we have local senior living advisors who can answer your questions about dementia or memory care and, if necessary, help you find the right place for your mom or dad. we all want what s best for our parents, so call today. we ve got a couple big political developments to tell you about this afternoon. first, after that blue wave of democrats gaining 39 house seats, a 40th flip is now within reach. nbc and other news media organizations are retracting their call for california s 21st district as democrat t.j. cox has taken a narrow lead. in utah, meantime, republican mia love conceded her race. and as if to punctuate the point, the latest gallup tracking poll has president trump s job approval rating dropping to 38%. his disapproval sits at 60%.
for their health care bill repealing health insurance for 23 million people and the gallup tracking poll showing a small increase in the president s approval rating during his foreign trip. what does that mean the president will spend more time out of the country ignoring his legislative agenda? last week mitch mnell told roiters he doesn t have the vote to pass a repeal and replace of obama care. he said i don t know how we get to 50 votes at the moment. and the next big thing on the horizon in the senate is jim comey s testimony is the trump agenda stuck in congress because of the investigation. that s the question when we come back. c mon, the future. he obviously doesn t know intel
[boy] cannonball! [girl] don t. [man] not again! [burke] swan drive. seen it. covered it. we know a thing or two because we ve seen a thing or two. we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum special prosecutor and the house senate investigations of trump russian connections save your health care. will the white house and the congress get so deeply involved in dealing with those investigations that the trump agenda and the paul ryan agenda come to a complete stand still in congress, the president s firing of fbi director james comey was very unpopular, only 39% support the firing, but that s twice as much support as the president and paul ryan have for their health care bill repealing health insurance for 23 million people and the gallup tracking poll showing a small increase in the president s approval rating during his foreign trip. what does that mean the president will spend more time
new york times, not allowed to watch football. too violent. ten minutes. soccer. is this directed at me? subtle indirect. it s a subtle indirect. you can like both, okay? with us, political writer for the new york times, nicholas. soccer fan. princeton university. steelers fan. editor at large for the standard, bill crystal. harvard hockey, going to the final four. and columnist for the washington post, david ignacius, as well as gene david, do you have a team? i have to stick with my poor old redskins. sorry. good for you. gene, your game? redskins. i ve been living here a long time. what? okay. latest gallup tracking poll has president trump at a 36% approval rating.
said to the president delay open enrollment and i think this does speak to the president s credibility. i think that s the large issue here. wolf, we went back and we looked at the president s trust numbers from when he was first elected, and he was in the 70% range. when you ask people do you trust your new president. now that s down in some polls to just around 50%, if not a little less. so this affects the president s credibility and those numbers could continue to head south if people believe that he was sloganeering rather than telling them the truth. let me show these numbers, then i will ask newt gingrich to respond how is the president handling his job. this new gallup tracking poll that came out today, only 39% approve. that s pretty low. what does he do to fix this? i think he s got a huge problem first of all because out of pride or something, he can t be honest. i mean, they re now in effect