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state in campaign 2024. phone lines are open, split by political party. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. a special line for new hampshire voters this morning, (202) 748-8003. that is also the number you can send us a text. you can catch us on x, @cspanwj. on facebook, facebook.com/cspan. lead story out of the newspaper out of new hampshire, she's not trump, haley makes her final case. this is nikki haley from last night. [video clip] amb. haley: 70% of americans have said they do not want a

trump-biden rematch. the majority of americans disapprove of both of them. look at what they are doing. when you hear trump speak, what is he talking about? grievances? the past? he is talking about vendettas. today he is in court. biden is talking about investigations. neither one of them is talking about the future. i am doing this because i don't want my kids to live this way. and more than that, you are voting tomorrow in a primary. we gotta think about a general election. because, let me tell you, look at any one of those polls, head-to-head, trump and biden are in a dead heat. and i'm going to remind you, a vote for joe biden is a vote for kamala harris. we do not want to ever have a president kamala harris. host: nikki haley in franklin,

new hampshire, last night. former president donald trump was in laconia, new hampshire. this was part of his pitch to voters before primary day. [video clip] fmr. pres. trump: shortly after i win the presidency, we win, i will have a horrible war between ukraine and russia settled, we will get it settled. and when i was commander-in-chief, iran was a weak, broke, ready to make a deal -- they were weak, broke, and ready to make a deal. then biden came in and surrendered everything, all of the things i did. i told china,any oil from iran -- i told us to practically every country, they were not selling oil, and now under biden, iran is rich, powerful, and spreading bloodshed all over the middle east.

you see what is happening. they have no money with me. now they have $200 billion, and they control iraq. what a stupid move. under my leadership, we will restore peace through strike. we will rebuild the entire military. of course, we get about 85 billion dollars -- can you imagine? 85 billion dollars they get to afghanistan. and afghanistan now, the taliban, afghanistan is just about one of the leading sellers of military equipment. they do not need 70,000 rifles, they need 50,000 rifles, 20,000 rifles we gave them vehicles, many armor-plated costing hundreds of thousands of dollars each. but i'm the only candidate who can make this promise to you, i will prevent world war iii. host: former president trump last night in new hampshire. it is primary day in new

hampshire. taking your phone calls. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. new hampshire voters, especially want to hear from you this morning, (202) 748-8003. polls opened at 6:00 a.m. eastern, set to close generally at 7:00 p.m. eastern tonight. some votes have already been counted in new hampshire, referring to a tiny town, dixville notch. here is a story from npr last night, the six registered voters of tiny dixville notch all cast their ballot for nikki haley at midnight yesterday. the resort town, the first place in the nation to vote in the 2024 primary. the voters outnumber there, more

than 10 to one, by reporters. not to mention, freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. this dates back to 1960, the first in the nation voting. one tweet about this tiny town from scripps news yesterday, saying how important getting those six votes in dixville notch, and one of those residents saved a personal phone call from nikki haley asking for his support. taking your personal phone calls this morning to the "washington journal." we will start in new hampshire, berlin, new hampshire, gary on the line for republicans. have you voted this money? caller: nah, i'm going to do that. i am going to be upfront. i am going to vote for nikki haley. i hope the people of new hampshire, open your eyes and

not vote for donald trump. he is a crook, and insurrectionist. six capitol police officers died because of his election lies. just like black lives matter, don't their lives matter? any election lawyer should know the election laws, you cannot overturn a democracy and take democracy away from the people. come on, people of new hampshire, wake up. it is our democracy, we have to defend it. host: donald trump on the new hampshire primary ballot for the third time in three presidential primaries. he got something like 85% in 2020. did you vote for him? caller: yes, i did, but i am not going to vote for him anymore. host: what do you think about the polls that show donald trump up anywhere between 11 and 19

points in new hampshire today? caller: i don't know what's wrong with these people. you know, don't they care that he caused a riot that killed six capitol police officers? tell that to the families of the capitol police officers that died because of his election lies. and i cannot believe that these maga republicans refusing to accept the fact that donald trump lost fair and square. anybody that is an elected official, don't care what office you are running for, city, state, county, school board, i don't care, you serve at the will of the people. if it is the will of the people that you no longer serve, so be it. this is a democracy, our democracy. nobody has the right to take democracy away from us. host: that is a gary in berlin, new hampshire, the special line

