that will do it for this hour. here in new york. "mtp daily" starts next. chris janicing is in for chuck. >> if it's monday, we've got brand new noums what the voters think of president trump. today the day 100 collision course. >> the president is very proud of what he's been able to accomplish. >> how there this week's? >> what's been going on? >> can democrats seize on republican missteps? and the french revolution. how france's presidential election runoff could be a referendum on the current state of politics here in the u.s. this is "mtp daily" and it starts right now.

>> good evening. buck up. it will be a wild sprint to president trump's first 100 days in office. that is the end of this week. at this point it is very possible the art of deal president hits that symbolic marker without a legislative achievement dez bite campaign promises to the contrary. how badly does this white house want or need a win before the saturday deadline? are they willing to shutdown the government over it? are they willing to blow up obamacare over it? government funding runs out on the eve of his one hundredth day in office and today they said they could not guarantee a shutdown could be averted. president trump and the leadership are scrambling for a path forward on any number of stalled or delayed legislative goals including health care, tax reform and funding for the border wall. and there are signs all the

chaos is taking its toll on the party. mr. trump's job approval is at 40%. the lowest point for a new president at this 100 day stage. speaker of the house paul ryan, the republican party and president trump are the three least popular things in american politics. the net popularity for paul ryan is negative 18th points. negative 16 points for the gop. negative 11 points for mr. trump. on the film side, the fbi which is investigating the operation, the fbi, planned parenthood and barack obama are singularly the most popular things. stay tuned weext have more news from our poll including new news on the russia investigation. with that as the back drop for this critical week, the white

house appears to be looking at a last dix effort at the must pass funding bill for the signature campaign promise. build that wall. the white house press secretary sean spicer was pressed on this administration's willingness to risk a shutdown over it. >> so he won't insis his priorities get funded on the border wall? >> that's not what i said. >> they're currently negotiating. we feel very confident they understand president's priorities and it will come to an agreement. >> on the wall, why is there even a discussion about shutting down the government? isn't mexico supposed to pay for the wall? >> i think the president has made it very clear that we needed to get the funding going. and there are mechanisms to make

sure that happens. >> and tangled up about the president's support for the agenda are bigger questions the president's ever political ideology which has zig zagd all over the ma' er over the map. so we started with these questions. i'll take them to you. how important is this to the president? is he willing, for example, to see a government shutdown if he doesn't get funding for his wall? is he willing to blow up obamacare? what do you sense, least in this moment? >> reporter: i think the mindset is there are days to go and no one is getting anywhere near to suggesting that a shutdown would be permitted. betwn now and then, what do you do? you take t things most important to each side. big and broadly for the president. focus on the border, yes, but

perhaps broader to include security. and for the democrats, protection of the obamacare funding is key. so both sides are attacking each of those items. we should see things get closer together as the week progresses. remember that budget director was nick mull evevany who was i thick of the battles before. certainly the president has never been to this brinksmanship moment before. but they do recognize how damaging it would be. so this many daze out, they are saying they believe there will be a way to resolve it that will reflect president's direction of his priorities. i take to mean something will beef up security and they will address the concerns.

when sean spicer says he can't guarantee it but he is confident the government will remain open, you have to get congress involved and they can only answer for what the president would sign or not sign. so it is time to see which direction it is going. it is certainly difficult and messy but i don't think we're close to a government shutdown yet. >> is there any evidence this could happen? will this blow up in our faces? should everybody cancel the weekend plans? what are you hearing as congress is starting to come back? >> first, i don't think that president trump wants to see government shutdown on the 100th day of his presidency. he has a rally plan in the harrisburg that's a difficult story line for him there. as far as capitol hill is concerned, i think it is proceeding in a productive way.

