♪ host: a recent nbc poll gave president biden his highest the washington journal for the temporary 20th. a recent poll gave president biden his highest approval rating since last october. his approval numbers overall have been increasing in the lead up to the november elections. drops in gas prices have been cited as a factor, so have recent legislative victories in congress. in this next hour, your thoughts on the president's approval numbers. do they matter to you? do you think they will influence what will happen in the november elections when talking about the presidents rising poll numbers? if you want to call us lawyers know your thoughts on that, 202-748-8000. for democrats, 202-748-8001. for republicans, 202-748-8002.

-- if you waste taxes, do that at 202-748-8003. you can post on facebook and for twitter. for the show on twitter and instagram it is nbc that has this latest poll for the president approval rating. show some increases in the rating. it was gone this month from the ninth to the 13th and that approval column. 45%. that is up three points since august it is fair to say that this approval rating is at 52%. the poll, at least is nbc poll, it, shows the highest approval ratings taken since october of 2021. that is one factor. take a look at some of the details of that poll on key issues when it comes to president biden. they gave him 42% when it comes to matters of foreign policy. 40% when it comes to matters of the economy. we are going to issues our border security and

immigration. 36%. the overall cost of living, the president only gave a small approval rating in this news poll. there are other factors. we will show them as we go along. we're talking about the pull itself. particularly if you want to comment on these numbers. rising numbers. some have cited. you can call us at 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. the four independents, mitt 202-748-8002. in that cbs interview this past sunday, president biden talked about a lot of topics during this event. he was asked about his current polling numbers by the host. here are some of that exchange. >> >> you have a string of legislative successes recently. >> how does an old guy do that? >> your approval rating in the country is well below 50%.

i wonder what you think that is. >> this is a really difficult time. we are at a inflection point in the history of this country. were to make decisions and we are making decisions now that will determine what we will look like in the next ten years from now. i think you would agree that the impact on the psyche of the american people as a consequence of the pandemic is profound. think of how that has changed everything. peoples attitudes about themselves, their families, the state of the nation, the state of the communities. there's a lot of uncertainty out there. a great deal of uncertainty. we lost 1 million people. 1 million people to covid. when i got in office, only 2 million people were vaccinated. 220 million -- my point is it takes time. we were left in a very difficult situation. it's been a very difficult time. >> just a portion of that cbs

interview that you can see on line and some of the topics talked about including his poll numbers. some of you reacting on facebook. it's the rogers on facebook saying democrats are gullible falling for lies and spinning the truth. they deserve every indignity that befall's them. kelly macdonald on facebook says when it comes to the president's numbers, people are waking up. this is anne-marie saying the only right thing rising is inflation, heating, gas, food on the table. -- unless we have this to a drop in poll numbers again. and then eugene says biden is doing a great job. the global economy is a mess and the u.s. is doing extraordinarily well compared to the rest of the world. >> again, some of the reaction of facebook. you can post there as well at facebook.com slash c-span. we on the presidents rising numbers and what you think of them, vicky in orlando florida starts us off. we vicky, good morning.

go ahead. >> good morning. raising joe biden's poll numbers is going up, people -- the only people y'all got to be polling is democrats. they are the only ones that believe what he says. >> okay. let's hear from bob. bob in yuma, arizona. >> hi, how are you doing there? i'm a korean veteran, war veteran. i'm 90 years old. i live on a fixed income. this morning and yesterday, biden seems to believe that inflation is okay for us people. well, unless i went to the grocery store, eggs were $4 it doesn't, milk was $3.95 a gallon. it's impossible for people so

live on fixed incomes like i do and still afford to eat and buy groceries and go to the doctor, pay dr. bills, what have you. >> as you say that, what do you think about these numbers, at least some increases the president is seeing as far as approval rating is concerned, even though the numbers were low when it comes to matters of the economy? >> well, i don't know. like i said, i'm just my own problems here, being able to pay bills and what have you, you know? >> okay. that's bob on independent line from yuma. if you look to the real clear politics website, they take an aggregate of polls taking a look at amongst other things the president's job approval rating. in recent days, they highlight, if you take a look at those aggregates, 42% approving of the presidents and job approval. 53% disapproving. that's an 11% negative spread.

