york talks about the opioid epidemic. at 8:30, a look at the results of ohio's primary. our guest is ohio representative joyce beatty. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016]] host: hillary clinton was victorious last night seizing wins in four of the five super saturday states. and for the republicans, donald trump captured florida, illinois, north carolina, but loses ohio to john kasich. and what the "washington times" says it's a knockout punch in florida, senator marco rubio suspended his campaign last night. good morning, everyone. what is your reaction to the wins and losses this morning? and ats, 202-748-8000 --

we'll get to your thought here's in a minute but let's begin with the results. if you go to our website, c-span.org, you can find them all there from the primary last night, who won florida, illinois, missouri, north carolina, and ohio. i just want to note that missouri is still too close to call for both the republicans and the democrats. you can find the delegate tracker there on your left and the results will be updated as we go along. "new york times" have the results from last night. if you look, donald trump with his win in florida. he gets the check. 46% over marco rubio's 27% in the florida senator's home state in illinois, donald trump garnered 39% of the vote. ted cruz came in second with 30%. missouri, it looks like a tie

right now. 41 and 4 for ted cruz and donald trump. and in north carolina, the new york billionaire capturing the win there as well, 40% to ted cruz's 37%. below that, you can take a look at where hillary clinton stands. four victories today. missouri, 50% as bernie sanders's 49%. that one has yet to be called as well. let's listen to what the former secretary of state had to say yesterday after she won for the five states. hillary clinton: every candidate makes promises like this. but every candidate owes it to you to be clear and direct about what our plans will cost and how we're going to make them work. that's the difference between running for president and being. -- president. [applause]

hillary clinton: and i'll tell u -- [crowd chants hillary. ] hillary clinton: we live in a complex and yes, a dangerous world. protecting america's national security can never be an afterthought. our commander-in-chief has to be able to defend our country, not mbarrass it. zpweage our allies, not alienate them, defeat our adversaries, not emboldened them. when we care a candidate for president calls for rounding up 12 million immigrants, banning

all muslims from entering the nited states, when he embraces torture, that doesn't make him strong. it makes him wrong. [applause] host: hillary clinton has garnered more delegates than bernie sanders and at this point with her victory last night, she is -- has a lead of about 800 over senator sanders. the "new york times" this morning frames it this way. they pile up the delegates and voters reject bid for rebound --

host: we're getting your thoughts on this this morning. i do want to let you know that we're learning from the white house this morning that president obama plans to announce his supreme court nominee and he will do so at 11:00 a.m. eastern time in the rose garden. that's where the president will be making his announcement. he said in an e-mail that it is both my constitutional duty to nominate a duty and that is one of the most important decision that i or any president will

make. tune into c-span and c-span.org for coverage of that and where e will have that this morning. president obama will be making his pick for the supreme court today. we're starting though, this morning with primary results. clinton and trump picking up more wins. joe in elijah, georgia, republican. you've waited your 30 days and you are on the air. caller: hey, greta, you're great. i'm so fired up for ted cruz. i think what's going to happen is the rubio people are going to join cruz. if you add the results last night, the rubio votes to ted cruz, he would have won missouri, north carolina, and about 10 of the states that trump won. i am so fired up. and we have a sullivan plan, hank sullivan all over the country. but anyway, i also too, greta,

only g thing, cruz is the one that you can trust. i don't know what trump will do. and here's another big point. ted cruz has a perfect 100% conservative voting voter from heritage and american conservative union. i don't dislike trump. i think he's done a lot of good but ted cruz, i would vote for ted cruz over anybody in the history of the world including my hero reagan and margaret thatcher. i'm so fired up for the -- until ted cruz in the white house. host: joe is referring to the delegates that were supporting that were captured by senator marco rubio. so they are freed up. and what happens then at the convention? where do they go to? the paper is noting this morning that the r.n.c. rules might make

it such that rubio's delegates have to go to him on the first round. but that would be freed up from there. well see what happens as the campaign rolls on with the -- with hillary clinton and donald trump racking up more delegates. take a look at where the delegate count stands right now. his is the delegate count. donald trump with 621. ted cruz with 395. marco rubio has about 168. and john kasich with his win st night in ohio which was winner take all, he has now 138 delegates. for the democrats, if you count in super delegates, hillary clinton has about 1,400. that number's higher. these are just the pledged

delegates right now. and then bernie sanders with 774. he's got about 26 other super delegates that are supporting him right now. so this number is not exactly accurate. this is just a pledge delegates. when you add in super delegates, hillary clinton has close to around 1,500. and she is to get around 23 to win the nomination. linda in mississippi, a democrat. what do you make of last night's primary? caller: good morning. host: good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. i loved it. it was just as i pitched it -- pictured it would be. hillary is qualified. she's strong. she's dependable. and all of those people that talks against her, you would want someone in this presidency

that reflects your values. she's been hard-working. she's been working for civil rights, women's rights. and no one of her caliber would take the crap that she takes every day if she didn't believe she could make a difference. host: all right, linda. eric in maryland. independent. eric, good morning. caller: yes. good morning, ma'am. host: what are your thoughts about the primary and campaigning 2016? caller: my thought is i thought that -- i completely agree with what donald trump said yesterday. i think the big loser in this election are pretty much the press. i've been really, really disappointed by the fact that the press, by the way the press has treated mr. donald trump, the man is an american as everybody. he has a freedom of speech.

and his rally was interrupted by the people and when the press is reported, everybody is saying he's the baddest guy ever. and plus, you have the establishment on both the democrat and the republican who want his head. but we, the people, we keep voting him. and also i want to mention that i am black and i am voting for donald trump. black people outside there, you don't belong to the democrat. vote mr. trump because we need to get this country back. thank you and god bless america. host: let's listen the frontrunner last night after his wins. senator donald trump: you know, we've had such incredible support. paul ryan called me the other day, tremendous call. i spoke with mitch mcconnell today. we had a great consideration. the fact is we have to bring our party together. we have to bring it together. [applause] senator donald trump: we have something happening that

actually makes the republican party probably the biggest political story anywhere in the world. everybody's writing about it. all over europe, all over the world they're talking about it. millions of people are coming in to vote. this was an example of it today. many, many more people. i'm looking at the polling booths. i'm looking at different polling booths all on the other hand the -- around the country and the lines are four, five, six blocks long. and one woman has been working the polls for 40 years and he says we have two people here. we have three people. now look at the line. the line was really long. five deep and long. and it's just a different thing. we have a great opportunity and the people that are voting are democrats are coming in, independents are coming in, and very, very importantly, people that never voted before. it's an incredible thing. host: donald trump last night in the "u.s.a. today" front page says trump wins florida,

illinois, north carolina. rubio is out after he loses home state. and this is how david jackson reports it this morning. donald trump took florida and two other states on tuesday but lost ohio's john kasich leaving the prospect of a drawn out struggle for the republican at the july convention. that's from "u.s.a. today." what are your thoughts on that this morning? joanne, a republican. good morning. you're on the air. caller: hi. thank you for taking my call. process here whole as donald trump representing the people, a lot of people that are just satisfy -- dissatisfied, obviously, with washington. and that washington is just not following through in their own best interests. and i see donald trump as a change agent. he's coming in. he's digging up a lot of issues, a lot of hot topics that are on people's minds.

i am a -- i am in health care. i work with a lot of people. 98% of our pediatric patients are medicaid. and they're working at places like disney. they're working at places like wal-mart. you know, and i'm following both sides, actually, even though i voted for donald trump and i support him, but i'm looking at bernie sanders and he's actually dealing with the same issues, only he's coming from a different direction. so i think this election is bringing out unity consciousness amongst americans. and i think that's a very good thing. host: along with florida, a republican, why not vote for marco rubio yesterday? caller: well, he said one thing and did another. and i think many of the people who put him there, i think the

tea party really represented a change, at least from my perspective when i looked at it and listened to them. and i feel like he didn't initiate that change. that once he got into position, we as floridians or at least from my perspective believe that he didn't follow through. he said one thing and did another. and so he became part of this group of representatives that didn't follow through. he was like the rest of them. host: yeah. how big of an issue was immigration for you? caller: pretty big. i work with that population. and we have a lot of patients. they're wonderful people. but i also work with pregnant moms coming into the office, wanting to get a pre-- to line up their pediatrician and they're coming in from the islands at eight months pregnant, having their babies

here with nurse-midwifes and then going back to the islands and then coming back out. and that is a major issue. and i see that a lot in my office. i have to own up to it. but the -- i'm not saying that my clients are not hard-working or they don't want be here but there's a lot of in back door coming in to -- at least here in our practice in central florida. when i have an employee that has a heart attack and can't get unemployment insurance collects has to wait a year to get any kind of support from the government. and then i have clients coming in from the islands and they're able to get pediatric care and health care and food stamps. i feel like there's something wrong with the system. host: joanne, what happens and this is a contested convention,

do you think? what if donald trump in the paper saying this morning that because john kasich won ohio, it's going to be difficult for him to reach that magic number that he needs of delegates so much this goes all the way to the convention in july. what if it's a contested convention? let's say donald trump is, you know, 20 delegates short or 100 delegates short and it's contested. his nomination. caller: well, i feel like it's going to be contested either way. if you look at the projections, he's still going to have enough delegates. it may be close but he's still going to have enough delegates. so the bottom line is they're going to do anything they can to get him out. i think it's going to be historical if that occurs and then i want to put the -- i want to put it on the voters because ultimately, this country is built on the individual person and the individual vote. and it's up to those individuals

to stand up as they are now, which is trump. again, he's the change agent. he's looking at you as an individual -- host: and joanne -- caller: don't hand over your rights. host: what happens if the party contests his nomination and somebody besides donald trump gets it? what do you do? caller: well, i'm going to call up everybody that i can. host: do you remain a republican? caller: yeah. even being a republican -- host: no, do you remain a republican, joanne? do you remain a republican? caller: you know, really, i vote -- even though i'm in the republican -- you know, party, i vote for the person. so, you know, i'm not a fool. if my home state was democrat, democrat, democrat, you betcha i'm going to be on the

democratic ticket because i have to be on that ticket in order to have a say in my local government. host: ok. i'm going to leave it there, joanne. you mentioned marco rubio didn't do what he was going to do when he was elected senate in 2010. here's the "new york times" profile piece on him this morning. -- traveling florida in a pickup truck --

host: this looks into rubio's strategy here a little bit. jeremy peters write that as mr. trump gained steam. one by one, they predicted trailing rivals would quit as the most palatable alternative mr. trump. host: ruby is a democrat.

