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The playing field. up first, though, president trump on a first and consequential trip to asia. japan has stopped one of five in an speech in an american air base. the commander-in-chief sent a message to north korea. together with our allies, america s warriors are prepared to defend our nation, using the full range of our unmatched capabilities. no one, no dictator, no regime, and no nation, should underestimate ever american resolve. every once in a while in the past, they underestimated us. with us this sunday to share their reporting and their insights, malika henderson, phil mattingly and mary kathryn hamm. it is sunday evening in japan where the president wrapped up dinner with prime minister shinzo abe. a round of golf before that. ....
Now to the fbi soern of a home belonging to former trump campaign chairman paul manafort. the pre-dawn raid last month rattle add few cages sources tell cnn in the president s inner circle. this as cnn s polling shows nearly 60% disapproval of the way the president is handling the russia probe. and amongst mostly whites, non-college educated voters, a big part of the president s base, that disapproval number goes down to 48%. let s discuss, and mary kathryn hamm rejoins our panel. actually, mary katherine, start with you. you know, i mean, how much have we talked about this being, this notion of the russia investigation being a distraction for the white house, but now that you have the his chairman, former campaign chairman, i should say, with a raid. which was apparently clearly focused on financial ties. ....
It s a necessary concept. and barack didn t just talk about hope because he thought it was just a nice slowing ton get votes. i mean, he and i and so many believe that what else do you have if you don t have hope? yeah. what do you give your kids, if you can t give them hope? i want to bring in my panel now. cnn politics reporter eugene scott, political analyst and usa today claumist kirsten powers and mary kathryn hamm, senior writer for the federalist. mary katherine, the first lady painting a bleak picture here and yet it should be pointed out while no doubt she speaks for many people, hope, the hope that donald trump is going to be an average, good or great president has actually risen considerably since the election? she is speaking for the liberal half of my facebook feed who does not feel hope right now, but a whole other half of my friends who felt like they ....
Of vice president joe biden. that s 1988. bringing it forward into the more recent elections. 63-36. this is an area where again democrats need to run it up in pennsylvania where you have the democratic voters. let s see. is donald trump going to carry it here? i don t think that s a safe bet. are the margins closer? that s how we ll know if pennsylvania is in play and if the blue wall may be cracked. if you see that in a place like the scranton area you may also see it in ohio, which is more republican. when you get to michigan later in the night, what about mccomb county north of detroit. home of the legendary reagan democrats. so scranton, that s where we ll look for early evidence of if the blue wall is cracking or if clinton is holding. we have cnn political commentator and conservative writer mary kathryn hamm and nia-malika hearnederson. david gergen and kirsten powers. trump supporters kaleigh mcenany and andre bauer on the far left ....
neil: well, at least the governor has set the day. be dt jersey voters decide who permanently sits in a senate seat. what isn t clear is who chris christie will put in the seat in the meantime. mary kathryn hamm on why conservatives say it better be a republican and a conservative one at best. he s really up against the wall on this one, isn t he? well, it s a really weird political situation. yes, conservatives are already upset about the calling of the special election. he had, of course, an option, perhaps to push off until 2014 which would have given a republican if he appointed one a chance to build some name id and some respect and maybe come in in 2014 and win, so many folks are already mad about that, and neil: 2014 is when frank ....