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>> neil: he wanted a big crowd is he going to get a big crowd. you are looking at houston, texas. a crowd getting ready to seat president of the united states. some of these people have been waiting since yesterday morning to get a shot at seeing the president. is he going to be there on behalf of ted cruz. a new "wall street journal" msnbc poll showing the presidents approval rating is on the rise. technically the highest of his presidency by conventional polls. what does that mean going into t...

Interest. you need a microscope to see the turnout of latinos in 2016. and you ask yourself, what could president trump possibly said or done during the 2016 election that would motivate latino voters and yet it hardly went up at all. thats what were going to be watching the next couple of polls, to see if its the same as the nbc/"wall street journal" poll. >> theres a little bit of a different equation, i think this year, given the political circumstances that were in. 2014 midterms had the low...

Rating is now up at 47% in this poll. that is the highest its been in this particular poll. is this perhaps because of his constant campaigning? >> i think he has been helped by the campaigning, in particular in the red states. hes gotten the base to be more enthusiastic, but i do think the backlash also increases on the democratic side. so you get a lot of suburban college-educated women hear him talking about a congressman who body slammed a journalist, talking about inciting violence, that ca...

-- he could have developed a condition. but we also heard that maybe he didnt like the solitary confinement that he apparently was in, in the prison that he is being held in now, for his own safety, and so now he might be a able to move to a different prison. it is hard to tell. one would hope now that he is cooperating, that he wouldnt be pulling any of those shenanigans, it doesnt sound like anyone from the government said anything to cast doubt on these claims, but on the other hand, judge el...

So now, if hillary gets a second bite of the apple. she is smart and seasoned and knows trump. so why not? >> the thing im most struck with in this conversation is president obamas campaign manager who tweeted the other day why cant we stay on message? if you have all these democrats making news that totally distracts from winning the off-year election. the last thing the average democrat needs, imagine you are a red-state democrat in indiana or missouri and now you are asked about hillary clint...

Beto orourke we believe is that senator. after a break well be joined by one of the editors of "the houston chronicle" who joined in that editorial endorsement of beto orourke. so how about some of your opinions on some of the other people running for the highest this is an insurance commercial.

>> they absolutely should be. >> but will they? >> you know, its texas. they have been absolutely determined to fight the changing demography of texas. would is surprise me if they find a reason to make sure that a lot of those folks dont get to vote? it wouldnt surprise me, but my hope is theres a full-court pression both politically and also in the courts to ensure that those folks do get to vote. >> lets talk about the border and the troubles there with reports of more than 16,000 arrested in...

Gigante. but were not making light of this. this guy went from the highest of the high life to the low life of prison and wearing somebody elses jump suit everyday and having no control over your own life so what was the atmosphere you saw and took in there? >> well, it was pretty dour, people were fairly surprised when he came into the courtroom in the wheelchair. there was a sort of hush that fell followed by murmuring and people elbowing each other and say dog you see hes coming in a wheelcha...

Second, you were there today. but were not making light of this. this guy went from the highest of the high life to the low life of prison and wearing somebody elses jump suit everyday and having no control over your own life so what was the atmosphere you saw and took in there? >> well, it was pretty dour, people were fairly surprised when he came into the courtroom in the wheelchair. there was sort of a hush that fell followed by murmuring and people elbowing each other and saying, do you see ...

In colorado, for instance, which legalized marijuana. steve: what happened in colorado? >> by every metric it was a failure in my view. teen drug use is the highest in the country: teen drug use. drug driving is off the charts. doubled with marijuana impaired driving. homelessness is up. emergency room admissions. and the black market is flourishing. black market arrest remember the whole notion is we legalize it we can control it black market arrests are up almost 400 percent. steve: michael, y...