>> coming out, your reaction to this week's democratic national convention, which concluded last night with kamala harris officially accepting the party's nomination. "washington journal" starts now. >> i accept your nomination. ♪

host: good morning. it's friday, august 23. the balloon drop as the democratic national convention wrapped up last night and the harris speech accepting her nomination. we will have portions of that speech and others for you this morning. we are dedicating this morning to getting your thoughts and reactions to the dnc and campaign 2024. here's how to call in. republicans, (202) 748-8001. democrats, (202) 748-8000. independents, (202) 748-8002. you can text us. that number is (202) 748-8003. send us your first name, city, and state. you can also post on social media. facebook.com/c-span, x at c-span

wj. let's begin with a look at vice president harris accepting the nomination last night. >> every day in the courtroom i stood proudly before a judge and i said five words. kamala harris for the people. to be clear, to be clear my entire career, i've only had one client, the people. so, on behalf of behalf of the people, on behalf of every american, regardless of party, race, gender, or the language that your grandmother speaks, on behalf of my mother and everyone who has ever set out on their

own unlikely journey, on behalf of americans like the people i grew up with, people who work hard, chase their dreams, and look out for one another, on behalf of everyone whose story could only be written in the greatest nation on earth -- [cheers & applause] i accept your nomination -- [cheers & applause] for president of the united states of america. [cheers & applause] host: we have some reaction from the gop nominee, donald trump, on truth social. he said that there would be no future under kamala harris, she

will take us into a nuclear world war iii. she will never be respected by theyrants of the world. she also sent this out, she didn't mention china, frack -- fracking, energy, russia or ukraine or the big subjects o the day that are destroying our country. there are 60 million people in poverty in the u.s. under their watch and she doesn't even talk about them. he also said this, she has led us into failing nation status. you would like to hear more from trump, he will be speaking toupporters in glendale, arizona, that state gave 11 electoral votes to the form president in 20 b was won by five in 2020. you can find more on our app and online, c-span.org.

to the calls, now, sylvia in maryland, democrat, you are first. caller: thank you very much. i challenge everyone to gain knowledge for themselves. everyone, do not accept what you hear. read about project 2024 and ask yourself, can i support that platform? is that platform good for america? does it represent america? read project 2000 24, make an intelligent decision, be informed and move forward. host: sylvia, former president trump and his campaign have said they have nothing to do with that. what's your reaction to that? caller: that it's a big, fat lie. first of all, he is seen on tape discussing project 2000 2024

with the author. host: 2025, sylvia. caller: 2025, yes. president trump is the biggest liar i have ever, ever encountered in my lifetime. i've been on this earth for several decades. i'm very spiritual. i'm thankful that god sent kamala harris to be our president at this moment in time . it's so interesting how things just have fallen into place for her. because she is -- she will be our president because she knows she is the person to lead us at this moment in time. the world cannot afford, we will not survive under donald trump for four years in the oval

office. people, just read project 2025. host: got it. bill, orange park, florida, good morning. caller: good morning. i don't know where, first of all, i want to apologize for the people from texas that got robbed at gunpoint last night on their way home from the dnc. mr. trump, they accuse him of everything. that what's her name, harris, she couldn't unite a zipper, let alone the people. host: all right, bill. janice, tennessee, democrat, good morning. caller: i just wanted to say that i listened to her speech last night, i watched the whole thing and i thought it was great. about time we get a woman in their. host: what did you like about what she said? caller: everything she said.

host: all right. calvin, riverside, california, good morning. caller: good morning. how are you doing? i watched the end of the dnc, i didn't watch the whole thing. i watched little bits and pieces of it over four days. i think that for production value, they did a really good job. it looked like a top level new york play. everything was good as far as the production value. the way that she ended that speech, i got a suspicion that she's going to be a lot of trouble in november. as much as us republicans want to look at it and say she's not, she's going to be a lot of problems. host: what kind of problems? what do you mean, calvin? caller: she has a real shot

here. she has a real shot here. a lot of people are looking at the fact that clinton didn't get elected and they won't let this slip away. i looked at a pole and she was right there with him or in some swing states, beating trump. there is a good chance that this woman, we will actually see a woman president. i think the safeguards are in place to where nothing extraordinary happens, but i think that if trump doesn't change the message, the gloom and doom, that library's feel of his campaign, he's going to -- she's going to win and republicans had better understand that. i have one less thing to say. maybe that's good for my party. reason being, right now we are not acting like true republicans. a lot of us are just trump republicans, whatever that means. maybe we need to go out and people need to throw up their hands and say hey, time to go to a different direction and go

back to our foundation. maybe it's a good thing if we continue to lose, but this woman has a shot. this woman has a shot. host: you did mention vice president harris's closing remarks. let's play a portion of that. [video clip] >> my mother had another lesson, she used to teach. you never let anyone tell you who you are, you show them who you are. [cheers & applause] america, let us show each other in the world who we are and what we stand for. freedom, opportunity, compassion , dignity, fairness, and endless possibilities. [cheers & applause]

we are the heirs to the greatest democracy in the history of the world. on behalf of our children and our grandchildren, and all of those who sacrificed so dearly for our freedoms and our liberty, we must be worthy of this moment. it is now our turn to do what generations before us have done. guided by optimism and fate to fight for this country that we love. to fight for the ideals we cherish. to uphold the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on earth.

the privilege and pride of being an american. [cheers & applause] so, let's get out there. let's fight for it. let's get out there. let's vote for it. together, let us write the next chapter in the most extraordinary story ever told. thank you. god bless you. may god bless the united states of america. thank you. [cheers & applause] host: that was the very end of the acceptance speech from vice president harris. let's take a get the c-span archive about the length of speech is going back to 1984.

we will put it on the screen for you. you can take a look. the longest, hers was a 7.3, about 37 minutes. the three longest have been former president donald trump. in 2020 four, this last month, he spoke for 92 minutes. 2020 he spoke for 70 minutes. in 2016 he spoke for 75 minutes. those are the three longest in history going back to 1984. last cycle saw one of the shortest, which was president joe biden in 2020, that was 24 point five minutes. you can take a look at that and you can also listen and watch those acceptance speeches, if you like, in our archives at c-span.org. jane, brooklyn, new york, democrat, hello, jane.

caller: hi, mimi. how are you? host: good. caller: i thought it was amazing. that first lady that called, she's amazing, she really nailed it. i want to say that i'm excited. people voting blue, it was historic. trump is over there on his thing, talking whatever, but it -- this is the greatest country in the world. i think we picked the rice -- the right president and vice president in camelot and tim -- kamala and tim. and i loved seeing that love for family. i think we need to bring it back. i was a republican for years. not anymore, but it's not what it was back then. it's the greatest country in the world. i just want to say please vote,

please get out there and let your voice be heard. women, let's do the right thing. i really appreciate you having me on this morning. host: take a look at the latest polls, this is from "the new york times." shows a very close race. national polling average is harris, 49. trump, 47. the swing states here, if you can see wisconsin showing harris at 49, michigan, 49/47. pennsylvania, tied at 48 percent. arizona, tied at 47 for both. georgia, trump is at 50%, harris at 46 percent. still very close race. here is michael, next. detroit, michigan, independent. michael? caller: yes, good morning. host: morning. caller: first, they need to

parallel trump with george wallace. he does a lot of dog whistle politics. the people that follow him are from the south and they still have those racist proclivities. he's a, he's also been involved in white collar crop crime -- white-collar crime. the republicans are hard on crime, then street crime. if you look at the last four or five presidential candidates they've had for republicans, they are abominable new look at the credentials.

look at kamala harris. what was trump's father? a shyster, just like him. host: what makes you an independent? caller: what makes me an independent is i look at each candidate and then i evaluate what they are bringing to the table. host: talk us through the last couple of elections. caller: that's what i was about to do. host: ok, go caller: ahead. when you look at -- go ahead. caller: when you look at the background of the republican candidates, the trajectory, that trajectory is they lack credentials. trump had no credentials. bush junior is just atrocious. when you look at a cia worked up

on spy work and undercover work, you made him president. and reagan, an actor. the republicans haven't had a decent candidate since eisenhower. he pointed out that there wasn't -- host: what about john mccain and mitt romney? caller: they didn't win. i'm talking about the last ones they had as president. host: i get it. caller: the ones that won. host: amy, leesburg, republican mine. caller: i have a question. how did kamala harris go from being one of the most unpopular vice presidents less than two months ago to now being the greatest thing then the sliced bread? it's unbelievable.

less than two months ago, she was more unpopular than biden. now she's the greatest thing going? how did that happen? another thing i would like to bring up real quick, they are always so worried about election interference, election interference. in 2020, the fbi went to mark zuckerberg and ask him not to publish anything about hunter's laptop. if that isn't election interference, i don't know where -- i don't know what is. that was right in our own country. if you cannot even trust the fbi or cia, the ones that signed the letter that biden had at the first debate in 2020? people wake up, kamala is a joke. that's all i have to say. host: independent line, virginia. caller: thanks for having me. i want to make an observation

about what happened last night. you know, for a long time, i identified myself as a democrat. what i realized about these political parties is that both of them are driven by identity politics. but republicans do, they stir up the emotions of white people and talk about people on the others. democrats do the same thing. it's divided america into ghettos of race, gender, faith or not faith. sexual preferences. the whole thing is meant to pick people against each other. meanwhile, none of them address the root causes of the suffering taking place in america and beyond. it's all that economic inequality, economic policies. by focusing on our differences, they distract us from the thing

we all have in common. all of us have similar economic anxieties. all of us are struggling. yet they go around and inside us, emotionally, manipulate us emotionally so that we don't look on that. this entire political system is based on gas lighting us and getting us to resent people struggling just like us. because it is black versus white, man versus women, at the end of the day we are all in a meat grinder. whether you are on the top of the meat grinder or in the bottom being ground, it's the same thing. yet our political system, and the media is complicit in this, has not come to utter folly with these fraudulent candidates. one who is an egomaniac narcissist who cannot say nothing without focusing on himself. the other one is vacuous, has no policy positions.

