week's democratic national convention. aim, alanabramowitz at university on what compels voters to support the candidate their choice. onald trump: i humbly and gratefully accept your nomination for the presidency of states.ted [cheering and applause] host: and with those words, the d trump goes on to be republican candidate for the 2016 republican campaign. what do you think about the bearing does it have on the campaign? for the next hour and-a-half, calls, on donald trump representing the republicans. here's how you can call us and this s your thoughts morning. for republicans, 202-748-8001. 202-748-8000. and for independents,

202-748-8002. post on our o so tter page you can do @cspanwj. several papers highlight the out by mr. donald trump. for oday, "i will fight you", in quotes. to the inquirer, the democrats convention, ir c-span starting on sunday. heir headline, safety will be restored, from donald trump's speech. and from the new york times this vows, , trump as nominee "i am your voice." those are themes taken from the speech by donald trump, over an hour last night which you can on c-span and we'll show you bits of it as the morning goes on. to give us your thoughts on the speech, on onald trump as the republican

bearer, reflecting on anything on the republican convention, is n, the number 202-748-8000 for democrats. republicans.for and 202-748-8002 for independents. washington post, this morning's paper takes a look at some made by donald trump. does their version of fact-checking. about his es statements about crime, the number of police officers killed almost ine of duty has risen by 50% compared to this year, by donald trump. law is wrong, the number of enforcement officers killed on he job has increased 8% compared to this point in 2015. more than 180,000 illegal mmigrants were deported, were tonight roaming free to threaten citizens.

post, in 2015, custom nearly s deported 140,000 convicted criminals but has estimated that nearly 1 million noncitizens with final deportations remain in the united states. your thoughts this morning. screen.ers are on the we'll start with j.c., cedar texas, republican line. good morning, what do you think becoming the rump republican standard bearer. a trump es, i was not last night. nor have i been a fan of donald rump since he's run for president. i feel him declaring last night, long with the other four days of the rnc, was a joke. he doesn't believe what he says. compulsive liar, a narcissist, a sexist, a racist. policies, they're not real. they're not realistic.

countries aren't going to agree with that and neither people.of the american this is all here demagoguery at finest. this is why i had to leave the epublican party and the democrat party for that matter because they let polarizing lead the party and it's just not something i believe and libertarian and will be voting for gary johnson november. host: virginia, democrat's line, go ahead. caller: good morning. i just found the convention to be the least diverse i've ever seen and with the globalization and diversity that's increasing in the u.s., it just rang very of touch with true society, and the whole trickle economics theory, if the wealthy are doing well, then the grows and the poor re lifted out of poverty and

antiquat antiquated, it's proven not to have worked and i think we'll be looked at by global allies as having taken a step back ward if elected. so i wonder how they're going to world we the diverse live in if their party is in antiquated vacuum. host: so jeannette, do you think elected? mp can be caller: i don't see how unless like the first election with there's question about, you know, electoral are ge and how votes counted and that sort of thing, but i don't think with the accurate there is voter turnout, that the population would support a polarizing as donald trump. host: let's hear from newington, connecticut. is on our republican line. joan, thanks for calling in. make a yes, i'd like to response to all the negative coming in.that keep

this is the most tremendous republican convention i've ever 89 years old, so i've seen a few. this probably is my last one to but i just think that we have a man that has shown his record. he's a businessman. he wants to traiten out our country. cynics that many come on. i don't think they even listen to the words of the convention. he stated his case. and i criticize these people looking for details. this man isn't in the white house yet. a l you please give him chance. he looks like a great guy. he's got a wonderful family, and going to do great for our country and i hope we have a republican sweep this i'm thoroughly unhappy with the republicans him. didn't show up to back he's a tremendous guy. let's give him a chance. e can't be any worse than what we have in the white house now. thank you so much for listening to me. host: your thoughts on the phone

morning. two off twitter, uncle johnny this, when all the impossible, the real donald trump is just getting started. morning, a few years ago, they wanted hedge fund managers to keep their money. ow they want them taxed nice job trump. we'll show you bits from donald last night and this one during his acceptance speech, he talked about the world or at least he state of the u.s., on the topic of lawlessness. here's his thoughts last night. donald trump: the first task of our new administration will be citizens from the crime and terrorism and awlessness that threatens our communities. america was shocked to its core when our police officers in so brutally execut

executed. immediately after dallas, we've seen continued threats and our law against enforcement officials. have been shot or killed in recent days in wisconsin, souri, kansas, michigan, and tennessee. booing] on sunday, more police were gunned down in baton rouge, louisiana. were were killed and three very, very badly injured. an attack on law enforcement is all americans. [cheering and applause]

message to every last erson threatening the peace on our streets and the safety of our police. oath of office next year, i will restore law order to our country. jackson, from mississippi, independent line. donald trump accepting the republican nomination. on.head, you're caller: thank you for taking my call. yes, i've been watching the convention, and i haven't all.rted trump at even libertarian before,

but his speech was pretty good, i would have to say. it? : what was good about what impressed you the most? caller: well, he's toned down rhetoric and talking bad about people, you know, his pponent opponents, because there's none left other than the secretary clinton and an independent or two. not sure how many. more , he seemed presidential, and i'm still not mean, when him, but i he says that he's going is a joke and leave around ne, our allies the world, you know, they depend know, he don't want the soviets -- i mean the i'm old, i remember soviets taking over everything they could. host: ken, as far as the style

you saw last night, do you think you're going to see hat going forward with him in this campaign? caller: yes. got i think he's finally some advice from somebody, and know, quit talking bad about candidates, talk about the issues. supportingho are you now or who are you looking at as far as a presidential candidate? well, i voted for sanders in the primary, but it to be only one choice is clinton. going to m not vote --i mean, this man is a racist. like it is. you've heard him. that's ken from jackson, mississippi mentioning nato as far as donald trump's statements to the new york times should w nato countries

pay their obligations and support for those countries. donald trump,e to saying on thursday, after donald policyekindled a foreign debate by saying u.s. may not come to the aid of alliance attacked by russia. i will not interfere in the campaign but i will do is say what matters for nato, he secretary general, is solidarity among allies is a key value for nato. ithout mentioning mr. trump by name, the secretary general said the alliance members, quote, another, as dependent on article 5 of the 1949 treaty that established nato stipulating that attacks on one member represents attacks on all an alliance requires the alliance to come to the defense on any attack. trump's campaign didn't espond to a request for

comment. clyde, good morning. morning, pedro. i learned this man is a used car sales man. i learned a long time ago, if it's not in writing, it doesn't mean anything. he's making all these promises, and i think ted cruz made a good presidency in 2012 way se he knows if by some getting into the white house is going to be a debacle and he can say i told you so, and they're going to be glad to see him. what youn't understand republicans are thinking about, but this man hasn't defined said what hehasn't going to do and he's going to into some crazy war because of his a-type got.onality he i have some sons and i talked to them, this man is going to debacle. ss than a up : from florida, tonya

next on the republican line. good morning. caller: hi, there. going toonald trump is be an excellent choice for president for our country, and i hink one of the major things that he's going to be able to do actually bring together and start getting both parties to work together for the first time many years. he really has an ability to bring people together and i a lot of people who say negative things about him really have been listening far too much media and not really he is attention to who and what he is and what he can do for this country. people who think they should really somebody else need to revisit his policies and hat kind of a person he really is, and really is not. ecause voting for him and bringing him into office is

best to be one of the things we've done since reagan in my opinion. it comes to policies, why do you think he has best policies and what do you think is. caller: i think mostly what it is he's doing is getting us all following a lot of the rules and regulations that already exist in this country, a instead of calling him racist for protecting our orders, people should restudy their constitution and take a look at what we're supposed to be doing as a nation, and one of things is protecting our borders. he ink also the fact that wants to bring jobs back to 100% spot on. when people have jobs, they have pride, they y have have morale. and we haven't really seen a lot in this working country like we normally do. small businesses are really hard time. big businesses are having a hard time. also a question,

if you think you work together, do you think that even his together even with people who are politically opposed to him or even his think s, do you still they'll be able to work together on things if he becomes president? caller: i think they'll kick and scream and fuss a bit at first because the democratic party has gone so far left. but i think in time they'll him and working with they'll start coming around, e's not far right, which is also beneficial. and so he's more able to bring than our current president has been. and i think he's going to be help us get back on track. from the caller tonya is florida and florida is where hillary clinton will be spending he next couple of days in campaign stops pre scheduled in rlando, tampa, and miami, florida, also reports coming from this trip that possibly we announcement of a

vice presidential candidate for hillary clinton. rally, one of them you can see today, starting at afternoon. she will be in tampa, florida. you can see that live on c-span. listen to it on c-span road and c-span.org. donald trump hosting a campaign event in cleveland today. if you want more information on on the hillary clinton event or video from last night nd other things, go to our ampaign 2016 web site at c-span.org, where we keep all information. let's go to emilia on the line. how are you. caller: good morning pedro, how you. host: i'm well, thank you. what do you think about donald rump becoming republican nominee? caller: i think it's a scary situation. agree with the last caller in florida, the way he is

against immigration and the fear mongering, and no policy concrete. a mom who is 73 years old. parkinson's, and they live on -- my parents live on social security. heard him say anything about social security, i haven't heard him say anything about he's going to do with medicare. i haven't heard him say anything he's going to hold the for aceuticals responsible such high cost of medications. one of my mom's medications we to get from are canada because it's not even available here in the united states. ridiculous. went to democrat in june because i wanted to vote for bernie sanders. that it very offensive donald trump thinks bernie

sanders voters will just follow and have no thought or brain in what he's saying. me angry ally makes that he thinks he can influence supporters when i am and will always be a bernie there's noporter and way in heck is he ever going to support or persuade my vote. yes, i'm not a big hillary clinton fan. luggage, has a lot of but she's not as bad as donald trump. from georgia, republican line. hi, there. caller: hi. how are you? host: i'm well thanks. caller: thank you so much for taking my call. in on the d republican line, not that i i willor republican, but switching sides. do : what convinced you to so? past eight , the

years has been a nightmare, and for the democrats, i've been democrat also, and of democrats vote because our family is democrat, and a black president, i'm haven't done anything for american people, especially black people at all, and hillary absolutely, absolutely horrible. i don't even understand how them with e support the structure out, and all the men in jail because of marijuana charges that they have any of them or let going to hey're be -- shortly. jobs have all of our gone away. host: because of all those things as it stands right now, vote for you to donald trump? aller: yeah, because look at

our economy. there's no jobs. obamacare is absolutely horrible. there's absolutely -- no -- obama has not bridged us at all, meaning black on withes, what's going the race war, and trump has a controls ia everything. everybody thinks trump is so horrible because he's not in the political world. that makes you a good candidate because you don't have any ties, favors, being any a businessman, creating jobs. going to help bring american jobs back. look at all the wars we've had obama. he said he'd get rid of the wars. i think that people should their mind and not listen to he media but listen c-span again because trump did an awesome job. tonya in georgia.