taking a look at different polls, the rasmussen poll with 43% approval but 54% disapproval. reuters at 39% approval, 54% a proven. with the yougov poll with we -- and then the nbc poll is 45% approval compared to 52% disapproval. you have fox news reporting 43% approval and 56% disapproval. again, those who participated in the poll, you can talk about the numbers themselves what you think are behind a numbers particularly. if you take a look at that real quick politics even if you go to the website, they keep track of that aggregate pull of approval and disapproval number. the disapproval in red the approval in black. if you take a look at that under the poll, if you see from july. the approval numbers steadily going upward in an upward trend when it comes to his presidents approval.

then the disapproval numbers on a downward track which leads us to today. you can find more of that at the real clear power politics website. -- democrats line. you are next up. hi. >> i think president biden is doing a good job with what he has had to work with. he had to straighten out this mess the former president, you know, messed up. i think he's doing great for what he's working with. >> specifically, when you say he's doing great, what do you mean by that? >> well, okay, i am of low income. i think he's helping as far as -- getting assistance with food stamps.

i think he's doing just a good job from what i see. i look at cnn and fox, because i want to know what the other people are thinking. sometimes it's just fun -- fox news doesn't make sense to me. it's not even common sense. they are just trying to be me. >> okay. let's hear from joe. joe on the independent line. from connecticut. hi, there. >> good morning,. pedro how are you? >> i'm fine, thank. you have it yourself? >> i'm doing great. every morning when i wake up i say think god president biden foreign policies are so great. that's what's on my mind every morning when i wake up, you know? not the inflation, not the

crime, not the border. it's foreign policies. the only reason why the foreign policies are so high is because he sending billions to ukraine. billions. this poor woman you just spoke to, right? she's happy that she's getting food stamps from president biden. she's happy about that. >> -- ukraine or foreign policy is concerned, the president's handling specifically on that, is it just that money being sent or the assistance? are there other factors when it comes to foreign policy you approve of? >> pedro, he should worry about that women that just spoke to you about receiving food stamps. >> you brought up foreign policy. what other foreign policies are you specifically worried about? >> you were bragging about how his foreign policies is 45%. the approval rating. i'm just trying to tell you that every morning, when i wake up, that's the first thing that i think about. thank god his foreign policy is

so high! we can't afford to eat anymore. >> you are being sarcastic. let's go to our republican line. cathy in arizona, republican light. hi. >> i'm in arkansas. >> arkansas, i apologize. >> that's okay. that's okay, pedro. >> they blamed trump for everything going on. it's not president trump. he had our border secured. he had it secure, biden got it wide open. these children getting killed by these drug cartels and all these drugs coming in, that's not good at all for our country. he is just running america. i don't know how, i don't know where these people get these polls, they surely don't ask us. he is the worst president we've ever had in the united states. thank you for letting me speak. >> you think there is nothing

behind the rise in the numbers you are seeing? >> no, i don't think there's any facts. how in the world -- inflation as well, how in the world can his numbers be like that? no way. no way. [laughs] >> that's kathy in arkansas. the republican line calling in. one of the people taking a look at that number with skepticism is florida republican byron donalds, he was on the fox business network yesterday asked by the host about these rising numbers. here's what he had to say. >> fifth with if the days to the midterms, the president's approval rating has gone up to 45%. do you think it's time for the republicans to press the panic button? >> no. >> what are you going to do about it? >> a couple things, we have to get back to basics. number one, look at that light bill for every american. it has skyrocketed. electricity prices are up. food prices are up. the things that are really hurting the american people, they still exist. what has happened here is

distraction by the media. you want to talk about mar-a-lago. obviously, the death of queen elizabeth, got rest her soul, all she's meant to the world and the people of england. but there have been distraction points for joe biden and when i think it comes down to when americans are forced to make decisions between republicans and democrats, they will see what democrats have done. it's not been good for people. >> again, you see more of that on fox business. this is len from our twitter feed saying joe biden's approval numbers are much higher. look at all the bills he has passed for the american people, i think god for him every day. and then sue from whiting, new jersey, texting us is moments in president biden's approval may have ticked upward slightly due to a student loan debt forgiveness program, but overall the economy is still in a distress mode for average americans. sticker shock at the grocery store, managing home budgets, setter. a young people trying to say for their first home or people living on a fixed income. if you want to text us, you can do that at one 202-748-8003, post on our facebook and twitter feeds as well. you can call the lines.