thanks for waiting. what do you think about super tuesday yesterday? a plague. is like he do not spoke nobody down. he try to do things better around the world and everything. see, what he doing, he got them people say he will do this and he'll do this and he'll do that. then when he get all these vote, he's not going to do nothing. i never heard he say he will try help the old people with social security, raise money and do all this. he not trying to do nothing for people. ck people, he got people brainwashed and people need to understand they try to do hings, get something out on -- mr. obama, if you want to win

something, don't ever -- vote for people and help people. host: ok, ruby. rick in washington, republican. hi, rick. caller: hi. thanks for taking the call. host: you bet. caller: my question or my view is as a republican, i want to know from the democrats about clinton. i mean, what do they think? do they think all of this f.b.i. eminent indictment and everything, do they think it's political rhetoric or do they keep -- what i'm confused about is do they just shrug that off and say that's just more nonsense? i don't get that part of it. with all of this, you know, over her head. host: you're wondering why the voters don't seem as concerned? caller: democrats, yeah. what is democrats' view about clinton? do they just ignore all of that? host: yeah.

i mean, i'm trying to find some exit polling on that. let me just read this. by roughly two to one, voters across ohio, north carolina, florida, illinois, and missouri said clinton had better chance than sanders of beating trump in a general election matchup. perhaps that is part of the rationale there, rick. roughly eight to 10 said sanders was trustworthy. host: maybe there's your answer there, rick. caller: yeah, i agree. yep. that's probably the angle. i'm scared for either of them. [laughter] i think to me, trump is just the lesser of all of the evils. i really like his strong stance. i like his attitude. i think americans are angry. i mean, the polls show people are coming out just out of the

woodworks voting when they've never voted before. and it's just -- it's exciting. it's history in the making. but i don't know. host: who's your candidate then, rick? caller: trump. host: it is trump. but he scares you? caller: yeah. well, maybe. [laughter] caller: not really. like i said, he's -- i really like him. i didn't think in the beginning, i didn't think well, ok, this is a joke. he's not really going all the way. but i just love the way he approaches things. like saying we'll get mexico to build the wall. and it's just like a ridiculous statement and then to turn around and prove it. yeah, it's pretty cool. we have $52 billion trade different. sure. get them to build it. it's just dish just love his angles. i just love his business. host: ok. rick, you started up with talking about the investigation into hillary clinton's e-mail server and e-mail setup.

here's an update from "the washington post." conservative groups plan to depose seven over clinton's e-mails. judicial watch says it's deposition plan includes sheryl mills -- host: the judicial watch had to submit its plan to the district judge. it can be contested by the lawyers and is subject to approval by this judge. so that is the paper this morning. angie, you're up. what do you think about another super tuesday and the results that came in? caller: i'm pleased. host: you're pleased? caller: i'm going for hillary. yeah, i'm very pleased. i'm going for hillary.

so i am happy that she is leading. very, very happy. host: what do you think at this point for bernie sanders? what should he do? caller: fall back. [laughter] caller: i like bernie sanders. i like him a lot. i just don't think he's strong enough, especially dealing with everything that's going on with the republican race right now. one of the reasons why i chose hillary was because of her background in politics and i felt she is able to handle -- everything dealing with republicans were just fighting, fighting, and i really think hillary can be able to do some things. host: if it's donald trump in a general election matchup, she can beat him? caller: you know what, i'm praying and i'm hoping she will, yes. so my answer would be yes. host: ok. all right. well, with his win in florida yesterday, donald trump, the "washington times" says knocked

out marco rubio. he suspended his campaign. take a listen to what he had to say about the primary process and the election process and the tenor of this campaign. senator marco rubio: i want to congratulate donald trump on his victory, a big victory in florida. no, no, no, no. [boo] senator marco rubio: no, our voters make these decisions and we respect that very much. and it was a big win. i want to begin by thanking all of you here today. i am the beneficiary of the best group of supporters, the hardest working group of people that i've ever been associated with and i'm so grateful for you guys. thank you. and not just here in florida, but around the country. i love you, too. [applause] senator marco rubio: you worked as hard, not just here, but all over the country. and in the great state of

minnesota where i won and in puerto rico and washington, d.c. , all over. we had a great team. we have a great team. and i'm so grateful for all the help that you guys have given us. there's nothing more you could have done you. worked as hard as anyone worked. we worked as hard as we ever could. well, america's in the middle of a real political storm. a real assume and we should have seen this -- tsunami, and we should have seen this coming. host: that was the senator from florida, marco rubio who suspended his campaign last night. he won his senate seat in 2010. he's not running for re-election. and so his future unknown right now. people will be watching, of course, to see what the 45-year-old does next. as we told you at the top this morning, president obama slated to announce his pick for the supreme court. he will do so at 11:00 a.m. eastern time in the rose garden.

the "associated press" this morning reports this, that he's not naming the pick before 11:00 a.m., but the subject line of an e-mail to reporters was i've made my decision. this vacancy on the nine-member court due to the death of calia. he has narrowed to three judges. republicans will run the senate have said they won't consider an obama nominee and want the next president to make that choice. jo landa, mansfield, ohio, republican. good morning to you, yolanda. caller: good morning. host: how did you vote yesterday? caller: ted cruz. this morning, i'm feeling just totally betrayed. i don't know what i'll do from

here on out. i cannot imagine voting for onald trump. he's not a self-made man. daddy left him money. and then he will not release his taxes and i'm angry at the media too. remember the media attacking romney for his taxes and tax returns? ed forwhy haven't they ask donald's? i wonder if he pay any taxes. i just feel -- host: why do you feel betrayed, yolanda? caller: i don't know. my whole republican party. i know they don't like cruz. i know they don't. but he's an admirable man.

at least he has morals. i mean, if trump gets in, we're going to have a man who's had casinos, strip clubs, porn parties in the strip clubs. i mean, bankruptcies. i mean, my, you know, i just never thought our country would stoop this level. host: yolanda, you said you couldn't never cast a vote for donald trump. what if it's donald trump vs. hillary clinton? caller: pardon? host: what if it is donald trump vs. hillary clinton in the general election? caller: i don't know if i would even vote to be honest. if it was close, i would probably choose her. and i don't know. i said that but i don't know if i can even do that. i see benghazi and everything around. i can't believe out of our great country those would be our choices. host: ok. caller: donald trump reminds me from the bible where it talks about wolf in sheep's clothing.

and i can't believe the good christians that are out there just running after him. host: all right, yolanda. this is from the "wall street journal" this morning. at the same time, mr. trump doesn't appear to finish strong in recent contests, there have been a consistent pattern -- host: she has support among

party leaders as illustrated by the lead she holds over mr. sanders among so-called super delegates. party official who is automatically get votes at the party's nominating convention. -- host: missouri has yet to be called for both the republicans and the democrats. this is from the "new york times" website and this is updated automatically as we go along here. and it shows that missouri tied for ted cruz and donald trump at

41% that not being called. and then also for hillary clinton and bernie sanders, 50% for hillary clinton, 49% for bernie sanders. a dead heat there as well in missouri. let's go back to calls. carol, fairmont, west virginia, independent caller. good morning. caller: good morning, greta. host: so what do you think? caller: really, frankly, i'm worried. i just became an independent. i've been a democrat all my life and my parents were democrats, my grandparents. hillary clinton, i don't trust her but she still follows some of the policies that's already in place that mr. obama put in place for us. but i just don't trust her. and for trump, i think he's playing on the american people's anger. and when it gets down to the real voting sense of it, a lot of people is kind of like pulling back from the anger and

making real common sense votes. host: ok. all right. so carol, who are you going to vote for? caller: i don't think kasich is going to make it. i think it's going to come down to trump and hillary. so i'll probably end up going for hillary. but if kasich gets there, i will vote for him for sure. host: ok, carol. this is what the "wall street journal" says. a three-man race will allow mr. trump's rivals to keep him from winning a state with the majority in collecting large delegate bounties. arizona's next with 58 delegates. other winner to take all states still to vote -- host: if they all remain competitive candidate, the

scenario would be that they enter the sensation convention with mr. trump holding a lead but the remaining scattered among the candidates. host: allen in pennsylvania, a republican. hi, allen. good morning. you're on the air. share your thoughts with us. caller: yes, greta. good morning. can you hear me? host: we can, go ahead. caller: how are you? yes. i'm a dying breed of republicans here in montgomery county, philadelphia. and we had congress people from -- well, actually, the mother of chelsea clinton's mother-in-law who was a democrat for two years and i had to vote against her

because she was the deciding vote in the clinton tax cut. i'm an old-fashioned fiscal conservative. i still consider myself a registered republican and a republican. and then it's been back and forth and there's a lot of jerry meandering. all right. that being said, i think that everybody is proving inevitable. all of the callers that i've heard this morning, greta. this will be in the 1970's, the most exciting years in terms of the brokered republican convention. because yes, the republican party has all the establishment and anti-trump, even taking the

party of lincoln is dead i'm paraphrasing her. now, you know, i could not get myself to vote for hillary clinton. i certainly could not get myself to vote for bernie sanders. if it came down in the general election and it looks like it's going to be that, ok? between donald trump and hillary clinton. even though i'm a republican and i was a fan of bill. i voted for bill clinton the second time. and then i voted republican several times in the 2000. i'm a ticket splitter. i can't trust trump. he's a failure as a businessman. he's a loose cannon. he's not someone to lead the free world. host: i'm going to leave it there. steve harrison on twitter says i'm not hearing the name cruz much this morning.

that's refreshing. we're getting your thoughts on the super tuesday results yesterday with wins in ohio and florida -- excuse me, with a win in florida, which is winner take all for donald trump, he was able to rack up more delegates. he lost in ohio to the ohio governor there, john kasich and that means all the delegates, 60 some of those delegates went to john kasich. there were other races yesterday, primary races for senate and house seat. "washington post" said the g.o.p. incumbents hung on yesterday. tea party candidates wins some house races. let's go through them. in north carolina, a man who has been in the senate a decade had no problem besting a challenger

with a campaign with bust emblazoned. enator richard bur beat greg gannon. he will face deborah ross tuesday. sarah mark kirk. kirk won his primary against a nominal challenger. but a follow has the primary shows he may have work to do to rally his place in november. in ohio, a republican easily make -- who try to same-sex marriage an issue. strickland had no problem from the much younger p.j. constituenttonfield. and house races.

candidates we're trying to toss ut an incumbent -- host: so that is your update on the congressional primaries yesterday.

back to your calls. betty in pennsylvania, independent. betty, thank you for hanging on the line. you are on the air, betty. caller: hello, greta. thank you for taking my call. host: good morning. caller: i am glad -- they're all good. everybody's a good man and a good woman. but hillary's a liar. and i wouldn't vote for her. you can say what you want about donald trump, but at least he marries them, makes them rich, treats them right. he's very gracious. his kids are all good. hillary was born with a silver spoon in her mouth. hillary's got more money than god. she's got more money than trump. her family. she's a rodham. don't forget it. host: ok, betty. richard, louisville, kentucky, republican. you're on the air. caller: yes.