voice, if trump is my i'm going to have to revisit my sixth grade vocabulary, taking theme from the speech last night. the hill this morning reporting that donald trump is starting to cabinet members, if he were to become president of the united states, saying that chris christie is leading as possible attorney general. he former new york city mayor rudy giuliani, the department of homeland security. carson, possible head of health and human services. it goes affing level, on to say, a partner at jones d.c., that assembled the list of potential nominees for upreme court is a strong contender to serve as white manifort nsel and paul could be tapped for chief of staff in the white house, from sector.ate and harold ham, an energy

mogul. mowing mentioned mr. n ham -- donald trump is onsidering mr. ham as energy secretary and general flynn could be in the running for the or director defense of national intelligence. alexander bolster this morning from the hill. hi, georgia on the lines, there. caller: good morning, pedro. how are you this morning. you. i'm fine, thank caller: i listened to all of this. i just heard the young lady from georgia. someone who just don't understand and get it. the president obama took office of presidency. was around rket 7,000 points. it's around 18,000 right now. auto industry was down. so bad with america. america is america. and i think that donald trump of the most fear

peeches that any candidate on either side ever delivered to the american public last night. hat speech was so bad pedro, that you didn't see no substance do to help would the economy, what i would do to bring jobs. the first thing donald trump can is to bring jobs back from overseas. he can bring that back. wob a big start to show that he's with america brand. he young lady from georgia while ago, either she was asleep, or she's been somewhere know what he do not she's talking about at all. at all, pedro. nd pedro, let me say something to you. c-span have been one of the most leading programs in the world knowledge to those -- those americans who don't understand. i take my hat off to you this because donald trump delivered us a filled speech

night. he delivered a speech that every outside and ld go be streaking when they go out their doors. that's not the america i live in. america i live in and what president obama has done to restore the life of america, where we were eight republican party come in and said, the number 1 surer he said, was to make that mr. obama be a one-term president. pedro for your called. host: that was seymore talking his thoughts on donald trump. the new york times, just to show headline of the editorial, donald trump's campaign of fear. pages of the he washington post, they used the apocalypse rump's now and the wall street journal way saying thent art of the presidential deal. those are the editorials this

you the o show headlines. they are available online if you want to read them. us, u're just joining donald trump accepting the republican nomination last night. etting your thoughts on the first hour and-a-half this morning. 202-748-8000 for democrats. republicans.for independents.or you can also put your thoughts this morning on twitter and facebook. scott on our independent line. scott is from maine. next. up hi. caller: good morning, pedro. him say keep hearing trump, that america is broken, and we're not great, and he's rebuild the military, and we've had the biggest in the world and the strongest. it doesn't need rebuilt. for one.vamped down, absolutely nothing about substance except bring the jobs back. them jobs are gone.

of them are all done by robots anyways, but i'm a bernie supporter, and i just wanted to tell people that supported yet.e that it's not over there is another way. they need to check out jill stein. they need to do instead of giving up and voting hillary, which is everything bernie was against, et billionaire class, cetera. check out jill stein. jill what is it about stein do you like the most? caller: she's almost everything saying, almost. she's a third party and the on.a never let her nobody knows about her but shows big base. as a host: do you think she could take enough votes away. aller: i think once bernie supporters find out who she is and what she's about, she's still o have it, and i'm hoping that bernie will get it from hillary in the convention

i think it's a done game. is a much, much an hillary or trump because they are exactly against, the s billionaire class, that's twarmongering. of 335 hame that out million people in america, those two are the best we have to offer. just throws them up at us, and there are other choices out there. ost: cleveland had their chance. philadelphia gets their chance next week when the democratic presidential national convention takes place in philadelphia. coverage on c-span starts on sunday. nd already, we have a sense of what the inside looks like. there's a shot of the stage out of philadelphia. of that as the week goes on next week including c-span coverage.

into c-span, tune starting sunday, the "washington journal" will be faced out of starting thursday. featuring guests there, talking about issues, and you'll see gavel-to-gavel coverage during the day. he best place to find out more about what we're doing with this campaign is at c-span.org. line, tim, epublican hello there. caller: yes. going to ruin the country. so? : why caller: why? because all he is doing is really need that i believe the are going to not do anything like they've been doing for years and years. by that.t do you mean

they've held up congress. not done anything in congress at the job. they haven't been doing their job. they have not been doing their job at all. trump is goingnk to even be able to get through to them so that they can get the done, you know. salaries should be taken away from them and they it. d pay for host: susan from herndon, virginia, democrats line. hi, there. hi, pedro, and thank you. night and i ast watched it all and i did see -- i'm a bernie sanders i'm fairlynd i think progressive, and i think that rump when i listened very carefully and put aside the tone

voice, i did see some aspects see f him that i consider to be worth while, you know. i look at people very carefully. not -- i don't get into name that, i and all of just -- and i also reflected that his children all seemed to well, they really liked their dad, and that came through. but when you look at the big many of the problems that he identified when he spoke were just what bernie sanders had been saying, and serious very, very problems in our country that have been building up for a long time. and i just want to remind people that in their location elections in - local elections

november, vote for the best people you can in your community where it really matters as far as your taxes and things that affect you in your neighborhoods. i'm votingerndon and for jazz bendersing for mayor, running indian-american for office that i know of. host: who are you voting for president, do you think? right that's very hard now, because i like jill stein. never be a libertarian because it's too extreme. and i am the compassionate type. everybody matters. so that's hard. i wanted toclinton, vote for her a couple of years ago, because i did want to vote a woman. that means a lot to me. prime like the new minister in britain, and she's a

woman. , she's ary clinton dropped the ball so much, you trust don't think i can her. so thank you for letting me share. bye-bye. thanks. susan on the virginia democrats line. one of the stories and the themes you're going to see in papers, starting today is the possibility of a vice from ential nomination hillary clinton. even on the headlines front this morning from the wall street journal, senator tim kaine as a for hillary k clinton. another name in recent days, a senator from new jersey this morning and still vp. considerations. amy joins us on the phone with a perspective. good morning. guest: good morning. host: what is the list of picks for hillary clinton. it's down to four is my understanding from talking to sources.

bilsack, perez and booker. bilsack are thed favorites, but tom perez and booker haven't been ruled out. kaine as far as senators and mr. bilsack, what are the strengths of hillary clinton her, what aregside the liabilities? guest: the reason i think tim ahead is because he has national security experience and hat's really important to her right now. she's looking for someone who step in today and has the qualifications and isn't dosidered a rookie and could that job and be vice president and step in. tim think that that's why kaine is, you know, someone that she feels comfortable with.

i think a lot of the same butons apply to tom vilsack i think he also -- the reason hy she probably wouldn't pick him because he doesn't have those national security experiences that she really running mate. host: cory booker, how did he come in the news of late? it seems in the last couple of ays, he's come up as becoming possible nominee? guest: yeah, it's funny. of on the been sort short list. he's someone that impresses the much.ign very they had him yesterday. he was side-by-side at the rnc tearing down the rnc rhetoric but that could have been a possible final kind of so to speak so i think .e has been out there he's someone that they respect a ot and has great energy and something that i think she has also been sort of looking for,

you know, when she was president obama senators, she saw an excitement in the crowd, not at many of her own events so i think she's also looking for that as well to some people and that sort of interested her as well. so i think that is something she intriguing and i think that's something her people were weighing as well. host: is there any chance of a dark horse candidate coming out, someone not even on this list or someone completely out of surprise? guest: i don't think so. you know, it's funny, people bicker with me when i say that tim kaine is the the ite, but he's comfortable choice. she's a very sort of cautious candidate. and he's the biggest -- i think frontrunner est when you talk to people in her circle, even people who aren't people he decision but who know her and know what she's he's the r, i think

one they all point to. journal wall street mentioned he's the one that oted to give the president the fast track and the transpacific partnership. for oes that weigh in hillary clinton. guest: i think it's definitely a factor. how remains to be seen is progressive, because you know, you had a few progressive groups and sort of, rday you know, say he wouldn't be the best pick. rally e can come out and progressive, that will be -- that remains to be seen. if -- i think the one big thing that she needs to base,sort of turn out the that'sryone excited, and the one thing that might be up for consideration when she picks him. mie partner nes, have you heard about this florida trip, if an announcement will come out andhe florida trip and when

where? guest: i have a feeling it comes out today, that's what i've been told, later today. there is an event later on this afternoon. me it could happen right around then, right before when i would s stay tuned. hill,amie parnes with the follows clinton campaign. cowrote a book about hillary on ton as well joining us the phone. thank you for your time. 4:30 this afternoon, hillary florida, a tampa, campaign rally. no sense on whether an announcement is coming at this but still might be interesting to watch to see if it does. radio on c-span, c-span and on c-span.org as well. columbus, ohio, mark, thanks for calling. you're on the independent line. thanks for holding on too. go ahead. to echo the guy who talked about the lady from

georgia. apparently she has been asleep for the past eight years. that on election night in 2007, a roomful of together and decided they knew better than 50 million americans and said we're him.going to support were those republicans not aware what the world was listening to, therefore, the whole world isn't going to listen to what we have say. host: so donald trump, the republican nominee, your thoughts? caller: we're in trouble. we're in trouble. say anything with substance last night. he talked about the same had since at we've i've been alive. i'm 60. he didn't say anything how he was going to change them. just said they needed to be changed. every presidential candidate hat i've known since i was 18 and old enough to vote has said the same thing. okay.stance, that's the way i feel about it, all right. this country -- i just don't

anymore. i mean, we live in a country named its military installations after its traitors. get our stuff together before we can police the rest of the world. say, s all i've got to okay. 202-748-8001 for republicans, democrats, and independents, 202-748-8002. donald trump accepting the residential nomination last night, in cleveland, ohio. in that hemes laid out speech. one of those themes directly aimed at hillary clinton. some of the thoughts from last night. onald trump: in fact, her single greatest accomplishment such egregiousng crime and getting away with it, have ally when others who done far less have paid so dearly.

[cheering and applause] when that same secretary of rakes in millions and trading of dollars access and favors to special i erests and foreign powers, know the time for action has come. host: richmond virginia, democrat's line, hi. good morning. thank you for answering my call. donald trump has the nerve to clinton.ut hillary he has 3500 lawsuits against him. no know, donald trump has answers to any problem. build a, his answers is wall, the mexicans will pay for it. that's ridiculous. him?people actually support i'm definitely supporting hillary clinton. hillary clinton is the smartest politician that we have not only in america, but in the whole world, and people vote for donald trump over her, and they hate hillary.

know, they hate hillary. only thing i heard when i watched the whole convention for was lies, lies, lies hillary. host: what specifically has she offered as a policy to a problem, you know, if there's a she'll or at least how address the situation, what specifics have she offered to this point? 1, she number offered -- she was talking about community cation, college, that would help a vast majority of people in our country. 2, she was talking about down, g the college debt help. was she also talked about foreign policy experience. foreigngs she's done in policy all the time which they belittle and blame everything on her. she's done good things in foreign policy like negotiating israel and between the palestinians. they never give her credit for

anything. they always talk about hillary clinton and obama, their foreign policy. and what are they going to do differently? please, somebody tell me what are they going to do differently. donald trump talking about enegotiating every trade pact we have, and with china. he will start a trade war in china and people don't even see that. host: tennessee, the republican line, good morning. caller: hi. taking my call. and i've been watching been going on 's these hast couple of months, and that i feel that i feel like if trump gets in office, he will be assassinated. i think if hillary gets in

office or becomes president, with what she did, she allowed enemy to know everything in the united states, and i feel like we will go to war. thought is this. now thing that's happening was prophesied in the bible. we are in the last da is going to pour out his spirit on all the earth, nd then he's coming for the rapture. host: donna in tennessee. new orleans, louisiana, you're up next. angelo on our line for democrats. angelo, good morning. angelo from new orleans? on.ll move the one thing, if you join our twitter feed, by the way, one of we sent out was of the ch length

individual speeches yesterday. donald trump weighing in at an night, 16 minutes last comparing that to mitt romney in minutes, 47 seconds. john mccain in 2008, 49 minutes and four seconds. george w. bush in 2004, 1:02, 2000 was 52 h in minutes and 10 seconds. from there. from donald trump to ronald reagan. these were just republican speeches given last night. but you get a sense of the length. hour and 16 minutes last night. c-span.org.on democrats line from louisiana, angelo, hi. pedro, howd morning, are you doing. host: fine, thank you. caller: thank you for c-span. a terrific job. are you familiar with the term trolls? yeah. caller: this man has so much money, i would bet everything i

wn, he's got phone banks set up. i cannot believe you're getting calls from democrats saying they're going to turn over and man.for this he's nothing but a used car salesman, a rapist. he's got so much background. he's got so many skeletons in closet, and he thrives on fear. mongerer.r anybody that would fall into what, he t i tell you scares the hell out of me ecause michael moore and a few other people actually believe he would do and what he to this country would be so --i devastating.d be and keep up the good work, and y'all do a wonderful job. thank you, sir. host: mike from woodbridge, virginia. line. dent caller: yeah, thank you for taking my call. confused a little bit about donald trump's campaign.