let's hear from patrick. patrick on our line for democrats. he's in pennsylvania. good morning. you are next. >> i'm a democrat. i voted for trump. i'm gonna tell you, he is such a disaster beyond comprehension. -- for oil, and handed it over to the chinese. how in the could you do something like that? how could you do this? he's doing it in order to give the impression that the u.s. economy is doing better at a direct result of dumping oil. that's the only thing he's been doing. what is stunning is the ukrainian war. we've now passed 50 billion dollars. costs are over 100 billion. -- with one of his bodyguards having that nazi insignia on his back. we are being lied to on a scale. we have 900 military bases all across the world. he's now turned on code pink, who is a peaceful organization

protesting war. everything about this president is beyond comprehension. just look at his soviet background and his speech he gave -- >> you are saying you didn't vote for him, you voted for president trump. >> absolutely. i'm so glad i did. >> and you have a history of voting for democrats? >> i voted for 20 years. i worked on barack obama's campaign twice. i changed political parties when george bush ran for office. now i will be voting for president trump or president desantis. look at them going after him. they are now hurting him with legal crimes. you're not just going after one person -- which has been treated like no other individual in the history of this nation. >> okay. we will move on to independent line. i'll, watertown, tennessee. hello. >> i want you to make a note of how you treated the last three colors. the gentleman that was

sarcastic, you challenged him. the lady who said there is nothing behind the numbers, you challenged her. the democrat said he voted for trump, he challenged him. my point is that it's a very -- i've been watching c-span for 20 or 25 years. look at the topic. biden falling poll numbers. we have you seen that one? no. we have the biden rising poll numbers. never will we see biden's falling poll numbers. when someone likes the claim, greta asked him where you get your information? very combative. the lady yesterday, she said, just defended, we all know conservative media pushes misinformation. she said that as a statement. >> you said a lot already. when it comes to the topic at hand, what do you think about these rising numbers? >> the topic at hand probably comes from the new york times with the washington post. those are the liberal news organizations you get your fundamental topic selection from. >> okay. the numbers themselves, you have any thoughts on the rising numbers themselves or why they are happening?

>> c-span aides to take an introspective look, possibly hire an ombudsman to sort your bias out. >> color, we invite people to call in on a specific topic. this is the topic we've chosen. i seem that when you call, you called in on this topic. i'm gonna give you one more chance. do you want to respond to the topic at hand? >> you probably need to hire an ombudsman to get back on track. >> okay. let's go to jason. jason in north carolina, republican line. hi. >> that's absolutely amazing how you treated that guy. this is the problem with you, pedro. you take a democrat that doesn't agree with you and you push your franken agenda. we are sick of this. i will ask you this same question i asked the previous color as far as these numbers, what do you think? >> biden? i'll tell you what i think about adolf biden's numbers, every time there's an election coming up and good socialist like you get to push your agenda and help joe biden, you will take every advantage of it

that you can. it's a lie, they are all lies. nobody gives a about joe biden. personally, i hope he dies. >> i'm going to stuff you there only for the nature of your rhetoric, sir. we will go to dorothy, to mcgrath line. north carolina. go ahead. >> good morning, how are? you >> i'm fine, thank you. go ahead. >> i'm very, very happy that our presidents ratings are up. i think he's doing a very, very good job. we need to adjust our lives. we need to adjust our attitudes as well. we know things in life do not stay the same. i can remember when -- gas was 33 cents a gallon. i wish that was today. but it's not. we need to know that things are going to happen. we can't blame our president for everything. we need to adjust our lives. people my age definitely should not be complaining.