we have a cult of personality on both sides. host: have you decided who you are going to vote for? are you going to vote? caller: if worse comes to worse, i will vote for someone, i will write someone in. at some point, we the people have to start settling for the lesser of two evils. the lesser of two evils is still people. for the past 50 years, both parties have been feeding america to the wolves on wall street. the wealth gap has grown from a gap into a chasm and everything is based on economic policy. both parties are co-opted and owned by corporate interests. at some point, we have to say enough of this. host: got it, teddy. fact-checks from the speech last night. this is from the post-fact

checker. a quote from vice president harris, we are not going back to when donald trump tried to cut social security and medicare. that's rated as mostly false. on medicare, virtually all anticipated savings sought by trump would have been gotten from health providers not beneficiaries. trump borrowed many proposals from barack obama, who had failed to get them through congress. a senior vice president at the nonpartisan committee for the federal budget closely studied the trump proposals each year, saying that the basic argument here is ridiculous of the harris-walz campaign to tweet that made a similar claim, noting that the inflation were -- -- inflation reduction act also reduced health care costs for medicare, such as through inflation. by the same logic, you could say the joeiden cut medicare.

ernest is next. fuller, texas. caller: yes, ma'am. east texas, calling to shed some light on texas politics. not everyone here votes read for trump. there's democrats here in texas. not necessarily the old texas democrats. my question is, on the books there's a law for felons not to be on the state election roster for public office. i want to know if that's the case for any other state and why is that not being looked into? the pole, the event that happened was awesome. people ask where kamala harris comes from. i think history proves that every time there is a great person that rises to the occasion, and that is what we

have, a great person who has risen to the occasion through her own merit. nobody can take that away from her. host: all right, ernest. ronald in ohio, good morning. caller: good morning. thank you. i don't understand why they keep dropping the loons inside the democratic party. -- dropping balloons inside the democratic party. i haven't played with balloons since i was five. i don't get it. i haven't voted since clinton tried to get in the second time. i voted independent.

i haven't voted since. guest: would there be anything -- host: what would make you get to the polls this time? caller: nothing. i don't like either one. i don't like the third party. i don't like the fourth party. host: all right, ronald. let's talk to ray in taylor, michigan. republican line, good morning. caller: good morning, how you doing? host: good to. caller: i would like to touch on what a lady said a while ago about harris being the most unpopular vice president, but now she's being praised. praised by all the democrats. i want everybody to know that's watching tv, they don't care about us. it's only about their party.

they wouldn't care who they put in. she has nothing to stand on. you can't name one thing that she will accomplish as vice president. she has done nothing. she has destroyed this country with the border that was her only job. she failed to do it. these same people, it could be the obama's, biden's, all these other people, when biden passed the torch he wanted to run. but the democrats took him out because of his health. they took him out, but he wanted to run. he passed the torch, but he didn't want, he didn't put it where he wanted to. it probably would have been against the law. but he's angry.

all the people in the united states are very upset. they are fighting amongst each other. they are fighting amongst each other when these people in washington is sitting there, putting in anybody they want as long as they have control of the people here. they want to tell us where to go , how long we can stay, what we can drive. it's a controls thing. it's one step from communism. she is your first step. she is going to leads into communism. she's not a democrat. she's not. she's socialist party from california. they will destroy the united states. don't trust her. no one can say that we, the united states, was in better shape when donald trump was in

office, we were doing much beel -- better. people was happier. the prices was down. joe biden tore it apart because, partly, of harris. host: this is a text that we got from timbo in mark -- in mounta he. outstanding spectacular experience of unity that we haven't seen since obama was elected president of the united states of america. john from wisconsin said -- many talked about unification and working together, but all i heard was hatd. it was like a conference on hate donald trump. steven and blackstone, michigan, the biden harris administration has the best legislative record and harris will continue in this direction. bill is next. cedar park. hello, bill.

caller: good morning, thank you for taking my call. i find it fascinating, the obsession that we as a country have with labels. if we look at the history of what it means to be a republican and a democrat, or what it might mean to be an independent, it has changed over time. today, my core values might closely map to what used to be the republican party, but as others have observed, that republican party is gone. we saw it through the four nights of this convention. person after person giving their testimony to their experience as a republican and nownow, havinga harris because they cannot support trump. i think we know who trump is. trump is a person who doesn't do the work. we saw these people as young

adults when we were in high school. you could see the kids who did the work, got the grades, got the scholarships, and went on to continue their education. trump has never done the work. i think that's part of the problem. them as a leader come they set a poor example. if you want the results, the outcomes, you have to do the work. i think what kamala demonstrated over the past four nights is she has done the work. whether you agree with all of her policies were not, she is a better, more qualified candidate. i think this is why you see people who are going to abstain and not bother to vote. because they can't bring themselves to where the democrat label, -- wear the democrat label, so they will just not vote at all. host: let's look at vice president harris yesterday pledging to put the country

before herself. [video clip] v.p. harris: our nation with the -- with this election has a precious, fleeting opportunity to move past the bitterness, cynicism, and divisive battles of the past. a chance to chart a new way forward. not as members of any one party or faction, but as americans. let me say, i know there are people of various political views watching tonight. i want you to know, i promise to be a president for all americans. you can always trust me to put country above party and self. to hold sacred america's fundamental principles.

from the rule of law to free and fair elections, to the peaceful transfer of power. [applause] host: taking your calls on your reaction to the dnc. everything that you might have heard this week. your thoughts about campaign 2024. inglewood, new jersey. democrats. caller: let me say to c-span that i was very impressed with your coverage of the convention. the last four nights i have been dvr-ing it, and i have been moved by democrats and republicans coming together to support kamala harris, especially with this young man, tim walz, and his son, gus. i was so moved by this young man gus.

as a person with special needs, i know what is at stake in the selection. as a person born on the spectrum of autism, people like me really deserve to be heard at the polls. kamala harris is someone we need right now more than ever. she is at the right place at the right time. as a person, i encourage both parties to join me in supporting kamala harris. as a person with special needs, i encourage every single person with disabilities, physically and mentally, to know about their candidates and the issues that they stand on. it isn't about who is the better -- it's not about what was said in the past and all that stuff, it is important what future we want as americans. when i heard her speech last night, i could sense the breath in the depth and the beautiful emotion in her heart, because she really speaks to all

americans. not just the privileged few, but every single one of them. it says something to me that we are ready for a female president. i voted for hillary clinton in 2016 was heartbroken when trump got in, because he was trying to destroy our country the last four years. with kamala harris as our candidate i am ready to make sure that she is elected. i am not going to let 2016 repeat. i want everyone of us to stand behind kamala, vote her in, and make sure that we work with her to finish the mission while she and -- finish the mission she and president biden started in 2020 and make sure america is a better place for all people and not just the privileged few. i know this, because i have been in this business since i was 12 years old doing phone banking people before i could vote, you know.

host: christopher mentioned gus walz, the vp nominee's son. gus walz wrote the internet with his tearful love for his dad. then the bullying began. a tearful unscripted moment between tim walz and his 17-year-old son has unleashed a flood of praise and admiration and also ugly online bullying. gus walz, who has a non-verbal learning disorder and anxiety and adhd watched and sobbed openly thursday night as his father come the democratic nominee for vice president, delivered his acceptance speech at the dnc. the minnesota governor was recounting the difficult facility treatment he and his wife went through to conceive their daughter. washington, d.c., independent mine. -- independent line.

go ahead. caller: you have given me the opportunity to speak, and i'm going to speak. we are grateful to the creator for bringing this young, vibrant, beautiful woman with insight for our country. therefore all of us, it doesn't matter if you are independent or republican or democrat, let's put our heads together and put this young, beautiful, vibrant woman into the office. when she comes to power next year, she should be able to pick one of the legal luminaries from howard university.

a very intelligent woman to be the attorney general. a lot of people who have then unjustly in jails will be released. number two, i am convinced she doesn't have to pick someone from the republican or democratic party, but she should pick up a professor, one of the luminaries, and if she picks her, picks him as secretary of state we will be respected in china, respected in israel with the palestinians the palestinians, will respect us because he is an intelligent, independent person who loves all humanity not crippled by racism. thank you. host: let's look at former president trump at the border in

arizona yesterday attacking vp harris' record on border security. [video clip] mr. trump: we have a marxist running. this country is not ready for a marxist president. she will never build the wall, she doesn't want to build a wall, she is only saying -- if she changes her mind, it is only because she wants to get elected, because who wouldn't want a strong border? you need strong borders and strong elections and we have neither. but we will have strong borders and very strong elections soon. the people are fed up. it is common sense. the people are just fed up. you saw it. everyone coming from the airport saw the thousands and thousands of people lined up. it looked like lindbergh, what he did at the time. broadway was amazing. when you see all those people, it was a long drive from the airport, and so many thousands

and thousands of people. never seen anything like that. we are in the middle of an area that is not well populated. and to have thousands of people like that is pretty unbelievable . i hope you got to see it and i hope the press writes the story fairly, because it is a story of disgrace. we had a border czar, she loved the title but didn't want to do the work. she is lazy, and more important than being lazy she wants to have an open border. you say, who would want an open border where criminals can pour into our country? all you have to do is walk up there if you have the courage to do it, go to the open section, stand there for a while and you will be running back here quickly. you have to write this fairly, this story. you people don't want to talk about the border. you don't want to talk about the bad things going on in our country. we will end up not having a country. you won't have any media. they don't have media. they do their own media.

they don't need media. you really should cover this story fairly. before i begin, i think i have some very good words on the border, what to do, and how to solve the problem. we had it solved. all they had to do was leave it. just leave it. host: oregon on the line for democrats, chloe, good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. you know, i am 67 years old. i am a grandma. i have been married since i was 17 years old. i am mortified by the thought that donald trump could be our president again. he is a convicted felon, number one. how in the world can a convicted felon be our president? i don't understand that.

it is very hard for me to get that in my brain and get it figured out. that is number one. number two, this man disparages woman at every single turn. he has been recorded saying things, so he can't deny it. in my opinion, this man should be in prison, not running for president again. i will tell you, kamala harris is absolutely the most refreshing woman. we would be so lucky to have her as our president. to have a fresh voice in the white house. to have new and optimistic and

her values and what she has been through and what she has seen. she was an attorney. she has seen everything. she has worked hard. she didn't just sit and make money somewhere. she worked hard. i don't know. this is the very first time i've been worked up about any political -- anything political. any time that the elections come around, i usually ignore them. walk away. sometimes i vote, most of the times i don't. this time i'm voting and kamala is getting my vote. i am going to go out tomorrow and i'm going to find placards and flags with her name on them and they are going to fly in my yard and on my car. god bless america and let's get

this woman elected. host: kathleen, brooksville, florida. independent line. caller: how are you doing? [laughter] lord have mercy. i was just listening to that woman. i feel sorry for her. i understand why she is repulsed by trump. i agree, but i cannot vote for anyone who is anti-christian or anti-jew. if you understand the protests d uff at the dnc, all of the protests have been going on, you ow it as well as i, against the jewish people becausehe fought back when they were attacked. you know what i'm saying? anyway, that'thonly reason why i will vote for trump. i can't and him either. i am repulseby him, bu i will tell you i am voting for him. amoting for him.