for new hampshire voters this morning, (202) 748-8003. we will set that aside for those voters in the granite state. headline from usa today, four new polls give trump a huge lead in new hampshire. insider advantage had the biggest trump lead, 27 points ahead of nikki haley. boston globe suffix poll showed donald trump ahead 19 points. washington post monmouth poll, 18 points was the gap. whdh tv emerson poll in new hampshire had donald trump up by 16 points. that is what the polls say headed into today. today, the people get a say in new hampshire, primary day in new hampshire. this is sam in san diego, independent. thanks for getting up early. caller: yeah, hi, how are you, good morning.

i am very alarmed about this upcoming election. i think president biden, his popularity is at an all-time low. and i think he was voted for by constituents that were just kind of tired of trump. you know, trump was a very bombastic personality. but his policies -- i mean, there's good to be said about his policies. what alarms me the most is that over one-third of the country believe the election was stolen. this is unheard of. when you look at the flow of election workers that have left their jobs because of this pressure and then all the legal cases and all the scrutiny, i would even go with the word scandals, it is creating an

environment that is potentially very alarming. because, already, you have tens of millions of dissolution voters. so if this becomes the two candidates to elect, even if trump loses, those voters are not even going to come close to believing it. biden was elected as a moderate, as somebody who would be good for the country. and i think his foreign policies have been kind of against the will of the people. i don't see a lot of support for the $200 billion sent to ukraine. the cease-fire was overwhelmingly demanded at 70%, but nothing has happened. that is going to potentially lead to international genocide. it is really alarming to me to see the sort of political threats in this election, and i

am just hoping for some kind of a miracle were somebody just pops out of the blue as a moderate, a centrist, as a vibrant candidate to address the real problems. you know, the crisis on the border, they homelessness, the crime, the health care system. so i have never been more concerned about an election in my lifetime. host: that is sam out of san diego this morning. as the washington post puts it today, and unusual campaign to write-in the president today in new hampshire. new hampshire voters heading to the polls, but the ballots are now part of the revamped mechanic nominating calendar. biden and the democratic national committee moved south carolina to the front of the pack. new hampshire decided to hold their first of the nation primary today in defiance of new party rules from the dnc.

the content now carries no practical weight. biden opted not to put his name on the ballot. the democrat here in new hampshire say their votes have a new -- an important role to play, offering their first show support to the president and his party before other stakeholder contests. that is what to watch for today, how strong that show of support may be for the current president, that in the democratic primary. the republican primary getting most of the attention, nikki haley and donald trump facing off. kevin in michigan, democrat, good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call, avid listener. i spent a lot of time listening to the callers, because i think we do not add enough -- for like of a better word, blame on the constituents, the voters. even those that call in on this show, they say hypocritical

things. trump is playing you. guilty of fraud. you hear people calling in talking about bull crap about immigration. why people are the only illegal immigrants in this country. -- white people are the only illegal immigrants in this country. black are the people forced to be here. you have the nerve to say someone fleeing poverty and murder and all that stuff coming over here? if they knew what they were coming into, people who like rapists, like fraudsters, like liars in plain, they won't be wanting to be here. host: what is your expectation of what happens today? caller: of the election? host: that is what we're talking about, yes. caller: of course, trump is going to win because all of his constituents, the republican

voters, like liars. they are hypocrites. they vote for someone who is the up and to be of everything they have ever said they headed all along. all the history of america, constitution, bible, and you have somebody who ain't even read neither one, the leader of your party he is a narcissistic fool, and he is not even going to survive the next four years, let alone the next eight. probably not even the end of this dang gung election. they're all haters, that is all they want america to be. host: do you think is too old to be president? caller: absolutely. joe biden is too old. we have all these great candidates for presidency. i want to see michelle obama to run, honest to god truth, because she has the credibility to be good. host: there are some younger candidates running, congressman dean phillips, a democrat

