>> your daughter carly -- >> she was the star of the show. thank you, michelle. >> michelle as always, thank you so much. and thank you for these shoes. i really appreciate it. >> if mike is a little gingerly in the walking department today, he doesn't quite break out of the box the way he used to, he's got a groin issue. >> he was doing a drag -- >> i learned i can be a vegan until 6:00 at night. >> i love it. if it's way too early, it is "morning joe." what time is it now, mike barnicle? >> right now chuck todd. take it away, chuck! it's number crunch time. president obama looks steady on the surface of our new nbc/wall street journal poll but it's a different story when you dig a bit deeper. guess who is doing great. >> new jersey governor chris

christie has some eye popping approval numbers across the country. we'll talk to his newly official opponent for reelection in september. also breaking this morning, u.n. ambassador susan rice in the worst kept secret in washington will be his next security adviser. and susan power, another highly influential figure behind the scenes. good morning. this is "the daily rundown." we'll have a lot more on president obama's new national security pick, including national security adviser later in the hour. he's set to make the formal announcement at 2:15 eastern today. by the way, there will be a transition period. the man who has the current job, tom donilon, will be staying on for at least another month and that includes being at president

obama's side for the summit in china. >> the president's report card shows the trio of controversies that have plagued him over the last few weeks have raised doubts about his administration's honesty and integrity. while his personal image has survived, when you dig deeper into the numbers, there are warning signs for the white house. a strong majority, 58%, say the handling of the benghazi attack raises doubts. 58% say the same of the justice department, but most persons don't hold the president personally responsible for the controversies, only core republicans believe that. 41% say that about the benghazi attack, 37% say that about the department of justice subpoenas

and 33% blame him on the irs targeting. the numbers are essentially unchanged by our last poll. while the president is being boosted by strong support from his core consistencies, 85% of democrats approve, he's taking it on the chin with the hard core, middle of the road independents. it's been a three-poll erosion. and we tested seven qualities and on six of them his numbers dropped. one of his best attributes as a politician has always been his ability to take a punch or several. when it comes to the irs scandal, the president appears to have absorbed quite a few already. yesterday at a house ways and means committee conservative groups who are singled out for special scrutiny by the irs provided republicans faces to match their outrage, while democrats argued there may have been bureaucracy, not conspiracy

involved in the targeting. >> the questions were chilling. i was shocked that i was being asked those questions. >> i had anxiety and i felt betrayed. absolutely betrayed. >> the types of questions asked by the irs included asking me to identify the political affiliation of my mentors. >> we never thought we would have to defend our prayer activities. >> what happened to you was unfair. it was unfair. and incredibly inconvenient. but it was a mistake. anything else like the circus that's happening in the oversight committee or here is simply political theater. >> i'm going to deviate from my original question in response to what i just heard, you know. [ applause ] >> mr. chairman -- >> welcome to washington. >> there's washington in a nut shell actually right there on

both sides of the aisle. given the very real political danger of gop overreach, republicans can take heart in this number for now. 50% of the country, including half of independents, believe that republicans in congress are justified in their investigations into the obama administration. 42% disagree, calling the inquiries unfair and partisan politics. in our poll there is mixed news for the white house on the economy. while only 36% say they're satisfied with the state of the u.s. economy, believe it or not that's the highest number on this question since 2006. and the percentage who believe the u.s. is still stuck in an economic recession, the majority, over 50%, it's actually at its lowest level since obama became president, down from 64% in december. but if the public has a slightly brighter outlook about the economy, the country doesn't appear to be giving the president any credit. just 33% say they are either extremely or quite confident that he has the right set of goals and policies to improve the economy.

