Ronald reagan, of course, went on to be reelected. Look at jimmy carter at that point, 32 . Hes not near that point, but once he dips into the 30s, thats when all bets are off. But it really comes down to issues. Where is the president on the issues . Look at that on the economy. 50 of americans approve of how the president is handling the economy. Then as you look going all the way down to Race Relations, you can see the numbers get worse. Whats interesting about those issues is the president maintains strong support among republicans, but on those issues, if youre only polling in the 30s, for instance on gun control, that means some republicans as well are not approving of his handling. Absolutely. And thats why the economy it always comes back to the economy as the lynch pin as his strongest issue. When hes soft on the other issues, thats where he loses that republican support. If you look at these numbers when you talk about support with the economy, look where the president is, 50 right now. When you talk to people about how theyre doing right now, how are they doing economically, you have half the country saying the economy is doing well. Now, thats ticked down a little bit to 65 right now from what it was back in may. Those are still pretty strong numbers, though, jim. Its really being fueled by republicans. As you say, nearly nine in ten republicans right now support the way the president is handling the economy. Well, we know the white house is concerned about the economic numbers based on public statements, and the president looking at tax cuts. If it continues to tick down, i suppose thats the key question. We mentioned gun control concerns, Race Relations as well. The president not polling well there. Not too much of a surprise. Hes come under a lot of criticism, as he should, for a lot of the statements hes made. A lot of people think hes giving rise to White Nationalism right now by supporting that. 32 , thats largely fueled by minorities too. We should note that his support amongst latinos and africanamericans is dismal at best right now. And when we look at those numbers, too, where he started to lose support over the past few months when it comes to that issue was among whites. So starting to soften up a little bit on these other issues where republicans might not be able to stomach some of the things the president is saying. Mark peres soreston, always have your wisdom. Thank you very much. Joining me to discuss, Jackie Kucinich and anita kumar. Look at these numbers here. The trend lines and its not just cnn polling thats shown this. Fox news polling showed the president losing to all the top democratic contenders right now, front runners. Is the white house concerned about these numbers . I think they have to be concerned about it, and they have to be concerned, as you just mentioned, about the economy here. That is the thing that his aides, his campaign has really wanted him to base his Reelection Campaign on. There are a lot of republicans that feel like if he based it on the economy, then he could win reelection. If that falters at all, hes in trouble. So really, when you look at some of these polls, the number one thing that americans say theyre supportive of him for is the economy. If you dont have that, a lot of these issues come back. Things with him, you know well talk about him picking fights with other people or countries some of the Foreign Policy moves, some of the rhetoric. So i think all of those things are going to come into play if its still going this way. Jackie, its interesting. I was speaking to a reporter from iowa a few moments ago asking about how iowa voters see this. Of course, the first voting state, first caucus state. What are the democrat candidates message here . The iowa reporter made the point theyre interested to hear what the alternative is there. How are you selling me on you taking over for donald trump in 2020 . Is there a consistent, contiguous message from the democrats on that . You know, i think when youre talking about the economy, what youre hearing from democrats is a lot about the people who have been left behind. Even though the economy is doing well for a lot of people, minorities, women, there are people that have been that arent seeing the benefits. Not to mention, if youre talking about iowa, you hear a lot of Democratic Candidates talking about how the farmers are being impacted by the president s trade war with china. That has been a huge talking point, and frankly, a reality in that state. So not only that, youre hearing theyre bringing in the health care message, how much people are paying for their health care, what happens if obamacare goes away as the president has advocated. So its kind of multifaceted. Is it everyone saying the same thing . No, theyre not. But you can imagine if a recession is impending, if it does come, youre going to hear democrats talk even more about the economy than they are right now. Part of the president s strategy, beyond a transparent play to his base on every issue, including gun control, is try to peel away some voters from typically democratic strongholds, one being among jewish voters. The president taking an attack that struck many jewishamericans as inherently offensive, saying in the oval office, that American Jews who vote for democrats are being disloyal. Anita, help me. We can be overwhelmed by the pure volume of moments like this in this presidency, but whats the significance of this one in particular . Yeah, it was very harsh language, but obviously we see harsh language from him all the time. I think that people really took were struck by how he said that in the oval office. But look, the president is interested in keeping this feud that he has going with these four democratic congresswomen going. This, he feels like, is a great thing for him where hes sort of saying, look, these women who hes accused of not liking israel or being against israel, for him to say these women ay represent the Democratic Party. And from the states that theyre from, this is a very good message for him. As you notice, when this feud has died down, he still brings it up. He talks about israel. He tweets about them. So i think he wants to continue this. Were going to continue to see this rhetoric from him at Campaign Rallies as well. So jackie, im going to ask you a question now, and im not making this up. Its not a parody. The u. S. President canceled, last minute, a visit to u. S. Ally denmark because denmark would not accept his offer to buy a sovereign piece of its country, greenland. Thats a true statement. Yep. Im curious, is there anyone in the president s circle of advisers whos advising him against this . You know, the thing about the president and weve seen this on any range of topics, they initially deny that this was something that was serious. It was something the president had talked about, that maybe they had bantered about, but he wasnt actually