you had members on both sides of the aisle, from both the house and the senate saying we're track. we're writing appropriations bills. we'll come to an agreement on how to spend this money. and we can get it done. and we can avert a government shutdown. plenty of people remember how painful that was for everybody. probably more so for republicans. but i don't think anyone who went through that has a desire to go through it again. so i think it is an animating force. i think the democrats see some opportunity. they think that the wall funding question divides republicans as much as it unifies democrats. the base is very intensely opposed to this. it is not something that's popular. you have heard he republican members of congress saying a wall may not always be the best way to protect the border. and both sides, both democrats and republicans, have not really

shown an unwillingness to put additional money towardorr security. so i think it is note worthy that you heard sean spicer describe in it those terms. wasn't just fund the wall. it was fund border security and the wall. i think that's the way around. this i think the belief is that if left to their own devices, congress could get had done. the x-factor, president trump. that's a big x-factor. >> thank you. we should say that sean spicer said that mexico will pay for the wall in due time. but let me go to you. when you talk about making strategy, as a party. it is hard to think of more high stakes, more consequential decision than whether or not you're going to do something that can potentially shut down the government. and you're looking at paul ryan with a 22% approval rating. the president with record low approval ratings. is the ball in their court?

are the democrats really holding the cards here? or is this a potential candidate disaster for everybody involved? >> the latter. i think the problem is it is hard to pin the shutdown on democrats when they haven't got votes to stop anything from happening in congress in the house or the senate. if the president's party controls congress, it is hard to explain why he needs democrats to pass this big item. i think there's room for a deal on the wall. throw some money at border protection. call it a day and move to the bigger stuff. >> where do you see this going? is it going to be that simple that they'll come to some sort of compromise on what it means to fund wall? >> this is going to turn into funding for border security. maybe we see uses of brokens.

that's what it will be. there's no way they can get democrats to support funding for the wall. and they'll have a problem getting some republicans which is why they keep saying they'll have democratic votes. and there's another problem. he can keep his base but also the freedom caucus. >> their trying to negotiate with the democrats when it comes to finding more on obamacare. >> these numbers have been fascinating. we saw three polls. and one number that i want to and you about, as a representative for all democrats. when you see that the president give it everything that you've heard from the president, all the things that democrats have said are virtually armageddon like. what this president has done. when he has only lost 2% of his base. what does that tell you?

>> it tells me that there is a very loyal segment of his base that goes to about 38%. it is probably a little lower than that. i'm sure there are republican voters, regular republican voters still supporting him and waiting to see after 100 days, if he is able to accomplish anything. i would say that his approval ratings are lower than united airlines. that was one of the past things i read that was alarming to me. i think welsh the controversy with united, certainly they're not every one's favorite. when you're talking about president trump, a lot of the things he's tweeting about. he is tweeting about the wall about, wire attaching. but the tweets that he sends out, early morning on saturdays, do not necessarily align with the legislative agenda that he is trying to accomplish. i think the wall might fall

under. that we're talking about bored he security which won't be a wall. >> and one thing that's baked sow those numbers of that nick% that would still vote for donald trump, if the option was hillary clinton, yes, donald trump to most republicans is going to always be a better choice. so that factor is baked in. what is more important is the amount of independent that's have left him. in huge numbers. it is what gives confidence to the house and the senate. a lot of them know that's key. >> the 100 days, a lot of people are pointing to, all the things the president said that he would do that he didn't. when you look at the contract. he's done exactly zero of the ten things he said he would get double. he said it has to be kept in context, but what the president has done is unbelievably

significant in those 100 days but it is an artificial bench mark. how much sway does he have? >> first it is a fake bench mark but he didn't brace it on the campaign trail. pick a lane and say it is a nothing burger. he can't get his own party together on his own agenda. if you can't do that, there's a real problem. i think it goes to aivid in his own political personality. i'm not sure what kind of president that president trump wants to be. a populist? or a guy who governs from the center right or who wins people over? and you can see flashes in his career being the latter. being a guy who wants to make people happy. as president, he is governing for the 40% who voted for him. >> maybe the most critical

numbers for the president truly in this is that of the positives, nobody was more positive, nobody got a higher positive rating than the fbi. people want to see, not congress whom they have thrown off the boat. they want the fbi doing this investigation into meddling in russia. is that maybe the most troubling thing for trump? >> it is certainly a point of concern considering he tried to pick a fight. the fbi and president obama, both in the last month, the last couple months, he's gone after. not a smart political move. it is designed as nick said, to keep his base happy. if he is going to govern, he is going to have to reach across the aisle and get democrats to do things. he can't just keep, he keeps dropping things on people aets head and going after them in nasty tweets and expecting them to let it go. and people don't let it go. just because he is willing to

