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And, three, a take charge agenda. so whats going on? lets start with jobs. >> for the last eight, nine months, this election has been headed to a bad place for democrats and they needed these three things to happen to change that trajectory. in the jobs front, they really desperately needed to get down towards 9% and instead weve had 9.7, 9.7, 9.7, and we even had bad unemployment claims hop up yesterday. so unemployment is simply not getting significantly better right now. >> and is that becaus...

Whats going on? how would you rate all three? start with jobs. >> for the last eight, nine months this elected is headed to a bad place for democrats and they needed these three things to happen to change that trajectory. and in the jobs front, they really desperately needed to get down towards 9%. instd, weve had 97, 97, 99, 97 and had bad unemployment claims hop up yesterday. unemployment is simply not getting significantly better right now. >> is that because people who are getting back to wo...

>> going to paint b.p. like wildcats. >> these other four, conoco, phillips, exxon mobil, shell and chevron, trust me, theyll be portraying b.p.s methods of not representative of the industry when they testify tomorrow because lets face it, the public perception right now of oil drilling, we talked about this on your radio show not so great right now. and that has a lot to do. you saw what happened in florida during the elections last year, they voted down more off-shore drilling. so this percep...

Do you think it sent a message in any way to anybody in law enforcement who was there or any of the other representatives, or do you think it was just kind of a perception issue? >> i think it is trying to throw their weight around. yes, i do think it is an effort to try to bully the department of justice. weve heard the president talk openly about bob mueller and rod rosensteins jobs being on the line and that he has the power to get rid of them. anderson, i think the best way to stop this type...

Mueller, the source said. end. but it just does not -- none of joining us now to discuss how these conversations between the it smells like it is something president and these witnesses that is normal or on the up and ended up on the special up. counsels radar and what that >> but also, if you look at, might mean for any investigation say, the obama administration, into potential obstruction of you could maybe understand if justice is the reporter who david axelrod did something like broke this ...

You say this is just all spin and cable news focusing on the wrong things, and again, its the same thing that democrats said about the affordable care act, and everybody is just believing the negative stuff. its what you said, poppy, it is not just that people dont think its going to make them better off, but two-thirds of a margin think it will help donald trump and people like him, and 66% say its going to help the wealthy, and so you can sell it -- i could sell this as a new cell phone, but i...

Wrapped up and hes going to be heading to miami and jacksonville. hes trying to blank it not only his presence here but spent $25 million on a new ad in 13 z states. theyre trying to convey this message and it is a lot about media narrative that donald trump is on the offense that hes confidence and not trying to defend himself in battleground states. it is a perception issue that hes going for. in terms of volunteers and ground games, hes had a big deficit here in florida. theyre trying to make...

Was mark who brought it up. secondly, i dont think the president is blaming his issues on other people. what the president is trying to do is have a conversation about different. . hes not questioning motives. hes talking about some perceptions. so i mean if you look at some of the people who are most identified with christianity in public life. look at the presidential campaign, ben carson, heres a president that says a muslim who should not be president. if you look eight cross the spectrum, y...

Do you say, we had this argument four years ago, what is more important, winning the big states or the delegates. the delegates get you the nomination. but the perception issue, he needs one of the two wins. for santorum. he has the win both ohio and tennessee to at least have this -- have the ability to make the case, i have a path forward to the nom magz. theres a realistic path. he is not wrong, if he wins a state or two, theres a path for him to on go forward. >> you kind of eluded that the ...

Whats going on? how would you rate all three? lets start with jobs. >> for the last eight or nine months, this place is headed in a bad place for democrats. they need three things to happen to change that trajectory. in the jobs front they really needed desperately to get down to 9%. instead weve had 9.7, 9.7, 9.9, 9.7. weve had bad unemployment claims hop up yesterday. unemployment is simply not getting significantly better right now. >> is that because people who are getting back to work are p...