going to try to buy greenland. The president came out and said that, yes, in fact, this was something he was considering. So at this point, we just have to listen to what the president is saying. Hes clearly not listening to any advisers that push him one way or another. Hes going to do what he wants. But yes, gjim, there will come day in a couple weeks where ill look at you and say, remember when the president tried to buy greenland . It just sounds so absurd on its face. But it has genuine effect on important u. S. Alliances, as thee comments and positions do. Denmark is a nato ally. Denmark sent hundreds of troops to afghanistan, lost 43 of them. They did very dangerous duty there. I was there, i saw them. They took on dangerous operations. There are real consequences to this, are there not . There is. Were all sort of smiling and kind of laughing and scratching our head about it. The reporting out of the country, out of denmark today is that they consider this, as they should, a complete snub. This was a state visit that had been planned. Remember, this is only going to be you know, theyve been preparing for this. His visit was coming in just a couple weeks. So they dont theyre baffled. They thought it was a joke. They didnt understand what was going on. This is really going to hurt relations not only with that country but with other countries that are sort of looking at this and wondering sort of whats going on. Are things this tenuous, this fragile that he can have this idea and just by tweet cancel a visit . So i mean, i do think theres going to be repercussions. People are going to be talking about this. Other foreign leaders will be talking about this. Lets see whos the first to offer to buy hawaii. Jackie, anita, thanks to both of you. The Trump Administration has Just Announced a new rule to increase the amount of time it can hold migrant families, including children, in detention. Right now Migrant Children cannot be held in federal custody longer than 20 days. The Administration Says the old rule, also known as the flores settlement agreement, forced officials to either release immigrant families altogether or separate them and keep just the adults in detention. Joining us now, cnn National Correspondent alex marquardt. Alex, thats the administration claim here. What are the facts . Well, jim, the bottom line here is that this new rule will allow the Trump Administration to hold migrant families for much longer, perhaps indefinitely. There are two core provisions here, that families are kept together during immigration proceedings and that the standards of care for children is much higher. The acting secretary of Homeland Security rattled off a long list of improvements on the way that children would be held under this new rule. But jim, the fact of the matter is that this administration will now be allowed, if this rule goes into effect, and thats a big if, hold families for a longer period of time. This is in response, of course, to this record surge of migrant families arriving at the border. As you noted, under current conditions, under the flores settlement agreement, the administration is not allowed to hold children for longer than 20 days. And what the administration is saying, what mcaleenan said moments ago, is this provides an incentive for families to come. They know after 20 days, the children will have to be released with their families into the United States. So this new rule, mcaleenan says, will end what he called a catchandrelease program. It will stop migrant families from using their children as what he called passports or pawns. As i mentioned, this is far from a done deal. This rule was announced this morning. It will be published on wednesday. They are fully expecting opposition in court. If all goes well for them, it will go into effect in 60 days. But jim, you can be absolutely certain there will be some opposition to this new rule. And that comment was r revelatory, was it not. In other words, these are meant to be a deterrent. Its a fact. Alex marquardt, very good to have you on the story. 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Im joined now by jonathan greenblat, ceo and National Director for the Antidefamation League. We appreciate you taking the time this morning. Thank you for having me. I want to quote from something you tweeted after the president made these comments. Its unclear who the president of the United States is claiming jews would be disloyal to, but charges of disloyalty have long been used to attack jews. As weve said before, its possible to engage in the democratic process without these claims. Its long overdue to stop using jews as a political football. Explain what you mean by that. Well, as i tweeted, while its a bit unclear what the president was trying to say in terms of who jews are disloyal to, are we disloyal to him or the Republican Party or to america . While he wasnt exactly clear about that, i will be exactly clear on what that was, antisemitism. The charge of disloyalty or dual loyalty has been used against jews for thousands of years. In europe it was used for 1500 years to say that jews were not sufficiently loyal to the church or the crown. So they justified persecuting, marginal idesin marginalizing, and murdering jews in the countries where they lived. Until the last hundred years in the middle east, they would say jews were more loyal to zraisra than the countries where they lived and use that as justification to persecute, marginalize and murder these people where they lived. Today in this country when were seeing a rise of white supremacy, when were seeing a rash of antisemitic attacks look, its almost two years to the day of the charlottesville march. Were getting on the Year Anniversary of the pittsburgh massacre, the most violent antisemitic act in american history. It is bewildering we even have to have this conversation and that these words are coming out of the oval office. You know, the president has used that antisemitic attack against these congresswomen in particular, but you also hear other Administration Officials and republican lawmakers using that term while at the same time the president has been reluctant at times to call out White Supremacists in this country who are explicitly and by definition antisemitic. I wonder your reaction to that contradiction. It is extraordinary and almost inexplicable that our commander in chief would use his twitter feed to go after hollywood celebrities and other random individuals but cant seem to call out the racist, xenophobic, antisee mettic, White Supremacist Movement that is indeed growing. White nationalism is a global terror threat, and we need our commander in chief to call it out. I will tell you this, jim. Ive said this before. It is long past due for politicians to stop tokenizing jews. We are not political props to be used for partisan gain, whether by the president or members of his cabinet, or ill be hones