running to challenge joe biden. have you paid much attention to his campaign? caller: i do. but to be realistic, i think gavin newsom would be incredible, because i want somebody that is going to fight, somebody that will go toe-for-toe with these liars, front verse, hypocrites. i want somebody that is going to call them out. anytime any maga supporter or talking head is spewing these lies in plain view of the people, i want somebody like gavin newsom to be on-site to challenge them. host: got your point. that is kevin out this morning on the democratic line. this would be dean phillips, the democrat challenging joe biden, yesterday in new hampshire. [video clip] mr. phillips: i'm disappointed in my party. i have been a democrat my whole

life, representing it. to have the audacity to tell you that your extraordinary 103-year tradition, first in the nation primary, that you take so seriously, that you execute so beautifully, is meaningless? the audacity of any party that would say that, it is shameful. what else is shameful that it forster attorney general to send a letter back to my party for the seas and desist of the unlawful suppression of voters -- the cease and desist of the unlawful suppression of voters. i do not think americans are being the -- told the truth about what is happening. it is shameful, wrong, and dangerous, and our president is the leader of the democratic party, and he should opine on the subject and white the state of florida democratic party decided that joe biden won already and refused to put any other names on the ballot. those floridians do not have the

chance to vote. in north carolina, they decided to do the same thing. despite what the law says, a presidential candidate noted by the media, he should be on the ballot. in massachusetts, it took intervention from the secretary of state to put my name on the ballot. here you are tomorrow, the president of the united states chose not to be on your ballot, his decision. i am appalled. i was in the house chamber on january 6 when fellow americans try to prevent the counting of ballots. and i'm witnessing now quietly and methodically another party trying to prevent the printing of ballots. the counting versus the printing. think about it, everybody. i am a proud democrat and will tell you the truth. i intend to say the quiet part out loud because both parties have gone wayward. i would ask for your consideration tomorrow. yes, we are a longshot.

darn right, i am. thank goodness we live in a country in which the longshot can have a platform. and but for all you view in this great state -- all of you in this great state, i never could have tried. host: democratic congressman dean phillips yesterday in new hampshire. robert on the line for democrats, greenwich, connecticut. good morning. caller: yes, good morning. am i on? host: yes, sir. caller: yes, really, the whole trump situation comes down to the one overriding issue of all of his indictments. he knows if he gets reelected, he cannot be convicted. so he is fighting tooth and nail to stay out of prison. that is what it comes down to, pure and simple. everything he says is a lie. it is pretty much documented that he lies incessantly.

and if anybody does any fact checking on some of his ridiculous claims, they will see that it is a bald-faced lie, one after another after another. of course, he is fighting hard now he knows he is going to go to prison, and he is trying to gum up the work in the legal section two delay the trials past the election, and then he can say this is terminated because i'm president now and i have the power to do that. but we have the power to not let that happen. i am not even contemplating voting for this charlatan. he is a snake, conman, pure and simple. probably the best this nation has ever, unfortunately, had to deal with. so please, america, don't even contemplating wasting your lives, your family lives, by voting for this man. he should be in prison. host: robert in connecticut. this is wes on the republican

line out of pittsburgh. caller: good morning. i noticed that the first caller said that six capitol police died on january 6, and that is an outright lie. i have never been heard that figure before. one policeman died a day later from a heart attack. where are they coming up with this information? i just don't get it. you can verify it on the internet that only one died at that point. the reason i am pro-trump is because of where biden has taken this country. inflation is at 8%, the economy is diving, the border has had 10 million people come in during his time, a lot of them not even vetted, the cost of fuel increased like crazy, and that is house fuel and car fuel, escalating crime, the handling of afghanistan, what an

embarrassment with that withdrawal. the current wars now taking place, now begging israel to put in much backed off after they were attacked. even had bill maher, people traditionally on the left, mocking the democratic party now. it is a sham, not the party i grew up with, not the party of jfk, jr., which he seems to embrace. i can quite understand why anybody would be voting for this mess. host: that is wes out of pittsburgh, pennsylvania. the makeup of new hampshire when it comes to voter registration, some close to 900,000 voters registered in new hampshire as of the beginning of this year, just a few weeks ago. about 31% republican, 30% democrats, 39% unaffiliated,

what the granite state folks call their independent voters. they can pick which primary they want to participate in today. nikki haley camp appealing to many of those unaffiliated voters. they make up some 40%, close to 40%, of the electorate in new hampshire. to the independent line, this is john in blackwood, new jersey. caller: good morning. i originally was going to comment on -- but wes in pittsburgh did it for me. i was real awake and that six people died on january 6. each democrat came up with more and more outrageous claims, i can only imagine as president trump gets closer to the white

