Gallup puts the president rating at 38 , and the Washington Post, abc news poll finds 36 of americans approve of the job trump is doing. 58 disapprove. Now 48 saying they disapprove strongly, a level never reached by former president s bill clinton and barack obama, and reached only in the second term of george w. Bush in this poll. The partisan breakdown of the Washington Post poll shows 82 of republicans approve, down just slightly from april, while the president dropped six points to 32 among independents and is at just 11 with democrats. New nbc news wall street journal poll of counties of his victory and of the ones he flipped from obama in 2010 12 his approval rests at 44 and health care the Washington Post abc poll shows half of all americans prefer the Current Health care law, about onequarter want the republican option being pushed right now. 17 would prefer Something Else all together. Joe . Yeah, bob costa, let me bring you in there. So much to unpack. I want to get to healt
Congress forces a russia sanctions bill to his desk. My guess is hell make a decision shortly. And a bill coming this week but what bill . Were going to vote to repeal and replace obamacare. The question is not a question of if, its when. Jared kushner, live pictures of him leaving his hole. In one hour from now p the president s soninlaw will be sitting down with staff of the Senate Intelligence committee. But first he is going public with his defense releasing a statement that insists he did not collude with the russians and he opportunity know anybody who did. I have the best team to break it down starting with Garrett Haake on the hill. Jared kushner put out an official statement before going into this closed door meeting. What are the key bullet points . Reporter the key point here is that kushner ends with the statement that he did not chud with russia in any way. He lays town a marker in bold print. We can read to you from end of the statement. Its kind of important. He says, i
Sophisticated form of espionage. That day will be coming. We are becoming more adept at tracing the origins on of this espionage and subversion. And as you can see with the fbi indictment, the evidence is now really incontravertable and available in the public domain. Whereas in the past it was difficult to attribute. Now, on the flipside, Sergey Lavrov is dismissing news of the charges as being blather. Also new, whether indicted russians will face any consequences. It lies out how they all manipulated social platforms to wage Information Warfare against the United States. Although none have been arrested. Mark, with a good morning to you. Okay. Theres been a night now to absorb all that is in this indictment. What are your main takeaways . Well, alex, i think we have all come to understand the past year that russia and its agency undertook a real effort to interfere in our elections in 2016. What this indictment really spells out in stunning breathtaking detail really is the sophisti
Defenses against north Koreas Nuclear and missile programs. Also coming up from the plague of ebola to the plague of corruption voters in sierra leone on the eve of a national election. These so called us weve never seen theyve created a classic split or crazy with a leak is using everybody soon every question. Oh we begin the day with north koreas shocking yes to possibly no nukes after rare talks between north and south korean officials the north has sent a message for the United States we are willing to meet and discuss denuclearization in exchange for security guarantees north korea is also reportedly offering to put on hoed all Nuclear Weapons test during those talks a stunning turn of events u. S. President donald trump has reacted with guarded optimism but others in washington are still urging caution. We have come certainly a long way at least rhetorically with north korea would be a great thing for the world it would be a great thing for north korea would be a great thing for
Meddling in the 2016 election. Bloomberg reports President Trumps former strategist and Corey Lewandowski asked to testify about russian interference before the house intelligence committee. Also today, nbc news reports that house lawmakers are interviewing President Trumps longtime personal assistant rona graph at an undisclosed location in new york. And all of this comes a day after deputy fbi director Andrew Mccabe sat for a second marathon interrogation by lawmakers. Mccabe spent a total of 17 hours over the past couple days testifying. A source familiar with the testimony told nbc news that mccabe did confirm that then fbi director james comey told him that trump had, indeed asked him for a loyalty pledge. And on another note, moments ago, the New York Times reported federal prosecutors in brooklyn are seeking bank records about tints associated with the Family Company of President Trumps soninlaw jared kushner. Well bring you more on that report in a moment. First, we should note