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Now iraq. according to a new nbc/"wall street journal" poll, its put the president on the rocks. his approval ratings is down and his foreign policy used to be one of his strengths and now its only at 37% approval. is this the nature of a tough foreign policy climate or a permanent referendum on the presidency? joining me now is david rode, john feary and rodell, a democratic strategist for senate majority reid. is there any precedent for a president dipping this low, particularly on the foreign...

Thats a strategy theyre going to stick with till maybe king whatever his name reaches the throne. >> yes. we havent got his name yet. hes a prince. professor dyson, on sunday, speaker boehner told bob schieffer how house republicans should be judged. i want to play that clip for you as well as senate majority reids response today to that particular comment. take a listen to this. >> we should not be judged on how many new laws we create. we ought to be judged on how many laws we repeal. >> tha...

Collapse of extraordinaire proportions? >> no, on the contrary. i think hes got this exactly right. you see on sunday he said he should be judged by how many pieces of legislation hes able to repeal essentially to have killed. so when he says hes done more for immigration, he means hes done more to kill immigration than anybody. >> hes right. is it, ryan grim? >> in the up or down world, thats exactly whats going on. >> ryan, do you agree with that analysis? >> sure, i mean, if thats what he -- ...

But these days, congressional inaction is at an historic high, why? the filibuster. who is using it? republicans, last year, 60 votes were required to stop the threat of a filibuster 115 times, a near historic high. it was so fever-pitched, that last year, senate majority reid and mitch mcconnell tried to stop it with the simple goal, stop the legislative logjam and start to compromise by passing bills. part of their gentlemens agreement meant that harry reid promised not to resort to his contro...

Into the restaurant. incredibly nobody especially the little girl was seriously hurt. i dont know how that is possible but thank goodness. martha: thank goodness is right. this is a story that we are keeping a close eye on right now, and lets see the jobs numbers first. here is a look at the jobless claims numbers taking an unexpected dip right now dropping 21,000 to 454,000. economists say that this is still far from signaling strong job creation. president obama calling this the summer of reco...