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republicansr. for democrats. 202-748-8002 for independents. this is the marietta daily journal, the special election today in the sixth congressional district featuring the democrats ,ohn allsop and the republican karen handel. the election taking place today. president trump saying erin handel for congress, she will fight for lower taxes, great health care, strong security, a hard worker who will never give up, vote today. stay close to the network and our website, c-span.org, for more information. joann from nevada, republican line. go ahead. caller: hi. i am a taxpayer and i am

wondering, with everything going into vocational training and the question being -- why do we have a duplicate -- trying to make a duplicate program? we had job corps, why can't we expand on that? centers pero state. host: do you think it is effective and why? caller: i was there in the 1990's, of course it is effective, as in structure, -- instructor, you have to place your students, either the military, college, or on the job. that is how we are evaluated. they have union trades. every union trade. that?n't they utilize and why don't you have somebody

speaking from job corps on your program sometimes? host: thank you for the suggestion. james and san bernardino, california, independent line. caller: how are you doing? host: fine, thanks. caller: i want to bring up the issue of philando castile's acquittal -- the officer who shot and murdered him, last week approximately. i want to bring that up because it is still disheartening to see our nation so divided on something so simple. a man who was simply driving home with his fiancée and his daughter in the back. being brutally murdered by an officer. my question is also -- a two-part question -- rhetorical, democrats, this is happening in democratic states are where black citizens are being murdered, democratic-controlled county, where are you?

where our representatives? to the republican party, you rights are gun advocates, for land of this field had a right to bear arms -- philando castile had a right to bear arms, and he was killed, where are you, nra? when it comes to black people, you turn your back on us. host: a recent decision by the supreme court to hear a case theing at gerrymandering, associated press writing that the court will take up a moment's fight over parties manipulating electoral districts to gain advantage. it could affect the balance of power between democrats and republicans across the united states. at issue, whether republican lawmakers in wisconsin drew legislative district that favored --

another supreme court case, the decision taking a look at lawsuits stemming from 9/11. on monday thatd several high-ranking bush administration officials may not be sued for policies adapted -- adopted after the september 11 attacks, that includes john nowroft, bob mueller, investigating possible links between the trump administration and russia, justice anthony kennedy. acknowledged the weighty bikini's was treated -- way the detainees were appalling but he said lawsuit seeking money from high-ranking officials were not the right way to address asserted misconduct in the midst of a national security group's is. alleged in the complaint are true then what

happened to the responders and days following the attacks." caller: i would like to ask a question about the concept that the speaker has stated several times about upward mobility. he mentioned in a couple of times. it seems like one of the problems in america today is the plutocrats running the american society and not allowing the people in america to be in charge, mainly of losing up to where people have been for a very long time. it seems the upward mobility idea of what he is proposing about education and the ability to do that is rather shortsighted. because i do not believe that most people in america are oflly wanting to be part what they see a something that

is greatly harming america. the fact that we have less of a democracy, so to speak, in spite of the fact that we are a constitutional republic. yet we are seeing less of the people being taken care of while there is a push towards upward mobility is available but we seem to have this struggle between the have and the have-nots. i do not believe the education and what they are decided with it is going to be adequate to educate americans properly for anything that will be available in the future, because it seems the track record of the plutocrats would be to keep people, some being upwardly mobile. that would be my comment -- how can we address the fact that they cannot conceive of how quickly things are changing and how to prepare people. putting less stress on upward mobility and more

attention on the people working within the american fabric and within the jobs that are moving and not a stress on,that is not. line.nevada, independent caller: i want to talk about the new apprenticeship program. i live in nevada and graduated from graduate school with people who left nevada because there are no jobs. someone called from pennsylvania , he owns a publishing company and wanted to know how you incentivize people to enter into an apprentice ship program. i will tell you how, i have a load of education, lots of certifications in different fields but am almost 55 and burned out of my current career field and would like to do something else. but i do not want to leave my state.

there are a lot of ways people can do administrative jobs online and they do not need to move. you want to incentivize us, help us to cross train into a new field and let us work from home. i used to teach in the all on the west coast and developed training and taught people through gotomeeting online and there are many ways we can do things and help people without leaving our state. career are you employed in and what career would you like to explore? currently in federal acquisitions, i have a level three certification and have worked around the world doing that. i would like to do something a little more administrative. host: let's hear from guy in maryland, democrats line. caller: how is it going? host: hi. caller: i want to touch on the

topic, i think our education system should tap into young people at an early age, find out what talent they have, everybody is different and i believe everybody's talent is useful. the problem is, too many young people are pushed down career paths that is not their strong suit because someone else wants them to pursue that task. if teachers and educators were more observant, they would find out at high school age and even before high school, that certain students have certain abilities. those abilities will help them well. i went to job corps when i was 18 years old and the skill set i got, i am 55 now, that skill set has served me well. i went so far up the ladder in my job, i did not ask to be maintenance supervisor but my abilities and the things i

learned in the training center suited me very well. not everybody will be college-bound, that does not mean your ability is not useful and needful. host: that is guy in maryland. another election highlighted in the pages of the wall street journal this morning, rita , it aimssouth carolina to measure a different proposition than the one in georgia, she asked if a white democrat bring black voter turnout to secure an update.

