exception of donald trump whose approval rating averaged 37% in 2017. @biden addressed the low ratings saying, quote, he s not running for the polls. the polls are going to go up and down. they were high early. then they got medium, then back up, now they re low. look at every other president. the same thing. that s not why i ran. i didn t run to determine how well i m going to do in the polls. i ran to make sure i followed through on what i said i would do as president of the united states. and i said that i would make sure that we were in a position where we dealt with climate change, where we moved in a direction that was significantly improved, the prospects of american workers, being able to have good jobs and good pay. and further, i would make sure we dealt with the crisis that was caused by covid. we ve done all of those. we continue to do them, and we ll see what happens. the nbc poll is after a rough few months for the president with the chaotic afghanistan with
wearing masks in schools. you know, just like the cdc does. jennifergenicens talked about people shouting vile things outside her 5-year-old daughter s bedroom window while she was trying to read her a bed time story. how they brandished weapons in front of neighbors and her daughter asks at least twice a week, are the mean people going to be outside again? the minority of people for sure. that helps me. but that s not enough to make a woman who ran for elected office to make a difference in her school district to have really dark days. here s what she told lawrence. it just takes one person to terrorize you. and when there is no consequences for it it becomes the norm and becomes acceptable. hmm. how do you think that happened? you know, i know exactly the moment it happened. this was the moment. it was the moment i knew that donald trump was changing and breaking us and our politics. she gets out and starts asking me all sorts of ridiculous questions. and you know, yo
five-year-old daughter s bedroom window while she was trying to read her a bedtime story, how they brandished weapons and how her daughter asks at least twice a week, are the mean people going to be outside again. it s a minority of people, for sure, that helps me but that s not an enough to help a woman who ran for elected office to make a difference in her school district to have really dark days, here is what s she told lawrence. it just takes one a person to terrorize you. and when there are no consequences for it, it becomes the norms, it becomes acceptable. how do you think that happened? you know, i know exactly the moment it happened, this was the moment. it was the moment i knew that donald trump was changing and breaking us and our politics. she starts asking me all sorts of ridiculous questions, and you know, there was blood coming out of her eyes. blood coming out of her wherever. that was in 2015 after his first republican primary debate, describing mod
lying about election results, mailing personal insults at its critics. making famously veil threats towards those who seek to hold him accountable. but none of trump s can change the cold, hard fact that the former president now faces serious criminal charges in three separate cases. in the coming days and weeks, it could even be one more. we start tonight with congressman benny thompson, democrat of mississippi. the former chairman of the january six commission. congressman, thank you for joining us. it s always good to talk to you. let s talk about trump s lawyer, john moreau. he did it washington and said recall the full ginsburg today. almost a little bit about what he had to say bècho and get your response on the other side. take a listen. the defense is quite simple, donald trump, president trump believed in his heart of hearts that he had won that election. as an american citizen, he had the right to speak out under the first amendment. he had the right to petition
k c cnn this morning continues right now. good morning. it s friday, the top of the hour. in just a few hours, president biden and first lady and the secretary of defense will head to delaware to join grieving families of three american families killed in jordan and attend the dignified transfer of their remains at dover air force base. on thursday, the pentagon chief confirmed a multi-tiered response is coming. it s unclear when the u.s. plans to launch that retaliation. sources telling cnn, iran did appear to be surprised by the attack by the proxies. overnight, iran s president said he would not start any war but did vow to, quote, respond strongly to bullies. here we are again. this is coming the day the president signed the executive order targeting israeli settlers who attack palestinians. he is going to meet later today with the families of the fallen american soldiers. as he is navigating this at home as well and dealing with everything that s going on in the