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coming up in 30 minutes, a look at u.s. immigration policy with louie gohmert. at 8:00 a.m., more with hakeem jeffries. ♪ host: good morning, it is tuesday, june 26, you are seeing live pictures from outside the supreme court where we expect down,ulings to be handed including high-profile ones on union fees, the president's travel ban, and crisis pregnancy centers. the house and senate are also both in today. both chambers will convene at 10:00 a.m. until then, we are with you on the "washington journal." and we begin with a question for

democrats only about the tone and approach you want your party --take when it comes to would you prefer your party take the high road or should democrats be more aggressive pushing back against president trump pre-to give us a call, democrats only in the first 30 minutes. democrats in the eastern or ceral time zone 202-748-8000. democrats in the mountain or pacific time zones, 202-748-8001 is the number. you can catch up with us on social media. on twitter it is @cspanwj and on facebook it is facebook.com/cspan. a very good tuesday morning to you and you can start calling in now, democrats only. does stability matter? are democrats being tough enough when it comes to pushing back against trump administration officials. we want to hear from democrats only in this first 30 minutes. here are some headlines about that debate taking place.

from the washington post, democrat fear vehemence of their own will stir republican backlash. -- over crash have steering off the high road. that story by jonathan martin. for more than two years, democrats have struggled with how aggressively to approach down from unlike any other. as institutional democrats wring their hands, deliberations have started to give way to furious liberal activist and citizens who have taken matters into their own hands beyond the core doors of power and much of this debate happening in the wake of congress -- comments made by maxine waters at a rally with her supporters in los angeles and here is what she had to say. [video clip] >> let's make sure we show up where ever we have to show up and if you see anybody from that cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline

station, you get out and create a cry and you tell them they are not welcome anymore anywhere, we have got to get the children connected to their parents, the childrenrering we don't know ifhock the shey are going through can ever be overcome. we do not know what damages done to these -- damage is done to these children. they are in cages, jails, i don't care what they call it. that is where they are and mr. president, we will see you every hour of the day everywhere we are to let you know you cannot get away with this. host: yesterday, nancy pelosi took to twitter, linking to a story about maxine waters' comments and saying this, "we must strive to make america beautiful again. civilityaily lack of

has provoked responses that are predictable but unacceptable. " chuck minority leader schumer with comments yesterday statements. waters' [video clip] >> i strongly disagree with those who advocate harassing folks who do not this -- agree with you. stand up, make your voice heard. explain why you think they are wrong and why you are right. make the argument, protest peacefully. if you disagree with a politician, organize your fellow citizens to action and vote them out of office. no one should call for the harassment of political opponents. that is not right, that is not american. i understand those who look at the conduct of this president, a man who habitually engages in

olean, name-calling -- bullying, name-calling, slander and sake and for its own think we have to fight fire with fire. i have felt those emotions myself, i think we all do. i understand those who are outraged at the hypocrisy of this president when he complains about bullying, harassment, nastiness when used against his and his allies and he uses it as a regular tool almost every day. i am outraged by that hypocrisy, the double standard we seem to lead this president get away with, but the president's tactics and behaviors should never be emulated, it should be repudiated by organized, well-informed, passionate advocacy. , a person whoama represents the same kind of kindness we have always had in

america, complete contrast to the coarseness of this president said, "when they go low, we go high." is a contrast of civility, honor, and decency to president trump's coarseness and meanness and it with -- it is a contrast that will serve those who oppose what the president does so well. host: plenty of debate and discussion on this topic. we want to hear from democrats only in this first 30 minutes of the "washington journal." we want to hear your thoughts on the party's tone headed into 2018. in the eastern and central time zones, 202-748-8000 is the number. a democrat in the mountain or pacific time zones, 202-748-8001 . brian is up first, madison, ohio. good morning. caller: good morning. how are you doing? host: i am doing well, go ahead. caller: these actions by

, you do toemocrats -- do not need to go and bother somebody trying to have dinner. maxine waters does not speak speak for just- about all the democrats i know. we are disgusted by her. policiesd polities -- that match the trump's administration, we will win and that is what we need to work out. host: thank you for your call. vincent in oklahoma, go ahead. caller: i am voting for governors today, governor fallin is leaving and i think pelosi sh back ndetome of the else mess with him. host: you are voting for governor, are you voting for a specific candidate or voting against the policies of republicans? we lost vincent. in waterford works, new jersey,

go ahead cornell. -- go ahead, cornell. caller: good morning, john. the bottom line is we have to stick to the facts. we need to rejuvenate the youth to come out and vote. we have to expose the tax bill .hat benefited the wealthy ers, i don't. wat agree. that is not my type of politics. the bottom line is it seems to be working for the republicans that no matter what donald trump not losings, he is americans --we, as and the democrats have some responsibility for this also.

if we can call in every day and speak about the inconsistencies of the republicans and also the trump administration, the democratic elected officials should do more. the bottom line is, get the facts out, the tax bill. get the facts out about how immigration has been declining for decades. it has been at its lowest point in decades and yet still, their narrative for the 2000 election is we are for open borders and crime, which has nothing to do with it. host: who are you blame for not being able to get the facts out? whose job is it to get those facts out and what is keeping them from doing it? caller: the bottom line is we have to change the subject. the bottom line is donald trump the air out of the

room. he has become the president with the least amount of advertising. he is an entertainer where he has captured the american people, but he is almost like a hypnotist. not a hypnotist -- his hand is over here while he is taking over here. he has changed the narrative. with all the scandals within the republican party and the lack of getting anything done and even aboutministration, how his daughter and son-in-law working in the white house? which is really illegal and still, nobody is saying anything. saying a lot about maxine waters and her comments over the weekend, comments last night in the rally in south carolina and taking to his twitter page. here is what he had to say about maxine waters, calling her an extraordinary low iq person saying she has become together with nancy pelosi the face at

the -- of the democratic party. we are talking with democrats only, asking them about the tone of the party headed into018. howdy you think the party should act when it comes to confronting -- how do you think the party should act when it comes to confronting the trump administration? go ahead, barney. and i watch 65 these republicans cow talk to democrats. as soon as we say anything, it is an uproar. as much as i love president obama, that was too soft. maxine waters is on the right track. to says media, i hate

it, every time you see them on tv, everyone just drowns us out and we are trying to be polite. you see where politeness got us? my grandmother had one saying when we was coming up in -- as kids, a public mistake demands public correction. every time they open their mouth with a lie, tell them they are a liar. what will that accomplished, shouting them down at every corner when they are speaking? caller: the truth will set you free. you have to shout them down, you know they be lying. we just let them do this. the democrats -- it is every time, just today. eight nobody trying to do anything to this guy.

ain't nobody standing up to him. host: several opinion pieces in pieces.op-ed charles lane, the headline of his column in the washington post "does civility still have a chance." michelle goldberg with her column "we have a crisis of democracy, not manners," saying trump officials deserve a public shaming. and one more to the front page of usa today, the debate page with comments for and against more confrontation, public shaming. the opposing view is by jason sattler, a member of usa today's editorial board and writes the civility police are leaping to the fence of our precious the quorum. the problem is they are attacking those with no power trying to make their voices heard among the sl screams of the bgest demagogue to sit

in the oval office. nothing will stop president trump from smearing immigrants in a campaign -- you have to ask yourself what you want to do about it. we want to hear from democrats only, asking you about the party's tone this cycle. gary is in arizona. go ahead. caller: i think patriotic americans do not buy this routine about civility because they haven't been civil. republicans have not been civil. they never have been civil. they walk all over democrats and democrats are supposed to be the mediators between rationality and their behavior. the problem is the republican party is falling so far to the right that they can nearly be and anybodyascist

that does not stand up against that type of political affiliation is not a patriot. host: you say democrats are supposed to be the mediators. why is that and when did that start? caller: it starts with the idea reasontionality and the blatant lies and propaganda and this right-wing, so far right that it is not even america anymore. i don't even know who the republican party and the democrats need to stand up for our democratic republic and democratic principles. we need to realize that being a liberal is not a negative word. republicans turned it into a negative word and the person who stood up more for liberal

