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the other thing is, when you fly a flag upside down that is a sign of distress. his wife chose to do that, if you do research, because of whatwas going on with january 6. however you feel about what n that day ok'd. but instead of jumping to a conclusion that everything is whatever people think it is which may be has to do with and i don't think that is what either of them were trying to say -- it is the hypocrisy of people getting upset and not understanding the people of our country, my people did things they did. we have an amazing thing called the internet. you can look things up and it isn't that hard. even wikipedia, which i don't think in and find out a little information. if you're going to be upset about something, think before you jump to a conclusion and do research to understand may be why someone is doing something. maybe we don't honestly understand why the justice and his wife are doing these things,

but i think that there is a deeper issue. i think court that not everybody loves because it i conservative, whatever that means to people but this is getting to the point where i think we are getting really by current events and not looking back at the history of our united states of america. thank bless, happy memorial day, have a great weekend. an also in the washington post today an article talking about democratic senators urging chief justice john roberts to ensure that alito does not take part in january 6 cases. the request is coming from senators dick durbin and sheldon whitehouse. they oversee the federal courts and their the senate judiciary committee and judicial oversight subcommittee. they have requested a meeting with roberts as soon as possible

to discuss what they call a "ethics crisis" at the supreme court. in their letter dated thursday the senators renewed calls for the high court to strengthen its ethics policy to include an enforcement mech response to those flags that heather was talking about. michael in tulsa, oklahoma on the republican line. good morning michael. caller: good morning. i'the courts, because this is a big issue. the hear from my democratic friends is that we cannot win by following the rules so we will change the rules to win. that is what they want to do with the supreme court. they talk about packing it urt justice dared to practice his freedom of speech by flying a flag. at the same time theare ok with kids actual campuses and making other students run home in fear, because. what really causes harm to those kids. that is ok but a supreme court justice flying a flag, all my god, it is a criminal oh boy. ruth bader ginsburg constantly

talked politics. she even said donald trump was unfit for president. she never recused herself from any of his cases. the hypocrisy is beyond democrats. nythey are either intellectually dishonest or completely ignorant to reality. thank you. host: david in florida on the independent line. good morning caller: how are you? host: doing wel thanks. caller: i have some information. it is neither democrat or independent. since i was young i did have an interest in a certain subject that my mother mentioned to me when i was about five years old. the topic was god. since then i have learned a few life. it was 21, i was with a friend in a

car, and all of a sudden i heard a very, very, very deep foleys. -- deep voice. i realized it was god talking to me. host: david, can you tell me how this relates to your top new story of the week? caller: how it relates? host: our top new story of the week as our discussion right now. caller: it has everything to do with everything. ok? host: we will go to lance in new t riif somebody told you that the sky wasthe blue, but when trumpsometh far anything, the screenshots that they show, it is just hypocritical for a pe ted with all these charges. also with the republicansestified

against him and they were in the room with him. so, it is really like the grain of democrats because they want a justice andveryone else he would have been way quicker and over with. and th the courts and everything, the courts, you know, found trump not believablese saying that he won the election. the 60 times he has already been to c tousome republicans pick judges. so, i just think it is hypocritical that everyone wants to blame the democrats when they can see for theelves. i don't know about thinking on own and having your own conscience gets to believe in trump, becau the republicans were running against him and all of a sudden they foot. host: got your point, lance. fernando in galveston, texasn

the republican line. good morning, what is your top w story of the week? caller: it is about the border. i am more concerned about the people who do have a bad habit of raping and killing and all that. i wish that they would put more attention to that. what am i trng to say? take careefore anything else. that is more important to me than anything else. i appreciate taking the time. host: let's go to wisconsin rapids wisconsin on the democrats line. good morning roseann. what is your top new story of the week? caller: i guess it would be mitt romney saying that we should pardon trump. i don't believe that that should be happening. they don't seem to learn from history. when nixon was pardoned by ford

-- well, it was bad at the time but they had done, breaking into the democratic he but this is a fellow who government and we are supposed to turn a blind eye to that and go, we pardon you for doing that? this is a fellow who would jump on that and say, see, i told you it was all a witch hunt. i was right and you were wrong. this is a fellow who is very very dangerous to our country. party is all falling in line because of what? money. money, money money. they all want -- the 2% once everything and the rest of us can pay for it. i'm sorry, but people need to do research on what's going on, because this is really a very bad thing. i thank you for letting me speak . thank you for c-span. ho greg in florida calligood morning greg. what is your top new story of the week? caller: the top new story of the

week is a nonstory for most people. but finally, change is happening in this world and it is totally ignored by the mainstream media all of te political parties, and no one wants to talk about it. thing to see here. nothing to see here. but there is an extension of that happening on this planet with the climate rapidly rising. the atlantic temperatures are up to the 80's and 90's. this bad for hurricanes. might even have some cat six's. but it is being totally ignored. as far as that goes, they are a bunch of rogues that need to be reined in. biden should add two or three more to the court to balance it out. thank you. host: season. this article from the washington

