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Since the trump presidency. allison kosik, what's behind the drop? >> it's on point to have its worst point drop since swrun of 2016, when brexit happened. you have to put a lot of this in perspective. we've been lulled into this sense of calm. for the better part of the year we've watched the dow and s&p and nasdaq as well reach record after record. it's just not realistic. strategists and analysts are saying the pullback that you're seeing today is healthy for the market. it keeps it from really, really overheating. there is an underlying reason why you're seeing the market selloff today bec...

Well if you look at our new nbc news wall street journal poll for the end of the year, the answers are mixed. ahead of president trump's inauguration in january, 37% of americans felt the country was going in the right direction. 52% felt it was on the wrong track. that was actually an improvement at that time from the months before the 2016 election. but in your year end poll, 29% now say right direction. that's an eight point drop from january. while 63% say wrong track. that's up 11 points. and no surprise, how you view the year depends a lot on who you are. republicans thought it was a pre...

We are back. data download time. what kind of year has 2017 been? well, if you look at our new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll, the answers are mixed. ahead of president trump's inauguration in january, 37% of americans felt the country was going in the right direction. 52% felt it was on the wrong track. that was actually an improvement at that time from the months before the 2016 election. but, in our year end poll, 29% now say right direction. that's an eight point drop from january. while 63% say wrong track. that's up 11 points. and no surprise, how you view the year depends a lot on ...

Life expectancy. 78.6 in 2016. down from 78.7 in 2015 which is a big point drop from 78.9 in 2014. joining me live is former democratic congressman patrick kennedy. he's a member of the presiden s president's. alarming, alarming, disturbing numbers. two-thirds of all those overdose deaths were opioid-related deaths. they increased 28% in a year. i would have thought that by 2016 we were starting to move in the right direction on this. >> ali, this isn't news. for anyone paying attention, this has been going on for years. what is news is that everyone's taking a victory lap on the tax cut while...

Whenever i look at things that are going on i'm always trying to look at what are the risks here and where should we be advising our clients? there are certainly risks out there. i do not foresee and most analysts do not foresee some type of event crash happening in 2018. but it is not out of the realm to expect a correction of 10 to 20 percent. there's a lot of factors out of our control. in the american economy.look at china for example. they just the $133 million into the economy last week. to try and shore up liquidity. their huge debt issues. china is a world second biggest economy and do...