safe seats in the house. is it going to be enough, though? joining us is political analyst and political correspondent for the washington examiner, david drucker. what do you attribute this to? he hasn t tweeted as much as he has in the past. the tax bill is helping people, and that s probably helping him weather the storm. i would caution, though, when you tick up from 40% to 42%, all he does is put himself back in the general average where he s been from day one. he s usually in the lower 40s. sometimes he s a little higher, sometimes he s a little lower, and even though he s moving closer to president obama in his presidency and some of his predecessors, president obama still lost to 60 seats in the house in 2010 despite doing a
any of it was incorrect. in your statement as you saw was a nondenial denial. we haven t heard much from the gop tonight. we ve seen a little bit of mia love s comments you read on the air earlier. we haven t from mcconnell, we haven t heard from paul ryan. there is an appetite from gop leaders who were at camp david with the president this weekend to try to help him build the base a little bit more for 2018. they re facing a difficult year. you have a president whose approval numbers have hovered in the 30s. sometimes in the lower 40s, but often in 30s. it s kind of a drag on the party. and you have gop leaders who have a lot of battle ground competitive states that they really need to compete in. and the president is not helping that. i think they, you know, would love to see the president strike more of an inclusive tone. but i don t know, brian, that we re going to see the president do that. i mean, he s 71 years old. i don t think he s changed much since he came in the oval office
political analysis. but what of the gop plans to expand that tent? what do people say to you when you call around for reaction? well, brian, i want to make one other point what you said to shannon. we took all of our reporting to the white house today and said do you want to dispute any of this? is there anything in here that s incorrect and they did not dispute any of it or did not say any of it was incorrect. in your statement as you saw was a nondenial denial. we haven t heard much from the gop tonight. we ve seen a little bit of mia love s comments you read on the air earlier. we haven t heard from mcconnell, we haven t heard from paul ryan. there is an appetite from gop leaders who were at camp david with the president this weekend to try to help him build the base a little bit more for 2018. they re facing a difficult year. you have a president whose approval numbers have hovered in the 30s. sometimes in the lower 40s, but often in the 30s. it s kind of a drag on the party.
base a little bit more for 2018. they re facing a difficult year. you have a president whose approval numbers have hovered in the 30s. sometimes in the lower 40s, but often in 30s. it s kind of a drag on the party. and you have gop leaders who have a lot of battle ground competitive states that they really need to compete in. and the president is not helping that. i think they, you know, would love to see the president strike more of an inclusive tone. but i don t know, brian, that we re going to see the president do that. i mean, he s 71 years old. i don t think he s changed much since he came in the oval office. he sees this as the biggest validation of his life. and if you talk to his advisors privately, they say, you know, he won because of immigration and politically incorrect speak and saying what everyone else thinks or what his supporters think, at least. i don t think you re going to see any regrets here on this. franco, before we talk immigration, watch along with us some o
unfortunately this has coincided with strong winds, ahead of a cold front that has fanned brush fires across the region. the good news here, there s winds coming into the reason. and about 50 kilometers to the west reached lower 40s. here the fire fight across australia and victoria, and south wales, you can see it remains extreme from melbourne to the adelaide area. you can see the brush fires burning so fiercely. you can see the winds just whipping up the flames. some of the worst fire conditions in two years. some comparing it to the black saturday event in 2009, i know, lynda, you covered those while you were in australia. yeah. it s definitely a serious matter there and they ve got their hands full. hopefully, it gets under