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, discussing hurricane preparedness. and finally, hector silva avalos discusses the start of ms 13 in the u.s.. ♪ the trump administration yesterday announced tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the european union, canada, and mexico. shirley thereafter, the eu, canada, and mexico said they would respond with countermeasures. some are calling this the start of a trade war. we would like to know what you think and in particular, how might this affect your job and business, your purchases? the is how to join conversation. if you support the tariffs, (202) 748-8000. if you oppose them, (202) 748-8001.

again, how might this impact how you work? the business you conduct and what you purchase? join our conversation on facebook, facebook.com/cspan, or send us a tweet on @cspanwj. it is possible that we will hear more from the president today. he is likely to hear from secretary of state pompeo on the north korean negotiations. we will have stories on that in a bit, but today's story about the tariffs announced yesterday and that term trade wars is in this morning. the financial times, you u.s. fires first shots in trade war with allies. the u.s. has fired the opening shot by levying tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum from eu, canada, and mexico. the decision to impose tariffs fory on imports long-standing u.s. allies on national security grounds sets the stage for a round of

tit-for-tat tariffs among some of the world's largest economies, just days ahead of a ahead of aeiji's -- meeting of g-7 leaders in canada. the european commission eu would said the go ahead with plans to impose its own duties on u.s. product. 's finance minister warned that the eu would have no choice ade warenter a tr against the u.s.. "our u.s. friends must know that if they were to take aggressive action against europe, europe would not be without reaction," said bruno lemaire, who met with wilbur ross in paris. the financial times writes that the total u.s. trade with the eu was worth almost $720 billion last year, compared to 636 billion in trade u.s. companies did with china. the trade with canada and mexico was worth more than $1.1 trillion. those relationships are likely to be tested further.

last week, the trump --inistration lost a launched a national security investigation into imports of cars and parts with a view of imposing 25% tariffs that threaten asian and european producers. your thoughts on the trump trade tariffs. (202) 748-8000 if you support the tariffs. if you oppose them. if you were watching earlier, you might have seen the news conference with prime minister justin trudeau. in the washington times, the headline -- rideau says the nafta talks broke down after pence made ultimatum. justin trudeau said months of intense negotiations between his country, the united states, and mexico imploded tuesday when vice president pence demanded that any deal expire automatically in five years. whenau said he was driving

that's prepared to travel to washington this week to try and finalize a rework of the north american free trade agreement, but pence said a meeting would occur only if the "sunset provision" was agreed to in advance. "i had to highlight that there was no possibility of any canadian prime minister signing a nafta deal that included a five-year sunset clause, and obviously the visit didn't .appen," trudeau said yesterday lets your first from sonya in naples, florida, opposing the tariffs announced by the administration. good morning. caller: good morning. host: you are on the air. you're on the air, go ahead. we hear from robert in-home dale, new jersey, also opposing the tariffs. right. i think canada has been our friend for a long time. it will hurt a lot of people but

it shouldn't hurt our allies like france, because we have had a relationship with this country for a long time and practice in a lot of things. i do not think we should hurt them. we should hurt the right people -- region for the wrong people but not the right people. president trump needs to learn that we cannot have allies for years and punch them in the face. it is just not fair that he can do that. host: here is jim, who supports the president and administration on these tariffs. good morning. caller: good morning. one of the great things about america is all of these economic? that are against these terrorists -- economic quacks who oppose these tariffs are on tape. the press needs to ask these world leaders or spokesman for

the other countries once of the tariffs -- if you have on us, why can't we have tariffs on you? just the philosophy? butgetting into the weeds, do you agree should we have the same policies with you that you have with us? ,hat question is never asked and that is the big question and that is the answer that donald for us. providing i tell you, i think the basis for the anger towards the united states dates back to the obama administration when they printed $4 trillion in funny money and put it in the economy. money tohat funny and europee imports had to swallow it, because united states is the base currency of the world and that is the only reason we got away with it, and they are still

angry over it. let's talk about equality, fairness, and put america back to work and stop listening to these economic quacks. host: jim in fort lauderdale, among the supporters this morning. donovan is in gilbert, minnesota. go ahead. caller: yes, i'm from gilbert, minnesota. i totally support the tariffs because it is about time that we get back to what it is really about. the previous administration has really hurt us when they were in power for the last eight years. thetrump is right on all right things for the mining industry. area you are in the mining of minnesota and the tariffs announced on steel, imports from the eu, canada, and mexico. are you concerned at all that other products impacted by that tariff, the steel that comes from overseas, those prices will

get more expensive or could get more expensive in the night united states -- in the united states? caller: it will all work its out. the president knows how to do the right thing because they have taken advantage of us for the last eight years. mr. trump is a very good businessman and he knows exactly what is happening and what is going to happen, what we should do in this country. opposef you support or the trade tariffs announced by president trump and the administration yesterday. --bur ross met the wilbur ross, the commerce secretary, in paris. (202) 748-8000 if you support the tariffs. (202) 748-8001 if you oppose them. kis is a newspaper from the u , and the headline, what special relationships? thousand -- faust hit

back. let's hear from allen in virginia, supporting the tariff. caller: think you are taking my call. i support this 100%. it me make this as clear as can be. i agree with the callers who support this, but if we do a $1 billion deal with each country and they give us $900 million back for years and years and years, it is good for them but not good for this country. of course the europeans and the canadians, i saw them earlier today, and i understand they will not support their country -- they want to support their country but let's keep one thing in mind. iris is about free, fa trade. why can't the americans have a free trade deal? we give them 100% and they give us 75%. somehow it will be -- these do notc quacks

understand economics and president trump is exactly right. if any person in business has a brain at all you can do this, but apparently some of these people cannot see this. have the right to believe and think what they want, but let's look at the facts and use a little common sense and do what is best for this country. i applaud -- host: oh, we lost you. this is the front page of the wall street journal. as. levies raise fear of trade war. the new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from canada, mexico, and the european union, as the u.s. is studying global levies on autos and auto parts. the admin's ration plans tariffs on industrial supplies from china. beijing has promised to retaliate with its own duties. thursday markets fell after partially recovering later, and looking at the trade gap between canada, the eu, and mexico.

in canada, allies threatened to retaliate with tariffs of their own. between canada, steel, aluminum, whiskey, ballpoint pens, and products. the gap is $17.5 billion. we import 17.5 billion dollars more than we export. steel, bourbon, motorcycles, jeans, rice, cranberries, corn, peanut butter. we import $151 billion more. steel, lamps, pork, apples, grapes, blueberries, and cheeses, and the gap is $71 million or thereabouts. opposing the tariffs, good morning. caller: i am against anything that might hurt the economy in this country for certain, and i do not know too much about the

tariffs or what has been exchanged. i do know that for many years, we have been getting cheated on these things. but something i would like to speak about this morning as i do not understand why c-span skates around other news, like the pardons trump is giving and things like that. i am sure that would make a decent show. things like that are happening. get people's opinions on things like that. host: that is a good point. we will get to that. this is the report this morning. he is talking about the pardon issued yesterday by president trump. post, withington pardon, president sends signal. president trump granted a full on thursday to dinesh desousa and was considering clemency for other celebrity felons, showing his willingness to exercise his unilateral pardon his friends and

allies. the president was weighing commuting the sentence of former illinois governor rod the boy --ge -- problem goad of it rod bogota niche -- arguing that sousa had unfairly been treated by the justice system. trouble also delivered an indirect but unmistakable message to personal attorney michael cohen and personal security advisor michael flynn, and others since there in investigations that they too could be spared punishment in the future. back to trade and the tariffs announced yesterday, supporting those tariffs is steve in california. go ahead. caller: yeah. i am actually supporting the tariffs, because if you look at your eventsies, china, which have a value tax workers, wets their

do not have anything like that over here. , when thes basically corporations move their companies abroad, we have to and they have their own protections that keeps our products from being sold. thatlso have to realize our car manufacturers, they have a higher mileage on their cars, so we cannot sell our cars to their countries. thank you very much. host: thanks, steve. reaction on twitter. "tariffs are only going to hurt this economy." the republicans need to stand up to try because they are the fiscally responsible party and have the power to stop this. why should our enemies be angry at us? let's get our friends angry at us to.

jodey, republicans need to pay more foreign and aluminum and steel because they think trump's tariffs are a good thing. trump has managed to raise the cost of gas in the last year and a half. and reaction also to the president of the announcement yesterday on twitter. on our twitter feed, and members like pat toomey, bad news that the president has decided to impose taxes on american consumers. about these new tariffs, europe, canada, mexico, and china, you allies the same way. another congressman from michigan, saying tariffs raise taxes on americans and erode our economy and liberty. george in burnie, california, opposing the tariffs. good morning. go ahead. guest: --

caller: well, the history of the great depression is when the massive gap between the poor and the [inaudible] and massive deregulation. if that is not what you're seeing right now, you are not paying attention. (202) 748-8000 -- you: (202) 748-8000 if support the moves by the trump administration. if you oppose them, (202) 748-8001. david o'sullivan, the european union ambassador to the united states, was a guest on our program yesterday and talked about anticipating some of the trade moves and those retaliation moves were announced yesterday by the european union. here is quad junker and his response. [video clip] at the moment, our uris friends -- u.s. friend are turning their back on everything in matters, like peace.

receiving in my office, they are asking are you there? improve our relations with the european union. u.s., announcing it will not put an end to the exemptions that have been offered to europe and others, this is a bad day for the world's trade. the european union cannot react to that with any kind of reaction. [inaudible] wto and the announcement in the next coming hours, counterbalancing measures and what they can do.

