we have saved christmas and that is becau because president biden recognize this early. we focus on addressing practical problems across the global supply chain. economy wasn t just in crisis , it wasn t working for working people. that is the reason i ran. it is completely out of touch people are paying bracket of pounds for gas, food, everything across the boardoi is going up. let s bring in our panel. jason friday and senior fellow at the manhattan institute it. and kevin fawley and former biden campaigns circuit. so let s start with the state of our economy. bill, were we?
to favor the democrats certainly in the house. you never know. politics is strange these days. we ve been finding it difficult to predict over the last few years just exactly what will happen. i think another factor is that lot of the house races are based on local elections. i m not so sure that any kind of larger election for the president or for issues that the federal level are play. most of will be decided at the local level. neil: the economy picked up steam after that. the economy wasn t the issue as it was concerned. healthcare and overreach and the part of bill clinton. he immediately worked with newt gingrich. it indicates where republicans
take seriously the prospect of further russian interference in elections in america and elsewhere as we saw in the report yesterday from senate democrats, the extent of the russian campaign not only in the u.s. but europe, is pretty breathtaking and get the administration to take that seriously has been made much more complicated by his repeated insistence they were in a sense not a factor in 2016. one thing the president wrote on the economy this morning. it is interesting and happens to be true. the quinnipiac poll, 66% of people feel the economy is excellent or good, and the president says that s the highest number ever recorded in this poll. now robby, i should note in the same poll, voters give president obama more credit for the economy than they do president trump and in this same poll president trump has an approval rating of 36%, which is not good. but, robby, people like the economy right now. walmart today made an announcement they re raising its minimum wage and giving a
midterms and there s a lot of work to be done. the key is looking at how things will play out moving forward with regard to the economy and if the economy is strong, i think that is good for republicans and that will be positive sign come mid terms no matter how many are up for election. a lot aren t waiting and getting out now. they see maybe they don t think it will improve by enough by next november, and tara, there is a statistic i saw from cook that the party in power in the white house, if the president s approval rating is below 50%, that party has lost an average of 40 seats. yeah. 40 seats. that doesn t spell good news for republicans considering democrats only need i believe 24 seats at this point and we already have 30 retirements. but a lot of those, there is some comforting news that a lot of these retirements are in districts that people won overwhelmingly and that trump won overwhelmingly so there s
interests hoping to mobilize the base on both fronts but the challenge they face is that as the doubts are about trump the desire for a check on him has also grown and it s not clear whether an improving economy erases that verdict. amanda and robby and ron, thanks all for being with us. house republicans unveil a new immigration plan at least some of them do. will others back it. plus, scandal allegations of blackmail and audiotapes. this is the craziest story you will hear today. controversy rocking the governor s office in missouri. the stunning details ahead. breaking news out of california the frantic search for survivors under way after the deadly mudslides. live with the latest on ret cue efforts. rescue efforts. before i had the shooting, burning, pins-and-needles of diabetic nerve pain these feet. liked to style my dog as a kid. loved motherhood, rain or shine. and were pumped to open my own salon. but i couldn t bear my diabetic nerve pain any longer.