americans. 52%, thought this year was the best, above average or average. majorities of hispanics and african-americans thought the worst year or below average. finally, what did americans view as the most significant events of 2017? events like, the mass shooting in las vegas, and natural disasters like hurricanes and wildfires were on folks minds the most. third on the list, president trump s inauguration followed by terrorist attacks, the tax plan in congress and sexual harassment revelations and, of course, the #metoo movement. when we come back, words that came into being, and new words that gain new meaning in 2017. president trump s impact on american culture is next. in ther you ready for this? she doesn t like it. you gotta get in there okay, okay careful not to get it in her eyes i know what a bath is. smile honey this thing is like. first kid here we go second kid you coming in mommy?
red state america in order to win the majority will say everything. put up the senate map here. these are just democratic seats that are in states in 2018 up where president trump carried that state, and you can see montana, not a surprise. floridas, ohios, wisconsins and mish is in there. here s how a few red state democrats we ve talked to in the last year have been walking the line of trump. take a listen. one thing that we don t have and you see that out in public polling and when i m out and about. what do you stand for? what are you about? the overarching discussion for the democratic party isn t there. my job is to fight for missourians. i get up every day. my feet hit the ground trying to figure out how to get things done for them. not how can i criticize the president. because i m up for re-election in 2018, i guess people think in washington i m going to vote differently or be different here. i ll have to cowell tail if you will to what they think may be popular. i don
go to 50,000 feet. you can see there is a disconnect between political dysfunction around the world. certainly in europe, too, not just in the united states, and national security issues looming, crises in ways we haven t seen for a very long time, and yet every single investor will tell you this is a great time to economically at what point does that disconnect come back to haunt us or doesn t it? can we carry on operating where stock markets keep rising, unemployment keeps falling and have political insecurity, not just american insecurity but global political insecurity? rich, used hear, lost two years of the obama administration. everything is poised to take off. but it wouldn t. trump s election, and whatever the animal spirit is, boom, it s here. so it s luck in that he inheritsed an economy that was in pretty good shape. not like obama inheriting an economy cratering after a financial crisis but more than luck and that policy matters. the expectation of the market in
welcome back, if there s one thing you can count on in politics, it s the party that loses the seat looks to be no exception. president trump s record low approval r5i9ings to close the year giving democrats a hope they can win the 24 seats needed to take back the house and the party s unexpected upset win in alabama this month means democrats only need to net two seats to achieve a longer goal of taking back the senate. in 2005, you could smell a wave coming. the results last night smell exactly the same way. our republicans friends better look out. we think we ll produce results. results we ll be able to talk to the american people about in the fall of 2018 and in 2020 as well. can you win back the house this year? the door is certainly open for us. suggesting a wave election is coming your way that your majority is at risk. what do you make of that?
worst year for the country or below average. majority of men thought good, women thought, bad. a similar breakdown across racial demographics. a slip majority of white americans. 52%, thought this year was the best, above average or average. majorities of hispanics and african-americans thought the worst year or below average. finally, what did americans view as the most significant events of 2017? events like, the mass shooting in las vegas, and natural disasters like hurricanes and wildfires were on folks minds the most. third on the list, president trump s inauguration followed by terrorist attacks, the tax plan in congress and sexual harassment revelations and, of course, the #metoo movement. when we come back, words that came into being, and new words that gain new meaning in 2017. president trump s impact on american culture is next. remember our special night? abdominal pain. .and diarrhea.