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Surrounding the ukraine call. weve seen his approval go up and down but within the margins, within a percentage or so. and its one of the higher points of his administration. we continue to see this pattern of his base sticking by him, him having a floor of around 38% or so of support out there regardless of what he does so far, and, of course, on the other side, the opposition to him remains just as equally strong. the divided country that we had this time three years ago in 2016 still appears ...

President right, hallie jackson? is his base sticking with him no matter what? >> that will help him potentially in the court of public opinion, but in the court of law it doesnt matter what his base thinks. >> hes got to hope people are on the jury that love him in that base. thats the way it goes. >> danny cevallos always good to have you. philip rucker youve got to get to new york at some time so you can sit here and be part of the fun. >> i would love that, craig. >> thank you, hallie, enjoy...

And 47% say yes when asked if president trump should be impeached and removed from office. thats up five points since june. 48% feel he should not be. >> willie, those numbers, we talked about it last hour, just one bad number after another for the president. >> you look at the trend line too of bob muellers approval rating. the highest ever. its ticked up june, july to august and this is the middle of a relentless attack beginning with rudy giuliani, kouvgs wiof. another interesting number 47% ...

Countries or people at the southern border, i mean, im counting down to when were going to hear from the white house and see the tweets where the president says see? i told you i do. >> they got the right eventually. whats that third times the charm? right? this all started in chaos. at airports, with politicians on both sides of the aisle angry at what seemed like a very abrupt and dramatic decision. over time we got to watch in realtime as the government, as the administration, tried and tried...

David, speaking of that, if he doesnt get a tax deal, he can blame the democrats or obstructionist republicans, but if he wins, he will surely take credit for -- the president has gone head to head with a number of political adversaries and hes really come out a winner. why shouldnt he feel emboldened to do things that others may see as politically reckless? >> do you think that he has been timid, don, about doing things that are politically reckless? i dont think -- i dont know what emboldened ...

And he would like to get that resolved as quick lly as possib, but the committee has an obligation to do due diligence. >> and he maybe believes that this is at least part of the reason that he hasnt had any legislative accomplishments. i dont know if that is true, but he probably believes that. david, speaking of that, if he doesnt get a tax deal, he can blame the democrats or obstructionist republicans, but if he wins, he will surely take credit for -- the president has gone head to head with ...

President trumps message to reporters, calling rhetoric like that a slippery slope. >> if you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free and many times adversarial press. without it, i am afraid that we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. that is how dictators get started. >> sandra: but its his base sticking with president trump. one major media outlet is acknowledging the disconnect. here is "the washington post" with the headline "trump supporters ...

Reporters, calling rhetoric like that a slippery slope. >> if you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free and many times adversarial press. without it, i am afraid that we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. that is how dictators get started. >> sandra: but its his base sticking with president trump. one major media outlet is acknowledging the disconnect. here is "the washington post" with the headline "trump supporters see a successful president a...

>> this is a new floor. didnt go high 30s did he ? >> probably only a rasmussen. >> you still saw a solid part of the democratic base sticking with him. we never had it below 44. one thing that happened this summer that created a, quote/unquote, new floor and eroded him is the nsa hit with a chunk of the presidents base, younger voters, left-leaning libertarian independents. >> you saw it in the polls. >> we have seen it. all summer long theres been a consistent missing five to ten points inside...

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