JOE." .
. >>> DONALD TRUMP BROKE THROUGH
THE DEMOCRATS BLUE WALL IN 2016,
BUT A NEW NBC NEWS POLL SHOWS
TROUBLE FOR REPUBLICANS IN THE
MIDWEST.
MIDWEST. IN THE BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF
CONGRESS IN THE 2018 MID-TERMS
DEMOCRATS HAVE A NINE-POINT LEAD
IN MICHIGAN, 12-POINT LEAD IN
MINNESOTA AND EIGHT POINT LEAD
IN WISCONSIN.
IN WISCONSIN. AS FOR VOTERS OPINION OF THE
PRESIDENT’S JOB, HE’S DOWN AT
36% IN MICHIGAN, 38% IN
MINNESOTA, AND 36% IN WISCONSIN.
MAJORITY OF VOTERS IN ALL OF
THOSE STATES DISAPPROVE OF THE
JOB HE’S DOING.
ASKED IF THE PRESIDENT DESERVES
RE-ELECTION THREE IN TEN IN ALL
THREE STATES SAY YES AND SIX IN
TEN SAY NO.
SO EUGENE SCOTT, THIS,
OBVIOUSLY, WAS THE KEY TO VOIRK
FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP.
YOU LOOK AT A STATE LIKE
MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN, BY THE WAY
HE ALMOST WON MINNESOTA AS WELL.
HOW CONCERNED IS THE WHITE HOUSE
AS IT LOOKS AT THESE POLLS?
>> QUITE CONCERNED.
I’LL BE IN MICHIGAN NEXT WEEK
TALKING TO VOTERS AND A POLL I
WROTE ABOUT YESTERDAY THAT WAS A
MARIS POLL, THE BIGGEST CHANGES
IS WITH WOMEN.
HONESTLY BECAUSE OF SOME DISLIKE
TOWARDS HILLARY CLINTON.
THERE’S NO HILLARY CLINTON NOW
AND SO WE’RE SEEING A LOT OF
THESE VOTERS LOOKING AT DONALD
TRUMP AND CONCLUDING THAT THEY
DON’T LIKE WHAT THEY SEE AND THE
ONLY PERSON THEY CAN BLAME IT ON
IS THE PRESIDENT THEMSELVES.
>> BILL, WHAT DO YOU SEE IN
THESE NUMBERS?
THESE NUMBERS? >> THERE’S SOME TALK ABOUT HOW
HE’S DOING SO GREAT,
CONSOLIDATING THE REPUBLICAN
BASE, A SMALLER BASE THAN
EXISTED TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO.
>> INDEPENDENT NUMBERS ARE
STRIKING.
STRIKING. >> THOSE ARE HORRIBLE.
YOU NEED THOSE IN THE SUBURBAN
DISTRICTS.
DISTRICTS. TWO OR THREE DISTRICTS IN THE
FLIP OF MICHIGAN.
INTERESTING THE MID-TERM, WHO DO
YOU PREFER TO CONTROL CONGRESS.
FOR ME THE FINAL POINT, I ALWAYS
THOUGHT THIS.
THOUGHT THIS. 38% APPROVAL.
38% APPROVAL. 30% THINK HE SHOULD BE
RE-ELECTED.
RE-ELECTED. YOU CAN SOMEWHAT APPROVE DONALD
TRUMP NOW.
TRUMP NOW. YOU DON’T LIKE HILLARY CLINTON
STILL, RETROSPECTIVELY.
STILL, RETROSPECTIVELY. LIKE THE SUPREME COURT
NOMINATIONS, TAX CUT, WHATEVER.
DONE MEAN YOU WANT AN ADDITIONAL
FOUR YEARS OF DONALD TRUMP.
WHATEVER HAPPENS ON NOVEMBER
6th, I THINK NOVEMBER 7th, 2018
WE’RE IN A NEW POLITICAL
UNIVERSE BECAUSE IT’S A
PROSPECTIVE CHOICE OF WHAT DO
YOU WANT FOUR MORE YEARS NOT TO
JUSTIFY YOUR VOTE AGAINST
HILLARY CLINTON IN 2016 OR
JUSTIFY YOUR VOTE FOR DONALD
TRUMP WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS.
>> SO, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER.
THIS IS DONALD TRUMP RUNNING
AGAINST NOBODY.
AGAINST NOBODY. SO PEOPLE HAVE THIS IDEALISTIC,
MY IDEAL CANDIDATE, I WOULD VOTE
FOR THAT CANDIDATE.
I WAS LISTENING TO TWO PEOPLE
LAST NIGHT IN A RESTAURANT, THEY
WERE TALKING ABOUT DONALD TRUMP
AND THIS GENTLEMAN WAS LISTING
ABOUT ALL THE THINGS HE LOVED
ABOUT DONALD TRUMP.
HIS FRIEND ASKED HIM WOULD YOU
VOTE FOR HIM AGAIN.