and the white house is failing to sell the improving economy to the public. nearly seven in ten say all-time highs on wall street are about corporations and the wealthy doing better, not a larger sign that the economy overall is doing better. and the improving economic picture has not put a dent in the very sour, pessimistic public mood. get this. for the 42nd straight nbc/wall street journal poll, 59% tell us that the country is headed in the direction direction. only 32 are optimistic about the way the government working. after president nixon's resignation, 55% called themselves optimistic about our system of government. that's right, folks, the public looks at washington and sees it as that bad. it's not just government that has last the trust of the public, americans continue to sour on the nation's largeste e

institutions. we tested the u.s. military and even confidence in the u.s. military is eroding, down nine points from a year ago. it might have something to do with this next story. it does not help public confidence in the military that the institution is currently dealing with a scandal over what appears to be an emdemopidemic sexual assaults. it's estimated 26,000 members were sexually abused. there has been a growing outrage of the failure of the chiefs to deal with the issue. seven women sit on the senate armed services committee and yesterday their voices were passionate and impossible to ignore. >> this isn't about sex. this is about assaultive domination and violence.

>> you have lost the trust of the men and women who rely on you. not every single commander can distinguish between a slap on the ass and a rape because they merge all of these crimes together. >> i just think it would be hard to justify not supporting what seems to be basic common sense. >> 20 women now serve in the senate. it's a record. and they have exerted an important influence on their male counterparts. yesterday in a striking moment one of the military's strongest defenders, arizona senator john mccain, said he had lost confidence in the constitution on this particular issue. >> just last night a woman came to me and said her daughter wanted to join the military and could i give my unqualified support for her doing so. i could not. i cannot overstate my disgust and disappointment over the continued reports of sexual misconduct in our military. >> among the measures the

committee is considering are provisions that would limit a military commander's ability to change or dismiss a court martial conviction for sexual assault. yesterday even as the service chiefs called assault as cancer in the force, they pushed back. >> removing commanders, making commanders less responsible and less accountable will not work. it will undermine the readiness of the force. it will inhibit our commander's ability to shape the climate and discipline of our units. >> we'll see there. finally, given the pessimism about american institutions, the government itself, maybe even the president, congressional republicans, democrats, you name it, here is perhaps the most striking finding from our entire poll. bipartisanship does get rewarded by the public. take a look at new jersey governor chris christie. he has managed to do something that we have rarely seen in our poll from an elected official, and that most elected officials are never able to accomplish.

he receives nearly universal positive personal ratings across party lines. his overall personal rating is 41% positive, 12% negative, up 5 points from february. those numbers do not vary by party. 43% of democrats, 41% of independents, 40% of republicans. christie has a higher negative rating among republicans than he does among democrats or independents, but it's within the margin of error. that said, his decision yesterday might actually -- could be a little pinprick in his rising balloon here. he announced the decision to have an october 2013 special election to fill the late senator frank lautenberg's vacant senate seat, just weeks before his own gubernatorial election. he defended his decision, which hasn't been popular, with the national party.

>> the political purpose is to give the people a voice. i will not permit the insiders and a few party leads to determine who the nominee of the republican party and the democratic party will be. >> well, that was his decision to hold primaries for -- to hold state-funded primaries for the senate seat. but still, the decision to split the general election for the senate into october rather than simultaneously with his reelection in november is a fair li -- fairly craven political maneuver and who will now be able to benefit, they hope, on the large coattails of down ballot cases. christie angered national republicans who wanted the interim pick to remain and upset

senate democrats. but he's playing senate democrats like harry reid who will get his senate vote back before october and before the debt ceiling standoff. >> i think it's the right thing to do. i'm happy with what he's done. i think people who serve in the senate when the election laws in the state call for it should be determined by an election. and an election this year. he could have tried to play around with it and done it 2014. >> well, while offending editorial boards, christie's impact probably won't have an impact on new jersey voters. but for a guy who has prided himself for always rising above politics, this was a pretty obvious political move and he's already being attacked by state democrats for wasting millions of taxpayer dollars with this sound bite. >> i don't know what the cost is and i quite frankly don't care. i don't think you can put a price tag on what it's worth to have an elected person in the

united states senate and i will do whatever i need to do to make sure the costs are covered because all the people in new jersey will benefit from it and we're not going to be penny wise and pound foolish around here. >> the primary is also a free chance for members of congress to run without risking their own congressional sheets so democrats like frank palone and rob andrews are all expressing interest in the seat. >> coming up, challenging christie, meet the woman who just won new jersey's democratic primary. we'll get her take on how she plans on upsetting the widely popular governor this november. plus independent review we're taking a deeper dive into our new poll numbers and wa what co