unacceptable that the country is imposing unilateral measures when it comes to world trade. --t: the european christian european commission president jean-claude juncker reacting to the new tariffs. here is reuters. u.s. allies hit back at washing -- at steel, aluminum tariffs. after washington imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum in ports, the european union had its own ready to go, it reviving fears of a global trade war. they write that germany's economy minister said early on friday the eu might look to court made its response with canada and mexico. your reaction, thoughts, and how this might impact your job, business, or purchases? view if you00, your support those trade tariffs. (202) 748-8001 if you oppose

them. them, william in houston, texas. welcome. good morning, c-span and all of the listeners. i supported for two reasons. number one, because i can afford to. number two, i support it because it is a teaching lesson to any person that cannot afford to vote republican that did that makes less than $100,000 a year. in virginia right now, gas prices, everything you buy on the consumer market is going to hurt you and you will learn your lesson next time. have a great day and a wonderful rest of 2018. host: asoka in virginia, opposing the tariffs. what don't you like? caller: yes or, good morning. thank you, c-span. my opposition is this. trumps how donald operates. uses tactics on

the other party to get them to wake up in the hope that he will eventually get a dealer benefit from that. i do not believe this will be a long-term [inaudible] hopefully, they will run around and wake up and then then everything will be back to normal. this is trump using his business tactics. if i may, the real problems are not the trade deficits. the real problems are the fact earningsmiddle class have stagnated while the billionaires and millionaires, some of whom are in this, are raking in all the billions in profits. game.s just trump's think, on that

issue, do you think everyday americans, the middle class will be the ones that feel the impact of these trade tariffs? caller: it is very likely, this is practically a trade war situation. the other countries can accept pressure in terms of tariffs, but if you take china, if china imposes tariffs -- if the u.s. import tariffs are on china's it is going to apply right away to those who go to walmart, for a start. i believe that walmart itself is [inaudible]use there are much bigger fundamental problems. stealing all of the business and closing the stores, and thousands of people are losing their jobs while the owner of amazon is making billions. there are much more important problems than this, but i think

i think trump is sticking to the promises of the campaign and trying to do something -- or attempt to do something -- but i think mr. trump is a fraud. that is my comments. host: james in ohio, also opposing the tariffs. good morning. caller: good morning. first off, i was born in quebec, canada, came to the united is to --ome an american citizen united states to become an american citizen. canada is a good friend of the united states. i do not understand where mr. trump is coming from here. me and my wife both voted for him. we both worked two jobs, six days a week. we got this tax little break here, now that has been gone to higher gas prices. in our opinion, this is going to raise goods up more and the middle class, lower-middle-class are going to suffer for it. i tried to back mr. trump on a lot of things and i am just to

the point where i don't get it. with all of the things going on, why he has to even mess with this stuff, especially with our allies, our closest allies? that is just an opinion from a regular guy. i don't know, i guess we will see how it pans out. host: the previous caller from virginia says this is the president doing what he said he would do, being tough on trade. caller: well -- [laughter] yeah, i guess i should have paid a little more attention to that. we are losing our friends all around the world. i am heading back to canada for a visit this number, and we will see what everybody thinks of us when i get there. i wish he would just leave things alone for a while. there is enough stuff brewing on the stove. let's see how this other stuff pans out. i don't know, i don't get it, but i still love this country. it is a great country, but we will see what happens.

have a good summer and thanks for taking that call. host: thank you, james. we did hear from candidate that canada yesterday, the official reaction here is prime minister justin trudeau. [video clip] the numbers are clear. the united states has a 2 billion u.s. dollars surplus in still trade with canada, and canada buys more american steel than any other country in the world. indeed, we account for half of u.s. exports. u.s. steel exports. supplier ofsecure aluminum and steel to the u.s. defense industry, putting aluminum in american planes and steel and american tanks. canada could be considered a national security threat to the united states, that's inconceivable. harm industrywill and workers on both sides of the canada-u.s. border, disrupting

linked supply chains that have made north american steel and aluminum more competitive all around the world. host: all of that news conference available on our website. more reaction to the president's administration's announcement yesterday of the trade tariffs against the eu, canada, and mexico on steel and aluminum imports. this is the washington times this morning. again, the term trade war. u.s. allies brace for trade war as trump tariffs take effect. just 25 hours after the -- afterg the tariffs announcing the tariffs, mr. trump delivered an ultimatum in the ongoing negotiations for updating the north american free -- unless canada makes concessions, he says, the deal will be scrapped. "the united states has been taken advantage of for many decades on trade. days are over." this message was

conveyed to prime minister justin trudeau of canada -- the united will agree to a fair deal, or there will be no deal at all. not all negative news from the european side. same front page of the washington times, trump finds a natural ally in europe with hungary. budapest ready to stifle u.s. bashing chorus. david sands writing that hungry theno intention in joining u.s. bashing chorus in europe, in part because budapest and washington are now singing from the same page on issues such as immigration, security, and the right of sovereign nations to set their own policies. unger's foreign minister said in an interview, the minister of foreign affairs of trade said that prime minister viktor orban ally" of the trump administration, one willing to challenge the liberal orthodoxy within the european union that has been sharply critical of his government and the trump administration. that's the washington times. milford, illinois, supporting

the trade tariffs. this is charles. hello. caller: hello. yes, i support trump in everything he does, and i think war will trade -- trade thing is all right with me. i would rather be independent and not worry about anything from anybody else. we can make it here if we have to and we do not need anybody else if we don't want that. they need to go along with what we want or they are out. i have had enough of seeing everybody's jobs, i and 66 years old. i have seen all the jobs leave it is timey, and they come back. to hell with everybody else. host: what kind of jobs have you seen go overseas? a factory hereas called howard industries, they made electric motors for refrigerators and everything like that. a pretty good-sized company.

all that business went to china because they could make it cheaper than we could. that was the main business here, and the factory -- it was the since worldactory war ii. there is hardly anything left here. it is a little bitty town, i like the people here, i like the country, and that is where i was raised. appreciate your call. robert opposing the tariffs, in arkansas. we are having an experience with the tariffs and i have not heard it mentioned, but april 24, it was a year ago that trump put a tariff on an 80 and lumber -- canadian lumber. he made it retroactive. i have an invoice that cost me a for $1200. -- an extra $1200. i have asked senator cotton and he has refused. i cannot find out how much money has come from that terrorist. we have hurricanes, floods, they put $80 billion in fema funding,

which included that terrace, ariff that- t was paid,, and i understand the need, but canada buys more from us than china. if we are going to have a tariff, it should be on those countries that have poor labor standards. we had a levi plant that left. the average pay was $10 an hour. $10 an hour. honduras, that same worker, you can hire 50 to get that done. that is unfair. making, it is not the terrifying concerned about. -- the terrifying concerned tariff- the i'm concerned about. it is the transport. the terrorist money coming in on that lumber should go for iffrastructure -- the tar

money coming in on lumber should go to the instructor. press is associated reporting on it this morning. they write that china appealed to other governments today to reject trade and investment protectionism after washington raised steel tariffs and said it investments -- --d it will impose curbs on chinese investment. they write that the tariffs announced thursday on steel have no effect on china, but beijing said it reserves the right to retaliate if washington goes ahead with a threatened tariff hike on other chinese goods. here is fredericksburg, virginia, louise supporting the trade tariffs. good morning. yes, and i have a very personal reason for this. we had a power outage that lasted 10 days, 51 miles south

of washington, d.c. we had no power. in west virginia, where i am from, they had no power for approximately 14 days. and then it was discovered that we had no transformers for the electrical. they were all made out of the country. that was why we could not get the power back on. and then in november of last year, the price on my thyroid because i was tripled discovered it was made in puerto rico. that is an essential medication, it truly is. remember when they had hundreds of billions of dollars for solar power, and it was discovered that we did not have any solar power manufacturing plants, so it all went to china and other countries.

so yes, i think it is time that we have a smarter government and time that we is bring the jobs back. i lived in baltimore. i saw bethlehem steel go out of business. it hurt the pensioners, it hurt everybody. eastern standards go out of steel. host: the original mention, the power outage and the lack of transformers, did that really surprise you when you found out there were not any available or they were not made in the u.s.? caller: yes, it was shocking. it really, really stunned me. i thought jeez, this is unbelievable because -- it was a june, early july, and the temperatures were in the high 90's. it was very, very difficult to live with no power, very, very difficult, especially in the city. untilk for three days --

they got generators there was no gas, it took two days to get water. that's 51 miles south of washington dc. approximately 250 miles from here. it was even worse for them. it was terrible. they did not get water for about five days. and of course, the wealth don't work, you don't have electric, and all kinds of stuff. so it was really, really hard for a lot of people. host: we appreciate you calling in this morning. the number is (202) 748-8000 if you support the trade tariffs. oppose48-8001 if you them. paul ryan, speaker of the house, announcing he opposed the trade tariffs. the announcement made with congress on their memorial day break. the district work period. the headline in the hill, paul

ryan condemning the president's decision to impose steel and aluminum tariffs on close trading allies. "i disagree with this decision," he said in a statement after wilbur ross announced the new duties thursday morning. "instead of addressing the real problems in the international products, today's action targets america's allies when we should be working with them." that is speaker ryan. richard supports the tariffs. hello. caller: yes, good morning. i would like the people to know, we have no trade policy. other countries have a plan. we have not had a plan for years. i would like everybody to read rx," by rosemary gibson. deal of our drugs are being made in china right now, and if something happens to our relationship with china, the

prescription drugs are going to be held hostage by the chinese. island fromstole an japan, they stole an island from the philippines, they are building an island in the middle of the ocean, declaring that we can't go there. we havewhat happens if some kind of military intervention and they are making this deal for our ships, tanks or whatever? crazy, the way the former administrations let these countries take advantage of us. pretty soon, we are not going to have nothing. puerto rico used to have a lot of that all of our prescription drugs were made -- a great deal of them were made in puerto rico , and the law expired or something and all the countries moved to china. the same thing in connecticut.

