, our new pbs newshour/npr/marist poll finds most americans believe civility is getting worse, tamara keith and stu rothenberg take a look at that and the week ahead on politics monday. then, fixing club-foot in india. how a non-surgical treatment for the common birth defect is giving mobility back to sufferers in developing countries. >> that treatment was developed by an orthopedic surgeon named ignacio ponseti, half a world away here in iowa, and half a century ago. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: spending fights in states across the country are heating up over this long fourth of july holiday period, a

. >> woodruff: and, it's politics monday-- amy walter and tamara keith are here to talk the high stakes of health care, and what new polls on the trump presidency suggest. all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: russia is stepping up pressure to regain two diplomatic compounds seized in new york and maryland. president obama ordered them seized in december, over russian meddling in the 2016 election. today, foreign minister sergey lavrov called it "highway robbery," and his deputy held a high-level meeting at the state department. nick schifrin has been following the story, and joins me now. so, nick, why are the russians

. >> woodruff: and, it's politics monday-- amy walter and tamara keith are here to talk the high stakes of health care, and what new polls on the trump presidency suggest. all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour.

, our new pbs newshour/npr/marist poll finds most americans believe civility is getting worse, tamara keith and stu rothenberg take a look at that and the week ahead on politics monday. then, fixing club-foot in india. how a non-surgical treatment for the common birth defect is giving mobility back to sufferers in developing countries. >> that treatment was developed by an orthopedic surgeon named ignacio ns

our politics monday duo is here to weigh in: amy walter of the "cook political report" and tamara keithnpr. you both were sitting here as i was talking to tom perez. tam, what do you make of the democrats' effort now? you hear him saying we're trying to get back to business here, to appeal to voters where they are. >> yes. there was a struggle when i covered the clinton campaign that they had which he was sort of getting at a bit which is the thing that they would want to talk about issues, policy, they would want to have an affirmative message and then donald trump would do something and they would slip back into being the opposition to the other person who is running for president. and democrats, i think, struggle with that now in, you know, are they the resistance or for something. and today was an effort to sort of begin talking about what they are for. at the same time they're also talking about -- >> woodruff: and can they do this? >> yeah, i think that's very doable. the biggest challenge for democrats, i think we discussed this the last time, is that they're the out party so the

it is a perfect time for politics monday, this week with tamara keith of npr and stu rothenberg- seniortor at "inside elections." welcome to you both. another slow news day here in the trump administration (laughter) tam, i'd like to start with you. we saw this incredible move today where scaramucci is pushed out. what's your sense? there's been a reporting on two days, that this was john kelly's first day in office, the president wanted this done, what are the reasons he's fired? >> there are a number of reasons he would have been fired. we don't know exactly because john kelly and the president will still the story they tell and we'll see how much leaks out. but just think about anthony scaramucci, in his very short tenure as the communications director, first, he had no experience in communications, really and communications strategy. over those ten days he made himself the story. everybody was talking about the mooch and nobody was talking about president trump's policies. this tirade with all of the profanity and the very not suitable for work things he said, that alone would be a

woodruff: now it's time for "politics monday" with amy walter of the "cook political report," and tamara keithnpr. so, amy, tam, you've just been hearing what congressman bustos said, in fact she's still here at the table. amy, what do you make of that? are you hearing from the democrats where they want to take this country? >> well, i will say this, every party that's the out party always struggles with this, who are we now that we're not in charge? democrats don't control anything. not just the white house. they don't have the house, the senate or the white house. it is, in every election is a referendum on the party in power. the republicans are porter parte in power. the 2018 election will be a referendum on whether they were able to accomplish what they said they were going to do or not. it's democrats job getting into 2020 and the battle is for who will occupy the white house. the standard message is who is the leader of the party? it will be the person they nominate in 2020 to be their nominee. that's many years away. republicans were successful in midterm elections in 2010, democrats w