dom giordano, how is governor wolf going to do anything over this next calendar year? >> well, he's gonna have a lot of trouble doing anything. he's gonna be on the defensive, but i don't have a lot of faith in these guys in harrisburg who are republicans. >> how come? >> you still have the liquor law in place, even though we've had widespread pushback with wolf, and they just seem to be out of touch. the sanctuary cities bill got passed, wolf vetoed it, but they ran out of days and didn't do anything with it. so he'll be on the defensive, but i don't know that there's so many people there pushing back against him in a united way among republicans. they squabble. >> and, you know, matt, there's a lot the governor can do where he doesn't need the legislature. i think governor wolf discovered that after that first year where he couldn't get that budget through. economic development -- there's a lot of latitude there that the governor has in terms of grants and actions that he can take, and he has taken. >> port of philadelphia. >> yeah, things like that. the opioid crisi

dom giordano of our sister station talk radio wpht is joining us now from the retreat in center city to talk more about what happened today and president trump, dom, thanks so much for being with us. i want to talk about those job approval ratings, first because that is 36 percent of americans voters a roof, 36 percent approval rating, what do you think on that? >> well, i think he is a very controversial figure, we know that but i can tell thaw 46 percent is engaged by and large, the base of it, that is what he is asking, and his job approval, as a president is going to be determined by whether he brings jobs back, whether he keeps america safe. all this other stuff, all of the distractions and all might be a bit entertaining but ultimately that is going to be the core of whether people support him or not, particularly after the first 100 days. they have to see movement on these things, otherwise, this other stuff will be tiresome. >> let's talk about the border wall with mexico. we get news that mexican president has cancelled his trip to washington. the president says that he is mo

. >> you, too, and dom giordano, radio talk-show host. >> went to law school, just for the record, wither attorneys here. [ laughter ] >> we'll put that down there as an addendum, how about that? >> thank you. >> well, it's a new year, and it's a time for people that you elected -- and pay -- to run our governments to get down to business. now, for instance, the pennsylvania legislature elected its new leadership for this year. no change, joe scarnati returned as president pro tempore of the senate, mike turzai returns as a