democracy was john f. kennedy. he was not ashamed of it, he stood up for it and he was able to eloquently describe our democratic republic, not this mess that donald trump is creating. it is just not america. arizona.t is gary in back to oklahoma where christopher is waiting period oklahoma one of 7 states holding a primary or primary runoff and we will spend our last hour of the "washington journal" talking about the major races to watch as the votes happen across the country. christopher, go ahead. loter: yeah, i don't have a to say. i just think the whole thing with maxine waters and schumer , weng out with what he said need to look at all this and

realize -- we created pretty much all of our options and if , we have tootest get creative in the way we are going to protest and even what the word protest means and what a lot of these words mean. we are trapped in this framework that we cannot even -- people say think outside of the box and we cannot even see the sides of the box. the guy that was talking about hypnotism earlier, it is kind of like we are all asleep at the and we dohis thing not even know how to approach it because everybody approaches it within these confines of this rulesge that pretty much -- going back to like some of arefrench theorists, we

bombarded with these images and sound bites and youtube clips, 30 seconds at most, some of them are 30 seconds, our attention .pan is changing rapidly i don't even understand how we have made it this far. have any hope for the future of political discourse in this country? caller: that is what i am saying, i think the hope for all of it -- i think einstein said cannot findout, you a solution thinking about things the same way you were thinking about them when you came up with the problems. we have to think about everything in a completely different, a different model of not just politics, but the way we communicate with each other. host: that is christopher of

oklahoma, lonnie is in eugene, oregon. good morning. caller: as far as the political discourse is concerned, i agree with the gentleman that says republicans have not been civil. the president's tweet has not been civil. he implied maxine waters encourages people to get violent and ugly. these people are torture were -- torturers of children. they should be arrested. we should not allow them to sit in a restaurant when they are torturing and tricking families instead of telling them the truth. the civility needs to come from paul ryan. he needs to do his job. we need to have hearings. i believe we need impeachment hearings. chuck schumer is the reason we have donald trump. partylly, the democratic

seriously abused and scrubbed voters from the rolls as far as bernie is concerned. bernie sanders would have beat any republican in my view and from what we know about the voting records, 2018 is not going to be a blue wave has according to what we are being told, the machines are easily rigged and russia is literally working on how to keep donald trump in action. i do not believe we are going to have fair elections and people like chuck schumer are going to roll over and let him take over without a severe reflection -- rejection. i believe our government has turned into a banana republic. that report finding that overall 51 report of registered voters feel they are more enthusiastic than -- about voting than usual, the largest share addressing -- expressing

enthusiasm and at least 20 years. said they are more enthusiastic about voting than usual, up sharply from 2010 and 2014. when democrats won majorities in the house and senate, somewhat fewer voters who backed the democratic candidate said they were more enthusiastic about voting, but enthusiasm among republican voters is almost as want to50% of -- if you -- we areatest report having a conversation with democrats talking about the tone of the democratic party headed into 2018. bobby on twitter says "tell us about president trump's tone at his campaign speech last night. tell us about the tone in congress that tells us we must accept trump's speech, harmful policies, and inhumane acts."

president trump was at a rally encouraging runoff voters to get behind henry mcmaster. here is a bit of what president trump had to say yesterday about immigration and maxine waters' comments as well. [video clip] >> the democrats want to protect illegals coming into this country, some of whom are not good, some of whom cause lots of problems in the worst possible way. they want to protect illegals coming into the country, much more so than they want to protect you and that is not where we are coming from. i define it today. the democrats want open borders and they do not mind crime. we want very tight, very strict borders and you saw a 70 year low. with all the complaining i am

doing, we have done a very good job. they are only good at one thing, what is their term, resist. it is the party of maxine waters. do you believe her? [doing -- booing] >> no, no. this has become the party of maxine waters and nancy pelosi. host: we will be talking about primary day and run off day in 7 states in our last hour of the "washington journal" today. her the next 8 days or so, -- for the next 8 minutes or so, talking about the democratic party tone. caller: before i start, i want to ask you a question. was running,ore did he win the popular vote? host: i will go back and get the

numbers for you, but go ahead and finish your comments as we are doing that. caller: i am a 79-year-old democrat and i voted for hillary. after things were going like they were going, the hollywood being violent and rude and disgusting and saying things ont doing things on tv trump, i don't believe in that kind of stuff, ok? i was raised that you treat people like you want to be traded, you don't say anything about people you don't want them to say about you. nancy pelosi thinks this tax rumb. is c i think it is good. maybe not for her, because she has millions.

i have no use for her or vaccine waters. that is discussing -- disgusting and she wants people to do what she wants them to do. how would you like it if you were sitting at a restaurant and someame up and violated you or went to your house when you were sleeping and violated you? how would you like that? i have no use for democrats anymore. i am going to register as independent and i will not vote for another democrat as long as i live. host: al gore winning the .opular vote to collectn it came world votes, george w. bush with 271 electoral votes to his 266. caller: my comment to that was did he go out and make a full of

himself like hillary is the doing? he took it like a man, why doesn't she take it like a woman is -- she cannot because she a despicable democrat. host: we are speaking to democrats only, tony in colorado, another state holding primaries today. go ahead. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. situationthe current where democrats are out there and on shame at members the one hand, it kind of goes against the grain, it does not feel good. on the other hand, maybe this is do toast people can address the problem we have. wing we look -- when we look t obama and early in

his administration when there was the black professor arrested and obama weighed in and said it was stupid to arrest him and it caused a firestorm. instead of throwing fuel on the fire and trying to create something divisive, he helped the summit between the cop and professor and tried to smooth that out and take the edge off of it for the american people. does exactly the opposite. he knows when he has a divisive issue and he uses that. that is very dangerous to the way our government functions. having said that, the problem i think we have that is much more offous is we are sliding step by step, very slowly and suddenly to becoming -- subtly to become an autocratic society.

it is almost impossible to listen to your call in period ,ecause listening to people especially from the right who are so mad and angry, it is hard to listen to. stepld suggest you guys back and think about bringing a board for maybe a straight week, nothing but historians and let them talk about where this country is and how similar is it, not to nazi germany and , forgetation camps 1940's and on, it is the 10 years leading up where germany slid off to being a democracy to an autocracy, fascist government and let them draw the parallels for your audience and let people call in against that and maybe there will be some meeting of the minds between left and right because right now, it is not

there. maybe people need to stand up and yell shame because historians will stand up and say that was the last push back against an autocratic government. host: that is tony in colorado, appreciate the suggestion. also reminders to viewers of american history tv taking place every weekend on c-span 3, 48 hours of american history tv. from alabama, good morning. caller: good morning, c-span. host: go ahead. caller: good morning, c-span. i would just say this right here. trump broke the law and the -- why don't they do like they do the projects? is -- but thedo wall on this side of the united

states like the back of the house and people come the side or the front of it. how they do it in the projects, the backoke the law -- of the house is the wall, straight down. it would help everybody. host: we will be talking more about immigration in our next two segments of the washington -- the "washington journal." representatives from the judiciary committee will be joining us. louie gohmert followed by hakeem jeffries. a reminder that it is another decision day at the supreme court. a handful of cases remain undecided including high profile cases on several unions, the president's travel ban, decisions expected around 10:00 this morning. we will be right back. ♪

