exclusive interview with president biden. with under four weeks until the midterm elections. a brand new cnn poll shows that president biden s approval rating is improving. 44% of people say they approve now of the way he is handling his job as president. 56% disapprove. this is up from a low of 48% this summer. now it s higher than bill clinton and donald trump. higher than their ratings at their stage of their presidencies, but below barack obama and others. the poll shows major economic warning signs just 22% rate economic conditions of the country as good with 41% calling conditions somewhat poor, 27% saying very poor. i should note the conditions are improving. just 32% of the public approve of his handling of inflation. 36% of his handling of the economy as a whole, up from 30% this summer. half of americans say biden s policies have worsened economic conditions. 36% that they improved economic conditions. that s a slight improvement from april and may. and a majority
residence. those are your world headlines. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello and welcome to the programme that brings together distinguished british commentators and foreign correspondents who write, blog, podcast, and broadcast from the dateline: london. it s been a week for recalling the world s unfinished business sectarian violence on city streets in iraq as one of its most influential figures bows out in a country which has endured nearly 20 years of instability. mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union is being buried this weekend, in a country still struggling with his legacy. the british are still waiting for a new prime minister. in the studio to discuss all that are bronwen maddox, director and chief executive of chatham house, an independent organisation, which under its royal charter exists to advance the sciences of international politics, economics, andjurisprudence . the charter dates from 1926, bronwen maddox from last
the programme that brings together distinguished british commentators and foreign correspondents who write, blog, podcast, and broadcast from the dateline: london. it s been a week for recalling the world s unfinished business sectarian violence on city streets in iraq, a country which has endured nearly 20 years of instability. mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union is being buried this weekend, in a country still struggling with his legacy. the british are still waiting for a new prime minister. in the studio to discuss all that are bronwen maddox, director and chief executive of chatham house, an independent organisation, which under its royal charter exists to advance the sciences of international politics, economics, andjurisprudence . the charter dates from 1926, bronwen maddox from last month, but her appointment is the culmination of a distinguished career reporting the world. michael goldfarb has been a foreign correspondent for npr, national p
coming days to bolster his very high stakes endorsements in that state. dr. oz for senate and congressional candidates jim bognet. president biden is in wilkesbury, pennsylvania today. that is lucerne county. this is a huge swing district in pennsylvania. it went from president obama in 2012 and turned for trump in 2016 and again in 2020. president biden would like to see that home turf of his go back to the blue side. so we re waiting for the president s remarks moments away as the controversy continues to boil over his decision to bail out millions in student loan debt. sean duffy and david asman is here with me. but first, we begin with peter doocy who has had a busy week. hello, peter. martha, the white house is really not providing a lot of detail about how this student loan debt forgiveness is going to work or who is paying for it. they spent a day last week explaining it s going to happen but now most of the talk is coming from outside the house. i think a lot of w