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time for the deep dive. of course if it's nbc/wall street journal poll day, it means the deep dive is into the polls. we're looking at the numbers

throughs prism of the independent respondent, the independent american. for the president, it shows just how soft his report has become outside the democratic party constituencies. go back to april. his job rating among independents that month was 41% positive, 46% negative, a 5-point gap, matching the 5-point gap he trailed on with mitt romney among independent voters. in may his positive rating fell to 37% with independents and it got even worse in our latest poll, 29% approve of the president's job, 59% of independents disapproving. all of a sudden april's 5-point gap turned into a 30-point gam in two months. when asked about specific qualities, independent opinions trade the overall number all the time. can he handle a crisis? 49% say yes, but 36% of independents great agree with that.

being a strong leader, 46% overall, 30% of independents. being honest, 42% overall, 27% among independents. being a good command are in chief, 42% overall and 29% of independents. and while 27% of voters are saying the president is changing business as usual in d.c., just 10% of independents agree. th when you look across the entire political spectrum, 57% say the white house is competent and effective. 43% say it's not. joining me now, democratic pollster fred yang and republican pollster micha roberts. you have an interesting way they introduced our poll briefing call yesterday afternoon when they said you were looking at

president obama's numbers on sunday and you thought, huh, he's hanging in there and then you dug deeper and looked at the polls through the appropriate of independents and you seemed concerned. explain. >> a lot of the numbers you just articulated, chuck and i think the good thing for the country and for the president, it's a good thing summer vacation is happening. i think he's independents need a break. one of the report numbers is the right direction/wrong track for the country. independents have shifted to 13 right direction, 17 wrong track. that was a change since april. some of this is related to what's been happening in the administration the last couple of weeks. i think this is a broader symptom also. >> you know, one of the questions i've already been asked about this when we've talked about these independents on twitter and other places, well, aren't these independents simply closet republicans, independents that -- that are conservative and they no longer

align themselves with the republicans but of course we looked at this and that's not the case. explain. >> right. we look at hard independents. we segment out the leaners for either party into their party category. so he's are hard independents. these are people who are saying they are not leaning one way or the other. and, yes, they do tend to share some general views with republicans in terms of divisive issues in terms of the role of government. they are a majority saying that the government is doing too much instead of needing to do more. in general these are independent swing voters who are taking a pretty, you know, close look at what's happening and making their decisions not based on partisanship but on what's happening in the country. >> and what was also interesting here is they had a pretty negative view on both parties. not surprising, let me put those up. 18% of independents have a positive view of the democratic party, 44% negative.

it's almost identical of how they view the republican party, 21 positive, 41% negative. fred, i look at this and i start wondering, is this the beginning -- we looked that the about a year ago and thought there's a whole bunch of disaffected voters out, there 10 or 15%, there's so much polarization, these folks feel as if no one's talking to them. do they end up just walking away from the process, ignoring what's going on in washington? >> well, look, i think we know that these voters, independents, are anti-political. there's been a lot of politi politics -- there's always politics. there's been a lot of politics in the last couple of things about the economy, which our polls show an uptick. it's too early to say if they're going to walk away from november 2014. again, there are numbers that are of warning to the president, to democrats, to republicans.

and i think in general this is a group that's staying with the 74% wrong track get back to the things we care about, stop talking politics. >> micah, i was curious, on the right track, we talked about the economic numbers or the brighter outlook people in our poll have about the economy. it's still a net negative outlook, but it is brighter than it's been in four months. it has had zero impact on the right direction/wrong track number. does that surprise you, micah? >> no, not really. in some ways the economic numbers are becoming a little delinked from the direction of the country, and especially obama's approval. but in terms of the independents, that 13% number is actually a ten-point drop in right direction from the last poll in april. that's just further evidence of where these folks are. and overall, the country is dropping in confidence for the institutions which we also measured in this poll.