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women should be dignified, they should remember that when you disrobe, it is very hard for people to take you seriously. a man looking at a picture of a topless woman is not going to say look at that fantastic athlete, isn't it wonderful she does not have any problems of body image. no, he is going to think about sex and is not going to think about her in a respectful way. that is why i said, uncle a markle, the chancellor of germany would not -- angela merkel would not take off her blouse to prove she does not have body issues, she wants to be respected. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 q&a."eastern on c-span's " announcer: "washington journal" continues. host: louie gohmert is back at our desk, joining us for

discussion on immigration policy. you expressed support for the president's zero-tolerance policy. ad president trump make mistake with his executive order that ended family separation? rep. gohmert: no, because there is a difference between zero-tolerance and allowing families to stay together. let's face it, every day across , when i was a felony judge, when people commit crimes, they come in support and kids leave going one way and the criminal, the violator goes another. it happens every day. immigrants coming in, obviously the biggest violator of splitting parents and children are the parents. nearly 90%, i know you have seen sure, 12,000i am

are being held right now, over 10,000 of them were separated by their parents and they were sent up. host: unaccompanied minors. caller: unaccompanied -- guest: unaccompanied, but i have been there all hours of the night where i see a child being passed back and forth, who is going to say that child is theirs and sometimes they say we are not going to claim the child. host: you have seen that happen? guest: absolutely. and i have seen people exchange addresses. they have an address on a piece of paper as to where they are saying they need to go and i have seen them switch the paper talking.der patrol is it's amazing what you see at 3:00 in the morning. host: our family separations and effective deterrent to immigrant families coming to this country? caller: i would -- guest: i heardhave said no, but we from some immigrants or people thinking about immigrating that

they do not want to take a chance of being separated from their children when they get to the united states. it is possible, but that is not something that really we should encourage. personally, i am working on a bill that would say if somebody does not come in to one of the official ports of entry, they are immediately to be turned back and not even given a hearing. you are probably aware, but when somebody comes into the united states at an official port of entry, not only are they not separated, they are kept together, allowed to make their asylum claim and get it before a judge. it is only when they come in through a different place other than official port of entry that they are separated. host: the fine due process for those people who come into the country illegally? guest: you say for people who come in illegally. for them, due process is not the same under our constitution as

someone who is a u.s. citizen being charged with felony. host: what rights do they have under our constitution? guest: they have the right to claim asylum, but only if they come through an official port of entry. not can claim it if they do come through an official port of entry, but i am hoping we will change that. if they do come through an official port of entry, then due process includes keeping their children with them. hopefully they will be encouraged to do that. let's face it, nearly 90% are separated either parents, sent across terrain. serviceild protective would no doubt take those children away from apparent that would send them across that kind of terrain and put them in the hands of gangs. the gangs are the ones that are on behalf of the drug cartels.

they tell me over and over again, they control every inch of the border. nobody comes across the border unless they have gotten the ok from the del host: why weren't republican leaders able to pass an immigration bill in the house last week? guest: because there were a lot someople that have scared republicans into thinking if they do not grant some kind of amnesty, they will not get reelected. zero-tolerance to the point that if you violate the law coming into the country, you come in illegally, then you go back and come in legally. that to me would be the proper zero-tolerance. host: the one bill that did get a vote was the -- immigration bill, considered to be more conservative. you did not support that piece of legislation? i supported- guest: all of it except the last 30

pages or so that gave amnesty to daca. wasegalized daca and daca an unconstitutional action by the president. the president said it over 20 times, he does not have the powe come and do what he did. some say he signed an executive order on daca. he did not sign an executive order. jaypoke it and then johnson, the secretary of homeland security with back and did a series of memos. he did not sign it, and yet he changed law voted for by the house and the senate signed by presidents and they changed it with a series of memo. host: congressman louie gohmert with us until about 8:00 taking calls and comments. republicans, it is 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. .ndependents, 202-748-8002 republican leaders working on

that so-called compromise peace of immigration legislation, here is a headline from politico. compromiseas not with me because i was not allowed in the room. four years ago i was allowed in the room, steve king and others and we had all ends of the spectrum from the republican party in the room and over about three hours time, we agreed and compromised on a bill. as we understand it, we got virtually every republican vote on that bill. it is not a compromise if you don't let every position into the room to agree. host: would you agree with this headline from politico, republicans are bracing for immigration failure this week? guest: only because our leadership was pushing the wrong bill. you would have seen some of our own leaders as recently as last thursday telling the public that yes, this so-called compromise bill is going to get a lot more votes than the goodlatte ville

-- bill and all of us are saying how can we say that, it is not close and we proved to be right and the so-called leadership of the republican party was completely wrong. either they were misrepresenting what they knew to be the truth or they are that out of touch with where the rank-and-file of their party is. host: is the current republican leadership team still effective? guest: they certainly weren't last week and they are not being effective on the issue of immigration. host: would they be more effective if paul ryan stepped down before the end of september? guest: i think it depends on what happens this week. host: you think this is a make or break week for paul ryan? guest: it is possible because it depends on what he does. if he continues to be that insensitive to the vast majority of the will of the republican party, that is not the place for

somebody that does not understand goodlatte was going to get a lot more votes than the compromise. i asked the question in conference to our speaker and i did not really get a response. i said the rumor is you guys are not willing to put family separation fix on the goodlatte bill and it sounds to me like you are afraid if you do that the goodlatte bill will pass and i never really got a response as to why they would not put the separation -- the fix for the family separation because that was going to get a bunch of votes whether they put that on the so-called compromise bill or the goodlatte bill. that narrowve family separation fix bill pass as a standalone? guest: absolutely. i think the democrats would be afraid to vote against it. if it is a stand-alone bill. you always ask good questions,

but that is a great question because i hope that our leadership, our elected leadership will get that message , bring it to the floor as a standalone. if you bring the so-called compromise that was not really a compromise with everybody, then you are endangering your leadership position because it tells the world we are so out of touch, we thought and they said of this compromise bill would get a whole lot more votes than the goodlatte bill and all of us -- most of us were going, that is just not true. how do you not read your own members better than that? host: our collars always ask good questions yet -- colors always ask -- our callers always ask good questions, too. justjust -- caller: i wanted to call and thank you for all that you do. thented you to know that at

end of the day sometimes in congress, you give a talk or do listen to that and it is very informative and some of the things you have talked about about how you became a congressman and so on and the thing about mueller, that is unbelievable. i don't know why that guy has any position at all, he should be in the clinker. i want to thank you for all that you are doing and you are right there on the border. guest: thank you, that means a great deal. there are not many things in washington that make you feel good. i appreciate your comments. host: maria from new jersey, go ahead. guest: maria, good to have you on. caller: thank you judge gohmert, you are a hero of the

constitution. we ought to be grateful every day you speak. i wish you would give us a lesson on the definition of sedition. i believe that is what is going on with the sanctuary cities. as far as the news reporting conflating illegal aliens with lawful immigrants, is that not you seditiousibel and can tell us why congress, which is composed mostly of lawyers, seems to annoy this and why attorney general sessions has not made a rest of the people in charge of the sanctuary cities? guest: thank you, maria. i hear maria and i want to sing "west side story." it is an interesting point because with maxine waters' stir peoplemed to up, it has raised and i have heard people raise the question is that sedition. that is not sedition, but it in --inciting be

violence. it remains to be seen. host: are you more worried today as a republican member of congress? guest: not for my own personal safety, i was threatened a lot felonyan -- when i was a judge than i have been threatened as a congressman. insightone a lot of into maxine once in a judiciary hearing when she explained as a little girl about having a cross burned in their yard and how scared she was for her father and when i heard her describe what went on, it told me a lot. this person has been through things no one should ever have to go through. contrary as she can be to the position of republicans, it gave you lot of insight and

cannot truly sympathize unless you have been there. i hope nobody else ever has to go there and have occur -- a cross burned on their yard and that is why i was so shocked it was maxine encouraging people to go in mass and scream and basically scare people and with little children just like she was when these people should jail.one to i don't know if they did or not for burning a cross and scaring little children like they did, to me sure was a shock that after she experienced that as a child she would encourage that conduct to share other children. host: the line for democrats, go ahead. morning.ood you just made a comment about scaring little children, isn't that a shame that is what we are doing right now on the border? my question is, i am very curious why the press has not been allowed in to see what is