connecticut used to have a big prescription drug manufacturing plant and that moved to china. this is something very urgent, trump hask donald very good insight into this matter. we have to defend the security of our nation in this process. host: thanks, richard. tom also supports the terrace, in post falls, idaho. caller: think you were taking my call and thank you for c-span. they queue, mr. trump, for for the american worker instead of the corporate investor. we need to manufacture products that are critical to our national security in america. can't believe that we would start building weapons and other critical things, like having our drugs manufactured overseas. it is simply corporate greed, along with political

malfeasance, for the back of a -- lack of a better word, allowing our sovereignty to basically be dissolved right from underneath us with our inability to financially take care of ourselves. we have $20 trillion in debt. $20 trillion. the only people i know who believe that is a good idea our politicians. politicians. we have two parties, democrats and republicans, who are both guilty. trump had to be the -- beat the republican party to be elected, and he is doing what he said, make america great again. -- you said the president is not a member of either party. we just show the article about speaker ryan and his opposition to the deal. a couple of tweets we read from republicans opposing the deal. do you think the president is out of think the president is

out of sync with those views or in sync with how his faith and how the party really feels entree? trade? i think we lost him. tony is in north port, florida. you're on the air. caller: i'm tony. i just come to the united states 45 years ago. there was everything good in america. they send everything to china, they don't do nothing in america. they are stupid, the people talking it is bad for america. in every house, they have trouble. trump is the number one president of the united states. supports america, the american people, american working class. host: some of the reporting from

the new york times. after the tariffs took effect in late march, prices on steel and aluminum probably began to rise. american metal manufacturers say that has helped to level the playing field. century aluminum company which a supported the terrace, says the action "protects thousands of american aluminum workers and puts u.s. national security first." but the times writes it has left businesses that lie on imported medals, like beer makers, auto manufacturers, and others exposed. and now that the tariffs will hit america's closest allies, some early supporters are changing their view. the new york times writes canada, the largest pirate both steel and aluminum to the united states, and the supply chain for many products snake back and forth across the border. the united steelworkers union, representing members in canada as well as the united states, says the decision called into "serious question" the design and direction of the administration's trade strategy. tallahassee, florida, next up we hear from barbara, opposing the

trade tariffs. morning, barbara, go ahead. caller: good morning. i am calling in reference to the supply chains and tool and die -- that left is our country beginning in the 1970's. north carolina had the textile industries. dieifically, the tool and and manufacturing. they would make our clothes in north carolina. we have the shoe factories in new jersey and connecticut. to respond to the lady from virginia, howard industries in mississippi is the maker of our transformers for our country. we also have howard industries mounted network transformer and services throughout the u.s. and abroad.

gentleman in the illinois spoke about howard and how they left? they are down in mississippi, which is where the founder and his wife live. , we livee other items in interconnected, global society. what happened is that you just read that the leader, paul ryan of the house, of the republican party, opposes this. do you know why? because they understand the interconnected global economy that we have. is, in you just read, fact, one of our largest trade partners, right at our border. away, thousands of miles s now -- all of our small appliances just came to help in the home house in the country for a family reunion upcoming. we are renovating a kitchen.

to get to go -- in order the appliances, refrigerators, stoves, microwaves, dishwashers, all of that now comes in manufactured from abroad. that is because the corporate, the republican supported corporate -- paul ryan -- leader you just read he was against it. most of the corporate chamber of commerce, republican supported, they sent those jobs. these gentlemen who are 66 from illinois, that was 30 years ago that those towns started leaking out. i was from a town in north carolina that all of my cousins nts,aunts, great au worked in that textile industry. those are the people you said supported trump. that is what the mainstream has been reading, that those working towns where those industries are

closed supported that trump man. what those towns are not going to get back -- towns are not going to get that manufacturing back in that way. we need to create in the structure and make the opportunity for our children to be educated, and then create a new industry. we are not going to make any t-shirts and we are not going to make these things. it is not coming back. you are not getting ready to go to a tool and die job. host: you mention that your family is and manufacturing in north carolina. did a commercial. a big family, 14 brothers and sisters. we are a very large family. -- company in mississippi is where we had to go to keep this $50,000 kitchen renovation in this country, because otherwise we will otherwise have to go to go by all of the appliance -- toasters, ovens, the least little thing is now made in

other countries because these corporation ceos make those decisions. that is not the government. that is what happened with the bought and paid lobby. host: i appreciate you sharing your experience, we not only want to hear about how the use -- how you support or oppose this, but how it might affect this. (202) 748-8000 if you support the trade tariffs. (202) 748-8001 if you oppose. other news this morning on the north korean front, a tweet from john hudson, a foreign national security reporter for the washington post about the status of things. he is saying he is hearing the north korean big wing kim dong chol is in d.c. this morning. it will be interesting if he lands a white house meeting with trump. secretary of state mike pompeo said thursday that progress had aen made toward salvaging

historic summit between president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un, calling it a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change the course for the world. reportedly, news reports indicates that the secretary of state is carrying a letter from kim jong-un to president trump. we will wait and see what happens, the president is at the white house today. meanwhile, breitbart is reporting that north korea is still conducting military drills amid these peace talks. they write that north korea is continuing to carry out military drills, despite ongoing peace negotiations with of korea and the united states. according to a report thursday from the south korean newspaper. william isflorida, supporting the trade tariffs. what do you think? go ahead. caller: yes. i don't think these people see what is going on. buy says madet we in china.

isrything we buy from them going right into their military. islandsuns, bullets, that they are building. everything. all of our technology is going to china. stealing it, everything you can think of. i see all these countries us,ing here, going against and we should start to look at what they have done to us over the years. our country needs our manufacturers. someone needs to go up to walmart, pick up a few things that say made in china, take them back, and manufacture them. that would bring jobs back to our country. trump is doing an excellent job. he needs to put more pressure -- i think we have not gone far enough yet.

iny're producing our goods their country, all of them. they think we owe them something. they owe us. how many military bases are there? we take care of their security. all of these countries that we sending, they are taking advantage of us. we need to stop that and stop it now. host: lots of reaction on twitter. lizzy tweet this country is doing the best it has done in these democrats are working overtime, trying to bring the president down. it makes no sense to me. from virginia, texas, about time we leveled the foreign trade playing field. president trump understands what folks want. the opinion of the wall street journal this morning, their lead editorial is headlined "trump's steel destruction." here is part of it. so much for donald trump as

genius dealmaker. we're supposed to believe his terror threats are a clever negotiation strategy, but he revealed thursday he is merely an old-fashioned protectionist. his decision to slap tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from europe, canada, and mexico will hurt the u.s. economy, his own foreign policy, and perhaps republicans in november. a bit more from the wall street journal. they write other countries are retaliating. europe is cranking up tariffs to 50% on u.s. products like bourbon, motorboats, cranberries, and playing cards. candida plans to hit up to $12.8 like steel,roducts yogurt, beer kegs, and sailboats. u.s.o announced tariffs on steel, lamps, pork, apples, grapes and cheese. many items on the tariff lists overlap because they target mr. in the house districts

were republicans have competitive races. this all means that president trump gambit could backfire politically. apple and pear exports to mexico increased 70% after nafta. wisconsin produces more than half of the nation's cranberries, whose biggest export markets are the netherlands and canada. they conclude by saying mr. trump has been establishing a solid economic record with tax cuts and deregulation, but his escalating trade war puts that at risk. he aspires to be ronald reagan, but his tariff folly echoes of herbert hoover. that is the wall street journal's opinion. what is yours? 10 more minutes of your calls and opinions. if you support the tariffs, (202) 748-8000. if you oppose them, (202) 748-8001. -- opposing the tariffs. good morning. caller: first off, nafta and all these trade deals were made

under a republican-controlled congress. printed and signed them, but the negotiations started well before that. all right. 45 on the campaign trail, he raged about how china was raving our economy and all of this, talking about the trade deficit with china, until china gave privatelion to some thing going on in indonesia. ok. he was against the chinese , cell phone manufacturer. once he got this 500 million dollars, oh no, the chinese workers are going to lose their jobs. let's do something about that. got her his daughter trademarks in china. china is ok now, so let's go after our allies.

what sense does that make? complained virginia about being without electricity for five days. well, she definitely couldn't live in puerto rico. these poor people have been without power for nine months. they don't care. nobody says anything about that. a trade war with our allies, everyone is going to be affected. these people need to stop thinking the kool-aid. trump does not care about the people in the united states. he only cares about him and his rich friends and that wilbur this is onlyabout going to affect 1% of the economy -- he is a billionaire. 1% to him is nothing. she mention the president's daughter, a ivanka trump. mentioned in the new york times. the terrace might be president trump's way to demonstrate that he will still punish countries for cheating the united states. arrive on the heels of lawmaker

criticism that the president has gone easy on the chas it in -- chinese telecommunication even after the company blatantly violated american sanctions against the export of advanced technology to iran and north korea and was identified as a security risk by american intelligence agencies. the trump administration said zte keep it would let buying semiconductors and other components. after the chinese company struck a deal to build a theme park with an indonesian business next to a hotel and golf or set the indonesia company is building with the trump organization. howard is in carmel, indiana, opposing the tariffs. good morning. caller: yes, i oppose the trade tariffs for a variety of reasons. trump'sother example of

poor understanding of global economics. he is not a business person. i know many of the trumpsters that call and give him credit for being a global businessman. he is not that. he is a promoter of some sort, a charlatan from what i can imagine. he is not the ceo of a global company that raises capital in global markets. he does not do any of that. he does not have a board of directors or other specifics. there was another principle that was cited as a reason for the with tariffs associated our national defense. that is not true. i think the department of defense has come back and made it clear that we have sufficient supply in the u.s. to sustain our military. rational or a valid reason for coming forward with this tariff. that is why we probably will we gon the wto when

through that process, and we will just continually shame our country and the world. we are not going to help americans by doing this. this defeats americans. trump is a buffoon. he needs to be out of office. he does not know what he is doing. he has a bunch of clowns with really ang to support crime family, and we ought to be very, very worried about what this buffoon is doing to this country. host: let's hear from a supporter, dennis is calling from new jersey. caller: yes, great, thanks for taking my call. i love c-span. i am an avid trump supporter, and this is the reason why we elected him, to go to washington to drain the swamp. people do not like adversity, people do not like change. this is classic trump trying to wake up not only our allies, but our enemies to come to the table and negotiate.

