hello. i m victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. four weeks before the election and cnn has a new poll for what americans think of their government right now. views of joe biden has improved over the summer. it s up to 44%, up from 38% in july. but the national outlook on the economy is still bleak. only 22% of americans rate economic conditions as good. most americans have no confidence that biden, congress, really the federal government as a whole, are doing enough to address the economy or the other major issues facing the country. cnn political director david tallian is here to break down the new numbers. let s start with the approval rating. 44%, better than july. still not where he wants to be, under water right now. how could this impact the midterms? take us through the numbers. here s the 44%. you d rather be on the uptick than the decline. biden will take this. but it s not necessarily where a president would like to be this close to the midterm election. h
captured. chris joining us, national border patrol council spokesman. chris, this was dumped on the media late last night and i always find that i wouldn t call amusing, but telling because the assumption is that it will get lost assuming there are no news shows on the weekend and you re on one now that s live so we re talking about it. what do you make of that number and what it s telling you and what you ve been reporting and telling folks for quite some time? well, you know, that number, quite honestly, is staggering. you know, a few years ago, 50,000 was a large number, you know, over two million or 200,000, over 200,000 is just, that s an insane number, but i don t think the worst is behind us yet. more people are continuing to show up on a daily basis and they know they re getting a free ride once they get here, they ll continue to move this way. neil: the 227,000 reported in the latest month in september, chris, i m hearing from our griff jenkins that 10 might be
republicans former president barack obama was stumping in week, continues hig campaign blitz, this week he will be in nevada. obama spent saturday going after republican candidates herschel walker. and dixon. he is a celebrity who wants to be a politician. and we have seen how that goes. he said i m a celebrity. you got that one wrong i m not a celebrity. i m that warriors for god. opponent, her plan would slash billions of dollars from education to change michigan constitution to allow taxpayer dollars to go to private schools. a new theme of democrats to mock parents in state of michigan, parents who concerned about learning loss. he mocks the idea of parents have to have decision making power. bill: i want to show where you joe biden stands in his general approval rating at 40%. 4 years ago, former president president trump at 43% during midterm, republicans lost 40 seats in the house, back to president obama two terms, lost 13 seats approval rating just a tick hig
republicans former president barack obama was stumping in week, continues hig campaign blitz, this week he will be in nevada. obama spent saturday going after republican candidates herschel walker. and dixon. he is a celebrity who wants to be a politician. and we have seen how that goes. he said i m a celebrity. you got that one wrong i m not a celebrity. i m that warriors for god. opponent, her plan would slash billions of dollars from education to change michigan constitution to allow taxpayer dollars to go to private schools. a new theme of democrats to mock parents in state of michigan, parents who ar concerned about learning loss. he mocks the idea of parents have to have decision making power. bill: i want to show where you joe biden stands in his general approval rating at 40%. 4 years ago, former president president trump at 43% during midterm, republicans lost 40 seats in the house, back to president obama two terms, lost 13 seats approval rating just a tick
harris: we re awaiting the verdict. historic times with a former u.s. president, donald trump, on trial in new york and after deliberating for more than four hours the jury spent last night at home. they returned about 90 minutes ago and at their request the judge is rereading part of his instructions to the jurors again they wanted it. yesterday the jury also wanted to hear again sections of prosecution witness testimony from former publisher david pecker and donald trump s ex attorney michael cohen. earlier today the jury sent a note specifically requesting those jury instructions how to weigh evidence in the case. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. seven men, five women considering 34 felony counts against trump. prosecutors claim the former president falsified business records to hide potentially embarrassing stories during his 2016 presidential campaign. trump s defense team argued manhattan district attorney bragg s office has failed miserably to