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In office is the lowest of any in the modern era of presidential polling? >> it shows that hes got real problems with his midterms and 2020 should he run for reelection most likery. but the other thing is it tells us something about the first year we didnt know before. on election night last year popular vote he got 47% of the vote. most presidents would have said im going to use that and try to build on that, expand my following among the american people and try to unite the country. hes had th...

What does it make you think of upon learning this president upon year one in office is the lowest of any in the modern era of presidential polling? >> it shows hes got real problems with his mid-terms and 2020 should he run for re-election, most likely. but the other thing, brian, it tells us something about this first year we didnt know before. on election night last year popular vote he got what, about 47% of the vote? you know, most presidents would have said im going to use that and try to b...

Game is over, i wonder what you mean by that. you say, yes, donald trump gets the base riled up, his rock bottom approval rating means he activates women, african-americans, hispanics, and every demographic group that doesnt fit into his 1950s, or is it 1850s, fantasy of what america looks, works, and feels like. they hate him so much theyll crawl across broken glass to vet against him and any candidate he endorses. does this mean this play to the base strategy has backfired and theyll stop usin...

President trump may be on the verge of his firstledge legislative win. most americans dont like the tax bill in a poll. just 26% approve of the plan and the presidents own approval rating is at historic lows. the monmouth poll is at 32%. what does all this mean into 2018? lets talk about that and more of the washington bureau chief and the chief political analyst, gloria borger. its not popular if you believe the polls even though the president and the republicans keep saying to the american peo...

The earnings tool from td ameritrade. we are back now with our politics lead and my panel as well. i want to focus on a series of steps the administration has taken, all with a similar undercurrent in common and that is, of course, the immigration issue. mary katherine, if i can begin with you. the trump administration deciding today not to renew protected status for some 59,000 haitians who came here you may remember after that devastating earthquake in haiti in 2010. when you look at a move ...

Different approach than weve seen most presidents. john you say, whos coming in to help kelly, not a political guy sort of make a strategy and execute now. to me thats a key question. are we now going to see, since the leader of this play for the base strategy is out, are we going to see a president trump decide to make a play for 50%? >> what you have, to john and daves point, a lot of people who we dont really know what they believe around the president. right? we have jared kushner and ivanka...

Sense of legitimacy. >> yeah. and politically what hes trying to do is keep his base. thats been their strategy from the beginning. im not sure it was wise. if you are at 46% of the vote, you would think you would want to reach out to voters. basically, its always been a base strategy. and certainly on the russia investigation, a base strategy. how do you keep your base. its totally politics. theyre not investigating hillary clinton. and to question whether theres inappropriate russia engagement...

Timings. sometimes people think that illegals meanins latinos. it appears theyre going for a base strategy, when you look at the tweets, to a lot of their policy, theyre not interested in building the coalition to 50%, but keeping -- >> a lot of critics have said they view this commission has a further view of the president. up next, president trumps undisclosed second meeting with vladimir putin, and new details of his son don jr.s campaign sit down with russians. olay regenerist hydrates skin ...

The six months has gone by, as weve seen. his policies are unpopular. hes unpopular. his behavior is unpopular. he refuses to be presidential. he refuses to just not just have a base strategy but you are the president for everyone. he wont do that at all. and what does he get? he hasnt been able to fulfill any of his major policy promises. tax reform, health care as were seeing from today, the border wall as were seeing. thank goodness, that hasnt been able to happen. but he hasnt been able to d...

Not inaccurate. why is he still going there saying that this is not that this poll is inaccurate? karine? >> well, heres the thing. this is a president who lost the popular vote by 3myon and he just became more unpopular as the six months have gone by as weve seen. his policies are unpopular. hes unpopular. his behavior is unpopular. he refuses to be presidential. he refuses to just not just have a base strategy but you are the president for everyone. he wont do that at all. and what does he get...