nomination with allegations of sexual misconduct behind this nominee, which is going to seriously alienate the kinds of voters that they need to turn out in november. at the same time, it s going to add fuel to an already white-hot fire on the democratic left. and i just don t see a scenario right now in which either of those gets you seats if you re a republican. a rare treat to have both of you gentlemen at our set, in our studio here in new york. couldn t ask for a better big three to start us off tonight. phil rucker, jeremy peters, joyce vance, our thanks. coming up, trump s former personal lawyer now talking to mueller s team, more than that, apparently talking to them for hours. new reporting on what michael cohen is being asked about and what he might be saying. and later from destruction to reconstruction, a look at puerto rico one year after hurricane maria. the 11th hour on a thursday night continues after this.
republican. a rare treat to have both of you gentlemen at our set, in our studio here in new york. couldn t ask for a better big three to start us off tonight. phil rucker, jeremy peters, joyce vance, our thanks. coming up, trump s former personal lawyer now talking to mueller s team, more than that, apparently talking to them for hours. new reporting on what michael cohen is being asked about and what he might be saying. and later from destruction to reconstruction, a look at puerto rico one year after hurricane maria. the 11th hour on a thursday night continues after this.
a nomination or going to be seen as trying to ram through a nomination with allegations of sexual misconduct behind this nominee, which is going to seriously alienate the kinds of voters that they need to turnout in november. at the same time, it s going to add fuel to an already white-hot fire on the democratic left. and i just don t see a scenario right now in which either of those gets you seats if you re a republican. a rare treat to have both of you gentlemen at our set, in our studio here in new york. couldn t ask for a better big three to start us off tonight. phil rucker, jeremy peters, joyce vance, our thanks. coming up, trump s former personal lawyer now talking to mueller s team, more than that, apparently talking to them for hours. new reporting on what michael cohen is being asked about and what he might be saying. and later from destruction to reconstruction, a look at puerto rico one year after hurricane maria. the 11th hour on a thursday night continues after th
it s a different ball game and it seems to have settled there. and john heilemann to that point, he just made, the economic statistics are very good. the president couldn t ask for better economic statistics and that isn t helping him at all. it s one of the most stunning things at all about it. you could argue maybe the economics are a bit better given the wage growth, a few other things. but he has a lot to brag about and he does all the time. you have to work at it to have an approval rating in the 30s with unemployment under 4% and the kind of job growth, which is consistent with more or less what president obama had in the last part of his term, and what you re seeing now is finally this moment where we ve seen him in 36 and 38, but what we now is a consistent downward ticking in the polls. the forecaster tweeted tonight each one has approvalal ratings
there. they wonder what the heck is going on, and that is solid majority and his support is shrinking. i mean, two months ago he was 43, 45. well, that s not so terrible and not so different from where barack obama maybe was in 2010 when the economy was so terrible. but now he s down 36, 37 and it s a different ball game and it seems to have settled there. and john heilemann to that point, he just made, the economic statistics are very good. the president couldn t ask for better economic statistics and that isn t helping him at all. it s one of the most stunning things at all about it. you could argue maybe the economics are a bit better given the wage growth, a few other things. but he has a lot to brag about and he does all the time. you have to work at it to have an approval rating in the 30s with unemployment under 4% and the kind of job growth, which is