These numbers, as bad as they are, dont necessarily exist in a vacuum. Theres a lot more complexity to the current political environment, which in many ways is the story of american politics in the tea party era. Lets talk about the president. Between syria, between the shutdown, between obama care, how are his approval numbers stacking up . Record lows. The president s Approval Rating dropped five points. At an alltime low. Is this more than just the secondterm curse . If he goes below where he is right now, hes going to be in george bush territory and thats hard to come back from. The latest nbc news poll does, indeed, find that the president s Approval Rating is at a fiveyear low, and it is true that his popularity rating is hovering where george bushs was five years into his presidency. But theres an important distinction about where their presidency and where their parties are at. In november of 2005, with president bush licking his wounds from the spiral iraq war, the devastation
To head into space. He is here about our role in that adventure today, friday, november 8th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Big finish. Big finish. Welcome. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im matt lauer. Im Savannah Guthrie alongside al roker and Natalie Morales. I dont remember that team music being so disco. Well have more on that big announcement later on but first the storm is amazing. The top story today. Massive typhoon is in the philippines and wreaking havoc right there. Angus is in manila. What can you tell us, angus . Reporter good morning, matt. Experts were warning this would be the storm of the century. A category 5 super typhoon with wind speeds of up to 200 miles an hour. This morning, the people of the philippines are counting the cost. When typhoon haiyan made landfall at record speeds, it shows no mercy. Tearing apart houses and whipping up giant
Deternd deterrent factor around the world. Whether its Nuclear Deterrent or not. Just to get back to the thing that happened a couple of days ago. The president tweeted that the problem with the policy on immigration is that the democrats dont want secure borders, they dont care about safety for u. S. A. Do you think thats a fair characterization . How i would put it is that there is a an element within first of all, let me step back and say, i believe honest men and women can disagree on anything politically or otherwise. The one thing i draw a little bit of a line to is on the security of the nation. There are certainly people in our country that have the opinion that open borders or near open borders are fine, people should be able to come and go. There are others, myself included, you can bet the president , but i think the majority of the americans feel Border Security is important. How you achieve that is a different story. I have a great relationship with the mexicans on the bor
In asia. And beach living, how would you like to make ten grand a month to live at the beach . This is a real job . Him lets get to it. Announcer now, Shepard Smith reporting live from the fox news appears to be what its friday on the news desk. A National Republican Senatorial Committee has apparently dropped out of its fundraising agreement with roy moore. The nra sc is the major Fundraising Group for candidates. It used to be listed on a government website as a supporter of the more campaign. As of today, it is not. We cannot confirm the reason is the sexual allegations of Sexual Misconduct with a teenager. This at the white house is Top Republicans call on roy moore to quit the senate race in alabama if the allegations against him are true. But Roy Moore Says hes not going anywhere. Hes calling on his supporters to help them fight back, and he does have some defenders. At the news about roy moore was breaking during this hour yesterday. Four women told the Washington Post newspaper
Gosling intentionally leaves out the iconic moment when the American Flag was planted on the moon, sterger heated debate whether the american achievement or broader achievement for all mankind. Welcome to fox news at night. We begin with another escalation in Donald Trumps feud with the media. Comments the president insists were off the record rocking highpressure negotiations with canada over a new nafta agreement. We are tracking the latest development and they are still coming in. Remarks moved the markets and appended days of trade talks between canada and the us. Donald trump confirmed on twitter into North Carolina. At least canada knows how i feel so it is fine. Reporter at an event focusing on the signing of an executive order related to it. You saw it, off the record. It is unbelievable what is happening with the fake news. When you say off the record, it is a term of honor. Reporter according to the Toronto Star Newspaper donald trump told Bloomberg News he is not compromisin