they have aspirations. they ve made sacrifices. they re separated. they love our country, but to him it s just 1.3 mill military that he fails to understand. he s indifferent to the culture. he lacks in understanding of what motives men and women in uniform to serve, and we ve seen it time and time again, and on full display this week. yeah, to the congressman s point, leo, there is 1.3 active duty. there is another 800,000 or so on the reserves. when you re talking about 2 million people, it s not like opinion or sentiment is unanimous. it s diverse and heterogeneous group of people. but it is interesting to me the military times polling shows essentially approval split on the president right now. 43.8 approve and 43.1 disapprove. what have you seen over time in terms of that approval rating? you have the graphic coming up here. we ve seen a steady increase in the number of folks who are upset with the president, who don t approve of his job. it seems like his support is draining
the lawncare had 43.8%. dodd-frank, back regulation bae american health care has 28.2% support. majority leader mitch mcconnell warning if he cannot pass it, he will need to work with democrats to stabilize the insurance markets. we have the prices already. it s just going to have to be dealt with. floating premiums are going up, deductibles are going up, so we have to solve the current crisis. and a lot of republicans on a blood publican held some pretty pessimistic at this point a lot of republicans on capitol hill are pretty pessimistic at this point. bret: you already know that the nation s highways and bridges are said to be in bad shape. president trump infrastructure plan also includes fixing a problem you may not even be aware of. correspondent douglas kennedy reports tonight from winfield,
obamacare repeal, that s obviously a big topic right now, one that i m very, very active in helping lead the effort for republicans to honor our promise, to repeal obamacare, and for us to pass patient reforms that drive down the cost of premiums, make health insurance more affordable. worrying about the impact it would have in people with pre-existing conditions. speed 25? bret: mike, you know this, but wednesday 21ed, it s unpopular , it s really unpopular. that cannot help its chances for passage in the coming days and weeks. you are absolutely right. one analysis compiled by the roper center that this is the least popular major lease of the legislation in the past 30 years. the clinton health care plan of 1994 had on average 48% supported. the bush tax cuts of 22001. the lawncare had 43.8%.
important and i think the most important thing also is that so much of the vote came in early. that s right two thirds of it. before this altercation. and so it s going to be very hard to tell what the final end. we are. latest numbers just come 62% of the voters sorry to zbrupt. 43.8 force quist. that lead is expanding for gianforte. 62% counted. it is pointed out the talking about the whole question of party loyalty neither of the candidates were particularly loved, if you will by the electorate their in mt. they were flawed candidates in both cases. we re not in an environment where you necessarily have to support the candidate you just have to the hate the. the other one. the opposition. in this case the opposition is not just democrats it is the media. we are living in environment you can t ignore it where media it s not just a lack of trust in media it s a real and tip timothy towards the media upon a emotional level, the visceral
most mass transit is expected to be back online today and, sorry, kids will be back in school. digging out has been a major struggle. the average snowfall for winter is 43.8 inches of snow. we have received in two weeks over two winters worth of snow here in the city of boston. boston received more than six feet of snow in 17 days. let s turn south here. gale force winds on the outer banks of north carolina forced ferries to shut down and schools to close early. gusts up to 58 a miles an hour picked up the surf and sand. caught a lot of people by surprise. emergency management officials say they haven t seen a problem with flooding or coastal erosion. another arctic blast is coming and will be felt as far south as florida. our meteorologist justin povick has the warnings for us. good morning, justin. sara and t.j., thanks. good morning. a cold morning for much of the country especially and the north over the upper midwest and