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welcome to "inside politics." we are in the middle of a very busy day here in washington. we're standing by for president biden to speak on the dire situation in congress if it fails to aprue more money for ukraine. an agreement on capitol hill is looking quite grim right now as the white house is already been warning about the dangerous stakes for the u.s. now the president is going to weigh in. and lawmakers, it's up in the air whether or not they are going to act. priscilla alvarez is at the white house. manu raju is on capitol hill. priscilla alvarez, what are you hearing about what the president will say? >> reporter: the president is going to take an urgent tone on passing the is supplemental request. the president addressed the nation. he's gone to the pages of the "washington post" to express how important this is passed. the resounding message from the president has been that this request in aid to ukraine and to israel is not just about helping these countries abroad, but it goes to the national security of the united states. and that is likely what he is going to say today. now just to remind viewers, this is a $105 billion supplemental request that includes $61 billion to ukraine, $14 billion for israel and $14 billion for border security among other asks. but it is the part about border security and border policy where this has hit a snag. republicans have wanted robust policy changes to pass this s suppl supplemental. this comes at a dell indicate time for the white house, which is seeing high encounters on the the border. what the white house has said is this supplemental requests includes funds to assist with that and that they have also tried to pass policies to stem the flow, but all of this taking on added urgency by the end of this mop pz. >> thank you so much for that reporting. let's pick this story up on capitol hill, where the action or maybe inaction is right now. manu raju, what are you hearing today from your sources, from lawmakers about whether there's been any movement at all? >> reporter: prospects for passage of this massive aid package are as grim as ever. many fear that ukraine aid simply will not pass in this congress and that there could lead to the collapse of that country in its war against russia. with it, israel funding as well. amid this dispute over border security, border policies, demands by republicans to change the laws to deal with the migrant crisis at the border. those proposed changes are a bridge too far for senate democrats. they are saying that they will not accept it. now the concern is going to be what will happen after the senate republicans later this afternoon plan to block a measure to actually fund ukraine, fund israel, provide money for border security but does not institute those changes. the policy changes, block ing this measure will send a message to the administration it's time to cut a deal to their liking on the border. >> we have to be concerned with our safety at home. we are not safe and sound. it's getting worse. this is a chronic situation we have to fix. >> we told the democrats ukraine aid needs to be paired with a provision to stop the flood at the border. the vote will indicate we're serious. we meant away we said. we said what we meant. >> even if there was a deal on immigration, which is far away, getting a bill through congress would still be enormously challenging. because of the divisions between the house and the senate on how to proceed, the house speaker has made clear he wants to move israel aid first and not ukraine aid. democrats and the white house want the to move it the altogether. the speaker wants to cut funding to offset the spending in that emergency aid package. then you talk about the policy over immigration where the two parties have been unable to find any accord on this issue for decades, which is leading many to raise concerns about the inability of congress to find a solution at this key moment as the white house warns the inability of congress to pass this could lead to ukraine being kneecaped at the worst possible time in its war against russia. not to mention israel aid falling by the wayside as well. many concerns with no way out of this impass at this key moment. >> we are waiting for president biden to speak on this issue that manu raju was talking about. we said there's a lot of breaking news this hour. this now, kevin mccarthy is resigning. the ousted speaker announced today he will leave congress by the end of this year. he did so in a "wall street journal" op-ed. i want to get to melanie zanona on capitol hill. this is big news because he's the former house speaker, but it also is about the very, very narrow majority that the house republicans already have. it will at least for a short time be even smaller. >> reporter: that's right. this is only going to complicate the difficult math problem in the house. after they expelled george santos last week, republicans right now can only afford to lose three republicans on any party line votes. that number is going to go down to two republicans once kevin mccarthy leaves. and that is something that is not lost on members. marjorie taylor greene, who was a staunch ally of kevin mccarthy, summed it up best when she said i hope no one dies. a very grim reference to the idea that the house is so ten wous, especially when you have a c chaotic and rambunctious group of republicans. the same republicans that forced kevin mccarthy out of the speakership last month or back in october. so a huge political and practical um police indications with the decision. it was highly anticipated and long expected. my colleague reported in october it was expected he was going to step down kevin mccarthy denied it at the time. he said he was going to seek reelection, clearly that's not the case. he's found that adjusting from life as a speaker to a rank and file member has been difficult. there's been a lot of bad blood in the conference since then. it's unclear what kevin mccarthy will do next. he did offer some clues in this op-ed in the "wall street journal." i want to read you part of what he wrote. he said i decided to part the house at the end of this year to serve america in new ways. i know my work is only getting started. i will continue to recruit our country's best and brightest to run for elected office. the republican party is expanding every day, and i'm committed to lending my experience to support the next generation of leaders. he also made clear he had has no regrets, including about the decision to put a bill on the floor with the demsupport of democrats that led to