president has said. the use of military. he said that. i understand secretary kelly has denounced that but president trump still talk about a wall and mexico paying for it, that damages our relationship and won t make us safer. we need their help. we ll leave it there. thank you so much. my pleasure, thank you. allison, back to you. david underfire from voters at a florida town hall. one conservative lawmaker calls on president trump to do something that president trump doesn t want to do. we tell you what, next.
trade. on the issues he ran on. but once the president makes a decision, you want people who will be implementing them. he obviously trusts these people to implement his policies otherwise he wouldn t have nominated them. i want to show you the gallup poll on the trump transition right now. 44% approve, 51% disapprove. alex, first to you, what does donald trump have to do to turn this around? turn around his approval numbers? yes. a low number for a guy coming into office. it is a low number but it s a very divided country. he needs to do what he said he was going to do on election night, reach out and try and be a president for all americans. matt? he has to start acting like a president and not a spoiled brat. he s still complaining about his poll numbers and hillary. he has to be dignified. accusations of strong arm tactics after a republican lawmaker calls in the head of the ethics watchdog who has
a public apology for a recall that one massachusetts lawmaker calls, and i m quoting here, a decade late and dozens of lives and injuries short. 13 deaths, 12 in the u.s., one in canada linked to this problem that affects some 2.6 million gm cars. certain year chevy cobalts, pontiac g5s, saturn ions are at risk of shutdown because of this faulty ignition switch that can just totally turn the car off. mary barra, the ceo just took the top yob about two months ago. and this could be, in a matter of minutes here, the biggest challenge of her career. so let s go straight to capitol hill to cnn s poppy harlow, standing by just outside those doors. and so, the big question among many, why did gm, poppy, issue this recall now when the company knew about the problem back in 2004? that is the huge question. why did they not tell anyone about it, why did regulators not
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islamist committee. it wants to see it out there and voted on as soon as possible. morsi received a copy of the draft of that constitution at a ceremony this evening and in the days ahead, it may be even tonight he could announce a nationwide referendum and a date as early as mid-december. craig? nbc jim maceda, our man on the ground in cairo. jim, we ll come back to you later. thank you, sir. coming up, a republican lawmaker calls out her own party for its woman problem. tennessee congresswoman marsha blackburn will join me in a few minutes. just weeks before christmas, president obama took his fiscal cliff toy factory. up next, how the fiscal cliff debate affects your wallet, your business or your favorite toys for that matter. you re watching msnbc, the place for politics.