Politics. The Us Government could runs out of money at midnight saturday, House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy unable to contain the most fervent trump republicans in his caucus. Is donald trump pulling the strings, intent on Sewing Dysfunction . The former president is in South Carolina this hour, emboldened by new polling which shows him getting stronger. We will put that to our panel the guardians Whitehall Editor Rowena Mason and ian bremmer, the president and founder of the eurasia group. Theyll give us a view on the crisis facing armed policing on both sides of the pond. And Industrial Action in the midwest, more train strikes here britain. Is it purely a cost of living crisis or is the system rigged against the ordinary worker . Good evening. There is no disputing that, despite all his legal problems, President Trump is the front runner in the republican president ial primary and running joe biden close in National Polling 14 months out. This poll has them neck and neck, both at 46 . There was one poll this weekend for the Washington Post abc, which had trump ten points ahead, although it is widely perceived to be an outlier. Among democrats, there are concerns about biden� s age. Nearly two thirds of those surveyed for the post said they wanted someone else to be their nominee. Only 33 said they supported Joe Biden Running again. And there will be concerns for the white house that their messaging on the economy is not yet cutting through. For one poll this weekend, 56 said they disapprove of the job the president is doing. And on the economy, 58 say things have got worse. Only 24 say conditions have improved, a point put to the transport secretary, pete buttigieg, on the sunday talk shows. Well, look, we all know the economic pressure the americans have felt. When the president took office, the economy was flat on its back. But were getting extraordinary results. More than 13 million jobs created, thats more than any president ial term in american history. And, yes, it takes a while for people to feel benefits of those results, just like its going to take a while to build all the infrastructure that were now under way on with the president s generational infrastructure bill. But he got the bill done after president after president , congress after congress couldnt make it happen, he did. Were getting the results on the economy. Well, Donald Trumps rivals in the primary are busy preparing for wednesdays secoond debate at the Ronald Reagan president ial library in california. But not trump. Instead, he will heading into his busiest stretch of campaigning so far, trying to shore up support in the early nominating states who will be vital to his prospects. In the last hour, hes been speaking in summerville, South Carolina. If you took the five worst president s in the history of the United States and added them up, they would not have done near the destruction to this country as Crooked Joe Biden and the biden you wouldnt have done. 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