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On a bad day maybe hell fall somewhere into the high 30s. on a good day maybe hell reach into the mid-40s, but i think one way of looking at these numbers, whether its the internal polls or all the public polls you have out there, these are numbers consistent with any president who has got the approval rating donald trump has had. >> yeah. i think thats an accurate reading. and a president whose approval rating, you know, oddly has never really breached 50%. its never been at a level that you co...

Apart on this. he wants $5 billion, democrats are not going to comprise on $3 billion or $4 billion or to a half billion dollars. they dont want a wall so the issue is walter no one? not how it will be built or how much money. it comes down to what democrats budge at all on the wall. even if it is only $1 billion it would be seen as a victory for the president of. dont budge on the line trump gives it will be a democrat victory. kristin: donald trump is winning the democrats, democrats are ready...

To be angry, bad things can happen. -- >> obviously, it doesnt look good if you leave. you know, that might change, too, theres a limitation how long you can stay there if it doesnt look like the needle is moving. >> this might go for a long time. im not sure what hes doing, but this will going to affect federal workers and people arent going to get paid and affect the rest of us. the longer it goes, it affects the irs, our taxes and start touching all of us and goes beyond. neil: this could go ...

Thats the wrong term to use. is that ever possible or no? >> it absolutely might be. they might actually decide maybe this isnt the right course. there is so much confusion about this piece of legislation. they stopped and they start from square one again. keep in mind, though, what is in this bill there is a pathway to citizenship. there is $25 billion hard money for the wall. this is a good vote for the republicans in the house of representatives to take. they want a vote for that the question...

Let me ask you about this circling the wagon because it just seems like on all fronts, im not going to compare it to a certain german leader once, but at one time hold the line on the eastern front at all costs. hes doing that. he doesnt give an inch now on anything. >> he doesnt give an inch, but i dont think its actually out of weakness. i think its out of strength. hes doing exactly what he said he was going to do. im not advocating these positions. hes doing exactly what he wants, not out of...

Context, saying the opposite thing hours later, sometimes minutes later because, yeah, we can play the clips and show him contradicting himself. but the poll numbers dont budge. >> why dont they budge, jonathan? they go up a little bit. >> they go up a little bit, but they dont budge because that 43% according to gal up nlup no those are the people who have been with him from the very beginning. >> theres probably more by the way that dont say it. >> sure, theres probably more. but i think eli h...

Dont budge. >> why dont they budge, jonathan? >> they go up a little bit. >> they go up a little bit but dont budge because that 43% according to gallup now and maybe 40, 39, these people have been with him from the beginning. > theres probably more that dont say it. >> theres probably more. i think eli hit on the key thing. he has never suffered any consequences for what hes done. josh green wrote in his book on bannon and trump that trump learned the lesson through the birther situation that h...

Line on the eastern front, take all the casualties but hold the line. hes doing that. he doesnt give an inch on anything. >> he doesnt give an inch. i dont think its actually out of weakness. i think its out of strength. hes doing exactly what he said he was going to do. im not advocating these positions. hes doing exactly what he wants. not out of the need toffee kowtow to his base but because his base is loving it and he is. >> eli, im going to try you on this. how come after the shooting in p...

States." according to dowd, mueller responded said that he could issue a subpoena. there is a historical precedent for that. former president bill clinton was subpoenaed in the monica lewinsky investigation. he did end up giving a voluntary interview to that investigation. former mueller assistant michael zeldon talked about it this morning. listen to what he said. >> i think what we saw was a breakdown in communications between former attorney dowd and mueller where mueller and dowd were trying...

Orders. dont budge on this. then also some word two weeks ago that the president was considering going into the tpp if it was under better conditions. then in come these tariffs. the president seemed to be indicating with that tweet that theyre all linked. steve: some negotiation. ainsley: in january he did announce tariffs on solar panels and on washing machines. this is a new tariff. he says the reason he is doing this because we have made stupid trade deals in the past. he used that you word ...