post. hurricane season predicted to be especially severe this -- especially severe. this week noaa warned that the united states could face one of its worst hurricane seasons in two decades as the agency issued its most aggressive outlook ever . gornment meteorologists predicted 17 to 25 tropical orms. eight to 13 of them are likely to become four to seven hurricanes. tropical activity could outpace even a record flurry of storms in 2025, perhaps starting earlier and lasting longer. that made the warm waters across the tropical atlantic ocean prompted warnings of an active hurricane season but the season exceeded expectations with a record smashing 28 storms and seven major hurricanes including hurricane katrina. let's go to ron inon the democrat line. good morning, what is your top

new story? caller: the top of the week is the ncaa agreeing to pa athletes, which will totallye the structure of sports as i see it. i am 55 years old and have been following college sports for 40 years. if you look at what is going on in the college landscape take penn state university, they announced they will spend $70million of private funds, not taxpayer money, on a stadium renovation. i just that thistitutions to get away from their stated goals of educatingi think that it's a huge story and i don't know how you get the cat back in the bag after this. ri would also like to remind people that this is memorial is no

reason to offer congratulations to veterans. ep day november 11. memorial day is to honor those who died in. it is normally a weekend of reflection andurning, in my opinion. host: bringing up the ncaa settlement from the new york times. therticle says that since the founding of the ncaa, they operated with a business model that defines college athletics as amateur. over the years college sports has evolved into a mega enterprise. labor actions have chipped away at that model and have become increasingly seen as exploitive. the ncaa's $2.8 billion settlement thursday night is a class action antitrust lawsuit representing the heaviest and decisive is approved by the u.s. district judge in california the settlement would allow for

the creation of the first revenue sharing for college athletics and a landmark shift in which schoolsy pay their athletes for playing -- would directly pay their athletes for playing. new jersey on the republican line. good morning. caller: how are you doing? i just wanted to say that these democrats and independents better wake up. the top story i think is how n immigrants who weren't even citizens, they tried to sneak that bill in, the democrats so they could vote for local elections. i watched that on c-span. that's insanity. that proves that they take democratsy then and that is it. people pulling the strings. they get away with that, pretty soon they will be voting on the presidency and local elections and not even being citizens of our cou who knows what will happen if

they get that bill. thank god the republicans stood up so people better wake up. trump ain't the bad guy. presidenumi think they all got to wake up and smell coffee and see the big picture. not these little things going on but the big picture trying to take our freedoms away, our country, and not caring about american citizens. thank you very much. host: lisa in kalamazoo michigan on the independent line. caller: thank you for taking my call. my was this whole first of all, the border is not open. we just came back from mexico on vacation. you couldn't get into the countryithout going through and showing documentation. number two, trump had for years to work with congress and change the asylum laws, but he was too busy playingthe first timethe senate

put together a bipartisan bill, the leader of it was one of the most conservative republicans langford of oklahoma. it came up for vote. a lot of democrats didn't like it. some republica however, president biden said pass itill sign it. ou don't vote for a border bill. look it up. google it. trump saite for a border bill. he had for years and he didn't border. mexico didn't pay for it come he didn't build wall, and he sure as heck didn't spend the time working with congress to change the asylum laws. that bill was a good bill. you pass it, you can make improvements and changes as you go along, but they wanted to do nothing. this is just a scam issue that

americans should be more concerned about losing their rights when you have to go before a politician to determine if you can terminate a that is hazardous to your life. women are bleeding out in parking lots because emergency room doctors are afraid to assist them for fear that they will be criminalized and put in jail. i think people need to wake up to the sca issue. i really appreciate you taking my call. host: joe in illinois calling on the democrats line. good morning j how are you? i hope that everyone is well. my big story of the century is climate change. it's not that climate change is wrong, it is that they are pushing man-made climate meaning we are doing things that are destroying thelanet.

i will tell you this. e -- 34 million years ago the south antarctica was 55 to 80 degrees with palm trees. the co2 level was three times as high as today. cars. they didn't have coal-burning fires. all of this is a joke. we are not in charge of the claimant. we have nothing to do with it. we are nothing more than on an elephant. the whole of the world is playing into the hands of this. nd of the rainbow is money, but it is coming from us. that is what i wanted to say. thanks. host:ria in derby, kansas on the republican line. whs at i i have two or three

things to mention. number one i hope trump doesn't put nikki haley anywhere near the white house. she showed her true colors when she ran for president. she told one lie after another and she will do or say anything for attention and power. i think ifue her career she needs to be a democrat, because that is who voted for her and the democrats like her. number two, the guy who just called ahange, he is right. god is in control of the climate. anything we spend won'td is in control. number three, thehe's right. trump did say, dothe reason he did is because all it was going to do wasou let the democrats bring more people over faster. he wanted that bill turned down. he does want biden to close the

border. he even said in one of all biden has to do is sign an executive order "that's what iid." he wants biden to close the border. biden won't do it. number three, alito. he is a good judge. the democrats don't seem to care about the flag when the democrat riots are going on at the colleges and the-- flags down. the republicans are holding t flag up and trying to preserve it. i'm getting tired of the lie after another and they need to research what they're talking about. host: let's go to frank in aberdeen, maryland on the democrat line. orning, frank, what is your top news story of the week? caller: good morning, you know,

you have to go back to see with the top story is. justice thomas used to write defense saying that we need to get rid of roe v. wade. now he is writing concurrences to discriminate against black people in voting as long as you that they are democrats. by the way we need to get rid of brown versus the board of education and griswold. it's being telegraphed what the supreme court wishes to do.they wish to take us back and basically get rid of the 13th, 14th, and 15thments and re-subjugate the minority and maintain white supremacy forever. host: to wayne in new hampshire on the republican line. good morning. op new story of the week? caller: thank you for taking my call. i would like to repeat wha said about the democrats calling in

