them tangible benefits. after decades of running, they are the dog that caught the bus. they now have the program. they need to show that it can work. instead, in the initial rollout at least, they still ultimately have time to reverse this, but in the initial rollout they've had kind of a disastrous first few weeks that have compounded the doubts, compounded the problem that the program is meant to solve. >> this president always talked about what government can do for you. he wants to embark on immigration reform, which means securing the borders, and who has to secure the borders, government. >> universal pre-k. >> will people trust government to secure the borders and by the way, will they trust the president because his own trustworthiness is now upside down. it's dropped ten points since october. so it's a problem -- >> below that crucial 40% approval rating, which was -- president bush dropped below that post-katrina. >> particularly among white voters it is down consistently