As of this evening to be impeached by the house of representatives. The president said leading into this he was not going to be watching what was transpiring up today up on capitol hill. Im told as it relates to the president over here at the white house he will be having a series of policy meetings throughout the day, probably making phone calls as well before he leaves for that Campaign Event in michigan later this evening. He did huddle last night here at the white house with Top Republicans in advance of this vote up on the hill today. One of those was Top Republican in the house, Kevin Mccarthy who gave this readout earlier today. Listen. He is focused on what the American People need but it is the strength of who he is. That is why we have a Strong Economy. Why well come out of this. Why, when you look at this, at the end of the day, everything speaker promised democrats, the poll numbers are low, theyre divided. Reporter democrat argue that the president abused his office by try
Talking. Forget mueller, what about making moolah . Voter rates on the economy for this president the highest level weve seen since 2001. That is leading to an uptick in president ial approval. A lot of this, the source of this is improving economy but his overall numbers picked up a little bit. They are lower than where a president should be at this point going into reelection. Not all that much lower. Again the catalyst for that seems to be the economy, by extension what is happening in the markets of late. Not necessarily today for the dow. Well get into that in a second. Real clear Politics White House reporter phil wegmann, the connection between the economy and maybe inching up poll numbers. We always draw the comparisons. It is the economy stupid but this president has not, up until now, up until lately benefited from that. Maybe it is just beginning to hit now, what do you think . Because trump is trump there are always voters uncomfortable with him, but if you look at the poll
Charles let me go to you first on whether the president disrupted the message. You know im in a town right now that is hungering for these tax cuts a lot of them pay at the top advertised rate the Sticker Price rate, odd as that seems and they want to see it, so whatever their political persuasion they get a little concerned when the president goes off topic. Do you . Charles id like to see a little more care with the stick because you know, President Trump comes from the Business World hes dealing with congress and youd think that an elected official will look out for the peoples business and not necessarily making decisions based on their own egos that may not be the case so that being said, you know what works in business you can have tough tactics and in that making a deal and even being friends with the person across the table from you. It doesnt work or hasnt worked that way in a long time in washington d. C. And thats unfortunate. Neil what worried me about the language back and
Charles let me go to you first on whether the president disrupted the message. You know im in a town right now that is hungering for these tax cuts a lot of them pay at the top advertised rate the Sticker Price rate, odd as that seems and they want to see it, so whatever their political persuasion they get a little concerned when the president goes off topic. Do you . Charles id like to see a little more care with the stick because you know, President Trump comes from the Business World hes dealing with congress and youd think that an elected official will look out for the peoples business and not necessarily making decisions based on their own egos that may not be the case so that being said, you know what works in business you can have tough tactics and in that making a deal and even being friends with the person across the table from you. It doesnt work or hasnt worked that way in a long time in washington d. C. And thats unfortunate. Neil what worried me about the language back and
Is now my high honor and distinct privilege to introduce to you the president of the United States of america, president donald trump. [applause] [applause] thank you very much. Thank you, mike. I really appreciate everything and i appreciate you being here but i especially want to thank secretary elaine chao, leader kevin mccarthy, thank you, kevin. Chairman bill shuster, thank you very much, bill, and all the members of congress, many of them here today, for joining us as we prepare to enter a great new era in american aviation. [applause] its about time too, i can tell you. But before discussing our plans to modernize air travel, i want to provide an update on our efforts to fix and modernize Vital Services for our veterans, our great, great veterans, who we all love. For decades the federal government has struggled to accomplish something that should be very, very simple, seamlessly transferring a veterans medical records from the Defense Department to the veterans groups and to th