warning. all but very few of the polls contain any evidence gathered since saturday night s debate. and that, for a lot of voters, may turn critical. but that s where the gop race stands right now. and as you might imagine, the very best team covering politics is in the field. our reporters, our camera crews, our analysts, we have it all covered. and because they re in the news late today, let s start with kristen welker on the clinton effort. kristen, this has happened before when there s been trouble, but the story in the latter half of this day is, there s a potential shake up coming to the clinton campaign, because of the level of frustration with how they re doing. that s right, brian, and in fact, there was a similar story a week ago, that there was potentially going to be a shake up within the clinton campaign. rachel maddow had the chance to ask secretary clinton if these reports were true, if there is, in fact, a shake up coming.
majority of the house in jeopardy and any hope they have in the senate in jeopardy. certainly both parties recognize this has been an unmitigated disaster for the country but also for the gop. but, you know, again, none of us feel good about what it has taken to get here. democrats would much rather win back the house by virtue of the positive things we re doing rather than the destructive things the republicans are doing. but certainly members are aware of what the polling is saying. okay. representative adam schiff, always a pleasure. for many federal workers the furlough is hitting home because they received their last paychecks yesterday compensating them from september 22nd until the shutdown began 12 days ago. it s a smaller check. it is now raising greater worries. health insurance has to come out, taxes has to come out. when all that comes out, you re lived with nothing. who can live off $56.40. i carry the life insurance, the health insurance.
thank you, suzanne, for breaking all that down. let s get after it. john avlon and gregory. the polls, nothing good in there from the straight numerical situation. you have 55/40. can the president bring change? 56/40. gregory, these are not strong numbers. honest and trustworthy. this is an important one. 64% say, no, not hoefpbt and trustworthy. his numbers have always been bad. the base has always been locked in. we see a widening gap, an erosion. what s your takeaway? look, i think president trump is now caught up in the washington muck, in the exactly what people dislike about washington, big institutions in their lives. washington is not getting