host: donna, las vegas, nevada, hi. caller: good morning. could you have a show on about the patents that are being held attribute to free energy and certain cancer cures. i hear that there are patterns that are being held up by the government. host: why are you interested in patents of this major? -- nature? energy,for free

everybody talking about climate control and the expense of and the stronghold that these energy companies have on us because we have to have electricity and wi-fi. if we have free energy, that would create jobs because we would need to have some kind of ithine and the casing around that holds the machine that creates the free energy. host: a decision by the supreme court, the washington post saying that the government has violated the first amendment by refusing to register trademarks that officials considered disparaging, they ruled unanimously monday in a decision that provides a boost for the washington redskins efforts to hang on to the team controversial name, it came in a case that involved in asian american rock group called the slants which try to register the name and was turned down by the patent and trademark office because of a law against registering trademarks that are likely to disparage people.

if you go to our website, c-span.org, the argument of that case, you can hear the argument, they provide the audio and we are live pictures of people talking. if you want to get a sense of the argument that took place in the trademark law decision, go to our website at c-span.org. maryland, tyler, democrats line. hi. caller: how is it going? host: well. go ahead. you are talking about education and one of the big problems with society is we are giving people pats on the back for participating, whether at a young age or in high school or in college. you get a c through college and get a degree and expect to get a good job without putting in a stress -- being a teacher's assistant or in workgroups, research studies, internships, that is the biggest difference between them and those who do

not. people think they will coast which is not the case. you have to put forth an effort. the first, second, third people, they are really doing well. everybody else are getting upset about the system but they did not try hard. they did not put forth the effort to get to the next level. that is the difference in society, everybody is taught, go to college, you get the degree, you should have a great job lined up. that is not the case. host: south carolina, independent line. caller: i guess that is me. host: it is. caller: ok. i wanted to point out a couple of your respondents regarding way we have thrown vocational training away at the high school level.

the young lady that spoke earlier spoke to the fact that a lot of this can be done online and it seems to be a disconnect said,n the -- what she which is a fact -- the disconnect between the hands-on and online opportunities. s.t.e.m,y with the directly related to hands-on trade, rick masonry, plumbing, air conditioning, on and on. it is almost like the reversal is in play. going back to what is necessary to have an ability rating that will get a participant to a level where they can support themselves.

wrong and we gone need to bridge the gap and establish that reconnect. host: new york, independent line. ,aller: yes, i was wondering the 1983 report was quoted, that cost the government to restructure education the way it was being taught in k-12. i believe there was a lot of discrimination. i went through locational high school and feel like -- vocational high school and feel i got a good ground-based to from and it helped me through the service and i took radio and television, it helped me. maybe they have to go back to that system where vocational education is offered to some minorities, because that is the

only way they may be able to move forward. thank you. host: silver spring, maryland, independent line. caller: the issue i see, my comment is in reference to college versus trade school. the real issue is our culture. in and of itself. people who go to college are patted on the back, it is great, you get your bachelors degree. if you go to trade school, you are looked down upon. it is more of a disparaging type attitude. people do not realize you can make more money, depending on the type of trade you get, as opposed to a medium college-level thing. it is about awareness. we have to let people know that there are a lot of skilled trades jobs you can apply for and you do not have to go into six-figure debt to get a college degree for and make a similar amount of money. that is my comment. host: tennessee, democrats line,

virginia. caller: good morning. i would like to know more about the age level for some of these assisted programs. a lady earlier called and said -- there is job corps, job corps. i wish to tell her that my grandsons experienced with job corps. we live in a small town -- a small community north of chattanooga. he got a good high school education. he got a good high school education, but he could not find a job. this is a very depleted job opportunity area. so, he signed up with a job corps. some new jeans,

t-shirts, and work roots, which is what they said to bring. he went to the job corps place up somewhere in kentucky. was --son that he everything of his was stolen. bywas pulled out of his bed black boys and beaten. , he called his mama and said, i've got to get out of here. these black boys are trying to kick -- post: cutting it off there. debbie from ohio, you're on. >> the german from georgetown is talking about -- economy.

the gentleman from georgetown is talking about -- economy. they are talking about it, they are back after it again. we fought it in 1993, all of the language he used was not about discrimination, it was about education reform and republicans and democrats are all the same when it comes to education reform. it is a again trying to get --dents hoped up early on hooked up early on in whatever your labor market is. we had a kroger that took out an ad for people who had math skills. they put out what they needed, people that could count, add, and subtract. our schools are destroyed. go to deception.com. martin, from turtle creek. >> one of the last things we

heard in the campaign was a reinvestment in the economy. i think what people are saying in terms of the alternative programs and vocational education is that supporting globalization has pulled away our entire industrial a's of the basemy, and -- industrial of the economy. what we need to do and the focus of the campaign was to meet the demands of the economic restructuring. i wanted to have a chance to talk to the previous guest a little bit about the current supply demand ratio, but we know from anecdotal records how difficult it is for employers to qualified employees as the last color was saying. begin to bringwe that into the discussion, we wind up missing what they

significance of the election was. more call, will duff kentucky, democrats line. yes. references calling in to the lady in tennessee calling about job corps and she was cut off. i am 74 years old, raised in this area, i'm about two miles from job corps and what she was saying was true and people are seeming like they don't want to hear it. call, the the last next event you're going to see the-span, will feature interior secretary ryan zinke.ng. -- ryan we will take you to that hearing now.

>> how are you? >> i am doing well. i am the secretary.