it's just strip malls and parking lots and houses and the ideas that what i experienced air was the level of exploitation and the level of racial oppression and friction, the level of leasing, the intensity of the humiliation, that was a place that was heretofore anonymous. that blew my mind. words sunday. >> washington journal continues. host: we're back with open phones for about 20 minutes until the bottom of the hour. we will go on to discuss the president's trip, his first overseas trip as president, a nine-day tour. we will talk with congressman francis rooney, a former ambassador to the vatican.

the house is coming in at 9:00 for an early session. we will bring you live coverage gavel to gavel of that. the president earlier this morning met with the european union leader. this is what one leader had to say after meeting with the president. on one area, first and foremost on counterterrorism. i don't have to explain why. there are some issues that remain open like climate and trade. sure we can say have a common position and opinion about russia. when it comes to the conflict in seems we are on the

same line. however, my main message to is we give our cooperation and friendship its deepest meaning. freedom, human rights, respect for human dignity. today is thetask consolidation of the free world around those values, not just our interest. principles, this is what we should be saying. that was the leader of the

european union council. the president will later go on to italy for the g7 meeting. if you go to www.c-span.org, you can follow our programming there. another story in the washington post this morning in the style section is this headline about fox news and the story that was just brought up by our last collar about seth rich, that dnc staffer. this is the headline.

in the opinion section of the washington post yesterday, the parents of seth rich wrote an opinion. stop politicizing our sons

murder is what they wrote in the washington post. gary in indiana. once on your mind this morning? caller: good morning. i want to talk to your guest i'm sorry i missed that. i want to point out if you quick things. about russia wanted to and thee our democracy rich getting richer because of that. we are talking about puzzle pieces that obviously fit in these particular places. it all just makes sense. when you take a good look around , it's just so obvious. no disrespecte, to all people who are rich, they

have a problem with democracy because there is an element of theness there that favors ordinary average man. withyou are in cahoots russia and vladimir putin, i would not trust him any more than a for your old kid could touch the top of a redwood tree. dismal thing in very unsettling. i wish people would stop and think before they make their political decisions on who to put in these leadership roles. bless. ant to say god that's all i wanted to say. host: karl is in arkansas. good morning. mr. heck said he was incensed about russia interfering with the election.

he didn't say anything about being incensed when obama interfered with the israeli election. not one word. say that there was not in the will -- and equal action by the u.s. versus what russia did. caller: the united states went money to go into israel and they spent money to go against the israeli president. that was a fact. your point is? russia haspoint is been doing this for years. we can do it. obama has done it. the factothing about and nobody said anything about democrats gavehe

20% of our uranium to russia and -- all of aney back sudden -- don't get old. it's ridiculous. this has happened. there were more infractions, more rules and regulations that were done against during the last administration. area we willht leave it there. -- all right. we will leave it there. david is a national political reporter with the washington post to talk about the montana

special election. the headlines and all the national papers are similar to the story you wrote. the gop candidate charged with assault after allegedly body slamming a reporter. what was the line of questioning that prompted this kind of response from the candidate? guest: the reporter is a friend of mine. we were actually roommates for while. the word mild-mannered is a cliché, he is not an aggressive reporter. response ong for a the cbo score of the american health care act. this is something we were waiting for. these events were waiting for the score to jot. he thought there would not be another chance.

he pushed a little bit harder because the fox news team that witness this said he was wanted him to stop answer questions. he pulled him to the ground and started screaming at him for answering the question. host: there were witnesses outside the candidate and his staff? team: there was a fox news that was there to write about the story. capsulee going to have interviews with the candidates. reporters, that column appeared after he issued those statements. they saw this. they saw that it was unprovoked. they had to take a minute. they wanted to positive because they were so shocked by what

they saw. that and the buzz feed reporter who was right outside the room and saw him hit the floor. witnesses series of who were not expecting to be witnesses. they were expecting to write about the story. it's a very busy process before the polls opened. host: he has been charged with assault. what impact did this have on the election? i have talked to people in heard from people who were put off the race which has been defined by extremely negative ads. that could mean the democrat or the libertarian. what was striking last night was they characterized him as a liberal reporter and the republicans of not -- have not

condemn the behavior. the republican political response has been to an extent with their teeth and say aren't people tired of nosy reporters? the people in position to , it's hard tos convey to people how much the job of being a congressman is walking through a hallway with reporters putting microphones in your face. our responsibility as reporters is to get them to answer policy questions on a vote they are going to take. i think the republican response has been this looks bad, they have not responded to three of the largest newspapers pulling their endorsements.

