an explanation for losing an election. it began when multiple allies, friends of the united states warned us the russian government was interfering in our democratic process. senator sheldon whitehouse of rhode island will be live with us in a minute. he was on the senate floor giving a barn burner speech and how the congressional investigations are diverted and thwarted by the republican-led congress and those turning the russia scandal into a scandal about the trump russia dossier, which blew wide open today on the eve of the one-year anniversary on the day the dossier was published by buzz feed news. so today, surprise, senator diane feinstein decided to unilaterally make the decision to release the ten-hour transcript of testimony from fusion gps founder from when the judiciary committee interviewed him about the firm
researchers or journalists or security officials fell victim to russian disinformation. it did not begin because of fake news or because democrats needed an explanation for losing an election. it began when multiple allies, friends of the united states warned us the russian government was interfering in our democratic process. senator sheldon white house of rohode island will be live with us in a minute. he was on the senate floor giving a barn burner speech and how the congressional investigations are diverted and thwarted by the republican-led congress and those turning the russia scandal into a scandal about the trump russia dossier, which blew wide open today on the eve of the one-year anniversary on the day the dossier was published by buzz feed news. so today, surprise, senator diane feinstein decided to unilaterally make the decision to release the ten-hour
but people ought to show a basic respect for the office. even if they strongly disagree with this president as i do. let me just ask you, thinking to the very beginning of that speech, donald trump comes there, he s going to deliver the first lines ever to a joint session of congress. is there something he could say, is there a theme that he could put out there early on in that speech that would get some goodwill going from your side of the aisle? well, i would love to have him say what he should have said frankly in the inaugural address, i realize i didn t win a great many of the american people in the campaign. here are areas where i want to show you i m serious. it can t just be the words alone. he has to back them up with deeds. and agai no evidence of his willingness or the people around
it is a question of tone. just under four hours from now, donald trump will walk down that aisle at center aisle in congress and he will deliver his first address to a joint session of congress. the white house calling the focus of tonight s speech a renewal of the american spirit. while tonight s speech is not officially a state of the union address for all intensive purposes, you can consider it one. this is the first as we say, major speech. let s take a look here at donald trump s political standing as he delivers this speech. first of all, the headline we have seen this week, 44% approval rating. the lowest ever for a first term president at this point in his tenure. however, what is striking about this 44-48 approval disapproval split? think back to the election. think back to the numbers we saw. trump, 46% on election day. hillary clinton, 48%. you look at those numbers, and you say, it s not so much that the country is turning on trump, it s that the country never gave him a ho
place. maybe he didn t have for a honeymoon, try for a honeymoon. what else did we see in the campaign? intense party polarization and you re seeing it now. look at this, among democrats barely any approve of donald trump s job performance. the exact opposite, barely any disapprove. just stark partisan polarization. that is part of the backdrop as we head into tonight s speech. of course the president i interviews this morning giving a bit of a preview. he expressed, it seemed a hope that he could begin to increase that approval number and do away with some of that polarization. the president may address the issue of immigration and call for some sort of bipartisan compromise on that. hallie jackson is standing by at the white house now. hallie, that is a very interesting tid bit there. what do we know about what the