david chalian, thank you so much. anderson? >> yeah, jake, i want to talk to jeff zeleny after hearing from david chalian about how this may impact the midterms. i'm wondering what you've been hearing. >> anderson, talking to a variety of democrats as we have been for the last several minutes and all evening from the white house to the house and senate committees, there certainly is a sense of confidence and quite frankly a sense of relief. had this gone the other way, had it even been a narrow race, it would have simply been disastrous. but this landslide win is probably without question the biggest boost of confidence politically speaking for the biden administration. and actually as president biden was coming back to the white house after of course spending yesterday out in california and today in colorado, i actually asked him what lessons he can draw from this. and he said, well, it's too early, of course, the race hasn't been called -- hasn't been called in. but on vaccines he said he can draw lessons. and that is what de

is the kind of fervor that gives life to this kind of an election of recalling a governor. >> david chalian i want to get some perspective from david axelrod, former senior advisor to president obama, so does van jones and chief political analyst gloria borger. david, what's your biggest takeaway from the exit polls? >> well, look, gavin newsom made a bet here and he made this a referendum on his covid policies. everything going into this suggests in polling that that is a winning formula for him. it was going to be a referendum on him and his general performance. he's focused on this. so, listen, it would not be a surprise if this recall loses. they're 2-1 democratic edge in the state, more than 2-1 edge on spending on his side. biden carried the state by 29 points. but the manner and the margin are what people are going to be watching because democrats all over the country are going to say is there something we can learn as we enter the '22 cycle. and i think a lot of it will be around this issue of how they treated the covid issue. >> gloria? >> it's an issue that has shifted because bef

. >>> let's bring in now cnn political director david chalian. david, there's a lot there.t's first start with what's happening with these bills in this self-imposed deadline of today to vote on that bipartisan infrastructure plan. sounds like that deadline might not be happening today, since it was self-imposed to begin with and we just heard congresswoman cori bush that she's hearing things it might not come up today. do you know anything, and how do you think this is going to play out today? >> i know what you know which is nancy pelosi has said multiple times she doesn't bring votes to the floor that aren't going to pass and we heard from the progressive caucus after they saw that number from joe manchin, that $1.5 trillion number, that did absolutely nothing to assuage their concerns and the distrust that exists inside the democratic party that all the agenda items will get through. and so, they are continuing down this path, the progressives are, to withhold their support. you just heard it from congresswoman bush and i think the other thing on the timing, as you note

we're joined now by cnn political director and host of the cnn political briefing podcast david chaliandavid, let's start with the president's approval rating. >> yeah, john. our latest poll shows him at a 52% approval rating, 48% disapproval rating and his disapproval has been on the rise. take a look at this across party because i think this is one of the areas of concern for the president here. he has democrats 94% approved. independents, so critical to his political success in getting into office, he's now at 46% approval. that's down 5 points than the previous poll. and of course not many republicans only 9% approve of the job the president is doing right now. >> so it's key obviously how the president is handling the pandemic. the administration knows this is really the lynch pin for everything. what do americans say? >> brianna you're right so, everything flows from the president's ability to get this virus behind us. he has majority support of how he's handling it, 44% disapprove. but take a look at that approval number over time. it's significantly down. when you look, he was a

david chalian joins us now. david, i wonder, listen, most of the country has at least one shot, right. so most of the country is on board for vaccines. but i wonder on mandates, politically risky for the president. >> 75% of adults have at least one shot and when you look at polling across the board you see majority of americans support mandates. i think the political risk if there is one here for the president is that by doing so, he enlivens the republican base. i see the president there now at a school in washington, jim. >> yep. >> and i think that is what jeremy was referring to when he referenced governor abbott's tweet of texas, that the mandate is an assault on businesses, this will unify republicans. but that is the political risk. but far out weighing the political risk is the need to get the virus behind us and that is why you saw joe biden do what he did yesterday. >> the assault on private business argument is a little bit rich given that you have republican governors that prevented private businesse

let's bring in cnn political director david chalian.y just listed it, but i think that we need a visual graphic to capture all of the things, and including the setbacks that president biden has had to deal with. yes, he's going to be meeting with allies of the u.n. this week. he also was delivered that parliamentarian spiking of the immigration cause in that $3.5 trillion bill. there's this dispute with france over submarines, the migrant crisis, we're seeing in del rio, texas, the drone strike that killed afghan civilians as well as children, fda panel rejected the administration's booster plan, possible infrastructure vote delay. aoc has thrown up a roadblock on that one, and the looming debt ceiling battle that republicans say they're not going to contribute with. this is why i don't run for president. >> this is why? >> that's the only reason? >> i was just about to say, i wish you woke up as president this morning. >> no, i don't. this is a lesson for all of us considering running for pres president. >> this is why the job is what