i can remember years ago in the democrat party, my union would come to the meetings, the bosses would say now, you need to vote for this. you do what we tell you to do and we're going to put these people up there and you will vote for them. well, i have had enough of that and i changed to a republican party. host: ok. caller: but now for the last six months, it's the same thing. except for it's the establishment who are now my union bosses, who are telling me you're a democrat, you're crossover. we don't want you here. and if you are going to stay here, you keep your mouth shut and we're going to push this one at you, jeb bush, john kasich, marco rubio, one after another, after another. but yet the one man that can beat trump, they will not get around and that is ted cruz and it is beyond me. now, i want to say one more thing. what's more important? party or country?

thank you. host: ok, richard. on your point, while trump remains well ahead in delegates, he has yet to post the kinds of convincing wins that would show the pear is unifying around him. mr. cruz was posing a stiff challenge in missouri and north carolina. -- host: that was part of the appeal and part of his win in his home state. nathan in indiana, pennsylvania, democrat. hi, nathan. go ahead. caller: hi, how are you? host: good morning. caller: good morning. from a int that i get

lot of people that i'm a sanders supporter is that the mistaken viewpoint because you're a sanders supporter, you really believe that education and health care should be completely free and paid for. the free sandwich argument, i don't think holds validity. from the very beginning, before sanders was running. i don't believe that corporations should have the same rights as individuals. and that -- when sanders came around and he point that out and he said that this is something i firmly believe in, i was like wow. there's a politician that i can actually agree with. that's my views on sanders, anyway. and as far as people that want to play the advocate here and support donald trump, i really can't understand why people believe that it's ok to -- for a

person that's going to hold the highest office in the united states, why is it ok for that person to promote and condemn citizen on citizen violence? it just does not make any sense to me. host: ok. jesse, an independent. good morning. caller: hello. host: jesse, what do you think about the wins and the losses last night? caller: i think it went just fine, you know. trump, he's a man of his own. he tells what he thinks. bought.an't be but a -- and they can't operate him like they do the others. all they want is a put up -- puppet on a frame. host: jesse, just a reminder to row and others, you got to turn

that tv down so you don't get that feedback. betty from north carolina, a republican. it's your turn, betty ann. caller: ok. i want to say i vote for kasich. through the years, i've been a republican and a democrat and an independent. in 2008, i went to a clinton rally. bill clinton was there. changed to obama because i thought he was a better candidate. and as far as the clintons now, i've been watching the clintons live for too many decades and i really don't trust hillary anymore. so, actually, i'm leaning towards bernie sanders. if he doesn't become the candidate, i don't know what i'm going to do. i voted every year that i've been able to. but as a 60-plus senior, i may not vote this year. host: ok. that's betty ann there in

greensboro, north carolina. george, in ohio, an independent. george, how did you vote yesterday? caller: i voted for rubio, but only because ben carson had dropped down. host: ok. and now what, george? what do you think? what do you want to do? what will you do now? marco rubio is out of the racism how will you vote in the general election? caller: i will vote for johnson. if it's trump vs. clinton in the general election, i will vote for gary johnson. host: what if it's senator ted cruz? caller: i said i will vote for gary johnson still. ost: ok. mary, a democrat. hi, mary. you're on the air. caller: yes, like i said, i've been a democrat my entire life and i've been around a while. and i'm changing my affiliation

to the republican party for this simple reason. when i select a candidate, i always look who the contributers are. and although i would like to see a woman in office, i would be 100% behind one, but when i see them taking contributions from men like george sorrows, who's a very dangerous man and has created a lot of chaos in this world and i see money from the saudi arabians, from the that teheran, going into the clinton lostation and then getting in texas, ignoring the six people that were at the plain and her going directly to the muslim brotherhood organization and getting $500,000 from them. sadik n after watching

who is in the parliament in the house of commons, i watched it on c-span, making a rant to ban donald trump, it says why are they banning that man? he must know something. i looked up her background and her history. found out that she has political figures, an aunt, an uncle, and a brother in pakistan, all radical ties, ranting at the house of commons saying that she was going to get the muslim community to make a campaign and contacts inreaching america. it wasn't a week later that this silent protestors showed up at the trump rally. the media portrayed her as a

silent protestor when i looked up her history. that use not at

the unequivocal answer three days before the super bowl host: go to c-span.org from this hearing on monday or for the nfl made the connection. the new york times says because of that the game may never be the same. lawyers for some players involved in a lawsuit over its -- aing of brain injury settlement was approved last april but it is on appeal. the players argued that the leak mr. miller stands behind

only roger goodell the commissioner in terms of the lee us responsibility on the issue. in wisconsin native and graduate of the university of pennsylvania and the university of chicago law school hired by the nfl in september 2008 as its first full-time lobbyist. before that he served as a lawyer for the united states senate judiciary committee. roger goodell's bother was a senator -- father was a senator. clinton and trump picking up more wins and widening the gap when it comes to delegates. robert, go ahead. caller: good morning. trump is thed

number one candidate for presidency for this term. i have been disappointed with the last few terms of obama. i did not vote for him. lastl like reagan was the great president we have on the republican side. i converted republican after the clinton incident and obviously this country needs a stronger leader. a lot of people don't seem to understand the mentality of what was happening in this country and therefore have no knowledge of what a serious businessman like donald trump can become as an asset and a great opportunity to turn this country around for us. these leaders have been controlling the country have simply been for their own ego and for themselves rather than to make the country better. i think trump, being the businessman that he is,

tempering a tremendous amount -- can bring a tremendous amount of opportunity. i think it is time someone puts their foot down and strong as possible and takes control of our country and not let this country be taken advantage of as it has been for years. rex, go ahead. caller: i am a trump supporter. i was at one time, when he started talking about all of these bills with these democrats i switched over to cruz. cruz almost pulled it out and north carolina. people don't understand the democratic party is not the democratic party it used to be. it is more corrupt than ever. hillary clinton, i don't know remember four people got killed in libya.

host: now supporting ted cruz. north carolina's primary results. ted cruz almost pulled it out. donald trump won. ted cruz he came in second. governor john kasich with 13% of the vote. as we told you earlier, president obama plans to make his nominee known for the supreme court later this morning at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. that will be on c-span3. sources have told the associated press he has narrowed the list to three appeals court judges. , sri srinivasan and paul watford. republicans have said none of them would get a hearing of on capitol hill or a vote.

harold in lincoln, california. democrat. caller: i really am pleased with the outcome so far. hillary being on top. i believe bernie is making her work too hard. i love his message but i don't see people rallying around the importance of breaking that ultimate glass ceiling and putting a woman in the office for the first time. to me that is historic and extremely important. what i have seen, women are against her. age,e, like my mother's are dead set on having a man in office. even young women who are behind bernie don't see the importance of having our first female president. i think that bernie would make a great vice president.

he has a wonderful message. i think it is more important that we break that ultimate glass ceiling and put a woman in office. females not enough rallying around. it seems like they have a dislike of their own gender at times. host: harold, a democrat. on the money spent for yesterday's primary in florida. this from the "washington post." handful of supertex and other independent groups spent $15.7 million as of monday on anti-trump ads in florida plus an additional $5.3 million in illinois, $1.35 million in ohio and $1.24 million in missouri.

marco rubio getting out of the race yesterday. alan in michigan. republican. caller: i voted for cruz in our michigan primary. the reason i am calling, the writing on the wall was there for marco already. he was not going to win. if he had gotten out last week like he had been advised to buy several people, the landscape would be different this morning. ted cruz would have taken at least two of the states if not three. we are looking at donald trump as possibly our nominee and im very scared of this man. this man has no understanding of the constitution. he never mentions the come to tuition. his own words threaten the constitution and it does not

matter how much business we have , if we lose our constitution is over with. these terrorists he talks about, if anybody wants to go on and learn about the smooth hollings act, that is what we are facing today. if we lose any of our bill of rights rights under president trump, that will probably not nominate conservative supreme court justice, we are looking at the possibility of losing her second amendment right and when that is gone we lose everything else. host: i have to leave it there at this point. we will return to our road to the white house discussion later on this morning on "the washington journal." we will to do short break for now and turn our attention to the ob light epidemic in this country -- the opioid epidemic in this country.

than 8200 -- we are going to talk with representative john katko about those numbers and the impact of this on his state. ohio voters have spoken, john kasich won for republicans. hillary clinton for the democrats are you we will talk with republican joyce betty of ohio about that pivotal state. ♪ >> supreme court -- with that powered comes great responsibility. individual sitting on the court years,unfettered for 35

does not pass the smell test when it comes to a modern democracy. brought talks about changes he was like to see at the supreme court including opening up oral arguments to oneras, imposing term limits justices and requiring justices to hear the code of ethics other judges follow. >> all americans are aware of the third rich of government and in the last 10 to 15 years the third range of government has become so powerful. the idea that issues on voting, marriage, health care, rights,ion, women's these issues that 20 to 30 years ago congress and the executive branch would put together a bill. the buck stops with the supreme court in a way that i feel is unprecedented. given the supreme court is making these impactful decisions a our lives, the least we as

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we're talking about this opioid epidemic. tell us what it is like in your state. guest: no question it is an epidemic. 129 people die every day from drug overdoses and the vast majority are opioid or helge related.roin is stunning the number of people that are addicted in the number of people that are dying. i went to a recent event at a park and they had tombstones for all the teenagers or young adults who died the last for years. one kid was helping others stay off drugs. he himself succumbed to a heroin overdose. it definitely is an epidemic. host: who is getting addicted? guest: a lot of them starts with opioids themselves. from opioid addiction to heroin, a cheaper version.

it can be athlete, people suffering injury at work. what is really scary is it is in high schools. not just inner cities. it is all over. host: the center for disease control putting out these numbers. the number of deaths in thousands. number of drug was deaths involving heroin by gender. this is where it starts in 2008, going up in 2013. the rise in man among women. groupsing with every aged and demographic. guest: in 2010 one person died of a heroin overdose. in 2013, 27 died. it is unbelievable. host: it seems to be largely a white northwestern issue right now. this is the non-hispanic come up

white number of deaths. 2000 is the darker bar, 2013 is the green. take a look at where this is happening. the midwest as well. that is where this is happening. guest: in buffalo a few months ago they had 27 heroin deaths from the span of about eight to 10 days. the heroin being shuttled on the street is now being mixed with a fentanyl.l drug, -- the northeast and midwest is being bombarded with it. host: do you know why? guest: i think it started out with opioid abuse and overprescribing. that leading to people being addicted and it's spreading from opioids to becoming more common

amongst individuals at high school levels. host: what is the economic impact? guest: incalculable really. i've never seen anybody to the figures. the treatment costs, loss of production, health-care costs. hard to describe. host: what is the impact on the criminal justice system? guest: tremendous. i was in organized crime and drug prosecutor. i prosecuted all kinds of drugs. i have never in all the time i have been prosecuting seen a drug as lethal as this. when cocaine came, addiction rates were high but the rates were relatively low. with heroin the addiction rates are colossally high and the death rates are going along with that. it is a game changer from a law-enforcement standpoint because you are not only trying to stop the drugs of happening, you are trying to provide people

