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Largely unchanged from the 51% we found in our last poll that was in early april and up from his low of 47% in mid-march. so a couple of points here, one, hes seen as out there responding to these controversies especially the irs. quickly hes showing outrage, continuing with his job. remember, president clinton maintained an approval above 50% throughout the monica lewinsky scan d.a. daal chlt /* /- scandal. republicans very critical, democrats supportive, independents divided. people are still ...

Congressional republicans could be behind a rise in the number of americans who think that the u.s. could have prevented the attack in benghazi. 59% feel that way now. thats up 11 points from last november. >> jess, this may be why republicans are continuing the push with more hearing possible. they see the same polling we do, generally. one poll showed a majority of the people outraged by benghazi actually dont know where it is. so theres a lot of room for education on this issue. but theres th...

Cheese chief white house correspondent jessica yellin and susan paige. im candy crowley than is "state of the union." so we want to bring you some new poll numbers cnn has, the first we have taken since these three controversies erupted and rained literally on the white house. im going to talk to dan fifer in a moment, but i want to set the scene politically with jessica yellin. i have to believe having looked at them the white house is probably pleased. >> i think you are right this morning, ca...

Does help. that could be constructive for anybody. >> jessica, im going to stop talking too much. i havent gone to church, i havent been praising the lord yet, thats why im talking so much. the truth is democrats are outraged by the irs, democrats were targeted not just conservative republican tea party, one-third of them, but many feel something happened and want to find out what happened. >> i want to ask you quickly about one poll number. this was the justice department collecting phone recor...

One thing we know now is that she was not at fault here at all and that the white house was neutral in terms of what was disclosed in those talking points immediately after the assault. >> in fact the president used the words "theres no "there" there" as pertains to at least one of those controversies. karen, what is it? when we look at the cnn/orc latest poll showing that the presidents approval rating remains fairly high. its actually increased a couple points even after the revelation of thes...

Presidents perils and polls. donna brazile, cnns chief white house correspondent jessica yellin and susan paige. im candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." so we want to bring you some new poll numbers cnn has, the first we have taken since these three controversies erupted and rained literally on the white house. im going to talk to dan fifer in a moment, but i want to set the scene politically with jessica yellin. i have to believe having looked at them the white house is probably ple...

Poll that says why not? because i think the convention gnat wisdom was going into it that hed been hurt. >> absolutely. the numbers do tell a story. for one thing, his approval is largely unchanged from the 51% we found in our last poll that was in early april and up from his low of 47% in mid-march. so a couple of points here, one, hes seen as out there responding to these controversies especially the irs. quickly hes showing outrage, continuing with his job. remember, president clinton maintai...

Controversy. nearly six in ten say the gop is reacting appropriately. fewer than four in ten say it is an overreaction. and the drum beat by congressional republicans could be behind a rise in the number of americans who think that the u.s. could have prevented the attack in benghazi. 59% feel that way now. thats up 11 points from last november. >> jess, this may be why republicans are continuing the push with more hearing possible. they see the same polling we do, generally. one poll showed a m...

Irs, specifically when asked about the irs, what does this poll show about the presidents handling of it? >> the big question we asked first was do people believe what the president said about the controversy? and we found most do. more than six in ten say what president obama said about the matter has been completely or mostly true. and a majority 55% say the irs acted on its own with 37% saying senior white house officials ordered the irs to target the tea party and other conservative groups f...

Being really stupid, or part of a plan. that doesnt matter right now. right now theyre not going to go anywhere because they didnt get bail. >> juliette and tom, guys, thanks very much. when we come back some changes in how americans are feeling about terrorism since the boston attacks. we have new numbers coming in from a brand new cnn/"time"/orc poll. you should try our coverage checker. it helps you see if you have too much coverage or not enough, making it easier to get what you need. [ beep...