is it going to be the first adopted -- that fight for advocacy right, and denounces, and when he said the world opposes, i he was saying, can someone enlighten me about it. thank you? ost: again, 202-748-8000 for republicans, 202-748-8001 for emocrats, 202-748-8002 for independents. the "washington journal" tak -- the wall street journal at the look at those convention. lobbyists stay on the sidelines fighting that after donald trump spent months, many lobbyists opted out of the convention. -- they didn't have haven't -- and both because they haven't been tapped to raise oney for the campaign and because some of their clients have hesitated to fund a

at theion with mr. trump top of the ticket. those concerns left the with a d oaks committee funding gap at the end of last week. o far in the 2016 race, registered lobbyists haven't aised a scent according to disclosures covering the period through june. period$7 million in that for democrat hillary clinton. baltimore, maryland, republican line, you're next. caller: thank you for taking my call. i'm calling on the republican not going to vote republican just like the last caller just say, the whole entertainment. no, ver donald trump says, a man who's been married three times, filed bankruptcy three or four times, i don't see that quality.

host: calling in on the line, who are you going to vote for. caller: i don't even know yet. your what's going to make decision, do you think? i don't vote for independent candidate, i'll probably vote for hillary. said, that's leman what he is. the way you want it. south dakota,n in independent line, good morning, go ahead. aller: i just wanted to say that i did get to listen to donald trump last night. and i muted you so i can't hear you. host: you're on still. go ahead. caller: okay. listened to the other mrs. clinton, and i just don't believe that i can trust her.

her lie to d to congress and lie to the american as an and if i vote libertarian or the that will be on the ballot, i feel that i'm voting -- that's a vote for her, because it's taking the vote away from donald trump. an independent, i'm going to vote for donald trump this time, only because i believe i can trust the words that come out of his mouth. time. you for your host: before you leave, some of the callers have said this morning that last night's speech substance when it comes to policy decisions; do you agree with them? caller: no, i don't. i do believe that there were a lot of substance in the speech he gave. he didn't give a lot of detail, said those are coming within the next two to three i thought his speech maybe got a little long, but speaking, he talked

about the major issues in this of them is that our olice departments and split in our country is to a we're very close to, i think, a civil war and this that.y was not founded on it was founded on everybody on g equal once they land our soil. nd i agree with him on his stamps on illegal immigration, but i think those that are here, we need to find a way to keep here, and -- but i think we borders so r up our that we can stop the influx that is going to create even more problems. host: off of twitter, a viewer this morning, middleton hunt after turned trump off he talked about, quote, law and protect d says only to

the cops and dismiss the people. again, twitter is one way you your thoughts known @cspanwj.ing facebook as well. you can call us at 202-748-8001 republicans, 202-748-8000 or democrats, 202-748-8002 for independents. a response for last night's donald trump from the clinton campaign, it was specifically the campaign manager. this was actually the statement from the campaign saying that tonight, donald trump painted a picture of an america in advan-- his answer more fear more division more anger more hate and was yet nother reminder he's temperamentally unfit and totally unqualified to be president of the united states. on to say he offered no solutions to help real families

keep our country safe. just more prejudice and america is better than this. america is better than donald trump. next week philadelphia democrats issues, not anger, lifting america up, not tearing down.ans our convention coverage starts sunday and the "washington journal" will be there in philadelphia all week and on hrough thursday, c-span, you can see gavel-to-gavel coverage of the to our web nd go site for more information. tim, columbus, ohio, republican you're next, hi. caller: hi. i am a conservative. i don't call myself a republican party is e republican no longer a conservative party. in fact, republicans like ted john kasich disgust me. and if they intend to run again be he next four years, i'll

out there and campaigning and raising money against them their behavior this time. host: expand on that. what specifically about say ted cruz, what was the thing that bothered you most? caller: well, they -- neither the agreement they ade to back whoever the candidate was. every one of them signed their agreement that they would back candidate. and they did not do so. childish.hat, it's it's like saying, it's my playing., and i'm not if you get what i mean. childishness, you know what, i would have voted for either one of them had they been chosen. i did like ted cruz at first. behavior has let me know what he really is all about. your mind, what do you -- the speech that he made,

do you think that impacts him in long term? do you think people will eventually forget that speech? no one no, i don't think will ever forget that. i think that was him going down in flames. he's just destroyed himself. and i hope that's the way it out. host: as far as the people you talk to, especially fellow talk to ns if you do them about donald trump, are they in agreement? are they supportive of them? those that would rather see someone else at the top of the ticket? my friends t of don't like trump. i do. and one of the things i like he's going he says to bring jobs back to this country. a lot of jobs.t hey had the governor of oklahoma on in the convention and what's shocking to me is she didn't mention all the jobs that oklahoma. if you go through oklahoma now, t looks like a waste land, all boarded up factories, and i went back for a visit and i asked my

friends what happened? why are all these empty parking factories, arded up and they said oh, no, everybody moved to china. ll these companies moved to mexico and china. fishing moved from oklahoma to china. so that was just one of them. wasteland, and i'm surprised that she didn't ame -- she should have listed off every company that left oklahoma and moved to another country. host: that was oklahoma governor fallon you're talking about? caller: yes, absolutely. and i'm proud of her for being first female governor of for being a conservative. ike i said, conservatism, not republicans. ut i still think hillary will win, because i think americans are quite happy with their obama

and their food stamps and their social security checks and all that stuff. become lazy.e trump promises jobs. jobs.cans don't want host: are you going to be actively campaigning for mr. trump? caller: yes, i am. yes, i am. what we need is a breath of fresh air. get rid of the politicians and people like obama and hillary, they have ade us a disgrace to the rest of the world. the rest of the world has lost all respect for the united states. and that disgusts me. boarded those two essels and made our sailors apologize on their knees, it's a good thing i wasn't president ecause i would have sank every iranian president in the gu -- persian gulf. rebuild our military.

another thing trump promises. rebuild american strength. we are leaders. from our not lead behind like obama. host: that's tim in columbus, ohio. eric from antioch, california. you are up next on our line.endent go ahead. caller: yes. thanks for c-span. awesome. i watched the convention, and i it d policy from trump, and was basically back to the same these s bernie sanders, trade deals, going back to what perot many years ago, that zapped american jobs, rid of these and negotiate on one-to-one basis with the countries instead of gigantic deals that, you you can read and understand. as long as people don't talk about fear mongering. remember a lot of people were

afraid reagan and what he did joke. the republican party will be changed forever and as far as i'm concerned, good because of the whole tea party thing, was just clogging up everything and everything frozen. host: when you say the republican party will change, how would you like to see it change? caller: i would like to see caller: i would like to see lots of people who are basically populist, who are working-class people. african americans, it is a party of lincoln. it is no reason the democrats and nothing is guaranteed them. a lotk you have to give

of credit to her president obama started. we have to go farther and we there.just stay we need to get america back to work. if there is a trade war with , -- we do not make anything that they buy. eric in antioch, california, one of the people who addressed the convention must i was the daughter of mr. trump, ivanka trump talking about specifically and specifically to women voters in the audience. [video clip] are paid equally for the work that we do, and when a woman becomes a mother, she is supported. [applause]

women represent 40% -- 46% of the total u.s. labor force, and 40% of american households have female primary breadwinners. 2014, women made $.83 for every dollar earned by a man. single women without children earned $.94, whereas married mothers made only $.77. noted,archers have gender is no longer the factor creating the greatest wage discrepancy in the country, motherhood is. president, my father will change the labor laws that were put in place at a time when women were not significant portion of the workforce and he will focus on making quality child care affordable, accessible for all.

[applause] as a mother myself of 3m children, i know how hard it is to work while raising a family, and i also know i am far more fortunate than most read american families need relief. policy that allows women or children to drive should not be novelties. they should be the norm. politicians talk about wage equality, but my father has made it a practice at his company throughout his entire career. host: you banca trump from last from last night during we have been talking about the nomination of donald trump and we will continue to do so. he did except the nomination in a speech last night that was well over one hour and we are getting your thoughts. republicans can call us at (202)-748-8001. democrats, (202)-748-8000.

.ndependents, (202)-748-8002 today at the white house, president obama will meet with the mexican president in a joint news conference and discuss the trade, border security to combat drug trafficking. there is also a joint news conference scheduled, which you can see live today at 11:45 on c-span and you can go to our website for more information. also, when it comes to issues of fox news, you probably heard about the events, "the new york times" with other details coming out of that story, and in a letter to mr. murdock on thursday, he wrote -- having spent 20 years building this historic this is, i will not allow my presence to become a distraction to ensure that fox business and fox news continues to lead our industry. a copy of that letter was provided by mr. ailes's lawyer. you may know in -- you may know

mention into the investigation as to his behavior. particularthink pride in the role that i have played advancing the careers of many women i have promoted to execute a ban on a position spirit many of these talented journalists have deservedly become household names known for their intelligence and strength, whether reporting the news, fair interime will be the executive until a permanent replacement is found for mr. ailes. his interim role as advisor is intended to ensure stability during the presidential race and taken as a signal that the on the widen ranging overhaul. dennis, what do you think? caller: i am in the twilight zone. it is amazing to me how anyone could even consider voting other than trump this year and i have

been born and raised democrat my entire life. countyin the democratic in indiana, one of the few democratic counties, and i'm about turning it around. you have a woman who has been there her whole life and most people cannot even tell you three things that she has done for this country to improve it. she has been under investigation criminal he from the federal bureau of investigation and we want to promote her to the highest office in the land, or what are they thinking? .t is unbelievable this is the first time i have watched the convention on c-span and i want to congratulate you. it was amazing. i have my remote site where between speakers, i could go to other news stations and cnn, msnbc, they were not even putting on some of this people

who were talking at the convention. i saw women, gays, it was unbelievable. peopleint this party and as racist. i saw black people and well spoken individuals that were very intelligent and i am thinking, my god, i am hearing the total opposite of the other news stations all over the country constantly. and itopened my eyes makes me think, what the hell is going on in this country? it is amazing to me. there is a man with a wonderful family, they criticizing about some of the bankruptcy and some things like that and he played by the rules that hillary clinton has created in this country for the last 25 years. he has been successful and he is trying to do that for the rest of the country. host: dennis, is the choice of governor pence as the running mate to anything for you? caller: absolutely because i

know what he has done in the state of indiana for me, personally, and it is just amazing. i never would have thought i would vote republican with the way i've been raise and i have my wholethat crap life. it is amazing. i had a revelation. and watching the whole damn thing on c-span, i saw a bias throughout most of the stations that tried to create narratives and they had negative things to say every time a speaker would finish their speech or they would not even put important people that were talking about trump on their broadcasts. it is amazing to me. they want you to think a certain way and they will only put things out there while most of the other news stations -- i cannot thank you enough. host: let's go to tony, texas,

republican line. caller: how is it going? i really love c-span. . wish i could get it in hd i have a question for you instead of everyone also preventing. enough ofruz can drop the divide in texas and turn texas blue, will that be enough to keep trump out of office? i am a conservative and i do not like hillary, but there is no way trump can be elected president. host: do you think texas is trending blue? caller: i am 40 and the people that i hang out with, we are in the middle on this thing, but it is not too hard to realize that trump is not qualified. interesting argument because hillary is not qualified either for breaking the law, but trump has no idea, and he cannot work in a global economy not running

government. he might be ok at business, maybe, but he cannot be president of the united states. host: you do not see those skills of business carrying over into the political world? caller: i don't think shouting stalls problems, especially with people who are not american, but we are drifting off the point a little bit. beingody banks on texas read, if texas turned blue, without the enough to kind of tilt the scale? host: interesting question. i don't know if i have an answer, but maybe someone else looking at this and wants to comment on your comment could possibly do so as well. greenwood, south carolina, independent line, shirley. caller: thank you for what c-span does to us. i also watched the convention. there was no [indiscernible] i appreciate that.

