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Some time i m sure. gym anchor jim ankle. thanks. jenna: the question to that is when. midterms are coming up really fast. do voters believe president obama is going to help or hurt democratic candidates in november. we have a brand-new fox news die tphopl i can poll that shows 44% of voters says the president will hurt democratics chances of getting into office. 37% says he s going to boost candidates chances of winning. doug shone is a democratic pollster and a fox news contributor. are we under estimating the power of the president or is it too early to know. i think, general at president is not going to be a help. his own approval ratings are well under 50%. in swing states and swing districts the numbers you cited are even worst for the president. most democrats are going to be unavailable when the president passes through their state i suspect. jenna: there is a big question about who is actually going to go out and vote and be involved in some of the elections. ....
Things. and so the senate jenna: the secretary of homeland security, janet napolitano, talking about the bill that the president just signed into law. $600 million for border security. the secretary started off talking about how this is really not a political issue when it comes to our border, it s one of national security. the conversation did drift a little bit, though, to talk about republicans and democrats and making sure that republicans come to the table to negotiate further for comprehensive immigration reform ahead of this election. we have to remember the timing on this bill. immigration a huge issue for these midterm elections, a bipartisan bill that just passed, each side getting a piece of of saying they helped with this immigration issue ahead of those elections. it s definitely a hot topic in washington right now. we ll continue to monitor this press conference and bring you new developments as we hear them. jon: right now we re waiting for word on whether the broken b ....
Is that it passed something with bipartisan support that gives us the resources to continue efforts that were well underway. and demonstrates that the border is not and should not be a political issue, it is a matter of national security in which we all, both parties, have a stake. and on that score even before the president signed this bill, the administration had already devoted more resources to the southwest border than any point in american history. these efforts are making a difference, and they are the reason why everything that is supposed to be going up is going up and everything that is supposed to be going down is going down. seizures are up and rose across the board last year. apprehensions or illegal crossings are down. for the first time ever, we are screening 100% of southbound ....
Rick, thank you. reporter: sure. jenna: this week there s new doubt about whether the sparks of an economic recovery are really catching fire. so what s the solution? some say we need to look to the past to find a way forward and that you don t really need to look farther than ronald reagan. like president obama, president reagan confronted a terrible recession during his first year in office. the economy was stagnant, unemployment soaring, and the economy really showed no signs of better days to come. but then, some argue, things changed with reaganomics, so many are now asking, in this economy what would reagan do, and would it work? henry olson wrote an op-ed piece of that title for the wall street journal , rob shapiro served as the undersecretary of commerce for economic affairs under president clinton, and mike santoli is an associate editor at barron s all joining us to discuss this topic, what would reagan do. welcome, gentlemen. ....
Willing to come to the table. the timetable question should be addressed to them. i just want to add one thing. nobody has suggested that i have heard that only one step needs to be taken to have comprehensive immigration reform. this is an aspect of it, it s something we always mention, but there are, obviously, other aspects that the, that are needed and that people are interested in the doing. and the president has, has reached out to and has talked to democrats and republicans on this issue. we just need a little support to make it happen. reporter: but if you don t get those other aspects, if you don t get comprehensive reform, is this not just, then, a drop in the bucket in attacking the problem? no. and i say this, again, as someone who is from a border state and has governed a border state. the border region is an ....