know it s like gou to the club with one of your buddies. and he gets in a fight and you know the buddy is wrong but you ve go the to jump oh in on his side even though this is my knowledge cohen now. donald trump s gotten him into this bar fight. and now his whole life is getting turned upside down because he is loyal to his friend. even though he knows his friend is way out there on the plank. it s a rich political version of no snichgt. sam when david said the bottom hasn t fallen out you were shaking your head no. it s unbelievable to me reality check, here, right. the president is really talented at hiring a lot of people that end up under criminal investigation. and it s worth noting that president trump, i believe, had a lawyer at michael cohen s hearing today. this wasn t just some random event that happened the president is disassociated from process. right. i have to wonder for the president s base or for example republican senators or members of congress generally
that is serious business. and remember, none of this would have come up we wouldn t be talking about in he wouldn t know who michael cohen was if president trump had just stayed a private citizen, if he had not run for president or if he had not won. but now that he is president all this is a matter of national concern. on the other hand, don, here is what i think republicans are holding onto. if you look at the polls, real clear pliks polling average, the president is at 42. he was at 44 on inauguration day. the bottom hasn t fallen out. he still has over 80% support among republicans that allows the white house to keep repeating the talking points about all these things that they ve done. you hear what i said, though, his only client. yes. is the president of the united states and he is under criminal investigation. it s not like he could be you had under for any other client. and what are his other business dealings? no, right, no, look, president trump is like, you
everybody can work around what he believes and corral the vote. and get it done. if not we will end up like we did with the repeal of obamacare. failure. can i say one thing in defense of the president? real quick. he is hamstringing republicans by just what you said. by not having a will the of credibility. so when senator schumer goes back the caucus can say did you really strike a deal with the president? what s working for the president is that he is up to about 40% in approval right now. he was only at 45% approval a year ago. he s got overwhelmingly most of the voters are still with him. he has more than three quarters of republicans still with him chl the bottom hasn t fallen out. he knows that. and that s something that democrats have to watch out. the bottom hasn t fallen out. so, i mean, okay. everybody stay with me.
reagans was. the bottom hasn t fallen out. the approvalunemployment rate has fallen to 5.5%. it could go either way. this could be strong enough to give hillary clinton that third term or it may not be strong enough. what is the biggest obstacle for hillary clinton? i think it is after eight years of one party in control, history says this country starts to flirt with the other party. will that pattern be broken? still ahead. wall street s surprising reaction to comments like this from hillary clinton. and there is something wrong when hedge fund managers pay lower tax rates than nurses or the truckers that i saw on i 80 as i was driving here over the last two days. and next witnesses say it looked like a scene from a movie. what was happening moments