this is the way the art of the deal works, ok? you pretty much woke up the world. and you know what -- not one caller, not one of your callers has stated the money that this would bring in to our treasury, that we could probably cut down our deficit -- i guess no one in this country balances their checkbook. not one caller has said you know what? the money that will be coming in will help tariffs reduce our federal budgetary deficit. i think it is great. he wants to sit down with these countries, they are our allies, but he is classic and waking them up to get them to the negotiation table, and also renegotiate nafta. thank god we elected donald trump, and all these naysayers and democrats, they have no brand, they have no candidate.

trump 20. thank you for my call. -- trump 2020. thank you for my call. host: we will look deeper about what you talked about, the anticipated revenue or how much the revenue might be from those trade tariffs. a good point. on the lighter side of trade tariffs, if there is such a thing, paul macleod of buzz feed , a capitol hill reporter for buzz feed tweets this -- look how many elements of a fun weekend will be hit by the canadian tariffs -- with e, whiskey, playing cards, sailing boats, sleeping bags, beer kegs, coffee, pizza and quiche, chocolate, and maple syrup. dennis in texas, good morning. good morning. i am definitely a supporter of trump and a supporter -- i do not support terrorists, i support using them to get fair trade deals -- i do not support tariffs, i support using them to

get fair trade deals. blank sheet ofa paper and write a zero and say what will we charge for this? china charges 25% for cars. toy say they will lower it 15, we charge 2.5%. it is across the board in all areas. it is not fair. the economists are saying the trade deficit is not the problem. that does not indicate a problem. i would typically agree with that as long as the deficit is caused with fair trade. but when unfair trading agreements are in place that we are having to compete with, the money we are losing in terms of deficits of that, that can't be good for the economy. it is just not possible. for example, it says the 25% tariff on cars will giving us this scenario -- our car costs will go up. cars will be brocken -- brought

in will go up, but the cars that are made in this country will not go up. most of the foreign producers providing cars, i think they make 90% of their cars in this country. it is a percentage of these things that are going to be affected. at this point,-- part of the deal at this point is to make a point that he does mean that these are not just talking points when he talks about tariffs. he will draw a line, he is going to mean it, his redline on trade -- but it has to be fair and he needs to mean it. trump supporters like myself understand that we might have to pay higher prices temporarily for something, because it is a trade war. let me take a quick look at the washington post, writing about the background on this. they write that the root of the current political -- excuse me, trade myth lies in a surplus of global steel, which most analysts blame on excess chinese investment and production facilities. steelmakers worldwide produce 700 million tons of steel that

customers need, seven times total u.s. production. has flood of steel depressed prices, making it difficult for many american steelmakers to compete. writes last year, commerce secretary wilbur ross negotiated volunteer reductions in global capacity, but trump rejected the deal. the president had announced the tariffs in march, but gave several u.s. allies temporary exemptions while they negotiated potential limits on shipments to the united. states.d one more call from maui, hawaii, supporting the trade tariffs. good morning. caller: yes, i support the president. i want to put this in iron from maui with a used to live in organ. the largestof aluminum plants on the columbia river. of reason why is because

power. one bill was $1 million in electricity. they were subsidizing electricity for the homeowner. when they moved out, we had eight plants, aluminum, alcoa was there -- they moved out and went to china, ok? and electric bills went skyhigh for the homeowner. also, freightliner, one of the ingest truck manufacturers oregon, and did the united states, clashed a crux and moved to mexico. aluminum.a lot of what president trump is trying to ours bring guard jobs people back to

work, and these aluminum plants lost thousands of jobs. pfizer moved out of portland. deere, onepany, john of the oldest manufacturers in the world in the united states, if not the world. if you look on the tag, it says made in china, assembled in the united states. host: that is john in maui, thank you. more ahead on "washington journal," as next we talked to ryan clancy, the chief strategist for no labels about his groups plan to break to the partisan gridlock and what is ahead for the 2018 midterms. later today marks the official start of hurricane season. we will talk with emily atkin about how officials are already behind on this year's preparations. more ahead on "washington journal."

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continues. host: with us on "washington journal" is ryan clancy, the chief strategist for the group no labels talking about the role of moderates in governing and politics and what is ahead for 2018. remind us what no labels is about, what is your mission and how are you funded? guest: it is democrats, republicans, and independents trying to bring leaders together to solve problems. funding is private from across the country. our focus is congress, and the chief project is to cultivate this bipartisan block in the congress called problems are -- problems with 48 solvers caucus with 48 members evenly divided across parties. host: did this evolve independently? guest: it is inspired by no labels. we spentguest: years trying to get these members together and it was not easy. over time as they started to

build relationships, a lot of them recognized they could create something robust. they created a caucus last year, controlled by -- not controlled by no labels. they have their own leadership. a congressman from new jersey and from upstate new york have their own standards and bylaws. think of it like a freedom caucus for the political center, a good analog to think of how they operate. host: about the same size? guest: bigger. freedom caucus is 31. host: the caucus on capitol hill, those are republicans and democrats, but the issue of moderates on capitol hill, would you say a moderate is an endangered species there? guest: yes, if you look at the caucus, some people in there would identify as moderates but not all. there are several who are self-described liberals or conservatives. what differentiates them from other members is they recognize

they have a responsibility to govern and trying to get 60% of something is better than 0% of nothing, just different from other members. host: what in your background brings you to this position? guest: i was in the obama administration early as a for the commerce department and vice president biden. i have been working with no labels for five years. it started in 2010 as the tea party would have crested, so when the partisanship got out of control. what we see now, unfortunately, is even though the minority that this started with the tea party in 2010, you see similar activity on the left. it is a powerful force in each party who will not break any compromise and to seize any leader who wants to work with the other side as a traitor and that is the problem. host: you have members of the problems solvers caucus that is

a partisan on capitol hill but they are being typed or changed politically from the left in their home states or on the right. guest: that is one of the biggest problems when you look at incentives today. -- nine outstricts, of 10 house dishes, the primary race is what matters and only 15% turns out. you could have a district with one line people whose representation is chosen by 50,000 people, who happen to be more ideological and partisan than the typical voter and that is how you end up with a congress more partisan than ideological. host: how are members of the caucus in your group trying to bring more people into the organization? tryingwe are very active to build up citizens and local communities in the country. i was in minnesota earlier this week talking to people there and the same in chicago. i will be in colorado in a few

weeks doing the same. the idea being that all the incentives in the system are wrong. if i am a member of congress and go to the town hall or get calls in that office, it is almost always from fringes. that is negative reinforcement pushing them away from working together. i thought is if you can mobilize people to push in the other direction, you get different results. host: how do you do that locally in a system where some places have a third party dealing with the impact? guest: really it is about engagement and about getting people to participate who do not typically participate. that is the interesting thing. area long time, people who disaffected with politics, their instinct was i will shut it off and out because i cannot take it anymore. they are recognizing that when the abandoned the playing field

and leave it to the extreme, they make it worse. people recognize there is an urgency to try and prescribe. host: we invite your calls and comments. our guest is the chief strategist for no labels, ryan clancy. (202)-748-8001 for republicans. (202)-748-8000 free democrats. and for independents and others, (202)-748-8002. --@cspanwj.eet at i want to look at some of the members of the problem solvers caucus in competitive races on the republican side, one in colorado, brian fitzpatrick, pennsylvania, one in new york, tom mccarthy in new jersey, and david young get in iowa. on the democratic side, josh gottheimer, stephanie murphy in florida, and tom o'halloran in arizona. do those members of that problems solvers caucus seat of

benefit in being a member? does that go to their constituents and they say, i am trying to work for bipartisan efforts on capitol hill? guest: absolutely. they are not running from their membership in the caucus. when they go back, they tell us, when they go to local districts, this is what people want to hear. if you read the headlines, it is nothing but fighting and dysfunction. to have a member come back and say, i am part of a group trying to get a yes while everyone is stuck on no, that is something people welcome. carlos cabello did something notable to read he is one of the key drivers between -- behind us discharge petition -- notable. he is one of the key drivers behind this discharge petition, choose basically a rank-and-file rising up against leadership, saying you are refusing to give us consideration of legislation

on the floor, so we will try to force your hand. we are starting to see members are sick and tired of being along for the ride and doing what leadership once. if they cannot get a bill to the floor, they are willing to force it. host: have most of the caucus members signed it? guest: yes. host: first, we hear from christina in illinois. go ahead with your comment on the independent line. caller: i am an independent in the chicagoland area and a supporter of no labels. i am excited about what the problem solvers are doing. the properis response to tribalism in the government and it is the secret to turning things around. i am excited. i have never been excited about anything political so very much. guest: thank you. we appreciate it. one thing we are doing that is different is there are no

shortage of groups with ideas on how to fix washington. people say we need to do away with gerrymandering and start a third party. in our view, those reforms are problematic for a couple of reasons. either they will not to what people think they are intended to do or they are hard and take a long time to get done. we are trying to work within the system and fix things now. we think the caucus is the best vehicle to do it. host: let's you from roseanne on our democrat line. caller: i am calling about the culture of name-calling that has come out huge in basically the when you have a leader who campaigned on name-calling and all the people that he was running against in the primary, and he continues to

do that, then you have a backlash and people cannot restrain themselves because anger sets in, and the name-calling is kind of like a vicious circle of when are you going to pull back and restraint and go, ok, this is not the way to go? we going toare solve this when our current president is constantly throwing out bitter vitriol using awful it comes to opponents of people who do not agree with him? i wonder what your comment would be on that, thank you. guest: it is problematic. everybody has a role to try and pull this back. you send it up perfectly when you said it is a vicious cycle and there doesn't seem to be a way out. we're trying to get leaders who do not operate in that fashion, who are trying to be constructive.