they should be settled. their bills should be paid. and they should be comfortable. >> color, as you say that even president biden himself, in a poll we've been showing, only rated 30% when it comes to matters of handling the cost of living. what do you think of that? >> well, as far as cost of living is concerned, like i said, i'm doing fine. i'm on fixed income. i'm doing fine. >> okay. let's hear from kelly. kelly in kentucky, independent line, high. >> good morning. i just wanted to stay that for the last five years, we have sat here and watched the media attack trump every chance they got. we watched during the election, how you all censored anything that was positive about trump. we listen for three years about

the trump russia collusion lie. it was an absolute lie, a proven light. no one has ever come off on c-span, from cnn, msnbc, cbs, abc, and stated, hey, we were wrong about this. instead, you just go to the next piece of propaganda. right now, why don't we talk about the fact that the strategic oil reserve is down to the lowest point in 30 years due to the fact that biden has tapped into them to basically win an election. that's not what that will reservist for. it's there in case of war. i would like to address a few things with the media itself. >> as far as the numbers we've been talking about, what do you think as far as these approval ratings overall? >> i'm surprised if they are not at 80%, the way the media lies every day to support trump, i mean to support biden. they do it every day. they've been doing it for years. >> okay. let's go to james.

james in missouri. democrats line. hi. >> hey, good morning. i think it's a darn shame -- i'm speaking in relation to biden's ratings going up. people waking up to what's going on, as far as what the republicans will do. this is a fox news -- how all they talk about is joe biden trying to bring him down. that guy -- [inaudible] a lot of these guys that have sided with trump, i don't know what kind of kool-aid they drinking. but for somebody to dispute the way he has -- >> let stay on topic. what do you think of the numbers? you said people are waking up with. specifically to? what >> people are pushing this loss for trump.

the guy just has everything negative about him. like i said, you've got five news channels trying to push everything good about the news -- >> again. that's not what we are talking about. we are talking about president biden's numbers. what do you think is behind the rise in those? >> that's the way it is. people are seeing the falsehoods being spread by fox news. they are waking up to it. >> okay, that's james in missouri. david hopkins does an analysis piece for the washington post through bloomberg, taking a look at some of these recent numbers and what it could mean when it comes to those november elections. he writes, this democrats might find cold comfort from the fact that the price of a brightening forecast and the dobbs ruling and the continued presence of trumpism. the u.s. political system does provide incentives for leaders to achieve their substantive goals, but those intensive's are seldom enforced by mid term electorates because it is the numbers of the party itself who work the hardest pressure

politicians to fulfill their promises. payoff comes when it's time for renomination. president biden's policies on health care, climate change, and student debt may not help his party win seats this year, but don't be surprised if he uses them to make the case for his fellow democrats that he deserves the chance for a second term in 2024. david hopkins writes that for the bloomberg piece you can find on the website of the washington post. again, the numbers, by the way, from those approval ratings from the nbc poll, they show and the approval rating of 45%. still a disapproval rating 52%, if you take a look at the overall numbers. they highlight the fact that nbc is saying that when it comes to those numbers, it's the highest approval rating this president has seen since october of 2020. one if it goes to another aspect of the poll asking about the direction of the country, 60% of those saying that when asked of the country was going in the wrong direction, saying

60% was the recent poll, that's down six points since august. 27% saying the country is on the right track. you can factor that into those recent numbers from president biden, as you call in and share your thoughts. san antonio, texas, republican line, you are next up. hello. >> how are you doing? i have to say that i don't think mr. biden is very well man. i don't think he's going to live to finish his term. i took care of my wife for eight years with dementia. i see the man in my wife shoes two years before she died. they had cocktails that word dementia patient could keep his cognitively and not like -- >> your medical assessment aside, what do you think about his numbers? >> i think that the media -- stopped believing the media. >> why do you call the knee media numbers?