. there was woman in florida a few calls back. she said, why did kamala go from hated to elated, my words. but why did she go from someone who was shad and instantly became an eted first lady? i said it's media, baby. media. there is no other answer. you guys know it. i am an independent for a ason. i will vote, may the best man or woman win, you know what i mean? i hate to say it. i hate to vote for trump, but i'm going to. i'm going to, because he stands up for christians and jews. other than that, i wouldn't vote for him. i would vote for kamala. if you are a bunch of atheists out there and you don't know what you believe in, vote for kamala. host: kentfield, california,

republican. good morning. caller: good morning. i just wanted to say that i thought there was a lot of show and everything was repetitive last night. i still didn't get any information as to how she is going to do things. i'm pretty old and i have been watching our country for many years. i can tell you that my electricity bill was $800. i had to buy a new gas heater. in california, they are giving away houses to the immigrants or illegals. they don't have to pay for them. they are going to be given loans. also, the money is going towards them for medicine, for hotels, for so many things.

we are waiting for social security. mine was cut in half when i lost my husband. we need the money in this country. the only reason they are bringing in these people is to vote against every other party but the democrat party, because they will be a burden and they will vote. don't let them become citizens, make them work for it. wait, make them wait. we should close the border. otherwise, everybody in the world can come. she is not going to stop that. she says they should be made citizens. so, i ask everybody to consider a man like trump, who has all of the military education. he went to college that way. he is taking care of business. he can handle any country of the

world, which he did when he was in position. he loves this country. he is a billionaire and he doesn't have to do it, but he does and he is willing to do it which shows his love for the people. he loves women. you can't say both ways that he loves women and then say that he hates women. everybody knows that he likes women. i ask to please consider the elderly and the other people in this country, 70% of poverty in our country. we need the money here and we need to help our own. i thank you very much for taking my call. host: rose in illinois, democrat, good morning. caller: how are you today? host: good. caller: great. i watched both the republican conference, i watched the democrat conference, and the

republican -- they just kind of lollygaged around, attacked people, same old story. they had chosen vance to be vice president, but they absolutely hate him. i'm curious. trump is 78. you know, his time is limited on this planet, as is everybody else's, because of his age. what is he going to do if they put trump in the office and he ends up having a health emergency, passes away, now we have vance. so, what is everybody going to think about that? i happen to thought the

democratic conference the last four days was upspirited. they spoke on prosperity and genuine kindness without a lot of terrible name-calling. they did a bit. we are human, we do a bit, but i felt they had a better message and better attitude and are willing and wanting to keep us going. host: kevin from windsor, connecticut via text. everyone from the class economy, but nothing is more important than our god-given right for dcy and freedom. trump said that this would be our last time to v the magaarty is very dangerous to our country. maybe he meant maga.

democracy and our freedom. bob from honolulu, hawaii, good morning. caller: aloha from hawaii. i am 87 years old. i was here when pearl harbor was bombed. going to church in the morning, a catholic church. we went to see my grandmother after that, and i remember being 4.5 years old and seeing the smoke coming from pearl harbor. i wasn't afraid at that age, but we built our victory garden, we built the bomb shelter, we pa inted our windows black to keep the curfew, etc. then, my father and mother, both from families of 10 people.

i wanted to explain the education i have from st. patrick's school and then st. louis school, catholic schools. you are all really upset of this program you are talking about now. i am a chiropractor. chiropractors, we explain that the innate intelligence within us, the plant, or any living thing that has an innate intelligence. the catholics or the christians call it the soul. when the embryo, the egg witht the sperm get together, they

form an embryo. their -- the first thing that develops is the spinal column. the brain and spinal,. column. you have life from the embryo. this is what this whole thing about 2025 is about. you can ask the pope right now what he believes when we have life, where does life begin? so, i appreciate kamala's enthusiasm, all the work she is doing.i lived in san francisco also . i appreciated that. i have attended both the republican and democratic convention. i watch it all the way through.

the one thing right now is when the capital was attacked, trump said, go to the capitol peacefully. his thing was peacefully. he said, i will meet you there. his security guard refused to take him there. they said they could not protect him because there was too much people. he asked if they wanted the national guard, but pelosi refused the national guard. so said they didn't tell him to go. he said go peacefully.

they never let that on television. host: i have to move on to jake in sun prairie, wisconsin, republican, good morning. are you there? sun prairie, wisconsin? caller: apologies. my microphone was muted. i think kamala is great. i don't know what these people are saying about marxism and socialism. i think that that is very reactionary of them. i think michelle obama, that she is pretty much just a man, trans, doing a man's job, typical thing with the olympics there that i have been seeing. i don't know what is going on with the liberal agenda, but they seem to have this, these people go in and infiltrate the trans. i don't understand it. that is my piece, that's

all. host: louisiana, democrat. caller: hi. kamala has a plan, which she stated last night. why would you vote for someone you hate? the previous lady said that she hated trump. why vote for him? don't cast your vote if you hate anyone. we heard what kamala can do. she told us last night what she stands for. and tell us what vice president was popular other than biden? the lady that says she is not popular. read up on her. she stated all she did last night. trump's thing is division. he wants this country divided, we will not stand. he is a liar and it has been

proven. we can't stand to have someone like trump leading the country. vote blue and vote kamala and you will not be disappointed. host: beverly, we have a text from james in washington, d.c. kamalaave a rousing speech at w a pure indictment of trump. confident, relatable, she exceeded expectations. those ned about the palestinians, we are closer to peace i than months. one triggethe ttlements in the wes tank which trump legitimized. biden reversed course, but i was too late. trump would religion my the west bank settlements and that area with even more palestinns would be the next conflict region if is reelected. we also have a tting, i really want to hear kamala discuss the israel-gaza issue and how it would differ from the biden

position. let's hear a portion where she does talk about israel and gaza. [video clip] v.p. harris: with respect to the war in gaza, president biden and i are working around the clock. now is the time to get a hostage deal and a cease-fire deal done. [applause] let me be clear, and let me be clear, i will always stand up for israel's right to defend itself, and i will always ensure that israel has the ability to defend itself, because the people of israel must never again face the horror that a terrorist organization called hamas caused on october 7. including unspeakable sexual

violence and the massacre of young people at a music festival. at the same time, what has happened in gaza over the past 10 months is devastating. so many innocent lives lost. desperate, hungry people fleeing for safety over and over again. the scale of suffering is heartbreaking. president biden and i are working to end this war such that israel is secure, the hostages are released, the suffering in gaza ends, and the palestinian people can realize their rights the dignity, security, freedom, and self-determination. [cheers and applause] host: we are taking your calls

throughout today's program on your reaction to the dnc. it wrapped up last night. also, anything you want to talk about regarding campaign 2024. republicans, (202) 748-8001. democrats, (202) 748-8000. independents, (202) 748-8002. we will go to rick in maryland come independent. caller: good morning. as an independent, i can't seriously consider kamala harris for president until she explains to the american people what she witnessed with regard to the cognitive decline of jill biden over the last year, and whether there were any discussions about doing something such as exercising the 25th amendment to remove mr. biden from office. we all saw the evidence of that

cognitive decline when he debated trump, yet we have never heard any explanation from mrs. harris or other democratic leaders about what was going on there. that is my piece. thank you. host: democrat, good morning. caller: yes. i would like to say one thing about the republicans. i have never heard people say about communism until they started it. they walk around saying democrats are the communists. the radicals on trump's side are the ones because he agrees with putin. she went down and did overseas stuff.

she was not assigned to the border that much. people don't realize that. another thing, how many presidents before biden was in, they tried to get the border straightened out and they never did? we need to go to these other countries and tell these countries, you have to start doing your people right. when they don't, that is why all these people are coming to the border. they have nowhere to go. they have no hope. they think they can come in here. i know it's bad, but they are doing the best i can. i've seen the border where the cars are coming over. they are taking x-rays of trailers and hiding dope everywhere. and these men are wonderful. biden wants more x-rays, too. but they can't. republicans fight them on everything.

he is a democrat. you can't do that. we are all americans. we can't say, you are a republican and i hate you. hate is not good for our country. we need to start loving each other and respecting each other. i've worked all my life as a hard labor person. i haven't been respected as a woman, especially with men. when they want to take somebody who was raped or incest and say they won't give them any help, i think they are a terrible person and not human beings. they need to straighten their life out. host: paul in kalamazoo, michigan, independent. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i just wanted -- i watched both the rnc and dnc.

i was impressed with the dnc and how many different people talk. they talked for brief moments in time and moved on. it was more interesting to me to watch the dnc versus the rnc. i just wanted to mention that. i also wanted to mention, joe biden and kamala harris, i am on disability. i recently went on commercial insurance to medicare. i only had to pay 33 hundred dollars out of my pocket at the beginning of the year for my drugs for cancer. i am in stage iv cancer now. these drugs are at $12,000 a month depending on who you talk to. i could never get a straight answer on the cost of the drugs. when i did get help on commercial insurance, they woul

d take the whole $25,000 i would get and apply it in one month and try to charge me $7,000 a month for the medicine. it was so messed up. when i got onto medicare, i had to pay the $3300 last year. it will be $2000 out-of-pocket next year. which was so helpful to me. i had to really struggle to pay for my medical bills. still. but i really appreciate what the democrats and joe biden and kamala harris have done for me. i am an independent. i did vote for nikki haley in the primary. sorry she lost, but i think i'm

going to switch to the democrats just because of what they've done for me. host: staying in michigan, randy in billington. good morning. democrat. caller: i would like to thank you and the other men and women that it takes to bring us this great program. you are doing the nation a great service. i was impressed with mrs. harris. it was nice to hear somebody talk about the positive in americans. it's time to move forward, like they claim. we've listened to the other side. those talking points have gotten really stale. you would think that they would have come up with at least an expanded version of something on the others. positive will beat out negative any day. we have to stay positive, right

along with our future president, kamala harris. thank you for allowing me to speak. host: david, randolph, maine, republican. caller: hi, my name is david. i want to talk to the kool-aid drinkers out there, the democrats. they have put democracy out the window when they stabbed joe biden in the back and put harris in. that is what i call the dictatorship. that's all i got to say. dictatorship. thank you. host: jonathan, florida, republican, good morning. caller: a little bit more of an independent, but long story short, watching both parties and traversing my own private life, i think that both parties, constituents of both in this country need to start waking up

to things that have been going on in our country for the past 20 to 30 years specifically when it comes to such things as eisenhower and the military-industrial complex. now we seem to have a corporate media complex. when i hear people express such terms as positivity versus negativity, nice people versus bad or weird people, these are more than just terms and expressing ideas. it is starting to get really scary, because people i don't think truly understand the grasp of what's happening. we don't have much of a culture or country if you don't have free things -- three things. elections, some type of border control or identity, and that goes along with the third thing, culture. i am a sociological theory major. i went to a couple of very liberal schools.

