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President trump flirts with 40%. a report by house republicans criticizing the president taking down his job approval would have cost them seats. they may as well have headlined this the butler did it. >> youre laughing. >> i dont know any republican is going to win or lose their seat based on a report six months out. i think the economy, jobs, what happens in korea all of those things are far more critical. the russia issue in the minds of midterm voters the probably distracting democrats from ...

Their arms around donald trump, it is like watching people in lifeboats paddling towards the titanic. the trump argument now is, that hes no less unpopular -- no more unpopular than barack obama was in 2010 when we lost 63 seats in the house of representatives. so theyre in trouble, they know it. i think further embrace of trump is going to hurt the republicans in the midterm. >> michael? >> i think its important to get the republican base out. the president remains popular among the republican ...

Cause didnt serve themselves so well. >> the american people are pretty centrist people and sometimes the vote democrat, that they are not radical. when they see the radical intent of the people in that room and the jokes that were told in the fact that they give awards out the people who carried the dossier story. leland: i want to get this question in. we look forward to the midterms where this will really matter. how do republicans capitalize on this and be not screw it up. >> were going to c...

At this dinner. they shouldve invited comedians. heres how the president of the white house correspondents association has raised on into some of the pushback. >> my aim in the way i thought to put together the program was to build spirit of unity in the room. >> by tradition, we do not vet their monologue. we dont censor it. we dont even see it. trenton washington, michigan, president trump took a few swings at the media. he also talked about midterm, economy, immigration, north korea and the t...

Trumps temperament, his style, the way he leads, his policy positions, his convictions, his rhetoric. that is where he is weak. that is where i think the american people, both republicans and democrats obviously, are just tired of. i think making this midterm all about impeachment is kind of jumping a little bit ahead. it can be a factor, i think n some races, but its not a national narrative that you want, i think, to focus on. you want to focus on where the vulnerabilities are. the vulnerabili...

>> im not on the committee. but talking to people around the president, what theyre worried about more than anything else is the obstruction of justice case. they say, oh, its probably a flimsy case. its a ticky tack thing. he didnt know what he was doing. >> he didnt know he was firing comey. >> right. but thats the things they tell themselves. i think that is where the fear is among those defending the president and close to the president. >> would that be enough to move the middle in the cong...

Voting for republicans. >> they did a last. >> the electoral college mightve been one way, but now what im looking at is the midterms. the democrats are looking good nationwide on the. do you think the resistance turns up big in the midterm? >> i dont think so. the democrats are going to smas defeat from the jaws of victory because they have no message, the president has a strong message and is you just pointed out, laura, the economy is doin so well. unemployment is at a 17 year lo and the demo...

Republicans. >> they did. we still have an electorial college. >> but now with the midterms, we have the democrats looking good. >> resistance, do you think it turns out big in the midterm? >> the democrats are going to santa barbarsnatch defeat from f victory. the president has a strong message. the economy is doing so well. unemployment is at 17 year low and the democrats are going to lose the congress again. >> fantastic panel. we have to go black. great panel. well have you both back. well s...

>> rachel: for the second year in a row, president trump is planning to skip the white house correspondents dinner an end head will hold a campaign-style rally in a town named washington michigan. in a campaign email to supporters, the president saying "my staff asked mr. president, the white house correspondents dinner is coming up. will you go? and i said why but i want to be stuck in a room with a bunch of fake news liberals who hate me? "now questions of the potential impact on this decision...

>> well, im not on the committee, but talking to people around the president, what theyre worried about more than anything else is the obstruction of justice case. neb they say, oh, its a flimsy case. he didnt know what he was doing. he didnt mean to obstruct justice. thats the things they tell themselves. but that is where the fear is among those defending the president and close to the president. >> but would that be enough to move to the middle in the congress? obstructio obstruction? it woul...