people better wake up. this is the last chance we have to keep america and we used to know it eight years ago. these heady pick things about donald trump. hillary is going to make history. she is the first residential be no candidate that she will not only be the first person ever nominated for the presidency that cannot pass security clearance. the greatest accomplishment is beating the system. the way ouric country is in now, so if you like this order and all that is going on and having your potential second amendment rights taken away, then your person is hillary, but these people that want to vote libertarian, you are voting for hillary because if you do not vote for trump, he is our best

chance at even having what we used to have in america. you just read about 10 minutes ago about the $7 million that the lobbyist have given her already and not giving him a cent. he is not in bed with the law, so that tells you right there that she has taken money and she would do with those people tell her to do. host: vanessa is in florida, republican line. good morning. caller: good morning. i registered to vote on a regular session and republican -- [indiscernible] host: let me put you on hold because your signal is garbled, so maybe you to move somewhere with a little reception and we will try in the second. as we wait, let's try donald in michigan, democrat line. caller: good morning, sir, how

are you today? host: fine, thank you. go ahead. caller: i am an old-school the 1960'sd -- from -- and my reviews i am voting for trump. i'm switching over to mr. trump. we cannot have hillary in office. we cannot have her. host: why is that? caller: because of her policy. andis very dishonest another thing, you just watch her speech and look at the woman's eyes, you can see she is deceitful looking. host: ok, let's try vanessa on the republican line again. are you there? caller: yes. host: go ahead. caller: i am registered republican. i was a little nervous about our party, i really was. now i am trump. i am telling you.

i work information technology yes, i do believe what he says about the mexican descent. iffar as a building a wall, each county along that border will commit to building that wall, it will and can be go

for good reason. host: claudia in new jersey, republican line. trump. i am in love with i used to be a democrat, but now when ifull republican commit to something and i commit. does anderything he everything he says, and when he -- iing to do something cannot understand why people call and say he will not do anything, he will not change. that is all his speech was about, change, what he is going to do, and he is going to do a lot for this country because he did a lot for his family, a lot and i believe in him and i think his mind is in

the right place and as far as the immigrants coming into the country, they are just bring in the country down and not building it up. when we bring didn't immigrants, those immigrants are supposed to way andto the american when the country up, but theborder takes -- when border patrol looks away and just lets them run in and coming into [indiscernible] and when they decide they had something over there to get, and they say, -- host: ok, let's hear from suzanne in florida, republican

line. caller: i am glad i called the wrong line because it was wonderful to hear democrats waking up to the truth. my number one reason for wanting to vote -- definitely my husband, too -- the donald trump is because of the balance of power we have with the supreme court. we have got to have a scalia-type supreme court person back and we would not if hillary were to win. we have got to have balance of power. our constitution is the most important document we have. it is what keeps us great as americans and my entire vote is for trump. thank you very much. from illinois, democrat line. caller: how is it going? host: well, thanks. go ahead.

caller: good. i was a registered democrat for a long time, and you know what? i looked at donald trump monday and seen this man is a leader. i think america became very sensitive and that we need to go with our gut feeling sometimes. i see donald trump and ben carson, i decided to go for that type of leadership because america definitely needs a real change. host: what was it that changed your mind? caller: well, donald trump, just the media and all the other 16 people follow him and the way he changed the discussion on some of the policies, like trade, i definitely think we need to look at some of the trade agreements and negotiate on them.

nato, at least look at nato and see what we can do to change some things. said he would not totally get rid of it, but one more thing i is alsosay is that he trying to let the american forle know that he is in it us. he is not against us and people really need to not be sent sensitive -- be so sensitive and look at how he is trying to change this. the establishment is even trying to take them down. have gone too far into power. they have too much power and it is good to see him trying to take down the establishment. host: "washington post" reporting out of florida, authorities were investigating the shooting of a man where a police officer had shot a man when his hands were raised an empty at the time. showed a man line

on his back with hands in the air and another man sat next him crosslegged. charles kinsley, the man on his back, said the police officers were behind phone poles and he said, there is no need for guns. facility anda care the man sitting next to him was autistic grade nashville, tennessee, independent line, richard, good morning. caller: good morning. 1969 i was a young teenage boy and got to go to california to visit and uncle. i had never been out of the south, i had never seen any foreigners in the country until i went to california. fast-forward 50 years later, i am 60 years old. every legal in america, there are immigrants everywhere. i am not against immigration but i am for legalized immigration. that is what is going on in this

country. in the service industry, which i worked most of my life, i have seen quite and black american people -- wife and black american people jobs taken. if we do not do something as far as borders and jobs going overseas, there will not be a powerful nation ask america anymore. it is going overseas to cheap labor and whatever special interest. donald trump is one man. we are telling donald trump he has no political experience so he cannot be president trade you are telling the young american men and women, the babies and toddlers, is you can never become president if you don't have political experience. that is hogwash. you can make yourself what you are in this country and donald trump did that and now he is able to run for president because he can fund his own campaign and he is the man to lead us out of this mess. americans, we have to jump on board together or we will not be americans and we will be a third

world country. host: one of the people from the audience in cleveland, peter, paypal, and hef plank in the partygay this is taken away from our economic decline and nobody in this race is being

honest about it except donald trump. [applause] while it is sitting to talk about who we are, today, it is more important to remember where we came from. for me, that is cleveland and the bright future it promises. when donald trump asked us to make america great again, he is not suggesting a return to the past. he is wanting to lead us back to that bright future. tonight, iron ridge all of my fellow americans to stand up and vote for donald trump. host: we can only show you snippets from the speeches, and you can see the whole effect last night and the whole week, including segments that were out of ohio on "the washington journal" program. go to our www.c-span.org website for more information, including last night speech and the other presenters. plus, upcoming information about

events. donald trump is scheduled to be there. today at an event you can find out about that, as allah's current clinton's event in florida at 4:30 this afternoon and other events. that information at www.c-span.org. iowa, democrat line, larry, go ahead. caller: good morning. that the donald gave a issuesummary of the surrounding our politicians, and i think when he is elected, he will work on every item that he listed. i have not voted for republican president since eisenhower. vote84 and donald won my last night. host: was it specifically last

night the way you argue changing your mind heading up to this? toler: i had been listening both parties for the last 82 weeks or 10 weeks about five hours or six hours a day. the donald is going to get my vote. host: was it specific policy? he listed off a lot of rings -- was it a specific position that impressed you the most and that changed your mind or were there other factors? caller: it was every item he addressed last night. i know his speech was long, however, he had some other issues he would not have spoken but he did a very good job last night. host: we heard some people say this morning that the speech

offered no specifics when it came to policy. would you agree with that question mark -- with that? aller: he could have given lot of specifics of the have three more hours. he will work on the problems. that is what he said. host: asheville, north carolina, lewis, independent line. caller: good morning, c-span. first, i would like to read the quote that john adams wrote to jonathan jackson in 1789 on october 2 -- "there is that they which i dread so much as a division of the republicans, the two great parties, each arranged under its leader and concerning measures and opposition to each other. this, in my humble after mentioned, is to be the greatest political people under our constitution." and there we have call sandberg quoted as saying "all politicians should have free hats -- one to throw into the

ring, one to talk to and want to pull a rabbit out of." thank you and have a good day. host: lewis? being from north carolina, what are your thoughts on the stories in the paper about the nba pulling the all-star game because of the transgendered bathroom law? well, the lgbt community has gained a lot of political power in the last couple of decades, and it is all in bed with big money, so where there is money, there is power, and north carolina is taking a beating each and every way over i amber of issues, but near 70 years old, and i have watched them kill the president in broad daylight in this country, and anybody around my age who doesn't admit that this

country has gone politically and socially downhill ever since is fully themselves, naive or intellectually dishonest. it is time to clean the mess up. host: that is lewis in north carolina. the headline from "the wall street journal" this money about that decision to remove the charlotteame in because of that bathroom law. plymouth, michigan, democrat line. tony, go ahead. caller: good morning. watchingy, i have been the convention on c-span, good job. been a lifelong democrat. i family were all union people and i was really planning or open to the idea of changing my ways, may be voting republican this year. . did not and up loving trump

he seems a little disingenuous and that me say this, i own a business and went through the tough times in 2008. we had a tough time in michigan taking a bath, but i could have declared bankruptcy and reorganized, but commitments and we --ck it out and the became ally became a much stronger company. i did do not think a lot of people that say, i worked the bankruptcyclared because it is something that is feel i -- i just do not reverted back to my old democratic ways, where i am pro-choice, although i do not believe in abortion. i believe it is everybody's option to choose. trying it quick, i was

to love a republican this time. [laughter] minded.ally tax i would have liked lower taxes but it didn't work out. host: that is tony in michigan finishing out this 1.5 hours of your calls, taking a look at donald trump excepted the gop presidential nomination. coming up, we will talk with a guest that argues often enough when it comes to elections, voters vote more because they are opposed the opposing party rather than supporting the candidate of their party. emory university's alan abramowitz will join us next. first, our "newsmakers" november out in ohio with the republican of oregon rig walden and committee chair of the national republican congressional committee. tax about the impact of nominee donald trump, tensions that surfaced and the status of house races. [video clip] >> house democrats are running

against him, saying they could bring a way for them to take back the house, this cycle or next cycle, are you getting -- are you giving your members space to themselves from the nominee and how much is the drag of the nominee going to be on the house to get? >> first, i would say there are two candidates running for ifsident, and they seldom ever embrace their own and acknowledged the problems that hillary clinton brings to their ticket, their side in the house races. let me give you the data, which is a sickly and the competitive races, not every case but nearly, hillary clinton's numbers are worse than donald trump's numbers in the competitive seats. we run in individual districts, not statewide or nationwide. the whole campaign has been predicated on the democratic side of trying to type a member to donald trump. it is easier to type a democrat hillary clinton than the failed

policies of the last administration than it is to somehow say that one of our members are candidates is just like donald trump as everyone knows donald trump has his own brand, and has set a new course for the party. i think our members make up their own minds based on their own districts and it is why we are successful in the house and they are successful in their districts. we have worked to do, it is done at home and they are doing the work at home. you think the division that we saw in the quicken loans arena on the floor monday and tuesday, very visibly during senator cruz's speech, how that impact house races and how concerned are you about disillusioned or disaffected out tocans not coming vote at all and hurting house races? >> we are a party that has a lot

