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0:03This is your daily briefing.
0:06Sit down, buckle up.
0:08The headlines keep shifting.
0:11We're coming to you live from Washington, D.C. where the numbers don't lie and the polls run free. [music] Good evening, America. We start with the polls. The approval rating story taking quite a toll. The AP-NORC survey dropped on April 16th, 33% [music] approval, lowest we have seen, down from 38 in February, nine points in a slide.
0:29The economy approval sitting at [music] 30 on [singing] the side. 67% disapproval coast to coast that is the headline the pollsters want noted most.
0:37>> [music] >> Fox News ran their own numbers, the results were the same. Inflation, spending, foreign policy all taking the blame. The American public has been speaking pretty clear. The satisfaction levels have been dropping every year.
0:47[music] This is not partisan math. This is survey science conducted across the nation with statistical compliance. 33% approval, we repeat the score.
0:56Washington, D.C. is watching and they're keeping count for more.
0:58>> Breaking news, breaking [music] news, coming through your screen.
1:01>> 33% approval, lowest it has been.
1:04Dissent inside Navy Secretary out. Iran is in the headlines, D.C. full [music] of doubt.
1:09>> Breaking news, breaking news, stay tuned to the station. The numbers tell the story, just follow where they lead.
1:14>> Breaking news, breaking news, stay tuned to the station. The numbers [music] tell the story, just follow where they lead.
1:20Moving out of Capitol Hill where the filings have begun. Representative Ocasio-Cortez out, Green and John Lawson [music] on the run. Resolutions introduced, sitting y'all right conflict in more. Quarter for impeachment [music] proceedings on the floor. Now for context and for balance, let us state the facts. Republicans on Congress [music] and that changes the tracks. The likelihood of removal remains politically low, but the filings are official and the record needs to show.
1:41One [music] in five supporters inside the MAGA base have expressed dissatisfaction in the notable polling space. Even Meghan Kelly went [music] on record with concern saying pettiness and loyalty were matters of return.
1:52Democrats and activists [music] are pushing through their case. 25th Amendment conversations taking place.
1:57Whether or not proceedings reach a formal vote, the filings have been entered and the clerks [singing] have made the note. [music] >> Breaking news, breaking news, coming through your screen. 33% approval, lowest it has been. Dissent inside >> [music] >> Navy Secretary out. Iran is in the headlines, D.C. full of doubt.
2:13>> Breaking [music] news, breaking news, stay tuned to the station. The numbers tell the story, just follow where they [music] lead.
2:18>> Breaking news, breaking news, stay tuned to the station. The numbers tell the story, just follow where they lead. Now to the Pentagon where the story gets loud. Navy Secretary John feeling fired from the crowd. April 22 [music] and 23, the news came rolling in. The spooks with Pete Hoekstra reportedly where it begins. The disagreement centered [music] on a ship building design.
2:37Golden Fleet and Battleship currents crossing the line. Internal administration [music] friction hitting the press. Reporters confirmed the details, sources under duress. The timing [music] of the fire raised additional eyebrows. Happening amid conflict as the Iran tension builds. Straight up rumors under pressure. Ships and blockades said the naval [music] leadership shakeup not resolved just yet. Finally, the news with the international beat. The ongoing [music] Iran conflict bringing heat.
3:01Strikes have been reported, ceasefires have been signed, extensions being negotiated, negotiations on rewind.
3:06[music] Iran responded with ship seizures in the strait. U.S. military deployed and holding at the gate.
3:11[music] Leaks from within the military raising capability concerns. The diplomatic calendar continuing as Washington learns. The story is developing and we will keep you informed. Mainstream outlets covering as the situation is storm. AP, CNN, [music] and the New York Times all on the ground verify reporting, credible sources, facts are sound.
3:28>> Breaking news, breaking [music] news, coming through your screen. 33% approval, Iran legal on the scene.
3:33Dissent inside Navy [music] Secretary out. Admittals have been counted in the records in the light.
3:38>> Breaking news, breaking news, stay tuned to the station. The numbers tell the story, just follow where they lead.
3:44[music] Breaking news, breaking news, stay tuned to the station. The numbers tell the story, just follow where they lead. [music] That is your pollitics.
3:50Stay close to your screen.
3:52>> 33% approval, Iran legal on the scene.
3:54>> This has been your breaking news from Washington tonight. The numbers have been counted [music] in the records in the light. Breaking news, breaking news, coming through your screen. The numbers tell the story, [music] just follow where they lead. Dissent inside Navy Secretary out. The numbers tell the story, just follow where they lead.
4:10Breaking news, breaking news, stay [music] tuned to the station. The numbers tell the story, just follow where they lead. Breaking news, breaking news, stay tuned to the station. The numbers [music] tell the story, just follow where they lead.
4:24The numbers tell the story, [music] just follow where they lead.
4:29The numbers tell the story, just follow where they lead.
4:34The numbers tell the story, [music] just follow where they lead.
4:40The numbers tell the [music] story, just follow where they lead.
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