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Polls, 43% say the right direction. a year ago during the protests, during covid, all that, it was just 22%. june of 2017, 34%. you have to go all the way back to the beginning of the obama administration when 43% of americans said that we were on the right direction. this is the highest number in a decade, over a decade, in fact. >> its interesting to me because in june of 2017, the economy was ostensibly doing well still adding jobs, et cetera, et cetera, only 34%. now its 43%. thats a big gap...

Direction, they think america is heading in the right direction but dont approve of trump at the time. if the economy and right direction numbers catch up with the president thats when the american people will have the verdict not on the 100 days but on the trump presidency. >> real quick to that point his supporters are very patient right now. >> extremely. >> will they be patient if tax reform doesnt come through? >> well, you know, it depends. i mean, the way that people usually vote is do th...

Districts, those numbers are flipped. so lets bring in our gaggle. politicos deputy manager editor rachel smolten. "time" magazines newly minted washington bureau chief, michael sheer. and political editor, terry bacon jr. i want to start with you. we have beat this into the ground. hey, there is two americas out there, you know, with apologies to john edwards, but theres this jerry mgerrymandered way, world view of people who live in republican districts view the count countrys politics. which ...

We were in one of the worst ditches this economy has been in in 75 years. >> and obama was going to get us out. >> he has this country moving in the right direction again. it is not going as fast as some would like but it moving up. >> the right direction in. >> we are not losing jobs, we are not bleeding 650,000 jobs a month like we were when the president took office thanks to the policies that mitt romney wants to go back to. mitt romney has to go negative. he cant run on his record as govern...

>> okay. ali, in a picturesque turkey, thank you. nbc news and the "wall street journal" unveiled polling on everything from the economy to the presidents job performance. bill, good morning. >> hi, good morning. >> lets start with how the public feels right now. 35% of us think the nation is heading in the right direction while 56% of had i us think were heading down the wrong track. in your experience, bill, how often does it seem like people think were on the right track? >> its been 88 mon...