we see this in the caucus, one thing we find most promising. for example, one thing the members have promised, they refuse to campaign against another member, which is a huge deal. it starts one leader at the time that we need more people willing to pull back. the easy thing is to launch a grenade any given day into the debate but that is a problem long-term and not getting us anywhere. host: let me ask about supporting members. the headline in the hill says no labels aims to protect moderates and primary fights. our caller talked about name-calling. what about name-calling and adds in primaries with a candidate you are supporting or a no labels candidate is attacked by an ad? how do you counsel them to respond? this is what you say and do not

fall into that trap? guest: you have to defend yourself. we are not naive about politics. keep it about the issues. what is the old saying? politics ain't being bad? we do not think democrats and republicans should try to paper over differences. if there are differences, they should debate them and vigorously, but the issue is when that curdles into something worse. it is that ad hominem attack, the willingness to basically always look to the worst in the other person and what they're trying to do and that is a problem and not helpful. host: steve next in minnesota. caller: good morning. guest: good morning. caller: curious about under the kind of world you would like to move us towards, how would you measure the effectiveness of congress as problem solvers were able to get more critical mass? is there a parameter or index

you could use to see whether you made progress and publicize as a way of getting more people on board with the idea? guest: first of all, the most important measure would be the passage of more bipartisan legislation. it is tougher for us to do an objective index. it is easier for single issue groups to do a straightahead report card or ranking. what we are looking for is more bipartisan legislation and for a reason. it is not that we in the abstract think it is a nice thing. we think you get better results when legislation passes that way. it stands -- it tends to stand the test of time. host: on twitter, bobby asks -- is the purpose of your caucus to gain agreement among congress? would you sacrifice the needs of the people to get along? what about health care, women's

rights? guest: the problem solvers caucus might not have a lot of visibility outside washington but on four separate occasions this year, they have aligned on ambitious reforms on health care. they offered what is still the only bipartisan health care reform proposal in the house. security,n and border on infrastructure, and on gun safety. that is a big deal to get 42 members, democrats and republicans, behind it. the bad news is none of those got a boat and there is a reason. it is that the rules that govern congress today are so dysfunctional they have to change. in the next couple of days, no labels will launch a significant campaign focused on this issue. what you see today is the power in the house is in the wrong places. sometimes the speaker has too much power. sometimes the ideological fringes. who that tends to leave out our

people with influence in the past, committees, rick and file members. they are along for the ride. ont: what is your first caps rules in the senate and the call to end filibusters on certain legislations? guest: the first book we came out with was make congress work and we are starting with the house. that is where we see the most dysfunction and most opportunity for change because there will be a new speaker next year. that could provide an opportunity to drive changes. host: let's go to new york, manny on the independent line. caller: good morning. what i am serious about is -- curious about is you have the tendency in both parties for people to be encouraged to identify themselves, whether by gender, ethnicity, religious

beliefs, and that is what is causing a lot of the attention. -- lot of detention. not that there should not identified by those, but what can we do to get people to have more of an identity of americans and we are all in this together? guest: it gets back to what you just said, we are americans first. people lose that. identities are important, whether your religion, your gender, that has always been a part of campaigning. the problem we get into is when people put those forward to the exclusion of everything else. we forget we are americans first and we need more leaders willing to put the country over the party. host: we had several more minutes with ryan clancy with no labels. (202)-748-8000 for republicans -- (202)-748-8001 for republicans. (202)-748-8000 for democrats. (202)-748-8002 for independents and all others. back to the hill article on your

efforts this fall -- they write you are planning an aggressive effort to spend billions of dollars to predict moderates from primary challenges in an attempt to get incumbents incentive not to cater to the party grassroots, typically dominate primary contest. where does it come from? guest: private donation and that is a separate effort from the labels, so there is an independent expenditure group doing that. no labels is a 501(c) four. host: on the issue, david says -- you need voter participation in order to diminish the vitriol as long as the primaries are dominated by flamethrowers, we will always have problems. james in kentucky -- jane in kentucky on a democrat line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i followed no labels for quite a while and really admired the work you are doing. today, in that i have

have trouble identifying the problem solvers caucus members. how can i get information on who was involved in that? guest: the best bet is to contact the offices directly of the cochairs, josh gottheimer, from new jersey, or tom reed from new york. host: that could? caller: thank you. guest: next in wisconsin, independent line. caller: good morning, gentlemen. labels,upporter of no and i am wondering with all of the rich rial and pressure from extremes, have you lost -- all the vitriol and pressure, have you lost any members? my congressman, sean duffy, i asked him about the labels and he was -- about no labels and he was positive.

for anyot been back discussions. i do not see his name on anything. i hear he is on fox news a lot. that is my question. so when the problem solvers caucus launched last january, there were two dozen of them and today there are 48, so they are adding members. they have a standard for adding new members called the noah's ark rule so if you are a democrat who wants to come on, you have to bring a republican and vice versa. they had been gaining members, to the extent there are members there are hesitant to join, it might be because it demands you make commitments. i mentioned earlier you cannot campaign against other members. that is not something that leadership likes. the most notable thing they have done is they have agreed if 75% of the caucus can get to yes on

an issue and 51% of the respective d's and r's, that compels everyone to support it. that means a member gives up their voting card because that is with the caucus ones to do but that is how you get influence. the support ask on of one member in the primary, this is from the website the intercept on greenwald's website about dan lipinski. they write he was facing a robust primary challenge from a progressive democrat backed by many constituencies that he clashed with over the years. they write that he represents a solid democratic seed but has become one of the more conservative in the house with opposition to abortion and hostility toward marriage and immigration rights. he narrowly defeated newman in the primary, backed with primary support from the labels. he is a member of the problem solvers caucus and

representatives who work to solve problems. , hehe case of dan lipinski has been a member of the problem solvers caucus and in your consideration of supporting him, was he the best candidate in the race? guest: absolutely. that outside political effort i was talking about is a sickly the signature focus over the cycle, protecting members who are challenged in their primaries from the right or left. in this case, it was a democratic race. there will be other basis where it will be republican but -- basis where it will be republican -- races where it will be republican. this gets to the core problem, people complain leaders do not want to work together. the reason they do not is because most of the time it means they lose their job. until to create a reward

for problem-solving, you will never change anything. host: do we see these problems on the state level? guest: you doguest:. what is interesting is states are often doing better than washington because they are forced to work together. lots of states have a mandate that a budget gets balanced. here we do not and they do not pass them anymore. better.end to work i was out in minnesota last week and you are starting to see more nationalization for hyper local races that have nothing to do with national politics. they are injected local statehouse races and in one case, i saw one for the local probate judge was drawn international issues. everything is getting national. host: we will hear from elaine in washington, republican line. caller: i have three points.

first, you said the most dysfunction is in the house. yet, they have sent 400 bills to the senate sitting untouched. they have not looked at them. the second, if they got secret votes in our house and senate, we might have a middle of the road because people could not identify if they are booting with or against a party. the third thing is when it comes to gerrymandering, i think i'll districts with the government should be computerized. everybody should have the same computer and it should be set on boundaries given to the computer and then we cannot complain about this or that party giving preference to one party or the other. host: several points, thanks. you can address any. guest: the first one with the house, the fact they sent over 400 hills, this gets to the problem. how are they sent over?

do they have bipartisan support? in a lot of cases, no. that is the problem. lots can pass the house on a partyline basis, but it needs 60 votes in the senate. unless you pass things in the house with an eye towards can it passed the senate? in the senate as a graveyard for partisan ideas. we need more bills to pass in a bipartisan fashion. it can berymandering, helpful in some cases but we had looked at this. if you look at political science research, a lot of the polarization is self sorting and districts, liberals want to be with liberals and conservatives with conservatives so it can help the margins but ultimately, we think the biggest issue is voting. even if you redraw this text, if you do not get more independent-minded voters, you probably don't have a different result.

host: here is mary in illinois on the democrat line. caller: i am so happy to know there is someone out here like him. i had given up. andst turned on my tablet the former speaker of the house, john boehner made a statement this is no longer the republican party.this is trump's it is sad to say that, but they pushed him out. he has ahat is why right to say what he said. thank you. have a good day. host: one more from missouri, jonathan, democrat line. caller: my name is jonathan bell , and i agree with the last caller. i love your work. . you are trying to have -- i look what you are doing. you are trying to set examples for people in the united states not to be left or right that

help them find a middle ground. and havem 13 years old been watching c-span since seven years old, and i love to see this, what i am looking at now. thank you. host: thank you. glad to have you. guest: that is fantastic. for thosest say that listening who want to get s.org is wherebel we are. in the next couple days, we will have a significant announcement, some ideas, and the campaign we are launching to change dysfunctional rules. host: we look forward to having you back before the 2018 midterms. ryan clancy, thank you. there is more "washington journal" ahead. it is the start of hurricane season today. we will hear from emily atkin, a republic,h the new talking about how federal and local officials are already behind the eight ball when it