going on. we rely strictly on government-produced photos. you are showing what you want us to see. let us seess in, what is really going on or is it all that horrible? .uest: it is a great question as far as i know, the press is allowed -- i have been to the border all hours of the day and night. i have had reporters ask if they can go with me because they know i don't go on scheduled tours. ihave done those before, but like to go out and go down to the border by myself and see what i see and talk to who is there. as far as the pictures, she asked the same question i was wondering about, why does the press rely on these pictures that have been given and i am

afraid some of the press actually went back and found pictures and we know there is one little boy that broke your heart to see him holding the wires when it looked like he was in a cage and it turns out actually he was not in a cage, he was there with protesters and we know a little girl on the front of time magazine actually was not separated from her mother. it was shocking the media accepted pictures from 2014 and 2011 and put those up as far as representations of children being separated from parents. i have had like the dallas news hakeem are going to have jeffries on and he said he was correcting me at a hearing in the last couple weeks and it turns out i was right and he was wrong. it is amazing how people do except things just as they -- as they sees just

them without looking further and i think the internet contributes to that. people go online and see a picture and this must be what trump is a doing separating children and it turns out it was president obama and that also happened during the bush administration. it did not happen during as much during the obama years or bush years or clinton years, but it did happen in that time and people like jay johnson have borne that out. ,ost: the line for independents go ahead. theer: i want to talk about root causes of the immigration crisis we have today and the reason why people are fleeing from mostly central american thetries is because back in 1980's, we had president ronald reagan who was a bit of a cowboy and decided to go down there and overthrow democratically elected governments and when he did that, this created this massive so that gains rise

to power in the countries and cause a lot of violence and crime. another thing that fuels gang violence is the lust for drugs we have in this country. cane --me more cone cocaine than any other country in the world and almost all of that comes from central america and south america where these gangs are running rampant. i have some solutions we could work with to solve this crisis. we could send more foreign aid to these country so their governments can get a handle on the situation. guest: those are corrupt governments, they will use it for more cartel work. they are controlled by the cartel. caller: you don't know that. guest: i am more familiar with what happened in central america than you are because if you look at the people who ronald reagan

supported, he was going up against the people who were supported by the soviet, by the communist, and thank god we did not allow the foothold they were trying to give back at that time. let's let the congressman answer. guest: do you know who is controlling mexico? such ag cartels have powerful hold and i would submit to you that if there is any leader in mexico that does not stop thell to help us flow of drugs is either in the pocket of the drug cartel, afraid of the drug cartel, or completely ignorant. if we were going to be a truly good neighbor for mexico, we would do everything we could to stop anything illegal from coming into this country and particularly, we have a lust for drugs and that is being felt across our southern border, just as you said.

$80 billion or so came across last year, i don't know if that is accurate, maybe a lot more than that. you cut off the $80 billion going to the drug cartels and they cannot afford people to cut policeman's heads off and put them on pikes and the debauchery and murder that is going on. mexico has some of the hardest working people in the world and more natural resources than most countries in the world and a prime location between two oceans, they are primed to be one of the top 10 and maybe even top 5 economies in the world. why are they not? because of the drug cartel control and the business model of the drug cartels, they are actually getting their employees to pay them to bring them across into our country illegally. they pay the drug cartels for that and then day, and as our border patrol has said, you know what the drug cartels call us in

border control? we are their logistics. they bring people across the border and drop them off and we are the logistics, we take them to cities where the drug cartels want them. i have heard border patrol ask people how much are you paying? maybe $5,000, $6,000, $7,000, $8,000 and you don't have that money, where did you get that money? 1000 dollars from somebody in america and $1000 from somebody in central america. where is the rest coming from? thing,ways say the same they are going to let me work it off when i get to the city where i am going. iseland security, whether it the trump administration, obama, bush, they delivered those people to the city's where they have an address and i have watched of them swap addresses and they have the piece of paper where they say they have to go. we are shipping them to cities so they can be drug traffickers.

in some cases, it scares me, but we know they become part of sex trade. if we really want to help mexico and central america, we will stop anything from coming across our southern border, cut off the drugs and then mexico and central america really come into the economy and they should have all along. host: less than 10 minutes left with congressman louie gohmert. deputy attorney general ron rosenstein and christopher wray, will be before a joint hearing judiciarynt -- committee. what are you going to ask ron rosenstein if you get the cap -- chase? guest: there is a lot of issues with rosenstein. he was involved in the original russia investigation when we knew we had somebody in the organization, they were trying illegally. uranium and we had rosenstein that was

involved in that has u.s. attorney and the head of the fbi was involved in that and a guy named wiseman were all involved in investigating that and so on that the squelch information. if they had allowed all the information they knew to come out, there is no way the commission on foreign investments in the u.s. could have approved that deal that ultimately led to $145 million donations into the clinton foundation. issues.e a lot of rosenstein has been involved in a great deal and for goodness sakes, rosenstein was involved in the -- getting the fisa order from the court when he absolutely knew or should have known that there was not a proper basis for getting that warrant to continue. there were all kind of issues

that need to be asked of rosenstein, there is going to be an issue today, democrats are raising the issue that proper notice was not given. my understanding is they are supposed to give 7 days notice. host: on the hearing on thursday? guest: on the hearing on thursday and my understanding is proper notice was not given and that will be one of the issues for discussion. my good friend jim jordan has a child getting married this weekend and was not going to be here and he begged the chair not friday or thursday afternoon. i don't know, maybe it goes and maybe it doesn't. for now, c-span is planning on covering it in the does happen at 1:00 p.m. on c-span 3 and c-span.org and on the free c-span radio app. to talk to waiting you, west virginia, republican. guest: hi, patricia. caller: hi, good morning.

please tell jim jordan, matt gave, that we love them and follow them. why can't speaker ryan do what we the people elected president trump's agenda? agenda or why's don't they listen better. you listen to us, but why doesn't ryan? should he be removed? guest: yes, that is a possibility. i am wondering the same thing and actually, i kick myself and i -- i know there are some democrats who think i ought to harder.elf i asked that question in front of the speaker at a conference before we had our speaker's election and there was no appetite in the republican party over a big -- for a big fight over the speaker's race so paul did not have an opponent. i wanted to know exactly what you are asking.

he had not support, he did not support a wall, he supported some forms of amnesty. the things that got trump elected, paul had not supported. of course, donald trump the candidate talked about tariffs and paul is against those. youuestion then was since did not support any of the things that got donald trump elected president, are you going to support those major pillars of his campaign? and the response was, look, we are getting along great. that is not my question. my question is are you going to help him accomplish the things that he said had to be accomplished? the response was, look, we talk once or twice at least every day we are doing fine. that is not my question and i never really got an answer to the question. like i said, there was no appetite for a speaker's race in

our party. it would have fallen on deaf ears so i hoped and prayed he would get behind president trump and his effort to repeal obama care and build a wall, to totally security southern border, no amnesty and now we see a year and a half in what happens when you have a speaker that is not totally in support of the president's positions in the campaign. host: just a couple minutes left and we will try to get you a couple calls. eugene, thank you for waiting in massachusetts on the line for democrats. caller: thank you for taking my call and i would like to say a few points. hello? , can you hear me. ? host: yes, what is your point. guest: -- caller: i want to tell the representative as a country, we must come together, all the parties to come with a solution because zero tolerance does not mean no compassion. i understand you can detain and

the kids, the parents will temporarily not be with the kid and there is a way to do it. it takes every idea to do it. the other point other people made is look at what happened to central america. when we planted our and the people in humanitarian people go up window. whoever we -- they do not consider the people. building palaces. that is where the vacuum comes in. guest: that is true that is how castro got in. people supporting castro when he overthrew the government. you make a good point, eugene.

he was the kind of model we should follow. he was for cutting taxes. huberty he was like humphrey who gave a great speech on the importance of husband and wife in the home. the things kennedy and hubert humphrey as liberals talked about would make them on acceptable in the democratic party today. they did not believe in same-sex marriage. we were fundamentally transformed during obama's years. years wouldin prior not make it in the party today. host: jim is a republican from whitesboro. could you make it quick? caller: yes i will. representative gomer, happy to

talk to you -- representative goumert, happy to talk to you. we have not had a transfer of power. people were upset that hillary did not win. i just don't see that transfer of power happening. immigration, i wonder if there is any possible deal that the democrats would accept. make trump look bad. guest: they want an amnesty and recently can't do that. a pastor in first baptist church of mount pleasant when i was born my parents wouldn't quote him as saying if two people agree on everything agreee a -- if two people

one of the people is unnecessary. it is good to have disagreement. disagree. we have got to do it more peacefully than what's being advocated. i am concerned for my country right now. host: a busy day ahead we will see you down the road. up next we will be joined by new york democrat keen jefferies. we will talk more about immigration policies. there's a live look this morning from the supreme court. we are expecting more decision to be released including high-profile decisions including the presidents travel ban and public sector unions. we will be right back.

