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With 51% when he had a 51% job approval. same with obama. donald trump is only four-point software he needs to go. he needs to get a further 50% and hold it. that is why democrats will give him a single victory on everything. >> laura: what about your poll that said 43% of voters see the country heading in the right direction. wrong track, right track. it flipped badly against the democrats back in 2016. remember? >> donald trump ran to get the country back in the right direction. now it's up to 43%. also, they say the economy is getting better. 53% to 37%. is it the economic optimism that is ...

Republicans did in 2016. remember that? awkward. good morning and welcome to "morning joe." it is wednesday, june 26th. debate night. this is the big night, along with joe, willie and me, we have political reporter for "the new york times" and msnbc political analyst, nick can fa sory. the host of "saturday night politics" on msnbc, donny deutsche is with us. and washington bureau chief for "usa today" and author of "the matriarch," susan paige. >> willie, do you think there's any chance we can maybe draft ben carson just to do these democratic debates? he was so fascinating to watch. even get...

>> bill: there was debate. i think it is really going to shape his campaign on the democratic side. now, for president trump, there is a bit of an interview that was put up that he did with the george stephanopoulos. here is the question and answer on whether or not barack obama knew about spying, and whatnot with his campaign. >> you clearly believe there was a group of people working against you. do you think president obama was behind it? >> i would say that he certainly must have known about it because it one very high up in the chain. i'm not going to make that statement quite yet, but i ...

2016. remember this -- >> russia, if you're listening, i hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. i think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our pris. >> then he said russia, if you're listening, and russia or china if you're still listening, and here's where he said he never asked for help from roush. take a listen. >> can you imagine me saying i don't know what to do. gee, let's call the russians. let's see if they can help. can you believe the stupidity of this? let's call the russians. there was no collusion whatsoever. there never has been. the last thing i want...

Special counsel robert mueller himself said was the number one thing he wanted all americans to take away from his 400-page report, russia's multiple systematic efforts to interfere in our last presidential election. that hearing is getting under way at this moment on capitol hill. but here's the thing, this is washington, so, of course, it's not the only thing going on. in about 30 minutes from now, the president's eldest son, be don jr., will testify before the senate intelligence committee in a closed hearing to answer questions about his contacts with russia and that very famous trump towe...