what i learned about the modern american liberal progressive democrat leftist is that they do have some sort of romantic idealism towards a maoist type of communism or socialism, social medicine in this country. the one thing that is different is the real fixation on race as well. i think people really need to start waking up. especially the elderly people i've been hearing on this program. i don't think they really, truly understand what a third world country is like. i've been there. my family is from there. this country is a great place. it's not perfect. i really hope both parties can take a step back. also the folks in the media. i think you guys are great. it is why i want you in the morning.

pleasant and a good real pulse of what is going on in the country. host: we will keep getting that pulse and stay in florida, jacksonville, good morning. caller: good morning. i want to say, thank you joe biden. thank you, vice president kamala harris and president biden. you will always hold a special part in the history of the united states of america. therefore, our future vice president walz, you were remarkable. everything that we need to look at in being a retired nurse,we all bleed red blood. we are all u.s. citizens that live here and have earned our citizenship in the united

states.we need to come together . we need to be human. we need to be kind. we need to pull this country together instead of apart. i want to say to our american people, keep moving forward because we are not going back. thank you. host: cory in texas, independent. caller: yes, ma'am. i'm calling because of the immigration issue. i know a lot of people are thinking about what will happen. i am on the border as well. we still haven't really heard the policies of each party on immigration. i hope they bring that up during the debate. what i understand is first-time immigrants who try to cross and get caught, they are charged with a 1325 misdemeanor and sent back. repeat offenders get charged with a felony, a 1326.

you have to understand that a lot of these immigrants are coming from hard poverty areas. when they get charged with a felony, they get sent to jail waiting for their arraignments, their hearings. since they don't have enough money, the government provides them with an attorney. they are able to sleep in the jail, have everything they don't have over there. once they go from the case and get sent back, they realize it is worth the risk again. what is the worst that can happen? the keep trying because they want a better life. i hope both parties will be discussing the immigration issue. i would like to know because this has been an issue since i remember. thank you. host: ellen in delaware, republican, good morning. caller: yes. i am 88 years old. i just saw, again, a

professional district attorney putting people on trial. she has put people on trial. she persecuted republicans, thei r leaders. clinton, the obamas, anyone who is not lifetime in the government, that leader is no good. we are back to the hate and destroying another person. a girl whose mother could not keep her marriage intact, plus she had her own sex scandal background. this is who we are doing now in the united states, another professional family of lawyers who hate one side and our side

is perfect. this is america today. this is america today. host: george in round lake, illinois, democrat, good morning. george? in round lake, illinois? larry in gatesville, good morning. caller: good morning. i am a little confused by all of the positivity by the democrat party. i believe people are forgetting that about eight years ago all of the positivity was thrown out the window by the democrat party when donald j. trump won an election out of the blue and proceeded to tear him down and tear him apart through eight years.

first of all, when they wouldn't go along with any of the things he wanted to do for the country. after that, after he was out and the positive joe biden message that he was going to unify the country, what happened to that? now, four years later, taking trump to task in numerous trials led by the democrat party to tear him down, now we have vice president harris who is now, where they really democratically voted into do this? i don't think so. anyhow, the positivity reminds me of a quote by george carlin. ignorant citizens elect ignorant leaders, it is as simple as that. george carlin.

host: let's hear from janet and warren, ohio, independent line. caller: good morning, mimi. the first thing i want to say is, it's great to hear all the people call in with their versions of their impressions of both conventions. it's remarkable to hear some present an objective truth. it is remarkable to see people share what they think they see. it has sprinkles of truth in some cases. then in some cases it is outright non-objectivity. that is fine. that is what makes america. i really appreciate what you present every day, and the other c-span hosts.

i want to share my favorite part of this week, the dj. when they went with the rollcall and they had the best of american music, from alabama all the way to wyoming, every single state had an opportunity to give their rollcall, their votes for kamala, and show the best of american music. they didn't leave out a single state. for me, that was representative of what we want to see in our government. everybody included. the positivity, the vision that kamala and the entire democratic convention presented was amazing. i left it with a wonderful feeling. i can't wait for a kamala harris presidency. the last thing that i want to say is, i am watching you, meaning, listen to these people call in with various views.

you are remarkable to listen to every day as objective as you are. we really appreciate what you put through. host: gary in winter haven, florida. caller: am i on? host: yes, you are. caller: i have a couple of things. one of the things that kamala harris' speech that resonated with me was when she spoke about complaining and how her mother would not allow her to complain. the contrast was great for me because, what does donald trump do constantly but complain? the other thing that made me realize was, this election is pretty simple. it's a happy, joyful woman versus the angry, grumpy old man. i think it speaks more about you, your vote this november, then either candidate.

host: let's talk to another gary in tucson, arizona, independent. caller: thank you for taking my call. we have heard a lot about accusations regarding socialism. i think probably the callers complaining about socialism are complaining about socialism that doesn't apply to them. for example, medicare, social security benefits, fema disaster relief, the corporate bailout, those are all socialism programs by the government providing benefits to the people. i think when people complain about socialism, they are really only complaining about the socialism programs that do not apply to them. i just wanted to make that point. host: michael, point pleasant, west virginia, republican. caller: i am a registered

republican. -- i would have voted for nikki haley. part of it is you get tired of listening to people. we are told we are not keeping up with the times but now we have a steel plant being built, an aluminum plant being built. isn't it time for us to have a positive view on -- host: michael, you are going in and out. try again? caller: -- to have a positive view of ourselves as americans and start thinking about things in a positive way and stop fearing. stop thinking they have to build a shelter or someplace because things are not going to go right. isn't it time for us to work together with each other? that is why i am for kamala.

i am hearing a positive message. i am tired of everything is going to be going down and we are all going to die and end up in a race were killing each other. host: west virginia is a very red state. what are you hearing from other people, your neighbors and friends, who lived there in west virginia? caller: a lot of them are scared because they hear stuff and you hear parts of things. you hear they are going to bring in all mexicans and they are going to take all your jobs. that's not happening. you see folks doing jobs. they come in when it is time to pick stuff. we -- they wouldn't be coming in if we were not hiring them. just like, a better thought that

america would start trying to work with their neighbors rather than fearing the unknown and fearing people coming in. they don't even really know. host: earl in lakewood, washington, democrat, good morning. caller: good morning. for all of the guys out there who are afraid of beautiful, dynamic, super intelligent women, get over it, man. they are here now and they are taking over. it's a good thing. go get your golf clubs and fishing for -- fishing pole out and busy yourself. let the woman run things for little while. why not? they can't screw things up any worse than we have. host: diane, arkansas, republican. caller: thank you for taking my call. i watched the dnc.

there was a lot of entertainment . it was positive. but i look at facts. the fact is, we are dealing with terrible inflation. we are dealing with high crime, an open border. right now, what is going on in the nation. we have these people coming over here, 20 million people. they get for utilities. they get free health care. they get free housing. i have been on disability for a year and a half. i worked 38 years of my life.

i cannot even get -- until i have been on disability for two years. they are so out of touch with what is really going on in the united states. they don't care about the common people. my mother is 85. i'm taking care of her. my father was a korean veteran. my grandfather died for this country in world war ii. the only help that i can get for my mother is if i agree to go on hospice. then if something happens they will treat her at home. either she turns around or goes home. there ought to be more options for people from this country who have worked their whole life off. they don't care about the american people. they stop the pipeline, because expensive gas.

they started buying gas from putin. they bought gas from him until the second month of the invasion of ukraine. we entered into the iran accord, again, which filled the coffers for them. they supported hamas. we have people protesting against america, burning our flags. israel gave that land away in 2005. they came in and attacked israel. no one is saying anything about the eight americans held hostage over there, or the 39 americans killed. nobody is saying anything about the 13 americans who lost their life in afghanistan, 45 injured, 147 civilians left unprotected. these people are all smoke and mirrors. host: since you mentioned the border, let's look at what vice

president harris said yesterday about immigration. [video clip] v.p. harris: let me be clear, after decades in law enforcement, i know the importance of safety and security. especially at our border. last year, joe and i brought together democrats and conservative republicans to write the strongest porterville in decades. the border patrol endorsed it. donald trump believes a border deal would hurt his campaign. so, he ordered his allies in congress to kill the deal. well, i refused to play politics with our security and this is my pledge to you. as president, i will bring back the bipartisan border security bill that he killed, and i will sign it into law.

i know, i know we can live up to our proud heritage as a nation of immigrants and reform our broken immigration system. we can create an earned path to citizenship and secure our border. host: back to the calls. bill in new jersey, independent. caller: so, people calling in about these two candidates. donald trump, he is arrogant, obnoxious, self-centered person. however, he was a good president. if you had to compare him to muhammad ali when he was boxing, he was obnoxious, a braggart, but he was good as his job -- at

his job. donald trump was a good president. forget his personality, he made good policy decisions. harris is the opposite. this woman is talking about bringing back the bipartisan border bill. that border bill was a joke. just the same as her saying that the border was secure for three years. the woman is incompetent at anything she has ever done. host: all right, bill. a few more fact checks. this time from polifact. as part of his agenda, he and his allies, talking about trump, would limit access to birth control, ban medication abortion, and enact a nationwide abortion ban with or without congress. it says that harris' claim exaggerates the trump abortion agenda by tying him to 2020 five allies and misleading about some of the document scope about birth control after a may

interview in which he said he was looking at birth control restrictions. trump wrote on truth social, "i have never and will never advocate for imposing restrictions on birth control." project 2025 zeros in on some emergency contraception, particularly a pill that can be taken within five days of unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy, and says that they should be excluded from no-cost coverage. the affordable care act requires most insurance cover recommended preventative services, which involve a range of birth control methods, including emergency contraception. gus, ohio, democrat, and you are next. yeah, i can understand where people find this information from. every time you turn around there are always people across the border, illegals across the board. on top of that they get all of

this free stuff that they constantly say they are getting. totally ridiculous. it is all a lie, you know? versed is -- first is $10 million, then $100 million. -- 100 million. they read it off the internet, the dark internet, and they try to convince us that, you know, that all of this stuff they are saying is true. i like to see a lot of the stuff they are saying, i want to fact check all of that. they should not read from the teleprompter, and they know that everything is false. you know what? i have been through trump for four years, the presidency, where in the world do you think he is the best president we ever had? over a million people died of covid, and explained to them how he was the best president. he was a bumbling idiot, and his

policies was all about putin. me? i think putin was an illegitimate child of donald trump. host: let's talk to michael, lake grove, new york. democrat. good morning. caller: good morning. i just wanted to say that i totally agree with the previous caller that just spoke. donald trump has been getting a free pass now from 2016 forwards. it all started with the birther lie, all the way up until the current day. he has been doing nothing but lying and getting a free pass from the media, the media needs to report the truth on him. they have only just started doing it this year. they give him a free pass until now, and now that the truth is coming out about him, the

country is finally waking up and seeing who the real leadership in this country is. and i give a lot of the credit to joe biden. joe biden not only defeated donald trump in 2020, joe biden picked harris as his vice presidential pick, and he waited until after the republican convention, the day after the convention was done, that week, to announce is falling out of the race, and announce harris, kamala harris, as his choice. joe biden not only defeated donald trump wants, he is defeating him again. and if the democrats continue to stay the course and do what they are doing through this convention and just before it when he became the pick, they will prosper and they will win this race.

