operation to mexico, that deal has to go through the process there. operations in brazil, they are not the only ones, so we're going through a process at the department of justice right our and you know, expectation is, you know, we through that process we should be through the have to go issues we through in order to close without any license transfers approval process confident we'll be able to the hrough by the end of year. >> watch on c-span 2 tonight. >> "washington journal" continues. host: as we continue on this set phones, we have cameras at the supreme court, where people were standing very early line this morning to go in and still see some people there. oday is the last day of the term for the court.

not only decisions made on cases heard, we may hear something on the travel ban by the trump administration. hear retirement, all that could be in play. who knows when, but we will it.tinue to watch you can comment on the supreme court in this open phones or well, again, ifs you want to get in 202-748-8001 for republicans. 202-748-8000 for democrats. and independents, 202-748-8002. during the course of the morning, the president has been concerning topics president obama and democrats. here is just a sampling of the tweets from this morning saying democrats have become nothing obstructionists they have no policy or ideas, all they do is delay and complain. obamacare, he adds. he added the reason that president obama did nothing russia, about being noteified by the cia, of expected hillary

clinton would win the election and did not want to "rock the didn't "choke," he colluded and obstructed and it the dems and crooked hillary no good. that is just a sampling of the morning from is the president. there are others on his twitter feed, if you follow that. us, make comments c-spanwj. and at post on the facebook page at facebook.com/c-span. starting off this morning, eresa, daytona beach, florida, line for democrats, good morning. caller: good morning. i am a t like to say, 4-year-old democrat, i'm progressive, i don't want influence from the clinton, i party, start over. two comments about trump, to be fair. trump, numberabout one, i don't know if people remember, when he signed the broadband ing the

rivacy rule, it opened up our internet, computers to all corporations at a time when he obama was ning that tapping his phone. of p opened up our line communication and secondly and most important, when he came out he ng the primaries, and said he doesn't respect john mccain because he's a pow, he don't remember people that get caught. during world war ii, we had pow's that died on the march to baton and during war, i wore a bracelet, missing in action, ow's and for trump to come out and say something like that and for mccain not to stand up for or the general is despicable. host: are you still there? she is gone. again, the first out of the gate open phones. 202-748-8001 for republicans. 202-748-8000 for democrats.

independents, 202-748-8002. gatha from bronx, new york, democrats line. caller: yes, hello? host: hi, you are on. calling because of trump, he promises so many things. me? hear host: you're on, go ahead. caller: he promises so many never completes them. he promised that he will not or medicare, russia, obama, being the fault talks aboutut never what he is going to do to russia. be doing the thing because he is president. obama is out of office, blaming other people, always going around the bush, his ng other people for thoughts. and he's not supposed to blame the people, he's president, he should realize that and straighten out goes obut he's

popparllary said, he's a for putin. host: president trump making several reactions about -- from his twitter feed saying the real is that president obama -- meddle iing -- people e zero tapes of colluding, no collusion, no cob instruction, i should be given apology, the president of the united states tweet thanksgiving morning. a story in the "washington post" at morning taking a look democrats that are considering challenging house races leading the listing of some faces that are in play say henning it comes to northern virginia, seven democrats against the republic republican. running seven are against john, from new york, who

new york's --t of at new york n taten island and bids to repla replace leeth of miami and first-time s rights e alred, civil attorney, is running against republican of texas. sessions faced just token year.tion last spent the past six weeks hosting thursday th colin" on nights and saturday afternoons, as many as s draws 60 people. ayton, ohio next, on the line for republican. caller: hello. host: you're on, good morning. you r: oh, the gentleman had on about military pay, i him to get his facts

right. not just based on whether you can make it or not, based on quotas in your specific field. they got 10 promotions and 20 people, you get not all going to promoted. up and out program is based on he was n just what stating. host: what do you think the proper topic of military pay overall? caller: well, i think it's lousy. i spent twech years in the the pays are not compatible with the outside. even near. host: joe is in summerfield, louisiana, on the line for independents. hello. host: hi, you are on, good morning. caller: good morning. on donald omment trump. legitimate a