HE SAID NO.
THAT WAS SURPRISING.
>> A COLLEAGUE OF MINE LAST WEEK
IN OHIO, RELUCTANT TRUMP VOTERS.
THEY WERE ASKED DO YOU APPROVE.
YEAH, MORE OR LESS.
BETTER THAN THE ALTERNATIVE.
I HATE THE MEDIA.
I DON’T LIKE NANCY PELOSI.
WHAT ABOUT 2020?
I’M NOT SO SURE ABOUT THAT.
>> HUGE STORY FOR "THE
WASHINGTON POST".
WASHINGTON POST". ONE OF THE THINGS HE TALKED
ABOUT A LOT OF TRUMP TRIERS.
PEOPLE WERE WILLING TO TRY TRUMP
OUT OF FRUSTRATION NOT BECAUSE
THEY HATED HILLARY CLINTON BUT
THEY WERE FRUSTRATED.
THOSE WERE RUBS AND ALSO SOME
DEMOCRATS WHO SAID LET ME JUST
TRY.
TRY. IT CAN’T GET MUCH WORSE.
THAT’S ALSO WHAT WE’RE SEEING IN
THOSE NUMBERS.
THOSE NUMBERS. WE’RE SEEING I TRIED IT AND I
DON’T LIKE EUGENE SCOTT, IF YOU
OUR POLL, THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES HAS 88 PRESIDENT
APPROVAL RATING AMONG
REPUBLICANS.
REPUBLICANS. A FEW RELUCTANT REPUBLICANS AND
INDEPENDENT VOTERS IN THE
MIDDLE.
MIDDLE. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT FOR
PEOPLE TO REMEMBER THAT
REPUBLICANS MAKE UP ONLY ABOUT
25% OF THE POPULATION.
MOST PEOPLE ARE INDEPENDENTS.
SO WHILE THIS GROUP, THIS REALLY
CONSERVATIVE AMERICANS WHO
REALLY DO ALIGN WITH WHAT THEY
SEE COMING OUT OF THE WHITE
HOUSE, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY
OF AMERICANS DO NOT, AND ALL
THESE POLLS SUGGEST THEY WOULD
PERFORM DIFFERENTLY THIS FALL.
>> I THINK TWO OTHER SMALL
THINGS JUST TO REMEMBER HERE.
ONE IS THAT I THINK THERE’S A
LOT OF CONCERN AT LEAST AMONG
PEOPLE I TALK TO WHO IS TRUMP
GOING TO BE RUNNING AGAINST IN
2020 AND THERE’S A VARIETY OF
POTENTIAL DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
THAT COULD PUSH SOME PEOPLE --
>> AND REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
CANDIDATES.
CANDIDATES. NIKKI HALEY-DONALD TRUMP PRIMARY
LIT.
LIT. >> ALREADY LIT.
>> BUT THE SECOND THING I WOULD
JUST MENTION IS THAT IF YOU
PARSE THROUGH TRUMP’S POLICIES
IT’S HARD TO FIND ANYTHING THAT
WILL HELP THE VOTERS WHO ELECTED
TRUMP, THAT MID-WESTERN GUY OR
GAL WHO LOST HIS JOB, WORKING IN
A COFFEE SHOP MAKING $15 AN HOUR
INSTEAD OF 35.
FIND SOMETHING THAT TRUMP HAS
DONE TO MAKE THEIR LIFE BETTER.
THEN THROW TRADE ON TOP OF IT.
PEOPLE HAVEN’T YET PROCESSED
THAT.
THAT. >> I HEAR YOU ON THAT BUT I’M
JUST NOT CONVINCED TT PEOPLE
WHO LOVE DONALD TRUMP WILL BE
CONVINCED THE DEMOCRAT RUNNING
AGAINST HIM IS ON THEIR SIDE.
>> BUT THOSE PEOPLE ARE A SMALL
NUMBER WHO LOVE DONALD TRUMP.
>> MAYBE.
>> MAYBE. BUT, AGAIN, BACK TO THE POINT
WHO IS HE GOING TO RUN AGAINST.
>> EUGENE SCOTT OF THE "THE
WASHINGTON POST," GREAT TO HAVE
YOU.
YOU. BILL KRISTOL, THANKS FOR BEING
HERE MY FRIEND.
HE STOLE YOUR SHADES BEFORE THE
SEGMENT.
SEGMENT. >> HE WANTED TO LOOK MORE COOL.
>> STILL AHEAD, THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION BANNED A REPORTER
FROM A ROSE GARDEN EVENT
YESTERDAY AFTER SHE ASKED THE
PRESIDENT QUESTIONS ABOUT RUSSIA
AND MICHAEL COHEN.
NBC NEWS CHIEF WHITE HOUSE
CORRESPONDENT HALLIE JACKSON
GIVES US SOME PERSPECTIVE ON