why do you call them media numbers? >> that's who's doing. the media. the media is giving these polls. i don't believe a thing the media says. i'm sorry. after russia and all the false impeachments. by the way, i voted for jimmy carter, i voted for democrats. i voted for barack obama. i would think that probably the worst president we've had, except for this one we have now, was george bush. i just find the man's -- i also knew the man when he was young. i'm the same age as he. i remember -- he's wearing a dea at the back of his head. >> okay. we will go to jackie in middle river, maryland. independent line. hi. >> hi, good morning. i just want to say that, for

one thing, i don't think biden, i think the man's -- has dementia. when he was elected, i remember the second day in office he said the first thing i'm going to do is knocked down the 60 miles of border that trump built. that's his words, which is a shame in itself. i've been on immigration issues for about 20 years now. they are killing many of our children with a drugs, the gangs. borders is not the way to go. >> they are a lot of topics we are talking, about the numbers as far as approval numbers for biden, what do you think? >> i don't even know and i don't believe in a lot of the approval numbers, they are just approval numbers. i'm speaking for myself and i think the man is totally demented. >> you said that already. why do you not believe in those numbers? >> i don't even know the

numbers. okay? i don't know what the numbers are. i never paid attention to the numbers. i called your number to express my views about open borders, mainly. i lost a grandson to fentanyl poisoning. we've got crack coming in our borders all the time. it's just wrong. >> just to let you know, jackie, you want to join us at 8:00, we will have -- from axios, she covers amongst other things immigration. we will talk about that topic for a half hour. then the last half hour of the program today -- a democrat from california, she's on the homeland security committee, subcommittee for border security who will take up the discussion of immigration, particularly as it's played heavily in the news for the past couple days. you can join us at 9:30 this morning eastern time. more rain in hampshire. democrats line. hi. >> hi, how are you? who is taking these polls? where are they coming from.

i have never been polled lately. i was a few times very early and many leading questions. i did not answer those polls were. but i'm going to throw this in. i know you want to know about the polls. i want to know who's taking them. >> this was nbc in this case. nbc did this poll. >> okay they didn't talk to me. anyway, please, please, everybody, if you can, watch tbs, tim burns america and the holocaust. you will be shocked and you will say, oh my god, nothing ever changes. >> okay, that's maureen in new hampshire there. again, we will continue on for the next half hour if you want to call in on this poll numbers

from the recent ones, at least from nbc, rising numbers for the biden administration. president biden, 202-748-8000 for democrats, 202-748-8001 for republicans, 202-748-8002 for independent. you can always text us at 202-748-8003 if you wish and post on facebook and twitter as well. it wasn't that cbs and we, the president talking about a variety of things, topics, one of those topics that he did engage was the current inflation rate, which some of you have brought up during the course of this first half hour. here is the president from sunday. >> mister president, as you know, last tuesday, the annual inflation rate came in at 8.3%. the stock market nosedived. people are shocked by their grocery bills. what can you do better and faster? >> first of all, let's put this in perspective. inflation rate month a month was up just an inch, hardly at all. >> you're not arguing 8.3 is

good news? >> no. i'm not saying it's good news. but it was a point to before. you're making it sound like all of a sudden, my god, it went to 8.2%. >> it's the highest inflation rate, mister president, in 40 years. >> i got that. but guess where we are? we are in a position where for the last several months, it has not spiked. it has been barely, basically even. in the meantime, we've created all these jobs and prices have gone up but they've come down for energy. the fact is that we created 10 million new jobs. since we came to office. we are in a situation where the unemployment rate is at 3.7%, one of the lowest in history. we are in a situation where manufacturing is coming back to the united states in a big way. look down the road. we have massive investments being made in computer chips and employment. look, this is a process. this is a process.

>> is the economy going to get worse before it gets better? >> no. i don't think so. we hope what they say a soft landing, a transition to a place where we don't lose the gains i ran to make in the first place for middle class folks. being able to generate good paying jobs and expansion. at the same time, make sure that we are able to continue to grow. >> let's hear from chris. chris is in california. republican line. hi. >> good morning, sir. how are you doing, pedro? yes, these polls, i don't believe it. i believe they are doing that in order to help biden ahead of the midterm elections there. like they lied about the story, the hunter laptop before up -- and that way he would get elected. they disavow that story by

saying it was a collusion, when it was all lies there. yeah, some believe that nbc, cbc -- cbs, all these other liberal media helping joe biden like they did to get him elected. now to have them deal with his policies, which have made america last again. >> in fairness, do you believe any pull that comes out? >> to be honest, no. after 2016, how hillary clinton was way ahead when she wasn't, no, i don't believe any of the polls anymore after that. >> okay. let's hear from james. james in california, independent line. you are next. hi. >> hi. going to the poll numbers, i think we need to maybe analyze things a little bit better in this country. i mean, i take it from the