house, they are going to be ballistic. i have a suggestion for c-span, this comes under trying to bring the country together, maybe you can create a c-span4 for all the people who want to talk past each other and just further divide us and infuriate us. i have a lot of democrats in my family, and friends, and there are some people with conservative values. i am in the middle of it. the democrats, they don't want to come together. i don't know why. a lot have jobs, especially in the cities -- i am a philly guy originally. jobs are real important. but the democrat party is not the one of jfk. i could deal with that.

even partly bill clinton. but today, they are off the wall. and for governors to let democrats vote in the republican primary, i can't imagine going forward. what else are you going to do to try to stop president trump? i can most of my information from c-span. i watched c-span religiously on weekends, book notes on the older various shows. i listen to both sides, the left and the right. if they would just go on to your recordings and look for the last thing that j.d. vance was on and conservatism, his book, he is so straight, who told people, he says, you want to buy the book, buy it. you don't want to, don't.

but he said the lobbyists that come into his door, what they want done, and as he escorts them at the door, if people would listen, this means that our other elected officials are also being influenced to back legislation that is going to benefit their concern. and j.d. vance said let the officials work for the people. he said that over and over. i followed him from reading his book -- host: are you talking about the book, "regime change"? caller: no. host: the original book was "hillbilly elegy," but are you talking about the newer one? caller: i was more focused on j.d. vance's. a gentleman wrote the book and

j.d. vance edited it. that's it, sorry. host: go to our website, c-span.org, for those programs airing on book tv. staying on our independent line, cindy out of st. petersburg, florida. caller: good morning. i am an independent, and i look at things towards the middle. i am not too far to the left or too far to the right. i am looking at either nikki haley or dean phillips. i am going to do everything i can to keep trump off from being president. living here in florida with desantis, trump, and all the maga republicans moving in here, i have to walk out my door every day and see the slaughter of my native lands because they don't care.

we're losing our farmlands. we are losing our wildlife. the seas are rising. i just heard on the news treasure island is going to do things to try to stop the water from rising. they said the water is rising. of course, people who don't live on the beach have to pay for that, as well as the residents who live on the beach. so i am getting sick and tired of walking out my door and having tears in my eyes, seeing the slaughter of my native land. i don't want to see america become florida, because florida is losing its nature. host: got your point. cindy in st. petersburg, says she is between nikki haley and dean phillips. here's more from nikki haley

from franklin, new hampshire, last night. [video clip] amb. haley: and every single thing that donald trump has said or put on tv has been a lie. check with the fact checker. every single thing. he says i want to cut social security and raise the retirement age, i never once said that, not once. if anything, we're going to make it solvent so that no one lives in fear. he says i don't want to have a border wall. i never said that. i said you can't just do a border wall, you have to do all these other things that are going to stop what is happening at the border. he said that i love war. quite the contrary. you do not have a husband that is in the military and love war. you are obsessed with preventing war. that is what happens when you do that. [applause] but if he is going to lie about me, i am going to tell the truth about him. and that is the fact that he needs to answer to why does he

want to raise the retirement age to 70, why as president in 2018 did he propose a 25 cent per gallon gas tax increase on all of us? why didn't he do anything to take care of the federal flow on china? and everybody talks about the economy that trump gave us and how good it was, and it was. but at what cost? he put us $8 trillion in debt. in four years. our kids are never going to forgive us for letting that happen. so let's talk about the truth. when you go out on tuesday, you're going to decide, do you want more of the same or do you want something new? host: nikki haley last night in franklin, new hampshire. it is primary day in new hampshire. taking your phone calls, talking about the granite state primary, talking about election 2024. democrats, (202) 748-8000.

republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. keeping open that line for new hampshire, (202) 748-8003. if you want to send a text, you can also send it to (202) 748-8003. just include your name and where you're from. kevin out of louisiana, republican, good morning. are you with us? caller: yes, sir, i am. host: what are your thoughts on primary day in new hampshire? caller: you know, when nikki haley mentions -- host: i tell you what, let's hold off on the language, helps with the conversation to not cuss on air. this is bruce in texas, democrats line, good morning. caller: good morning, sir.