to pass the border bill. the border it, it still allowed 5000 illegals slcm-n a day. that is still over one million a ar. that is why most of the republicans didn't want tha is streamlining the process. that's all it did.it didn't close the border. that is why. if it close the republicans would've went for it but it just streaml and still allowed 5000 illegal slcm-n -- 5000 illegals to come in. that lady isd do their research because that's not true. thank you for taking myhost: linda in line. good morning, linda. caller: there are a couple of piha up. as far as the border bill goes, theyimmigrants and illegal aliens. we are sick antired of it. this has to stop. they're taking more of our

taxpayer dollars, housing, health schooit is over the top. i want the border just want it closed. we don't want anymore illegal aliens. they're coming illegally. dlegally, fine. illegally, it is not right. number two, the rally in the bronx was the best of ever seen. those people love trump, as well they should. he spoke to them from the heart. he is telling the truth. i am tired of the democrats lying about trump. they lie about everything. sick and tired of it. that has to stop. more people are catching on to the democrats, and we are sick and tired of it. that's all i have to say. host: our last call in this hour of the program is mark in ey on the democrat line. good morning mark. caller: good moinc-span. i had to call in.

it seems like it is hate democrats day on c-span. these people democracy and we have a chance to keep it this way the selection, or we can go the fascist d have an authoritarian named trump w will decide whatever he wants to do no matter what state government or coty government. he will override them. i mean, the other thing that i this morning is climate change. i think that is always the biggest issue. it is scientifically proven. i don't know where the guy from illinois gets his idea that the -- that there was more carbon in the air in the stone age. it's ridiculous. the fact is, that you learn in science is for evern. we are putting tons of fuels, into the air it is changing the climate. so, we need to do something

about it. presidential candidate is doing something about it. he's not even doing enough. trump told big oil to give him $1 billion and then you could do whatever you is that governing? people, it''s remember the people who died for this country. this is a liberal democracy. let's keep it that way so that we can survive. k you. host: that is it fortop news story of the week segment. next on washingtongton post staff writer meryl kornfield will join us to discuss the libertarian national convention happening this weekend and the impact that the party could have on campaign 2024. oscar mike radio focusing on active duty military and veterans. we will be right bk.♪

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political party in the country representing a number of democratic and republican parties, the major parties but it is still a considerable party to pay attention to. especially this year.this is a year when we are seeing more third-party challenges and more significant third-party challenges than a lot of third-party candidates and supporters i talked to think that this is the perfect storm for them. there is dissatisfaction among americans with the two major presumptive nominees and they think that this might be their opportunity to try to convince americans to vote for them. ho libertarians are selectingidential nominee this weekend. explain how that works and how it differs froic process that we are use to? guest: it is a process if you know the democratic orks. there have been state conventions that have been going on. libertarian delegates have been selected to come to d.c. for

this weekend to pick the nominee. there will be debates between the people vying for the then there will be a vote. e er. to win the nomination, it is not just the most votes. you have to get 50%, over 50%. that means that there will be one vote, people who dropout and then that will continue until they have seleed their nominee. it could be a longshort process, we don't know what to expect. will be interesting to watch. host: how do the vice presiden that process? guest: they pick candidate separately, so that will be interesting to watch as well. host: how many candidates are there now on the presidential ticket? guest: there are a number of them. it will depend on able to get signatures. the process happens at the convention.

host: robspoke to the crowdannounced that former president trump would be speaking. what was the reaction? guest: there has been a lotf tension within the libertarian party as of late. we saw in 2022 convention in reno that there was a takeover by a faction of the party that now controls it. those not within that faction have been this satisfied with that leadership. when they announced they were inging trump and rfk junior to the convention there was a falling out. people tried to this invite trump. but this is proceeding as planned. host: why were both former president trump and rfk junior invited to speak at a libertarian e it is unusual. there has never been a sitting or former president who has addressed libertarian

convention. typically party conventions other party's presumptive nominees. what the libertarian party chair told me was that she wanted try to increase the visibility of her party and she thought having trump on stage to do that. she thinks that this is a great opportunity for libertarians to share their message. trump will havto defend his record. for trump, he sees this as an opportunity to gain libertarian voters.in some states this could be a close contest andho make up the difference. his attempt is to tell libertarians won't be able to gain as many votes as i can. if we collectively work together we can defeat joe biden. host: is there any other way that he is trying to appeal other than possibly a second term for joe bidenhe you are expecting to hear from him when "o is trying to encourage voters to support him versus either r

junior or someone in the libertarian party? guest: i think that we'll how he has marketed himself to voters in the past as someone who is antiestablishment someone who wants to "drain the swamp," and he will try to talk about how he will limit government. there will, of course, be reaction from the crowd saying you had four years and you do. there are demands the libertarian party made meet the promises that they hoped he would after his firsso, that will be brought up. host: we are talking with meryl kornfield, writer with the washington post about the libertarian convention this weekend in washington, d.c. if you have a question or comment, call in. democrat (202) 700 republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. if you support a third-party you can call in at (202) 748-8003.