standpoint of people going to high school, they should continue their learning. i see a lot of negativity and a lot of downplay of what the president is doing. we have an eight mile an hour hurricane sitting out there off the coast of puerto rico. the amount of rain that's dropping -- our priorities need to be different, you know? i take seriously climate change and what that's gonna happen. i think our president is doing a great job. i think those poll numbers are gonna reverse themselves after people start realizing what the real issues are. i know it's hard. the economy is not doing well. people can't afford certain things they need. but step out of the box, maybe, and take a hard look. going back to one color about president trump not being in collusion with russia. all you have to do is read people like david cay johnston, the amount of work they did on following trump and what he did back in the 80s. you can go on and on about --

trump, what he did, how russia had him in its pocket. >> okay. this is catherine from facebook. writing, look at all the president got accomplish from the chips bill, infrastructure, the pact will, i think people saw what republicans are really like when republicans voted against the packed bill -- was trying to make abortion illegal with no exemptions. of course, president biden approval rating is going up. this is from bc venice saying the economies why most people voted and biden has done everything possible to correct the recession of his predecessor. it's a lot better now than most people are told. again, that's just some of the ways you can reach out to us on our various social media sites and feats. democrats line, this is bill in cincinnati, ohio. hi, bill. >> but i'm bill, of course. i'm sitting here kind of spaced. those approval numbers for me, they are pretty much spot on. they should be going up.

the guy has passed two major bills. many other things are getting done. he kept ukraine from folding like a cheap launcher. which is important that democratic countries don't go under russian rule. he's done a lot of things. i thought they were very good. the economy is coming back after the horrible pandemic we've been through. all that, the fact and that even comes back, i know a lot of young people out there getting jobs and trying to improve themselves in their careers and stuff. they are doing it. they are doing it. me and my friend said the other day, -- wouldn't i like to be a young person in this economy within

jobs everywhere? you can just do anything you want. >> i highlighted the fact that when it comes to matters of the economy, the president seeing lower's numbers on that. front what do you think? does he take responsibility for that? >> well, yeah. look, he didn't ask for what he got. no president does. who in the world would want these numbers to be that, you know what i mean? i think his numbers were way lower than they should have been to begin. which was silly. some of the stuff he was trying to get that, quite frankly, for his own party. a couple members of his own party were shooting him down, delayed it and everything. i mean, that isn't done. he still fought through that. he got it done. remarkable. >> bill in ohio. let's hear from roe in miami,

florida. republican line. hi. >> good morning, pedro. thank you for having me on. listen, my background is as an economist, someone who spent literally decades on wall street. i'm familiar with numbers. i'm also very familiar with surveys. surveys, quite frankly, is only as good as the audience you are pulling and the questions you are asking. i think a lot of the colors expecting -- expressing skepticism over that cnbc poll are absolutely right to do so. you really can't trust the polls, particularly given the track record many of the media companies have in america these days and their obvious bias in one direction. let's assume for a second that those numbers are somewhat accurate. i would characterize those numbers as being the least -- what we call on wall street a dead cat -- sure enough, when things collapse, you are always doing fine. some people think they are smarter than everybody else, they will buy into the lie that

the worst is over. others have pointed out, quite correctly, things are gonna get a lot worse between now and year end. the reason gets prices are precisely we -- people have mentioned before, this man has been drawing down our strategic oil reserves from about 670 million barrels down to around 430 million barrels of gasoline. that's in order to drive the price of gasoline down. the founder and the ceo of fedex have both come out saying we are headed toward a global recession. the head of strata joe's, major investment advisory firm, basically has come out and said that with inflation this high, the only way we can avoid a, quote unquote, -- it's gonna be impossible for us to avoid a soft landing to this recession. they will have to direct up interest rates at least 1%, if not more so in order to get this inflation under control. that's going to further drive this economy into the ditch. that's the reality of the