of voices and you heard that at the convention. going forward, you will see those voices get unified behind the common nominee that makes clear there is a choice. which way do you want to go? in continuation of the status quo under secretary clinton, who the obama administration, or go in a new direction with new supreme court seats. the decision for the courts of the next generation is on the line. i think going forward you will and i even more unified feel good about where we are. i look at the data from the battleground states, are districts, and our members are working hard at home and are candidates are working hard. i feel good about where we are at. host: that discussion with the representative greg walden and

it will take place on "newsmakers" sunday at 10:00 in the morning and 6:00 in the evening on c-span. joining us from atlanta is alan abramowitz of emory university, political science professor and studied collections, political parties and everything related to election campaign. professor, thanks for joining us. guest: glad to be with you. host: can i take you back to last year? you wrote in the paper and you said "a growing number of americans have been voting against the opposing party rather than for their own party." on what caused you to write that and can you apply to what we are seeing this year? guest: sure. onwere looking at data attitudes toward the candidates and political parties going back fromthe last 60 years surveys that have been done every election year. what we noticed was that over

the past couple of decades that there was an increasingly negative view of the opposing party and its leaders, both democrats and republicans, that have come to view the opposing party and its leaders much more negatively than they did in the past, so while our feelings toward our own parties have not become more positive, i feelings toward the opposing party have become increasingly negative, lead to stronger party loyalty and voting because the other party is simply viewed as an unacceptable alternative. certainly, we are seeing that play out in this year's collection. at the republican convention over the past two days, we have seen speaker after speaker focus very heavily on attacking the opposing nominee, hillary clinton, and that has been perhaps the single unifying

the convention this year. the party is divided in many other ways, but there is agreements on the fact that they hillary clinton. i think we will seek something similar at the democratic convention. i'm sure we will see a lot of the tax on donald trump and the republican party, not perhaps the same degree of division as as thereratic nominee was with the republican nominee, but we will see a great deal of negative energy focused on the republican candidate and republican candidate in general. host: we hear a lot when it comes to the candidates about the negatives and both of them being high, how does that factor into decision-making processes? what does a major hillary clinton to have high negatives?

guest: we have two nominees this year who had the highest negatives of any major party nominees in recent history. part of that has to do with these individuals, but a great deal has to do it this tendency we have seen in recent years towards increasingly negative opinions or views of the nominee . what we see is that among supporters of each party, the large majority have a positive view of their own party's but not necessarily as positive as in the past, but a view of thee opposing party's nominee, so republicans are not necessarily crazy about donald trump and many republicans continue to have reservations about donald trump, but what unites republicans for the most part is

that they dislike hillary clinton. we saw that play out in the convention. there democratic side, are democrats have reservations about hillary clinton, and we saw her struggle in the primaries to overcome a bernie sanders. at the convention, we will see a andp focus on donald trump on the weaknesses of the republican party and its policy. among democrats, we see a negative view of trump, so among , thereers of each party are many individuals less than enthusiastic about the party nominee but who will vote for the nominee because they dislike the other side and the other party nominee. host: our guest, alan abramowitz from emory university, joining us to talk about how voters spoke in campaign 2016.

republicans, (202)-748-8001. democrats, (202)-748-8000. .ndependents, (202)-748-8002 our first call from texas, comanche, texas, republican line. you are on with our guest read go-ahead. caller: i would just like to make a comment. -- good morning. it is pretty much the same on both sides. not wantlicans do hillary, which is a good thing, and some of them do not want mr. trump, which i do not really understand, except the fact that he has never really been a and you have it the same way the other side.

some democrats are saying that thing, is is a great which we all know is not true, you have some of them saying they will vote republican. about more people talking not voting for hillary, voting for donald trump then i hear the other way, so i pretty sure donald has this wrapped up in in the bag. when theyw that listen to hillary clinton or any of the clintons that it will be -- host: thank you. we will let our guest respond. guest: he does not have it in the bag. in fact, what polling indicates is we are heading toward a fairly close election and that hillary clinton has the advantage, if anything. the outcome not certain by any means. in the polling meeting up to the

convention, we saw that clinton had an average lead in national polls of about three points four points, and leading in most of the states, so we are heading toward the competitive price. that reflects the fact that there is a very close decision between supporters of the two parties in the american electorate. with democrats slightly outnumbered republicans. we are going to see the high degree of party unity in voting and a lot of straight ticket voting. that is what we have seen in other elections. i think that is what we will see in this election. the key to winning the election is probably going to be turnout and which party is able to turn at the supporters in larger numbers because there are very few twin voters left -- swing voters left in the country. voters left up for grabs are

small minority. the vast majority of voters already have their minds made up. host: massachusetts, independent line, john, hello. caller: good morning. isave -- what concerns me kind of gone by now, but the democratic leadership was clearly against mr. sanders and and by the use of the superdelegates and they certainly did a job on bernie and he did not really have a chance. it did not help that the media did not point out the fact that both of hillary's leaves were uncommitted votes, but on the other hand, republican leadership was not the trump and the couldn't stop him and i was wondering if the democrats are more devious or how did that

come about? host: professor, go ahead. guest: i do not think that hillary clinton won the democratic nomination because the leaders were devious or somehow manipulated the nomination process. because she had more votes in the democratic primary. when you go back and look at the leading she has been among democratic voters from the beginning and it got close at one point. sanders ran a strong campaign, challenging her, and a large number of delegates, but clinton maintained the lead throughout and in the end, she won more votes in the democratic primaries and her lead in delegates reflects that. the superdelegates mostly supported her from the beginning because they knew her and had more confidence in her and her ability to in the election, but clinton won a lot more votes in

the primaries and won the majority of delegates in the primary. host: what does history suggest about the people who are really committed to bernie sanders, as far as staying home and not voting, or voting for another candidate altogether? look at what happened in 2008 with supporters of hillary clinton after barack obama clinched the nomination and the large majority of them came around to vote for obama. we see something similar this year. the polling has shown us that we are seeing a large majority of are favoringrs hillary clinton, supporting hillary clinton at this point. there is a minority holding not. very few of them are supporting donald trump, so even though trump has made some gestures toward appearing to the

disgruntled voters, it is unlikely that many sanders' voters will look for donald trump because they are on the opposite side of almost every wager issue and really dislike trump. in fact, the polls show us that sanders' supporters this like trump more than clinton voters .islike trump the real question is whether the willrs' supporters turnout, especially the younger ones because they tend not to turn out in large numbers anyway, and many of the supporters for sanders are under the age of 30 and clinton needs to get a strong turnout from .hose younger supporters host: from oregon, democrat line. hello. caller: sorry, it is really here. i have been listening to the

and i was the sanders supporter and i am disappointed that he got out of the race, kind of looking forward to it, but i was seeing this and more of a grassroots thing. the people feel as though their voices are not being recognized and i wonder what the professor thinks of that as it might be changing the results because hillary, when they are both party insiders, hillary and obama, and now it is a different situation. thet: i think supporters of defeated candidate will be disappointed in the results. as far as insider versus outside the, on the republican side, donald trump ran as an outsider and i think overcame the opposition of the republican party establishment.

i think many of them were quite shocked that he was able to do that and to defeat this large group of much more experienced candidates. on the democratic side, i think the difference is that are not asvoters dissatisfied with their parties. keys is thatof the democrats overwhelmingly approved of the jobs that president obama is doing. among democrats, almost 90% approve of obama's job performance and even among voters, 80% approve of obama, they don't have the same discontent on the democratic side that you have on the republican side, where there has been a great deal of frustration with the ineffectiveness of the republican leadership and the inability to deliver some of the commitments and promises that they have made to republican voters, unrealistic commitments

and promises. host: samantha from virginia, independent line. go ahead. caller: good morning. reference to of the polls showing overall favorability ratings on each candidate. i was wondering whether polls show an favorability ratings for unregistered republicans and whether they are higher or lower an favorability rating for democrats? right, so when you look at the views of the candidate among republicans and democrats, generally, republicans have a favorable opinion of donald trump, but there is a minority or there has been until the convention, that continue to have negative views of trump, so generally about 70% of republicans have a positive view of donald trump but there are

about 30% to do not care for him. keep in mind that the majority of republicans in the primary did not vote for donald trump. ast may change as far republican convention. trump's ratings have been going up among republicans but not among immigrants are independents. on the democratic side, we see that the large majority of democrats have a favorable view of hillary clinton. the may have some reservations about her, but most of them like her and intensely dislike donald trump. on both sides, there is a positive view of the candidates but there is a negative view of the candidates on the opposing party. host: we just heard from an independent. how did they factor into this as far as how they look at candidates and who they will vote for? guest: great question. a lot of people in this country called themselves independents like to think of themselves as independents.

what we find when we look a little more closely is that the large majority of those independents lean toward one party or the other and the attitudes of those coming toward the party and the behavior of those who lean toward the party are actually similar to the ititudes to those who open in a pilot the party. independent republicans thinking that like republicans and independent democrats think and act like democrats. you are left with a relatively small number of independence, independent that have no partisan leaning and that makes up 10% of the electorate. likely tohe least really the group, so electorate is a lot more partisan than it appears if you just look at the responses to

that first party identification question, and not only to the vast majority of voters identify party, but in the recent elections, there is extremely high party loyalty in voting. 90% plus of democrats and republicans vote for their own party and they vote right down the line for the party candidates for house-senate and even down to the state , so we see aevel high degree of consistency and voting in fight consistency and election results, consistency between the presidential and house elections, but also over time, so we are very likely to see that the alignment of states and the 2016 presidential election is going to end up looking very similar to the alignment of states in the 2012 residential collection. we may very well end up with an election in which no more than a

handful of states actually such sides to 2012 and 2016 or possibly even more than one. right now, in the state polling, we are seeing an indication that the state of north carolina may be the only state that searches 2016, andeen 2012 and they could go for clinton but a narrow margin although it is very close their, so we will proceed in the alignment, similar to the style of democratic states and they will remain strongly democratic. strongly republican states will remain, for the most far, strongly republican, and that reflects the reality of the partisan electorate. host: let's hear from john in pennsylvania, republican line. caller: yes, i am a registered apublican and i am also network trump person. it is not trumps policies that bother me, it is the man that

bothers me. thatis the only candidate i have ever been familiar with. i knew trump from going to atlantic city. he was the biggest casino owner at one time in atlantic city and has been a disaster. three of his four casinos in atlantic city was on the boardwalk. mahal -- and taj these casinos on the boardwalk where the bus casinos. wasy government check that written, whether it was a social security check, retirement check or an income tax check, any check that was given out, trump had his buses to bring them people there to steal their money. there was never any kind of fairness in the way the machines paid out down there. trump is the only casino owner

in atlantic city, maybe the only casino owner in the world to have his casino manager shot dead in his casino because of the cheating down there. host: ok, thanks. that person has strong opinions. guest: as far as looking at mr. trump and his business experience -- host: how did that factor into people's decision-making and i want to read a tweet, michael saying, trump is not your father's gop candidate. does that affect the polling? kind of looks at how people will decide to vote for him. guest: i think his experience goes both ways. with trump, there are people who attend to view him as a seeessful businessman and that as a positive. there are other people who kind of look at the negative side, the bankruptcy, the history of sometimes refusing to pay people

reportsed her him, along those lines, so people can interpret that either way. not surprisingly what you find is that people tend to interpret that information in line with the partisan predisposition. in other words, democrats tend to look at that negative side and republicans tend to look at the positive side. it is true that trump is an unusual republican. he really has no long history of affiliation with the republican party. inhas only become involved republican politics recently. never run for elected office, held elected office, so he is unusual, but i think it reflects the strength of party loyalties in the united states today that despite that fact, and despite the fact that the majority of republicans in the primary voted for other candidates, and many of them at that time had rather

negative opinions of mr. trump and that by now, the large majority of republicans have come around to supporting him. when it comes down to a choice between donald trump and hillary clinton, you'll see the vast majority of republicans, despite reservations they might have about mr. trump himself about his record, experience and some positions he has taken, they nevertheless will vote for trump . the same on the democratic side as well, where i think the reservations have not been quite as great there for the most part, but certainly there are plenty of democrats to have concerns about hillary clinton. when it comes to a choice between haley clinton and donald trump, i think you'll see that the vast majority of democrats are going to vote for hillary clinton, and for the most part, the polls have been showing that so far. host: from houston, texas, democrat line. ashley, you are up next. caller: good morning.

