, in fact two of them. you can see checkmarks that they have done it or havent done it. certainly th...

Long as that is appropriate. >> as the attorney general said we are working here every day to advance the priorities of the department of justice, the administration and proud to be here yesterday proud to be here today and proud work here tomorrow and we are spending every minute working to advance the interests of the department. >> maybe the answer is self-evident. the president of the united states does he not understand he is not supposed to influence the work of the attorney general and th...

The average voter is focusing on where the country is headed, and will they benefit from it. so you have a level of optimism among the working class, that you have not had in literally decades. >> neil: what keeps that going, though? i mean i always look at the markets, we talk about this in the past, the markets can sometimes be a great barometer, not all the time, but seem to be telegraphing were going to get our tax cuts, get regulations off the backs of businesses, off to the races. but they...

Medicare up to 110% in poverty theres a good chance for people to get covered whose not. the poor or working class with subsidies -- we got to work collectively through valued based systems when we focus on hospitals with outcomes. >> what does that mean for preexisting conditions? would it matter if youre sick already if yourest its not provided by your employer? >> preexisting conditions should not be a barometer of whether someone should get coverage or not. the university of pennsylvania we ...

Together, fund the subsidies during an interim period of time while we look at how we can fix the program long-term. >> how can people get insurance if its not made available through their employer? would it be more expensive? is that a possibility. >> i think that is a possibility. theres a reason for subsidies. expansion of medicaid managed care, up to 138% of poverty, theres an opportunity for people to get covered who traditionally were not covered. working poor for example, have had an oppo...

Maintain its status as a sanctuary city. neil? >> neil: thanks very much, trace. for those of you just tuning in, we did want to remind you that this is a record today. so in record territory here and on the s&p 500. i hasten to add that because of all the stories of a widening investigation of russian collusion and all that stuff, the markets sometimes are good barometer, not always accurate, about how worried they are about it. so far not much. more after this. dude. your crunchings scaring th...