trump. they heralded it as a significant speech ever. how can anybody support what donald trump is doing? flake is right. but for most voters and that's where the party is, they thought flake was wrong and the evidence of that is he probably couldn't win in a race in arizona and that's why he is getting out. >> melissa: you know, i struggle with those favorable numbers because i feel like -- i think a lot of our audience probably feels still burned by the polls from the last election and there are those who say all those things are meant to influence not to reflect what's going on. do you really believe in the favorables as they are said today? >> i believe in the trends. whether he started at 45 and down to 39, the trend of all the polls is he is going in the wrong direction. presidents enhance their ability in that policy the more popular they are. one of the facts of the trump presidency. he has been very popular with his base with 35% of the country. a president wants to grow that. you want to expand your