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in-depth fiction edition. his latest book, spymaster, will be published on july 3 to other books include use of force, the lions of luzern, blacklist, state of the union, plus 14 more thrillers. interact by phone, twitter, or facebook. in-depth fiction edition with sunday at 3:00, ..m. eastern on booktv washington journal continues. host: new york democratic congressman hakeem jeffries is back with us. we will get to the immigration discussion and aecond. you are joining us a day after house minority leader nancy waters forked maxine some of her comments about how to confront the trump administration and officials. was she right in doing that? guest: there's 193 members of

the conference and people will express themselves through their own individuality as maxine waters did related to the district she represents. nancy pelosi is the leader of the house democratic caucus and she has a responsibility to articulate a common set of values as to how to approach the general civil discourse in this country. i think she did the right thing as it relates to how we as immigrants collectively are going to conduct ourselves, which is to run on issues, discuss the well-being of the american people, how do we improve quality of life, and to do it in a way where we ca disagree without being disagreeable. what host: do you say to democrats who are interested in talking about the high road? and fight back. guest: i don't think that is what anyone amongst the caucus has done. there is an understanding that we need to push back aggressively against a

steamrollingenda democracy and undermining the well-being of the american people. attacking iconic companies like harley davidson. this is not normal behavior and it does require a level of you will see among house democrats. i think the line is we can agree to disagree without being disagreeable. we can push back intensively as it relates to where we do disagree. fight back as we did -- we have to continue to conduct ourselves with integrity and decency and not follow the bad example that has been set at 1500 pennsylvania avenue. -- at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. i have not held back my

criticism of this president, someone who has never hesitated to fan the flames of racial hatred, push back against is in a phobic agenda -- is the no phobic individuals to throw folks out of restaurants, no. i think the majority of the american people are best served by throwing out the people in the united states congress who are undermining the ability to bring people together. host: immigration at the top of the president's agenda. republicans in the house working on so-called compromise legislation. in your understanding is this a compromise that is going to get any democrats behind it? guest: the compromise we are talking about is between the far right and extreme right. that is not compromise in a democracy. the overwhelming a majority of the american people want to see ofdeal with the issue dreamers so we can create a pathway toward citizenship. remove the uncertainty.

give them a meaningful opportunity to continue to add value to our communities. to our country, to her civic society. it does not appear to be any real interest amongst the so-called compromises on the other side of the aisle to engage in that. i think we are willing to extend a hand of partnership to work to find common ground. i've been able to do that working on a variety of issues with colleagues on the other side of the aisle. far righttion, the base as limited the ability of many house republicans to try to find common ground that the american people deserve. host: when you talk about the common ground, is there common ground right now on a standalone family separation bill that would address that issue somehow?

guest: there should be. find a legislative solution proactively is going to be important. host: hakeem jeffries, democrat of new york with us for the next what he five minutes. you can call in with questions or comments. republicans, (202) 748-8001. democrats, (202) 748-8000. independents, (202) 748-8002. i know you were a lawyer before you came to congress. can you define due process and what do process rights someone

has if they come across the border illegally? guest: the big problem that has taken place at the border as far as i can tell based on some of the conversations i've had with people who have been detained, several of us visited the elizabeth i's detention center on father's day. met with some detainees, three of whom had been apprehended at the border though they voluntarily presented themselves. if someone arrives in the united states of america, presents arrives in the unitedf states of america, presents themselves at a port of entry -- claiming to present their case to an immigration judge presumably with the assistance of counsel so that a decision can be made on the merits as to whether or not they have a credible persecution that is due process. that is the american way.

and throwing people back to the wolves without any opportunity to be heard is inconsistent with american values. host: the president on sunday, we cannot allow all these people to invade our country. we must immediately bring them back from where they came. our system is a mockery to good immigration policy and law and order. guest: that is a violation of international law itself. it is international law that has been made a part of u.s. law because congress has ratified international treaties that allow for people to present their cases for asylum when they are fleeing persecution. that is what is taking place along the southwest border. jeff sessions has indicated to the american people that these are lawbreakers trying to sneak into the country. even if he believes that is the case, the individuals who are presenting themselves for asylum shouldave the opportuny to .resent the contrary view

that is the american way. an immigration judge can decide. the notion donald trump claim we should not have due process while running his mouth constantly about the notion of a legitimate investigation into whether his campaign colluded with russia being a witch hunt is the height of hypocrisy. houston, line for democrats. go ahead. are you with us this morning? we go to george in jacksonville florida the line for republicans. caller: good morning. i am an immigrant in my experience as an immigrant led me to call you this morning. i want to talk about immigration as somebody who wanted to come to my house, if i closed the

door, i don't want somebody to break into my door to come into my house. i want to open the door and let him in if i wish to. i don't want someone to force himself into my house. i came here legally. i welcome anybody to come here legally. that narrative is never in the media. border patrolhas and people with machine guns and if you come through illegally, they shoot you. we are going to shoot anybody. we are trying to say come in through the legal means. guest: we are not going to shoot anyone but we are going to rip children from the arms of their parents and scatter them across the country with no real ability to bring them together. i think what we have seen at the border is problematic. that said, we should have secure

borders in the north and south and other points of entry across the country. we are an autonomous country and that is what any autonomous country should be able to do. that said, one of the issues with the current administration is they want to cut legal immigration. limit the ability for folks like you, george, to be able to come into the country. i think that is inconsistent with who we are and what is good for the american economy. the overwhelming majority of immigrants are hard-working community centered spiritually grounded individuals who contribute so much to our community, to our economy. to limit that moving forward with be a significant mistake. host: brian is an independent from michigan. good morning. caller: good morning. bridge wing and saudi

arabia. having a discussion with the admiral i was heading back to state. i said we will be at war with this region in 20 years. 2001, youfrom 81 to get my point. we are a nation of borders. we are a sovereign nation. we cannot solve the worlds problems. many to solve their problems weather in mexico or elsewhere. we can't have intervention. we are a sovereign nation and we need to fix our own problems. need others coming here to fix it. we have to fix our own. we cannot fix other nations problems. we are not the best in that regard. guest: i agree in terms of what we've done in the past. it was certainly a mistake for

george w. bush to take us into premise based on the that there were weapons of mass distraction overseas and no weapons of mass to structure found in thousands of americans died area tens of thousands of individuals were wounded in ways that were dramatically -- that will genetically alter their lives. we can't afford to do anything like that moving forward. weh respect to the border, have to have a lawful immigration system. it is broken and we need to try to fix it in a bipartisan way. i think democrats want to work with republicans to create a pathway for citizenship for those individuals currently in the country without documentation that are contributing to their communities. they should get to the back of the line, learning wish, pass a criminal background check and be able to move forward toward

citizenship while simultaneously securing our borders so we don't find ourselves in the midst of 10, 15,ration crisis 5, 20 years down the road. host: catherine is in mobile come alive for democrats. caller: i have a question that i have been wondering for a while. you have to excuse my asthma. i'm old. i really love our country and i am patriotic. i know the tribalism has to stop. saved --worry that we faced our first constitutional crisis and the defiled and abuse of power petition, which i know can be independently filed by two man stealing a supreme court seat from a president and a population that overwhelmingly elected this man. that was our supreme court seat.