--h no locks own host: we are talking about the opioid epidemic in this country. the rise in the use of them as well as going on to heroin and the impact that is having on this country. john katko, serving his first term for new york, a republican for the 24th district. here to take your questions and comments about this issue. let me show you this from the politics in the nation section of the washington post. cdc warns doctors about prescribing painkillers. what can be done about their prescription habits? guest: i think doctors play a role in this. i don't know what if we want to be in the business of telling doctors what to do. doctors have to think hard when prescribing opioids to

understand the effects it can have. my wife is an ob/gyn nurse. her doctor will do surgeries. a three-day supply of opioids surgery -- if you need over your doctor three days of surgery answers are there is a problem. a lot of doctors will prescribe a 30 day prescription for people that have wisdom teeth out. giving too much of the drug and not focusing enough on the amount they really need causes the extra drug to be around and possibly abused. also trying to keep the drugs -- understanding that not every pain needs and opioid is what doctors have to start thinking hard about. examining the overprescribing aspect. host: john is up first. is st. louis, illinois. we lost him. we will go on to thomas in laguna hills, california. you are on the air with the congressman. caller: good morning.

i realize drugs are a big problem. even in your presence there is a lot of drugs going on. if all the work in united states went overseas, can you imagine how bad your problem would be? people are happy if they are making a dollar. if you are -- if you want to keep your costs down so american people do not complain about the cost you have to have a high volume. you can make what thousand pieces in the united states and everything else overseas. if you brought all a work home, your drug problem will drop automatically. guest: thank you very much for that. i'm not sure i understand the question. host: i think he is saying the economic downturn perhaps has led to the rise of drug-related abuse and addiction. people are happy when they are making a dollar. guest: there might be some

correlation to that. no question that the real trigger is twofold. distinct rise in the use of opioids in the united states and prescription opiates. the distinct rise in drug cartels pushing heroin into the u.s. market. those things really drove demand up. because availability was there. think it is really driven by -- we saw the increase happen when oxycontin and other opiates came onto the market. host: why is that? guest: it is a drug that mimics the effects of heroin significantly. oxycontin was known to be highly addictive. when it was first prescribed those disclosures were not made to doctors. manufacturers were sanctioned for that. those types of things -- i'm not saying just that drug, the high

incidence of opioid prescription being doled out in this country. --consume much more exponentially higher number in this country than anywhere else in the world. that is probably the biggest problem. host: tyler in wisconsin, a republican. you are next. caller: good morning. i would like to comment about the recommendations made by the cdc. i believe it was couple days ago. like theirit seems plan was to further tamped down on prescribing opiates, which in , is exactly what started this whole heroin issue. people were on oxycontin, hydrocodone, other opiate pills.

they were cut off by doctors because the doctors were under pressure and so they had to switch to heroin. if you keep cutting down on opiate prescriptions, it's just going to further compound the problem. people are going to take opiates. it's just a fact of life. people want to be -- they want their pain eased. it is a circle. i am a methadone patient. i am dealing with this patient now -- with this issue now. if someone were to take my methadone away, i would certainly go back to the streets and would unfortunately have to jump back into the underground market, which is very unfortunate. there has to be a balance. it is very -- host: tyler, why are you taking this medication? caller: methadone?

for opiate addiction. guest: methadone is the drug issued to heroin users to try to get them off it, or opiate users. god bless you for trying to go clean and get straight. i wish you well. you are talking about a couple of different things. , asomeone gets injured short-term injury in particular, that is not overprescribed how much opiates they need in the short term. people have chronic pain. i have a next-door neighbor that has chronic pain. it is critical for him in his pain management but it has to be carefully monitored to make sure it's not being abused. the is something i guess center for disease control is saying, let's make sure doctors, let's redouble efforts to give as much opioids is a patient really needs and really question

whether they need opioids at all. the court recognizes there's overprescribing of it. overprescribing does lead to more heroin use in this country eventually or severe addiction to painkillers. my wife is an ob/gyn errors and when she -- ob/gyn nurse and when she is working triage she gets calls are people trying to get restrictions for opioids tried to shop their injuries to different doctors trying to get more prescriptions. it has to be highly monitored. nothing they are saying is mandatory. basically an optional thing for doctors to follow but they need to pay attention to severe effects for prescribing opioids. host: we will go to gym in clarksburg, west virginia. democrat. you are on with the congressman. caller: good morning. here in west virginia, it is unbelievable the epidemic.

peoplets me is, so many are addicted and they go to the .ethadone clinics, state-funded they stay on it and walk around like zombies. the do think about legalization of marijuana and its uses for pain? i have seen in colorado they deathsardly have opioid or heroin deaths since they legalize marijuana. host: we will get an answer. guest: west virginia really was the epicenter of the beginning of the opioid addiction. that is where oxycontin was first being abused. i don't know if there is a correlation between marijuana use and opioid use.

that is an interesting point. i think a lot of states recognize medicinal marijuana has some value in certain settings and i know that in new york state they have legalized it in a pill form. i'm not sure allowing full scale marijuana use is going to solve the problems. i am interested to see what is going on in colorado with respect to opioid abuse and whether marijuana is helping to keep that down. that is something i definitely want to look into. host: we will go next to john in arlington heights, illinois. independent. caller: good morning. outstanding program. years, i have2 been a spinal cord injury patient suffering chronic pain. about 10 years ago, one of my , thers put me on vicodin

, 500.dose it was not enough. probably three or four different pain management programs. the current program i'm with is .a. and they do an outstanding job. i have many doctors for many of the problems -- every doctor i see, they offer me additional painkillers. the painkillers i was offered when i first was injured, they turned me into zombie. i couldn't work. i couldn't think, couldn't function. 10 years ago, one of my local doctors put me on vicodin.

i was able to manage with other tools in the pain management toolbox. i was able to manage the use of vicodin. i have been in pretty good shape , as long as i use all the tools that i have on a daily basis. host: john, let's get a reaction from the congressman. guest: you are a perfect level of the fine line between valid uses of opioids and treating chronically injured or chronically -- chronic pain management. overstepping that line or not monitoring where that line is as a practitioner and allowing through your tactics to let abuse continue or not monitoring people. i think that is important. partakesoor neighbor in that on a regular basis but he is comes only monitored and

they are making sure he is where he should be. i find it interesting that this conversation is about heroin and opioids. it really is a starting point for a lot of the addictions we have in this country. synthetic drug use in this country is up quite a bit. that is kind of an adjunct to this. synthetic drug use in our area is quite high. host: president obama has proposed $1.1 billion to expand treatment in his budget for dealing with people who are abusing and getting -- and are addicted. you agree with that? guest: i have to look at what is underlying the numbers. there is nowhere near enough treatment for heroin users. in syracuse, new york, probably the biggest treatment center by far is cross chemical dependency. anywhere from 500 to 600 patients at a time.

oftentimes as many as 500 to 600 on a waiting list. sometimes waiting months and do not get treatments before they pass away from heroin overdoses. a critical shortage in this country. one of the things pending in congress is the treat act. it would lift the cap in this country -- doctors have a limit on the number of patients they can treat for heroin addiction with one of those drugs. would lift that cap and allow doctors to treat more people. we need more people being treated to stop the demand. host: when is this drug often given? is a: where it is given treatment is an antidote to keep people off of heroin to wean them off. its drug is basically -- replaces the heroin and overtime the hope is you need less and less. you come in on a daily basis and get the drug.

it has been shown to be very successful. there is nowhere near enough treatment in this country. the premise that there is not enough being done is right. what the actual dollar amount is, we should look into. host: what are you trying to do appear on capitol hill? guest: you have to raise awareness of it. people are talking about the zika virus getting a lot of coverage am a terrible thing of course. cannot come close to comparing to what is going on in this country with our young adults dying every day. at the time the show is over another three people have died as a drug overdose. six people will die in this country every hour. if there is something we can do to stem the tide, we need to do it. i'm trying to raise awareness through town hall event's. i have had five in my district. coming out here to raise

awareness as well on a national scene. i introduced the synthetic drug bill. i'm supporting efforts in congress. we have to raise the bar. int: this caller, tim canastota, new york. question orve one comment about this. i think treatment is great. i am a level three medically the local volunteer ambulance corps. narcan.what is called my problem -- the biggest thing that i see is, police officers cannot carry and epipen to help a child with an allergic reaction, get they are going to be able to carry naloxone to treat drug addicts. there's something wrong with that. guest: it is a good point.

narcan is a miracle drug. i was talking to some firemen and auburn at a town hall event. yearburn, new york last they issued narcan a couple hundred times and save people's lives. it is really amazing. people can be literally dead and if you give them that shot of narcan from a heroin overdose it can revive them. something we should look into. police officers are all armed with narcan all over the country. and once that are not should be because it really helps revive people. if the epipen can do it and it is shown police officers can handle the responsibilities, i think they should. host: lorraine a, texas. linda, democrat. caller: this -- the drug abuse

should be handled through the public health system and not criminal justice system. you create more problems on top of problems when you handle it through the criminal justice system. as a pain patient, a chronic pain patient, i am sick to death of having to pay for everybody else's sins in drug abuse. before i went to a pain clinic, i have doctors who under medicated frequently, especially orthopedists who are notorious for that. or they look at you like you are drug seeking. a multitude of ways you are discriminated against when you need pain medication for chronic pain problems. host: we have heard that call from not just linda but we have discussed this issue before. people who do need this medication calling and feeling discriminated against. guest: i understandguest:.

i have had this conversation with my neighbor quite a bit. it is a fine line. people with chronic pain need to be treated as such. people like you suffering chronic pain but there are people that go to these clinics to abuse it. we rated a pain clinic. a table full of restriction pants that nurses were filling out, not even nurses just people off the street they hired, billing out prescription pads and faxing them to a doctor to send them back to our area. people would go and put those scripts and. never examining to see if people needed the medicine being prescribed. the opioids. doctors like that, abuse like that makes it difficult for people like you to get the help you need. we have got to make sure people issuing prescriptions, if they issue in a more responsible manner you are not going to have

this problem. to your first point about not prosecuting drug abusers, i agree. in the federal system we never do that and that is kind of a misnomer. you should have treatment for those individuals. i think they need to expand drug courts on a federal level from very low level federal criminal conduct as an option. try and get people clean. on ahe people dealing professional level on the streets, as a prosecutor and a father of teenagers you cannot give them enough time in jail. people that are professionally dealing this garbage on the streets need to be dealt with sternly. host: what the doctors abusing it as well? guest: absolutely. he was definitely convicted and sentenced. host: are you seeing a rise in that? doctors doing that and getting caught? guest: there is a right but

there is more federal attention on it as their need to be. and: we will go up to susan massachusetts. independent caller. caller: thank you for being on the program today. skaneateles.tor to it is breathtaking. i have a couple of points. the first one is, my late mother was on hydro codeine for close to 10 years. i do not know where she would have been without it. i never took them myself or sold the drugs so that was the best case scenario. the other thing is elephant in the room is our 15 year occupation of afghanistan which has opened up unlimited channels of distribution for super cheap heroin.

