backed donald trump. i genuinely do not understand where that is coming for him. i think we can have different views on many issues, i don t understand. jillian: weight evangelical christians have been a key part of donald trump s states with 80% voting for him in 2016. joining us to discuss this is pastor robert jeffers, thank you for joining us. the archbishop of canterbury doesn t understand, he is baffled. can you explain? not that hard to understand why conservative christians support the president in great numbers. beyond donald trump s excellent leadership in reviving the economy, rebuilding the military, remaking of the judiciary donald trump has become the most pro-religious liberty pro-life president in us history. earlier this year i was privileged to meet with him in the rose garden when he signed
approves the gop tax bill setting a stage for a vote by the full chamber after thanksgiving. i can t believe that s next week. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. i m sandra smith. bill: you make a turkey, don t you? sandra: oh, yeah. i love turkey. bill: i m bill hemmer, good morning, everybody. earlier the house passed its tax bill. that was yesterday paving the way for the first legislative victory for the trump team. kellyanne conway saying the white house agenda is advancing forward. we re very happy that i think for once swamp speed is actually catching up to trump speed. people have been working arduously the last couple of weeks on their respective plans. sandra: leland vitter is live at the white house. i can imagine there is a bit of a celebration this morning. a little bit. sandra. they re excited and optimistic and also cautious. the president tweeting at 5:00 a.m. jet lag perhaps. he was up early. great numbers on stocks and economy. if we get tax cu
could potentially help the wealthy while hurting the middle class. the republicans say that s not the case. but the reality is that s the challenge they re dealing with. and complicating their messaging an nbc news analysis that president trump, who has not yet released his tax returns, he would benefit from that tax bill. $20 million he could savor and his heirs could save up to $1.1 billion. the president tweeting about this this morning, no surprise. let s take a look at some of his tweets. writing, great numbers on stocks and the economy. if we get tax cuts and reform, we ll really see some great results. the second one, if democrats were not such obstructionists and understood the power of lower taxes, we would be able to get many of their ideas into the
martha: it s monday night, are they going to show up and be fans for the nfl? you to look at it closely, but there was a lot of empty seats out there last night. this tweet from the bears game that shows that image. a lot of fans protesting the nfl this weekend in the wake of their nfl protests and over that federated domestic veterans day we can. roger goodell has requested almost $50 million a year in his new contract, and a private jet for life for the rest of his life as he negotiates. here now, mike huckabee, who just flew in on his private jet, former governor of arkansas and fox news contributor. is he worth that money? martha, let me ask you something, if your ratings tank and nobody was watching your show, fortunately they are, in great numbers, but if they want, do you think fox would renew your contract and say we will give you a jet to go back and
asked, jake, is, do leaders of other countries respect president trump? we asked those that took this survey that question. more than two-thirds of americans say no. only a quarter of americans say yes. when we asked that back in april, jake, that was 36%. this has gone down 12 points since april and that s largely driven by republicans. there is one big silver lining, and that is the economy. take a look. 68% of americans say that economic conditions today are good, and, jake, go back to january. look at that number it has been climbing all throughout trump s presidency. the economy is his silver lining. in fact, when we ask about his approval on the economy, of every issue we tested he does best on the economy. 45% approve, 46% disapprove. you may say those don t look like great numbers, but an even split right now, those are pretty good numbers for president trump. one final question for you, looking ahead to 2020. i know it s a little early jake,