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emily atkin has been reporting on hurricane season, beginning today, what can you tell us about the upcoming season? guest: you will have normal to above-average season this year. projections have looked about the same. the prediction from know what say we may have five named to nine named storms. we already had one, alberto, which came over memorial day weekend and affected the east coast around north carolina significantly. it is looking like an average to above average season. can predict how many will make landfall, but we are looking at average to above-average. host: the headline in your piece looks deeper into not just the prediction of what we see, but where officials are locally and on the federal level. america is not ready for this

season begins,e but little has been dead since last year's devastating storms, the title. what did you find? andt: individuals governments are more prepared to respond to a storm. i think the shock of last year having six major named storms billion inll, $200 damage, the costliest hurricane season on record, a people think if we get one more this year, we need to have stockpiled food, water, medicine, so in puerto rico and florida, on the gulf of mexico, there was a lot more capability to respond when a storm comes, but not much, if anything, has been done invulnerable areas like puerto rico, florida, texas, to improve resilience to a storm and those

infrastructure resilience methods in improving sewage systems, drainage, things like reduce the will amount of suffering when a big storm hits. host: on hurricanes and similar storms, what is the role of the federal emergency management agency? id the agency -- are they the agency to help in preparations or more focused on reaction and recovery? guest: they are more focused on reaction and recovery. it is part of their job to tell preparehat to do to they had done that, but they are more of an emergency aspirants agency, although the to play a will and preparedness. on the federal level, when agency we look at in terms of preparing resilience is housing and urban development because they control the federally

funded buildings. those can be schools, housing. hoodwe are looking for is to invest in those buildings to ensure they are not vulnerable when storms come. host: when they invest in something like hud or a piece of the fema budget, can localities happened to it to help in preparations? guest: i do not believe so but it is possible. i know localities -- a lot of preparation is up to localities. and you look at hurricane harvey, which hit houston, one reason it was so bad is because the city of houston had approved so much development on that land, which absorbs a lot of rainfall, and a lot of damage around south florida is because of developments that miami officials approved. so they have their own policies

to deal with. host: emily atkin is with this, talking hurricane season. we would like to hear from you. (202)-748-8001 for those of you in the eastern and central time zones. (202)-748-8000 if you are in the (202)-748-8000 if you are in the eastern and central time zones. (202)-748-8001 for those of you in the western and mountain time zones. you write that much has been done to prevent problems of last year's response. according to the new york times, were houses have been stocked and hospitals have emergency power. fema intends to keep 70 recovery centers open and 2800 employees on the island. the hope is if another big storm hits, the island will not have to wait two weeks to receive aid personnel and supplies from the mainland. approximately 30,000 people

there lack electricity still, you write. you quote someone who returned, saying -- nothing has been done to fortify the electricity system after maria destroyed it, causing the largest blackout in american history. who was responsible for restoring the electrical system in puerto rico? guest: the puerto rican government to its electric authority is responsible. however, they have not been able to do it for years so they are looking for help from the federal government. we are down to 14,000 people in puerto rico that lack this isity still, and what we talked about earlier with fema. not allowed to build a better system with those grants. to rebuild thed same system that was in place, so it is a complicated situation in puerto rico with the

responsibility of puerto rico's government and the federal government, but strings could have been pulled to change the policies around his grants to start -- the grants to start rebuilding a more fortified system. that would take five years to six years. host: take us back to this point last year. i am trying to recall the prediction for last year. correct me if i am wrong, we had maria that hit puerto rico and other places, hurricane harvey in houston, irma in florida -- what was the prediction -- anticipation of what the hurricane season looked like head of those storms? guest: meteorologists predicted heavy activity -- host: last year? guest:. the temperature of the gulf of mexico and surrounding waters was high. there were warnings we might see a big storm. surrounding the

atlanta -- the water surrounding the atlantic is so vast that storms can form and we can have an active season and never seek hurricane hit a major populated area, landfall. it boils down to bad luck in terms of where they hit, but because of human caused climate change and the amount of moisture in the atmosphere, it becomes more likely we will keep seeing stronger storms develop. host: emily atkin are guest with the new republic talking about parking -- talking about hurricane preparedness. love to hear from you on how you are preparing. the coastal residents, (202)-748-8002. kevin is in daytona beach, good morning. caller: good morning. how are you? host: doing fine, thank you. caller: i am catching up to thecaller: t.v. girl, ias telling the

was calling for ryan clancy, but i am from miami. until i was miami 30. i am 62. we moved to north carolina. during that time, you had andrew and that stuff, but miami was always -- you had to take care of your stuff. hurricane season you get prepared. you stock up on certain things, but the main thing is you pick up your yard, turn your trees, do this and that. and then you see it coming go, whatever, and you are covered in this something really weird happens like your neighbors did not clean their yard. host: does it feel like storms have gotten worse in florida? caller: a little. when i moved back to florida, my wife cannot stand it in the mountains anymore, and i did research and i figured that

daytona beach was one of the safest places in florida, and was comfortable. i do not like the west coast. host: he talked about individual efforts. guest: i like to think about it like brushing your teeth. it is important as an individual to brush your teeth every day, like it is important as an individual to make sure your stuff is secure and you have an evacuation plan ready, that you do what officials tell you, but if you do not have a dentist to tell you you need your wisdom teeth taken out, a local government to tell you you cannot build a building that or you need these regulations, then all the brush you did this for nothing. preparedness is for nothing. individuals have a huge spots ability to make sure they are safe, but the amount of suffering they ultimately are going to receive if there is a

storm, depends on the preparation of their federal government or orthodontist. host: the federal government provided $140 billion last year, where did that money go? guest: list has gone to individual grants and community -- most has gone to individual and community grants, a lot to texas, to the galveston hurricane harvey hit region, houston, so people rebuilding their homes and communities. host: small business loans -- guest: exactly, a lot has gone to puerto rico. congress needed to approve further funds, the funds fema had were not enough. how could they be? we would have had to expect three major hurricanes in three major areas and we had not had one in 10 years. host: how much extra funding did congress approve?

guest: over $100 billion i believe, but that is to play catch-up. host: from florida this morning, theadline -- ready or not, 2018 hurricane season starts today. in florida, patricia. caller: good morning. thank you particular call. i am in dade city. one area we are in, we were destined to be hit. at the last minute, it did not hit us the way they said. i'm in a mobile park and we had to get out, mandatory evacuation. i ended up in a shelter with eight hundred 63 people for two nights. we were on the floor. it was the most horrendous experience, one anyway, that i have been through. i do not feel the state of florida is ever going to be ready for hurricane to the magnitude of five or higher because there is no way out.

if you do not be before -- if you do not leave before it gets depends, you are stuck. and the american red cross, if they are not there to take care of people, it is quite the are rationed. i am not ungrateful. it is so daunting experience. i cannot describe it. yes, we do pay attention, but it doesn't make a difference. if that storm is going to hit the state, we are done. i do not care what structure you are in. to be without power and the gas,effects, no food, no no water -- there was nothing for two weeks later. those are the stories that should be reported but they never are. thank you for taking my call. host: thanks for sharing, patricia. guest: i will say it is unfortunate that living in the mobile park, those structures are extremely vulnerable and there are so many people living

in south florida living in formidable structures, who had even built seawalls on coastal properties and they were destroyed. one thing disaster experts, especially in south florida, point me to our strict building codes in south florida and the 40 keys. much of the keys were completely devastated, speaking to the caller. some of the new buildings built under these codes survived greatly with little damage. there is -- there are things that local and federal governments can do to fortify the infrastructure. worse,ms keep getting they will have to be difficult decisions because some buildings, no matter how big and great, will never survive a huge storm. there are measures that can be taken to fortify infrastructures. host: the issue in puerto rico

continues to be the electric grid. in the washington times, the associated press says millions caught and to the great since maria hit, puerto rican officials warned it could take far less than a storm at berea to cause a blackout like the one today. with 11,820 homes and businesses still without power -- "the grid ." there but it is teetering they say, even if it is a category one, it is in such a state, we will lose power, i do not know for how long. let's go to wisconsin. we are talking with emily atkin. caller: hi. isquestion is, how come hud allowed not to fulfill their housingon for emergency for dislocated people? they get a budget.

