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Their take on the institution is telling. >> it's still pretty bad we haven't been able to get more done. >> reporter: a new cnn/orc poll shows 67%, 2/3 of the country call this the worst congress of their lifetime. and nearly 74% have lived a long life, they're 50 and older. 73% say congress has done nothing to address the country's problems. >> the public approval of congress is still pretty low. does that surprise you? >> no, because what they see every day on television is deadlock and fights and screaming. what you don't see every day is large groups of both democrats and republicans comi...

Indicators, all up, up, up. but the most telling think may be about how you feel about the economy. our new poll shows that metric is not good. a new cnn/orc poll shows most of you think things are pretty poor and many don't think the economy will be much better a year from now. why this disconnect? stocks soared again yesterday. alison kosik. main street, wall street, not the same thing. >> one america and two economies. the most obvious disconnect is the stock market, the dow reaching its 50th record high of the year. that's incredible, the s&p 500 hitting records almost on a daily basis. bu...

>> merry christmas. i'm not afraid to say it. >> proud and happy to say merry christmas to you both. i will start with you, alan. what do you make of this? dan pfeiffer outlines a number of things and says don't let grid lock get you down. >> why wouldn't he say we'll do better? the grid loik is the problem. you may talk about the president having low numbers. but congress has an 8% approval rating. the lowest ever. an orc poll shows 73% of americans believe it is a do nothing congress. two-thirds say it is the worst in their lifetime. >> it is interesting that we have pulling out fox, cnn, ot...

Administration. cnn's athena jones is in hawaii, where the president is vacationing. >> reporter: good afternoon. you're right, americans are still feeling glum about the economy, according to our new cnn/orc poll. 68% say economic conditions are poor and more than half, 56%, say conditions will still be poor a year from now. this pessimism is affecting consumer spending, which is of course a big part, a big driver, i should say, of the economy. more than a third, 36%, say they have cut back on food or medicine because of the economy. 58% say they have cut back on clothes and 56% say they have...

>> merry christmas. i'm not afraid to say it. >> proud and happy to say merry christmas to you both. i will start with you, alan. what do you make of this? dan pfeiffer outlines a number of things and says don't let grid lock get you down. >> why wouldn't he say we'll do better? the grid loik is the problem. you may talk about the president having low numbers. but congress has an 8% approval rating. the lowest ever. an orc poll shows 73% of americans believe it is a do nothing congress. two-thirds say it is the worst in their lifetime. >> it is interesting that we have pulling out fox, cnn, ot...