want. this is exactly what they want. if they are looking for condemnation, that is certainly something they are getting from really all sides on this broadcast and pretty much i m sure every other one, from officials and locals alike. anyway, jim cavanaugh, as always, it s great to speak with you. thanks for getting us through this breaking news of the day. 14 past the hour. we ll take a short break and bring you more from charlottesville as well as the day s other news, so stay with us. (flourish spray noise) (flourish spray noise) (flourish spray noise)
republicans what would you say to them. but i think we re in agreement, sir, i can guarantee you that. chairman john whitbeck, thank you very much. good luck trying to get the tenor of things dialed down there in that state. let s hope things calm down in charlottesville very soon. thank you for phoning in. for all of you, it s approaching 35 past the hour. we ll take a short break here on msnbc and come back with more on charlottesville, virginia, and try to get in some of the other day s news as well for you here. , where to go, and how to work around your uc. that s how i thought it had to be. but then i talked to my doctor about humira, and learned humira can help get and keep uc under control. when certain medications haven t worked well enough. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems,
but what they re saying is you need to fix this. you need to correct it. sort of like charlottesville in that way. i kind of anticipate at some point in the next few days that there will be a statement from the president. but the moment matters more than the cleanup. the optics after charlottesville when the whole country is watching, standing next to vladimir putin when the whole world is watching. we ll continue the conversation. up next, the president s usual defenders, mostly missing in action after the helsinki summit. [music playing] across the country, we walk. carrying flowers that signify why we want to end alzheimer s disease. but what if, one day, there was a white flower for alzheimer s first survivor?
the russia investigation inside the white house, despite the indictments, despite the many of the controversies, like charlottesville, is president trump marching into 2018 living up to the name, teflon trump. so i don t think trump is teflon teflon don, don. but i do think that he has managed to get through this year that has been a difficult year for him and still have some political resilience. even though in the gallup poll today he is at 36% overall approval rating. if you look into polls about the tax plans, the other specific policies they remain popular among republicans. and his white house and political shop and republicans in general are working from the base out inward out. they know they still have a reservoir of support among republicans and that s what they are pivoting off of in 2018. even though trump has proved himself to be unpopular with
basically opening up a hole and jumping in himself or when it comes to this issue with russia. there are controversies that will continue if this first year is indicative of that, we see that controversy follows this president. but what s going to have to happen is that there s going to have to be right now, while republicans are in the majority on the hill, that republicans are going to have to sing together and chorus to go against this president. and right now that s the key. and until things change, until elections happen and things change, if and when it does, right now it s all really up to the republicans. the democrats can scene screaming impeachment. they can keep screaming this is not fair, this is not right. but as long as the republicans are in majority, as david gergen said, therein lies the problem. this is from an op-ed in the the washington post. and it says sheer outrage at the president s scandals is