let something go. oh, i love this one even though he called them a crook before. most politicians aren't going on let that stand, especially from the president of the united states. >> i can tell you as someone who interviews democrats, slipping in russia into the conversation, is this for democrats? the number that they're looking at? >> yes. but what happened as an american. no mat here won the election, russia meddled in the election, we need to get to the bottom of that regardless. >> the point i'm trying to make, we don't know how this will turn out. but to keep it in the news cycle and to have that distraction from whatever it is the president wants to be getting done is usually 97 a good thing. thank you all so much. stay with us, president obama steps back into the spotlight as democrats do some soul

searching. congressman joe crowley joins me. who's the new guy? they call him the whisperer. the whisperer? why do they call him the whisperer? he talks to planes. he talks to planes. watch this. hey watson, what's avionics telling you? maintenance records and performance data suggest replacing capacitor c4. not bad. what's with the coffee maker? sorry. we are not on speaking terms.

welcome back. with congress returning to washington, the committee investigating the meddling in the 2016 election will be getting back to work. even though american people would prefer someone else handle the job. according to our latest nbc news "wall street journal" poll, 73% want an independent nonpartisan commission to investigate russia's involvement. not congress. just 16% say congresshoul do the investigating. russia, just one of the topics that may come up tonight when the president has dinner with john mccain and lindsey graham. both senators have said the current congressional probes are not enough. we'll be back in 60 seconds.

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public event since leaving the white house. in front of an audience in chicago, he didn't mention president trump by name but he did have a lot to say about our current political climate. >> because of things like political gerry imaginmannederir party have moofrd further and further apart and it is harder to find common ground. because of money and politics, special terests dominate the debates in washington in ways that don't match up with what the broad majority of americans feel. because of changes in the media, we now have a situation in which everybody is listening to people who already agree with them and are further and further reinforcing their own realities to the neglect of the xhonl

reality. >> new numbers from our nbc news "wall street journal" poll just this hour show president obama remains popular. of the 11 institutions we gauged, president obama had the highest positive rating. 52%. 33% view him negatively. the form he president's party the isn't faring so well. while it is still more popular handle the the gop, more americans view the democratic party negatively. democrats do have an advantage when it comes to who should control congress. 47% of people want to see democrats in power after the 2018th mid terms, versus those here want republicans in charge. congress's party is still soul searching about what it means to be a democrat. joining me,heryl of e house democratic cauc good to see you. peopleeem to be in the

democratic party waiting to hear again from president obama i'm not sure a lot of them heard what they wanted to hear. a critique of president trump. is he the leader of the democratic party? do they have a leader? >> i think people look to the former president's, clinton, or carter or barack obama. i think people look back at the two bushes for inspiration and for guidance. i think many of us want to hear more from the former president obama. >> so do you. you want him. would you like a full throated response to some of the things? >> normally speaking, i would say no. but i think given the fact president trump has been so vociferous in his opposition that everything that barack obama stood for. attack all the things that he put in place. i don't think president obama

will do that. it is just wishful thinking on my part. >> was there something that you saw? he said when our core values are under attack, i the won't be silent. is there something got to you where you said, i wish we could hear from him? >> maybe he doesn't feel we've gotten to that opponent. i think many are concerned about the dmos we live in. concerned about the lack of balance in washington. in many almosts, it is a great opportunity for republicans to move their agenda. i suspect it won't be the case, i think it is very much out of balance that the american people in 2018 will look to bring some balance back to washington. and i think the house representative will be the place where it is brought. >> if they're going to move back, there is a question about who is i guess the active leader of the democratic party.

