others impacted if this does harm economic growth the white house itself says it s starting to do. eventually there will be a collapse in political support. if the president doesn t cave, the way out is for republicans in congress to cave. and the president speaks for those furloughed workers when he says, they re with me on this, they want the wall. i m not sure he can turn this into a positive branding experience, which is what he s used to doing. betsy woodruff, let s look at these polls. new polls show just over half of all americans believe the president is to blame for the government shutdown. it also says it s taking a toll on donald trump s standing with the public. this month s gallup poll finds the president s approval rating is down to 37%, his worst rating in a year, with 59% disapproving. among independents, trump
looks like roy moore has arrived at this news conference. and if he does take the podium we will want to hear from him. looks like he s glad handing at the moment. tell me why do you still support roy moore? because in all the time that i ve known him, he s been a man of integrity and stands for what he believes, doesn t cave. i just i appreciate his courage. why does he have more credibility to you, carry more weight, than the nine different accusers who have told very similar stories about mr. moore s behavior towards them when they were quite young, many of whom teenage girls, one 14 years old? when i think of the fact that it s 40 years ago, and the fact that there are a lot of people if they can get some publicity or whatever, you know, it s kind of get on the bandwagon and as much as roy moore has been in
korea has been shipping there. we realize the attack by russia s client state changed the calculus. in conclusion, pay close attention to the mainstream media narratives about donald trump. their latest lane change demonstrates anti-trump press will always be in attack mode. but watters world knows their playbook will be employed interchangeably throughout the news cycle. but president obama unlike most republicans in washington doesn t cave when he s attacked. the fake news media gets rolled over and is left grasping at straw men. you know what else is revealing? how regular americans are processing this syria-russia situation. i hit the streets of new york to see what they know.
religion beliefs. to you i do the white house is going to stand back as catholic hospitals close? seriously. they are not going to close. what this they close. these are places of public accommodation that take taxpayer dollars. then don t take any taxpayer money. if you re take money you re taking taxpayer dollars you have to play by federal rules. this is what a author tea authorize tear is eupl looks like. bill: do you agree that tucker case they ll drag this out for a year. that probably may happen. i think they may postpone it for a year. they ll give a grace period where they try to figure out all masters. bill: you don t think it s politically a danger. whatever the president does, he s going to be criticized for it. if he caves, doesn t cave, compromises. no matter what he does he ll be criticized. bill: on this issue though 27%
united states closest allies and praising putin, praised kim jong-un. he maligned the press corps, mocked the me too movement and made up facts about aspects of his election victory, all of it while at a rally ostensibly about the montana senate race. again, where is the breaking point on those other issues? let s bring in tonight s panel. shawna thomas, alfonso aguilar and ruth marcus is an msnbc contributor and columnist at the washington post. so we hit a breaking point. alfonso i ll start with you on pruitt. what did you learn from the fact he doesn t cave often and has caved twice in three weeks. one on the immigration policy where the pictures said a lot and pruitt where aparpparentlya six-month drum beat finally worked. it s a tall order that you re