we're seeing a lot more pessimism than we might -- than we have in the past in terms of the future of the government and how it works. so there's a lot of indications that there's drops across a lot of key measures. >> i was just going to say i've balance calling it a pall of pessimism throughout this poll. independents seem to like one thing or person and only one thing or person and that is chris christie. it's surprising the across-the-board support he got. you compared it, i believe. you haven't seen anything like it in our poll since johnson mccain circa 2000 after he lost to biush. >> he's not in congress, he's not involved in these divisive issues, though he's not political, though as you pointed out in an earlier segment, he made a political choice

yesterday. the question for governor christie as he moves forward on the national stage is as he becomes more like them, his numbers will change. >> republicans themselves seem to like people like jeb bush than they do a chris christie. >> if you look back over the past several months, rand paul had a very good rating among republicans as well. so time will tell. we have a lot to do before 2016, that's for sure. this will be a long year as well. >> micah roberts and fred yang, we have more we'll be releasing tomorrow including interest tests and interesting shifts on the issue of immigration. anyway, thank you both. up next, we're going live to istanbul where major demonstrations have been going on for more than a week now. will a government apology make any difference? plus security company. the president is making some changes to his official inner circle on foreign policy. we'll dig into the politics

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in turkey what began as a peaceful demonstration against plans to demolish a pack in istanbul has grown into a massive anti-government movement overnight. thousands gathered to call for the resignation of top officials in the government, including the prime minister. there were some clashes with police, but they were less intense than previously, and an event with the deputy prime minister of turkey, vice president biden, called for resolution. >> today's turkey has a chance to demonstrate that there's no need to choose between economic advancement and democracy,

between a system that empowers the winners of elections and yet protects those who are in the opposition. >> we are live in istanbul. jim, people are going to look at this and say oh, this must be more of the arab spring but it's different. explain. >> reporter: well, it really is different. first of all, however, i think we need to say that the turkish government is in a very key meeting as we speak with a group of these protesters behind me about the future of that square. because remember, protecting the square from developers was the initial cause of the protest. we'll see whether those talks will cool things down or not. meanwhile, we saw thousands of striking trade unionists march, by the way, about an hour ago on to the square. it's quite active right now in support of protesters. it's just a two-day strike which ends tonight. we're watching that to see if

that gains any traction as well. as you said, chuck, it really does seem to be calming down. there were fewer reports of clashes last night between protesters and riot police in istanbul and other cities and no reports of casualties. it does seem to be abating. whether any of this is a threat to prime minister himself, it doesn't apply. if he were to have an election tomorrow, he would win it like he won the first three. he's extremely popular with a certain segment of turkish society, basically the turkish up-and-coming middle class. they love him. they think that he has brought the country and there's all kinds of objective reasons to believe so economically into the 21st century and he as a vision

for istanbul and for the country that just doesn't mesh with the vision that the younger secularists have for their country. chuck? >> jim maceda in istanbul for us. thanks very much. this is very complicated. president obama has tried to force a close relationship. some folks in the white house may be very concerned and nervous about their own relationship with the turkish leader. and today in new jersey a high-profile race didn't mean high profile. we'll meet the democrat who will talk about how the october surprise will affect the november race. a programmable thermostat, very smart, saves money. ♪ cash money sorry. i see you have allstate claim free rewards, for every year you don't have a claim, you'll get money off your home insurance policy. put it towards... [ glass shatters ] [ girl ] dad! dad! [ girl screams ]

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christie and state senatorer barbara bono won their turnouts. so much attention has been focused on chris christie in the news these days, it's tough to remember he does have a democratic challenger, who despite more than 20 years in politics introduced herself to voters with this act. >> this guy is bono. i'm barbara buono, grew up right here in new jersey, born in newark, raised in nutly, a working mom and state senator. this is bono. i'm buono. as governor, i'll create jobs for working families like mine. that's democrat andrew cuomo.