, naturally,rat, so i will vote for hillary because think a democrat and i very qualified lady. trump scares me to death. in houston for 30 years and we had emergency medicine on one side and psychiatry on the other side. i personally do not think that trump is stable. i think he is a complete narcissist and can only think of himself and that is the definition of a nice assist and i do not think he is qualified to be president. that is the way i feel and i thank you. host: i think that is probably the way it most democrats you about mr. trump. guest: i think some of the concerns expressed by the caller are shared by a large percentage .f them aquatic voters

there is a minority of republican voters who have similar concerns about mr. trump, but when i look at the polls and what i see is that only a very small percentage of republicans thus far are indicating that they will vote for hillary clinton, so i think when it comes right down to it, voters are going to stay with their party nominee and the question may be more one of turnout than of loyalty, so if democrats and republicans turn on, they are more than likely to .ote for the party nominee some democrats and republicans may stay home because they do not care for the presidential candidate. that is what the nominees and parties have to be concerned about, i think generating that enthusiasm and turnout among the supporters of their party, and whichever party does a better job of doing that i think is

likely to win the election. host: our guest teachers at emory university and taught at the state university of new york and the college of william and mary. he is alan abramowitz of emory. how do gauge the ground games of each of the candidates? turnout will be an important factor. guest: from what we are seeing so far, the clinton campaign and the democrats seem to be far ahead when it comes to organizing their campaigns. there are a lot of indications of that in terms of the money being spent in the swing states money on advertising, but also the money being invested in the field offices in these states, and barack obama has that advantage in that regard in 2008 and 2012. it looks like hillary clinton is going to have the big advantage when it comes to the ground game in the swing state in 2016, so

in a close election, and these swing states, of course, tend to be close and that could make the difference. if you can increase your turnout by 1% or 2%, that can be the difference in a close race. so far, i would say that the democrats seem to have the advantage in terms of fundraising, spending on advertising in the swing states and in terms of field operations. judy,we will hear from independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. i am in my 60's and have been voting for a long time. this is the first time i am voting [indiscernible] donald trump does frighten me. he is a businessman, and he is a salesman, a very good salesman and that is what worries me.

he says anything that he thinks will win votes for him and has no idea how he will push these things. his business is all went lose thathe did not much money, but the people who run those businesses were the ones who suffered, so he doesn't seem to care about the common man, but the common man seems to be the one who is voting for him because they think he will make them rich like him. that is all i have to say. have not just on with regard to the 2016 election is the impact of the demographic shift of changes on the makeup of the electorate in the outcome of the election it one thing that is striking this year is that we have a republican nominee who has kind of gone out of his way to insult minority

.oters, particularly latinos and that could have a very significant impact on the outcome of the 2016 election, because latinos are the fastest-growing voting group in the population. of the things i found startling at the republican convention was that arpaiot on sheriff joe of maricopa county, arizona, during prime time, and this is a his policyfamous for of rounding up undocumented immigrants and sometimes perhaps those who are here legally at the same time, and this is just one further sort of nail in the coffin when it comes to any hope republicans had in making

inroads among latino voters. this will be a significant offender -- factor, particularly in florida, which has a rapidly growing latino population, and colorado and even in some of the other swing states that have smaller latino populations. i think that is something that we could watch very closely, because in the end in a close election, that could be the key. host: professor, someone asked on twitter -- steve -- do you believe this will be an extremely low turnout election? guest: no, i do not. actually, i expect this to be a high turnout election. nominees may be rather unpopular, unfavorable. i think the key to turnout is when voters perceive a big difference between the candidates and when there is a lot at stake in the election. one thing about having hillary clinton and donald trump as the

two major party candidates is that i think voters will generally agree that there is a lot at stake in this election, and it makes a great deal of difference who wins the election. i think that is likely to drive turnout up. i would not be surprised to see voter turnout increase compared with 2012 and possibly even reach the turnout level we had in 2008, which was about 62% of eligible voters, which was the highest turnout we had in a u.s. presidential election and many years. host: from maryland, democrat line, jason. hello. caller: hi. host: you are on. caller: i just want to say that i am a bernie sanders supporter. i do not really think that trump is qualified to be president. because the way he acts is rude, annoying, and you see regular

protesters getting thrown out, and it is really evil. like bernieer sanders than most people, but since he is gone, i have to vote for hillary condition. so yeah, i do not really like hillary clinton, but trump up is not a good nominee. host: jason, i have got to ask, how old are you? caller: uh, nine. to know whatwanted gained your interest in politics, and why senator sanders? what impressed you about him? isler: what impressed me because he is a pretty nice guy, pretty descent. trump, i don't know, i do not really like him that much. he is rude. i do not really think that he is good enough to be one of the nominees and all that. i would rather want bernie sanders, but i have to vote for

hillary clinton because everyone else is gone. so that is why i had to vote for hillary clinton, because trump, i don't know, he is not a good guy. i think he is very rude. host: gotcha. already nine years old and thinking about voting. the you have anything to add to that? to haveell, he is going to wait another nine years to actually vote, but it is interesting to see someone that young following what is going on in politics and has pretty strong opinions about it. host: massachusetts, independent line. janet, you are on. caller: good morning. i just have a question for you, you not awarehere of all of the states that hillary won that are being contested? there are a lot of lawsuits that have been filed. that you have a

number of sanders supporters who are interested in challenging some of the results. but i have not seen any evidence of any serious challenge going on to any of the results. bernie sanders himself is not challenging the results. of course, he recently endorsed hillary clinton. i just do not think there is any real chance that any of those results will be overturned. i will say that there are a number of states in which there were clearly serious problems with the voting process. an example was arizona, where there were huge problems and maricopa county. that had nothing to do with the clinton campaign. that was a result of decisions made at the local election officials -- by local election officials, who were mostly republicans. there are lots of problems with our voting process in the united states. but there was nothing that happened there doesn't just a

that there was any systematic fraud or anything that would have altered the outcome of the nomination process that i can see. host: pennsylvania, republican line. caller: this is my first time calling as a republican. i have been a democrat my whole life as i was 18. i want to say that i love donald trump. i really think we need somebody in office that will do what he says he is going to do and get it done right. he says he's going to get teams together to solve all these problems, and i am sure he will do what he says. casinos, i go to the casino once in a while here in pennsylvania, and all i see is elderly people at these casinos. i do not know if they are spending the social security checks or what, but they are there all the time. i just think that anybody that

could vote for hillary clinton, ith all that the fbi said, just do not understand what is wrong with them. i just hope that trump wins and everything works out for all of us. that is all i care about. when it comesr, to hillary clinton and the fbi revelations to what kind of impact amongst the electorate? guest: it is a little hard to say at this point. a lot of this information was the fbiout there before report came out. we had the inspector general report before that an committee investigations in congress. for the most part, i think people's opinions of how serious this is an whether it is disqualifying pretty much fall along party lines. republicans tend to view this as a much more serious thing and disqualifying than democrats.

democrats, on the other hand, they do not necessarily dismiss it entirely, but i think are much less likely to think that this somehow disqualifies her it certainlynd will not stop them from voting for her. this professor, what about idea of partisanship, does this factor into a person's voting, how they feel about the topic of partisanship and whether it is negative and positive and who they will vote for in an election? guest: yes, i mean, partisanship is by far the strongest predictor of voting behavior. and that is because democrats across alicans differ wide range of issues, have very different views of what can be to theen it comes economy, when it comes to our altural issues, and there is growing racial and ethnic divide between the parties, as well. that is something we are really

seeing play out in this years election. if you look at the republican convention and then at the democratic convention next week, you will see an enormous difference in terms of the racial and ethnic composition of the delegates. that reflects the divide between the supporters of the two parties. the democratic party is a much more racial and ethnically diverse party than the republican party. less than 1% of the delegates at the republican convention where african-americans and an even smaller percentage were latinos and asian-americans. you had an overwhelmingly white republican party. on the other side, you have a democratic party that has become increasingly dependent on the votes of nonwhites. 45% of the voters for obama in 2012 were nonwhite, as were 45% of voters for democrats of the house and senate. will be an, democrats majority minority party.

that racial divide between the parties is what is driving many of the other differences, and i think you see it reflected in the primaries this year. i think kind of fears and concerns about the growing diversity of the country are one of the factors, i think, that was underlying support for donald trump. virginia, beaverdam, independent line. bill, good morning. caller: good morning, professor abramowitz. i have a couple comments. one is i can see you lean to the left. this is a comment made about me before, but i lean both to the left and the right. the film latert on, you'll see what i mean. have isr comment that i

related to the lady that just called about the problem with elderly people. aboutwain had a comment that, saying the misfortune with the elderly people is that they have the misfortune of having been born too long ago. the main thing that i called about, of course, is the coverage. cnn, and also on fox network, the convention itself. what we have is now the opportunity for wall-to-wall coverage of all the speakers, but the coverage of the speakers was actually not done. what we have instead is talking heads the talking heads of the speaker inile the the background is speaking, but he is not covered. and then what we have is select speakers are covered.

gets donehat bigger speaking -- once that speaker gets done speaking, then they are picked apart by the talking heads. there is slant of that speaker, and it is covered ad nauseam, while other speakers are going on behind, sometimes very important speakers. speakersbe even four go on afterwards. we do not hear from those speakers. then another speaker comes on that we hear, and then we get the talking heads again. host: got your point. we will let our guest respond. i wanted to remind people that when our coverage of convention happens, we do it gavel-to- gavel, no interruptions, no talking heads. guest: networks have long had a policy of only covering the with ame speakers,

consider to be the most important speakers at the national conventions. many years ago, the networks used to provide gavel-to-gavel coverage, something along the lines of what c-span is doing now, but they decided it was not economically viable. they are in the business of selling advertising time. apparently, the audience does not particularly care to watch some of these other lesser-known speakers either. i think that they are paying these talking heads a lot of money, too, so they kind of have to give them a good deal of airtime, whether you agree or disagree with what they are saying. and if you do not care for what they are saying, you can either watch a different network or you can watch c-span. there are plenty of alternatives when it comes to watching the convention. i personally find some of the commentary to be helpful and some of it not to be helpful. it is just varied. but we are going to see the same

things with the democrat week that wast over the republican convention. the networks will cover it the same way that the cover the republican convention. from someoneearing who lives in philadelphia, pennsylvania, democrat line. caller: yes, hi, thanks for taking my call. i want to ask the professor about the down ballot affect, the chances about of democrats taking the senate to it for example, i believe all the u.s. level representatives in our senate that are republican did not attend the rnc convention. i was wondering, they are obviously worried about being associated with some of the, you know, negative aspects of trump. so i wanted to ask about the u.s. senate, whether democrats have a chance to take the senate back. yes, i think they do have

