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assume that most of washington will be watching, as many outside the united states as well, watching the testimony with james comey. not only will you hear it gavel to gavel, no commentary in between that. that is on the testimony of the former fbi director and the interaction with members of the senate intelligence committee. c-span3 is where you go. view it at c-span.org and you can also see it courtesy of our c-span radio app. go to our website at c-span.org for more information, not only on this hearing but other events as well, and as far as today, any members of the intelligence community and justice department , the fbi, the acting director, the director of national intelligence, there will be a hearing today taking a look at five. you probably remember, if you follow this close enough, when it comes to intelligence gathering overseas, you can see , danoreman ron rosenstein

coats, the national intelligence ,irector, and andrew mccabe acting fbi director. that will be 10:00 today on c-span3. again, on our radio app. instart with jed littlefield, arizona. independent line. go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. i just would like to say that most of these people that we have in our government are patriots. they have devoted their whole lives to protecting us. i can't see people calling them at a files -- calling them pedophiles. i think we have to have a little more respect and get away from that fake news.

pedro: sean in gerald ford, north carolina. democrat line. caller: yes, sir. me, what idisgusts see going on in my country. nation,atriots of this sit back and allow this to happen. it is ridiculous. there is already obstruction. we have people in our government come right out and say in our government there has been obstruction. they will arrest a child on the street for smoking a joint and ruin their lives but the president of the united states can obstruct justice and get away with it. pedro: where do you see the obstruction? caller: it is disgusting. pedro: where do you see it specifically? caller: in what he said to coach and rogers. do we not have any leaders in

our country who will stand up and do what is right? this is disgusting. pedro: do you expect mr. comey to address these issues on thursday? caller: he should. the american people need to know what is going on. nation of laws. have to answer to laws. this president should have to answer to them too. , thats a disgusting act we have russia interfere in our collections and this is what we are getting. we are getting parties playing political garbage. what about america first? where is all of the patriots in this nation? the people ought to be going to washington. pedro: that is sean in north carolina, giving his thoughts leading up to that. what thereports on

president's activities might be during the hearing, saying that president trump reportedly may respond live on twitter during fbi director james comey's hearing. costagton post's robert tweeted tuesday that the to putnt does "not plan down twitter on thursday" and may "life tweet if he feels the need to respond." their view is that the president wants to be the messenger. his own lawyer, his own spokesman. ons was during an appearance hassan bce, adding that the president is expected to between on thursday in response to comey , not to stay quiet during the testimony because he, himself, wants to be the one driving the process. what might take place on thursday. we will go to our next caller, joanne. she is in connecticut, the republican line. good morning and thank you for

taking my phone call. the london county area of connecticut, we are the silent majority that voting in president trump and i believe president trump has the right to dismiss an employee. he knows things we don't know. people that are calling don't understand that the president is privy to a lot of information and his decisions are based on facts that we don't hear. testifiedr. comey tomorrow, let's hope he is an honest man and tells the truth. will you be watching? absolutely. what are you going to watch to for? i wantfically to see what his side of the story is. and let's hear the man out. fair is fair. i would hope that the democrats

would be just as fair with our .resident mr. comey has a right to his testimony. president has the inside information that we are not privy to. he made the decision to dismiss mr. comey. there is a lot of things going on that we will never know. they will have a closed session with this testimony. things are never going to know. regular people in the united states. i am part of the silent majority that voted for mr. trump. i stand behind his decisions but i do want to hear what mr. comey has to say. pedro: in erie, pennsylvania, democrats line. caller:. i've been calling for 10 years.

this is the first, have enabled you through. i want to make a comment on director comey. i don't know if most people realize, but over the years, had anr comey, the man impeccable record, and impeccable kind of respect for people as we go back to the time director,s not the but he went to the hospital to try to intercede to make sure that no one put pressure on -- i forget the gentleman that was hospitalized -- to make a decision. the democrats, the republicans all across the spectrum have always considered director comey a man of the highest integrity. some people may get a little confused about when he made the decision to go out on hillary clinton. when he announced he was going to do that, he had the respect

of all the democrats, practically. and republicans also, simply for the fact that he was a man of the highest integrity. aftermath ofth the the decision he made regarding hillary clinton, the questions that he answered aloud the republicans to actually he didn'tss him but do it with any kind of meanness or mean-spiritedness or partiality. he did it because he thought it was the right thing. so this man has the highest integrity and everybody in washington, d.c. that has ever dealt with this man degrees. pedro: that is done in pennsylvania. we see a lot of tweets from the president but we don't see a lot usually from the vice president. but one today, complete with a picture, saying that a fun way to start birthday -- this is from vice president mike pence -- decorating air force to.

