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>> martha: kevin today and kenosha, now mollie hemingway fox news contributor and matt bennett former deputy assistant to president clinton and a cofounder of third way. it was interesting to watch the president sort of talk about the record of "the first 100 days" who, and he believes it's a very strong one, making the argument there today. but when you look at some of the numbers out there pull up coal, president trump's job approval, 41% approval rating and hold onto this for just a second, which is higher than 35% back in march and the one you got on the screen, the percentage you think how he's doing on the key characteristics, keeps his promises, that one is down 17 since february. strong and decisive leader down seven, can bring about change the country needs is down seven. your thoughts? >> there's one thing that we might want to learn since 2016 is that sometimes his polls don't tell us everything about people's support for donald trump. one of the things he was very consistent about throughout the campaign was his desire to change things with the economy. i don't think that

joining me is gop consultant stephanie janson and third way senior vp and cofounder of third way, matt bennettmatt, is that part of what we're seeing here in berkeley? is there this glowing anti-fascist movement that's identifying with trump supporters wholistically as being one opinion? >> i hope not. it's possible, but i hope not. this is a terrible way of trying to spread a political message. look, i understand the instinct to punch a guy like richard spencer. he is loathsome. but this -- this kind of conduct always fails particularly in places like the united states in the modern united states. what works is demonstrating with nonviolence. we saw that in thesi civil righ movement. it never works to meet this kind of fascist tendencies with violence. it's always counterproductive. >> and in this idea of what antifas are, stephanie, in new york city they say use all means, do not give racists or farrists a platform -- fascists a platform and if that means physicality that means physicality. >> i think at the end of the day, guys, here's where we are. donald trump's election did show up the f

i have matt bennett, good enough to be with us today, assistant to the president for intergovernmentalffairs in the clinton white house, david huffing and politics reporter m.j. lee who's been all over health care. m.j., to you, on phil's point, it's like this slide, right, if you slide a little bit left, you're going to alienate the folks, the more moderate republicans. how do you get them on board and these folks? >> it's such a delicate balancing act. i think phil did a great job of describing the dilemma that the leadership finds itself in. >> totally. >> the community rating is so important. health care is very complicated, as the president himself has said. i think when people talk about obamacare and think about obamacare, one thing that a lot of folks do understand is that it eliminated the possibility that insurance companies can discriminate against those with pre-existi pre-existing conditions. they cannot be overcharged or dramatically overcharged compared to healthy people. the fact that they are now discussing the possibility of states being able to opt out of that is a h

matt bennett, cofounder of third way and former deputy to mike deputy assistant to president bill clintoniven the fact that people who broke the laws that pertain to your daca status, were departed from this country and the hundreds under president obama, why would tom perez make that statement? >> because the people that were deported under president obama were violent criminals. you are covering this earlier. there are some very bad people in this country and they should be deported. everyone agrees that if you are a violent member of ms-13 or if you commit some sort of terrible crime, you should be tossed, no matter what kind of status you have. but this guy is not that. depending on who you believe, he either committed a minor crime related to immigration laws or no crime at all. that is not at all of president obama was doing. that is what we are seeing under president trump. >> martha: david, what do you think? >> look, daca, you have to understand, is a revocable status. it's not a permanent status. forget about the immigration thing for a second. he committed a theft offense, a cr

deputy assistant to president clinton and senior vice president of public affairs at third way, matt bennettth us. gentlemen, welcome. let me start on tax reform, charlie. we just got word right before our hour started that president trump's saying he will have a plan released next wednesday. are you optimistic? >> well, let's see what the plan is. he was here in wisconsin this week, he said no president has ever had as much success in the first 90 days as he's had and obviously, he knows that's not true. there are no legislate tiive accomplishments. >> do you agree with that? >> no. no. i think the white house actually understands that's not true which is why they are rushing ahead with health care and tax reform. look, tax reform is going to be a very very heavy lift for this administration, especially with the failure of health care repeal. >> matt, just a little while ago, on a different subject, the treasury department stopped exxonmobil, they were trying to kind of go around u.s. sanctions in russia, asking for an exemption they could drill in the black sea. rex tillerson, of course, f

joining us again, matt bennett from third way and the managing editor of "usa today."oth for sticking around for this. you know, that really is the question. it was on the front page of "the new york times" today and that is the question -- i'm reading the title from the article it says that young couple rise as pillars of family driven west wing. we kind of outlined that here, donna. what is what are you hearing in terms of the influence. the question is how big is jared kushner's portfolio now? >> so, jared kushner has actually now gone on trips representing the president. he's gone to the middle east. he's gone to iraq. so these are -- this is a really big portfolio. he's also taking on the on opioid epidemic. so it seems like it's a growing portfolio and i think the same can be said for ivanka who it seems has always had her father's ear. >> matt, what are you hearing? >> yeah. precisely the same thing. they're clearly -- there's clearly a massive struggle going on inside this white house between the forces represented by kushner and by gary cohn who's the head of

adviser, and cnn political commentator and senior adviser to mitt romney's presidential campaign and matt bennettdemocratic strategist and former clinton administration official. thank you very much for being here. we'll wait to hear from the president because we could learn more about what he's looking for, but kevin, it sounds on the surface if you're watching this at home, it sounds innocuous. the president wants a review of what presidential power there is to designate land as protected or not, i guess, in this case, but this is a big deal out west. what are the politics behind this? >> yeah, you're right. >> it doesn't sound innocuous if you've been fighting on this on either side of the issue for 20 years in the 11 western states where so many of these battles take place. 52% of the land out in 11 of those western states is owned by the federal government and it's an issue that's fought pretty close to home out there, but i think the politics of this are that many of the state and local leaders out there do feel like this or for many years, there has been an overreach by the federal governm