well, i am coming up on my 65th birthday, and i am in combat veteran and i lived through the 1980's and cannot get a job, if you could even buy one -- i am an ex-combat veteran. i retired in 2019 from an industrial accident, not because of my fault but because of something else. and i know a few people that are what you call clinical psychologists. and the idea -- i asked them, i go, is there such a saying that if you keep doing what you're doing and expecting different results, you're going to keep getting the same old thing? well, the two of them told me

that is the very definition of insanity. host: are we doing the same thing and expecting different results when it comes to all of our campaigns? caller: yes. yes, we're doing the same old thing during the 1980's. i came up, when i was in the military, i came up to the reagan era. i did a lot of things and service that we were ordered to do for the sense of our country. a lot of that i cannot talk about. i worked in the nuclear industry for a lot of years after i got out of the u.s. military, and i also did an extended tour because they have a, what do you call, seven and a half, eight and a half years, they can extend your enlistment. but i had a pretty good career. then i got hurt in 2019. but the idea that we keep doing the same old thing, and we are

expecting different results. host: that is bruce out of texas. speaking of the 1980's, this is theodore johnson, his piece in today's washington post, the 1980's called and wants their presidential matchup back. he says it is natural donation would look to the past for an allegory. the 1980's are fashioned as a time when we remember how to win, how to feel better about herself. it seems less strange that trump and biden would be the nominees for two elections straight. their avatars for the age, the idea that comeback is imminent. it says their supporters will symbol partisans at each other's throats, itching for a fight, one nation under god, divided in two. theodore johnson in today's washington post. a call out of st. petersburg, independent, back to st. petersburg.

caller: good morning. you're looking pretty dapper. i appreciate you do not use thick facial filters. host: ok. caller: i feel it is a theatrical game here. i would like to correct the former caller saying do the same thing over and over is the definition of insanity. if you look it up, that is not what it says. another caller was promoted j.d. vance's book. j.d. vance is not even his real name. i also think that it is pretty tone deaf that so much money is being spent on campaigns when so many people are struggling with their day-to-day expenses. i think the campaigns are doing nothing for the mental health of the country. lastly, i would like to point out, there is a certain comedy at least to the situation when we are looking at a situation where this man who has basically

been convicted of rape and is skipping that hearing today in lieu of going to an attempt to win a competition in tiny dixville. have a good day. host: this is john in turtle creek, pennsylvania, republican. good morning. caller: good morning. thanks for taking my call. first of all, i really wish that people who are republicans and democrats would call on the right line here. i know you guys cannot control it, but it is really getting bad. it makes no sense that a republican, your first call, would call in and make the outrageous statements that he was making and say he was a republican. but the important story -- host: he said he was going to vote for nikki haley and said he

voted for trump in the past. caller: john, you know anybody can say anything they want and do other. that the things people really need to know today is this primary really does not even count. any state that would allow democrats to vote in the republican primary, it makes no sense. so when we go to south carolina and she gets beaten by 30 points in her own home state, then who is going to be talking about nikki haley? the rest of the country isn't new hampshire. we don't have laws like new hampshire. so i think it is going to be a different result when this moves on. but thank you for taking my call. host: do you think she will move on? what is your expectation tonight? caller: i don't think she will. if her advisors are smart, they will be able to tally how many democrats voted for her, and then she will know she is never going to get them votes and that she really lost bad.

she may go out before south carolina. i doubt it. but i think south carolina is going to be the state. host: to washington state, this is karen, also on the line for republicans. caller: oh, hey, good morning. thanks for taking my call. i just want to put it out there that i will be supporting trump. the way this country has been, the direction this country has been is horrible. we have an open border with millions of illegal aliens coming into the country. host: anything else, karen? caller: i buy gas at costco. the last day trump was in office, gas was $2.89 a gallon for premium. and now -- it has gone down, but that is only because of -- gosh, i lost my train of thought.

