The new french government. Its gender balanced and politically diverse. And in outside source sport, the fallout over the decision not to give Maria Sharapova a wild card in the french open continues. Well bring you up to date. Donald trump has always relied on his core base for support. Most politicians who get to the top or near to it do need a core base of supporters. But according to two recent polls that support is slipping. This from politico and Morning Consult shows his approval has sunk to a new low of 42 . That is as low as Approval Ratings have gone. This is a completely separate study. This is a completely separate study. And this from Quinnipiac University. Again his approval is at a record low 36 . Both polls were conducted before the latest controversies. Tim malloy from Quinnipiac University says it is the erosion of white men, white voters without College Degrees and deepening concerns about trumps honesty, intelligence and level headedness are red flags that the Admin
In a Helicopter Crash in north wales yesterday afternoon. Health officials publish plans to cut the amount of sugar in foods most often eaten by children. And, what happened when Cristiano Ronaldo came face to face with an alternative view. Its 5. 00pm. Our main story is that ministers have published plans to convert thousands of eu laws into british law as the uk leaves the European Union. But there are more signs today that european leaders are toughening their stance towards the brexit negotiations ahead. The repeal bill will end thejurisdiction of the European Court ofjustice once britain has left the eu. The brexit secretary, david davis, told mps the bill would help ensure a Smooth And Orderly Exit from the eu. But the shadow brexit secretary, labours sir keir starmer, said the bill gave few safeguards and provided the government with Sweeping Powers to change legislation without full parliamentary scrutiny. We will talk about that. Ourfirst report is from our political correspon
National Republican Party to be clear, in context, theres a whole bunch of problems that the trump dpan has for the Republican Party. Theres a new poll that puts donald trump nationwide 14 points behind Hillary Clinton. 14 points behind . Now, that is not the only poll in the world, right . Theres another National Poll out also tonight from fox news that says hes only 3 points behind Hillary Clinton. Well be talking later on in the show with an expert about how to read the various polls right now. How to know whats right, especially when youve got results like these that are so disparate. In either case 13 points behind or 3 points behind, he is still behind. The headwinds seem very clear right now. Tonight at fivethirtyeight. Com theyre reading those headwinds for the president ial race and looking at the senate polls. Fivethirtyeight is giving the Republican Party a 68 chance of losing control of the United States senate this year. So that is just one of the problems that it appears
Putin. Well see about today. Were looking for the United States to improve this computer glitch. That does it for us. Well see you right back here tomorrow. In the meantime, Stephanie Ruhle picks up the coverage. Good morning, everyone. Im Stephanie Ruhle with a lot to cover today. Starting with answers, emails and calls. Some of President Trumps response to Robert Muellers questions now revealed has new details on the investigation emerged. Latenight phone calls between donald trump and his associate roger stone and the president dangling a pardon for, guess who, Paul Manafort. Emission failure. The va says it will not reimburse all veterans who were paid less due to a technical glitch. Taking stock. Markets surge after the fed chair suggests interest rate
increases might slow down. Now an expected meeting between trump and the leader xi jinping over the weekend. Theres a possibility a deal can be made. Having said that, some caveats as always. We begin with some of the very fest deta
Legal proceedings in the enormous Codefendant Case thats being prosecuted in georgia . The answer is almost certainly no. It will have no impact on the legal proceedings. Will it have an impact in the Court Of Public Opinion . It certainly could, and we should talk about how that is. Lets talk about the legal issue presented. You know, there are times when folks who are involved in a case might have prior or even current personal relationships, so theres kind of that intertwining of the personal and the professional. Where it becomes a significant legal issue is where, for example, a judge might have had a prior personal relationship with an Attorney General on the prosecution team, an attorney on the Defense Team with a witness who might be called by either side as part of the litigation because that can raise the specter of a potential conflict, and thats when judges typically are required to recuse themselves from the case