possible the government will shut down. we re hoping not, but it s looking that way right now. with me now to analyze all of this is wolf blitzer, jim acosta, wendell potter, erin mcpike, jason johnson and amy kremmer. thank you all for being with me. i told you there have been passionate statements on the floor of the house of representatives. i want you to listen to some of them right now. the first one from harold rogers, a republican on the house appropriations committee, then from sandra levin, a democrat from michigan. to be clear, if this legislation is not enacted, and we embark on a government shutdown, the consequences are severe. our brave men and women in uniform don t get paid. our recovering economy will take a huge hit. and our most vulnerable citizens, including the elderly
dorado springs. the list goes on. denver itself is fine. colorado springs a lot of the big cities but smaller towns outside that are right near these big canyons that lead to the mountains, the beautiful rockies that s where the issues are. brutal flooding. busy morning for your. we got some polls, some politics in the economy. try to find something positive? there might be some positive. a glimmer of hope. there are new polls out today that take a closer look at the recovering economy. nbc news and the wall street journal finds 27% of americans think the economy will get better. about a quarter of all americans think it will get worse over the next year. 48% believe that the economy will stay the same. the poll also found a record number of voters now disapprove of the way president obama is handling the economy. that s a 52%. americans are pessimistic about their ability to improve their lives in the near future, 39% of working class adults say it s
the poll also found a record number of voters disapprove of the way president obama is handling the economy. that s a 52%. americans pessimistic about the ability to improve their lives. 39% said it s unlikely said they will be able to move up to the middle class. paying for groceries and utilities are among the top concern. access to health care is the number one area of concern. the data comes as a new study finds the top 1% and 20% of the country s total household income in 2012, that breaks the previous record which was set back in 1928, the year before the historic stock market crash. i said we were going to try to find good news. this is hard to understand. all we are hearing is signs of recovery. i have great news for the 1% and better for the..01%.
gotten to the spots. it continues and i have about five rivers in front of me. all of seeing new record forecasts. near kearsey and bear creek and the big thompson river near el dorado springs. the list goes on. colorado springs and the big cities, smaller towns outside that are right near the big canyons that lead to the mountains and the rockies, that s where the issues are. brutal flooding. we will check back with you. we have polls and politics in the economy. try to find something positive. there might be some positivity. if nothing else at least we have steve here to talk about it. polls take a closer look at the recovering economy. they find 27% of americans think the econ mow will get better. about a quarter think it will get worse over the next year. 48% believe the economy will stay the same.
there s optimism about moving up the economic ladder and that gets at the heart of the american dream. what i find interesting there there s this disconnect because we saw how people are not optimistic about the economy as a whole and yet objectively the economy is getting better. there s no question about that. so where the disconnect is that the economy is getting better but not getting to the people who your poll is talking, to average american. the average american s wages are not going up, the 99%, we talked about this earlier they are wages are going up by fractions of 1% each year and so they don t see how they are going to pay for all those things. we know retirement is a big issue in this country in terms of people not saving enough. we know about health care. we know college education is rising far faster than inflation which means i want gets harder and harder for families to pay for those things. the problem is we ve had this recovery in which the benefits have essentiall