for the republican party, it is 34%. but what s interesting is for the democrats, it has been trending down since april since october 2020. for republicans it has been kind of flat. and so that plays into also, ali, i think the enthusiasm. the enthusiasm, but the conversation about who could or could possibly not be in control of the house come november. jonathan, i want to ask you about something. we re both heartened by the idea that democracy, voter integrity is a big deal. however, the economy is still and almost always the economy takes the top spot. on one hand, inflation is absolutely very real and it is something this administration needs to deal with. on the other hand, there are a host of economic successes that for whatever reason are not registering with most people. right. i mean, stock market is high, wages are up, unemployment is down, there is all sorts of good
gop loses the house come november. i don t think he should take the blame. can i tell you any place that he goes, he gets unbelievable support. now, as for jamal khashoggi, the president s son-in-law jared kushner is appearing at this point to advise caution to his father-in-law, the presidentance as to how he should handle this issue and for now the president is taking that advice. wolf, we re told that there s conversations going on inside the white house to try to get a handle on what the regional implications might be if the u.s. were to come down pretty hard on the saudis in retaliation for the murder of jamal khashoggi. wolf, how this administration responds is also going to send a huge message to the world as to where this administration stands on human rights and, of course, freedom of the press. wolf? good point. jim acosta, thank you very much. now to the extraordinary west wing shouting match between the national security adviser john bolton and white house chief of st
a caravan of hundreds of central american migrants making their way to the u.s./mexico border. mr. trump tweeted a warning if the caravan continues its journey, he will halt foreign aid and may freeze the new agreement with canada and mexico, adding in addition to stopping all payment to the countries which seem to have almost no control over their population, i must in the strongest of terms ask mexico to stop this onslaught. and if unable to do so, he will call up the u.s. military and close our southern border. for the president, playing the immigration card comes right out of the campaign playbook as former trump strategist told steve bannon s fareed zakaria. you re going to see more of this, more of the central beating heart issues. immigration is certainly going to be one. reporter: but others like congressman mark meadows insist the president should not take the blame if the gop loses the house come november. i don t think he should take the blame. i can tell you, any plac
president though who is feeling i think one word to use could be emboldened. someone told me don t say emboldened, he is just optimist optimistic. but i think he feels like he has some juice right now. he got a new justice on the supreme court do you think there is a sense that he could get away with firing rod rosenstein? he has political capital certainly with a portilarge por of his base. but while we re talking about rod rosenstein, we re not talking about jeff sessions who was also facing a lot of criticism from the president. you ve also the president talks about this leading up to the midterms. you also have what could happen if republicans lose the house come november. which it seems like that is a good chance that will happen. john kelly is reporting that he recently formed a small working group to start preparing for the possibility that democrats will soon sic congress top
the hours are long. it s a high stress job but prooit prooif privately, our reporting mirrors that of the washington post. there are people who fear he lacks the necessary legal fire power to deal with the potential onslaught of inquiries, investigations and subpoenas, if, we have to underscore if, democrats take the house come november. he s talked about the possibility of impeachment. to take this out of the realm to give you a real life example. say democrats win come november. they take over the house and leadership of the oversight committees. if they subpoena tack records, white house e-mails having to do with the family separation policy, the white house will need a fully staff and