officers on u.s. marshals task force were killed while serving a warrant. five others were hurt during the shootout. all the details coming up. but, first. signs of democrat panic, that s the focus of tonight s angle [explosion] [shouting] laura: bidenomics is sinking its namesake. when you ask how is the economy going today, what s your rating of it, 30%. 30% of americans say it s good. 70% of americans say it s poor. the economy is overwhelmingly the most important issue for voters. the economy is still front and center for people. laura: 70% of those surveyed say the economy is poor. you got to wonder who the heck are the 30% think it s good? are there that many billionaires out there? now we ll dig into a lot of this tonight. but, these putrid economic numbers one indicator among many, pointing to a possible trump win in november and it has the white house, the democrats, and the regime media in a full blown panic. now, this know if the election were covered fairl
what do you think of how the media are doing? doesn t focus on one or two individuals, excluding the others? are there ways to improve coverage? here is a chance to let your thoughts be known on media coverage campaign 2016. hear us out you can call us. (202) 748-8000 for republicans. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. (202) 748-8000 for democrats and (202) 748-8002 for independents. it imposed on her facebook page at facebook.com/cspan. you can e-mail us, too at journal@c-span.org. highlighting those that will not dissipate in the debate facing polls, with donald trump leading those polls with 22% of those polled followed by jeb bush and wisconsin governor scott walker. for those who did not make the cut and who will appear earlier in the afternoon, the former governor of texas rick perry also former senator rick santorum governor bobby jindal, and others. the first debate is sanctioned by the rnc. when it comes to the process that is used, it was done on polls. usa today c
musical guest charlie puth. and featuring the legendary roots crew. questlove: 678, a-t-l! steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] jimmy: oh, thank you guys very much. thank you for being here. thank you for watching. welcome, everybody, welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show. this is it, everyone. [ cheers and applause ] you re watching the right show, baby. big show tonight. i m your host, jimmy fallon. you guys, what a show we have for you tonight. steve: whoa. [ cheers ] jimmy: the next president of the united states, dwayne the rock johnson is here tonight. [ cheers and applause ] let s get to some news here, you guys. there s yet another scandal. that s right. a recording just came out from a closed door meeting where republican congressman kevin mccarthy says he thinks vladimir putin actually pays donald trump. [ audience oohs ] trump said he never accepted any money from putin because he was paid entirely in kfc gift
[ laughter ] during a press conference this afternoon, president trump said that his administration is getting things done at a record-setting pace. for example, most presidents take four years to finish a term and it looks like trump s gonna get it done in like eight months. [ cheers and applause ] so [ laughter ] you re out! the justice department yesterday appointed former fbi director robert mueller as special council to oversee the investigation into trump and russia. i m gonna get to the bottom of this. said donald trump to a pint of haagen dazs. [ laughter ] everybody, calling me a liar. i m not a liar. they re liars, i don t like [ laughter ] country singer toby keith will reportedly perform in saudi arabia on saturday, for president trump s first foreign trip. you re having toby keith perform for muslims? [ laughter ] that s like having betsy devos give the commencement speech at a historically black oh, okay. i see what you are doing. [ audience groans ] [ a
but he s also under investigation for taking secret payments from turkey without registering as a foreign agent. which you re required to do, by law. and last night, we got yet another bombshell, about what the trump team knew with regard to flynn and when they knew it. the new york times reporting michael flynn told president trump s transition team weeks before the inauguration that he was under federal investigation for secretly working as a paid lobbyist for turkey during the campaign. despite the warning mr. trump made flynn his national security adviser. seth: so they hired someone who was under active fbi investigation for taking secret payments from a foreign government as the national security adviser. that s like hiring a baby-sitter who is still wearing one handcuff. [ laughter ] so just think about this for a second, donald trump and his associates are facing multiple fbi investigations over foreign payments and possible collusion with a foreign government