president, part of the swamp and he's turning into a cesspool and is the worst bunch of the history hat in of the world and the united states. , they all can party people, against the poor people. that is all i want to say. supreme court, the topic of focus today. this last day of its term. shot we have the there. many cameras are positioned taking a look at it. have possible events, releasing of arguments heard and the decision made there. the travel ban by the trump administration, other all.ors at we'll continue on that. if you want to comment on the topic, yourt on that can do so on open phone and talk as well.ics, we'll continue on with calls. is from north conway

new hampshire, independent line. good morning. caller: good morning, i have a fun suggestion. host: okay. all these have representatives. have been trying for ears to figure out healthcare plan for all americans. so they just go on how yap and nd they just yap and yap. y suggestion is, they should artificialatson, the intelligence system. cost and ta and the the healthcare plan and what it americans and l let watson decide what would be best for the united states. is catherine's suggestion on healthcare. on the senate side, buildings of memorable ones.

that is the supreme court. if you look at the capitol that is on the senate side, discussions and debates over healthcare will take place week the cbo, congressional expected to release a score, when it comes to cost of proposed legislation healthcare. mitch mcconnell liking the vote to take place this week, this week rlier in with final vote later this week, depending on factors. stay close to c-span. bernie sanders xhepting ohio, about the -- dave wigell, saying, it sanders, who bernie retained counsel as f.b.i. nvestigates whether his wife jane sanders committed fraud to shuttered 0 loan for vermont college predict the saturday night the investigation political fizzle, that

story just came out in the middle of my presidential by donald itiated company's campaign manager, the said.or -- i don't think it will be a distraction, he goes on to say. next from stacy, stacy is in maryland on the republican line. yes, i just wanted to omment on donald trump's behavior, with idiotic tweets. he's not making america great again. making it worse. complete just, he is a imbisal. end. angering to no america is actually losing our leadership position in the world because of him. he is making us the laughing we k of the planet and once we will probably be

the laughing stock, as well. bakersfield, in california. go ahead. caller: hi. i just want to say, donald trump of mess, if obama was in office, he would want him impeached already, he was already upset about him having birth certificate, but if he was in office, he would want him to ached, somebody needs trump. host: people commenting on twitter, steven j., you could at twitter at c-span wj, if justice kennedy retires, made ultimate swing decision with administration in place. of justice kennedy a question many people look at contemplating or wonder figure an announcement will be made. earlier, the guest greg stohr, saying no decision as been made that he heard about, that is just one of the ed at.hings being look

ames kentucky, next up, republican line. caller: yes, sir, i want to say things, hearing people, trump is not a regular olitician, that is why i voted for him. obama, i think he screwed this country up more than anybody screwed it ossibly up. -- no money i'm is a ng down here, it coast town now. jump ump -- as far as as accomplishments so far? i've been in office 150 days, give this guy a chance is all i'm saying. from new jersey, here is ue from colonia, new jersey, democrats line. caller: good morning. host: hi. caller: hi. an opinion about the

whole thing that started mr. coming down the escalator. the n the world was all of his language, they couldn't recognize this man is not a normal person. he does not have the faculty to what he wants to say for more than 30 seconds. about different things in less than a minute, talk about this and that and no one what he's saying. is this.in know, what's happeneds to elite educational and that they are so-called fair i'm talking about the republicans. did they not stop him?

do that.a chance to they wanted ason, to have the whole thing to themselves, they didn't want republicans to be only the house the president, they wanted i thank out, so now od they can take my -- health insurance away from me. my deductible away from me. trump, he is someone that he -- came there to make business grow more gets off gets ur years, or he impeached, he still made so much best he can buy the awyers -- as a matter of fact,

no president ever been convicted go to jail, so he knows he making ig progress in money around the world and country with his. host: thousand oaks, california, republican line. i have a comment or question about the military .chlt do relatives get money for for -- retirees get money their children or just -- would that be all wars? well, our guest left us. e left us at the end of the last segment, why are you asking in particular? caller: there are so many disabled, that i included.y should be

oftentimes their sporess are and -- i am concerned about that. from fayetteville, north carolina, you are next up. caller: yes. hello. host: you're on. caller: yes. now.country right when you look at t.v., you got two different subjects. about something different. msnbc talking about something different. i just don't understand. i know it is democracy, but fox the tally escaping what president is doing. i think it is a shame. just think america has to do their own homework and stay off the t.v. and read. know, i think writers and newspapers are doing the most country job in this today. you know, i think the americans have to read instead of watching t.v.