yesterday, robert f. kennedy jr. did speak at the event. let'he and hear what he had to say and we will get your reaction on the others. [video clip] >> the fifth amendment says no one shall be life, liberty, and property unless convicted of a crime. if president trump shut down 3.3 million businesses -- president trump said he like a business. he came in and he gave the keys to our businesses bureaucrat who had no accountability. he closed down 3.3 million businesses with no due process no just compensation, in violation of the fifth amendment. with the lockdowns, the mass mandates, the travel restrictions, president trump resided over the greatest restrividual liberties this country has ever known.

heit really mattered. host: how did attendees respond or react toor said yesterday? guest: we saw some crowd reactions in the video. there were some grimaces. i heard a lot of pim. telling him, when he would reform government limit it. is the libertarian principle. there areans and rfk junior. he was briefly considering seeking his nomination and we didn't see that come out. that is some i've heard from a lot of delegates at the convention so far. they felt liwhy you might have been interested. he is a thirparty candidate, too. he has name recognition which could be beneficial for them, but they felt he doesn't align with their is there anything that he does align with? what he was saying yesterdayid appealed

to libertarians. it sounded very much l government. is there anything in his hat libertarian voters could get behind to support him? guest: about rfk junior is his vocal opposition to the coronavirus public health mandates. they said they liked that he argued for limited government in that sense. then i would hear later on who said that they think that his rhe some of the people got vacc some of his remarks antiscience. t point. host: let's hear from our callers. missouri on the democrats line. good morning, homer. yes mrs. kornfield, the thing is we are dealing with an individual -- an orange --

that we cannot afford to have a third-party candidate perform what ross perot did for bill clinton. bill clinton would probably still be president to this day if not for fdr. this election, i will be short and curt.we cannot afford to play around. this is not a time to be voting for a third-party candidate. host: are libertarian voters concerned about being a spoiler in the electio they don't see themselves in that way. they argue that as long as they are putting forth their message they could maybe change policy. ert es on this.

they think that they could win. some say in their campaigns we understand webut we want to share our message. rfk junior says that he can win but if you can't at least he is talking about the things he cares about. that is his message. host: let'so to bruce in athens, tennessee on the independent line. good morning bruce. caller: good morning. i think that we need morelg than one because we need to get all the information we can get. ask how she feels the last time between hillary and trump when hillary was given all the questions before the debate. thank you. host: any response to bruce? guest: interesting

because now that is a relevant conversation in terms of rfk junior. ing to get on the debate stage with trump and biden, and we could see him where there is a third-party candide on the stage with the two major candidates. that would be a pretty big h9

ountry much like the border crisis is entirely a smokescreen to keep us from banding together. against the controlling what is currently going on. i wanted to talk about something relevant. it is a victory for peace and justice that the world court has primly made this ruling about israhowever, we cannot be lulled into a false sense of security. they willh for

the palestinian people as we demand of them. if they feel the pressure off a moment they will rest. now is not the time to rest on our laurels. it is the time to push. since the 80's, your lives it is time to get back into the fight. it to push and push and push until we can bring down this regime of the american taxpayers prop up with their money every day of their working lives. and save the people of palestine and save this world from falling further into darkness and further into fascism. eople of palestine to free all of us. host: terry in salem democrats line. good morning. caller: yes, hi. i'm very disappointed in these

third-party voters and these anti-joe bidens. people that called him demented -'t know, i look at c-span that is a green and smart show that to specifics but the callers c n be more down. they called in and vote against themselves and say theposite of what the truth is. jill stein -- a jill stein voter is a bow for fascism and putting donald trump back into office. and basically, it is thinly veiled what the fascism is comingi'm very happy with joe biden. he has done a great bringing us back from the neglect, denial, hatred that donald trump and his supporters represent. itht is a sad day and america and we have to get rid of donald trump and they went to prison but they are all out again because he pardoned them. but these third-party voters that thinkelp them, jill stein

would've given anne over to hitler's for a free bagel. thank you. host: let's go to howard in florida calling on the independent line. good morning, howard. caller: hello, thank you for taking my call. all of these people that talk terrorist coming into our country is ridiculous because all of these that have been killed in the last five or six years, hundreds of not been killed by terrorists but by ordinary citizens of our country. so i think they ought to get their rhetoric straightut host: matthis in winchester massachusetts on the republican line. good morning. hello, good morning. am massachusetts and i am republican and i have someughts for something happening not in the u.s. but it is happening in brazil. as many people know, the judge

is censoring -- he is making a censorship on people. elon musk put case in the u.s. house, in the u.s.congress, and people and brazilians are so happy because what the judge did is really really really bad on january 8, 2023. any people know that,and i have to talk is too bad. andbrazilian that the u.s. is the best country in the world. i have to say that. and the last thing is, because donald trump is going to win, of course because many things are zkhappening in the world and if donald trump was in e chair

it was not happening. not happen. so, thank you so much and goodbye and have a good day. host: deandre in baltimore, maryland calling on the republican line. caller: hello. good morning and thank you for taking my call, c-span. this is the onlyicipate in on tv. i feel we are atthe righteous people of the world can agree on it should be the messiah. people who are controlling our government -- it is a chokehold. but at what cost? weion going into a world war. they deny the messiah. many are christians and they love the messiah but the do not. the things they do in their