we saw them going out with bernie sanders. that didn't go so well in terms of party unity. one of the places we're hearing a split is on these so-called wedge issues. i want to play this from nancy pelosi. >> can you be a democrat and the spofrt democratic party if you're pro-life? >> of course. i have served many years in congress with member who's have not shared my very positive, my family would say aggressive position promoting a woman's right to choose. >> a lot of women. a lot of men in the party who have fought for this issue who believe that's not the party they know. what's the party you know? >> well, as someone who supports women's rights and reproductive rights, i can say that our party is a big tent party. no doubt there are members of our caucus who don't see eye to

eye. >> is it always political reality, if you're going to start -- and you have had a lot of losses. not just in congress but how many governorships. you look at the legislative seats. can you afford not to be a big tent party? >> we've always been a big tent party. i think what we need to do is speak and communicate with those folks we've lost. this is not about white voters or white men. this is about a universal ssage about what democrats stand for. there are many of us. more people being vetted. >> i have to stop you. so many of us in the same sentence with leaders? is there something else we should know about besides obviously your the colonel title? >> well, i'm the chair of the democratic caucus. i'm very happy to be elected to that position. to try to say there's one person

who speaks on behalf of the party. that's a misnomer. that's never went the case. when the president is in place, he is the leader of the free world and the democratic party. he was the head of our party. at this point, chuck schumer, nancy pelosi, jim clyburn, dick durbin, there are a number of folks in the senate and the house as well as governors around the country. >> in terms of the ones you just mention who had are members of congress. you'll have a very busy week. what do you think the chances are there will be a government will shutdown? if it comes to, you can avoid a shutdown but you have to vote for a budget includes money for a wall. where are you? >> the president said that he's speaking to his base. he got elected promising the mexican people would pay for the wall of that's obviously not the

case. he said he would have a wall in that extender. you will build it over joe crowley's dead body. >> even if it means a shutdown. the republicans control the house and the senate. >> but you'll have a vote. >> we'll have a vote but quite frankly, whether or not the government shuts down is entirely on them. we're the minority. >> i'm not talking about blame. if it is over your head dead body, even if it means a government shutdown. >> i will not support a wall. >> so good to see you. good luck this week. that's one of the many things you have on your plate. still ahead, an international test for president trump's brand of nationalism?

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the united states is sending a strong message with this action that we will not tolerate the use of kept weapons by any actor and we intend to hold the assad regime accountable for its unacceptable behavior. >> steve mnuchin announced new sanctions against syria today. it is the latest move against the assad regime following the chemical attack that killed dozen of his own people. a government agency that

develops and produces nonconventional weapons. president trump's handling of syria was a bright spot for him. half of those polled said they approve of the president's handling of this situation in syria and 62% support the air strikes carried out in the days following the chemical attack. up next, how the presidential election in france could have an impact at home. but first the cnbc market wrap. >> thank you. the stocks started strong. the s&p 500 rising by 25. the nasdaq is up 73. gas legihas edged higher. the average is $2.46 a gallon. the national average is up 28 cents if this time last year. tesla plans to double the number super charge stations. they will add 5,000 stations around the world by the end of

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will the forces that propelled brexit and president trump flounder in france? it is shaping up to be a referendum on right wing nationalism. the outsider emmanuel mac rondo and marine le penn came out head to head. now, macron has been supported by the social candidates. like president trump and other populist politicians in europe, le pen ran a hard line on national security and backs the exit from the european union. president trump didn't exactly support her but he did praise

her hours before the election if france. he said she is strong oldest what has been going on in france. and le pen was spotted at trump tower in january during the presidential transition. joining me now, the u.s. managing editor of the financial times. the white house correspondent at the "new york times." what is your big takeaway as you look at the elections in france? >> well, the big takeaway is that the french voters are fed one the status quo. right now markets are celebrating the fact that mac rondo won the first round. there was concern he could end up in a runoff. that hasn't happened. no one should lose sight of the fact macron himself, if not anti-establishment, he is not in the main stream. he hasn't come through normal political route at all. and three quarters of the voters went for candidates outside the parties. 49% went for candidates backing

essentially positions against the eu. that is not a happy voter base. >> so in the meantime we have the final vote coming up. how do you see this going? where does it stand now and what will it look like between now and th polls? >> well, what is happening in the immediate aftermath of the vote is that virtually, every other candidate has told their voters to vote for macron. so le pen finds herself very isolated. on this is a familiar pattern. temperaturally voters have thrown in very decisively and that would imply macron should win. i think the only reason people aren't considering that foreordained possibility is that we've been surprised by elections that have not gone the way everybody predicted they would. nonetheless, marine le pen would look to have a very uphim

