many american voters had doubts about the democrats and their policies as well. the poll shows that while the president s approval rating remains stable at 45%, a record share of voters dislike president trump personally. that s nearly seven in ten. joining me now to break down what these numbers mean, shan onpeto shannon petty-peace. what s the biggest take away? i think it s that disapproval number and our poll guru, carrie dan pointed out a great statistical piece. that is a record disapproval for a president. the second most disapproved or personally disliked president, i should say. people who personally dislike the president aside from their policies was 46% who said that of george w. bush. for 69% to say they dislike him,
so, amid all these questions over the past week or so about his mental fitness that have been drawn up by this wolff book, he ll go in for his physical. the white house has already been asked and said there will be no psychological exam. there traditionally isn t for presidential physicals. of course information we get out of this physical will be determined by trump himself who can release it. but, yes, this week has turned into a persistent continuing question about the president s demeanor, his fitness despite attempts for the white house to change the subject. our audience joins me in thanking the members of our lead-off panel especially josh dawsey who had a better than average day in the journalist business. we thank you for ending your night with us and franco ordonez and shannon petty peace. coming up, more in a series of strange developments in the white house complete with a policy whiplash just today.
into a persistent continuing question about the president s demeanor, his fitness despite attempts for the white house to change the subject. our audience joins me in thanking the members of our lead-off panel especially josh dawsey who had a better than journalist day. we thank you for ending your night with us and franco ordonez and shannon petty peace. coming up, more in a string of developments in the white house complete with a policy whiplash just today. and news in the russia investigations, excommunicated trump strategist steve bannon has lawyered up. plus strange comments from this president about kim jong-un. that and more on a thursday night when the 11th hour continues. s you made to your plan strengthened your retirement score. so, that goal you ve been saving for, you can do it. we can do this?
about. and that was certainly undercut just a couple hours later by this report that came out. the president gets his physical tomorrow at walter reed. so, amid all these questions over the past week or so about his mental fitness that have been drawn up by this wolff book, he ll go in for his physical. the white house has already been asked and said there will be no psychological exam. there traditionally isn t for presidential physicals. of course information we get out of this physical will be determined by trump himself who can release it. but, yes, this week has turned into a persistent continuing question about the president s demeanor, his fitness despite attempts for the white house to change the subject. our audience joins me in thanking the members of our lead-off panel especially josh dawsey who had a better than journalist day. we thank you for ending your night with us and franco ordonez and shannon petty peace. coming up, more in a string
total lie on content. and tonight, as we mentioned the washington post editorial board is out with this, quote, john kelly owes the congresswoman an apology. let s get to that with our leadoff panel tonight. phillip rucker from the washington post . you gene scott, political reporter, also with the washington post. we might add, he s been writing nonstop on this story this week. and shannon petty peace, white house correspondent for bloomberg is here with us in our new york studios. mr. rucker, i ll read from your editorial board tonight, and as we said, this is dramatic. it is unfortunate that the sacrifice of brave people such as the four soldiers killed in niger can get overpowered by the petty name-calling of politics. that is a point mr. kelly was trying to make thursday, and that he underkwut his misr misrepresentation of miss wilson. he needs to set the record straight. phillip, how did this go so