davin to ted cruz, brian and lamar smith on board. this is for the vice president's birthday. in missouri, republican line. caller: yes, i would like to make a quick point about the people you have on. i don't know if any of your producers have ever watched a bill fresh show. i watch it for about 10 minutes and i can't take anymore of this. he comes up with the most vile, aboutable remarks president trump, republicans, and conservatives in general. this is why a lot of people -- --you have ever watched this conversely, you had crystal ball on yesterday. i don't agree with anything that she says but the woman made cogent, salient points about her ideology. no name-calling. i don't agree with her. this is the kind of people i like to hear in your show because name-calling. bill fresh should never be

allowed to be on your show. i know about first amendment rights and everything, but have your producers watch this guy for a couple of days. -- it is kathyw griffin with the head being cut off. he is almost worse because he doesn't verbally under the guise of being a liberal and protecting america. crystal ball, great interview, loved it. pedro: crystal ball was on yesterday. both of those interviews ,vailable on our website c-span.org. if you want to see the interview, there is the page that you will find when you will go to our website. from dallas, texas, democrats line. democrats line, go ahead. caller: president trump is an obstructionist but he also has a great facade he is putting up. not thele object is money he's using to build

staring -- to build things. him and put in need this oil. the oil that is going to use to run his country. that is why rex tillerson left exxon so that he could be over there and make sure that all of these agreements get past. he has pulled everything away from green. he wants to use the oil. it will make him one of the richest men in the world. that is all i have to say. pedro: several stories on health care this morning. the future of the affordable care act. the washington post talked about senators as they met yesterday to see what options they may have when revealing before the care act, saying that "mitch mcconnell favored robbing a house provision that would end guaranteed protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions according to three republicans familiar with the meeting. it would allow them to opt out of regulations requiring that such people may not the charged

for such coverage." senator mcconnell proposed the possibility with keeping waivers that pertain to other regulations. if you go to the washington post as well, they talk about another health care provider pulling out certain sectors of ohio. that is an sum, one of the most imperative -- most competitive insurance markets. the exchange with four offering plans statewide in 2017. there are still 11 insurers participating and they will be exchanged by 20 counties which have only one insurer according to the department of insurance. pays toral government insurers to help lower deductibles and out-of-pocket health care costs. the trump is not clear about whether it will be able to make those payments but they are tied up in a long legal challenge. markets created by the law of people can take advantage of the

will leave 10,500 people in 18 counties with no choices according to the states department of insurance. then, there is another story taken a look at senators and how they might decide what to do with the legislation or the house bill. medicaid is a topic for some senators, saying the divide amongst senate republicans over medicaid was wide enough that some gop lawmakers say they now believe it may be impossible to broker a deal to unwind the health law known as obamacare. some senators are preparing to move to another goal and overhaul the tax code. that is in the wall street journal. heaven in massachusetts, independent line. caller: yes. [inaudible] >> are you still there? >> you are breaking up. i will invite you to call back.

let's give you one more shot. caller: yes. my wife is a real news junkie. she watches it all the time. i hear noise from both ends of it. i would like you to have a show hillary or you lose when did hillary convince you to vote for her, just simply that. did the russians influence it? pedro: why do you think hillary clinton is still a concern even summoning months out of the election. much thee there is so russians affected with the election and all of this stuff. i believe that most people made up their mind in mid august. or june. they were either going to vote for her or they weren't and there were too many things for me to say, it was this or that or whatever, but wendy did you become on her side or when did she lose you?

pedro: patrice in tulsa, oklahoma. democrats line. caller: first of all, obamacare is a lifesaver. trumpcare will be a killer. need to openlicans their eyes. i love my country. donald trump has taken us down the tubes. he is a disgrace for all of us. this is really killing us. .e is making us all look stupid i am sick of this man and i am glad when republicans get the courage to send up this man. pedro: talking about what the president's activities might be during the testimony with jim comey on thursday, the washington post again takes a look at the president's activities on that day and seeing how that might combine with what was previously heard, saying the president lawyers have been urging him to resist

engaging and he hopes with other events set to compete for these media's attention. the president is going to have a sean's letter said. as for now, thursday morning when, when mr. trump plans to deliver the speech, he plans to have a speech in washington followed by a meeting with governors and mayors on interest after projects. richie in butler, kentucky. republican line. caller: i just don't understand people. .illary clinton is a crook she lied to the senate and the congress. nobody can see it. i don't understand that. i was born in 1947. i've been here since john f. kennedy and before that and every year they say they will help the middle class. come in, and

hillary clinton, you know, sir, ouria, we put 25% of uranium to russia, and obama did more. he took over from here. he has come into syria. we gave iran all of this money. where is that outrage? not there, is it? trump hasn't been in office more than 100 days and he has made everybody wrong. but what hillary and our congress who has been different 25 years who sold us out to come in us china -- to communist china, and right now 90% of our merchandise comes from china. make $30,000 a year with benefits making these things and we send it to china. for people like what? to make $85 billion?

