Hi there and welcome to meet the press now. I'm Ryan Nobles as the White House welcomes

turkeys to the nation's capital and tries to avoid becoming a lame duck presidency.

After a series of setbacks that have raised questions of whether the president may be approaching

the limits of his influence over his own party.

Right now, the president's standing with the public is in perilous political territory

with an approval rating that is significantly underwater across recent major polls.

And his message on affordability has run a foul of voters, even as he again lauded the economy

during the White House Turkey pardon earlier today.

I want to wish all Americans a very, very happy Thanksgiving.

It's a great time of the year, and our country is doing really well economically like we've never done before.

And this Thanksgiving, we're also making incredible strides to make America affordable again.

But a recent CBS poll finding that a sizable majority of Americans say his assessment of the economy doesn't reflect reality in that he's

painting too rosy a picture. And since March, approval of his handling of the economy has

steadily eroded by 15 points to just 36. It comes as a major factor in the affordable

affordability equation for many Americans, the cost of

health care, is set to be front in Washington this holiday season, with affordable care

act subsidies expiring at the end of the year and premiums set to skyrocket for millions.

Treasury Secretary Scott Besson teased an announcement on the issue this week, but yesterday

press secretary Caroline Levitt largely dod on the issue this week. But yesterday, press

Secretary Caroline Levitt largely dodged the issue and offered no timeline. I will tell you that

health care is a topic of discussion that's happening very frequently and robustly inside the

West Wing right now. The president's very much involved in these talks. And he's very focused on unveiling a health care proposal that will fix the system and will bring down costs for consumers.

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