synagogue, they don't talk about jesus. i$it should infuriate all christians. i'm very fed up with all of the christians that defend israel and even though jesus, the messiah of nazareth said the opposite. and here we have the inheritors doing the same thing rolling over our government. we need to restore the christian they cannot politics, military and law enforcement. ronda missouri calling on the democrats line. good morning, rhonda. caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. i am a black voter who is 67. been voting in every election since i was 18. i hear all of the polls saying that all of us black voters are thinking about don here i want to totally disclaimi don't

think they are speaking to any of us black voters at our boating. all around me we have black -- i have black friends and black family who would not vote for donald trump because he has shown such contempt. he is not an open-minded person. i just want to let it be known that black people are not migrating to donald trump and just because i h react to how the republicans have become supporters of racism and sexism and they make up lies. i never thought our government would be subjected to this from the so-called people who are about law and order leaders of every charge of. thank you again for taking my call. host: calling on the republican line. good morning bob. caller: good morning.

i have one question -- host: bob could you turn your tv down in the background and listen through your phone? thank you. caller: i wonder how much money all of these judges trying donald trump and the prosecuting attorney have that is hid that people don't know about. they are prosecuting him for everything they can to keep him from running for president. i am sick and tired of the democrats. i pray to god that they will to god because they will answer to the lord. no respect for athey have respect for anyone in this world but themselves. that is what i have to say. host: our last call in this segment is a lorry in napa, california calling democrats line. good morning. caller: good morning. i am really worried b

ld dictator. and america does not dictators. and i saw a pbs show once on him and onthe time they were young. rump was alway a bully --ru was always a bully. he hroand i think a lot of the people that are behind him, it is like a cult. and i worry because even if biden wins, donald trump is going to say that he did not win and then there is going to be all kinds of trouble. and i worry about that. if biden does not win t is going to see trouble like we have never seen before. and donald trump is for going after peoples enemies, and stuff like that.

and i guess i just worry. i am 63 years old and i have seen a lot in my life. but he tries to separate and he tries to pitch people against each otheriw and then he says he can do anything he wants and he is not supposed to be tried for it because he used to be president. e law. no man. and that iand anyway, i'm just -- i'm hoping and praying because -- host: we will end it there. that is about his podcast that focuses on real-life stories of active

duty military and veterans. but first, president biden spoto veterans on tuesday about the act that is help militas a result of toxic exposure during their service. president biden: i want to thank the senator maggie hassanand thank them for their work on behalf of veterans. their friendship has meant a great deal to me. secretary mcdonough, thank you for your leadership because it really matters. while the veterans and families here today, i want to say thank you. never fully thank you for all the sacrifices that you made. only 1% of the american population has risked everything of us. 1%, that is its. we owe you and we owe you big. i have long said that america has a lot of obligations only one truly sacred

obligation, sacred obligation and that is to prepare those we send into harm's way and a care for them and their families when they come home and to care for their f years ago we took a giant stepowar pulling that obligation when i signed the act, one of the most significant laws ever. i'm surprised anyone voted against it but a bunch helped set up veterans exposed to toxic substances and today i'm proud to announce that we have one million claims.a major milestone. providing $5.7 million in benefits to veterans and their families so far including 3000 here in new hampshire. it matters because too many servicemembers have not only but they havefrom toxic fumes.

smoke, thick with po g spreading through the air into the lungs of many thousands of troops that lived andhem along with the burn pits. i know, i saw them in iraq and afghanistan. you could smell them in the air. when they came home, many of the best warriors we have ever seen like in the 9/11 fighters, the firefighters. they were incredibly helpful to me in making my case. look at all of the firefighters that die of cancer as a result of being exposed to those toxic fus. they had brain cancer, trouble breathing you have suffered long enough, you should not have to provet your illness is coming from your service. my son b was one of those veterans so this is personal to me and my family and his family

and his children. and so many of yours. so i took -- when i took off i determined that come hell or high water we would protect you and the nation. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us now is travis partington. he is a u.s. marine corps veteran and also host of the e. >> good morning. host: good to have you back on the program. can you tell our audience about your military experience and background? travis: i was a marine corps veteran and a rigger operator for the hawk missile system. a long-winded way we shot missiles at targets it was a great time and that is what i did. xzst: and since then you have left the service and you started almost 400 episodes now. tell us about oscar mike radio

and why you started it and what you focus on. travis: i started podcast in 2016 around a time when the 22 a coming into focus on a national level. and personally i had gone to several funerals of veterans and active-duty servicemembers that itand i wanted to do something. i thought about it and looked around and said, i will do this podcast and in april, 2016, i met keithnthony arnold. and we got oscar mike going and eight euros later, i just did number 397. it is an excitingabout veterans and civilians that support us and what amazing and explain the meaning of "oscar mike." travis: oscar mike is speak for on the move or on the mission. if i say, oscar mike, that means

i am moving to themoving to contact, moving to complete the mission. mission, we are oscar mike,ng on the mission and staying focused and it seemed fitting for their show and what i was trying to do. host: who is your target audience for the podcast? who do you want to be listening and maybe participating later on? travis: primari veterans are the focus point. when you get out of to find out what you can do and how to do it. these stories of these amazing veterans that have done amazing things -- they own their own companies, they serve in nonprofits they music. they are all lessons to all of us about the power of production. and what is happened the last few years is that is a lot of civilians who either have military family or want to advocate for veterans in the military and want to knowthere is something for them, too. host: just under 400