how come there are not trailers or something like that available so peoples funding are not caught up in hotels all the time? another question i have is, is there some type of national aturance also by fema economical rates? host: you are talking flood insurance? caller: yes. host: national flood insurance and housing by hud? guest: there is a national flood insurance program and it is deeply flawed and has been one of the biggest, one of the biggest sources of problems that disaster response experts talk to me about. yes, you can get government butrance, flood insurance, it costs the government so much money because they will ensure

any property -- insure any property, even one likely to flight, so as stronger storms build, we pay more and more for that insurance. there has been attempts to reform the flood insurance program to make it more incentivize and to to get people to live in more fortified homes, especially on the coast. that has not happened yet. in terms of hud and trailers, fema trailers, nobody wants evacuated people to stay in hotels all the time but sometimes you cannot predict where a storm of it and to have those trailers up before a big storm happens. in terms of hud, the trump administration said last year that they intended in the wake of the storms to bring back a

and and make sure -- rule to make sure the hud buildings built took in mind the changing climate and probability for large and intense storms. the trump administration was going to rescind the role or they have rescinded that rule and after storm said, they said, we will bring it back but that hasn't happened. host: comments on twitter at --@cspanwj, alton says hurricane season shows how vulnerable we are based on our connectivity to centralized and communication networks. lindsay says -- fema funds were abused. anytime a disaster happens, the corrupt government feels their pockets. do you see evidence of abuse of fema funds? guest: it is hard to tell as of yet. we have seen one of the biggest things we saw early on was the

award of a contract to rebuild puerto rico's electrical grid to a two-person company in montana closely connected to interior secretary ryan zinke. that caused national outreach that a two-person company with no experience, prior experience successfully building an electrical grid, was awarded a huge contract. host: but they are no longer the contractor. guest: there no longer the contractor but that sits back the rebuilding of over one month, which is precious time. we only have six months to eight months in between hurricane seasons to make sure you are prepared again in case of another big storm. puerto rico especially. we will keep seeing more reporting on the funds given, on the fema grants, but as of now, that was the biggest. host: back to calls, from

addison in new york. caller: good morning. i would suggest a national competition on design for caribbean decentralized power grids. that we used this opportunity to start doing that now. it is crazy that it is not. the word science should be used and to study global climate change. rico,we mentioned puerto what about the virgin islands, a u.s. territory? they were pretty banged up in hurricane area, as well. guest: still suffering tournaments degree. i'm glad you brought that up because -- still suffering. i'm glad you brought that up because they wind up getting lost in the mix. we talk about puerto rico because after hurricane area, puerto rico is a u.s. territory and we are responsible for them,

but the u.s. virgin islands are in the exact same boat. tourism has suffered there and in puerto rico, and i would lump them in with puerto rico. host: do we know if they had similar issues with their electric grid? guest: they did, but there are much less people there, so it power inr to restore that area, and their electrical grid system was nowhere near as flimsy as puerto rico's because they had just had long-standing financial problems that the u.s. virgin islands did not have. they had their own issues, but puerto rico's financial problems and infrastructure was especially flimsy. host: let's hear from david in new orleans. good morning. caller: hi, emily. i really appreciate you being here today on this topic. i was here in my house in 2005 had totrina came, and i

evacuate to dallas. i was able to return in .ovember of 2005 when i returned, there was a note stapled to my front door from fema saying that they would wasbuild my roof because it in the best this roof. roof.was an abestos it is not, it is slate. the message i want to send to viewers, you cannot rely on fema. blue cross was the only institution that helped me at all. everybody else, including fema, did nothing. that is -- i think the new republic should emphasize to the readers that you cannot rely upon the federal government and

the state government to do anything for you. you have to make plans for yourself. that is my comment. thank you, emily. guest: thank you. i think the federal government -- i liken it to brushing your teeth. you do have to brush her teeth and prepare, but you should expect that you have a government that you pay taxes to , state and federal, that will rise to the occasion when a storm like katrina hits. 2005 when hurricane katrina hit, that was widely seen as a huge failure. and greatly, obviously too, completely destroyed your trust in the federal government. it is up to the state and federal governments to rebuild that trust and you are right not to, but it is also about to us to say that we do expect better

and that put that pressure on our governments so we can trust him again. host: a couple more minutes of calls for emily atkin on hurricane season. (202)-748-8000 for eastern and central time zones. mountain pacific, (202)-748-8001 . residents,stal (202)-748-8002. aa.gov a great website to see where storms are coming and advisories on storms with their five-day tropical outlook. no tropical cyclones expected in the next five days. you pointed out alberto striking ahead of hurricane season in florida coming up the southeast part of the u.s. earlier this week. what is the general scientific consensus on the impact of climate change on storms in recent years? in thein the east coast atlantic hurricane region, we are a rainy area compared to the

rest of the united states. we hold a lot of moisture in our atmosphere. we get a lot of brain so we get -- we get a lot of rain and hurricanes. on the strength of likelihood of hurricanes, it is unclear whether or not climate change is going to affect the number of hurricanes we see, but what is clear and what most scientists will tell you is that because of the 535 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide we have put in the atmosphere, we have increased the water vapor content and that is the energy in the atmosphere, so in our rainy area, we are expected to get more rain as the atmosphere heats up. extreme precipitation events, including hurricanes and a big rainstorm that hit maryland over the weekend, those will have more intensity and are more likely to include more witness.

s. -- wett wetnes ness. we know it will bring more intense rainstorms. host: the prediction for hurricane season in one headline, the orlando sentinel saying, thus intense storms now projected for 2018. is go to jim in louisville, kentucky, good morning. caller: good morning. i have one comment for the moderator, your questions to c-span's hand, and i do not think you are supposed to do this. you assume that climate change is a serious and potentially catastrophic issue. dr. emily, i appreciate them up -- now temporally, i appreciate her being on. number one, or is her college degree in -- what is a college

degree in?number two, i would like emily thismit all she is doing talking about things she has been told by other people. , we have emily on because she is a reporter. she is a staff writer with new republic, and it is among many issues to answer for her, and she is writing about it. guest: what i will respond to, is what reporting is is talking to experts, and as a reporter, i use my judgment to dean who are the experts i should be talking to and learning from. over the course of the last five years or six years i have been reporting on climate change in science, i have talked a scientist across the country that study climate change from noaa, nasa, the federal government, from overseas, from texas to florida, to california. the majority, almost all of

them, just in line with the scientific consensus, tell me what i am telling you, which is that climate change is a serious problem that makes rainstorms more intense on the east coast coast and increases the risk for damaging economically weather events across the country. host: one more call from liz in alvin, texas. caller: i experienced flooding from hurricane harvey. it was devastating. those of us with insurance, some were able to get settled. my neighborhood has 1000 homes. a lot of the homes were hit and a lot of them have not gotten started with repairs. we just moved back into our house last week. money thatry little

is being seen for any of these people. if you did not have insurance, you are screwed. because there is no hope -- help. red cross did not give any money and fema did not give money. you could apply for a small business administration loan but most people cannot afford to rebuild. my sister is one of them. sad.: that is interesting, one of the things reporters have seen, an article in politico months ago about how texas and houston in particular have received far more money than other areas, namely puerto rico, hit by storms. the caller is telling us that even in houston, there is not enough money for people to rebuild their homes, to move back. that speaks volumes to the

problem that we are facing with these increased intense storms. or three hit,two never enough money to help everybody if everybody is still living in the serious that are vulnerable. tough decisions people in the government have to make in terms of what to fund. host: emily atkin, a reporter with the new republic. thank you for being here with us this morning. guest: thank you for having me. host: we will open it to any topic you would like to talk about, public policy, political issue, what we talked about in terms of the tariffs. republicans.for democrats, 202-748-8000. independents, 202-748-8002. this weekend, our c-span cities

tour's exploits the american story as we travel to fort worth, texas to feature the cities history and literary life. there is the fort worth mayor. at eastern hills elementary school on the southeastern side of fort worth. we do rolling town halls on wednesdays. i am a cyclist and have been for years. it is a fun way to get out and talk about the health of the community. in big cities, if you are not out and about, you do not hear things you should. a way to get kids who know who you are as they study civic engagement. fort worth is in the upper quadrant of taxes. we are 35 miles -- 30 miles from dallas. in the dfw region. people know the dfw airport, equal between dallas and fort

worth, 15 miles from each city's city hall. 16th largest city in the nation and in 2020 at least 14th if not larger. top five grass -- last is growing city in the nation. 25,000 are gained each year. the challenges is managing the rapid growth and delivering infrastructure to accommodate that. we do not want people in gridlock and we have some already but we are tackling it. tackling keeping the inner-city neighborhoods strong. fort worth is a big geographic city. 354 we are in the process of annexing. sprawl is a problem and we are working on education. working on public school

education is an issue for us. for a long time, we were known in the defense industry, world war ii we built bombers. a lot of people came from central texas to go to work here. if they were not fighting in the war, they were building airplanes here and we were in the defense industry. we are very diverse from medical, logistics, aviation, lockheed martin and bell helicopter are in fort worth. facebook's largest data center. we are very diverse. fort worth is going to continue to grow. our biggest challenge is .aintaining a feel it is on the right path. >> "washington journal" continues. host: open phones until 9:30 eastern.

we will have a brief session. for republicans. democrats, 202-748-8000. , 202-748-8002. job numbers are out. unemployment rate falling to 222,000ployers adding -- 223,000 jobs in may. let's hear from connecticut. tom. good morning. republican. caller: good morning. i enjoyed the last presentation but emily did not answer the question of what her college -- is.is feared host: i should -- her college degree is in journalism and political science from the state

university of new york. she has worked at a number of media organizations. it.er: i appreciate it was a good presentation. host: lisa in virginia, democrat line. caller: good morning. say, the guest from the new republic mentioned that the government is responsible , ora lot of the cleanup whatever it is going on in this country as far as hurricanes. people do not seem to realize that the government is as good as the leadership running the government. i am not talking about the low level career employees.

administrations elected to the government to oversee government agencies, such as the president and the people he selects to come in and run his administration. they are responsible for overseeing the federal agencies. i wanted to make a point that not every administration is the same. companies thatan hire ceos and directors to come in and run a company. runningership that is that organization determines the outcome. or the best outcome. a lot of people in this country do not understand that. that is my comment for today. thank you. host: president trump tweeting this morning, on his favorite theme on the robert mueller

investigation, he said the ap has reported that russian hoax investigation has cost our government over $17 million. going up fast, no collusion except for democrats. this from the "washington post" -- prosecutors interviewed james comey whether they decide whether to prosecute andrew mccabe. to whetherrobe as andrew mccabe broke the law by lying to federal agents, an indication the office is seriously considering weathering the cave should be charged with a crime. justice department inspector general michael horovitz accused andrew mccabe in april of misleading investigators and james comey four times, three under oath about authorizing a disclosure to the media. he referred the findings to the d.c. office to determine whether criminal charges were warranted.