host: right, michael. go ahead. caller: tim walz was the best pick that she could have made. she had a lot to choose from. but he was the ultimate pick, and i like him more than anything. host: right, michael. let's go to joshua tree. caller: thanks for taking my call. i watched the democratic convention with an open mind, but all i found was, there was just a trump-bashing hate-fest and i was very disappointed. thank you. host: connie on the line for democrats, east amherst, new york. good morning. caller: good morning. i'm 92 years old. i have lived through many presidents, and my cousin and i talk about the fact that we never saw the country in the --

in that condition that is in today. the hatred and discord has never been here until donald trump entered the picture. unfortunately the lady before me, i did not hear any of the bashing and so forth she heard. i heard people talk about trump as he constantly talks about. -- talks about harris. i tried to listen to both sides. i tried to listen to one of his meetings he had, and three force of what he said were all lies. the man is a liar. he cannot help himself. he tells people what they think he wants to hear. i think that is called pathological lying. being a nurse i see instances where i think the man actually is having some kind of symptoms, starting with old age dementia. he rattles on about things that

never happened. i really feel sorry. i feel sorry for the man that he doesn't know enough to step aside, like mr. biden did, who is physically ill. you can see it. and i'm very sorry about that. he has tried to help the middle class people. i give him a great deal of applause for that. and that is something that donald trump knows nothing about. i have lived to see hamburger go from $.39 to $3.29 a pound. that is not inflation. that just happened now. it has been happening throughout the years. milk used to be, what? $.30 a quart? and now we walk around complaining? and yet when i look at the stadium and the people spending hundreds of dollars to go see a football game, they are not complaining about the cost of their tickets.

they go and they enjoy it. so, you know you have to pull up your straps and say, we are going through a time post-covid which, may i add, if mr. trump was there we would have all have died the majority of us would have died. host: bob in alpine, california, independent. good morning. caller: yes, well, i find it interesting that everybody seems to have these various and sundry opinions about who donald trump is, but i can go into great lengths about what i know about donald trump, because i'm originally from new york, and i live on the border. the first thing people have to understand is that people are not poring over the borders in california and being fed are taking care of. the way they should be. and they cannot really pour across the borders because the

borders here in california have mountains and people would have to go through the mountains. mostly when people do come in they come in through the ports of entry. and there is a misconception about what the border looks like. the border is fenced off anywhere people can get through, and if they try to get over those fences area frequently they get injured or they die. it is not this great big rush of people coming from the border, and the border crossings have gone down to about 40% or 50% here in california. i don't know what they are doing in other states. the next thing is, when it comes to donald trump himself, donald trump in the last election would not concede that he lost the election. and why he wants to run for

election again i don't know, because he has already said that if he loses this election he is going to be very unhappy, and he doesn't believe he can lose. this is a man who lost casinos, which is all most impossible to do because the house always wins in a casino. i'm surrounded by casinos in california, and it is a great business. and, you know, i could go on and on about what i know about trump, but the main thing is that he will not accept the results of an election and transfer it peacefully. host: let's take a look at what vice president harris said last night about what a second trump presidency would look like. here she is. vice pres. harris: no americans, this election is not only the most important of our lives. it is one of the most important

in the life of our nation. in many ways donald trump is an unserious man. but the consequences -- the consequences of putting donald trump back in the white house are extremely serious. [applause] consider not only the chaos and calamity when he was in office, but also the gravity of what has happened since he lost the last election. donald trump tried to throw away your votes. when he failed he sent an armed mob to the united states capital , where they assaulted law enforcement officers. when politicians in his own

party begged him to call off the mob and ascend to, he did the opposite. he fanned the flames. and now, for an entirely different set of crimes, he was found guilty of fraud by a jury of everyday americans, and separately found liable for committing sexual abuse. and consider -- consider what he intends to do if we give him power again. consider his explicit intent to set free violent extremists who assaulted those law enforcement officers at the capitol. his explicit intent to jail journalists, political opponents, and anyone he sees as

the enemy. his explicit intent to deploy our active-duty military against our own citizens. consider the power he will have. especially after the united states supreme court just ruled that he would be immune from criminal prosecution. just imagine donald trump with no guard rails. and how he would use the immense powers of the presidency of the united states not to improve your life, not to strengthen our national security, but to serve the only client he has ever had.

himself. host: we are taking your calls this morning until the end of the program on your reactions to the dnc and campaign 2024. here is kim, pittsburgh, pennsylvania. public and. good morning. caller: hi. i just wanted to make a comment. very quick comment. i am just appalled at the behavior of donald trump, and how he looks into the camera, literally knowing that he is lying to us, but wants us to believe that he is telling the truth. i am reminded of that movie as a little kid that asked god to make his father tell the truth. and that is sometimes what we wish. that he would just look in the camera and tell the truth.

you cannot have us looking at a fact. that january 6 insurrection literally still has me crying. when i watched those police officers trying to get control, and him sending those people down to the capital. if they could have got their hands -- they were screaming "hang mike pence." even though a lot of people don't agree with what mike pence did, he was a man of integrity. he was a man of substance. and the reality is, you have both a crook and an honest man in office, and they battled between each other. but for him to ignore the fact that the people he sent down to the were screaming "hang mike pence," if they could have gotten their hands on him this

nation would have saw literally the vice president being destroyed on air. and that is something that is disturbing, that i cannot get out of my mind. that, yes, he lost, but there is a fair and honest transfer of power. that concerns me. it is almost like -- and i know people don't like to hear me compare this, but my eyes have been opened. it is like donald trump is almost the same as jim jones. he has us drinking the kool-aid, knowing what he is saying is alive. we are no longer drinking the kool-aid, because our eyes have been opened. he is a liar, and unfortunately people that believe lies, unfortunately, think things do not go well when we keep believing a liar, liar.

everything he said, the democrats are not perfect. the republicans are not perfect. but at least tell the people the truth. host: that is deborah, jackson, tennessee. good morning. deborah in jackson, tennessee? are you there? nope? low rate in halifax, pennsylvania. public and. good morning. caller: hi, mimi. good morning. i watched the convention all week. it was nothing but repetitive small talk and lacked substance. kamala's actual policies are never defined. she never does. she talks the talk. open borders, wars in progress, highest inflation ever, violated rights, human trafficking. who is our administration right now? who is controlling the usa and has the power to reverse all of that?

why isn't the joe-kamala administration taking action now? not in the month, but today? you can change all to the good now, but it is not in her dna to do so because she is a marxist, exactly like her father. she admits this. she is a far out liberal. she is the furthest left you can get. this is common sense. come on, america. this is why we are where we are today. host: in washington, d.c., independent. good morning. caller: good morning, good morning. i watched the dnc, and i noticed that it feels, in my opinion, that the democrats have now moved the conversation and rhetoric down to the level of trump talking about character. and i'm kind of sick of the character. the character topic.

i would like to hear more about policy. honestly it feels like instead of water it feels like democrats are fighting with fire. we see that it is not working for trump for the most part, but i would like to see a change. host: specifically what kind of policy are you looking to hear more about, or just in general? caller: there are a lot of things on the ticket. honestly, the economy is huge, and foreign policy. but i don't feel like most americans vote on foreign policy. i feel like the border is an issue, but ultimately when i see a celebration going on and -- at the dnc or rnc i'm saying that there is a sense of an ostrich of fact, where everyone is kind of celebrating and meanwhile americans are in a real economic

downturn, in personal lives of not being able to make ends meet when it comes to inflation. host: i want to show you something on the front page of the "washington post" this morning. it says, campaign pitches may send prices on upswing. the fed has made headway, what ideas pose inflationary risks. it says, inflation is just about that unless the next president brings it back to life. both kamala harris and donald trump are pushing economic ideas that could raise prices on goods and services, some economists said. harris has proposed an expanded child tax credit and wants to give some first-time homebuyers one of $5,000 toward the down payments. both moves would had gas to an economy that is already growing softer than its long-term

potential. trump says he will eliminate taxes on social security payments, remove millions of workers from the labor force with the largest deportation of unauthorized migrants in history, and impose new tariffs on everything that the united states imports. those moves would boost costs throughout the economy. here is sharon in california, republican. caller: yes. everything you just said hit the nail on the head. if harris is elected into this country as the president of this united states we have had it. we are ready in trouble. she hasn't done a darn thing in three point five years, and all of a sudden it is all hatred. i have never seen anything like it. in fact, i did not even watch the convention until about 30 minutes last night, and everything she said was hatred. i can't figure these people out. i live across the street from a

lady that gives food away. you can't imagine the lines of people trying to get food for free, because they cannot go to the grocery store and pay for it. there is an parents out here who cannot afford to free their -- feed their grandchildren that they have had put into their care. we have got to do something about this. if we vote her in we have had it. she hasn't done one single thing since she has been in office. now all of a sudden she is a magpie. and that vice president, he is just as silly as she is. what we are going to do is videotape her laughter and use it for an alarm clock, because that is what she is. all she is is an alarm clock. host: rocky in spokane, washington. democrat. good morning. caller: yes, this is rocky phillips from spokane. i am going to vote democrat,

because i have been a democrat all my life. i'm going on 64 years old. and i have one question. why isn't anybody talking about the northern border between us and canada? we don't have a wall. we know how to take care of the dope addict send all of that. they never get through by the northern border. why can't the southern border do the same thing? that is why am kind of wondering. we keep the drug addicts out, and, you know, they cannot seem to take it. so, if anybody has any questions why can't the northern border -- i mean the southern border do the same thing with the northern border is? if anybody gets caught, they go to jail. they don't get passed canada and to us or we go into them. it is nice talking to.

