hispanic, african american, women, all of these things. i think he s got a very good chance and i would remind you democrats are running against history. only five presidents lost their re-election bid since 1900. if trump can focus on this, economy keeps going, he ll win. rashad, the last word, quickly. very quickly. president trump is an anomaly. he s also the only president in modern era who has an approval rating as it relates to the economy over 60%. but an overall approval rating at 41 to 44%. he enjoys that first as well. i think this will be the first time in modern history where an american president is not judged based on the economy. all right. rashad richie, ned ryan, thank you guys as always. thank you. thanks, jo. it was a groundbreaking promise of jobs from president trump for a small town in wisconsin. but now those residents are telling me that promise has been
away, but also in the interim too. number two, you can expect that the democrats are going to act like a swarm of hornets, even the big impeachment question looms large about what democrats are going to do vis-a-vis donald trump. regardless whether impeachment is a path they take or not, the investigations will continue. the house is going to try to do everything that it can to make donald trump s life miserable and that s just going to be expected as we go forward here. john, the washington post is weighing in. quote, the president s allies say a combative approach appeals to republicans who were tired of being accused of racism. appealing to that white working class that we ve been talking about here will not necessarily cost the president moderate voters. does that work out here? does the math add up? we ll have to see, of course, jo. i think, the strategy of going out there and talking about how
meanwhile, former president barack obama retweeting an opinion piece signed by 149 african-americans who served in his administration. obama writing he s proud of what this team has accomplished. his former staffers write, quote, we are african-americans, we are patriots, we refuse to sit idly by as racism, homoph e homophobia the poisoning of our democracy. good morning to you, mike. the president doubling down on his attacks. what exactly is going on here, mike? jorngood morning to you, jo. he s tripling down. local officials, presidential candidates, members of the public calling him a racist and accusing him of using racial divisions within this country to fire up his base for political gain. the outrage continues.
running away. both americans now accused of murder and attempted extortion. on saturday elder s lawyer says his client exercised his right not to answer questions during a detention hearing. the victim, a man who returned after his honeymoon. an outpouring of grief across the country. american amanda knox spent almost four years in an italian prison for the 2007 murder of her roommate before she was ultimately cleared of all charges. a lawyer who represented her and other americans locked up abroad telling nbc news these proceedings will be protracted and lengthy and i anticipate this going on for a very long time. the two teens remain in jail in a country mourning an officer gone too soon. and jo, this morning, one of the suspects, elder, his family put out a statement saying, in part,
for the mueller report. no one has seen it other than people like bill barr and mueller. that s why the democrats are going to court. it was a 53-page application. you put up portions of it, jo, on our screen. it s a really important thing that s been done. it challenges right now what will the department of justice do. we call is the barr doj right now. will they fight it? will they say no, no, no. the democrats can t get this because it s basically, quote, a witch hunt. we know, jo, on wednesday robert mueller testified and there s been a lot of criticism about whether he was dynamic enough. he was asked directly was your investigation a witch hunt to which the answer was no. i think it s important that the democrats get hair hands-on this. like any prosecutor or any person investigating a case, you want the underlying evidence. what exactly is nadler