his approval ratings went up to 73% coming out of that. neil: one thing we learned from this, they take their own course, go their own direction. maybe democrats are seizing on the fact as good as the economy is, we can go back and forth how good it is, but the president should be higher than he is in the polls. they might be reasoning that all the other controversies are damaging his numbers down. even in states he won like pennsylvania where he troubles by double digits even though it has record low unemployment. so this economy is not helping him. they figure keep pounding this. the majority of the country approves his economic performance. his approval ratings neil: and the quinnipiac yeah, the situation is not the same as with bill clinton. but in the case of bill clinton, we know he committed a crime. he did obstruct justice. neil: he lied up oath about an affair. that was then.
off the table. welcome. i m neil cavuto. it happened so quickly. did the two sides just give up on each other, period? where does that leave the rest of us? we have you covered with mike emanuel on the cover-up take that is now heating up. john roberts at the white house where the president is not backing down. we begin with mike. mike? good afternoon. this afternoon how speaker nancy pelosi doubled down making this allegation against president trump. the fact is, in plain sight, in the public domain, this president is obstructing justice and he s engaged in a cover-up. that could be an impeachable as they say, the cover-up is frequently worse than the crime. pelosi did not provide any evidence of the cover-up. this coming after a house democratic caucus meeting this morning where impeachment was a hot topic. we had a caucus meeting this
like the oversight investigations i mentioned in previous panel that republicans have conducted. and whether and it is a political division the voters make, that assessment whether or not have you gone too far. but you are allowed to do that they are a separate and coequal branch. bret: i got ought this. the constitution i have got. i m talking about the political nearly 1,000 prosecutors who say they believe that the president obstruct dollars justice. and it couldn t find an example of anyone else that they could point to a case would bring. the democrats in congress, no matter mollie s opinion believe that it is incumbent on them to do oversight of this president. and so, in this blockade, which you can call it a cover-up or a blockade, the president is unindicted co-conspirator in a crime that michael cohen pleaded guilty to that he said he did at the direction of the president. so, he has covered up some things. hush money payments, other things. this blockade they re fo
meeting to talk about the i-word. the i-word. can you imagine? as congress raises the pressure on trump and his associates, issuing new subpoenas to one of trump s longest-serving aides, hope hicks, and annie donaldson, the chief of staff to former white house counsel don mcgahn. her detailed notes playing a key role throughout mueller s report. tonight, pelosi is issuing a clear warning to trump, that obstructing investigations could lead to impeachment. this is why i think the president was so steamed off this morning, because the fact is, in plain sight, in the public domain, this president is obstructing justice and he s engaged in a cover-up. and that could be an impeachable offense. and president trump is saying they can t work with democrats until they stop investigating him, but there are some other major agenda items that are coming up for the congress that the president is going to need
directives. injunctions have the effect of binding the government from implementing laws or policies at least until the issue is fully litigated. some legal advocates say the shift is necessary when the alleged harm is nationwide, the legal relief must be as well. the suggestion that it s only very liberal judges who are putting a hold on president trump s policies is simply not true. this is a matter of justice. it s not a matter of politics when it comes to the judicial branch. the trump administration is pushing back, looking for the right case to present to the supreme court. but the issue lirkly would not be resolved in a presidential election year. so the administration thinks it ultimately does have a winning hand since the president s two justices now create a solid conservative majority. justice clarence thomas in particular is eager to address it. last june he called these nationwide injunctions quote legally and historically dubious and all but invited a challenge to c