we had a bad abuse of power here and i am so sad over it. today is my birthday and for the past four days i have cried my eyes out about watching these children in cages. i don't think any content in fair andhould not be free. we're supposed to be a beacon of light and justice. my heart is broken. i wrote the supreme court, try to file an abuse of power myself but because i don't work for the federal government i could not do it. i know the constitution because as a little patriot raised in mississippi and alabama in the 1950's and 1960's i saw the horrors and i begged this country for 10 plus years to stop this and no one would listen to me. i've called c-span, i called morning joe almost every day.

i've fussed at him ruthlessly. i've called cnn which will not let you get through much and i've broken down to call fox news, all right-wing talk shows i could get onto. i'm an old lady. i should not have to worry this much about the girls and children coming up in the next future. i was blessed to love all people. just like the birds and flowers and trees and butterflies. we are the human species and all colors of beautiful. as a little girl i can tell you images that were burned into my --d by these hateful people host: catherine i'm glad you got in. i hope you have a happy birthday. i want to give the congressman a chance to respond. guest: thank you for calling. i certainly understand your concern and pain and passion that you have communicated this morning. folks all across the country are deeply troubled by the direction

we're going in. moment we find ourselves in terms of tremendous division. we want to move the country forward. there are some who want to turn back the clock. we want to bring people together. there are some who are tearing us apart. we want to build an economy that works for everyone so that every day americans have an opportunity to pursue the american dream focus on better wages and a better future. the north, south, east and west in world america and suburban america hopefully we will find ourselves with an opportunity to bring everyone together moving forward and leave behind the division that is tearing us apart. host: catherine concerned about tribalism in our politics. talk to me about your working relationship with doug collins, the politico story recently -- house judiciary

committee. guest: the opportunity to serve in the units to congress. i've had the chance to work with individuals like doug collins, a tremendous leader. we have been able to partner together on a wide variety of issues. most meaningful perhaps putting forth the first step act which is bipartisan criminal justice reform and legislation that passed the house overwhelmingly designed to make sure we can give currently frustrated individuals who lack hope and opportunity a meaningful shot at a second chance in life. it's an example that even in the midst of all of the chaos, crisis and confusion that dominates the headlines there's still a lot of us looking to find common ground to get things done on behalf of the american people. and doug collins authentically cares about this issue, mass incarceration and

the over criminalization of the american people, that is not a democratic or republican problem . it is an american problem in it has to be solved together. host: the june 5 edition of politico. bipartisan couple racks up wins in-house judiciary. dave is waiting on the line for republicans. go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. you mentioned a few items and i'm looking for specificity. you said you would like to secure the borders and if you could articulate the three methods you would like to secure the borders, i would like to know specifically what you would like to do. the cages you reference, was trop able to build these in the past year or had they been in existence? what were the uses and how were they used in the past?

guest: thank you for your question. i don't recall seeing children in cages under either the bush administration or obama administration. i'm not sure what they had been best with the prior use was as it relates to the images we all understood were tearing at the heartstrings of the american people. do know this administration made the decision to lock up children in cages after having separated them from their families. thankfully the president and administration have begun to back away from the approach. i think securing the border is a great question. a variety of different things that could be done. as it relates to the border between the united states and --ico, there are over 200 2000 miles to secure. the border between mexico and guatemala is over 200 miles. much smaller, much easier to

secure. one of the things we have to be up to dhis work more closely ofh mexico to stem the tide the dangerous unlawful immigration taking place through the southern mexico border into that country up to the southwest border of the united states of america. mexico should absolutely not build a wall. the united states and mexico should look into the challenges confronting the central america: triangle countries. whereng the conditions some feel the need to fully. john kelly, current chief of staff, decorated military veteran, made the observation several years ago that the drug cartels that are terrorizing many of the individuals in central american countries are fueled in part by the american appetite for drug consumption. that is not a democratic

position solely. that is john kelly's public articulation of part of the challenge. we have some responsibility to deal with the conditions that have been created in these thetries leading to decision to take flight with their children. host: tom is a democrat, good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. i have many points. , say hypothetically you are an american citizen, driving down the road you get pulled over. whatever the scenario may be, you have children with you, you have your child with you, what happens when you get arrested? the child gets taken from you. it does not mean they're doing bad things to these kids. they are making sure that these children go with these people. we have these child pornography things going on, the sex trade. this president that we have is

trying to help us. he's trying to save us from something called -- are you familiar with the georgia guide stones?i think you should take the time and educate yourself. a $14 million project written in stone in 14 different linkages explaining to us what is to take place. nobody knows who'puit up. nobody knows who's funded it. with that in mind, think about it. guest: here is the challenge on the southwest border. there is a difference between individuals who are simply seeking entry into the united states without authorization and illegal entry is a misdemeanor violation. one could argue about whether misdemeanor violations should be treated as if individuals are

hardened criminals but let's put that aside. part of the challenge we have going on at the border, many of the individuals who have approached the southwest border between mexico and the united states present themselves voluntarily at ports of entry claiming asylum because they are fleeing gang violence, rape, domestic violence, extortion, the threat of death back in home. under international law that the united states as ratified inmate part of our domestic law, there is an opportunity for those individuals claiming asylum to present a case of an immigration judge that they have a credible fear of prosecution and face bodily harm if not death were they to be sent back home. i think what we as democrats and other americans across the political spectrum are saying is

that those individuals should be treated with these and see, dignity, and be allowed to articulate under current u.s. law their claims so that a decision can be made to determine whether they have a basis to remain in the united states. host: 8:30 on the east coast. time for one or two more calls with congas when jeffries. david, thanks for waiting in texas. caller: i would like to thank you for the job you are doing. about the children that are being ripped from people's arms, i always watch the local news on tv. this morning they had a lady that was speeding with a 13-month-old child in the car. she had a minor accident. the child was not in her safety seat. the 13 month old child was taken from her. she was arrested and put in jail or taken through due process.

whenever you have people coming from honduras or so forth like that they have already taken their 13-month-old child tramp across several countries, including mexico. now they are at the u.s. border. why are they still in danger from honduras if they are standing on the border? dan not going through the process of -- and not going to the process of going to america. guest: i think as i've endeavored to indicate i think many of the individuals are going through the lawful process, presenting themselves at lawful ports of entry to u.s. customs officials claiming asylum and that should trigger a process by which asylum

applications are considered. i think the underlying challenge is that we do have a broken immigration system that should be fixed. my first year in congress in 2013 it was a bipartisan effort to pass comprehensive .mmigration reform 14 republicans supported that legislation in the senate. it overwhelmingly passed was sent to the house of representatives and nothing happened. that is unfortunate. out of thiso get vicious cycle we are going to have to fix our broken immigration system and we need to do it in a bipartisan way. the u.s. chamber of commerce which is a republican leaning institution has indicated support for fixing our broken immigration system. of catholicference bishops, evangelicals across the country. this should be an issue where we come together regardless of region, religion, race and the

support is there to do just that. to boston. climate is waiting. caller: a question for senator jeffries. host: you've got to turn down your tv and talk to your phone. caller: the question is with regards to the immigration issues, why don't the government send an envoy to countries in south america, central america and find the true nature of what's causing these people to come up? the government is responsible. the government should do something to help that. guest: that is one of the things against a happen. thomas trump made a big deal about going over in meeting with the north korean dictator. we have issues in our own hemisphere we should work to resolve. i think we also have to work to

resolve our own internal domestic issues focusing on good paying jobs, strong economic growth, so that we don't have an opportunity for someone to come in and divide us. that is what we as democrats want to focus on. .elivering a better deal making sure every american has the tools to succeed. if we can do that we will have a basis to solve some of the most difficult problems that confront us because a rising tide lifts all boats host:. for now the judiciary committee scheduled to have a meeting on thursday. if you get a chance to ask the question what would you ask about? guest: the question i would ask is whether mr. rosenstein and to ensureill continue the mueller investigation will proceed without interference from donald trump and any co-conspirators amongst the cover-up caucus in the house of

representatives who want to shut down a legitimate investigation. bob mueller should be allowed to do his job and issue a report to the american people as to whether the trump campaign conspired with russian spies to sell out our democracy. once he issues that report to congress and america we can make decisions about what comes next. the deputy attorney general rod wosenstein and christopher have to be a firewall to protect the integrityray. host: we will be airing it on c-span3, c-span.org. listen to it on the c-span radio app. we will be back for open phones until the top of the hour. any policy issue you want to talk about, phone lines are yours to do so. start calling in now as we show you live pictures from the steps of the supreme court.