you may disagree but another point i have is i was most impressed because i grew up in a household that worshiped william f lockley who believe in the liberalization of drugs -- william f buckley who believed in the liberalization of drugs. i think this is worth noting and looking into. it's a brave and innovative strategy for dealing with rampant heroin addiction. at least you get people under one roof when you can monitor and track people and maybe cut down on crime and the excess law enforcement. i was a history major at fordham, in my mind, that her when addiction is part of a of when nixon went to china, we should have immediately started working on postindustrial policy. needed to recalibrate the public school to focus on traits and help people prepare for the global economy. so much of this heroin addiction is rooted in unemployment,

hopelessness, and it affects a lot of white, middle-aged and also younger -- when you look at heroine, you look at a lot of communities where the industrial days was once strong. the evaporation of strong middle class jobs. a big scene here. our presence in afghanistan, though, you don't have to be in it it to know. my father was in the military. i apologize so let's have the congressman respond. multi-issueis a example. whether there is a direct correlation in afghanistan, i don't know area that heroin is not coming direct way from avenue ganis stand.

the drug cartels from south america are trafficking this stuff into america. is truethis correlation or not i don't know but there has been a rise in less decade in heroin trafficking in this country. mayor is south of my district and is proposing clinics where people can come and use heroine safely at clinics which is revolutionary and it's a different idea. there is one being done in vancouver and some people say it's a success and some people say it's not. whether it leads to a reduction in heroin use, that's the question i have. it could lead to a reduction in deaths. not it leads to a direct -- a reduction of heroine usages a question.

it should be question from a law-enforcement standpoint. it's hard to say that's a good idea. it's something we should take a look at. as far as the industrial asian, and preparing people for the new world we live in, that something we have to think about. high schools are turning out kids many of whom are not ready for college. if they don't go to college, there is not of love -- there is not a lot of opportunity unless they get into a trade. your point is well taken. maybe some of the heroin addiction is due to the economic malaise. maybe there is a correlation. host: job loss trade is certainly at the center of this campaign. before we let you go, we have to ask you to give us your thoughts on the republican nomination process. donald trump has a good leave for the delegates.

if he is the nominee, will you support him? i am a republican and i will support a republican nominee. if he is the nominee i will support him but i will tell you that there are things that he says and does that trouble me. he has a long way to go. it's not over yet. him winning ohio last night was a big thing so there's no where to go. has -- willnominee be, i was independent in congress and i will continue. host: has he done anything or not done something that concerns you? guest: of course, you cannot ignore the constitution and discriminate on people based on their religion. that seems to be part of what he is talking about. i understand his security concerns but you cannot thumb

your nose of the constitution. lost ohiold trump last night and will talk about ohio up next. guest: perfect segue. host: thank you for talking to our viewers and we would love to have you back. spoken, ohio voters have and they voted for their governor, ohio governor john kasich on the republican side and on the democratic side, voting for hillary clinton for the nomination of their parties. we will talk with representative joys betty from ohio. .- joyce beatty we will go back to the super tuesday primary results and what it means for the road to the white house. we will be right back. ♪ ♪

>> the supreme court is vested with an outsized amount of power and with that power comes greater responsibility and the idea that you have individual sitting on the court unfettered or 30-35 years is just not, it does not pass the smell test why comes with modern democracy. talksday night, gabe roth about changes he would like to see at the supreme court including opening up oral arguments to cameras and posing term limits on the justice and requiring justices to it here to the same code of ethics that other federal judges follow. >> the supreme court decisions affect all americans. all americans are aware of the third branch of government and in the last 10-15 years, it has become so powerful. it's the id d of issues on voting and marriage and health and women'sgration

rights, pregnancy discrimination -- these issues that may be 30 years ago congress and the executive branch would get together and figure out a compromise. it does not happen anymore. the buck stops at the supreme court in a way that is unprecedented in our history. given that they are making these very impactful decisions in our lives, the least we can do is press them to comport with modern expect haitians of transparency and accountability. >> sunday night at 8:00. ♪ >> when i tune into it on the weekend, it's usually authors sharing their new releases. >> watching the nonfiction authors is the best television for serious readers. longer can have a conversation on c-span and delve into their subject. >> the weekends rings you author after author. it's fascinating people.

>> i love the tv and i am a c-span and. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are back with congresswoman joyce beatty of ohio to talk about the primary results and also where we are headed. hillary clinton has a sizable lead as well. we are looking at an 800 delegate gap between her and senator bernie sanders. should bernie sanders get out of the race? guest: i think it's too early to talk about that. hillary clinton has a wide still, i think bernie is feeling the synergy from his constituents and supporters. i think they have a lot of energy. i am ok if he stays in for now. i think he will meet with his team and they will make that decision. hillary will keep on moving ahead, waiting for the rest of

our results to come in from missouri and then moving on to our next state. host: i want to show our viewers some of the exit polls coming out of ohio. hillary clinton's position on the issues, those that bought she was too liberal, it looked like there was a tie. not liberal enough -- voters who said that, 80% voted for bernie sanders. what you make of that? guest: you have to figure out the right balance. i think hillary has done a great job. when you are running for president of the united states, you're not owing to be able to please everyone. i think she is talking right there to middle america. i think she is talking about the economy and she is talking about technology but she is also talking about college debt and talking about poverty. she is speaking to women, she is speaking to african-americans. i think she has the right alan's

and clearly, when you look at ohio, the heartland state, i think she did ok for us in ohio last night. host: when it comes to going forward in the general election, ohio will play another pivotal role, take a look at party affiliation from yesterday's exit polls. those that said they were independent or something else were 67%. they voted for bernie sanders versus 31% for hillary clinton. seal the deal without getting independents to come to her? guest: i think you will see her numbers continue to grow. people have choices. i think this happens when you have choices. if you look at how many popular votes she has, how many delegate votes she has him a she is far enough he had -- i had. each time a get to eight different election, she picks up more people. i think that is natural when you

have choices. if i can choose between two different things, you tend to go this way this time and then the other way the next time. when you get ready for the general election and we get there, democrats will stand together as democrats. that's what is good about democrats. when you look at hillary and you look at ernie, there are many issues they are not that far away from. ahead, you will see some of those individuals as they did in ohio. there were a number of people who said they were undecided. the opportunity to hear hillary talk about the issues. all of the multiplicity of issues and the complexities you deal with from global affairs to domestic affairs to talking about infant mortality and poverty all the way to talking about innovation in technology, she is clearly the most talented

and the most skilled to do that. host: will you have a role in the nominating process from the state of ohio for the convention? guest: i am excited about that. i can recall the last convention when we were excited and their for president obama or soon-to-be president obama. i was able to speak at the convention in primetime. i am trying to keep that track record up. bige our capital city was a delivery, hillary one huge in my district, the third congressional district. we are just hoping that when we get to that point that there will be a role for many of us in ohio. host: will you be a superdelegate? guest: yes, i am. host: some democrats feel the process has been on their, how do you respond? you can change your mind however

most of them have gone to hillary clinton. daunting forook bernie sanders and his supporters. some of them feel this is an unfair process, that it is establishment picking for the democrats rather than the voters. guest: i understand that. we have had this process since the 1980's and it's not perfect. when you look at where we are now with hillary clinton, interestingly enough, she has more popular votes than bernie sanders. i think the people really are speaking. 2008, larry was building the momentum with the popular vote but she did not get enough delegates to cross the line. right now, she is doing both. if you want to talk about fairness him if you want to talk about what the people want, this is the perfect example. she has the perfect blend of both. host: some superdelegates say

they hear from a passionate bernie sanders supporters. are you hearing from them? guest: i am and i tend to make a lot of tough decisions in my time in congress. i believe in waiting it out and seeing what the constituents are asking you to do and how accurate their fact are. is it just emotion for them? is it that they like someone that has given them the soundbites? we will have free tuition and we will be revolutionary. then you have to set act and think about this wonderful american think about the real issues and real answers. i have had more people calling me saying, please vote for hillary clinton. i am in a real good position now. the people in my district spoke last night. our district carried hillary clinton. host: what were the numbers? probably 10re points ahead for hillary. host: let's get to the calls.

carolina, howorth did you vote yesterday? who are you asking for? host: you, sir. you're on the air. caller: very good, yes, i voted for bernie sanders. i am very upset with this clinton group. host: tell us why. because they are from the same view that the old clinton is from, the centrist view. i am tired of being a centrist democrat. i am a democrat not a centrist. i am more progressive than centrist and she dropped that out of her words and this lady is saying that's where they want to go to the center and i don't want to see the democrats keep going to the center. i want to parties. i want a democrat and a republican.

we can identify the republicans. i want to identify the democrats as a true democrat. host: how do you respond? guest: i have heard this before. my answer to the gentle man would be that hillary clinton is a true democrat and we are running for the office of president. i think you have to understand that when you are the president, to get things done, you have to work with both sides of the aisle. you have to make sure you're doing what's best for the american people. the other thing you have to look at is while i don't have up problem and everybody has the right to their choice to support ernie, some would say that bernie is not a 100% democrat. some say he is a socialist democrat. people don't know what that means. the most important thing we have to do is figure out how we can have a victory for the hard-working american people and how we can represent everyone. when hillary clinton needs to be

tough or liberal or progressive, certainly, she has a track record of doing all of that. bloomsburg, pennsylvania, you are on the air. caller: good morning. by all accounts that hillary will be the candidate for the democratic arty and donald trump will be the republican candidate for president. donald trump will win. the people are more energized by donald trump than they have ever been before. the numbers show the turnout for the republican party dwarfed those of the democratic party. all the deals that hillary made hadhe past where she $500,000 contributions go to the clinton foundation before anything was finalized with the united states government are going to come back to haunt her. she was caught off microphone the other day saying nobody died in libya. to sayhypocrite she is that.