anyway, my energy has gone up. my groceries, everything, under this feckless administration. it has just been horrible for our nation. and trump put us on the right track four years ago. and i would like to see us continue that way. also, we have the crisis in the middle east, have china circling on taiwan, north korea and south korea. none of this stuff was happening when he was in office. so say what you will about him, but i just want the country back to where it was four years ago. and every administration spends interim us -- a tremendous amount of money. that will not stop. but say what you will, we need to do this country back on track. host: do you pay much attention to the stock market? caller: i do, and my stocks, my 401(k), horrible, although the

stock market hit a record high, 38,000, i believe. host: yesterday, advancing above 38,000 for the first time ever. caller: yeah, exactly. but yeah, my stocks, my 401(k), have diminished tremendously under this administration. so i cannot wait until trump gets back into office and we can get the country back on track. i don't care about his personality, don't care about the tweets, just want the country back on track. i want us to be energy independent, not getting our oil from the middle east or from venezuela. host: that is karen out of washington. kathleen in guilder lent, new york, line for democrats. caller: good morning. ok, i am not understanding why people like trump so much. when he was in the white house, he betrayed this country over and over again. even when he got out of the white house. when he was in the white house,

when they came with briefings, you know, the staff came to brief him about what was going on in the world, you know, he just put his back at them. [mocking voice] oh, i go by my gut. [regular voice] briefings at mar-a-lago on the table, are you kidding me? he went to north korea. that was all about, look at me, i am the first president that has ever done this, look at me. that is all that was about. then he goes to russia and stands in front of -- by putin on stage, talking about, he said he didn't do it, he said he didn't do it, well, i believe him. are you kidding me? when puerto rico had a national disaster, he goes there and starts throwing paper towels at very disparate people who had been through so much. and he is going to sit around a table with them -- not a table,

but he was sitting with them and talked about, well, you know, not many people died here. are you kidding me? are you kidding me? he went to california with that horrible fire, he cannot even say the name of where he was at. are you kidding me? host: that is kathleen out of new york. talking about what is going on around the world and around the country. about 20 minutes left in this segment. two non-new hampshire related stories to keep you aware of, this from the new york times, the pentagon identifying those navy seals who were lost during that nighttime rate on a small ship carrying weapons components found from yemen. special operator first class christopher chambers and second-class nathan gage ingram were lost on january 11, the two men tried to climb a rope boarding ladder and rough seas. one fell into the ocean and the

other jumped in to attempt to rescue, according to officials briefed. both were lost at sea. a vast joint search operation, and they were named yesterday. they were assigned to seal team three based in coronado, california. there are there pictures in the new york times. one story on the home front and out of washington, d.c., the supreme court sided with the biden administration yesterday and cleared the way for u.s. border troll agents to remove -- border patrol agents to remove razor wire at the southern border until the legality is resolved in court. four conservatives noted there -- their dissent with that decision. the case is one of several legal battles between texas governor greg abbott and the biden administration over the governors border crackdown known

as operation lone star. to texas, this is larry out of houston, line for democrats. caller: thanks for taking my call. i am sorry to hear about the navy seals, i say my prayers for their family. i know how that is, losing people. the stuff about new hampshire, new hampshire does not represent the whole of america. how much blacks do they have in america, how much hispanics today have in america? that is not the whole thing. as for dean phillips, biden was put -- host: in new hampshire, demographic numbers, 88.8% white, 4.6% hispanic or latino, just 2% african-american, 3% asian, that according to the census department and the 20 23. caller: when you really break

down the whole of america, probably white. african-americans represent, what, 13%, i think. host: new hampshire is decidedly white, much more than the rest of the country. caller: yes, so that does not represent everybody. that is why these folks are -- i mean, i am in houston. nobody even know you, nobody knows you. who goes against the incumbent president? what are you doing? it is just crazy. the other thing, biden losing this, biden losing that, trump said biden was going to start world war ii, he calling nikki haley pull oc -- pelosi.

something's really wrong with this man, but people still like this man. one more thing, and i will leave it at that, if president obama did half the things that donald trump done, would america reelect him? or would he even be -- he would be in jail. he would be in jail. and people, whenever there is a military pullout of places, do your history. i was in desert storm. vietnam was a failure when they pulled out. afghanistan, vietnam was a total failure. afghanistan was -- i mean, they shouldn't have ever been there. they should have never been there. host: this is nicky out of new york, independent. caller: everybody should have a two-minute time limit, i think.