his ouster. so we'll see what.comment county decides to do next, but in the meantime, i'm told that house republicans are planning to toast kevin mccarthy at a party next week. this is something that was planned before his public announcement. republicans weren't expecting him to retire. they just wanted to thank him. >> thank you. appreciate it. there's a lot of breaking news. right now we have a brand new cnn poll about president biden and his approval rating. it is not very good. it's a new low. i want to talk about this with david chalian. what does it tell us? >> as you noted, if you take a look at biden's approval in our brand new cnn poll, he's at 37% approval, 63% disapproval as he's about to turn the corner into his reelection year. look at this number over time. it's a knew america low, but he's bye-bye hanging out here for some time. he starts going down after the afghanistan withdrawal. s there was an uptick around the midterms where democrats performed better, but this entire year has been a downward slide to this new low of 37%. >> how does this kind of compare to others, who have serve d in the white house? >> take a look at his modern era predecessors. this was a their approval rating at this point in their presidency heading into their reelection year. just note here. he's at the bottom of this list at 37%. take a look at these three at the bottom. what do they have in common? they didn't win their reelection race. and so this is a real warning sign for joe biden. take a look here at some of the demographic groups. 72% approval among democrats. if you're below 80% of your own party, that's a warning sign. 36% approval among independents. does not have majority among americans or latinos. 34% approval among young voters. >> that's a big warning sign. >> all of it, but particularly that number. >> the issue that everybody says that they are going to vote on, we'll see if that happens because it wasn't maybe so much in the mid-erm its, but it's an important one. that's the economy. >> and we asked an open-ended question. what's the most important issue for americans? and respondents say it's the economy. partisanship and divisions in the country, 6%. 6% say guns and crime. so on issue number one of the economy, it's a pretty poor outlook from the american people. only 29% assess current economic conditions as good. 71% say they are poor. i'll note that's a slight uptick from what we have seen before. but still, it's in the cellar in terms of positive overall impressions of the economy. and his approval rating on the economy is even worse than husband overall approval rating. it's at 33%, 67% days prove. we saw on issueses like abortion rights or vote ing rights and election integrity, democrats have an advantage on those issues. they did turn out on those issues last year. that's a good note. but i would note on what voters say right now is the most important issue, he's got real trouble as well. >> they are trying so hard with boidenomics, spending a lot of money on it to press the point that the economy is getting better. and voters aren't i buying it. they are trying to tell people how to feel and it doesn't always work. >> right now, we should see a 10-point advantage for republicans on the issue of the economy. >> can we put back the downward trend of his -- i just the want to underscore one thing you said when you pregnanted this. this right here, 52% when it started going down, the withdrawal from afghanistan and he never recovered from it. >> he came back up a bit, but never to that level. with the mud idterms last year, you're right. that was the real end. >> it's what we're seeing right now, which is he is getting some applause from republicans even for how he's trying to handle things on the world stage both in ukraine and on the middle east. speaking of both of those things, we're still waiting for the president to speak at the white house about the stalemate in congress over money that the white house says is absolutely necessary for their fight against russia. up next, we are going to talk about debate night. it is tonight. what republican candidates could try to prove, their last time to face-off before the end of the year, donald trump will not be there. stay with us. welcome back. let's go now to alabama, where hours from now nikki haley, ron desantis, vivek ramaswamy and chris christie will duke it out on the debate stage. just 40 days left now until the iowa caucuses and candidates are desperate for a breakout moment. they want to tray to chip away at donald trump's overwleming lead. donald trump, of course, will not be on the debate stage. you know who is already in alabama? jeff is zeleny. you have been talking to voters trying to figure out what they are looking for from republican candidates. what are you hearing? >> reporter: even though this is the fourth republican debate, there really have been significant differences from the last debate. there's been some changes in the campaign. that's what voters, who are just begin ning to tune into this campaign, are looking for. we always think we are near the end of this process, but some voters are just beginning to take a closer look at some of the positions of the candidates. is and look for nikki haley to try to continue her momentum, which she's really built up debate by debate by debate. but florida governor ron desantis in recent weeks has been questioning her conservative credentials. he's been call herg part of the liberal establishment. look for that to be a new storyline tonight. and chris christie, all of his folks are based in new hampshire with independent voters, moderate voters. donald trump's words about a tdictator, that's certainly als likely to be front and center. but as we spent time talking to voters, the iowa voters who will make their decisions in just 40 days, have a listen to what ann said where she's at right now. >> i'm look ing at nikki haley and ron desantis and vivek. i will vote because if he's the nominee, i will vote for him. but we need some different s aspects to our country at this point. and where it's going now is not good. that's the sentiment you hear from talking to voters. their minds are open to some degree for other candidates. that's where the opportunity comes in for some of these hopefuls tonight. but once again as in every other debate, the person driving this race is not going to be here, at least on stage. but his words and his presence will be looming incredibly large. >> especially words that he's uttered in the last 24 hours. thank you so much. i'll see you tonight in alabama. the four candidates jeff was talking about who will be