situation. that's the reality of the numbers. it's a dead cat bounce. that's all i have to say. >> arlene from new orleans. independent line. >> good morning. i'm very proud of the president, when he got into office he picked up a lot of garbage. a lot of garbage. i don't understand how people call and won two down the president when nobody has downed trump when he was stealing all the money while he was in office. nobody -- disavow biden. when you pick up some trash, you've got to clean up trash. we picked up a lot of trash. >> quickly, is what the president biden do as far as you see the connection to these numbers? what do you think he has accomplished? >> i think he accomplished a lot, if a lot of rest of them get behind him, if they want to do the right thing. when we put people up there in

office to represent us, we don't put them up there to represent themselves. that's what the republicans is doing. they are not. representing the people they, are representing themselves and their pocketbook. all the other ones behind them, all they are worrying about is their pocketbook. >> okay. jason is next. jason in tennessee. democrats line. hi. >> hey. thank you for taking my call this morning. i want to say that i've been a lifelong democrat my whole life. but i up until now joe biden has done a terrible job. i'll definitely be voting either republican or independent for the next cycle coming up. as for the approval ratings, i don't see how he has 42% approval rating. i think it's more like 90% disapproval rating -- i don't know anyone that's rooting for this president at all. >> as far as your personal preferences are concerned, you said the president was not -- you weren't a fan of this

president. specifically why? >> first off, he didn't win the election. he stole it. they won't give the evidence up. everything was rigged in favor of the democrat. >> you identifies a democrat. you are seeing everything was rigged in favor of your own party? >> yeah. no, i'm not biased at all. i'm honest about everything. >> how did you come to that conclusion specifically? >> the conclusion that it was rigged? >> yes. >> mike lindell tried suing that dominion, -- the mail in ballots, that was mostly unconstitutional. we've never seen an election since abraham lincoln. they won't tell us what happened with that. there is no way this guy won the election. >> okay. joanne on our republican line, in nevada. go ahead. >> this has been an interesting conversation. i just want to know, so, he has

a 45% approval rating. nothing on the economy -- everything is below 42%. what is above 45% approval rating that brought him to that number, the 45% approval rating? what brought him to that? what was the average? what brought him up? >> in some cases, higher marks on foreign policy, specifically lower marks on handling of inflation matters, that kind of thing. >> everything you just said was below 42%. correct. the trend -- >> nbc for a good at 45%. and then that survey, that was the top. every other survey was below that. it's funny you have to pick that one. i'm sorry, pedro. this is, you people are crazy.

>> there are the numbers. 45% currently, up three points since august. real clear politics saying other trending factors when it comes to approval ratings showing their aggregation of polls. those upward trends as well. those disapproval ratings, 52%. and then nbc highlighted the fact that when it comes to those ratings, the highest approval rating since october of last year. somebody expressing his disapproval, particularly on matters of the economy, on matters of inflation, is the senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell on the senate floor yesterday, talking about president biden making references to his nbc interview on matters of inflation. here's a portion of senator mcconnell from yesterday. >> struggling americans are supposed to be grateful that we have plateaued at a steady ongoing inflation rate of more than 8%? the president wants a round of applause for sadly clocking

month after month our worst inflation in four years? the inflation rate plateauing does not mean the prices themselves have leveled off. it means prices are still steadily climbing all the time. at an historically fast paced -- the worst in a generation. month after month after month, and democrats policy failures continue to add inflation on top of inflation. the inflation rate plateauing above 8% is not being -- families catching a break. it means exactly the opposite. it means -- we will continue to see prices go up and up and up all the time. simply surviving, just getting by, washington democrats economy cost a 20% more than it did a year ago. remember, the 12 month numbers now dramatically understate the damage the democrats have done. it only looks back one year.