this is the first time. host: nice talking to you, rocky. ray is a republican in pleasant view, tennessee. hi, ray. caller: good morning. thanks for taking my call. it just seems like to me that these democrats have got blinders on. can you not see what this country is going through right now. everything is turned upside down because you've got no leaders. these people are not leaders. this kamala harris, she has no leader. she has never done anything in -- and anything she has done, it makes any sense. she is lazy, she -- the people to work for her don't like her. they cannot stand her. and we want this woman to be our president and this guy -- look, i am a vietnam veteran, and this man saying that he has been in

combat, and he has not, that rubs me the wrong way. i'm thinking, you are one of them cowards that cowered out and, you state in the military 24 years, and you drew a paycheck every month from being in there, but don't say you are a combat veteran when you are not. that is -- we don't want this man to be our president. the vice president. host: all right. gina in cordova, tennessee. independent. caller: hi. first of all, thank you for taking my call. and i am independent, because i try to objectively look at, i guess the leader that is most effective that has the best credentials, one that actually has a verifiable track record.

not a layout or touch point from fox news or touch points from msnbc. i tried to get to the bottom of it, read documents for myself, and, you know, after sifting through harris' background, watching many of her -- actually videos where she did conferences , you know, as senator, as prosecutor, you know, i was a bit impressed with her management skills and how she was able to lay out policy, layout directives for her team, which was a bit impressive. i had four years and the campaign years prior to, look at trump. and to be honest with you, i think the first two years he kind of floated off of an economy that was already doing fairly well. all of the political indicators were already going up. by the third-year things started to taper off and i do realize

covid had something to do with that. and watching the democratic convention last night, i have to say that where -- as you can see, i'm a bit of a academic about how i do things politically. not so much emotionally. but i have to say that i was touched, and i actually think i will vote for harris. for many reasons. i think if i just had to talk about policy, i think that biden's people have done a very poor job of laying out what they have actually done in this country to move it forward. you know, when you are talking about, you know, preventing things they have put in place, just kind of looking at it, renewable energy. that is something, a market i was looking at, and the

government tax credits and the things they have done to try to move us into a new direction and try to make us viable going into the future is really important. america has always been number one because we have always been first in innovation. our education system has been number one. i have to be honest under trump, a lot of people, a lot of the brightest round the world stopped coming to american universities. host: all right, tina. i have to move on. floyd in fredericksburg, indiana. independent. caller: good morning. thanks for taking my call. i have two constructive criticisms and one comment on the dnc. i think that you have your own form of dei by making everybody speak who wants to speak, as furs the order they were called in. sometimes republicans have an interest in speaking. i think just my advice as they

call it, let them speak. the other thing is, on monday a lady called in and she was making a point. she said she would not cut me off, but so-and-so, and then you never let her back in. it is not the first time it has happened. host: i was not on on monday. caller: i like the way her grandniece pronounces her name. i think it should become a lot -- kamala-la-la-la. host: james. good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. i want us to look at where we was at four years ago and where we are at now. i think that america needs a good dose of jesus. thank you. host: cleo in nashville, north carolina. good morning. caller: yes, good morning.

i was calling to let people know that our border is controlled by our congress and senate, not by our president or vice president. otherwise nothing can be done for the border. we saw that when they did not pass the bill that the democrats and the republicans jointly came up with. but a lot of people wanted to blame president biden and kamala harris for our border, but it is really our congress and senate who can't control our border. i was calling to let people know who is can -- who is in control of our border is the senate and congress. have a blessed day. host: all right, cleo. mia, a democrat. hi, mia. caller: good morning. host: good morning, go ahead. caller: i'm calling with hopes that america will stop with the

selective memory loss. look at all that donald trump has said he will do if he is back in office. he said we will vote once and never have to vote again. does that tell you? he doesn't plan on coming out of office, and all of the discord he has caused, we should be embracing the policies of kamala harris and her way of thinking that no one is above the law. we have to stop with the bashing on both sides. we'll talk, it doesn't matter how a candidate looks. it is a matter whether they -- where they come from. if they are eligible to run for president, they are eligible to run for president. that includes donald trump. donald trump sets the standard of a convicted felon running the oval, running this country.

what does that tell these convicted felons who have hard times getting jobs, getting a place to live? what are we going to do about that if he is reelected? host: joy in connecticut, republican. joy, are you there? caller: yeah, i'm here. host: go right ahead. caller: i was watching all of the dnc and rnc both, and this reminded me, it is like, what is the love and unity that they talk about? the love, the unity, and the next thing they know they all sat in on donald trump. how can they love each other and hate donald trump? donald trump is one of the best presidents we ever had, and there will never be another president like him, ever. and they don't even realize it. and she had better start

speaking up, you know? about the truth. host: right, joy. let's talk to patricia next. maryville, tennessee. democrat. caller: i wish these maga people would wake up and get out of that rabbit hole. i am retarted, but i'm telling you these people are more ret arted. he would not give these people the time of day. if they want to mar-a-lago he would have them arrested, his followers. i am voting for kamala harris and we are going to turn our country back the way it was. not when donald trump was in office, but we are free and let me in there as paper something into being theirs. we can have homes. we should not be homeless people out here in the world. that is all i've got to say. thank you very much. host: all right, patricia. if you are on the line do hold on. you're going to take a pause right here, speak to a reporter,

and we will get back to the calls shortly. we are joined now by whitney gibson. she is a politics reporter for politico. welcome to the program. rfk junior is having an event today in phoenix, arizona. can you tell us what we know about what is expected today? guest: all we know for certain is that he is going to announce his next step in his presidential campaign. as i'm sure your viewers know he has been running as an independent, pulling pretty significantly on independent standards. his campaign has been struggling in the last few months and in terms of fundraising, and holding events, and has seen a dip in polling. his running mate suggested on a podcast earlier this week that the campaign would try to stay in, potentially in the race to garner 5% of the vote, which

helps them get federal matching funds for a future election. or they would drop out and endorse donald trump. host: rfk junior and former president trump are both planning to be in arizona today. are they planning to meet? are they planning on appearing together? guest: we know that they met several times in the last month, at least going back to the rnc, talking about this possibility of kennedy dropping out, endorsing trump, and potentially even getting a role in his second trump administration. we don't know for sure if they will meet in arizona today but trump teased it late last night on a fox news interview after vice president harris' speech at the dnc, that they could meet and trump has also been suggesting that there will be a "special guest" tonight at his rally in arizona. we don't know for sure. what i have heard about these

conversations is they have been very fluid between the trump and kennedy camp. i think while looking like it is going to be that drop out an endorsement for trump, people have warned me that these negotiations are a bit fragile. host: what has rfk junior said about former president trump, and what has he said about vice president harris? guest: he goes back and forth. most recently he has really tried to push the message that he wants to be a healer. he wants to talk with everyone. he says, i reached out to president trump to have conversations. of course they have known each other going back to the days where they were both democrats living in new york. he said he has reached out to harris' team but has not reached back. he has reached out to the libertarian candidate and had a conversation with them.

he tried to frame these outreaches as, i am reaching out to everyone, i am a politician above the political fray. host: if this does happen, what kind of impact is it going to have? that is the question, on the race and swing states? guest: i think the biggest impact will be in swing states. while kennedy's polling has dropped he still has a national average of about 5%. if you look at pennsylvania, georgia, arizona, nevada, you include the seven major swing states, even just 1% to 2% of kennedy's followers switching over to trump's side in states decided by one to two points, is huge. one thing about kennedy's support base, though, is a lot of them, the core volunteer team, they, you know, are not typical politicos. they are not typically registered voters, not

necessarily affiliated with either party. so they may not go back into partisan politics. it remains to be seen, even if just a fraction of kennedy's support does commit to trump in november it could be decisive in those swing states. host: what are you going to be listening to specifically, listening for at this event coming up today at 2:00? guest: like i said, i am expecting it to be the drop out and endorsement of trump, even though anything can happen. what i really want to know is how kennedy and nicole shanahan, that is his running mate who is independently wealthy, how they plan to continue supporting or participating in the election between now and november. kennedy has, you know, this cold following, particularly on social media. shanahan has tried to build up her own pool as well. of course, she has the ability to spend money in her own ways.

between those two sides, the money and influence, they could be influential on the campaign trail. especially with those low propensity voters who did not turn out. host: brittany gibson, reporter for politico, thanks so much for joining us today. guest: thanks for having me. host: if you want to watch that event we areoi to be covering it live. it is at 2:00 eastern. rfk junior willddss reporters -- supporters on the stat ohis campaign. 2:00 eastern right here on c-span. also on c-span now and online at c-span.org. your reaction to the dnc and campaign 2024. urbana, illinois, independent line. deirdre, good morning. caller: i did not watch much of the dnc. and a lot like c-span, i think

both missed the mark of talking a little slower, even a little background and, of course course, pep rallies. rfk does not represent me, but coming you know, you get the best result when you challenge the people you support. rather than coming you know, someone has handed you the script. that is not really respecting you. that is about winning, not winning for you. you challenge the people you support, you know? exactly when and what are you going to do? i think we all get better results from whoever happens to win wear. like i said, the dnc thing, it goes a little over my head. i'm not educated, but, you know,

i can chew and walk at the same time, kind of. you know, if you could kind of address things on a slower pace on simpler issues, people are calling in about the dnc and ranting about something else. you know, maybe a form that addresses particular questions and says, hey, you are going off, that is it. you have to stick to the topic. host: appreciate the feedback. henry, michigan, democrat, good morning. caller: yes, ratchet. host: i was like, i don't know how to pronounce that. it's going to take me a couple of times. fort ratchet, michigan.

