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Make america great again? two-thirds of republicans said yes. i think it sets up the big question to be answered in 2023, is the republican party still the party of donald trump, and if it is, you can see why democrats are i think hoping that the answer is yes because thats what produced an unexpectedly decent midterm for them in 2022. >> vaughn, youre in south carolina following the start of donald trumps re-election campaign. what did you hear from folks there? >> reporter: those numbers that ...

Expectations for democrats in that midterm were so low. typically in the past that kind of approval rating had not added up to the kind of midterm that democrats ended up having which was, by historical standings, pretty decent midterm elections. biden remains under water in terms of popularity. in terms of attitudes about the economy, a lot of pessimism out there still about inflation, asking folks about the income compared to the cost of living. in the new poll two-thirds of voters say they fe...

I think it was disappointion for some folks. >> all this as a brand new nbc news poll shows republican voters are not lining up behind the former president for a 2024 run. joining us from the big board is nbc news national political correspondent steve kornacki. a different political climate. walk us through the findings of the new nbc news poll. >> a new year, although the climate i think in 2023, republicans now in control of the house, starting to look ahead to 2014, the climate according to ...

Democrats had a decent midterm. they picked up a senate seat, almost held the house. thats because the other major dynamic that defined 2022 is also evident here in 2023, and that is that while joe biden is unpopular and while democrats are unpopular, republicans right now, the republican party even less popular than the democratic party, and donald trump as he gears up here, youre just talking about 2024, even less popular than joe biden. and that ended up being what the midterm election swung ...

Three people were killed, four injured. authorities have not made any arrests, but they say they are looking into the possibility this was a targeted attack. coming up, the details of secretary of state tony blinkens meeting today with israels benjamin netanyahu. blinkens call for peace after a disturbing uptick of violence in the region. plus, former president trump is back on the campaign trail, but there are growing signs republican voters are looking for someone new. what our brand new n...

Health of the economy. economists before the midterm said there are risks of a recession sometime in this calendar year. i think the president is correct. gdp numbers were strong but inflation is still objectively high. it is slowing but talking about 6.5 6.5%. anybody in the grocery store or buys a coffee knows that things are more expensive than a year ago. theres positive economic data points but risky given that the fed is still increasing interest rates. >> meanwhile theres a major changing...

Every witness who knew this guy before the attacks of the same thing, which is that hes mentally ill, and he lives in berkeley in a bus with all kinds of left-wing stickers on it. hes not a right-wing activist, hes a mental patient. i think the call in the video seem to confirm that. but that was not the message that nancy pelosi wanted to tell us, was it, right before the midterm? >> no. the whole thing, and president biden spoke about it multiple times, is that this was some kind of right-wing...

Job the republicans have had three bad election cycles back-to-back-to-back. i dont think it was her to blame for why they had a bad midterm this year. i think that a lot of more of that blame goes on for president trump, goes on the head of the senate committee. mitch mcconnell and rick scott didnt try to primary other candidates like herschel walker and dr. oz and kind of let these really weak candidates get through. so i think they are more to. blame so i dont know that it will have a huge im...

Lets spend money on a committee to dig into the origins of covid. who are the scores of voters that are saying, yeah, i voted for that? >> i think it is scores. i think its literally scores of voters. you know, they have a big case. its the maga base. and thats who theyre preaching to. but i think we saw on the last midterm that they really underperformed considering this -- what you would expect in a midterm where the presidents low 40s. and, if they keep this up, the lose the house, but we can...

Making executions about it in the 2022 election cycle. >> harmeet dhillon represented donald trump into the investigation of the january 6th capitol riot and fights with stormy daniels. dillon wants the rnc to encourage early voting and points to losses in the 2018 midterms, 2020 election and disappointing 2022 midterm. >> i dont think a 5 or 4 vote majority in the house is the red wave we promised voters. >> ronna mcdaniel supporters maintain she has raised a record $1.5 billion over her tenure...