and he was doing that to help his election? you have to remember at what point in time that this matter came about, two weeks or so before the election, post billy bush comments, so, yes, he walls very concerned about how this would effect the election. you can see there nobody liked what he was having to say. independents and republicans yellow and red lines. neither one of them finding him credible. democrats gave him a b overall. look, i believe what he is saying, no one really likes this guy but it s having an impact on the democrats not as much though on the independents or republicans. pete: do you know who likes michael cohen, michael cohen. this is what he had to say. listen. he doesn t understand the system. and it s sad because the country has never been more divisive and one of the hopes that i have out of the punishment that i have
facebook will have to be regulated by the government in some way. dana: i find it hard to believe mark zuckerberg was taking the personality test on the site that then cambridge analytica got. they must have had it another way. but a he was a friend of somebody else s. reporter: nobody asked him ab that. there s still five minutes left. we might have our chance. dana: all right, peter. thank you. arizona teachers joining thousands nationwide demanding higher pay and funding for education. the walkout is part of a wave of demonstrations led by conservatives. in oklahoma, classes have been cancelled for an eighth day in the state s biggest school district because of teacher walkouts. and we ll be right back. managing blood sugar isn t a marathon. it s a series of smart choices. like using glucerna to replace one meal or snack a day. only glucerna has carbsteady. unique blends of slow-release carbs
part of a manufacturing message that plays well here just outside detroit. when i hear made in america, i hear made in michigan, i hear made in macomb county. it s places like this one that nbc news has now analyzed. more than 400 in all. places where president trump either really surged compared to republicans 2012 performance or places he flipped altogether, turning them from blue to red. these are the counties that fueled his win and right now half the people who live there like how he is doing. his 50% approval rating in those counties is ten points better than his performance nationally. so far he has done what he said he was going to do. but there s a twist to this story. the president s support is slipping from where he was in november. dave pelter is now cooling on his kcandidate. i would probably give him a b, and that might be going a little maybe a little too far. reporter: common critiques include too much action on twitter and not enough on health care, with
and a deadline ino of 2018. that is not going to happen. that sets up a fiscal cliff-like situation, that will hold the gun to head of many americans in their open health care. rick: when does health care get done? i don t think it gets done before midterms. i think they would be smart to do tax reform. rick: you believe that tax reform. i think that is where they should turn their attention, there is room for compromise. corporate debt ceiling because house freedom caucus will introduce a couple of different proposals to deal with the debt ceiling now, farm bill needs to be done. that is a critical bit of infrastructure, because it is food. we have a lot more things that need to be done. rick: president is back from g20. how do you grade his performance? i guess a c . rick: a c ? i give him a b .
i give him a b . i liked his speech in poland, i was happy with how stood up to russia in hi scripted remarks. because someone else wrote it. in his scripted remarks. because other presidents don t have someone else writing their speechs? they do. we ll leave it there. thank you both for joining us. thank you. rick: ain t government antigovernment protest in venezuela reaching the 100 day mark. ahead new development that could bring an end to violence in the streets. crews working around the clock to battle a series of wildfires in the western states, the conditions making these