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President trump short on legislative wins, still claiming that he beats all his predecessors. >> we have signed more bills and im talking about through the legislature, than any president ever, for a while harry truman had us. now i think we have everybody. i better say think, or they will give you a pinocchio. >> you wouldnt want those pinocchios. good day, im andrea mitchell in washington where senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is running out of options, falling back on a 2015 plan for a ...

New round of polling is just out, showing the presidents job approval hovering around 40%. some less. here to help us break down the new numbers is our national politico correspondent steve kornacki at the big board steve. >> brian it may abdifferent way of looking at the poll numbers everybody has seen the headlines. these are the four out in the last day or two. as you said hovering around 40%. . if i didnt tell you who the president was i just say a first year president these are the numbers ...

>> brian it may abdifferent way of looking at the poll numbers everybody has seen the headlines. these are the four out in the last day or two. as you said hovering around 40%. if i didnt tell you who the president was i just say a first year president these are the numbers in the middle of the first summer wed say naes a disaster. as you can say historically thats what what it looks like at this point donald trump lowest numbers of any of the modern predecessors by a far. this is terrible terra...

>> i know people say why should we have that responsibility. the reason we have that responsibility is because we spilled a hellf a lot blood in iraq and afghanistan, and it is our responsibility to make sure that ultimately those countries are stable and can govern themselves. >> unlike his predecessors, president trump is delegating most military decisions to his generals, including future deployments. is there a risk that the president is now placing too much power in the hands of the general...

Also of course the cloud of the russia investigation is still an issue for the trump white house, after the president spent his weekend in new jersey, he tweeted about the issue calling it a russian hoax story, saying his son don jr. was being treated unfairly on twitter and also this week the president will have a made in america theme week, trying to change the subject, turn the page. theyll talk about the american worker, theyll showcase products made state by state across the country and lat...

Will that work, that remains to be seen. netanyo is a tough case. you know, both his predecessors, hollande and sarkozy, he had trouble with both of them. hes had issues, a lot of inflexibility on many, many issues. >> reporter: on the middle east peace process, do we know what mr. macron wants? >> well, weve seen a major shift in the french political and democratic position on syria. macron said no more -- bashar al assad must go. a new policy -- >> reporter: france totally reversed its diploma...

Left. the vacuum was created, and we will figure something out. our main thrust is we have to get rid of isis. >> panetta who tried but failed to stop obama from withdrawing combat troop argues today the u.s. must stay indefinitely. >> i know people say why should we have that responsibility. the reason we have that responsibility is because we spilled a hell of a lot of blood in iraq and afghanistan, and it is our responsibility to make sure that ultimately those countries are stable and can go...

Will figure something out. our main thrust is we have to get rid of isis. >> panetta who tried but failed to stop obama mr. withdrawing combat troop argues today the u.s. must stay indefinitely. >> i know people say why should we have that responsibility. the reason we have that responsibility is because we spilled a hell of a lot of blood in iraq and afghanistan, and it is our responsibility to make sure that ultimately those countries are stable and can govern themselves. >> unlike his predece...

Something that was covered in my new speakership orientation ceremony. the sergeant of arms was simply enforcing the same interpretation of the rules as under my predecessors. we will be working with the sergeant-at-arms to ensure the enforcement of appropriate business attire is updated. decorum is important, especially for this institution. a dress code in the chamber, in the lobby, makes sense. we also dont need to bar otherwise accepted contemporary business attire. >> ryan did not specify h...

Defense of donald trump, very often presidents blame their predecessors. hes actually blaming his opponent, which is a little more unusual. but franklin roosevelt attacked herbert hoover for 12 years. we do tend to do that. >> president obama went after george w. bush for -- >> and this president attacks -- by the way, i dont think thats so terrible. hes going to try to drag hillary into it. thats not a -- as a hillary supporter, thats not a concern that i have. its more this -- its kristen sayi...