on the stauj are getting ready, as we speak. here's what vivek ramaswamy said about his prep, what he expects to do. >> my strategy in this race is i i would rather speak the truth and lose an election than to win by playing some carefully threaded snakes and ladders. i don't intend to play with kids gloves. >> let's talk about this with the political panel we have here. kasie hunt, laura lopez, and leigh ann caldwell of the wash "washington post." did you think that vivek ramaswamy had kid gloves on the last couple debates? that was interesting. i was to start with the ad that ron desantis has out right now going after nikki haley, and it's very interesting to me what the topic is that he chose. >> nikki haley admits -- >> the reason i got into politics was because of hillary clinton. >> hillary clinton is actually the reason -- >> so haley raised taxes like hillary, did favors for chinese companies like hillary. >> i mean, preview of tonight? >> perhaps. i honestly look at that and i see that it's easier to attack female candidates than sometimes than it is to attack male candidates. otherwise, drawing that distinction really takes the words that haley was using when she was speaking about the ways in which it is important for little girls to see women in positions of power and uses it against her. but we'll see. ron desantis has not been a terribly attack dog on the debate stage. vivek ramaswamy took more swipes at her in the previous debate, but even she she got the better of him in that. >> i think when i i look at that ad, i see that hillary clinton has become this massive boogie woman on the right because of former president trump and it's someone that desantis sees as could be ab effective attack to tether haley to a former secretary of state, the leading candidate for democrats two pscycles ago, who has been totay demonized on the right to the point they chanted "lock her up" the last few cycles. and that he thinks it's easier to tie her to someone like that despite all the lies that were spread about hillary clinton in the 2016 cycle because that's something that really gets the base going. >> you were alluding to this, but we should say it very clearly, which is when nikki haley talks about hillary clinton, she's talking about being inspired by the now former secretary because she was telling women, get off the couch, get out of your chair, get out of your comfort zone and go run for office, no matter what your political persuasion is. >> it was about that glass ceiling and hillary clinton was close to breaking that glass ceiling. >> but it also shows to me that it screams desperation. ron desantis is for so long tried to ignore the other candidates in the race that he was the clear second runner donald trump, but this is not the case anymore. so instead of running ads against donald trump, he's focused on nikki haley, who he's going head to head against tonight and nikki haley has re repeatedly outperformed ron desantis at these debates. >> let's talk about donald trump and the koupt programming that he started to do last night with the town hall on fox. a lot of interesting moments, including this one. >> i often say al capone, he was one of the greatest of all time, if you like criminals. he was a mob boss, the likes of which he got indicted once. i got indicted four times. i got know them all. they are at the top of their game, some are bad people, some are decent people. they all have one thing in common. they want what's good for their country. >> again, he's continuing to praise dictators. >> and criminals. when he was talking about al capone. he was praising al capone. and praising tick tauters and also said that he would be a dictator on day one and not after day one. but i think that trump is saying all this stuff out loud and has been for a long time. he tries to normalize violence and speaking in a vie will not way about his political enemies he says that he would go after his politicalenmys and his entire campaign is about retribution for attacks on him for the fact that he still says that 2020 was stolen. that he's already forecasting if he loses 2024, will it have been stolen. so he is very much all the his attorneys i have talked to, and i think more and more reporters are diagnosing this as well, adopting authoritarian language and is forecasting had he would overhaul congress. >> sean hannity in that extended version of that exchange was basically trying to get him to say, no, i will not be a dictator. this isn't about revenge, right? trump is like, well, actually. you could see hannity realizes it's in the interest of the former president to say, no, i'm not going to do that, to not inflame the situation. instead, here's trump saying, it would be a mistake to not believe that trump is going to when he says he's going to do something. >> we should also note the adviser that could be if trump wins, a senior person in the trump administration is saying explicitly that they will go and find conspirators and not just in government, but also in the media. >>. >> that's one thing that's different this time around with trump's quest to the white house. he has an infrastructure around him and people around him who are all in on this vision. no longer do you have people around him who are trying to push back on the idea that perhaps dismamant lg the constin is not the best idea. >> let's be sure to talk about tonight. we're going to have a very interesting discussion, after tonight's debate. we're going to give critical analysis of what you knead to see and hear. we will be hosting the post debate discussion live at 10:00 eastern right here on cnn. ahead, john king continues his all over the map series. this time he went to las vegas and talked to latino voters, who say 2024 is still up in the air. >> would you put your money on trump-biden, or are we going to be surprised? >> i think we're going to be surprised. welcome back. we are waiting for president biden to speak any minute. that's a shot of his podium in the roosevelt room of the white house. we expect him to come and try to put some pressure on congress. congress is at a stalemate over what he calls essential funding for ukraine. priscilla alvarez is a at the white house. as we wait for the president, what are you hearing about the specifics of what he's going to say? >> he's expected to take an urgent tone and pushing for the supplemental request in making the play he's made from the beginning that this is not just about assisting israel and ukraine, but also is unhertzed for national security of the u.s. he's likely to make the warni

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