i think it s the handling but a laughing stock prime minister. the party boy of the u.k. a person, now he s multiple parties, paints an image of a government that simply does not hold the authority of leadership seriously, that does not take the responsibility of running government during a pandemic seriously. the opposition labor leader has been very quick to call that out. boris johnson is too preoccupied defending his rule breaking and as day follows night, when it comes to the national health service, you could never trust the toris. we re witnessing every day the broken spectacle of the prime minister mired in deceit and decent and unable to lead. now several conservative mps have also called for prime minister boris johnson to resign and here s the fear, is that
but tory mp andrew mitchell this morning accused the prime minister of running government like a medieval court . and he warned the crisis risked breaking the conservative party. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has accused the prime minister of trying to save his own skin, and taking the public for fools in his defence of his own actions, in relation to alleged breaches of covid rules. with the latest, here s our political correspondent, damian grammaticas. leaving his political woes at home, borisjohnson went leaving his political woes at home, boris johnson went to leaving his political woes at home, borisjohnson went to immerse himself in a different crisis, that of ukraine. he is now a prime minister under police investigation. firstly, i want to say sorry. he attended firstly, i want to say sorry. he attended at firstly, i want to say sorry. he attended at least three events highlighted by the report into downing street parties, it found there were serious failings o
and the keystone cops. this administration is the keystone cops of running government. they can t do anything right. shutting down that keystone pipeline, which would allow for the heavy sour crude, which our refineries are set up to refine in the gas. we re seeing $5 gas prices. this administration is running around like the keystone cops going how is this happen something. neil: what is interesting now, secretary, you mentioned what is going on in europe. seems like an embarrassing situation for vladimir putin to say don t worry, i might have your back and deal with production. i m paraphrasing here. when you are depending on vladimir putin to be nice, you re in a bind. the weather is mild right now. when the weather really gets cold, this were people that froze in europe because putin
this latest poll. 40%. off its lows in the high 30s when the government was shut down. where does the president stand approvalwise compared to past presidents at this point in their administrations just ahead of their third state of the unions? if you look at the books going back to president eisenhower, mr. trump is well down on the list. almost at the bottom of approval ratings going into the third state of the union period. actually, the third year for the state of the union. he s at about 35%. and the only person below him is ronald reagan. interestingly. joe johns at the white house, thanks very much. lauren fox, cnn politics congressional reporter joining us now. interesting poll numbers on who americans think should have the most influence in washington today. tell us what we learned. well, this poll shows that 51% of americans think the democrats should be the one running government and only 40%
serious conversation. you can t operate government by blackmailing. let this president come and talk to us whether he s talking to nancy pelosi or chuck schumer or appropriators, we have got to open the government and then have serious discussions. remember the very first bill that i introduced were bills that passed the house in the senate and we put in place of those bills, 28 days on the homeland security issues so we can have serious negotiations. you should not be running government by blackmail. are you concerned that there are people out there who don t see it the way you see it. look at the democrats and think to themselves, well, you are being just as intransigent.