take a look at this new gallup poll.y 35%, one in three say they approve the job the president is doing on the economy. that's down seven points since june. 62% disapprove. those numbers don't bode well for a white house girding for budget battles with republicans in congress come fall. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." a foreign policy disaster for the u.s. that's how nbc first read characterized the ongoing violence in egypt. with more than 600 people now dead after clashes between security forces and protesters supporting ousted president mohamed morsi, the egyptian military declared a state of emergency and imposed a nightly curfew. today, protesters burned government buildings and reuters reports several churches around the country have been attacked. in response to the violence this morning president obama announced we are canceling joint military exercises with the egyptians that were scheduled for next month. >> the united states strongly condemns the steps that have been taken by egypt's inter

according to a two thousand and twelve gallup poll fifty three percent of ghana or about twelve point seven million people cannot afford the cost of food only four percent they are able to live on their income. it's it's clear that you know economic growth does not necessarily translate into poverty reduction and to reduce poverty we need to have. the authorities here vetting infrastructure education because the same time the i.m.f. is telling the government that actually you have to expenditure which includes pay for public sector and right now when you talk. to the very poor communities. when the government is spending too much it is crowding out the private sector taking away from detector of skilled people who prefer to work for the government as another private sector but also the spending and the boring of the government crowding out capital that could be directed to the private sector so the reform will not happen overnight it's a long term process and probably true you know not hiring new. series seven when people retarded you kind of things it's not like you need to. do the w

according to a two thousand and twelve gallup poll fifty three percent of ghana or about twelve point seven million people cannot afford the cost of food only four percent are able to live on their income. it's it's clear that you know economic growth does not necessarily translate into poverty reduction and to reduce poverty we need to have. the authorities here vetting infrastructure education because the same time the i.m.f. is telling the government that actually you have to expenditure which includes pay for public sector and. now when you talk. to the very poor communities. when the government is spending too much it is crowding out the private sector taking away from detector of skilled people who prefer to work for the government president of the private sector but also the spending and the boring of the government crowding out capital that could be directed to the private sector so the reform will not happen overnight it's a long term process and probably true you know not hiring new. seven when people retire did you kind of things it's not like you need to get. the workforce

take a look at this other gallup poll here. the economy and unemployment 44%, you know, say this is the most important issue. those two things. and then look at this fox news poll. 71%, as you point out, think that his recent economic speeches are just, you know, sort of the same old tired stuff that ain't working. and it's devoid of any new ideas. >> yeah. what's interesting about this gallup poll was that it was taken before the dow took its worst weekly drop in more than a year. it lost 2.2%. >> right. >> so we're going to be talking about the wealth effect in the next hour. basically people feel wealthier if their home prices are up and if their stock prices are up. the stock market, who knows what's going to be happening. so that could be another weight on the economy. >> well, it's real people feeling the real effects of the economy. whether it's stagnant economic growth or joblessness or low wages -- and speaking of low wages, i wrote this down in july. 58% of the jobs created were in low wage industries. many were part-t

a gallup poll found the best way is through who are mental health services. 33% say schools should add more security guards. >>> the nsa is under fire yet again. newly released government documents show the secretive court that oversees surveillance programs sharply rebuked the nsa back in 2011. the charge? the nsa was searching the kepts of internet communications in breach of the u.s. constitution. the nsa also collected as much as 56,000 e-mailed communications while it was trying to track foreign terrorists. the court criticized the agency for misrepresenting the scale of its spying practices. judge john bates wrote, quote, this court is troubled that the government's revelations marks the third instance in less than three years in which the government has disclosed a substantial misrepresentation regarding the scope of a major collection program, end quote. nsa officials said the agency's activities were lawful and any mistakes were largely unintentional. >>> talk about some material. more tapes from the height of the water gate scandal have been released. pete williams has more o

. >> according to a 2012 gallup poll, 26% of humans believe god created man in his form. 20,000 years ago. is there room for darwin doubters? wajahat ali, heated answers on both sides. >> we have set up the sequel of inherit the wind. here is cassandra, creationism, an assumed truth that's not how science work. there's trevon who thinks we can find balance. both should be presented as two possibilities of how we came to be instead of forcing the teacher one way or the other. you, you are the third host of the show so throughout the show as always, join the conversation by tweeting at us using the hashtag ajm stream. >> bill nye, the science guy, glad to have you. >> glad to be here with you. >> hi there. when texas revised its science learning standards. also with us is kathy miller a grass roots organization in texas. and kathy, a ph.d. in molecular genetics. bill, the question is whether science in the classroom should challenge creationism. why not discuss problems with evolution as part of the curriculum? >> because evolution is a faculty. evolution's real. evolution's hang contin