but here's my point, does anybody ever consider death as a factor in life? suppose donald trump got dead before he hit the white house? just suppose joe biden died? police officers, firemen, gang members -- host: is it an argument to vote for a younger candidate? caller: no, it is an argument to realize that there are factors that only the creator, god, goddess, whoever put me here, is going to take me back. and everybody faces this. on the day you were born, you have an expiration date. nobody can tell when it is going to come, but god is the greatest comic. he is such a comedian. he can throw a monkey wrench into anything. politics and/or religion,

especially where they enter trying -- where they intertwine, will destroy you. thank you. have a lovely day. host: this is turtle creek, pennsylvania. michael, republican. good morning. caller: oh, thank you for taking my call. i think you have to realize that my statement would be that i think probably the biggest piece of garbage that ever walked this planet -- i was born in 1943, 80 years old, had to be adolf hitler with 6 million jews slaughtered. we know the history. we have trump making a statement, and i have been kind of a supporter, a lot to like about the man. but when he made a statement yesterday or couple days before where he got along good with putin, you know, had he still been president, there might -- might not have been an invasion of ukraine.

what the russians did in ukraine is an atrocity. putin is a war criminal. that should be the first thing out of his mouth. you have to keep things where they belong. you have to be judgmental, watch what racism means, and stuff. but nikki haley, i like the lady because i think she is legitimate. i don't not think there's anything she says out of her mouth, but they will twisted up anyhow. but i just. i would call, and i think nikki haley, i cannot see biden. i mean, is he getting around? can he see five feet in front of him? not a young man, having a problem. when you turn 80, 78, you have to deal with the number. i just love this nikki haley when you talk about the three candidates. host: do think nikki haley will make it to super tuesday? caller: well, what is to stop her? this guy commented about her whole state, she might get devastated.

desantis, he knows it is a dead end. you have people backing with money, what are the results? do you have a chance? i think she is legitimate. this is the united states of america. we mean something, when those boys put that stuff down in 1776, and franklin, when he says a republic is a masterpiece, if you can hold onto it -- we have a lot of statements made by politicians, we have a great history. i mean, i don't want to -- you are not asking me anything, i just running my mouth. the main thing was when he said 48 hours ago how he is buddy up with putin, he should be arrested and put in jail. host: this is kent out of new york, democrat. caller: good morning. i would just like to say that

rehashing older stuff from republicans and democrats is kind of foolish. i blame the media. it is not what you hear. because what you hear is not that important. it is what you don't hear that is really important. and instead of talking about fighting for trump, they should talk about blacklock and vanguard and were all this money is coming from. there are hundreds of thousands of acres being bought in ukraine by companies and interests from the united states, so they are not going to sacrifice all that. the military industrial complex is making a ton of money on everlasting wars. i would just like to say that biden should get rid of harris because i do not think she is liked by anybody. the same thing happened with hillary clinton.

as qualified as she was, she was not well-liked. the fact of the matter is bernie would have beat her and trump, except that he went to the dnc, and that is its own nebulous organization. you are actually supported by individuals. in this case, it was the clintons keeping them above water. so when it came time to decide, they took it to court, and the court said they are a private organization and can do what they want. so they shutdown bernie and tried to coordinate hillary. host: less than 10 minutes left this morning. one of story out of new hampshire, this going back to the concord monitor, what appears to be the first case of a problem experts have long feared, some voters in new hampshire have received robo calls that somewhat president biden telling them not to vote,

a message that appears to be artificially generated but should be ignored. the message sent sunday sounded as if it was biden's anger vote makes a difference in november, not on tuesday. this issue came up in the white house briefing room yesterday after the press secretary was asked about the robo calls, here is that exchange in the briefing room. [video clip] >> there is a robo call circulating in new hampshire that appears to be audio of president biden's voice talking about a campaign issue. can you talk about the concern that the white house has about the president's likeness being used in this false manner? >> as you stated, i have to stay at the top, it is a robo call for an upcoming election in 2024, but that call was indeed fake and not recorded by the president. i can confirm that. i want to be really careful since it is a primary election,