out of those episodes, what have you learned from doing the podcast? travis: last year i talked about how much i don't know and that was a good thing because it allowed me to maintain curiosity to tell the stear what i have really learned is the power of rationships.it is -- eight years ago starting with keith hayes and anthony arnold and they are still looking to take what i have and prove it and that relationship with keith and kevin tot tree who is the community access manager which led to another relationship with adam gun. and these relationships started allowing me different opportunities. and so there is a big emphasis on the number of downloads social media likes and so on and so forth. but i would say there has to be another of understand who you have relationships with and what

those people mean to you to progress and move forward. host: we want to bring our audience into this discussion. the phone lines are veterans and family, your number is 202-748-8000. if you are a current military member, your nine is 202-748-8001. and all others can8002. travis, if you are on your website, our audience can find it at oscarradio.com. recent episodes you talk about a marine corps a navy veteran involved with were your servant foundation -- surf foundation. and there is someone that created a comic series. what is it about finding a military that can help individuals? travis: is one of the most important aspects of being a veteran. you go from having a purpose

every minute every day in your military experience and then going -- that is removed from your life. we are used to having a purpose it is not a question of what you could find, it could be surfingcrochet, writing music -- but you take what you have and you find out through social media and meet up groups and other things that there are people out there that enjoy doing the same thing. and you cano3 come and join those groups and add value and if else, just associate with people that appreciate what you're trying to do. host: what do you look for in a guest? how are you connecting with them? a lot of guests come to me by word-of-mouth. they come to my show having told their friends or buddies. i have been doing this for eight years so i people, i

how to engage with people that work for companies that want to have their company profiled on my show and then it is just word-of-mouth. it is really holistic and homegrown how i have done it but that is how it works. what i look for in a guest -- do you have a story that you can tell authentically? will it connect with people authentically? will it move your initiative forward in a meaningful way? host: let's bring in our ca llers starting with walter for massachusetts -- robert from massachusetts who is a veteran. good morning, robert. good morning. good morning travis. i appreciate a lot of the good work you do on your show and we eri appear on a show called "the booth," which travis knows quite well. this happy to be on a line with you.

travis: sir, i feel like i should salute. i really appreciate you calling. caller: i wanted to say good morng and thank you. this is a special day. we know a lot of people that serve but it is a small percentage ofll experience what it is like to be in active duty and what it might be like to be in combat. i know what you have experienced , travis, in your service and i think about that a lot today. it is an amazing honor to serve this great country we live in enges we may have at times. this is a wonderful country. always been an honor. and what you do after that and back and think about those that have made this incredible sacrifice and did not have the chance to come home, it is a special day. i know living outside the boston area, i tend to go to the boston common oe weekend where they have an amazing memorial display and i know a lot of other communities have them as well. it is not just barbecues and parties. a time to reflect on our

freedom. travis: thank you so much sir. i could not say it better myself. it take to be thankful for being an american. host: let's go to iris calling from michigan on the other line. we lost iris. we go to sean instead in new york calling on the friends line where the family line. good morning. caller: good morning, sir. semper fi. travis: sir -- do not call me sir. caller: my father was a veteran. he was in the vietnam conflict as a sergeant in the u.s. air force. i am a 20 plus member of the so thank you. caller: that is my way of serving to help out veteranshink that is probably the place for veterans to go to to help each other out. speaking of myself being in this organization, i have talked to

veterans myself and hopefully i help them out myself but the legion is running a program. it is dial 988 one. i'm not sure if you are aware of that. travis: a trailer on my show then 988. -- the 988. if i make, i really appreciate what you are doing. this is very important. you are a civilian and your father served. you did not serve yourself but you got involved. and everything you do helps ns. a lot of civilians wonder how they can serve and you are doing that. doing and it means a lot to me. thank you. host: travis, what can civilians take away from your podcast that they may not otherwise learn? travis: a good example of that is the first one i did in 2024 with exceptional parent magazine. s editor and chief of the magazine. she took it over and made and she

has a section for military families and as an example, one of the best purposes of this is telling the storyf a sibling and that never served has a real desire to help military where she can could she figured out that military families with special needs children need support. she has dedicated a portion of her magazine to telling these stories and providing important on is allowing me to show people that wherever you are, you can take what you have and with some help and due diligence and planning, you can make that available to military and veterans. it is really an amazing story. host: and for people who may not have served in the military but colors have brought up today, it is memorial day weekend. wants to engage in a conversation with a veteran, how is the best way to do that? and is there anything they

should ask for anythg they should stay away from? guest: try to avoid saying thank youal day not armed forces day or veterans day. a lot of it are used to it but please try to avoid that. what you can do is saying i appreciate you thank you for being a great american. if they want to talk to you about those they served weat. the main thing we want you to do is enjoy this weekend and understand that a lot of us njoy this time. if you want to be asome time to reflect, let us have that moment. if we allow you into be a part of that, just be respectful. host: in addition to your podcasts, youcently launched a television show in your town. guest: it goes back to of relationships.