but according to a gallup poll released just today, parents by a margin of 2-1 favor increased mental health spending over hiring armed guards, lester. >> the emotions still raw. i don't think any of us will forget that day. ann, thank you. >>> our next story is frankly going to be difficult to watch, but the images you're about to see are so important because they're being held up tonight by syrian rebels as evidence of what may be the worst chemical weapons attack anywhere since saddam hussein gassed iraqi kurds in 1988. if these claims are true, it could mean a new level of horror in an already bloody war now in its third year. joining us with the latest is our chief foreign correspondent, richard engle. richard? >> reporter: good evening, lester. syrian rebels say hundreds, perhaps well over 1,000 civilians were killed, and again, these images are disturbing. the dead covered the floors of improvised clinics. no visible injuries, no blood. they appear to be sleeping. survivors were doused with water to wash off the chemicals rebels say killed so many. their symptoms, shortness of

constitution due process and rule of law then we're going to have some problems on that trust issue a gallup poll shows fifty three percent of americans now disapprove of the government surveillance programs thirty seven percent approved another poll by the queeny a pack university conducted just in the wake of snowden's revelations shows forty five percent of americans say the government's anti-terrorism efforts have gone too far restricting civil liberties three years ago that percentage was twenty five so it's a massive shift in attitudes but is longer snowden's own destiny remains the top story it will be much easier for the government to sweep the debate under the rug in washington i'm going to. and from reporters without borders thinks washington's tough stance on the snowden is aimed at dissuading any potential whistle blows from coming forward but just would like to remind you there. the last fare of war of war against we saw glowers scenes. was abducted in one thousand nine hundred seventeen. prosecution have been launched against we saw glowers have been under the obama administration i

constitution due process and rule of law then we're going to have some problems on that trust issue a gallup poll shows fifty three percent of americans now disapprove of the government surveillance programs thirty seven percent approve and now the poll by the quinnipiac university conducted just in the wake of snowden's revelations shows forty five percent of americans say the government's anti-terrorism efforts have gone too far restricting civil liberties three years ago that percentage was twenty five so it's a massive shift in attitudes but is longer snowden's own destiny remains the top story it will be much easier for the government to sweep the debate under the rug in washington i'm going to. the n.s.a. sweeping surveillance program didn't escape the attention of those attending a major annual hacking conference in las vegas one of the participants who goes by the nickname vince in the bay told our t.v. given the government's much criticized snooping methods it's unfair that hackers are portrayed as bogeyman. the term hacker is sort of been demonized and. made into almost as a slur in the

whether or not mr snowden is a whistle blower they think it is so what else they disagree with a gallup poll shows fifty three percent of americans now disapprove of the government surveillance programs as opposed to thirty seven percent who approve another poll by the queen a parent university conducted just in the wake of snowden's revelations shows forty five percent of americans say the government's anti-terrorism efforts have gone too far with strict and civil liberties three years ago twenty five percent of americans thought so it's a massive shift in attitudes a shift that the lawmakers and the government can't ignore as much as they like to attack snowden his revelations have put the white house on the defensive you can complain about big brother and this is. a potential. program run amuck but when you actually look at the details then i think we've struck the right balance well let's look at some of those details from snowden we first learned about the prism program a system the n.s.a. uses to gain access to the private communications of users of nine popular internet services the g

whether or not mr snowden is a whistle blower they think it is so what else they disagree with a gallup poll shows fifty three percent of americans now disapprove of the government surveillance programs as opposed to thirty seven percent who approve another poll by the queen a parent university conducted just in the wake of snowden's revelations shows forty five percent of americans say the government's anti-terrorism efforts have gone too far restricting civil liberties three years ago twenty five percent of americans thought so it's a massive shift in attitudes a shift that the lawmakers and the government can't ignore as much as they like to attack snowden his revelations have put the white house on the defensive you can complain about big brother and this is. a potential. program run amok but when you actually look at the details. i think we've struck the right balance well let's look at some of those details from snowden we first learned about the prism program a system the n.s.a. uses to gain access to the private communications of users of nine popular internet services the government

a new gallup poll showed 35% of americans think he is handling the economy appropriately. that was even before the big stock market drop last week. so, you know, the american people are just not seeing president obama performing the way they would like to see. >> when you see the major drop that we've seen in the markets and you see jobs and everything else still not moving as far as the president had hoped, what's the mess aage that he needs to send the american people? come up with new initiatives? new strategies? more spending? what's the right answer? >> you saw him talking before he left on vacation about, you know, economic inequality and raising the minimum wage. these type of things aren't going to create jobs. they don't create growth. it's kind of the same old, same old. i don't know exactly what the answer is. i think you have to lower regulation. try to unleash entrepreneurs. that's not the message he's giving out. it's unlikely when we see in the coming months when congress comes back into session those are the initiatives he'll be talking about. i think we'll