a chance to take the senate back . and that is largely because of the numbers this year. of the 34 senate seats up this year, and keep in mind, these are senators who were last 2010, which was a very good republican year, but now those same senators have to run again in a presidential election year that may not be as good a republican year. up this year, 24 are currently held by republicans, only 10 held by democrats. among those 24, there are probably six or seven that present democrats with pickup opportunities. there are five or six that are in states that barack obama carried in 2012. yes, democrats have a pretty good chance to pick up several seats in the senate this year

and possibly even to regain a majority in the senate, especially if hillary clinton wins the presidential election. on the house side, the pickup opportunities are smaller percentage of the seats. there, democrats are unlikely to regain control. they would have to gain 30 or more seats, and there just are not that many seats that are really in play. i would expect democrats to make gains in both of house and senate, and partly because they are in such a low state right now with so few states, the fewest seats in the house since the 1920's. the democrats have no place to go but up in the house. they will probably go up, and they will probably not gain 30 or more seats in the house. in the senate, it will be very important as to who ever is the next president whether you have

a republican or democratic senate. the senate has to confirm presidential appointments. and we have supreme court , andntment already in play it will still be in play next year, and there may very well be more supreme court appointments, in addition to all the other appointments to the various positions to the top in the executive branch and the reglan tory agencies. agencies. regulatory so control of the senate goes along with control of the white house. host: indiana, republican line. caller: good morning. i really do appreciate c-span's coverage, because i would rather listen to the speakers than the talking heads. anyway, i was calling about a ory from virginia about 15 20 minutes, saying one thing that bothered her about trump up was his bankruptcies. you know that walt disney, he had four bankruptcies, i

believe, before he finally became successful. and she was talking about, well, he don't care about the middle people because those bankruptcies hurt the middle andon, and this is this, things he had taken over were falling apart anyway, and he has turned around a lot of them and has kept people employed. so i do not think that should really be a concern of people in regards to trump. and i am so antiestablishment. i am a republican. i voted against luger when luger lost. becomingtor, he was establishment even though he was really young into the group. anyway, i think a lot of people are missing how disturbed and mad we are with the way our

country has been going, and that is the movement that is underway. host: i would suppose that mike pence helped to make your case, as well. caller: well, mike pence was a strong conservative. i went to listen to him one time, tea party, so i know he is more towards the line of what the everyday person is thinking versus the well establishment. i hate to see him leave the governorship of indiana because of the great economy we are having here and the success that indiana has, but if it helps the country out, i guess you have to sacrifice something. even though he was in there for 12 years, the house of representatives, second-ranked when he left, he still was a better choice for speaker of the house then what boehner eventually got into. host: thank you for that

professor, your final thoughts, sir. guest: i think what the last call is reflecting is that there is a great deal of anger and frustration out there in the country, but it is primarily among republicans. the level of anger and frustration toward the white obama,toward president is very strong among republicans, and i think that contributed to donald trump's success in the primaries. but all the democratic side, it is a very different attitude down there. as i mentioned, there is a very positive view of president obama and his policies, and i think that helped hillary clinton in the primaries. i think that is the way things are going to break down pretty much in the general election. we have got about 50% slightly over 50% of americans right now who approve of the job obama is doing. , depending on which

poll you look at, disapprove. the country is pretty evenly divided, and i think the outcome of the election is going to reflect the visions we see in country with regard to president obama and the visions that we have been seeing really over the last eight years. host: alan abramowitz of emory university talking about voters and campaign 2016. thanks for your time this morning. country with regard to president obamalook at some of y to one of the storylines emerging is possible vice presidential pick for hillary clinton. we are reportedly hearing that that might happen this weekend to examine dust senator tim kaine of virginia, the foreigner governor, also seen as a potential. and one of the names mentioned, cory booker, senator from new jersey. for this last 40 minutes or so of our program, we want to hear from democrats, especially as we're heading into coverage of the democratic national convention and a vice president pick is still yet to be named spirit we want to hear about who

is yet to be named we want to hear about who you would like to see is hillary clinton's running mate. here are the numbers -- democrats only. they are divided by time zone -- host: we will take those calls when "washington journal" continues after this. q&a, theunday night on university of toronto professor emeritus on his critical biography of president george w. bush. many of his respect is the fact that he is a born-again

christian who brings that ideology into the presidency. he believes that he was god's agent here on earth, and he called the president of france on the telephone to try to get him to join the attack, and he told him that we are fighting before the final judgment. preachers in the book of revelations of the new testament, that is the center of the universe for many evangelicals and fundamentalist christians, and bush generally believed that. he generally believed that he was god's agent here on earth to fight evil. >> sunday night on c-span's q&a.

>> "washington journal" continues. host: a shot of philadelphia, pennsylvania, the wells fargo fargo center. that is where the democrats will hold their convention. starting on monday, our coverage starts on sunday, but there is a sense of the inside of the room that you will see all next week as hillary clinton has two philadelphia, along with have theirdo convention. we will see more of that as the week goes on. hillary clinton is not in philadelphia today though. in florida, expected to be there for two days, campaigning at three stops and possibly announcing the vice presidential nominee take for her. joining us to talk about this mary fromplication is the miami herald. have you heard anything yet about these stops, and specifically about whether we might see a vice presidential nomination come out of this? guest: there is great speculation that perhaps today,

we got a text message that the campaign will be releasing its messagement -- via text that the cap and will be releasing its announcement. her first stop is in orlando. she is meeting with of the mayor in an event that is closed to to public, and she is going be at a memorial for the pulse nightclub shooters where the incident occurred. there is a roundtable discussion that she will take part in there. i do not believe we will have access to it. later this afternoon, she is heading to tampa for a rally. that is kind of where we expect she will be announcing who her running mate will be. klas, talkellen about why you think she is in florida and what is so special about florida. guest: florida is the largest battleground state and a state

with significant hispanic votes. one thing about florida is that andpolls have shown every last statewide election has shown that it is tight. it is always tight. clinton and trump are in a dead heat in the polls in florida. it is pretty clear that nobody is going to win the presidency without florida. so she is here, i think, to drum up to support desk drum up support a show that florida is important to her and to get some excitement going. it is really going to come down to turn out in florida. ast: talk about florida as state. where does hillary clinton have pockets of strengths, and where are some concerns for her? ,uest: well, the battleground within the battleground state is orlando toidor from

tampa, and this is a region that has seen some shift in population and voting patterns. it traditionally is where the swing vote happens. the strength for hillary clinton is self florida -- self florida, forthat has been rocksolid president obama the last two cycles. it has also been strong for the democratic nominee for governor in florida. area is becoming more democratic. there has been a huge influx of puerto ricans to that region, which tend to vote democratic, ad that is really where significant battleground is going to take place. however, that area, traditionally, leans more republican in statewide campaigns.

so we're going to be seeing a lot of visits from both trump and clinton to that part of the state. today.rlando and tampa the significance of miami? guest: and then miami, she will be coming to miami tomorrow and also doing an event there. miami has become increasingly more democratic, as well, and the hispanic vote -- i mean, it is dominated by the hispanic vote, and that vote has become less cuban and more diverse and more democratic. spend will likely need to time there because it is all about voter turnout. and the problem with the hispanic vote in florida and across the nation actually is they are not enthusiastic voters. as, for not reliable

example, the right vote is. so she needs to find a way to make sure she gets out and gets people joining usellen klas to talk about hillary clinton's plant stops for today and tomorrow. thanks for your time. guest: are welcome. host: you can see that one event based out of tampa, florida, a campaign rally where a possible announcement might be made. it is 4:30 p.m. this afternoon today on c-span, also on c-span radio, and c-span.org. leading up until that time, who would you like to see run as a running mate for hillary clinton? tim kaine of virginia mentioned. cory booker of new jersey and others mentioned as well. we want to get your thoughts. for the eastern

time zone. (202) 748-8001 for the mountain and pacific time zone. let us start with harry out of texas. good morning. caller: good morning. as far as i'm concerned, c-span is the only network giving us gavel-to-gavel coverage and i very much appreciate that. you can engage in self-promotion anytime you like. i very much appreciate your coverage. i am a registered democrat, however, i take a little bit of a different approach to my voting as well as my investing. i do not follow the herd. the reason i am attending the democratic national convention is because my personal opinion is that bernie sanders is the most qualified candidate to be the next president of the united states. we are faced with a country that seems to think our only choices are bipartisan.

that thege everybody largest party in this nation is the libertarian party. we also have a green party candidate running for president. those people who seem to be very disenfranchised -- don't give up the fight. we the people are the ones that everyone in washington, d.c. -- both the executive and the two branches of government are supposed to serve. my biggest concern about hillary's choice for vice president is that candidate is not a member of the american legislative exchange council at alec.org. i encourage everyone disenfranchised to go on line to get rid of incumbent politicians. until the citizens of this nation start voting against

those who are not serving them as they choose, and other words , vote against incumbent politician. host: let's hear from robert in maryland. caller: good morning and thanks for allowing me to speak on your program. julianto hear more about castro or maybe booker. tookaine seems to be ready-made and too predisposed to pretty much go along with the war mongering that is going to take place once hillary is inaugurated. we'll probably go to war with syria. we will probably have a full scale all-out war with hillary. we do not need warmongering. we need someone to balance out hillary's war hawk as attitude cou.

michigan. in detroit, caller: let me say it's an honor to be on your show. i've try to get on for a while. where do i start? i think hillary should have bernie sanders. i know they are completely against one another, but here in michigan, i voted -- hello? host: troy, go ahead. you are on. caller: here in michigan, i voted for bernie sanders. i can't see how she cannot give him any position on her cabinet. i voted for her husband twice when he was in. i recently watched a documentary called "hillary and black history." i saw some of the things that she is actually done against african-americans. knew what hillary had actually done against them,

they would not be so eager to vote for hillary clinton. if i can also, the republican convention last night -- they should of said more about the police that were killing black people. they put it all on police being killed for no reason at all. -- it just a bad sets a bad town in the country, i believe. that's basically what i wanted to say. host: that is troy in michigan. folks whoday," supported bernie sanders will be heading to the convention in philadelphia next week. " the city of philadelphia projects 35,000 to 55,000 demonstrators will gather at a half-dozen sanctioned protest sites near the wells fargo center each day of the convention, which opens monday. they received nine of the 20

protest permits issued as of thursday. the size of those rallies could provide a sense of the road clinton has in front of her as she tries to win the sanders backers." who do you want to see as a vice presidential nominee for running mate for hillary clinton? ruth, go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. i think bernie needs a place on the ticket with hillary. if not bernie, i like booker and castro. i think they would be good for the ticket because they are young and they have got new ideas. that is what we need -- some new blood in there with new ideas. when i was listening to the republican forum last night, i thought, wow. this was really something. back in 1998, donald trump put a "people" magazine where he said, "if i were to

run, i'd run as a republican. they are dumb. they believe anything on fox news. i could lie and they would eat it up." host: in colorado, go ahead. think he would make a very good vice president. host: why so? caller: i think she is qualified. she will bring a lot of representatives followers. host: that is gilbert in eagle, colorado. let's go to preston. good morning. caller: good morning. thanks for taking my call. i would like to see bernie be hillary's vice president. and i a lot of good ideas best.that he would be the

he has a lot of experience. he seems to have this head on straight. i getxt thing is that tired of hearing about hillary, hillary, hillary. i want to hear what they are going to do for the country. that is what i'm concerned about. my oldest brother got killed defending this country. i don't want to see him die in vain. i have served this country myself. callnk you for taking my and i just hope everything works americans should stick together. let's not act like we are separate.