when democrats inflation was already up and running. here is the number -- since then today president biden was sworn in, since the day this one party democratic government to power, our country's inflation rate has been -- listened to this -- 13.2%. according to president biden, if you're angry about that, your parents are upset, your workers are frustrated, they just aren't putting things in proper perspective. >> again. that senator mcconnell from yesterday. you can always find that on two sources. in the short term, you can go to our c-span now app and then you can always go to our website at c-span.org. by the way, nbc also asked questions when it comes to polling of former president trump. this is in the washington times this morning saying and nbc news poll that was really sunday said 34% of registered

voters have a positive view of mr. trump compared to 54% who have a negative view. only 32% have a positive view of mr. trump in april 2021. a few months after he left office, his ratings bounced up to 38% by august. as president biden's doubled over afghanistan and covid-19, the positive feelings about mr. trump have slid since by comparison 42% of those voters have a positive view of mr. biden. 47% have a negative view. again, that's in the washington times this morning if you want to see it there. from our independent line in california. we will hear from kenny. hello. >> thanks, pedro, for taking my call. you're in a can't win situation. all you do is present a platform. for the collars to call and attack you is really unfair. when you ask them where they got that from, they don't have anything to say other than they -- which is really not a reason. in regards to the biden, i

think he's doing the best he can with what he has. sure, poll numbers and do very. if you read poll numbers, and they kind of tell you that it's a very sometimes eight to 12%. to base anything on nearly what the poll says is a bit not true. last of all, pedro, the president is not responsible for the economy. sure, he is the dartboard where people can point a finger, but when you look at what actual effects he had on the economy, it's very little. when you look across the business spectrum, and the federal reserve board, and that's really where it's coming from. i think it's a little both ignorant and unfair to point fingers at the president. but any president of either party, over how the economy is doing. and when you look at it in a total perspective, america is doing quite well when compared

to the rest of the world. we are in a world economy. this is not 1950, where we had 86% of all manufacturing. those days are gone. we are in a world economy. i really appreciate c-span. i think you guys do a great job. >> that's kenny in california. the federal reserve said to me this week. the possibility of a rise in interest rates coming out of that. look for that later on in the week. brenda in new jersey, democrats line, you are next. >> good morning, america. i'm just calling in regards to president biden. i'm so disappointed. it's very hard to understand and belief that his numbers for that they are saying are correct. oh i've always been a democrat. i am switching to becoming a republican. president biden is the worst president i've ever, ever seen. being in the white house.

he's responsible for america. he's doing absolutely nothing to -- on vacation, vacation, vacation. what a shame of the president. >> let's hear from jane in virginia. independent line. >> hi, good morning. i think joe is doing an outstanding job considering he received the presidency from a very toxic gop president and government. i think the polls reflect the increasing areas -- increase in terms of the backlash of ukraine, abortion rights, and on and on. -- terrible pandemic. we are still in it. depending on what poll you look

at, we are in the pandemic. we need to continue to come through that and we need to be able to stay together. i think if i were to measure the blood pressure up and down here on this -- these calls this morning, i think the far-right needs to get some medication. >> do you think it was responsible for the president to say the pandemic was over? >> i think he settled a little bit on that. these doctors have come forward to say, listen, we are still at 500 deaths per day. that's definitely not endemic. people need to be getting their immunization and doing the right thing for themselves and their health. and continue to move forward together in the united states of america. that's not get stuck in the gop -- >> from eric in alabama. republican line.

you are next up. go ahead. >> hello, sir. thank you for taking my call. i'm going to ask, you said nbc held the polling? >> i did. they did. >> i believe that his polls are favorable because they are determining where they are getting their polling from. if they went to california, a democrat stronghold, they did their polling, of course the numbers are gonna be high. i wonder what the polling would be if he went, if they went to jackson, mississippi, where the water is down. what they would have to say about him spending all that money all to ukraine, and not solving the problem in the system. i think his numbers would not be so high. i don't think the man is doing a good job at all.

i'm sorry, but we are not in the war. the war costs money. and then the thing with a gas. all of that is gonna cause some inflation. we will not decide -- we weren't here before he took office. for them to say don't blame the man, i just don't understand. thank you for taking my call. >> eric in alabama, thank you. this is from the hill, taking a look at the recent rise in numbers. they highlight the fact that in the piece you can find online at their website, the hill.com, saying president biden bounce back is making -- the presidents ratings are far from stellar even after having recovered from their lowest points. his party's chances of holding on to the senate have improved, but republicans are still favored to take the house. a gop that controls even one chamber of congress will be able to hamstring president biden on most issues for the remainder of the first term. still, democrats are at least looking with far less foreboding toward midterms that they once thought could be catastrophic. strategists in th