host: which newspaper and reporter would you advise them read? caller: i can't tell you who the reporters are, "washington post" doing a york times" are great job. l.a. times are doing a good job. some independent people are doing a good job, even facebook telling the job truth. as americans, we need to search or the truth and stop watching the t.v. program and getting your point of view. fayetteville, north carolina. couple tweets. court n by the supreme will come down today concerning things that are done. we'll show you a couple of them. adam writing for the "new york times" saying supreme court took no action on the ban case on 9:30 a.m. orders list. as other ans as far announcements concerning that is concerned could come up, that is adam. brad jaffe writing the supreme allow rdered arkansas to

names of both same-sex parents certificates and that reverses arkansas high court ruling on that matter. gain, that is just some information coming out from the supreme court as we watch it. a figureative sense, literal sense, we have a camera looking at actions going on at the court not far away from this building there. we'll continue on looking at that. donnie in stevensport, kentucky, line.lican h hi. don frekentucky, go ahead. caller: hi. sir, i was coming to tell everybody, you hear so much crap about donald trump, if people get onboard with him, he loves without a doubt. he's trying to help this country, he's getting hit from sides. if people will get behind him, he could make changes for the country.this all vito say. host: are you saying, what would his ist accomplishments of

so far? caller: his accomplishments, to , it's hard for him accomplish anything when he's getting hit from both sides. against every democrat him, half the republicans are against him, it is hard to get a can't get when you anybody behind you. cnn is destroying him and that bogus. fox is the only one trying to help him. i mean, how can you get anything accomplished when you are getting hit -- host: do you believe the administration needs to reach to members of congress to done?gislative action caller: absolutely. they need help. if you have somebody dead set on something, if you cannot convince them otherwise, then i mean, it is hard to get anything done. it is. host: north carolina is next, courtneyngastonia, independent line. good morning. good morning. good morning. i want to make note. courtney, are you there?

caller: i'm here, can you hear me? note on what is happening in the supreme court today, not a lot of americans know the travel ban is still in place on the order list. in itself is evident of ilproperly our president is letting the american people know what he's doing. do believe that even if they were to allow this travel ban to only be h, it would evident of how poorly he's doing as president, simply for the on this list of seven countries people wouldn't be from, saudivel to or arabia is not on that list, an islamic state. i don't understand how we could have a conversation about something the american people of.unaware host: show you again, the tweet from liptak, we showed you just minutes ago about the travel ban and the orders list. s of 9:30 on the order list

that was released, that travel ban not on the list, according liptak of "new york times" reporting that. texas, om houston, republic republican, hi. caller: hi. concerning the healthcare bill that needs to get through congress quickly. americans are suffering, i think way to come and make congress understand issue system to go through the open market. market,went to the open they would see the issues and ot be spouting a bunch of b.s. they have no knowledge of. host: what do you want the to ress to do when it comes the current healthcare system and affordable care act? they need to stop putting in regulations on the market to allow them the tually operate as in free market. the insurance markets are now, restrained and so

therefore, where i am, i only hmo options, very few options. to go to be able outside of network in order to to pay overill have my 000 a year for just for premiums and then $4000 can use the fore i policy, so it's totally unaffordable, but i'm 62 years old, do i risk retirement by not having insurance or do i pay $45,00 in order to be able to secure the rest of my retirement? is what i'm faced with. i know of a 20 year old drug getting his hmo policy for $10 a month. that is karen. last call on the topic of open phones on this monday and as we continue to

oflast call on the topic health care. that is it for this program. thank you for tuning in. another edition of the program comes your way at 7:00 tomorrow. see you then. ♪ >> expecting to hear cases in the next half hour or so. sometimes judges choose to read their opinions from the bench. that process is starting now. on the