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And on the house floor, the debate is still going on. they are getting ready next hour to repeal and replace obamacare. the first step for a major legislative victory for president trump. joining me ashley parker, "washington post" white house reporter and sam stein senior politics editor and msnbc contributor. well, first, ashley, why now go ahead with this, the house members are voting for something that may well not pass the senate and its going to be, you know, hanging around their necks in ...

Last six presidents. the 40-day -- 100-day approval mark and by the time of the mid-terms. in every case but one, the approval rating of that president went down from 100 days to the mid-terms. the exception is george w. bush and the intervening event there was 9/11. my point is this, chris. usually your political capital continues to dwindle after e first 100 days an theyre just starting try to get a legislative -- >> the big part i t media. the media heralded the arrival of jack kennedy who wo...

Was like a cultural statement, you dont like the cultural elites and the media is part of that. he used that very effectively any time the news cycle turned against him as as a result of those quotes played in the intro, he turns it against the media and i think is why his popularity is so high among his supporters. >> he says if the healthcare bill is passed it has preexisting conditions and states can charge higher prices so they cant get insurance, i think thats when you may see that 96% numb...

He got a lot of criticism from democrat supporters and republican supporters. >> chris, i want to get at something here. i think the first 100 days are the easiest period of a presidency. let me put up this graphic here. >> ive seen the numbers. >> its unbelievable here. last six presidents. the 40-day -- 100-day approval mark and by the time of the mid-terms. in every case but one, the approval rating of that president went down from 100 days to the mid-terms. the exception is george w. bush an...

Having said that, i think republicans are getting their act together, theyre compromising. were not treating healthcare like the democrats did. we didnt create a 3,000 page bill and ramming it down members those that never read it. getting it right is the key. its not the timing. 2017 is going to be the year of action and 2018 with the mid-terms will be a year of reflection. if the american people have decided in 2018 we didnt make good on our promises on healthcare, immigration, taxes and infra...

Approval rating, and in their mid-terms, in 1994, the republicans won i think 54 seats in the house, six in the senate and -- and in 2010 i think it was 63 seats in the house and about six or eight in the senate. in numbers after the 100 days tend not to go up, so -- to me its a significant bellwether that if you are a democrat thinking about making a challenge in -- in 2018 after tonight, i would be making some fund-raising calls. >> interesting. mark, i want to ask you, because your episode of...

To 40 position. >> we at the floor? >> we are close to it. the other thing about mid-terms is about enthusiasm. from georgia and kansas, democrats are enthused. >> there is a lot more to the poll that i didnt get to. thats why we have the rest of the week. >> thank you, sir. >> the clock is ticking to revert to a government shut down. no deal on both sides. a bit uneasy. obamacare subsidies are a sticking point. we are at the zero hour to a clean short-term extension. then democratic senator pat...

In particular since the government might shut down saturday and that wouldnt send a good signal. >> the back story the peoples position or something simpler? >> shepard: for a lot of folks, what theyre saying is republicans will be blamed if the government shuts down and if we have a funding fight, the government will shut down. they say if we dont want the 20 2018 mid-terms to start off on the wrong foot, we should do this later. >> shepard: john roberts spoke briefly of a compromise saying wel...

So grateful to have your company. im christi paul. >> im victor blackwell. good morning. senator bernie sanders and dnc chairman tom perez aiming to reshape the democratic party starting with the unity tour across the country to highlight their efforts. two rallied in arizona last night calling democrats to fight back in the mid-terms and beyond and used the platform to slam president trump and gop agenda. >> this first 100 days has been nothing less than carnage and chaos. we have the most dang...

This time. the dnc bringing in less than $24 million. why does it matter? mid-terms are coming. heres a statement laid out by the party chair. americans across the country say a better chance for better prosperity is better under control of the house and senate and president trump. democrats need 24 seats to take back the house or smith. you have the two seat majority for the republicans. so looking at it from a gop perspective, theres only one incumbent up for re-election in 2018 and if these n...