a u.s. ambassador is dead, a diplomat is dead. u.s. veterans are dead in libya. for her to make those comments are atrocious. she will not be the next president of the united states. host: let's begin with voter turnout. downs reported that it was 49% for democrats in the state of ohio. guest: we looked at those numbers. we were not pleased when you look at the numbers of republican to came out. i think you have to look at a lot of things. everyone wants to have the highest numbers. when we get to the general election, we will see those numbers pick up. part of the reason is ernie and hillary are not that are a part of most of the issues and what they stand for. when you look at the other side of the aisle and you look at the republicans, they started out with a whole cast of characters. down, i thinkit people are coming out for two reasons -- they are either

embarrassed at all of the things we have heard, none of them sound presidential with the exception of governor kasich from ohio. i think you have people coming out because they are frustrated. many of them are just excited about the energy because there is an entertainer. there is a donald trump. when you start looking at all of the things that he has talked about that have been degrading and discriminatory, even republicans won't vote for him at the end of the day. i have also heard republicans say they will hold their nose and vote for hillary before they vote for donald trump. host: in "the wall street journal" it says she has some weaknesses in the general election. it has become clear that she has shown --

when you look at the breakdown by race and gender, look at the exit polls for ohio last night. is breakingle vote for bernie sanders and it continues to do so even in ohio. 59% of white men voting for bernie sanders versus 40% for hillary clinton. for the democrats, that's the operative word. we are comparing how democrats whether they are white male or female or african-american are

democrats. when we moved to the general election, i am very comfortable that many of those white male democrats who were for bernie will vote then for hillary as the democrat in the general election. we have a lot of data. 2008 whenct act to people said we would not have an african-american president of the united states, i sat at tables and desks and people said it would never happen. they said hillary had the white women and this and that and we would not elect a man because of his skin color and his name. look what happened. we heard it a den in his second election. -- we heard it again in his second election. many of the statistics will be out there but i don't think we have given the american people enough credit. host: we'll go to kentucky, and independent. caller: i have been watching the election since it first began.

i did not want to make a decision on anybody, as a matter of fact, it not vote this last time because i don't want to vote until i know for a fact who i want to support so i have listened to everything that everyone has to say. i have narrowed it down for people. -- down to four people. the first one is bernie sanders. he was talking about free medicare and free tuition and who's going to pay for it. then he talks about walmart workers needing food stamps. peoplesaying that white a week or two ago didn't know anything about being poor. havefrom kentucky and i made a lot of corn so we know a lot about eating poor. i marked him off. hard tobio was an eliminate because he did not do anything for florida so why would we put him in the white house. i marked him off. then i went over to ted cruz.

he said principles and values. i wrote this down because it amazed me. the president we love needs to have principles and values. who wase from the man calling around from the first election down there and telling carson, if he ben had not dropped out i would have voted for him, he told them he was dropping out and cheating and lying to get there. those are the principles and values. naturally, and then hillary. i had hillary left. but she was saying the president needs to keep his faith. the president's job is to keep this country safe to in my opinion, she could not keep our e-mail save so how will she keep the country safe to mark host?

host: that is a concern among voters who see honesty and trustworthiness and they are breaking for bernie sanders. guest: you to look at what the person from kentucky said. i don't think she would vote for bernie sanders. she has a concern i think we need to continue to make our constituents and americans more aware and informed about what happened with the e-mails. the e-mails she had on the server, we have found at the time they were going back and forth, they were not things that needed the clearance. she has apologized because it probably was not the best thing. she was the only person to have ever done this and everyone knew it cannot have happened but we have heard from colin powell and a number of people who have said this was a practice. unfortunately, after this became a national issue, we are now

finding that am of those e-mails have been tagged with a different type of clearance but they were not at the time. there is nothing confidential, there is nothing classified at the level where she should not have been transporting them. you will not find a perfect candidate. trump,ook at donald certainly, there is a long laundry list of things i think everyday people would find distasteful that you should not do. we could go from the lady in her home or his finances and a number of things that he has not been forthright with. pittsburgh, pennsylvania, democrat, good morning. caller: good morning, i am concerned about the black vote and how the black people are satisfied with the crumbs from the table because that's what the clintons offer us.

i believe hillary clinton believes in the black people when she appoints a black woman to be a running mate. she is a chameleon. she will say what she things will get the vote in. she is just like her husband. they use us for their benefit. they don't care as much about us as donald trump does. i don't agree with that. i have had the opportunity to sit down with hillary. i have had an opportunity to look at the long history of the clintons since bill clinton was president. look at the economics of this country, when you look at the employment rate, when you look at how well we did under

president bill clinton, when you look at the number of minority companies, the number of enormity individuals -- of minority individuals were put in high positions of pay, we did ok if you compare it to other presidents. if you look at hillary clinton and the black community, she has done very well with the votes of their. that'stell you something at the level that i think everyone can understand. if you look at the mothers and the mother ofcypria sabrina fulton or tray von martin or jordan davis and we know who those individuals are. those young children who were murdered. hillary clinton reached out to those mothers because she is a mother. she reached out to them because she is a grandmother and she cares that these were african-american women who lost their child and she has a

platform to talk about social justice and talk about reforming the criminal justice system. when you think about education, i think the lady is right. we know we are not getting a free ride but hillary is talking about a way to fix the that. in that college debt, we have a lot of first generation african-american children. when you talk about people living in poverty, we have a lot of african-americans. i have heard the plan she has put forth but i have not heard or donaldfrom bernie trump or any other candidates for president and host: what is your stance on trade? take a look at the exit polls for the democratic primary. trade with other countries are u.s. jobs, 53% of voters say it takes away the jobs and they voted for hillary clinton. only 28% said it creates jobs

and they voted for hillary clinton. guest: when you look at that, people look at it as the glass half full and half empty. -- everyone wants a fair trade deal where we prosper in america versus sending jobs outside the united states. you look at her history. some people will say she supported her husband 20 years ago on the trade deal and look what happened. now she has moved over here to say that she would not he supporting a trade deal that sent jobs away. if you look back at most of us 20 years ago, we would find we have moved or made a change. that does not bother me at all. it's because the country has changed. you learn from your mistakes and you move on. what i am most proud of is that she will stand for a fair trade deal.

she will make a tough decision. we saw that with the bailout in detroit, michigan. who our elected officials are and when there is legislation, there is the devil in the details. i think you have to look at it and decide what's right and i think those folks that stayed with it appreciated that she did the rail out for the automotive industry. maybe some other people benefited but what i know that those workers in michigan and the automotive industry, because of that vote, it's making a difference economically in the lives of people who are not in that 1%. i think you will a lot of people understanding that and supporting her in that. host: we have about five minutes left. the business roundtable says trade for ohio is at about 1.4 million jobs that are dependent on trade in the state of ohio. it's probably higher now and

they say the shares more than doubled from 1992-2011. we will go to amy and lincolnwood, illinois, a republican. caller: how are you? hi there. guest: thank you for calling in. republican caller: and yet i am so desperate. i really don't know who to vote for on my party. democrats and the i've got a socialist and then i've got hillary and hillary is telling me that i am a small business owner and hillary is telling me what my minimum wage should be, what my benefits

should be and i cannot go with that. i cannot afford that. just can't make it on that. certainly, i have been a small business owner for a number of years. i know how hard it is to make that payroll and be able to pay those individuals. when youve to say that are a small business owner, you really understand. who havethe employees not been given an increase and think of the inflation and think of increasing the minimum wage which allows them to put more into the economy and allows them to live andgh money support the economy which helps small businesses. i know it is difficult. can keephink we

hard-working individuals, often times mothers or single mothers or are home with a child family's that both have to work simply to make it. increasing the minimum wage is what democrats and hillary is proposing. give thosep us individuals the tools of opportunities to be successful. you from more call for georgia, an independent. you are on the air. i'm going to have to let you go. what stands out to you from last ?ight's results in ohio when you looked at the results,

what do you believe is a good thing for democrats but also with gives you concern? guest: the good thing was the number of votes that hillary clinton got because of her message. she is proposing all of the things that americans, hard-working americans want, to make them be able to have more of the american dream. i was pleased with that. i was concerned when i heard people say they did not vote. voting is one of the most powerful tools that we can have. i would like to encourage people to make sure that first you vote. i understand it's hard but listen to the real issues, listen to the issues when candidates like hillary clinton talk about the real things they will do. soundbites are great for energy and getting you excited but that's not what it takes to be a president. it's not one issue, it's a multiplicity of issues. you have to have more than the

soundbites and hillary did that last night. in her speech at the end of the evening, it was one of her most profound and eloquent speeches not because of the delivery that because of the content. are a super delegate and you are supporting hillary clinton -- what will be your role? guest: at the convention, i will be there and be following all the platform issues that come up. closelybe watching very the numbers. republican convention is in my great state in cleveland so we will be watching to see if they will have a brokered convention or what will happen. we will be there to be sure we get our message out. hopefully, when you look at all the platforms that we will showcase in philadelphia, we will be speaking to america. host: we appreciate you coming

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the supreme court is vested with an outsized amount of power comesthout power greater responsibility in the idea that you are sitting on the court on edit for 30-35 years does not pass the smell test when it comes to a modern democracy. roth talksight, gabe about changes he would like to kiev the supreme court including opening up oral arguments to cameras and posing term limits on the justices and requiring justices to adhere to the same code of ethics that other federal judges follow. >> the supreme court decisions affect all americans. all americans are aware of the third branch of government and in the last 10-15 years, it has , issues onowerful voting and marriage and health care and immigration and -- women's rights, pregnancy

discrimination -- these issues that may be dirty years go congress and the executive ranford get together and figure out a compromise and put together of ill but that does not happen anymore. the buck stops at the supreme court in a way that is unprecedented in our history and even they are making these very impactful decisions in our lives, the least we as a public and do is press them to comport with modern expectations of transparency and accountability. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> "washington journal" continues. today's will finish show talking with you about last night's super tuesday results. and republicans win with john kasich and democrats want with hillary clinton. in florida, donald trump was a rig winner. florida asnton won

well and we will go through more of the results with all of you this morning in our last hour of the washington journal. start dialing in and give us your thoughts on the winners and losers are you you can send us a tweet if you like or go to facebook. let's begin with the republican front runner, donald trump last night. [video clip] >> we have had such incredible support. paul ryan called me the other day, tremendous call. i spoke with mitch mcconnell today and we had a great conversation. we have to bring our party together. we have to bring it together. [applause] we have something happening that actually makes the republican party probably the biggest political story anywhere in the

world. everybody is writing about it all over europe and all over the world they are talking about it. millions of people are coming to vote. this was an example today. many more people. pollsoking at different and the lines are for and five and six blocks long. one woman has been working the said for 40 years and she we had to entry people in the line looked like it was a really long. five deep and long. it's just a different thing. we have a great opportunity and the people that are voting are democrats are coming in, independence, and very importantly, people that never voted before. it's an incredible thing. host: donald trump from last andt after winning florida illinois and missouri is too

close to call. still too close to call. the governor of ohio, john kasich wins his home state last night. all of the delegates because that's a winner take all. marco rubio had 168 delicates -- delegates. where will they go? we will see. this could be a contested nomination all the way to the convention and you will see the votes taken there. this is from "the wall street journal" -

daytona beach, florida, how did you vote yesterday? caller: i voted for trump. host: tell us why. caller: because i like him.