pedro:pedro: independent line, las vegas, nevada. this is james. good morning. caller: first of all, thank you for having a wonderful program. i think the service of c-span is immeasurable. we absolutely need smart and on-time information. second, i think i would like to just say that we are completely blown away by trumps apparent lack of being presidential. they time he steps out on international stage, he embarrasses us horribly. the last caller mentioned something about hillary clinton and he is absolutely right. during the campaign, she never mentioned one word about nafta. anybody who has ever lived in this country in the last 20 years has seen the devastation that nafta brought. it was never addressed. on the subject of elections and what happened, we heard about the election of 2008 and we hear about it in the election of two but no one speaks about the one in 2012, where she backed down

and took a government position. don't really care what happened at that point. i can tell you that my perspective, for donald trump, two wrongs make a right with this guy and he is completely off script. he needs to be removed and this whole presidency needs to reset. take everything off that he has written in. just remove them and start afresh. we need a new start. this is hideous. pedro: that is in nevada. james giving comment on the president, the president mentioning a lot of activities for tomorrow, especially as the hearing takes place with jim comey. if you want to see it for yourself, go to our website at c-span.org for more information. tune in this coming thursday. you can see it starting at 10:00 on our third channel, c-span3. you can monitor it for yourself. start to finish.

and you can find out more information on our website, c-span.org. sam in chicago, illinois. democrat line. caller: how is it going? two colors ago, the guy was talking about how it has only and thatsomething days is true, but in this short managedf time, he has to stick his hands into everything in all the wrong ways. in terms of this investigation they just made it worse. that was two colors ago. ago.o callers it is indicative of low information voters and the big problem we have in this country and why we have trump, never mind hillary clinton, but we need people to continue to point

out the truth as to what has been going on. donald can put on a show tomorrow with all of the events. he has done this many times before. it is going to catch up with him sooner or later. i think he is going to be out of office. pedro: do you plan to watch tomorrow's proceedings at 10:00? caller: yes. i have my popcorn ready. i ordered in bulk from amazon. a lot of popcorn. pedro: as far as what you will be watching for, specifically, what information are you looking for? caller: the question is why didn't we hear about comey making a big stink about the obstruction at the time and how it played out the way everyone thinks it did.

they will have a good answer to that. an honest answer to that. i think you will probably mention that he did inform his colleagues and moralized it and as part of an ongoing criminal investigation, put in an added component to it. those things are kept quiet. pedro: republican line in tulsa, oklahoma. good morning. caller: when we look at the election and the documents that came out that are claimed to be brought out by russia, here is the deal. immemorial, countries are always trying to buy on countries. this happens all the time. in the case of the documents that were released, here is the problem. the one that can supporters and clinton have. -- she never came out said she was mad about the

documents, but she never said the documents were false. the information that the russians wrongfully, if it was the russians, did, the fact is the end result was they actually help the american public learn more about clinton. i disagree with russia spying and we should jump all over them for that and i think trump is not at all a friend with russia. i think he is steely eyed. the point is the information that came out was never disavowed. it was true. the americant is public was served by that information to make a choice. i don't think they made the choice based on that totally because of what she had done in an ghazi and many other the americant public on more information and that is good. i disagree with the source. but i think in the end the russians accidentally helped us

make more information. we already had enough. but more information to say we don't trust hillary clinton. the other thing is the comey thing. it is going to be a nothing murder. it is going to be a deal where trump does talk loosely and bluntly. he is a businessman. he is not a lawyer or politician. if he says, "i like this guy" that is one thing but trump didn't pressure and say, "you want to keep your i think the hearings today and tomorrow will turn out to be nothing. hdidn't obstruct justice. host: will you watch directly? caller: i will stay on top of it. that will be nothing. here's what will come out that will be important for the country -- they will also look into obama and susan rice and the unmasking, which is illegal. this may turn out to be very bad

for the democrats as well when that comes out into the light of day. host: that will finish up this set of open phones. the takes place thursday at 10:00. if you want to see more of that, go to our website for more information. thursday on c-span3. jim comey will be in front of the senate intelligence committee. coming up a discussion on the recent proposed travel ban by president trump. the countries it affects my particularly of interest those muslim majority countries -- running is for the discussion, -- joining us for that discussion, farhana khera. ♪ ,> sunday night on afterwards

anne-marie slaughter examines global networking in the digital age in her book "the chessboard and the web." miss slaughter is interviewed by .enis mcdonough >> what would strike me was that ofknew there was a world state reps -- if you think about north korea or iran, that world of state to state relations is still very important. i think of it as the chessboard world. it's the world of how do we essentially beat our adversaries. we think about a move and we try to anticipate what move they are could equally important -- going to make.

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