candidate who is more qualified for the job according to the media and the media can't be trusted. for: there was a robo call the republican candidate, endorsing him by the president. happened, what was the situation between the republican and the democrat? how was it looking going in today? guest: it was looking tight. there were no public newspaper polls. a gigantic city newspaper. there have been some cutbacks. a republican poll had him up by a lot. in talking to strategist on both sides, he ran for governor last year. he started with a double-digit lead and quist is whittling that down. they wanted to define him as a

liberal. they take credit for his negatives also being high. to win a closeg race they thought was maybe a five point race. it bore some resemblance to the lenten/trump race -- clinton/trump race. that was what they were hoping for. it's unclear if that is going to pan out today. one factor, it's hard to nail down the meaning of it. because of this rural population, half of the voters typically passed early absentee ballots. democrats are confident the quist vote was coming out. he is from of the most conservative parts of the state. -- aent 40 years as you

musician with a big following the state. they had no idea he was into politics. they thought they were getting some protest votes in favor of him. democrats are not confident they can win this race. they are not either spend it voters are going to side with the republican. they are not sure what's going to happen. committee, keith ellison has called on the republican to quit the race. there is not enough time to do that. host: any response from the republican candidate? guest: no. he had a statement last night blaming this on the aggressive liberal reporter. he's going to appear on fox news later today, maybe 2:00 eastern time. he generally -- what you have

heard from strategists from the beginning, quist was out campaigning and doing a lot of public events. he was making himself available. that happened in the final stretch. the republican did not do that. he did not have big rallies. i guess you could call it a protection, trying to keep this republican voter advantage by making it a race between a generic republican and a generic democrat. if he comes out today with a different hostage, we will know how they responded. the campaign has not said anything since last night. not been clear enough in describing the statement. it is false. the witnesses on the ground say

it was not the active and aggressive reporter. it was somebody asking a question who was sideswiped by a candidate throwing him to the floor. thet of incidents where candidate doesn't like to get questioned closely. usually he grimaces and walks away. he doesn't oddi slam anybody. host: thank you for joining us. guest: i appreciate it. thank you. host: let's go back to your calls. you are next on open fall -- phones. caller: thank you for taking my call. i've got two points i want to make. be rusht one must limbaugh's fox news line of the day, that russia has always done this for a long time. that's what every republican says, russia has always done this. way, i that out of the

listen to the republican callers. i am an independent in the truest sense. i am conservative on a lot of issues. on the one hand they said that email server, she gave classified information. who did she give it to? who were they worried about question mark -- about? classifiedp gave information to russians right there in the oval office and they don't seem to be concerned about that. but they were worried about hillary clinton's email servers. that is the academy of the pot me -- y of -- pit of epitome of hypocrisy. i don't see how they can look

themselves in the morning -- mirror in the morning. int: we have a republican florida. good morning. it's your turn. caller: thanks to c-span. congressman, i wanted to talk to him but i was too late. you asked him about the contempt of congress. he told you he doesn't know of it ever being done in any time. 27, 2012, eric holder was in contempt of congress. nothing happened to him. he kept his job. it isn't really a big deal. eric holder could keep his job. wasflynn did say that he going to do this.

there you go again. to take thewas able fifth and nothing happened to her. those are my two things i wanted to say. robin stockton, california. good morning. caller: good morning. i have a couple of points i want to put in. facts.e is built on the dnc never surrendered their hard drive over to the fbi to do the forensic evidence to see who hit that computer. if they only allowed an independent computer person to inspect the computer, how can anybody say the russians had it. they never surrendered that computer over to the federal government. it's baseless.

no one can say the russians did it. that's one of my major points. host: the next point? caller: the next point is bill clinton gets on a jet with our attorney general for she was byposedly cleared i comey -- comey. they are so down on donald trump and his attorney general. during that investigation of hillary clinton, they allowed will clinton to climb on the jet days before they announced what they were going to do with hillary clinton. if anybody has rose colored lasses, that's the most obvious conflict of interest. host: the fbi director said he would take over the investigation. he independent of her did not tell the justice department and held that news conference in july where he said the

investigation would be closed. -- of: he swore under of knowledgeat he had no of being surveilled. they went to the pfizer court twice. fizer -- finally the court allowed them to use overseas people to, they call it sleep, but they actually spied on donald trump, prelex, during election, and after election un. susan rice illegally uncovers that information and leaks it. why aren't we talking about donna brazille leaking the questions to the different debates to beat bernie sanders?

host: okay. i'm going to leave it there. sorry for the abrupt ending. breaking news from the associated press before our next conversation. british officials say the manchester police will stop sharing bombing investigation information with u.s. amid fury over leaks. earlier reports say the prime minister teresa may is likely to bring this up when she meets with president obama during their nato meetings in nato today. we'll take a short break and when we come back francis rooney republican congressman from florida will be here to talk about the president's trip. we'll be right back. >> regardless of your background, remember where you came from. hold on to the way so many of you reached out to mentor young persons through the cares about kids. hold on to the way you engaged in this community. make sure to bring that

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