some say they might not vote. 9% say they ll probably vote for trump but they re not sure. how about the democrats? definitely vote for the democratic candidate against donald trump. there is 34% who say they re definitely going to vote for the democrats. all right you see based on this poll, a little more built-in support for the democrat than there is for trump. how about that, the probably vote for. not sure they re going to do it. they re inclined to do it. but you don t put them down as definites. there is 13%. if you add up the probablies and the definitelies, democrats in this poll 47-38 over trump. and you think of all those head to head matchup polls we ve been seeing? trump has been stuck. high 30s, low 40s. then the question is if these are potentially maybe swing voters, these are potentially maybe swing voters, and all the folks who answer say they re already swing voter, they re not sure who they re going to vote for, that s your giant pool. it s almost a third of all vot
overnight. so the president and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell acknowledging defeat and they are now pushing if a straightforward repeal without a replacement plan. how did all of this fall apart? we have it all covered for you. let s begin with suzanne malveaux live on capitol hill. give us the latest. reporter: good morning. as president trump approaches his six month mark in his presidency with record low approval ratings, this definites have stating blow now to his number one legislative priority and also the promise that republicans made to both repeal and replace obamacare. mitch mcconnell giving up on republicans seven year effort, now pushing to repeal obamacare without a replacement plan in place. the latest effort collapsing of a at the two more republican senators announced their opposition to the bill simultaneously on monday night. ensuring that the plan would
around 40% while still holding big leads among not only noncollege white men but noncollege white women. but that latter group may become more difficult to hold on. we ll see erosion for him, not only with the white collar white women where he s facing historic definites and blue collar white women. for the republican senate candidates, the key here is that they need more voters to split their tickets, and even if they can achieve that, that only takes you so far. the hole gets big enough, it s hard to climb out of. this new poll, he s only polling 35%, not only polling at 40%. 35% nationally. do you believe the clinton campaign should now rethink the states where they re campaigning, states like indiana, missouri, because they could help down ballot candidates maybe get that majority in the senate, maybe even the house of representatives? i m not convinced that they
martha: so once again a terror group affiliated with al qaeda is reportedly claiming responsibility for this deadly attack on a hotel in mali this morning where we have seen hostages taken and at least three people killed. the word on numbers coming out of here continue to be something we have to stay on top of. we don t have deaf nits in that regard, definites in that regard and we ll keep you posted as they try to clear that hotel. at one point there were more than 170 hostages that were being held there. and i m joined by leif babin, former navy seal and cofounder of echelon front llc. author after great book doing well, called, extreme ownership. about the way the u.s. navy seals lead and win. leadership and win something an idea we re talking about right now, leif. let me get your thought what is
let s bring in cnn military analyst james spider mark joining us by the phone. one of the things interesting senior administration official told our state department correspondent that the operations targeting al qaeda, the operation was targeting al qaeda combatants and u.s. intelligence had, quote, near certainty there were no hostages at the target site of course. of course, this is a target site that did have hostages. i think this once again shows that intelligence is flawed. and as much as we would like to believe that intelligence is concrete and airtight there really are no defs when it comes to this type of no definites when it comes to this type of intelligence gathering. it is not a scientific endeavor it is one of gaps.