i'm barbara buono. >> joining me is state senator barbara buono. senator, your ad did help me get better at pronouncing your name. >> we're up on network and cable tv with another ad. >> congratulations. what is your case? why should the voters of new jersey fire chris christie? >> you just have to look at this governor's economic record. he has had three and a half years to present his vision for an economy, to grow jobs and he's been an abysmal failure. in new jersey we have 400,000 people out of work. we have the highest unemployment rate in the region. the middle class has shrunk under this governor. poverty has gone up, property taxes are at a record high. >> why is that his fault? what is it about his policies that are contributing that? >> if you're the governor, you are the chief executive of the state of new jersey. it is now your government, your responsibility. i can tell you if it had been a

good turnout, if we had property taxes lowering, i'm sure he would have taken credit for it. >> one of the things you've had a challenge with is winning offer some democrats. in the most recent poll we did, 37% of democrats were supporting chris christie, a very large number there. why do you think that's the case and what do you say to the democrats who are supporting chris christie to come back over and support you? >> pure and simple, the polls are a function of name i.d. rarely does a politician in new jersey run for state office and have name i.d. i've been introducing myself. when we talk about the issues that people care about, the pocketbook issues and they realize this governor, when we focus him on his failed economic policies and what they think

about his job approval on property taxes, higher education and the list goes on, his approval numbers are abysmal. so the governor has an artificially inflated number as a result of sandy. and we know that that already the afterglow is blining to fade. >> let me ask you about the decision to replace the late senator lautenberg in october, rather than simultaneously with your election, with your campaign in november. good or bad decision? >> well, i think it's a cynical decision on his part and arrogant because, you know, we know historically speaking that special elections, and this one is being held three weeks before the general election for governor, special elections, you think the turnout was low yesterday? wait until you see a turnout for a special election three weeks before the general. i think this is a purely raw political decision. the governor doesn't want to be

on the ballot with more than one democrat. it will hurt him in the very least. >> why do you believe it benefits him? what democrat does he fear? >> i think this is a governor who is -- you know, we see the two chris christies. there's a chris christie that appears like a straight talking governor, that politics don't enter into his decision making and then you see a decision like that reeks of politics. he doesn't want to see cory booker or any other democrat on the ballot to run against him. he keeps dredging up john corzine, a very unpopular previous governor, to link me with him. if i were him and hi his record on jobs and the economy, et cetera, i would try to do the same thing and not talk about anything else but sandy because this is the only democrat this governor will ever win against. >> last week president obama made a pretty high profile joint

appearan appearance with chris christie. do you feel president obama is giving you all the support you need in your election? >> i was thrilled that the president came. in fact, i would have been very disappointed if he had reneged on his promise to come back and advice the new jersey. and so, you know, i'm thrilled that he was here but i will say this, i invited him back to new jersey because it's fine to cut ribbons on the board walk and it's wonderful to celebrate the shore. i remember when i was a kid living for that one week that my parents would take me to asbury park, but there's a whole other new jersey that needs to be rebuilt, that is outside and not in their homes and it's not just at the jersey shore. it's my legislative district and northern new jersey. so i invited the president to come back and help those folks get back into their homes and give them the relief they need because they are sill hurt persian gulf. >> have you been promised campaign support from the white house? >> i haven't discussed that with them but i'm sure it will be forthcoming. >> the new nominee for governor

officially for new jersey in november, stay safe on the campaign trail. thanks for coming on. congratulations. >> my pleasure. >> we've got much more on the new jersey race and that decision and the implications of chris christie's decision to hold a special election in october. check it out on our web site, rundown.msbc.com. meanwhile the funeral service for senator lautenberg will take place in a few hours from now. on the upper east side of new york is where the funeral is being held today. my mantra? trust your instincts to make the call. to treat my low testosterone, my doctor and i went with axiron, the only underarm low t treatment. axiron can restore t levels to normal

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power to replace the u.n. ambassador. karl rove just a few minutes ago said this on another network. >> this is a defiant gesture by the president saying i know you think she lied but who cares. >> let's bring in our gaggle. viviana, how did i do in my pronunciati pronunciation? >> did you really well. >> lois, let me start with you on this pick. in some ways this was the worst kept secret in washington that susan rice was headed down here. tom donilon made no bones about the fact he wanted to leave at some point in the summer. it's a stressful job. >> yeah, i think they just waited a little bit to see if

