neil: he wanted a big crowd is he going to get a big crowd. you are looking at houston, texas. a crowd getting ready to seat president of the united states. some of these people have been waiting since yesterday morning to get a shot at seeing the president. is he going to be there on behalf of ted cruz. a new wall street journal msnbc poll showing the president s approval rating is on the rise. technically the highest of his presidency by conventional polls. what does that mean going into this race and this big endorsement today where the president s approval rating is now higher than his predecessor at roughly the same point. real clear politics editor tom bevan. have you often real minded me it s not about the president but it is about the president. will this have an effect? well, it certainly is better news for republicans that trump s job approval is trending up than trending down two weeks before the election. to your point the fact that this nbc nut wall street journal
lift out of their tax plan that they expected to. we talked about the reasons for that before. voters don t vote out of gratitude. they vote out of anger and frustration and fear. but, certainly healthcare is we re seeing that playing across the spectrum in all these races from the governor s race, astronaut race, individual house races. we saw it the in florida s governor race last night. republicans are trying to thread the needle on that, for pre-existing conditions. keeping that in the mix. it s a different conversation than republicans have been having before. we will see how that plays out in november. neil: all right. tom, always good chatting with you, my friend. ronald reagan and the big agreement with mic call gorbachev, the president wants to tear it up. who would the gipper think. after this. at upmc, living-donor transplants put you first.