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Now iraq. according to a new nbc/"wall street journal" poll, it's put the president on the rocks. his approval ratings is down and his foreign policy used to be one of his strengths and now it's only at 37% approval. is this the nature of a tough foreign policy climate or a permanent referendum on the presidency? joining me now is david rode, john feary and rodell, a democratic strategist for senate majority reid. is there any precedent for a president dipping this low, particularly on the foreign policy front, and then dipping out? >> it's hard to say. presidents, ron reagan, you know, was wo...

That's a strategy they're going to stick with till maybe king whatever his name reaches the throne. >> yes. we haven't got his name yet. he's a prince. professor dyson, on sunday, speaker boehner told bob schieffer how house republicans should be judged. i want to play that clip for you as well as senate majority reid's response today to that particular comment. take a listen to this. >> we should not be judged on how many new laws we create. we ought to be judged on how many laws we repeal. >> that's true, mr. president, house republicans are failing even by their own metric. they've replac...

Collapse of extraordinaire proportions? >> no, on the contrary. i think he's got this exactly right. you see on sunday he said he should be judged by how many pieces of legislation he's able to repeal essentially to have killed. so when he says he's done more for immigration, he means he's done more to kill immigration than anybody. >> he's right. is it, ryan grim? >> in the up or down world, that's exactly what's going on. >> ryan, do you agree with that analysis? >> sure, i mean, if that's what he -- if that's what he meant, then sure. even if you use his own judgment, his gauge of how succe...

But these days, congressional inaction is at an historic high, why? the filibuster. who is using it? republicans, last year, 60 votes were required to stop the threat of a filibuster 115 times, a near historic high. it was so fever-pitched, that last year, senate majority reid and mitch mcconnell tried to stop it with the simple goal, stop the legislative logjam and start to compromise by passing bills. part of their gentlemen's agreement meant that harry reid promised not to resort to his controversial threats known as the nuclear option to change the rules via 51 votes, in other words, harry...

Into the restaurant. incredibly nobody especially the little girl was seriously hurt. i don't know how that is possible but thank goodness. martha: thank goodness is right. this is a story that we are keeping a close eye on right now, and let's see the jobs numbers first. here is a look at the jobless claims numbers taking an unexpected dip right now dropping 21,000 to 454,000. economists say that this is still far from signaling strong job creation. president obama calling this the summer of recovery as he campaigns for democrats out there. the president is set to depart for missouri where he...