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Essentially a flat line there. also from the manufacturing sector. another look at the divide in earnings between parts of rural and urban america. you can see the lower line is the decrease in earnings in mississippi, while theyre up here in new york city. could this translate to weaker support for president trump, ned? >> no, i dont think so. i mean, obviously when you get to the red states, obviously immigration will play a role. there will be other issues that will get the trump base out and...

Billion less than they paid in 2017 under the tax code of president trump. that is a shift, a tax shift, not a tax cut. lets look at the actual unemployment rate. they use whats called a u-3 rating system. that rating system simply means this. if you work one hour for one week in that one survey month, you are considered employed. a u-6 rating system has the unemployment ratio closer to 8% than the 3 or 4% its teetering at now. lets be clear. african-americans are left out of the conversation be...

Voters. until he figures out how to do that, which i dont think he will, until he figures that out, he could be the first president in the history of our modern era who has a strong economy attributed to him but loses the election based on his approval. >> ned, what do you think about that. despite the fact that a lot of analysts are looking and saying maybe we are facing a recession, why is this the case given the high approval ratings? >> listen, the fact of the matter is, people will vote for...

Whats happening? >> reporter: to the rescue, a comedy boom the likes of which has rarely been seen. over the top. >> smoking! >> reporter: relentless. >> phil conners. >> ned? >> reporter: outrageous. >> i just laugh my ass off. >> reporter: and the comedy craze had heart. >> oh! >> and you have a number of people who are especially adept at the form of the romantic comedy. you have sandra bullock, you have hugh grant, you have meg ryan and you have tom hanks. >> my name is forrest gump. >> repo...

>> i ate his liver with fom beans. >> i had to come to prison to be a crook. >> shaw shang redemption is about seeking justice in an imperfect world. and when the convicts win you have a sense of relief. and its somehow justice has been done. >> in real life, the headlines held plenty of drama. but the economy was steaming along. heroic moments seemed plentiful. and for many americans, the biggest challenge was getting through the workday. >> hello, peter. whats happening. >> to the rescue, a co...

Analysis. its what diplomats are paid to do. theyre in a difficult position when its made public. >> as far as the brits arent denying the existence of these memos, right? >> reporter: right. they are launching a leak investigation as you heard. we have the british public would expect our ambassadors to provide an honest, unvarnished assessment. its important that all of our ambassadors can offer their advice. it goes on. thats them saying, we didnt want this to get caught. we didnt want this to...

Decades. >> laughable. >> i want to switch gears because trumps approval ratings are ticking up five points since last month to the highest point yet in new polling by abc news and "washington post." it now stands at 44% approval rate. 53% disapprove. so, how do you explain that? >> well, his rates go up and down, but heres whats significant -- you have roughly 61% of the american public actually saying that they like the economy, but they dont give credit to trump. trump should be polling well ...

Only five have lost re-election since 1900. and if you have an incumbent president running on a strong economy, its going to be almost impossible to beat him. and so, i think that if donald trump can, again, get out of the way of his message in regards to the economy and more and more voters identify him with their economic benefits, its going to be extremely hard to beat him in november of 2020. >> but ned, do you think its still a concern for republicans that president trumps approval rating i...

Theres a bigger problem here. how are other allies and especially how are adversaries describing president trump. theres a really interesting passage. if you want to influence president trump, flatter his ego. say nice things about him. thats good advice for our allies. its dangerous advice for our adversaries. are the russians using that? are the chinese using that? are they using that to eek out what they want in their negotiations with president trump and his administration? >> are the north ...

Memos. he went on to describe conflicts within the trump administration as knife fights and says he doesnt believe the white house will ever look competent. we have a lot to see here. nbc news has not seen or verified the existence of the cabe cables. a investigation will now be initiated. lets talk about this now. hans nichols and ned price are joining me. hans, lets start with you. some of the comments are dated from 2017 to present day. many are skacathing. what more are you learning and reac...