lying to federal investigators can carry a five year prison sentence of andrew mccabe disputes he intentionally misled anyone. the interview while significant does not indicate prosecutors have reached the conclusion and people familiar with the process said it is not surprising given the allegations andrew mccabe faces. a referral from the inspector general does not guarantee charges will be filed. illinois. independent line. >> -- caller: hello? host: you are on the air. i want to speak about climate change. anybodyot seem to have from the other side. iran three satellites for 10 years and climate change has happened since the earth begin. -- men causing

climate change is a hoax. money, they want carbon sequestration. they do not say that the carbon dioxide comes out and becomes plans. what they do not talk about is where man can affect this. stopping the absurd cutting down of the rain forests which changes the weather. not climate. allusions of the oceans -- collusion of the oceans which changes the weather -- pllut -- oceans whichthe changes the weather. this would result in money lost.

hoax of climate change and sequestration makes money for the brokers. exchange things without having an effect on the climate. if you would have dr. fred singer, in the game for 50 years, you may get something different besides these grant driven so-called scientists who go where the money is. host: a story this morning and bloomberg, the headline says that donald trump prepares a lifeline for money-losing coal power plants. reporting that the trump administration officials are making plans to order grid operators to buy electricity from struggling coal and nuclear plants in an effort to extend their life, a move that could

represent an unprecedented intervention into u.s. energy markets. she writes that the energy department would exercise emergency authority under a parable laws to direct the operators to purchase electricity or electric generational capacity from at risk facilities. according to a memo obtained by bloomberg news, the agency is making plans to establish a strategic electric generation reserve with the goal of promoting the national defense and maximizing domestic energy supply. this is therese in illinois. independent line. caller: good morning. i am a retired teacher and i wanted to speak to the issue of guns in schools. at a possible solution. whycided -- i do not know but i had the thought regarding how money drives things. to take a look at my investments

that i personally had. to see if any of my investments are related to firearms. minutes ofabout 10 research on the internet to realize that some of my investment companies -- some of their investments in the firearms industry. stocks,ting in certain i am supporting the gun industry. -- i have never heard anybody discuss this type of an approach to gun control. recently, with the football situation and the flag, it affected the bottom line of the nfl. and the issue was addressed. if people look at their investments and asked themselves, and i -- am i supporting guns do my investments?

this could be a way to reach the makers of guns. and put a stop to this. host: on the investments you investments in the gun industry, did you sell the funds or change the investment? >> -- caller: i talked to the man who does this for me, the investor, i told him that i want you to make sure that, when you invest for me, that none of the making,nts support supplying, distribution of firearms. we had a discussion about it. he did that. it may work for other americans. takeout the bottom line, always profit. it may make a difference. host: georgia, karen, hello.

caller: hello. good morning. every time i listen to the television, i always hear the constant barrage of complaints about anything that is done by this current administration. however, it is evident that the last eight years, america in the eyes of the world plummeted. nothing was positive about america. i think, now things are looking up for america, and everything we see worldwide is positive on the front, why can't we come together and embrace that? and i think things would be better. our president is doing wonderful things for the country. in spite of this barrage of complaints. i wish people would concentrate on that, instead of being hateful. host: the president getting pushback from some of the editorial pages are ross the country on the trade tariffs.

,eter navarro on usa today donald trump terrace were lift working families, the poster child for the success of the president's tax, trade, and worker training policies in lifting the spirits and incomes of american workers will be a new aluminum bill which will be built in ashland, kentucky in she midst of appellation' rugged mountains and one of the most poverty stricken areas. he says the new aluminum plant is not the only example about the tariffs and tax policies strengthening the manufacturing and industrial base following the imposition of terrorist, u.s. deal announced it would restart its steelmaking facilities and one blast furnace at an illinois plant. century aluminum announced a nearly $120 million investment to expand and modernize a smelter in nearby pulsatile, haducky and have -- which

capacity decreased. new mails released -- will be built in missouri and oklahoma. it is open phones until 9:30. houston, missouri on the democrats line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i would like to know why we cannot get this nation on medicare like canada? everybody pay for what their income in that everybody is covered. get rid of these conglomerates choking us to death. they are caring us up, the doctors and conglomerates and insurance companies. host: devon and washington, d.c., independent line. caller: i called to talk about

the climate change. if you look at what is happening unreal and it is and we need to get ready for what is already is happening. the woman who called about gun control, it is important for people to be a where that there was a bill passed in the mid-1990's, the arms act sponsored by rick boucher in virginia that allows private to --tion manufacturers there is a private manufacturer that makes a clip, cute clips only used for assault weapons, you do not need them to hunt. they opened the plant in 2001 and continue to operate there and federal taxpayers are paying to dispose of their waste.

kaine, who isim on the armed services committee, and ask him why are the people in appalachia being subjected to the company that makes eclipse and why is the u.s. army giving cover to this time of environmental degradation at the expense of taxpayers? those are questions we need answered in the senate. host: we started the program asking about the trade, tariffs announced yesterday on the eu, mexico, canada, president trump saying that canada has treated our agricultural business and farmers very poorly for a long time. highly restrictive on trade, they must open their markets and take down trade barriers. they report a high surplus on trade with us through timber and lumber in the u.s..

lisbon, ohio, republican line, elaine. caller: i would like to comment on gun control. i do not know if people realize that, in germany, and world war said, we will make your streets safe, you give us your gun and we will take care of you. and he murdered millions of people. now, when you talk about gun control, the only people that will live by the law are law-abiding people. if you take guns away from law-abiding people, the people that are not law-abiding will find their way to a gun somehow. and then you have this nonprotected people. just like in thethey have to han

against those who would kill them because they want to kill them. there is no logical reason to kill someone. if you have a way of protecting your children, you have a way of combating the people who would kill your children. host: president trump in texas yesterday meeting with the senate -- santa fe families. the president greeting the texas governor greg abbott, texas looking at red flag gun laws, they write as president trump enters with some survivors of the santa fe high school shooting, texas lawmakers mulled over the governor's wide-ranging plan to reduce gun violence and prevent school shootings. on page 34 of the republican governors 40 point plan, a pitch to study red flag laws which allow a judge to temporarily

remove weapons from the home of an individual considered a risk to himself or others. usa today writes that eight states have someone laws, including california, florida, vermont, 29 others have introduced such bills. the red flag laws would probably have prevented the shootings at sutherland springs, texas church in november that killed 26 and at a high school in parkland, florida, in february that left 17 dead. north carolina. ". good morning -- open phones. good morning. caller: as far as the trade war on aluminum and steel, we are looking at something that has been going on for so long that that is why we have knows deal mills. we got sold out -- steel mills. we got sold out early with the clintons. the new world order kind of things they wanted and they were

mad and upset about that. our goal is our children. for so many years we have been trading with the other people, the other countries, who put their hand on the scale. trading, our children have no future. they cannot buy a car made of steel. if they do not have a job. it is heading in the right direction. host: headline in the guardian u.k., u.s. pushes allies to the brink of trade war. max in washington on the independent line. caller: hi. i have a comment to remind people the issue with climate change is, how rapidly it is happening. to pusht have the time

back and move inland and save money economically. pennsylvania, linda, republican call. caller: hi. i am calling about two items brought up. mandates -- lower price. it is too expensive. people that live near areas that have expensive homes, they should be paying -- how should you expect insurance to pay your house in a flood, if you do not have fire insurance, they will not pay it. warned, you pay for the insurance. it is very expensive. if you live in that area, if you

built in that area, you need to be willing to take care of it. as the thing as far money going in for tariffs. ago, taught over 50 years we cannot send everything out cheap. when we bring it in, we will lose money. is doing someoing things that were done many years ago, and the government work. democrats,usually people want this and that paid for. you cannot do it. a lot of this is coming because things were not taken care of. host: linda in pennsylvania, north korea issue, washington responsedline, kim's will be handed to donald trump as north korean officials will

visit the white house. top north korean officials will hand-deliver a letter to president trump in washington today from kim jong-un. the secretary of state mike pompeo reported real progress towards resuming plans for a high-stakes denuclearization summit. what karen vice-chairman and a delegation from pyongyang were headed from new york city to meet with donald trump at the white house" will be the first visit by officials from the isolated communist nation in 18 years. they say they are bearing a letter likely a response to donald trump's overtures for kim jong-un to call me or write. if pyongyang's the size to tone rhetoric which prompted the president to cancel be summit last week. we have the house coming in shortly pro forma but a few more open phone calls. new york, this is randy. good morning. caller: good morning, thank you

for taking my call. a couple comments on two topics. on the white house briefing. my only comment, that was a good discussion, my only comment would be -- i watch it as much as i can being a working person. not on the same time on a daily basis. you never know when it will be on. with your points at c-span about having -- you guys do it live. if c-span could cover it as a certain time each day so we would know when it would be on. host: part of that is the president schedule. there is a generally everything mid afternoon. it may be lower on the important things to do list for the administration. covering it live, we always have it live, if not on our network, always on c-span.org.

you can find the briefing. not sure of the scheduled today at the white house but if there is a briefing, it will be a c-span.org. one or two networks on c-span radio. let's see if we can get one more call from south dakota. custer, south dakota. welcome. caller: good to be back on your show. makewill president trump these understandings towards indigenous people vocally? he is looking to neutralize reservations because of all the resources. that puts people in a negative boys. if you would take the opportunity to allow us to contest our issues before him we could make this country what is -- what it is supposed to be, because it rebutted things america is now and the fact of the matter, no, you still have racial differences that affect op