caller: watching the dnc over these last four days, i was really exhilarated and i think kamala harris should be the president. and i think she will be the president. i'm hopeful, but -- because to think of the other alternative, i am saddened. i am saddened because listening to the calls that have come in this morning, after seeing these four days, after seeing the rnc, the darkness, the desperation, the hopelessness of that, versus the uplifting joy of the dnc, i am just taken aback and embarrassed, because it shows me that there are a lot of people in this country who would rather vote for a criminal, an authoritarian, someone who told you and is telling you that, yes, i am a liar, yes i am -- i

have been convicted of crimes, and you would rather vote for this criminal then you would someone who has been upholding the law her whole career? and you denigrate her? you talk her down because of her caller? and that is basically what it is. you cannot tell me that the failure, the regret that we here in the voices of republicans who call in here, and they say, i'm going to vote for trump anyway, even though i don't like him? the only reason why is because of his stance on the other. on people who are not like you. and that is sad for america, because we have so much possibility. if we were to follow the script of the constitution and the pluralistic values that are ingrained therein, we could be such a greater country. it is not bad.

and to have republicans call in and say, the state of the country now? we have record travel. a lot of people are taking vacations. people have new cars. people have jobs. the biden administration and the biden-harris administration has done a fantastic job with the economy. but people don't want to admit it because to do so is to turn their back on somebody that they worship as a rich demagogue. and it is terrible. host: all right, henry. senator elizabeth warren spoke at last night's dnc. this is the washington examiner that says, senator warren cries after a standing ovation at the dnc. it says, she burst into tears after she received a one-minute standing ovation at the dnc. warren first ran for president in 2020 when she was a rival of vice president kamala harris. now the democratic presidential

nominee. so when she stood on stage to speak on harris' qualifications, the crowd roared in appreciation for warren. let's take a look at a portion of her remarks from last night. sen. warren: there it is. groceries, gas, housing, health care, taxes, abortion. trust donald trump and jd vance to look out for your family? i wouldn't trust them to move my couch. [applause] we need kamala harris. this election is about your family and your future.

i have seen kamala harris fight. i have seen her win. and when it comes to our families and our futures, kamala harris is someone we can trust. so, here it is. with joy in our hearts, let's select kamala harris the next president of the united states. host: and back to the phones now to leticia in palm springs, california. good morning. caller: good morning. there is a few things. first of all, i want to say that kamala harris is a beautiful woman. and that given, being from california, did some terrible policies from here in california.

putting people in jail for using marijuana. over stuffing our prisons with that kind of things that when she releases people that have really hurt people, and the other thing was that in the dnc i never heard them mention the people that were killed, the 13. and 13, some of them came from india, because they were military from india. and nobody mentioned that. the other thing is that, all of these high prices that are in the markets and everything, they are from people who are trying to make it. inflation that has occurred has occurred because of covid.

and the jobs that have been acquired, which they made a mistake on the jobs were the ones that have gone back, they are counting jobs that people already had. and so, therefore, there is a lot of lies from the dnc. i used to be a democrat, then i went independent because i didn't like what the democrats were doing. then i went republican because i saw improvement on that. we cannot have open borders. and i come from a migrant family. and my husband does as well. but they did it legally. they did it the right way. they did it cross borders, and we are receiving people that are dangerous. and nobody talks about that and nobody talked about it at the dnc.

joy is very nice when it is true and it is right. not as a veil and blindfold to people. there was one lady that said they went over their head, a lot of things. yes, because they try to gaslight people into thinking that everything is ok. but they are not going to the gas. california has the highest gas, and newsom is a terrible governor. and he endorses her. there is so much homeless here in los angeles, in san francisco, in san diego. you just go downtown and you can see homeless everywhere. rvs, and they are coming from everywhere. and they are not migrants. host: all right. that is in palm springs. let's stay in california.

beverly, good morning. caller: good morning, and thank you for taking my call. i want to say, well, i am from michigan, but i live in california now. and i am so proud of the democrat convention. i was so happy to see not just the joy, but there were so many people that i respect, and it was just wonderful. to know that in my younger days, 1968, when we marched and we went to the sea, and we fought for the rights, for people to vote, for justice for all, period. i'm not going to take the time

to go through everything because we already know what is on the line. and there was a time when the trumpster, as i call him, were in, i had to apologize to my son and say, i'm so sorry things are like this for you. the reasons we fought were so you would not have to go through this, and he turned to me and said, mom, they killed all of your leaders. did the best you could. but it is ok, mom, because you taught us the right way, so we can pick up the mantle and go forward. so, it just does my heart good to see this. that my work was not in vain. i'm so happy. host: beverly, were you at the march in washington?

caller: i was. and my father also marched with dr. martin luther king. and my father was at the 1960 democratic convention in atlantic city, when jfk was running. he was then-senator. host: all right. caller: my family goes way back. my dad was a uaw, afl-cio national delegate from michigan. host: thank you for sharing your memories with us. bill in frederick, ohio. your next. host: yeah, caller: i just wanted to put it out there. everybody keeps calling trump a felon. a felon. a felon. but he was convicted in a democratic court with a democratic jury.

so, he was convicted before he ever got in -- got out of bed in the morning. and then that didn't work. that is not working for the democrats, so now they are covering all this pennsylvania shooting. i believe that biden and harris was behind that. host: right. we are not going to go into conspiracy theories. anything else, bill? caller: no, that is it. host: michelle, georgia. democrat. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. can you hear me? host: yes, go right ahead. caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. i am taken aback by, you know,

the responses that -- from the republicans who are trump supporters. you know, it really blows my mind. as for me, as a veteran, this man has no business being -- first of all, he had no business being president in the first place, because he was not qualified. and i understand that, you know, when the founding fathers made a decision on what the qualifications are there were no felonies. but now it is time to amend the constitution. to put some real qualifications in there, because he was not qualified. secondly, i am so happy and

proud to be a democrat right now. and it is really time for things to get done. host: so, michelle, as you know, georgia is a swing state. are you going to be doing anything as far as getting out the vote? talking to neighbors? are you going to be working with the campaign? caller: i'm going to do my best. i will do whatever i can to talk to people and educate people. at the end of the day that is what it is about. from what my experience is and talking to people that are for trump, they come at you with a lot of talking points, but they don't have any substance behind it. whereas, you know, kamala, she has a great record of fighting

for the people. and, you know, at the end of the day that is what it is about. host: john is a republican in or rick, rhode island -- warwick, rhode island. caller: how are you doing? host: good. caller: i watched both conventions, and i just, you know, i'm actually a registered democrat, and i worked two jobs. i work hard to make ends meet and struggling, and i just think everything that -- that happened with the democrats, they ousted biden. i think they set them up, putting him in that debate early to show the public, you know, his failing health, which they lied about and said he was fine, and kamala harris is on tv many times saying he was fine, he was fine, he was, you know, chipper

and able to work. they knew he wasn't, and lied about it, and the i just think that i was in better shape financially when trump was in office, and i just hope trump can put the name-calling aside and just run on what he did and what he accomplished and it upsets me when kamala says, on day one we are going to do this, we are going to do that. she is not on day one, she is on day 1300 something. so, she was supposed to be the border czar and we have people pouring in the country, criminals, murderers pouring into the country, and, i mean, i just like trump's policies better. i think he really is a patriot. i'm not a fan of his character,

but, i think he is a patriot and just wants to make america strong in the world again. i think we are viewed as weak in the world. there was no wars going on when trump was in office. there was not such chaos in our country. the border, when trump was in office. i just feel safer with trump in charge. host:host: john, diane in moorestown echoes what you said. she says, harris is in office right now. she is partially responsible for the bad state of our country. they could help now. "day one is meaningless." less take a look at abortion from last night. it features several speakers who shared stories about gun violence, and one was former u.s. representative and shooting survivor gabby giffords. she was with her husband, senator mark kelly. here it is.

>> i was born with grits. i grew up racing motorcycles and exploring the beautiful desert. i fell for an astronaut. [applause] for five years i served in congress. from a swing district. everybody called me a rising star. then on january 8 2011 -- january 8, 2011 man tried to assassinate me. he killed six. terrible, terrible days. i almost died, but i thought -- fought for my life, and i survived. [applause] i learned to walk again, one step at a time. i learned to talk again, one word at a time. so many people helped me as i

worked hard to recover, including a decent man for delaware who always checked in, and he still does. thank you, joe biden. thank you for everything. joe is a great president. my friend kamala will be a great president. she is tough. she has grits. kamala can beat the gun lobby. she can fight gun trafficking. kamala will protect abortion access. she will defend our freedoms. she saved lives.

join me in voting for kamala harris. thank you. [applause] host: back to the calls. on the line for republicans, cedar lake, indiana, evelyn. hello. caller: hello. host: go ahead, evelyn. we are listening. caller: i am just watching puzzle. we end up with the one we don't really have run for president, and biden is like a king? why can't it be run the way it should? the democrats, it seems like they have legalized murder in the womb and turned

[indiscernible] into a king [indiscernible] who is going to run america? a job to run as president. she did not do the job. they put her on a song and dance show last night. that is not america. that is democrats. host: fredericksburg, virginia. independent. morning. caller: yes, mimi. how are you doing today? host: i'm doing well. caller: good. i love the convention. i am so encouraged for our country. we have to vote for kamala and tim walz, because kamala is a strong i am so sad to hear these people saying that kamala is a

communist and hates jews and that we lived in a third world country. do your homework. it read her bio. she is married to a jewish man. her bonus children call her " mamala." turn off fox and stop watching the videos that are scaring you. go see your grandchildren, go to a movie. this is not a third world country. kamala and tim love this country. he is awesome. his son just brought tears to my eyes and people should be ashamed if they are bullying this man. comella is going to keep this

country great. please read her bio. she has worked all of her life. i am so proud of her and i just can't wait to vote for comella and tim walz. host: anthony in indiana, independent. caller: how are you today? host: i am doing ok. caller: they are all from mexico trying to make a living. i worked in mexico and they told me texas and arizona and california along to them.

democracy is we the people, for the people and by the people. regardless of what happens, you have to accept. trent is a waste of time. hillary clinton i have much respect for. we men of america, i hope comella wins because she does politics the right way. host: debra in clarksville, tennessee, good morning.

caller: i want to say i love your show and you did -- do an outstanding job. the dnc was outstanding. what did mike pence do when he was the vice president. you talk about the border, what happened to donald trump once covid came along. one minute they are blaming,. you have to teach your children not to call but you have a present -- president calling her cut. we see the president doing it. host: here is sherry in new

hampshire. caller: i am proud to be independent and i am voting democrat straight down the ticket. democrats are more patriotic than those who claim to be patriotic. a lot of trump supporters are calling in on the other lines and lying because they can't handle the truth. caller: timothy, republican. caller: i appreciate you having an open forum for calling in. i would like to say -- am i on? host: you are on. go ahead. caller: i am a registered republican and calling on the republican line.

