chris is our fox news digital editor, and before we drive into these polls in battleground states, talk to us about that broader theme, about how the president s approval ratings are affecting some of these races. well, jenna, i guess you d have to say not well. the president does have a problem coast to coast, some places worse than others, but there are a lot of democrats this year who probably would be doing well or at least wouldn t be concerned if president obama s approval ratings were higher. most polls bring the president in the mid to low 40s. the state of ohio should be of particular concern to the white house, president coming in the at 33%. that s a pretty astonishing number. that that and just jenna: and just tell our viewers why ohio s so important. well, it s not only the state that democrats always must win in order to win the presidency, but it s a great bellwether for the rest of the country when we look at what counts and what matters. we look for voter trends
jon: fox news alert, house speaker nancy pelosi is just now reacting to charlie rangel, the new york congressman who will face an ethic s panel about an hour from now. she says the chips will fall where they may. right now less than an hour away from congressman charlie rangel s appearance before a house ethic s panel. he has been until recently one of the most powerful members of the house, a 40-year veteran of congress and a former chair of the house ways and means committee. it s coming down to the wire for the new york democrat. barring a last minute deal we will learn for the first time the findings of that house investigation. chris stierwalt is a fox news digital editor and joins us now. pretty monumental for him to to
government, and that they were going to root out ethical problems. but, you know, it s very hard. you have a lot of members and they come from very different kinds of district where different levels shall we say of ethical probity are allowed by voters. it s been very hard for speaker pelosi to do this. the other problem she has here, and this is really the heart of it, is that what mix a good talking point doesn t always make a good thing for running the house. jon: chris, our new fox news digital editor, chris, thanks very much. we are working to confirm that local report i just mentioned about the fact that apparently congressman charlie rangel, the 40-year congressman from harlem, former chair of the ways and means committee apparently has struck some kind of a deal that will keep him from going in front of the house ethics committee, which is scheduled for just an hour from now. we are working to confirm that. for complete coverage of the
debate and reminded the rnc exactly who they re planning to leave at the altar writing this is a disappointing developmentment but along with our broadcast partners we ll work to resolve this issue. tell mun doe is america s second largest spanish commercial network. trace, thank you. joining me with more, our fox news digital editor and the host of media buzz. welcome to your both. they re saying that they re not going to do the nbc debate, and now they re having some meeting without the rnc present. what are they actually trying to accomplish here, chris? well, it s not clear at this exact moment which campaigns will be participating in this meeting and which ones won t. they all have a different set of interests. if you are ted cruz or marco
joining us now, our fox news digital editor and howie kurtz. good evening to you. chris, what do you make of this? because those favorables in the long run are very important. you can get a lot of headlines but not necessarily be loved by the potential voters that you neat to pull the trigger for you. let s say we decided to get into honest business and opened a coal mine and we were looking at which mine we wanted to buy. we would care a lot about how much that coal was going to produce, but we would also care how much was in the ground, the proven reserve still in the ground yet to be mined. these favorability ratings constitute what is yet to be mined for the candidates. who are the people open to the idea of potentially voting for them? that s why if you re cruz, carson, carly fiorina, if you re rubio, you say look, maybe i m not number one right now, or in carson he s tied essentially for