errol. where he is popularity wise right now. put that number up. that popularity is a driving force for donald trump. he wants people to like him in this role. split, not unusual given trump. look at that compared to everybody else at this time. his desire to please. we see it in who he is meeting with. could that be the pressure that gets him to do things that may not even be in his own interest. it s not just personal. we know enough about his personality that he does like the applause and he does like the spotlight. no, popularity is also the coin of the realm. if you want to go and try to get some kind of deal done on capitol hill with governors in your party or not in your party with other heads of state. they know how to read polls, too. if you re not popular, you come in with a weakened hand. folks know that and they re going to use that against him, as well. just to loop back to something that tim said and that you sort of pointed out. to the extent that trump doesn t
was about donald trump. was about donald trump s father. you can understand why democrats are giving this a side eye saying it doesn t work for a year and you get it to work for a year and you put this out. they say it s a double standard. the fbi reveals details about investigations of clintons, but doesn t disclose details in the investigation involving donald trump s campaign and its alleged ties to russia. that s what the democrats are saying. is the fbi holding anything back on donald trump that we know about? the fbi s view according to officials we ve spoken to, there s not a false equivalence. there is no investigation specifically focused on donald trump, and his ties to russia, we do know there have been at least three investigations, where the fbi has looked at russia and ties to people around the trump campaign. we know roger stone, an advisor, paul manafort, former chairman, campaign manager, i should say, of the trump campaign, but so far we re being told by off
president s visit. julie? we have just gotten word that he is about five miles away from us. the white house doesn t disclose exactly where the president plans on going. he does plan on stopping along with other local officials and governor chris cristie. he is sur vague the mess left behind by tropical storm irene. pan left just so i can show everybody what people s belongings look like. they are on their sidewalks because they are completely covered in soot and mud and puddles and flooding. in fact, the flood stage here, the river cresting at 14 feet this week. take a look at this house behind me in fact. it is boarded up. a lot of the homes are abandoned. we spoke with some residents that say they have been trying to sell homes for some three years now and simply can t get any buyers so a lot of people are walking out after having been forced to evacuate several times within the year. the river not far away, right down the street.
who helped fund the union-stripping side of it? in large part it was a group called citizens for a strong america. citizens for a strong america. seriously? who are they? the center for media and democracy connected the dots on this one. turns out citizens for a strong america are a mailbox at a ups store in wisconsin, through lots of digging through irs filings, we found out that citizens for a strong america is this one guy. the group doesn t disclose who they are or who funds them. but the only individual human who is found to be associated with this group is this one guy, a guy who works for americans for prosperity. the corporate funded koch brothers group. citizens for a strong america also happens to be headquartered at the same street address as americans for prosperity. ta da. why would conservative funders,
corporate money to keep funding the union stripping effort in that state. in wisconsin, in the electoral proxy war, who helped fund the scott walker side it? who helped fund the union stripping side of it? in large part it was a group called citizens for a strong america. citizens for a strong america. seriously? who are they. the center for media and democracy connected the dots on this one. turns out citizens for a strong america are a mailbox at a ups store in wisconsin, through lots of digging through irs filings, we found out that citizens for a strong america is this one guy. the group doesn t disclose who they are or who funds them. but the only individual human who is found to be associated with this group is this one guy, a guy who works for americans for prosperity. the corporate funded koch brothers group.