well, the president wants to have his cake and eat it, too. he wants to be able to show that they re making progress in the near term, have the stock market go up, erase some of the losses that we ve seen in recent months when these talks have gn poorly. he also wants to be able to show to the democratic field who says that president trump is right to be tough, but perhaps not tough enough to say we re going to keep the pressure on, and we re going to keep the talks ongoing. they won t really be able to get the big picture concessions out of a day like today. so that will be the president trying to say we won this part, but of course the war is still being fought even though they won the battle. kayla, out there in front of the nstr. thank you for being with us with developing news. we have more to come on this show, including the joe biden/donald trump back and forth getting intensely personal at least from the president s end. highlights from his rally, and
because finally they had something negative they could say about trump. finally one negative thing to say about trump. i think they actually have several. steve, i don t think that s what was happening. i think what people were reacting to was the fact that president trump has taken credit for something that he never should have taken credit for. he never should have taken credit for the stock market. the stock market has gone up 7,000 points. of course he should take some credit for it. the stock market was better under obama. i mean, he s not just taking credit for it, he s also acting like there was this hellscape under obama with the stock market, which is not what happened. so i think what people were reacting to was, okay, so you re going to come out and own this. i don t think people are unhappy about the stock market go up, but there are people unhappy about the stock market going down. i m unhappy about it. let s take a quick break. i want to talk about the
steve, i don t think that s what was happening. i think what people were reacting to was the fact that president trump has taken credit for something that he never should have taken credit for. he never should have taken credit for the stock market. the stock market has gone up 7,000 points. of course he should take some credit for it. the stock market was better under obama. i mean, he s not just taking credit for it, he s also asking like there was this hellscape under obama with the stock market, which is not what happened. so i think what people were reacting to was, okay, so you re going to come out and own this. i don t think people are unhappy about the stock market go up, but there are people unhappy about the stock market going down. i m unhappy about it. we ll talk about the state of the union speech when we come back.
it was again in record territor territory. i know it s not mainstreet but talk to me. if we have a game today it will be the 99th record close since the administration came i in. harris: can you keep this up? i love seeing the stock market go up, it cannot go up forever, you have to be smart. the thing to do i think for individual investors, i ve been talking to a lot of people in the market place about this, put together a shopping list and decide what you re going to buy if the market comes down. harris: can we put up that 51% of people who approve the job the president is doing? you said this is a big deal, with the last few seconds, why? this is more than half, this is a majority saying we like what s going on in the economy, that matters to people. that s what really drives overall public opinion, more
magnitude, the federal reserve would welcome that. but it would be challenging to achieve numbers like that. it s not impossible. the economy is a dynamic thing when people start to feel good about it as many do right now, you start to see the stock market go up, people who were not engaged in the workforce trying to get back into the workforce, businesses making investments. it all comes back to demand. we are a demand driven economy. factories build and expand. ali, this is hard cuts and on the other side a lot of hope. that s right. and the one thing you do want to point out, remember, when you re kicking up the deficit this much, you stand to see loads of programs cut. the greatest chance we have for kids to have economic and social mobility is through education. we talk about the number of people who may be eligible to get certain credits, and they don t know how to file their