a campaign. i don't want to speak too much about that. look, more broadly, as we talk about deep fakes, the president has been cleared that there are risks associated with deepfakes. fake images and misinformation can be exacerbated by emerging technologies, and that is why this president has directed the department of commerce, through the ai safety institute, to help develop clear watermarking and content standards. so that is important. but again, to your question on this robo call that was not the president, that was fake and was certainly not recorded by this president. host: that was in the white house briefing room yesterday. time for a couple more calls this hour of the "washington journal." an independent, good morning. caller: good morning, america. i will be 62 here in little bit,

and the democratic party have done a perfect job as far as separating us and isolating us and fighting amongst each other. it is evident they are getting away with criminal acts. i was a military police, i can read a report. all these reports for the last three years on biden and all the crap they have been doing, i mean, come on. it was not the republicans that did the 170-something thanked red flags, it was them shuffling their money around for influence. another thing i would say, i feel and pray for the two brothers lost and for their families. it is horrible. we're are in trouble, people. everybody and know that is voting for trump has had enough of this. i mean, we were all doing better under trump, no matter what he

says or anything. look at biden. look at his policies. what has biden done positive for america other than burn us down? it will take us getting to the voting booth and voting who is the best person, which i believe is trump. host: this is john out of pennsylvania, independent. caller: good morning. i think nikki haley is going to lose badly tonight. trump is going to get more than 50% of the vote. and half of your south carolina leadership, like tim scott and nancy mace, are endorsing trump. that should be a clear message to you to drop out of the race, like governor desantis did. governor desantis made the right choice. he is going back to his state as governor to finish out his term, what his state wanted, and he has plenty of time to run for president again.

and nikki haley should see the warning signs here. she should drop out and stop wasting time. i also wanted to mention that she is not going to get the meyer nor devote. she -- get the minority vote. she tries to identify as a minority woman, but african-americans and hispanics, they are not going to vote for her. host: our last caller in this first segment of the "washington journal." there is more to talk about. after the break, we turn to the past and future of new hampshire's first in the nation primary and have voting works in the granite state and voter confidence in elections around the country. there conversations with the university of new hampshire dante scala and bradford cook, chair on the special committee of voter confidence. voters will be able to cast their ballots, voting with a new

hampshire state representative, talking about the efforts of the biden campaign. here is that interview. [video clip] >> we were really disappointed here in new hampshire with the dnc and their misguided rules around their nominating calendar this year and came together and said we need to stand up for the president. we want to make sure that there is a story coming out of new hampshire's first in the nation primary, more than just the maga circus, that actually says there are a lot of people in new hampshire. overwhelmingly, voters want to see the president reelected to a second term. this is a grassroots coalition of volunteers and activists from across the state, coming together to understand the importance of every single election, including this one that is coming up. i am thinking about my 11 year old and my eight-year-old and go

vote every single election day, so i do not see why we would sit this one out because he did not put his sam on the ballot. what is unique about this effort is that there is not a big staff, not a lot of money. we have raised about $70,000, mostly going into yard signs that people can hold at the polls and remind people that there is an opportunity to write -in the president on election day. it started with a call of about a dozen of us and it has grown to about 250 people. that was on a call last week on zoom, just getting focused on what they get out the vote operation looks like and making sure we have volunteers at the polls in the morning, noon time, and evening on election day. >> and what does it actually look like? how are you educating voters? for people who are not driving by, how are you getting the information out to them?

>> a variety of different ways, but mostly neighbor to neighbor, a grassroots effort. there are not organized canvases, not like we're doing paid mail or digital. it is really voter to voter, having conversations with neighbors, and making sure they know there is an opportunity to write-in the president. democrats and a lot of independents are supportive of the administration and the accomplishments. >> for voters who are going to the polls, what do they need to be aware of to vote for biden? >> it is really simple. pull a democrat ballot, fill in the write-in bubble and right in joe biden. that is simple. joseph r biden, joe biden,

president joe biden, those count. because there's really one question on the ballot and we know there are a lot of volunteers that will be showing up at the polls to help tabulate the results, we are expecting those results in a timely manner on election day. >> as of now there is speculation that belus -- delegates won't be awarded at the conventions why is it important for this campaign to be successful? >> for us in new hampshire, we know the president is head to head with donald trump the president is preferred by seven or eight points. that's really important that democrats and independents who support the president have an opportunity to weigh in and say this is the first nominating contest with or wut