nation does not approve of president biden at the moment. over 60% of the nation does not approve of how he is handling the economy right now. look, this is immense uphill battle for president biden. you have democratic stars and obviously distance themselves. look at george aware did not appear to him with big voting rights speech there. the democratic defeated former governor and democratic nominee this time around terry mcauliffe state and himself he thought biden was a liability to his campaign. these are signs it is a challenging time. it will continue to be a challenging time. people have not forgot about the afghanistan withdrawal and have not forgot what is happening now with inflation, gas prices across america. these are real issues and people will vote with real issues. todd: kelly, chris just alluded to this. let s dial back 2242 this
midterms are approaching. for more on today s meeting i m joined by our chief white house correspondent peter alexander, nbc s senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake has the latest from capitol hill. peter, i want to start with you. you know, the president deploying the president to the hill, those that enjoy west wing probably love the aaron sorkin-esque idea of get him up there and just make it so. they ve deployed him a few times and he has not gotten many results. a no result on this one really really is a bit of a political blow, is it not? reporter: chuck, i think you re exactly right and the real risk here for the democrats and for this white house is that, again, it makes president biden appear weak in this situation. you will remember just a short time before he headed to atlanta for that big voting rights speech that he delivered there on tuesday of this week, senator manchin said that he believed there should be changes in the senate and to rules, but not th