i am old enough to know what it was like during jimmy carter's days which i voted for because i am also a christian and jimmy carter said he was a christian man. i don't see how any christian can vote democrat, only because they won't let you. during the convention when harry clayton was going out to office, during that particular convention, they voted got off of their platform. if you vote god off of your -- they voted god off of their platform. if you vote god of you platform, how can you do that? if you are going to be a marxist government or an american government, that abides by the constitution of the united states.

i say it marxist because if you read and you read the books you read the book by barack obama, he declares marxism in his book. his father was a marxist and if you look at the history of those that are speaking at the democrat convention this year, you will also see marxism. i do not understand how the vice president of the united states and candidate of the democratic party, why no one is questioning the fact that 35 times he went over it and did it when he was in the military and he is supposed to inform the military and he did not so he was not

vetted very well. host: let's hear from senator jd vance, the mice essential republican nominee. he was in georgia talking about law enforcement. [video clip] senator vance: it is interesting that they are running in trying to pretend to be tough on crime people. kamala harris said she is now tough on crime. she found jesus about being tough on crime and she found it a month ago when joe biden dropped out of the race. because the record of kamala harris and her running mate is doing everything they can to make the lives of law enforcement harder and make it harder for them to keep up. kamala harris was the prosecutor in san francisco, california. if you think san francisco has been well run from a tough on crime perspective, than i've got another thing to tell you. a beautiful city has been

destroyed by the leadership of people like kamala harris. she wants to take san francisco liberalism nationwide and i think we are not going to let her. georgia is not going to let her and it starts right here. [applause] let's run to the contrast of the difference from colliers and donald trump. kamala harris wanted to make sex crimes with minors a nonviolent offense means more sickos out on the streets of our country. do we want that? >> no. senator vance: she wants to defund the police and she wants to make it easier for soft on crime prosecutors. do we want kamala harris as a prosecutor and chief of this country?

no, we want donald j. trump and that is what we are going to do. as comella harris was doing those things, let's remember when kenosha wisconsin was about to burn in a terrible riot, donald trump called the governor and affirmatively offered it to help federal officials to stop the riots into a save the city of kenosha. donald trump believes we should probably fund our police and make sure they get the pay and equipment they need. he believes we ought to stop the assault on -- soft on crime prosecutors. in donald trump believes we ought to make law enforcement lives easier by closing down the southern border and getting the drug cartels out of our communities. [applause] caller: the previous caller

mentioned tim walz. this is from the new york times from two weeks ago. it says is long relationship with china defies stereotypes. he taught in china and has visited the country 30 times. he has also been critical of the chinese government human rights record. you can read that at the new york times if you would like to find out more about that. we will talk to ann, democrat. caller: thanks for having me on. i think everybody out there probably had or has or will have a family member who will be in the military and in 2020, i heard president trump come out

of his own mouth on tv, he slurred the military and made fun of and i hate to say it retarded, but he made fun of those kids. he committed crimes and i don't understand to this day. he is just another person. why isn't he in jail? i love kamala and i hope she wins but i pray to god in jesus name that he will choose the right one for us. and i pray it is her. host: republican line, cleveland ohio, bill. caller: good morning.

i am just calling about the dnc. it seems it is all hope, joy, puppy dogs and rainbows from those people. what about everybody who has lost their lives under this administration, you have the families of the women who are raped and murdered by the illegal immigrants that walk into this country and, and release and are all among us. where is the happy joy for those who are. does anybody even consider it? i don't understand. just failed policies and we end up with innocent people dying. i don't understand this whole thing. and tim walz watched the city burn. his wife opened the window so she could smell it. what is that? it is crazy. this whole thing is like a movie

production for them and tim walz is like a cartoon character, jumping around and kicking and all of the facial expressions. it all seems so fake to me. i don't see how people don't see that. thank you. that is all i have to say. host: will talk to joel in massachusetts, independent. caller: i am jewish. -- host: frank, republican. caller: the things that were discuss include the tax increases that kamala harris is pursuing pretty new york times cited $5 trillion in tax increases including the oil and gas industry. if people knew that 95% of the

goods and services we purchase on the shelves, when they get in their car and go somewhere and buy things, oil and gas hasn't delivered the goods that they go to intend to buy. 95% of the goods and services we purchase require oil and gas. 50% of oil and gasoline utilize from polyurethane, paint, clothing, eyeglasses, plastics, everything around us. kamala harris wants to destroy the oil and gas industry. does any caller after me or before me know about fracking. fracking is a national security benefit to the united states. we have unique advantages and technologies and protocols that make us the best at it. it is job creation, 125,000 jobs in the state of being alone. the revenue created for states like new mexico and pennsylvania

and west texas, it is unbelievable. the revenue is astounding. it is great paying jobs. there is so much upside to fracking and technology. we all prosper with low utility bills and low inflation when we had it and yet we have less fracking on federal land because that is the regulatory agencies under biden and harris have done. they have constricted that. this is a cost to our society and our national security because there is a major benefit levers because china and other adversaries is the oil and glass -- a gap that is the lifeblood of our economy. i never realized what was meant by it but this is a serious matter in this election and donald trump is going to have a sense of urgency. there are 3000 500 counties in

the united states. five of the top seven wealthiest surround washington dc they are very comfortable there and living among the best comforts imaginable. but they are politicians and they are very comfortable. kamala, they did not look back at her record unless it goes back to the california d.a.. host: the tax proposal by vice president harris and this is the new york times that he cited. it is the headline, what we know about kamala harris' tax plan so far. the vice president supports the tax increased proposed by the biden administration according to her campaign. dan, flat rock, michigan, good morning. caller: hello.

donald trump keeps saying that everybody coming across this border are rapist criminals. that is not true. i live in michigan. i think texas, arizona, new mexico need to get it together and take care of it. you have all of trump's lies. no one is bringing up all of the lies he has said. calling people names. we have never had a president resort to calling people schoolyard names. this is ridiculous. the majority of the trump followers, he wouldn't even sit at the table and break bread with you people. i don't understand. i'm sorry. good luck. host: that's talk to darrell in anaheim, california, democrat.

caller: i am a lifelong democrat. i was really worried about the way they just pushed through kamala like nobody had any say in it. i want to talk to all of the democrats out there. she was put in as vice president. she needs to do the job we hired her for already. she doesn't do her job now, -- host: did you mean to call in on the democrat line? caller: i am a democrat but i cannot vote for marxists. icd antisemitism. she doesn't say anything about that. these people calling in, they

can't be so hateful to the other party because we have to look at ourselves. you can't be doing that. trump never said all mexicans were rapists. he never said that. you have to stop doing this. we need to start telling the truth because kamala harris, her dad is a marxist. she is going to take us down the wrong road. let me say one more thing about fracking. she is on video record over and over saying she will ban

fracking. how are we going to get our jobs done with no oil and gas? host: it was said she changed her position on fracking. let's take a look at another portion from last night, from last night, former republican congressman and kings anger -- kingsinger. >> we must put country first. [applause] tonight, as a republican is speaking before you, i am putting our country first. [applause] because the fact is, i do belong here. i know kamala harris shares my allegiance to the rule of law, constitution and democracy, and she is dedicated to upholding

all three in service to our country. whatever policies we disagree on pale in comparison with those fundamental matters of principle, indecency and fidelity to this nation. [applause] my fellow republicans, if you still pledged allegiance to those principles, i suspect you belong here too. because democracy knows no party. it is a living breathing ideal that defines us as a nation. it is the bedrock that separates us from tyranny and when that foundation is fractured, we must all stand together united to strengthen it. [applause]

if you think those principles are worth defending, then i urge you, make the right choice. vote for our bedrock values and vote for kamala harris. god bless you. host: on the independent line, leonardo in decatur, georgia, you are next. caller: i wanted to tell you that it comes down to justice or injustice. i am so stressed out. i am so -- a vietnam veteran. i would prefer that freedom of the press be on your end for people to not keep asking how

you are doing today. we have all heard how mimi is doing today. i don't need to keep hearing good morning. host: go ahead with what you wanted to say. caller: that is what i am doing. go ahead, you are next. caller: after watching the d&c convention and the rnc convention, we have two america's. cap happiness and good feelings and the other ones have a full of hate, fear mongering and fascism and i know which one i am going to vote.

host: in maryland, ron, independent line. caller: i am calling because of the transparency act that was passed in 2021 but introduced in 2020 that requires that if you have a small business and less than 20 employees and less than $5 million in annual earnings, you have to file a report with the irs. this legislation is impacting 35 million businesses. i have had the privilege of being at forums here in washington, d.c. and 90% of the small business owners in the room had never heard of it.

the fact of the matter is, biden also passed something called the inflation reduction act. less than four states legislatures have passed this legislation. in the state of maryland, it will put $4 billion into the state as of january 1 and 174 projects. not one contractor was an african-american. $1.7 trillion have gone over the federal caucus and less than 2% have gone to black businesses. if this is the solution called america and the black vote has always been the bedrock for the democratic party, where is the fairness in those numbers. people can go to positive change pc.com and click on news events

and get this information so they know where this information is coming from. host: keith on the republican line in crawley, louisiana. caller: i just embarrass about both parties and i want to bash either one. i am a democrat turned republican because of what is going on. i think that our country is demonized right now. our border is open. we are failing as a country because we are keeping god out and that is my feeling. host: lets dr. shirley in new york, new york, democrat. -- let talk with shirley in new

york, new york, democrat. caller: i am calling about the convention. i am 76 years old and i know what the republicans said and the democrats said. if people would just fact check, they would find out who is telling the truth. i live in new york in the times he lied. he is a businessman. he stays in bankruptcy court. he is not for the people. he has always been for himself. and because his father left him

money, he has money to do with the millionaires and billionaires. a businessman, check kamala's record. she went from being a prosecutor and attorney general and vice president. nothing. people, a fact check. host: let's talk to marilyn in norfork, virginia. caller: i am a true independent and don't belong to any party. i am a party of one and that is me. what i would like to remind people, particularly the republicans, the governor --

governors on the southern border like governor abbott of texas and desantis of florida, they deposited hundreds of thousands of illegals into cities all around the country. the unvented people everywhere. so the republicans have an equal responsibility in the amount of things going on because of the people they claim are committing these crimes. according to donald trump their mental institution people, race -- rapists, drug dealers. governor desantis and abbott and all the other people shuffled all those people into other places are responsible for the crimes they say are -- they are committing and that is really all i have to say. host: that is all the time that we've got. we are going to take you to an event in jacks