host: why not marco rubio? caller: i don't like marco rubio. host: why not? caller: well, he was not my type of her some. host: ok. caller: he didn't do the things he was supposed to do when he was in the senate and he didn't do things he said he would do. that left me nobody else to vote for but donald trump. there is no way i could ever vote for hillary clinton. host: have you always been a republican? caller: yes, i have. host: and you've always voted? caller: i have always voted. host: d how old are you? caller: 72 years old. host: thank you for the call. let's go on to wisconsin, an independent.

caller: hi. i would never vote for hillary. it's pretty obvious that she has lied. people are blind to that fact. them. sorry for it's pretty obvious why people want donald trump and is the fact he is not backed by big money. i'm sure there is something in there. the republican party will put in another person. that was our state senator from wisconsin. that was all over the news today. i just hope people make a wise decision and i hope they indict hillary clinton. she just lies all the time. paul are you talking about ryan, the speaker of the house? caller: yes. host: the republican party says

he will be put in as the nominee? caller: yes, instead of trump. i believe the republican party will back him. hope that the president will put in a republican judge for the supreme court like there was one that was in there. democrat,eeling as a he will not do that and that would not be right. to change parties like that. we will see. i hope he does the right thing but he has not so far. president obama it out an e-mail to his supporters saying i have made my decision and he will announce that decision at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. we will have coverage on c-span three and you can go to our website as well. he will announce his pick for the supreme court. the associated press says the

president has narrowed it down to three appeals court judges. d.c.,om washington, another judge from that court and another one based in san francisco. he is on the short list.

you can see his background on your screen. obama's shortdent list of potential names that could be announced when the president is in the rose garden at 11:00 a.m. eastern time this morning. will be on c-span three and republicans have said none of these candidates, any candidate, will get a hearing or a vote in the senate. chicago, a democrat, good morning. caller: good morning, how are you? host: doing well. caller: i'm from cook county, illinois. i worked for magic might madigan are. all praise to bernie sanders in the cook county area. to 2 million people came out to vote for both democrats. i was displeased with the people who voted for donald trump. democrat but i used to be

. socialist i love the bernie sanders plan but in a perfect world. is more business friendly. she has a good education plan for students. despite the people calling her a situation,r e-mail she and president obama have given the american people the lunch truth and nothing but the truth. they carried us through the storm. can be voted for except hillary clinton. she has carried on and hopefully she will win in missouri. the next couple of primaries will be tough. what startled me is the independent vote and what will happen if donald trump decides on a running mate if it comes down to the convention.

they should have a contingency plan how to ascertain when the independent voters, what if john trump selects john kasich as his running mate? is a big state and he was the governor, it was the independent vote that was able to go to the side of john kasich h.ea\/\ what is the democratic plan to battle a trump/k-6 ticket question mark -- case john kasich ticket? he dismissed talks of him being a vice president who donald trump. senate majority leader johnson said he would never be a

vice president for john kennedy. kennedy needed a southerner and had to suck up good to the administration. host: did you say you are a supporter of bernie sanders but you will support hillary clinton with general election? caller: i will support hillary clinton. i have always been a supporter of the clinton family. i miss president clinton. those were the good years. we had a strong economy and he let us into the new millennium and we had a budget surplus for the end of his term in 2000. all that 750 alien dollars met surplus or more was gone with two wars where we wasted 500 american soldiers. host: a democrat in chicago and he was noting the turnout was a record high in chicago. here's the headline from "the hill" newspaper

let's listen to bernie sanders who was in arizona last night. this is what he had to say about tax breaks to billionaire and immigration reform. [video clip] no we are not going to give tax breaks to donald trump and the other billionaires. fact, they will start paying their fair share of taxes. [applause] this campaign is listening to the latino community. [applause] what the latino community is telling me is they are tired of living in the shadows.

[applause] they are tired of living in fear of being exploited. [applause] they want, i want, comprehensive immigration reform. [applause] and a path for citizenship. [applause] my father came to this country at the age of 17 from poland so i know a little bit about the

immigrant experience. [applause] -- we'vest say this got 11 million undocumented people in this country. if the congress does not do its job, i will use the executive powers of the presidency. host: that was bernie sanders last night in arizona. arizona is the next state to vote on march 22. take a look at "the daily sun" - \ in the idaho press tribune which votes on march 20 2 -- and then in utah which votes on the 22nd --

we are talking about super tuesday results last night. what are your thoughts and what does it mean for the road to the white house as the nomination process continues? here is politico with this headline -- he said anybody can be nominated.

a republican in fairfax, virginia, any reaction to this? caller: actually, i do. thank you for mentioning the article. boehner, heout john treated the president with disrespect and disdain for several years. i don't think anything he has to say is credible. primaries, io the think donald trump, while he is not the perfect candidate, he is the new face of the american revolution. we want change and we don't want another four years of the same old soundbites and the same old stories. no disrespect to hillary, she is not electable. i don't think she would win the election if it comes down to her in donald trump. critics of donald trump

y that we have to protect our country and not embarrass it. republicans who have been critical of him for not denouncing the violence which he did yesterday. what is your reaction to all of that? i don't think we can blame one person for the of noxious behavior of a few people who resort to violence. i guess it's political. but i don't think it will matter who was on the stage. it people choose to express themselves through violence, that's a few select people and that has little to do with the candidates. it might help if he did announce a i would not hold that against him. host: florida, an independent, did you vote yesterday? well they would not

let me vote. i had to change my card to republican. yesterday vote but i will. host: who are you supporting? caller: i am supporting donald trump. host: tell us why. you've got to turn your tv down. princeton, a democrat. caller: i'm going to support hillary. you could mix hillary and bernie together. i think that would measure -- make the best combination. obama would have been the breast -- the best president of years to come but the democrats have

got to realize what the republicans have done to him. they discriminated against him and treated him like he was something from down under. it's terrible. you've got to realize about hillary one thing is that you got to realize what the republican house is trying to do to her. they are trying to destroy her. they knew when obama beat her that she would be the next democratic president. they knew that and they have been working on her ever since. the sad part of out it is the democratic women that are changing over, if they believe what the republicans have done to her, they are in a sad state of mind. there are so much else i could say but other people want to talk. let's listen to hillary

clinton last night after winning four of the five states. it's too close to call in missouri still for the democrats. eked a win in illinois. [video clip] >> every candidate makes promises like this. but every candidate owes it to you to be clear and direct about what our plans will cost and how we are going to make them work. that is the difference between running for president and being president. [applause] mrs. clinton: and i will tell you -- [crowd chanting hillary] mrs. clinton: let me tell you

the second big test for our president is keeping us safe. we live in a complex and dangerous world. protecting national security can never be an afterthought. our commander-in-chief has to be able to defend our country, not in their us it -- and barris it ss it.ara not alienatelies, them. defeat our enemies, not embolden them. when we have a president calling up -- calling to round up immigrants, banning muslims from the united states -- when he embraces torture, that does not make him strong. it makes him wrong. host: hillary clinton, last night, turning her attention to the republican front-runner, donald trump.

bernie sanders lost in florida, north carolina, ohio, and illinois. too close to call in missouri, as we told you. this is from the washington post -- florida poses several challenges for sanders. host: mr. sanders, not going to

recommend remains in the race. madeleine. west virginia. republican. caller: yes. i just want to say the man who what --efore you is [indiscernible] what obama has done to our country. surely, he cannot be a christian . we are killing unborn babies by , and they condone that. they condone homosexual marriage. i tell you the problem with our country. i am not for anyone that is kasich -- i am. going to base it for him.

since he did not get it, i do not know if i will vote. you are saying, governor kasich, you would vote for him? caller: no, carson. host: ok, carson. caller: dr. carson. host: that was madeleine, a republican, who does not know she will support after dr. ben carson has dropped out of the race. sharon, in illinois, an independent. did you vote yesterday? caller: yes, but it was a difficult choice. i did not know whether to vote for bernie sanders to stop hillary clinton, or vote for cruz to stop child. it was the worst time to go to the polls -- trump. it was the worst time to go to the polls. i would say anyone thinking about voting for hillary clinton should google the white house bureau head.

the white house, hillary wanted to bring in hollywood friends to run the travel office, and the clinton's could have fired billy dale, but no, she accused him of embezzlement, and here is a guy that voted for the clintons. he served many presidents. her vindictiveness -- he had to go through a court battle, which, in the end, he won. let him tell his own story. it is a heartbreaking story, and it tells you a lot about her personal vindictiveness against people. that alone -- -- youan you tell us said it was a tough decision -- vote to stop trump, or vote to stop hillary clinton -- what did you do? caller: i thought bernie had a better chance of winning in illinois, so i voted for cruz to

but if it is trump versus hillary, i would have to hold my nose and vote for trump. host: what do you make of the results -- hillary clinton just be fit out in illinois. caller: i know. host: what if she -- what if you had voted for bernie sanders? caller: i know. just standing in line to vote but iam i going to do," think there is anger in the country because people have woken up. they are not just looking in america. they are looking in europe and other countries. the internet has woken us up to a lot of things our news media does not cover, and they are saying people are unhappy with the european union, where they do not even get to vote on the people running their lives. host: sharon, have to leave it at that. bill, in washington. a democrat. caller: hi, how are you, this

morning? host: doing well, sir. caller: good morning, america. you know, the important thing is the citizens united. a lot of people do not know what that means. if they do not know, they should go to google and find out what it does mean. the u.s. supreme court made that into law, and what it did is open up the big influx of money into the politics. everyone i talk to, republicans and democrats alike, they think there is too much money in politics. that is because the republicans -- they do not want to have obama make an appointment to the supreme court because he might united, whichens would stop money going into politics. they would also get back into our laws -- the voters rights act -- but people do not have a clue what citizens united means, and it is a -- big money in

politics, and the republicans did it. host: people can go to our website, c-span.org, and put in those keywords. we have talked a lot about citizens united and that case. jane. a republican. jacksonville, florida. caller: hi. host: good morning. how did you vote, jane? rubio: i voted for marco because i will not vote for donald trump if he is the republican nominee. so, i will vote for whoever the democrats nominate in the general election. host: ok. have you always been a republican -- always voted republican? caller: yes. -generation-- a third republican. because ask -- i ask exit polls have found they will not be satisfied if trump is the

nominee, and if he is the nominee, republicans will not vote for him. caller: that is true. i am a social conservative. our family has been with republicans more of the -- because of the physical policy. -- fiscal policy. this crop of republican candidates seemed to blatantly say who could impose their religious beliefs more on the public. it was like they were in a contest to see who could be the most religious, and separation of church and state -- i almost switched parties, because those candidates do not represent my views, the current crop of republicans. host: ok, jane, what you think went wrong with senator marco rubio's presidential campaign? caller: with marco rubio? host: yeah. caller: honestly, i don't know.