we still have to live and try to make the best we can and do our best in this country. host: thank you. earlier today we had a chance to talk with a reporter for the followingely the hillary clinton campaign. we talked about the potential of the vice presidential nominee and who might be on the shortlist. here's the interview. guest: i think it is basically down to four from talking to sources. it is tim kaine, condyle sac, sack,erez -- tom ville tom perez, and cory booker. tom perez and cory booker have not been ruled out yet. host: as far as senators kane sack, what are the strengths of bringing them alongside of her and what are the liabilities?

reason i think tim kaine is ahead is because he has national security experience and that is really important to her right now. whowas looking for someone could step in and be president today and who has the qualifications, who isn't really rookie, who could do that job and be vice president and step in. i think that is why tim kaine is someone she feels comfortable with. samenk a lot of the reasons apply to condyl tom vile sack. the reason why he would not take him is that he does not have the experience she wants and a running mate. host: cory booker -- it seems like the last couple of days he has come up as a possible nominee.

guest: he is someone on the shortlist. they had him yesterday. he was side-by-side at the rnc, tearing down the rnc rhetoric . they may have been a possible final audition, so to speak. he has been out there a bit. he is someone that they respect a lot and has great angie. energy could. it is something that she was looking for. when she was campaigning with president obama and senator warren, she has seen the excitement and the crowd, something she is not seen that many of her on events. she is also looking for that as well to ignite some people. that sort of interested her as well. i think that is something she found intriguing and i think that is something her people are waiting as well. guesthost: is there any chance a

dark horse candidate coming out, someone not on the slate or someone completely out of surprise? guest: i don't think so. people sort of bicker with me when i say that tim kaine is the favorite. he is the comfortable choice. she is a very sort of cautious candidate. he is the biggest -- i think he is the biggest front runner when you talk to people in her circle , even people who are not making decisions come about people who know her and know what she's looking for. i think he is the one they all point to. host: "the wall street journal" mentions last year that he voted to give the president fast-track authority and said some things about the transpacific partnership. how does that way on hillary clinton? guest: that is definitely a factor. what remains to be seen is how progressive to view him. you had a few progressive groups come out yesterday and sort of say that he would not be the

best pick. if he can come out and rally progressives, that remains to be se. i think the one big thing that she needs to do this sort of turn out the base and get everyone excited. that is the one thing that might be up for consideration when she picks him. host: have you heard at all about this florida trip and if an announcement is going to come out of this florida trip and when and where? guest: i have a feeling it comes out today. that is what i've been told, later today. there is an event later on this afternoon. sources tell me that could happen right around then right before then. that is when i would stay tuned. parnes follows the hillary clinton campaign and wrote a book about hillary clinton as well. thanks for your time. guest: thank you so much.

host: with that in mind, who do you want to see as the vice presidential running mate for hillary clinton? democrats only on (202) 748-8000 . in the mountain and pacific time zones. an event with hillary clinton at 4:30 p.m. that you can see on c-span. let's hear from john and eleanor. in illinois. caller: i would most like to see elizabeth warren, although i think that is very unlikely. if not heard, cory booker. the person you just had speaking mentioned how it's important to get everybody excited and to energize the base. she really needs the bernie supporters, which is why i think she needs to pick someone like elizabeth warren. the second thing is i want to say something to that nine-year-old who called in earlier if you still listening. it is spot on at that age to see what he saw.

everything that your top by your grandparents or parents probably about how not to be is what you are seeing in donald trump -- being a braggart, mocking other people, being revenge oriented. at nine years old, he is able to see that. i just wanted to congratulate him. host: tucson, arizona, jason, good morning to you. caller: good morning, pedro. host: who would you like to see? caller: bernie sanders. host: why is that? caller: why? let's see -- on a national level and under some idea of being united, i think seeing hillary in the -- i can'tcampaign

think of anywhere the other side or someone who is running for the same position kind of goes to the vice president. host: ok. jj is up next. jj is in atlanta, georgia. caller: how are you doing? with the condition of the world today, we need someone who fully recognizes around the world like bernie sanders and elizabeth born our beautiful people. we basically need someone with experience, knowledge, and that is john kerry. he is the best qualified person to be vice president. host: you would move him from being secretary of state currently in the obama administration right alongside hillary clinton? caller: definitely. host: this is specifically because of his experience in foreign policy? caller: like said, the condition tf the world at the presen

will need someone with experience with world leaders, someone who can discuss and talk about different issues that we are facing. john kerry has experience as a senator. he has been a veteran. he is all the qualified make up to basically be vice president and he should be vice president, or i think anyone. i don't think anyone else -- i don't care who the democrats think. there is no one as qualified to be a vice president as john kerry. host: atlanta, georgia is where jj lives. there is a story in "the near times" in texas after the voter id law. after the voter id law passed, voters and minority groups have been trying to get it struck

down. there's a new equally vexing question -- how to fix it? court's decision cut the line place but instructed a lower court judge to come up procedures to minimize the loss effect on those who do not have an approved form of government issued photo id or who face hurdles and easily obtaining one, many of whom are black or hispanic. north carolina, south carolina, and other states have passed voter id requirements and have had similar court battles over how and whether to loosen their rules to accommodate poor and minority voters. one option is allowing voter registration cards to be used as to those cards are mailed voters and did not have a photograph and might be readily available to an impoverished voter than a government issued photo id. option isssible expanding the list of acceptable ideas to include student ids are government employee id's. in yet another possible solution

involves having the state exempt the port having to show a photo id to vote. caller: i would pick bernie sanders only because he complements her. one comes to the more important vote, she looks at the right wing on everything. i think it would be confident or complementary. host: anybody besides bernie sanders that you have interest in? caller: no, not really. they don't seem to have much of a backbone or much conviction. i think they're just going where the wind blows. they have a stockbrokers mentality for human value. way i'dnot the like to see the democratic party to. go. host: if it's not bernie sanders as a choice, will that impact whether you vote for hillary clinton or not? caller: yes, it will. i would not vote for her. host: if that is case, where

would you go? caller: i would vote third party. i would write someone in as a protest vote to say we are not happy with these choices. they are not really different. hillary doesn't strike me much as a democrat. until the polls show gay marriage was possible, she played both sides of one. the coin. i do not think it's a very immoral judgment to say she is not as bad as the other guy. as a country of millions, i think we can do a lot better. host: let's hear from evelyn in texas. caller: how are you? host: real good. caller: i would like to see someone like tom perez or cory booker. we need fresh new ideas. we do not need to keep voting for incumbents, especially those

who have been an office thirtysomething years. we need someone who can complement hillary clinton. she has very strong foreign policy skills. she can work well with our military leaders. hereed a vp that can help with domestic issues. i know that she has really good skills, but we need someone young like cory booker with fresh ideas. host: you mentioned to minorities. is that important to you? caller: not necessarily so, but we need new faces. is white.ecause kaine they have been in office too long. about theseight incumbents, but they turn around and keep voting the same people over and over again. i just feel like we need new

faces, new ideas. not necessarily younger. just the fact that we just need to vote out some of these people that have been in there too long. it just doesn't seem to work. sarah in carolina, go ahead, you are on. caller: thank you for taking my call. i am stuck between a choice between cory booker or ted cruz. host: as a vice president will nominee for hillary clinton? caller: yes. host: let us start with ted cruz. why? caller: i think they are good match. host: one is a republican and one is a democrat. what makes you think they are compatible? caller: i do not think he is a republican anymore. host: because of events this

week? caller: yes. i did not like him to start with, but that really did it. host: cory booker -- what does he bring do you think? caller: honesty. host: what makes you say that? newer, nothink he is a lifelong politician. i think he is an honest person. host: dallas, texas, we will hear from rob. go ahead. caller: yes, sir. the first thing i want to say is thanks for taking my call. i like hillary, but i don't like hillary. hillary is getting ready to go into a dogfight against a man that's really going to try to take her head off. my first choice for hillary would be bernie sanders. my second choice for hillary would be john kerry. i was very impressed with what the guy from georgia said. that guy made a lot of sense. john kerry or bernie sanders are

the only two people -- or elizabeth warren. this is going to be a 2016 dogfight. it's not going to be 1990's politics. host: whoever the person is has to be an attack dog, so to speak? caller: donald trump place to win. hillary plays not to lose. donald trump plays to win. he does not have any talent, but he goes and fights. it's going to be a fight, sir. host: dana in florida. go ahead, you're on. caller: thank you for taking my call and thank you for coverage. we watched the whole convention with you guys. now i'm a democrat, but i like to say one thing. i cannot stand hillary clinton. i'm a military mom. i've had two sons get ready to leave.

it is one thing for us to have to deal with that. i want to tell you that she lied to them families. democrats need to wake up. if that was your son over there fighting for us, she lied. i'm sorry, she did. and then she called the families a liar. one thing is to bury our children something happens, but for her to stand up and do what she did is wrong. she is getting paid and getting money from them over there. that is wrong. donald trump is correct on that. donald trump has my vote this year because i think that man will get my boys what they need over there. sending 20 men or 30 men -- no. that is wrong. what the hell is that going to accomplish? they know that. these people fleeing their country, what did they do? nothing. they are drowning kids tried to get away. do they go over there and give

these families a safe place to live? no, they want us to take them in. they don't want to live here. they want their land to live on. i think she is wrong for the. they did not do a doggone thing to help them people, not one thing. let me tell you something about donald trump. look at what he has accomplished. look at what he has. he has fought like a dog to have it. he knows what it is like. he is just like you or i. if you do not follow the rules, you would not be sitting in that chair. host: let's leave it out there because we're trying to focus on hillary clinton. york, you are on talking about a vice president will nominee for hillary clinton. who would you like to see? caller: i hear so much stuff about the military and everything, so i'm going to throw something out that is completely -- i've not heard anybody say. i would think that a great vice

olinident would be c powell. i think you would bring the military strong print to the doubters out there. qualified to very be a vice president. host: do you think they are politically compatible? caller: i think that they could be. just like it was with obama and hillary bringing the secretary of state, i think he would be a great addition to it. it would possibly bring some of the republicans over who are not quite sure about where to go. host: we will continue on with a few more calls. we do want to give you the rundown of events for today here in washington, d.c. a joint news conference set for 11:45 a.m. this morning will feature president obama and the president of mexico, talk about issues of trade and security and other topics as

well. that joint news conference on c-span at 11:45 a.m. donald trump holds a rally in cleveland, ohio today. go to our website for more information. also, hillary clinton, as you heard several times this morning, campaigning in tampa, florida, one of several stops you will make in the sunshine state. that is at 4:30 p.m. this afternoon. you can also see that on c-span. wanda in maryland. caller: i would like to see a surprise person on the ballot. theer michelle obama or vice presidents wife. it's a surprise or a wake-up call. booker becausef he was the one person that really seem to be upset with the

way the republicans did not stand up and say that they are not really happy with what donald trump is doing and put a halt to it. they just went along with it like they had no options. trump being a surprise person, i would really get michelle obama or vice president biden's wife. i think as a whole they would clean house. women are the ones that have children and work and do so many multiple task things. even hillary has seemed to lie as people have said. sin can castthout the first stone. she has fought like everybody else, but donald trump has acted

like he hasn't. host: that was wanda in maryland -- last call this morning. you want to remind you that c-span's coverage of the democratic convention in philadelphia starts on sunday. the wells fargo center in philadelphia is where that takes place. there's an inside shot of the stage. you'll get a sense of what the stage will look like. you will get the guests starting sunday in philadelphia all week long. look for complete uninterrupted coverage on c-span. that is "washington journal" for this morning. a new addition of this comes your way at 7:00 tomorrow. see you then. [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] ♪