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General da -- agenda during the first two years shows he knows how to rebuild our infrastructure, deal with the chips and science bill to take on chinas international competitor, to deal with climate change. i think his leadership has been very valuable for our country, and i think he will be shown historically to have been a very effective president. shannon: why do you think the polls dont reflect that? because the numbers get worse when you get into things like immigration, inflation, the eco...

Ago for her senate race and put it all in the presidential. now its like, oh, i dont take big money. she says theres a difference between rich people and me. well, shes rich. you know, she is rich. so i do think shes going to have to be very careful going forward to be friendly, to be strong, but to be willing to be specific on this health care thing, or it could drag her down. i thought amy had a great night too, and i will tell you i think joe biden had a good night. >> mm-hmm. >> he was stron...

>> i think its tough. and i think that is the chink in her armor. she may be avoiding the specifics because she wants to get back to the middle if she wins the nomination. and if she hasnt gone to specifics, its easier to do that. that may be a political calculation she is making. but on several things, she is going to have to be careful. you know, she raised big money two years for a senate race and put it all in the presidential. and now its oh, i dont take big money. oh, there is a difference...

Cant be detached yet hes still detached. what are your sources saying as far as what went down in the white house, what led up to this, was ivanka part of this, was jared part of this? we know jareds going to the mideast next week for his peace talks. >> i would be surprised if ivanka was part of this conversation. had maybe the one conversation she was left out of. look, john boltons running the show with iran. this is not an area of policy that the president cares about in particular. i dont k...

Reassuring statement. >> everyones got a lawyer. >> yep. there are big concerns from the beginning. first in the early days, kushner was freelancing on this foreign policy stuff. that led to rex tillerson. some of these seem sanctioned internally but there are concerns in the intelligence agency about what exactly is he saying? in this whatsapp screen shot method i cant imagine is looked upon particularly favorably among those protecting the nations secrets. it also points to again -- we can go ...

On a lot of foreign policy stuff, but to vote for democrats, that is just, i cannot added up. >> i understand from their point of view, they are saying that they are conservative, president trump is taking the party in a different direction, that is fine, but what troubles me saying vote for democrats, what troubles me is the overheated rhetoric, just the other day, max boot wrote that the g.o.p. has become a white nationalist party with a conservative french, also compared it to postwar germany...

Presidents find themselves stuck on domestic policy, when they find themselves cornered politically, they tend to do foreign policy stuff. thats the one area where the president has pretty untram elled authority. >> he squander -- >> he shouldnt use it unwisely. pulling out of the iran deal, really, for one thing, again, imagine youre going to north korea now and saying we want you to sign onto a comprehensive nuclear deal with me and we want you to get rid of all your nuclear weapons. we want y...

He said he would deal with north korea. hes dealing with it in his own way. he said hed move the embassy. in most of these cases i think particularly the iran deal, hes adding to tensions. he is raising risks. these are reckless moves particularly with the iran deal. hes doing it in the face of really almost universal opposition. outside of saudi arabia and israel, its virtually impossible to find a country that thinks this is a good idea. the european -- our closest allies in europe have argued...

>> its a place that you can be boxed out. winning 22, 23% of the vote. that is totally possible. >> dana: so then what do you do -- i know matt is here but i want to put you on the spot for a little bit. nancy pelosi is out there saying she would roll back the trump tax cuts. the president is getting good marks on the economy. the foreign policy stuff is going well. mid-term elections you dont have that high of a turn-out. what could change the dynamic for democrats going to november? >> i want ...

People, 700 counties in america that voted twice for barack obama and switched to -- a third of them switched to donald trump. the democrats say we didnt hear you. as long as they stay in the obstruction mode they will never win back the voters who switched democrat to republican in the 2016 election. >> shannon: a couple of numbers look at positive things people say based what he thought he would do to help the economy. do you think the nations job situation is getting better or worse? 52% say ...