. >>> perspective now from cnn political director david chalian, and cnn political analyst gloria borger. gloria, you heard senator sanders saying this should go down tomorrow if there is not another deal. >> yeah, it really seems to me that progressives are not kidding around when they say we're ready to kill the infrastructure bill. which bernie sanders admits he voted for. and lots of progressives like and democrats like and is very popular in the country because they believe that that would guarantee that they only get half a loaf. and they want the whole thing. the issue is that failure to get even part of the other package seems almost so irrational, given everything that's in it that as bernie sanders just pointed out, so important to the american people. it's hard to see how they just say, okay, fine, we're not going to do any of that because they promised they would. and because the public wants a lot of it. they want lower prescription drug costs. they want better health care. so it seems to me that, you know, the process is so difficult that it's hard to see from here to there

i mean, gloria borger, david chalian, appreciate it. thanks. >>> coming up next, how cell phone and surveillance video play into the manhunt for brian laundrie. breaking news on what the video shows and what the phone might suggest in the search for gabby petito's fiance. >>> later, there is more breaking news from the capitol. new subpoenas by the house select committee. this time, targeting key players in the so-called stop the steal rally which is the thing that led up to the attack on the capitol, that was that morning. later, republican congresswoman liz cheney's latest break with her party and tom frieden's advice to democrats to maybe take that page from her playbook. he joins us ahead. because the nfl is connected. and at any moment, the fate of the season can come down to this. billions of secure connections, per second. when the game is on the line and the game is always on the line touchdown! the nfl relies on cisco. woman: my reputation was trashed online. i felt completely helpless. my entire career and business were in jeo

let's discuss what's going on with cnn political director david chalian and supreme court analyst joanw of the land and legalized abortion rights for women? >> absolutely in texas of the right now it's effectively the end of roe in texas and consider what roe stood for. government cannot interfere with a woman's decision to end a pregnancy before viability, and that is before the fetus can live outside a woman which is usually at 22 to 24 weeks. this is a ban on abortion after six weeks, very dramatic. most women don't even know they are pregnant after six weeks, that early, so who would thought that that landmark roe would evaporate overnight in texas and be threatened nationwide because of this decision but that's what's happened there and the supreme court majority last night two minutes before midnight threat going into effect saying there would not be any kind of nor to women in texas. >> 5-4 decision. we just got at statement in from republican senator susan collins of maine calling this law in texas extreme and harmful. >> the political impact will be signature. >> we've seen in

to discuss this, casey hunt, cnn anchor analyst and host of the cnn political briefing podcast, david chalian. one of the scary things about this opinion essay is warning signs may be obscured by other events, right? this could happen. scary things could happen. we may not even notice them. what do you think about this september? . >> first of all, beyond how depressing this all is, which it is, it's dangerous. this is happening before our eyes. john just went through that extensive history lesson of everything that donald trump had done that led us to this moment. but the important point is the one that you mentioned at the end there, which is this is still ongoing. this is happening now. and it's not just convincing the republican party about the lie, which he has done successfully. but it is also changing the laws in states so that he can or allies of his can in 2022, and if he does run and is nominee in 2024, can manipulate -- another poll number in our poll besides 78% is a slim majority of americans actually believe, believe that elections officials will overturn results for partisan pu

dave chalian joins with much more on this. david, explain what each of these is.bout government shutdown. debt ceiling. infrastructure. the president's entire spending program. how much is riding for the biden administration on all this? >> i mean, i think how his term in office -- this one term in office if he is not re-elected or even if he is -- you will look at this biden term by what happens here, john. i mean, it's nothing shorter than that. we don't usually see a president's entire economic agenda all in one moment in time on capitol hill. but with these two bills that the democrats you describe sort of infighting among themselves with this bipartisan infrastructure package and with the -- what the white house calls the build back better agenda. you are talking about everything from prekindergarten and -- and free community college, healthcare expansion, home healthcare aides, you are talking about climate change initiatives. i mean, this is -- think about all those promises joe biden made on the campaign trail. this is it coming to fruition in a moment lik

. >> david chalian, great to see you.hat liz cheney knows she's up against ever since she cast her vote to impeach president trump and then remained stalwart in her support for the fundamentals of our democracy in face of the big lie that donald trump is continuing to try and sell across the nation certainly in the aftermath of the january 6th insurrection. this is the problem, right, for liz cheney. donald trump has a lot of sway inside the republican party. so inside a primary contest, this could be a real challenge for her. as you saw, it's not a challenge she's shying away from. she says, bring it. but she is one of ten republicans in the house who voted to impeach donald trump and he's basically making his way through the list of the impeachment ten on the republican side, seeking out republican challengers and getting behind them in hopes of ousting those republican incumbents from their seat. most of these are from safer seats, but nonetheless, donald trump is looking to oust republican incumbents who impeached him

our political director david chalian is here to break it down for us.rall approval rating still at around 52%. that's not too bad. but there are some warnings signs in this new poll. >> there are, indeed. first up, put up the approval rating you mentioned. you say he's at 52% now. he's at 48% disapproved. you noticed the hike in disapproval. so that's one area of concern. there is no doubt about that. what we have also seen is that if you look inside, he's lost ground with independents. he's down five points. >> and the rise of covid, the delta variant, that's having an impact. >> it's issue number one. far and away the most important issue to voters. and take a look at his approval rating on handling coronavirus. the president is now at 56% approval. again, majority approval. look at where he was in april. he was at 66% approval on covid. again issue number one, he's down ten points. i think it is that information why you saw the robust, aggressive response from the president in his remarks last night to try to reset the path forward for the country. >

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