benghazi would get off the front pages. i think ultimately this is going to be a smooth sailing she doesn't need to get confirmed. there will be a lot of carping from republicans. it's a one-day story. >> that is a senate confirmation appointment and some republican try to somehow go after her because they can't go after susan rice? >> the first round of confirmations went relatively smoothly. >> chuck hagel. >> let's compare that to what's coming up for power at the u.n. a number of these hearings will get really ugly. it's the great republican opportunity to focus on an administration they want to focus on right now. >> viviana, there was some early reporting who tried to call this a shake-up. susan rice and samantha power

have been very influential in the presidential policy for years. they were shifting the president in another direction and now they're in the front seat. >> it's not really a surprise for a lot of us who follow washington because susan rice and samantha power are being rewarded for being there with president obama, as well as being close allies for a very long time. building on one thing that you said, think about it, as far as going forward has the republican response in general been a little bit muted for now? yeah. it may be they are conserving energy for some of these other bigger fights to come. the last thing the republicans want is to have any more of that they are obstructionists, they're all over the place, i'm going to call somebody a liar this day and another person a liar on another day. that just hurts that brand. >> and beating up on two women i think would be something that the republican party brand doesn't need. >> they don't need it but they haven't had much, you know, problems beating up on susan rice. >> true, before. >> but i don't think they're going to take on that one right

now. >> when we come back, i want to dig a little bit more into the poll with all of you. we'll sneak in a break here. we asked for trivia who was the last appointed senator in new jersey? it's technically bob menendez. congratulations to today's winner and friend of the show daniela gibbs lajier. but today's soup of the day, mushroom and leek as the news of tom donilon seemed to leak all over the place this morning. we'll be back. ♪ spending too much time on the telephone ♪ [ lisa ] my name's lisa, and chantix helped me quit.

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bring back the gaggle. couple of things about our poll. we asked this question. short-term setback for president, long-term. 43% said long-term. 35% said short-term. march of 2006 for george w. bush, later into his second term when he was dealing with a bunch of problems, iraq, katrina, all of though things, it was the longer term setback. 58%. so the president is not in danger of sort of losing his able ability to influence the political debate. >> not beyrle, but those numbers you talked about among independents, a 29% arooufl rating is a pretty terrible rating. a lot of the scandals go to the heart of his sort of governing thesis. the government is good and works for you. the irs, the doj and the benghazi situation. that's all examples of

government either falling or worki ing against you. i think this number could rise over the long-term if these scandal stay in the headlines. >> i had a friend reading first read. where does the president have strength in the job arooufl rating. 57% of 18-34 year olds and 52% of women approve of the president's job. just about everyone who defines america's future. if you're going to have a coalition, that's the coalition. >> exactly and so although in its conventional wisdom that you need to have independence to win elections, after 2012, a total new game and it's defined by african-americans, women and he's very strong there. the question of course is what is going to be the impact if not on president obama on the democratic party particularly the midterm elections coming up. >> right, is this about obama or democrats. i wanted to bring up this.

we had michelle obama and we don't have video of this. she did a fund-raiser yesterday and she was confronted by a heckler. something president obama deals with all the time and mrs. obama dealt with it dimpblt differently. the heckler was coming up to her upset about gay rights. she said i'm walking off stage, it's you or me. it was an interesting way. >> let's kind of picture the setting. president obama deals with -- >> it was somebody's house, very small group and somebody shouting in her face. it's not mr. obama, 100,000 people or 20,000 people and he can just say, okay, settle down. this was probably very distracting and she figured out how she was going to deal with it. she knew she couldn't continue talking antd just decided well i will let the audience decide it's you or me. the audience, you better go, girl. >> fascinating. >> i'm going to plug hot line's

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good morning. major changes at the top of the president's foreign policy team. in a move that is sure to rile republicans and maybe more significantly, potentially fuel the benghazi controversy, the president will name u.n. ambassador susan rice to replace tom donilon, who is stepping down. the president making that announcement this afternoon, 2:15, in the rose garden. rice became a gop target after her sunday show appearances delivering talking points about the attacks on september 11th and her name was pulled from consideration to succeed hillary clinton for secretary of state. >> i think the president has tremendous respect and affection for susan rice. she's done a wonderful job for the united states at the united nations and as chuck said,s