this latest poll. 40%. off its lows in the high 30s when the government was shut down. where does the president stand approvalwise compared to past presidents at this point in their administrations just ahead of their third state of the unions? >> if you look at the books going back to president eisenhower, mr. trump is well down on the list. almost at the bottom of approval ratings going into the third state of the union period. actually, the third year for the state of the union. he's at about 35%. and the only person below him is ronald reagan. >> interestingly. joe johns at the white house, thanks very much. lauren fox, cnn politics congressional reporter joining us now. interesting poll numbers on who americans think should have the most influence in washington today. tell us what we learned. >> well, this poll shows that 51% of americans think the democrats should be the one running government and only 40%