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Im joe johns in for jake tapper. we begin with the money lead. if you still rely on the stock market to predict how americans view the economy, then youre probably also to blame for making mood rings a thing for as long as they were. even with the record highs and end of year rally on wall street, it seems most americans still have a pretty glum outlook on how the economy is doing. according to a new cnn/orc poll released this morning, 68% think its in bad shape while only 32% give it a good rat...

>> reporter: a new cnn/orc poll shows 67% of the country calls this the worst congress of their lifetime and nearly three-quarter of those people, 74%, have lived a long life, theyre 50 and older. 73% say congress has done nothing to address the countrys problems. the public approval of congress is still pretty low. does that surprise you. >> no, because what we see every day on television is deadlock, fights and screaming what you dont see every day is large groups of both democrats and republi...

Law makers get that. they hear complaints all the time. believe it or not, there are some in the middle trying to make things better. freshman angus king and joe donnelly just wrapped up their first year in the senate. their take on the institution is telling. >> its still pretty bad that we havent been able to get more done. >> the more cooperation we can get, the better off well be. >> reporter: a new cnn/orc poll shows 67%, two-thirds of the country, call this the worst congress of their life...

Dedication and professionalism. dedication and professionalism, not two words most americans would apply to the 113th congress. the words they would use i probably shouldnt repeat here. luckily, dana bash has numbers that tell us all we need to know. freshmen angus king and joe donnelly just wrapped up their first year in the senate. their take on the institution is telling. >> its still pretty bad that we havent been able to get more done. >> the more cooperation we can get, the better off we...

A lost americans see the idea of congress working as a bit of an oxymoron. >> reporter: freshman king and donnelly wrapped up their first year in the senate. their take on the institution is telling there its still pretty bad that we havent been able to get more done. >> the more cooperation we can get, the better off well be. >> reporter: a new cnn/orc poll shows 67% call this the worst congress of their lifetime. and nearly 3/4 of those people, 74%, have lived a long life, theyre 50 and older....

Democrats try to hide for years that millions of americans would lose the coverage that they like. >> okay. let me get this straight. the 113th congress passed its 58 laws in 2013, the lowest on record since 1947. president obama signed bills. he doesnt write them or pass them. but its his fault almost nothing got done. okay. see how that works? cnn/orc poll released today indicates three-quarters of the public has been a do-nothing congress. the current congress is the worst in their lifetime. ...

Sides of the issue. organizers calling for his return, reportedly close to its goal of 250,000 signatures. republicans and democrats are getting ready to square off next years mid term elections, voters are really not all that jazzed. a new cnn/orc poll shows 43% of registered voters are not enthusiastic about voting in the election, compared to 30% who say they are a little bit jazzed, but that lack of enthusiasm may have to do with the fact that most of you think this is the worst konlg youv...

A majority of americans think the people running washington are the worst ever. story from our chief congressional correspondent, dana bash. >> reporter: freshmen angus king and joe donnelly just wrapped up their first year in the senate. their take on the inches city too us is telling. >> its still pretty bad that we havent been able to get more done. >> the more cooperation we can get, the better off well be. >> reporter: a new cnn/orc poll shows 67%, 2/3 of the country, calls this the worst c...

Gay marriage. that was really just the beginning. since becoming pontiff in march, his words and actions have marked a break with the conservative papacies of john paul ii and benedict, winning him fans around the world. joe johns is here with a closer look. just how popular is he? >> very, very popular, brianna. a new cnn/orc poll shows pope francis with sky-high approval ratings that arguably make him the most well regarded religious figure among americans. he is greeted around the world like ...

Anniversary of the sandy hook tragedy, another school shooting, this time in colorado. >> we cleared the school and secured all of the students very quickly. in the year since 20 young children were killed in newtown, connecticut, a push for new gun control laws never made it to the republican controlled house. the bill went down to defeat in a democratic run senate. hours before the new school shooting in colorado, the top senate democrat expressed his frustration. >> shameful that the united s...