for a while. manager of the tv station in adamson, around that time, started working with adam gunn. to telleople about what is going on in the town in regards to veterans. he approached me saying do you want to take this on? i said i will look at it. i pitched a plan it was called abington muster. historicallyin the civil war, abington was in massachusetts to respond to the call from the north to go down to the south for the civil war. they mustered at the train station in the city. what i do is i tell peopbo what's going on in the city. we have a guest.

we talk about what they've done. they are focused on the town. allows them to tell these stories locally about what's affecting people and veterans in the town. most recent episode, you note that memorial day is a day of fun and relaxation but also a time to honor our lost heroes. what is the best way people can do that this weekend? guest: there are several memorial day events. parades, flag planning events, the city of boston has amazing space in the boston commons where they plant flags to honor those who have passed. whether you are in a small town and there's a parade or ceremony, whether it is a bigger event, maybe youryer had a way to honor veterans, just take the time. if you cannot take the time, just take a moment when you are

driving, safely please, to and from your home andto because someone made a sacrifice. host: a programmi monday, presidentgoing to at arlington national ceremony with you can watch that live starting at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span and c-span now and online at c-span.org. let's hear from larry in los angeles. he's calling from the act military line. good morning. caller: good morning. i'd like to say thank you for c-span. thanks to all who served and who have not been able to come home. this is very emotional and momentous occasion to speak to you, travis. i also served eye haw and the

predecessor to the patriot system. i did time in south korea and i want to say thank you and appreciate you for yr service and what you do. guest: you did hawk? caller: ye si did my training at fort bliss. guest: you did? caller: andthey came in standing tall and looking good every morning. guest: tell people what it is like when you watch that missile leave the launcher. caller: my goodness. we did test firingsouth korea. i was an information coordination central mechanic. honestly, when i first went in, i was wondering how can you hit a bullet with a bullet? i saw a camera inside of an aircraftnd it had like a checkerboard on the missile and the missile passed right next to theit was really impressive. the misse turns about four or

five different colors. purple red,, blue. when you see a take off, it is amazing. job in saudi arabia but i went to a space-based iand. i had to use my services there. anyway, it's amazing. and the work. guest: absolutely. we small fraternity in hawk. caller: thank you. have a blessed day. host: what you just did there having a conversation with larry about his military experience, what do we lose when we are not asking veterans about service? guest: week, two world war ii veterans passed and i was honored to have them talk to me and record their experiences. every time i do that, i talk about the veterans where we

didn't get their stories. people are goingry to look at archives and things to build narratives around treasure every story and every interaction like that because without it being told, we lose it forever. so, i love it. i like being able to let people in on what this experience is like and keep stories for posterity. host: let's hear from calling from georgia. he is a veteran. good morning. morning. i appreciate this program this morning. i ser from 1981 to 2002. my last deployment was right after 9/11. i went to the middle east for enduring freedom. one of my deployments or duties i had a friend of mine got seriously injured in a car

we had to go to walter reed. while he was at walter reed injured, we had some off to see the sights in washington, d.c. one of them and arlington. at arlington, this poem came tomind i would like to read it for you. guest: i would be honored. caller: it is called the final farewell. attention to orders, i thought i heard someone say. welcome this veteran who joined us todayrow upon row of stones extent early members who have answered the call. on farms cities, they grew up. they had a job to and they did it. the silence was broken as the procession went by. ste where the hero will lie. the flag was folded and i felt a great pride. believing thoselci pray you were blessed.

now joinellow warriors who have given us their best. oh, the stories they will tell at their final farewell. i just appreciate you letting me tell that poem. it really means a lot to me and i am sure a lot of folks who ha to cemeteries andto their loved ones, but all those people who went -- bunker hill on, different wars, those people in the cemetery are welcoming in another member. guest: that is great. i appreciate you sharing that with m thank you. caller: god bless and hope you all have a meaningful memorial dait is something i have said for many years. there's a good possibility that someone will die for your freedom today and every day. that is just the way it is. thank you.

guest: thank you. host: travis, our last caller wrote a poem. as we play it out, there are people that you have all your should that get involved with other

ofsi i think you know that. were drafted in a lot higher number than their percentage. a lot of them didn't want to be

there but they went there and a lot of them died. another thing i want to say really quickly people go to arlington, they go to they see the marke.i don't think any of them have been to the fort in the philippines as the all the graves of the unknown. navy personnel and other soldiers that died. what i r about is i see all these demonstraons on ay and all the weather younger people act, -- way the younger people act and they don't realize what kind of sacrifice a lot of people and i am not including me have gave for the country. guest: i would say that it is disappointing in a way, but there's also hope. this week, i spoke to freedom

alliance scholarshipher father afghanistan. through the scholarship she got alliance, she was able to start a new life and really a young woman, but able to honor her father's memory through going to college serving her community. so you see the demonstrations yes, but there's a lot of kids, young people who are doing amazing things to suppt this country. we host: we have time for one more call. daniel on the veterans caller: yes, ma'am. every one of my family members was the first generation not to serve it seemed to pay, first i would like to thank travis for the sacrifice his family and he has made for our country over

the years. but i would like to pay homage to my grandfather who fought the germans in world war one come backindiana, bought a farm, and he went t theater, fought the japanese. come back and 60s i was about seven or eight years old and i was watchling tv with him. and when the commercials would come on he would mute the tv on his old analog remote, but click click click, and i would, i went into the kitchen and i asked my grandother, why does granddad silence the commercials? he just doesn't like them and i'velize that from what he would experienced and maybe the men he lost underneath him, he got tired of all the lying and brain washing that commercials seem to portray sometimes. but that's where we're at with