struggle. so many have voted for some of the candidates behind macron. it is difficult to see how she puts together enough new votes, broadens her base enough to prevail in the next round. >> sense he's tweeted about it, are does he seem to want le pen to win? >> he clearly came as close as you can get on an endorsement without doing so. she would represent a validation of his populist appeal and the message that he triumphed on. it would be in keeping with the brexit vote and his victory last fall. but it is worth noting that populist candidates have not done particularly well in europe in the months sense the u.s. election. in the nethernds, the populist party did less well. the austrian voters elected a green party candidate over the far right will populist for thor

post of president. so the populist wave didn't really gather force after trump was elected. and although marine le pen got into the final round, if she loses by a decisive number, it will not look like trump had the wave across europe. it might look like bit of a trump back lash. so i think the white house is watching this with a realistic eye. they can read the polls as well as known else. >> meantime the former president had a message. >> the main thing i want to say is to wish you all the best in the coming days and make sure that as you said, you work hard all the way through. you never know, it might be that last day of campaigning that -- >> yeah. i do agree. i will do my best. believe me. and so i will fight to the last

minute and we will keep in touch. >> so all the analysts i read say that he is going to win. that really le pen has to chance but you you have to think in the back of her meenlds, that was also said about trump. a call like that. does barack obama have any influence over there? are the people of france will having to that phone call? >> coming from the u.k. election, having watched that. when barack obama got involved. in by telling people to back, that back fired very, very badly indeed. anyone who is an internationalist will look at that call and say, oh, macron speaks english beautifully. that's wonderful. for french people, you have someone who is so internationalist does not necessarily play that well. and what you need to realize in this macron versus le pen, they are at a cross roads.

he speaks english, he favors more european integration. she is more anti-europe. there are signs they're pretty anti-european. >> so between brexitnd the election of donald ump, a now you're seeing in france, it has been decades since you've seen two candidates go into the run-off who do not have the affiliation of the traditional standard centrist parties. is the whole world ticked off? is everybody the just sick of what's going on in their country? is there some big global thing we should be looking at? at least in terms of the west? >> there's no question there's a whole sale rejection of established politics, established parties, the status quo approach to governance. the independence party tapped into it in britain. donald trump attempted into it in the u.s. and marine le pen clearly attempted into it to finish

second in this, in the first round. and frankly, emmanuel macron did as well. and one of the things white house officials will note, regardless of who wins, they would argue the two party system in france is in deep trouble if not irreparably harmed. there is rejection of the two major parties is profound. and regardless of whether macron or le pen wins, i think the white house would argue that it is a vinld indication for insurgent cats. and donald trump is at heart an insurgent candidate. you might argue if you look at his cabinet and the people he has surrounded himself with, they look a lot like emmanuel macron. so there are elements of trump on both sides of the equation. and the caveat that macron is an internationalist and that's what trump ran against.

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realize that we cannot count on our representatives to do this job. we have to represent our interests. we cannot just allow a party or person to do this work for us. >> i think a lot of representatives get elected. and i think they're listening to the constituents until they get elected. >> the power of organizing or marching at town halls has been apparent in a long time. >> what purpose does it serve? >> you have to start at the state level, the city level, build the democratic party. >> and it creates a sense of community. and there is strength in numbers. i was on the ground campaigning for john ossoff. in that district, in those neighborhoods, it is filled with democrats and moderate gop members who the don't feel like they have community support. >> i think what we are starting to need now is more the hope, the fight.

we need -- >> we need a new us. we need a new democracy within which people operate without a grand leader. >> are you hopele? are you hopeful for the future? >> i am. >> i am. >> you seem not so sure. >> i need to be hopeful. i need to be hopeful for all of us. i am hopeful in what i've seen that we can do. >> as long as we still live in a country where our voices are counted and where we can make change. >> i'm not hopeful about this presidency. and i am not hopeful about our leadership. >> including democratic leadership. >> democratic, republican across the board. i am hopeful however about the power of democracy and democratic spirit. and the power of resistance. >> who was it that said i'm notment on miss tech but i'm a prisoner of hope.