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of financial times this morning focusing on harley davidson and disputet trump's tariff with the european union. trade war drives harley davidson to build bikes outside the u.s. as headline symbol of americana acts to avoid tariffs. the motorcycle maker is the first u.s. manufacturer to scale down domestic reduction in response to eu tariffs imposed on friday against $3.3 billion of u.s. goods. although europe originally appeared -- the story notes the president has grown more aggressive with brussels threatening 20% tariffs on all imports of cars manufactured in the eu. that story in the financial times as well as other papers. decision day at the supreme court.

yesterday at the supreme court we are expecting more decisions. four cases outstanding. expecting those to come down about 10:00. court on monday largely upheld texas congressional legislative maps that a lower court said discriminated against black and .ispanic voters did not credit the texas legislature with a perception of good faith. the majority sided with the challengers over one legislative district did the practical 2018 and 2020he elections will be held in districts -- the blood the impact on the state's growing hispanic population. it is your calls. the open phones segment. max is up first and summerfield,

florida. caller: good morning. sorry i missed mr. jeffries. he referenced a comprehensive immigration bill that passed the senate with a bunch of democrat votes. i guess i was happy to hear that. bill.as really a flawed john boehner did the country a favor by not bring it up or a vote in the house. flaws.or two of the flaws were a person social security number fraud three times and get a pass. the same thing with passports, three times and get a pass. today if you did that, it is a felony and you would go to jail. that is a bad bill when they stuck stuff in that after he passed the senate. i talked to marco rubio about it .

we need to be careful how they stuff these bills. thank you for listening to my comment. ho: nda, charleston west virginia. go ahead. caller: there's people out there that can make a list starting with the oldest children and the parents also and make a list of who came across their names and compare these with this. the siblings that came across this process let starts of families can be put back together. host: alan is waiting in ithaca. caller: good morning. i feel like the media missed a chance to do a little education when trump visited the leader of north korea in terms of the

beginning of tensions on the korean peninsula after world war ii. did not focus on u.s. involvement in building up the government and south korea. came out of the same types of policies that created the vietnam war. the rate -- the media missed a chance to amplify an understanding of what was happening so that we could reduce tensions in korea. host: you're in new york as an independent. i was a talk to you about primary day in new york as an independent. i know it's a closed primary system. tell me your thoughts on primary day. independent i'm not eligible to vote in the democratic or republican primaries.

the other third parties or fourth parties are not getting media attention. that is unfortunate. it limits discussion of the issues. host: we will spend our last hour of the washington journal today talking about primary day and primary runoff day in seven states around the country. we will check in on major races happening. as her, the line for democrats you are up next. caller: i'm calling to talk about drugs coming over the border. i think the immigration problem and the drug problem needs to be separated. i'm so sick of watching all of these drug dealers. i could take of you camera outside right now in put it on tv all the drugs coming in. it is coming from the border. i am so sick of it. rte's policy of

killing the drug dealers. they're the ones destroying this country. the las vegas police department ignores it. i've talked to them several times. they are probably part of it. a horrible thing that is destroying our country. host: that is heather in las vegas. from the financial times talking about harley 'svidson into move some of it bike building operations to europe in response to some of the tariffs being implemented. president trump tweeting about harley davidson and trade starting about an hour ago. he said harley davidson said they would move much of their plant operations in kansas city to thailand. that was before iteris were announced. there are using tariffs and trade war as an excuse. it shows how unfair trade is.

he promised we will fix it. we are getting other countries to reduce and eliminate tariffs and the trade barriers that have been unfairly used for years against farmers workers and companies. .e are expanding footprint one more from the president on this. when i had harley davidson officials over to the white house i chided them about tariffs in other countries being too high. companies are coming back to america. harley must know they will not be able to pay -- the president has been rather active on twitter. we will keep you updated as we go along. tina is in indianapolis, an independent. , illegallobalization immigration, these are all factors affecting middle america and i feel like the politicians

are not listening. in fact, they are telling us these are jobs americans don't want. that is not the case. when was the last time an american did not want a roof or home? these are jobs that have been taken over by illegal immigration. what needs to be done is the focus needs to be on these employers or hiring these folks to come and take jobs and wages.s i am an independent. i tend to vote mostly democratic. i voted for trunk. i believe firmly in his stance on immigration. it is time that both republicans and democrats stop fighting for immigrants coming to this country and fight for americans. we've done a good job of having representation from all over the

world. i think it's time we focus on america and tried to fix some of the problems we have. host: do you think heading into the 2018 elections is immigration going to be a priority for you in 2018 and 2020? as much as these are great jobs fromthey do take average americans. i remember years ago when i travel in business and i still do if you go into a hotel you saw many poor whites and poor african-americans cleaning rooms. you barely see that now. where did these people go? where have these americans gone? they are going on welfare trying to survive, committing crime.

there is a reason for that. host: don is in ohio, republican, go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. the democratic huntsman from new said he was just on -- there was no border wall between mexico and guatemala. border -- there's other ones. you can see the border wall they have between guatemala and mexico. a lot of countries have walls. i'm all for legal immigration but we should know when they come in, why they are coming in and what they are doing here. we can't just have people

running up here with drugs and that sort of stuff. not unusual. lots of countries have walls for their own security and protection. host: about 10 minutes left in open phones. we begin looking at this story and the debate within the democratic party on the tone in dealing with trump administration officials. have to confront trump is the headline from today's new york times. comments from maxine waters that went viral to supporters. those comments garnering a rebuke from nancy pelosi yesterday on her twitter page and comments from the floor of the senate by chuck schumer. on those trump sees comments. here's a tweet from a few minutes ago.

the face of the democrats is maxine waters who with nancy pelosi have established a fine leadership team. they should lead the democrats who want "are's and unlimited crime well into the future and pick crooked hillary for president. mike is in illinois, line for democrats go ahead. caller: what everyone needs to know is the reason immigration reform has not been fixed in the last 15 years. that ifblicans realize they legalize all the illegals that are here, they are voters and those voters are going to vote every republican out of office. that is your reason why immigration reform will never get done. understand the whole system is set up to fail. -- 40% are come here overstays on visas.

when they come here and overstay , they have a 10 year penalty if they want to leave. so they are not going to leave so they created their own problem by making the penalty so harsh. people would leave after a year but because it is so harsh, 10 years, they never leave. host: doug is waning line for independents -- is waiting on the line for independents. caller: the news has spent the hours talking about the philadelphia eagles not standing for the national anthem. sarah sanders being put out of the restaurant area according to the american free press the builder burgs -- reporters and politicians met in italy on june 7. 66 times over the years and have never been reported on

any tv or news. henry kissinger, peggy noonan -- host: where did you read reporting amiss? -- on this? caller: in the past years tom brokaw and peter jennings attended but not one word on tv. host: where do you get your information on it? caller: i told you in the american free press. doesn't disprove the news is controlled? host: ross is in beckley west virginia. go ahead. caller: don't know why they're

so much concern for the mexican people. app -- they in coal mines have shut down obama's war on coal has had an effect. drugs run rapid. since roe versus wade there have been 60 million abortions. 45 million people in america that live in poverty yet we are more concerned about mexicans and the border because that is where the diversion is. take more care of west virginia. huntington.went to they brought in the national guard. that's how bad drugs are. my mother-in-law is a widow of a world war ii veteran. she can't get benefits yet if she was a syrian refugee she can have benefits for 10 years. appreciate your time.