fox and news nation, sin claire broadc here in tennessee. so sorry i had to throw that in there but. host: let's get a response from travis. guest: a lot of people went to vietnam and suffered greatly anda with them back home. it wasn't for a very long time that they buried that service in the scars silently and alone. i'm pleased to say that's changing, it's something that can never happengain.thank you for calling. host: travis, a u.s. marine corps veteran, and mike radio podcast, thank you for joining us today. we appreciate your time. guest: thank you, i appreciate it. host: we are now going to take you to new york where president biden is expected to give the commencement address at the united states military academy at west point. and you can see the graduates filing in now. that's it for our show today, enjoy rest of your day.

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the united states and the chris pr gene technology to china, and it's an unbroken chain of custody, and i would like to who gave the green light on that fro dr. fauci to the wuhan laboratories and i think right there with the of covid-19 that the american people deserve at least to know that so it doesn't happen again. number one. and two, to those responsible would be at least held accountable. i would like you to, c-span, to follow up on this considering the situation. host: that was wilmern pennsylvania. we'll go to pat in new jersey on the republican line. caller: good morning. remember our fallen heroes this memorial day weekend. they must be turning over in

their graves to see what shape our country is in and what they died shameful. biden-harris administrion on their hands. thank you. host: we are getting your top news story this week, again the lines are on your screen. moren the border bill legislation that failed to advance in the this week the abc article that two of the bill's three earlier authors were among those who voted against the legislation when it failed to pass. that is including senator laf oklahoma. here he is on cnn explaining why was going to vote against his own bill. >> you will vote no on this billh of course we all know about the efforts you put into it. wh no on thursday? >> it's no longer a bill.

now we spent four months sitting down in a bipartisan way to be able to work out what do we think we can actually get passed i was not successful in getting something passed. ev this bill is not going to pass and senator schumer is bringing it back up.but what will be interesting is you're not going to have republicans are goin last time but expect more democrats that this time as well when it's stand alone. there are some who said i'm not going to have daca, amnesty, all those things they wanted. they recall win to vote for it if they had ukraine and israel but not on the stand alone. so interesting how many it gets. my challenge for the senate let's like grown ups. if the whole thing couldn't pass the republican proposal, we couldn'tal which was my bill i worked on with other senators if that couldn't pass let's figure out what will pass. let's not just keep putting the same bills up over and over again that will not pass and pretend we're something.

we're not getting it solved. let's and get it done. yesterday with more than 5,000 illegally crossed the border yesterday. this has to stop. >> but you knew the first time you voted for it if wasn't going to pass then and you still vote for it then. >> that was actually when we were in the heat of trying to be able to get the moment out and my challenge to my colleagues was, let's actually see if we can actually pass this. that was when we up. obviously the week before i felt like we were going to pass were about 72 hours had a few folks that walked away and said not going to o vote for it this time. that's now several months ago. we know it's not going to pass again, senator shumer is just bringing this up for political reasons and i said if you want to actually pass something, let's sit down and work this out. but this is not a bipartisan attempt something. this is a partisan attempt for fundsi attempt they're trying to from john in pennsylvania calling on the

democrat line. good morning. caller: hi, how are you. i was wondering if you could tell me, why does the news on national tv, like the bigc-span, pbs, why do they listen to trump? when you people stand in line for four hours to listen to him, that gas bag, laugh his japer about the border, he is not president any more. >> he is running for president, though. that's the dangerous part about it. you're giving him free political views.im the opportunity to win. and that is the last thing, and you know it and i know it, that we want him to win. we do not want him to win. we don't want to give him free press, we don't want to give him free advertising. we don't want to give him

anything because he doesn't deserve tbe host: we'll go to indiana callingthe independent line. ing. i just have a quick question. i wanted to know more about the story about the former prosecutor in baltimore, maryland, that they were trying to give her 40 years in prison.i didn't understand what was going on. what i did understandthink, i'm not here to argue if she was guilty or years seems like an awful lot. could c-span follogive us more information on it? thank you. host: let's go to mike in ohio calling on the democrat line. good morning mike. caller: morning. how are you today? host: thanks. caller: all this bickering and hatred and the republicans, can somebody please tell me what good does it do? all it does is keep the country further divided, nothing gets

done in washington, politicians some of them love former trump in my mind has no business run for president. he's a opinion. but i think he is a criminal and i thing is ridiculous. host vince in new york calling on the independent line. caller: good morning. i enjoy your ow. i'm a regular viewer. i live in west new york, and we're having a very interesting congressional making national

as much as i didn'tike trump 't support him when he was initially running i would vote for him now as much asly when i see how the justice departme been used, and i've been living here in new york to really silence this man. just one more last if you would allow. i thought really rather funny down here in the bronx which i not too far from, some ack guys we were sitting around talkin about this and he says you know why i'm thinking about voting for trump?'s being abused by the legal system just like us black folks have been for years.the courthouse, you go into the bathroom and you see scribbled, i came here for justice, all i found

jus-us. so many black folks are seeing this billionaire old sympatico victim of the same legal system that they see has been going after them. i'