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♪ sfx: engine revving ♪ (silence) ♪ . welcome back. the era of big government is back or at least that seems to be what the majority of americans want, according to our new nbc news "wall strt journal" poll. 57% of americans say the government should do more to solve problems and help meet the needs of people. that is the highest share of people who want a more active government, since we started asking the question in 1995. let's bring back the panel. help me to understand your party because both sides seem to want a lot more involvement. this is not, i thought, what president trump ran on or what big factions like the tea party of the republican party stand

for. >> well, no one likes their benefits taken away and people always want more of them. that's the healthcare battle actually that donald trump faced. you have paul ryan and a whole group faced on medicare issues. but death penalty says he's not touching entitlements which makes it almost impossible for the republican party to function. it's a very difficult time. how do you not -- >> he's promising budget cuts. where do you go from there. >> cutting entitlements is popular at conservative think tanks and wall street and a few other places. it is not popular in any other place in america, social security, the middle class insurance programs are actually very popular. trump actually won in part because he emphasized i'll protect social security and medicaid and medicare, i'll stop cuts on those.

now in office with his own party he's trying to thread the needle and say he will cut big things, the expensive programs are the popular programs. the inexpensive are unpopular and politically small power programs. so it's impossible to do it if you're serious about it. >> i wonder if it is a little bit of trump effect maybe republicans like government better when they're in control? >> yes, that's true, i would say. we're talking about the deficit and debt and there was a reason why when obama got into office pushed health reform that was tackling an additional issue. with republicans they have not articulated why we need to privatize medicare and social security and how that will benefit real americans when they're actually receiving tangible benefits from obamacare and other insurance programs. >> it's interesting to me, you

look at the numbers in these polls an what we heard about panelists who talk about getting more involved because we need to have that activist core to get things done because the government isn't getting anything done, the government meaning actual members of congress, not what government does, which they seem to be separating from what congress is. >> there is also an issue here, people and programs that benefit for them but don't like spending programs in the abstract. they always imagine it going to somebody undeserving or unlike them. when it comes to the actual cutting and if your ox is being gored, oppose that. the famous line about keep your hands off my government healthcare. i think susan was sin the has to be anrticulation of the goal herat has to sync with what voters want and that has not been squared in gop politics yet. >> which is a big problem republicans are facing right now.

75% of republicans in congress came in not knowing a republican president, which means they've never been in a governing position. they've always been that party of no, frankly, i oppose, i think we should work to get things done in government. all they know is how to oppose something. they say, i'm 100% on this, the freedom caucus folks whether will not vote on any increase without a paid for. you have this impossible situation for donald trump and the senate to deal with and a lot of members of congress. that being said, most people hate congress and popularity at 27% most people re-elect their member of congress called gerrymandering. they still vote for them even though they hold the body in disdain, they still like their member of congress. >> i think trump's lower

approval rate might change that. they will buck it because he's hurting them. >> or he can't hurt them or threaten them because he's unpopular enough threaten them. that's the other problem. you can't do complicated tax reform without pushing and can't push if you're not popular and makes sense to move to the center if you want to do big things. after the break, a cringe worthy presidential moment. ooh. stay with us. okay, let's go. find your awesome with the xfinity x1 voice remote. that's azing! when this bell rings... ...it starts a chain reaction... ...that's heard throughout the connected business world.

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in case you missed it, an out of this world accomplishment and some interesting science led to a little bit of awkward presidential moment today. president trump placed a long distance call to the international space station this morning to congratulate astronaut peggy whitson for breaking the record of the most time spent in space by an american. the president asked what we're learning from being in space and whitson said they're testing the life system to mars and figuring out how to make drinkable water. >> water is such a precious resource we are also cleaning up our urine and making it drinkable. it's really not as bad as it sounds. >> that's good. i'm glad to hear that. better you than me. >> were you watching ivanka, who kind of went like that. is there any other response to

that? better you than me? i do not think there is? we'll be back tomorrow. for the record with greta starts right now. greta. >> thank you, chris. tonight, do you remember him? >> what's been going onhile i've been gone? >> president obama today making his first public appearance since leaving office. this happens as president trump races to undo the obama legacy before the symbolic 100 day mark, that would be this saturday. president obama back in chicago today. he did not mention president trump but wanted to motivate young folks to get involved in politics. >> the single most important thing i can do is help in any way i can to prepare the next generation of leadership to take up the baton and take their own crack at changing the world.