Nervous. they re nervous about their prospects. they re nervous the president maybe doesn t see what they re seeing. we want to take you through what we think is sort of at 9 heart of this disconnect. first of all republicans like paul ryan, mitch mcconnell, the establishment, what is it exactly that they re seeing right now when they look at the midterms? one thing they re looking at is a low approval rating for donald trump. we know this. we know he s at 42%. he s been around there for a while. that is the hit zone historically for a president in a midterm to lose a lot of seats. look, trump 42. that mid-40s, high 30s, that has translated into mega losses in the past. again, remember the number this year, 23. that s all republicans can afford to lose. certainly historically he s already in the hit zone. what else do republicans see? you mentioned it there. the special election results. look at this. five times now since trump has become president we ve had special elections for the h
Afford to lose. certainly historically, he s already in that hit zone. what else do republicans see? special election results. look at this, five times now since trump has become president, we ve had special elections for the house, for congress here. and democrats have saved at least 15 points off the trump margin in these districts. they haven t always won them, but they ve gotten a lot closer than these districts were in 16. that kind of movement, if you see it nationally, boy, that is a sign of a wave. that s something else republicans are seeing. just that question of the generic belt. you ask folks in the poll, which party would you rather see? which party you want to vote for in the race for congress? democrats are up seven right now on average. that s right where democrats would want to be. so those are the sorts of things that republican leaders are seeing. we said what s at the heart of this disconnect? what is trump seeing that is different than all of this
First of all republicans like paul ryan, mitch mcconnell, the establishment, what is it exactly that they re seeing right now when they look at the midterms? one thing they re looking at is a low approval rating for donald trump. we know this. we know he s at 42%. he s been around there for a while. that is the hit zone historically for a president in a midterm to lose a lot of seats. look, trump 42. that mid-40s, high 30s, that has translated into mega losses in the past. again, remember the number this year, 23. that s all republicans can afford to lose. certainly historically he s already in the hit zone. what else do republicans see? you mentioned it there. the special election results. look at this. five times now since trump has become president we ve had special elections for the house, for congress here, and democrats have shaved at least 15 points off the trump margin in these districts. they haven t always won them, but they ve gotten a lot closer than these districts were in
Tacloban is already being hit by rain. joining us right now, andrew stevens joins us on phone. andrew, where are you? give us a sense and what you re seeing. just coming into the outskirts of tacloban actually. about 100 kilometers or so. we ve been driving along the coast. even though tacloban is not in the direct hit zone for this typhoon, authorities certainly here taking no chances at all and reading the local newspapers and my colleagues speaking to the mayor of tacloban, they have been getting people out of all the areas which could be particularly to a storm surge. with typhoon haiyan last year, 6300 people died. many killed by a wall of water, some six to eight meters high which came through the low lying areas. this time around, authorities have moved.
Several face warnings as water becomes the enemy. some forced to seek hi higher glound. flooding takes control as we wait for major rivers to crest. it s hard to belief this is texas. all of the damage i can see this seems to have taken the worst of it. a local cameraman bringing fox news a look inside the hit zone in the town of west home after home cooked from the fertilizer plant explosion and infer inferno. the latest on an investigation on what caused it all. i am harris falkner. we check in on the americans in boston tonight coming together in prayer and reflection. each person in his or her own way mourning the lives lost and 180 people hurt and last monday s terror attack on the boston marathon. a crowd gathering at the memorial at the boston marathon earlier today people leaving flowers leaving notes vor the