host: do you think the former governor jeb bush should have endorsed him, should have gotten behind him? caller: that would have helped. that would have helped. and i liked jeb bush. i like john kasich. i like marco rubio. host: let me read a little bit aboutthe new york times," the establishment, if you will, getting behind marco rubio. they write that "as mr. trump gain steam, rubio ades would cheer. endorsene, they would mr. rubio

host: by the way, on chris christie, this is from "the new "chris christie defense missing a trooper's " to campaign with donald trump. was: mr. christie said he not planning to attend the funeral, even if he had been in new jersey. one of the newspapers that

majorallen, blue springs, -- missouri. independent caller. good morning. caller: good morning to you. i voted for bernie sanders. host: ok. caller: and my reason for doing so is not because he is a so-called socialist, but because he is a democratic socialist, faithswe are true to our , whatever our faiths might be, we should be concerned about our fellow man, and that is one of the things that aggravates me the most -- this so-called religious test in our country.

you know, the one color just said about obama couldn't -- caller just said obama could it be a christian. well, it should not matter. he is for all of the people. as far as mr. trump is concerned, he says he is self-funding his campaign. he is not. he has loaned his campaign money. he said in the debate when asked what he takes public and private donations -- would he take public and private donations to fund his campaign if you were to win the primary, and he said i have not decided yet heard -- yet. host: ok. james. georgia. caller: hi, greta. host: who are you supporting question mark caller: -- supporting? caller: hillary clinton. i think you should be a running mate.

the country would be great. the second thing -- for all the donald trump supporters, donald trump is a blindfolded, dui bus driver and he will support -- drive supporters off the cliff. they need to open their eyes and realize he is not good for this country or them. host: all right, james. john, a republican in texas. john, who is your candidate? caller: right now, i voted for cruz in the texas primary, but i am going to vote for trump because i believe he will be the nominee for the republican party, and what is going to be very interesting, hillary clinton -- my prediction is there will be a recommendation for an indictment, and she will scrabble, the democrats are going to scramble and don't know what to do. donald trump -- he is a businessman, and here in texas, one of the big issues for me is immigration. all of the subcontractors in the state of texas and of hiring

illegal immigrants to do those jobs, and here in construction i cannot find a job. there are millions of americans out of work today just like me, and the moment they put a hold and squeeze on these subcontractors, and make them where they cannot hire illegals, they will not have to be an immigration bill. those immigrants will not have to -- be able to work those jobs anymore, and eventually if you cannot work in the united states, you will go home. host: john, a republican in texas who voted for ted cruz, but says he is supporting donald trump because of immigration. jane. independent. you are on the up. caller: good morning. you are on the up. who are you supporting? caller: i am supporting bernie sanders because he is the most intelligent and real person that i see in the entire field. i do like john kasich, though. host: what if it is hillary

clinton versus donald trump -- what are you going to do? caller: i am sorry. i know hillary is a woman and i would eventually like to see a woman in our presidency, but i do not believe hillary is that woman. she has some very good talking points. she has some very good writers, but there are too many things in her history that are totally unpalatable, including benghazi. it is a glaring, huge deficit, and she recently made the remark that no one died in benghazi. excuse me, what? caller: -- host: ben, democrat. caller: hi and a democrat that is suffocating -- i am a democrat suffocating. i am terribly upset there is not a single voice in the democratic party speaking out against

illegal immigration. i have a background in economics and i recognize the impact -- currently one out of every two children in the united states is on some form of social well for, and that is caused, to some extent, by the large amount of you legal immigration. -- of illegal immigration. also, i believe that a child should have a mother and a father, and it amazes me there is not a single voice in the democratic party speaking out on behalf of that issue. on whatwant to pick up you said about political correctness, because the tone of the campaign has been central to the debate over who people are supporting, who they are not supporting. president obama way the end on it yesterday. he was at a bipartisan friends i had of st.remony patrick's day. here's what he had to say about it. president obama: i suspect all of us can recall some intemperate words that we

regret. certainly i can. while some may be more to blame than others for the current climate, all of us are responsible for reversing it, for it is a cycle that is not an accurate reflection of america, and it has to stop. i say that not because it is a matter of political correctness. it is about the way corrosive behavior can undermine our democracy, or society, and even our economy. in america, there are not laws that say we have to be nice to each other, were courteous, or treat each other with respect, but there are norms. there are customs. there are values that our parents taught us, and that we try to teach to our children. to try to treat others the way we want to be treated -- the notion that kindness breeds kindness. the longer that we allow the political rhetoric of late to

continue, and the longer that we tacitly accepted, we create a permission structure that allows the animosity in one corner of our politics to affect the broader society, and animosity breeds animosity. this is also about the american brand. who are we? how are we perceived around the world? there is a reason that america has always attracted the greatest talent from every corner of the globe. there is a reason that made in america means something to it is because we are -- something. it is because we are creative, dynamic, inclusive, open. why would we want to see that brand tarnished? host: that was the president yesterday at a friends of ireland ceremony talking about the tone of campaign 2016, weighing in on that. we're going to keep getting more of your calls into it we have 12 minutes or so left for the house

gavels in. what are your thoughts about who won, who lost, what it means for the road going forward? president obama will be announcing his supreme court nomination pick at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. coverage of that on c-span3. ,o to our website, c-span.org as well, for more details. he is making that announcement. three names. all appeals court judges. we will know shortly who is his pick. also, a follow-up to the story about theom politico former speaker john boehner endorsing paul ryan for the nomination -- this is from a john boehner spokesperson -- a tweet from frank thorp who covers capitol hill from nbc.

host: so, under a contested convention, that is what the former speaker of the house is saying, that he would then want to see paul ryan get the nomination. this is from "the wall street journal," "kasich into the ."each host: we have 10 minutes left in

our conversation. randall in pennsylvania. publican. -- republican. caller: yes, i say i am a republican because this year i registered republican, but i have previously always been a democrat. host: ok. caller: now, you asked one woman a question on why she didn't like rubio. whenever marco rubio was being interviewed by a person about the opening of diplomatic relations with cuba, he commented that he was against it . well,terviewer then said you know, 75% of the american people are for it. comment was i do not care if 99% of the people are for it. i am against it, and i will fight it.

wanted a candidate that did care with the american people wanted and listened to them, number one. i kind of liked bernie sanders because he has always been a square shooter, and the reason why i switched to republican was because in my opinion right now, the republican party -- the powerbrokers of the party have always picked a candidate to present up there. their puppy dog. this year, now that donald trump basically taking the field and running with it -- now they are doing everything in their power -- ok, to defeat him. rubio,cked bush, then and now they are holding their nose and they are going for cruz . host: ok. zachary. california. what are your thoughts? caller: good morning.

i think that overall, yesterday mostly reaffirmed what has generally been thought for a while -- both clinton and trump are the frontrunners of their party and much more likely to become eventual nominees. i think it pretty much affirmed it. i think that john kasich is pretty much a nonstarter, including a brokered convention. i think cruz has somewhat of a chance, but not really. i think sanders still has a chance, but not really as much as he did a week ago. and senator warren would be candidates for vice presidency. i personally support senator sanders, but i do not think he is going to win. host: all right, zachary. victor says this on twitter host: send free bird says -- joseph in delaware.

a democrat. good morning to you. what is your take on campaign 2016? caller: well, it is looking pretty good for trouble because everyone seems to be going that way. we went to a switch party, which was switch your party affiliation online, and we are all waiting to be switched over to the republican party. i am a lifelong democrat, and it is looking good for trump, and he is a start to fix this broken country that obama has created. want more of hillary because we do not know how they are going to pay it with a 20 -- $23 trillion debt. every time obama says i cut the deficit i two thirds, that means went to the deficit. host: you are a lifelong democrat, and you plan to switch parties and vote for donald trump? caller: probably, yes.

host: you have any concerns with what his critics say is unpresidential behavior? caller: no, i don't. he ought to go to the u.n. and say there is a new sheriff in town, and we will put it back together and make it work again here obama has broken -- again. obama has broken the system. he has never once bent to the will of the people. host: kelly, rome, georgia. republican. it is your turn. go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. i am not going to let you rush me. one of the things that i do not like is the media, and even gop, closing in on donald trump. you all close in on what you all say is hateful rhetoric. why don't we all go in on hillary clinton when she called

the gop terrorists? her mostsaid that theies were the gop and iranians? i have one more train of thought. why is it that people who want borders are bigots? 1600not understand why pennsylvania avenue, who gets borders and armed guards, are great people. host: kelly, can i ask you who is your candidate? caller: no, ma'am. i am not done. host: i have to get more voices in. sam. good morning. caller: it is like i said -- with the right medication and psychiatric help, the mentally helped tremendously

or even cured, but you cannot fix's to bid. -- fix stupid. for those people that voted for hillary clinton or bernie sanders, it is like they say in the south, "bless their hearts." now, if this goes to a brokered notention, and trump does win the nomination, the gop is telling the american public that your vote does not mean a thing. whiten take your vote and -- wipe with it. here is a news flash to the senate and the republicans in the house that have been there over 30 years. those american voters have put you in your job. we can take you out. host: ok. all right, sam. gerald. missouri.

a democrat. how did you vote yesterday? caller: yes. host: jerrold, you are on the air. how did you vote? caller: i voted for hillary. host: ok. tell us why. caller: i think she is the best qualified. but i don'trs, think he's got what it takes to be a president, and these people -- i doing for trump not know what to think of them. they must be stupid, or just woke up, or something. host: well, what about their belief that washington needs to change and they see donald trump -- because he is an outsider, because he is never been a politician, because he is funding his own campaign, perhaps he can come to washington and shake things up? caller: i do not think he could. i think he is going to screw it up if he comes in there. host: ok.

charlie in new jersey. a republican. hi, there, charlie. were you supporting? caller: hi, how are you doingcaller:? host: good morning. caller: good morning to you. i am calling up about the primary here. i am a registered republican, then voting republican all of my life. if donald trump is the nominee of the party i can't vote for hillary clinton, but i cannot vote for donald trump either. so, it is the first time in 75 years i have to stay home and see what happens because my conscience would bother me too much if i voted for trump, and it is not because he is bombastic or egotistical. he doesn't have any policies. host: ok. caller: it is like listening to a third-grader. host: i will leave it right there. many of you brought up contested versus broker -- what we have right now looks like contested

-- if no candidate finishes with the majority of delegates, it can be described as contested. the last was in 1976, with ford and reagan, as ted cruz likes to remind voters. we will keep the conversation there as the house will come in for the morning session. thank you for calling in. we will be back tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern time [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. march 16, 2016. i hereby appoint the honorable mike boss to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 5,