host: ross in west virginia. quito is in silver springs. an independent. caller: i want to let everyone know i really dislike trump. he brings a lot of bad things into the white house. very divisive. a lot of crazy stuff is doing. this comment is really for any politicians who might be listening or democrat republicans. why is he the only guy who's trying to do something about offshore of jobs? why is he the only guy or lady in the past 30 years that's actually done something? i really dislike him and will never vote for him because he's an idiot but i understand why some people do. you either vote for trump and you have to deal with all of the divisiveness, the craziness but at least he's trying to do something about the offshore of jobs. or you could go for regular politician and you have all the

other good stuff but they send the jobs offshore. why can't politicians do something about it? if you can answer that question people won't vote for trump. in openfew minutes left phes. you can see the capital behind southeast1st street stands the supreme court. the scene ahead of another decision day. a decision day yesterday. a handful of decisions left including three high-profile decisions. several rulings released yesterday including the ruling at the center of this story from usa today. florist who denies gays get a new hearing. after ruling a colorado baker was treated unfairly for refusing on religious grounds to create a wedding cake for same-sex couple, the justices said a washington state florist

deserves another chance to challenge court rulings against her rather than agree to hear the case of arlene's flowers the high court sent the case back to washington supreme court to determine whether there -- strutzmanronnelle was treated fairly by state courts. today's decisions are expected about 10:00 this morning. we will update you on what happens from today's decision day on tomorrow's washington journal. at 10:00 we will be heading to the floor of the house of representatives on c-span as we always do for gavel to vel coverage. a few more calls. linda is in indiana, pennsylvania. go ahead. caller: can you hear me? host: yes ma'am.

jefferies --sented barack obama did the same thing to these children. democrats refuse to look that up . barack obama is a big farrakhan lover. i wish you people would stop talking about the jewish people and not sees. that is so disgusting. can you imagine how they feel right now? host: linda in pennsylvania. kenneth is in florida. caller: i'm asking a question for c-span. i watched c-span every morning and i notice when it comes to these opioids, people shooting up the schools, a lot of callers will call in and say when the

kids are put on ritalin. when i was in the military in 1996 my commander used to give his kids ritalin and that was 22 years ago. why hasn't c-spanromeone on to n and the effects the 20 year mark? why haven c-span brought someone ont -- why haven't they gone after the employers employing all of these illegal immigrants. they know 95% of those employers are republicans like me. i don't understand why, if it's going to be fair and balanced all over the board why can't we bring someone on to talk about the ritalin effect and bring on someone that talks about going after the employer? you guys doing excellent job. thank you host:. always appreciating suggestions for future segments.

david in watertown, south dakota. republican. onler: in the 1950's i lived a farm in northeastern south dakota. i got my first harley when i was to aars old and rode it one-room country gradeschool. a couple of quick facts. harley davidson has been planning on forwarding that factory for over two years. they bought the land in thailand over two years ago. a quick comment on your last guest. he was very impressive. well spoken, great-looking guy, looked right into the camera and did not say a word that was true. you ask these democrats what do you want to do with all of these people coming in.

20 million illegals. , three fourths of them , next timessistance you get a democrat, asked them doing for the thousand thousand looking for a free ride. wilmington, a republican for it. caller: i would just add that there were a couple uick thehs three immigration system currently is broken and needs to be fixed. immigration is a good thing and the u.s. thrives with immigrants. both the are using emotionally charged language. my input to c-span and people listening would be if we could and respectionate

the other side and assume they have the most reasonable intentions, we might actually get something done. would say ish sometimes it can be quite disappointing listening to fully adult professional policy in washington dc converse with each other as if they are not to sober, passion and individuals now the best concerns for the country. host: max, thank you. up next, voters are heading to the polls today in seven states. we will talk about the primaries and primary runoff taking place around the country. an hour from now, we are expecting more decisions to be released by the supreme court. some live pictures from the court show the scene out front as we wait several high-profile

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and people can learn about government. government does not have to be a bad word. >> be sure to join at july 21 and 22 when we feature our visit to alaska. watch a alaska weekend on c-span, c-span.org, or listen to the free c-span radio app. washington journal continues. , we are this last hour focusing on today's primaries and primary runoffs taking place around the country. in to talkou to call about election 2018, there is a map of the primaries taking place around the country, in new maryland, oklahoma, colorado, south carolina, and utah. s.org with their wrapup of the primaries today had this lead to about primary day around the country.

a former republican presidential akeridate and an army le will appear on ballots today as voters will take their primary election picks. ,epublicans, (202) 748-8001 ,emocrats (202) 748-8000 independents, (202) 748-8002. we will take you to the ground in some of those primary states to talk about what is happening in the specific congressional and governors races. in new york and we are joined by john campbell, the "usa today" correspondent. york, onlyll in new federal primaries will take place today. the state primaries are not scheduled until september 13. take us through the top congressional races to watch today.

that willhink the one get the most headlines is on staten island, the 11th the district. between a former staten island district attorney congressman, he succeeded michael grimm when he resigned for tax evasion and eventually went to prison for it michael grimm is now out of prison and he is challenging, hoping to get the congressional seat back. you have seen president trump he cut aan donovan, roll call that went out to likely primary voters in staten island and brooklyn, and that is going to get the most attention. york staying on the new 11th the new york 11th district, is this a fairly republican district regardless of who wins, or is this a district that could a battleground in the fall? guest: it could be a

battleground. it has a democratic enrollment edge, however, it has tended to vote republican. for trump by 10 points in 2016, but it is a district that has seen a democratic edge but a conservative lean so to go either way. ost: take us to the 19th of , one of therict most crowded democrac primaries. why so crowded? guest: it is crowded because democrats see this as one of their best chance is to flip a seat. if they are going to take the house, they need to flip seats. split,a near even 141,000 democrats and 138,000 so democrats,

national democrats view this as a prime opportunity to flip a seat. that is why you have seen so many candidates get in the race, but you also seen this push and pull between some more moderate candidates and some more progressive candidates as they try to corner democratic primary voters. it is a seven way race. , a lawyer who is now living in kingston. some other candidates, jeff beales is trying to build himself as a more progressive candidates, the bernie sanders of the party. he was featured on "this american life" so he got a boost on that. and the traveling press secretary who got the new york times endorsement. there are seven candidates total

and that is one that national democrats are watching closely. of thosether one districts that national democrats will be watching , thely, the 21st district young its woman elected to the house with a target in that next election, she is expected to be a target this time around. who is she likely going to be challenged by? guest: another very crowded race. aree are five democrats who facing off in a primary, nameding at least one that some viewers might know, and a frontn, runner in the race, patrick nelson, and katie wilson. l district, one of voted for trump in 2016, and one of voted for obama in 2012. it is comprised of new york's

north country, it includes the entire adirondack part so it is very environmentally focused. it is one that nati as theys are eyeing see as a marginal district. bell, the out any correspondence, appreciate your time tonight. guest: thank you for having me. host: we are focusing on the seven states where voters are headed to the polls today for primaries and primary runoffs. we will give you some updates for the major races around the country, but we want you to call in and give us your thoughts on this primary season, election 2018. republicans (202) 748-8001, democrats (202) 748-8000, independents, (202) 748-8002. we start with erin in edgewood, maryland. caller: thank you.

my name is darren. the republican party is the trump party, it is no longer the republican party. the democratic party is false equivalency. america needs a new party. host: what would be the platform of that party? the truth and reconciliation party? party ande republican the democratic party have been you leaked and lied to the people, and that is all about the money. there is a lot of money and politics. the true common man in this country does not got a shot. i do not care if you're in appalachia or the city of chicago. politicians are playing games on both sides of the aisle, especially with the poor people all over fighting.

peopleep spewing racism, are being erratic allies all all on -- being radaliz over on these talk shows, they do not know what is going on because we are being lied to by all of the politicians. host: maryland is one of those states with primaries today. the front page of "the washington times." democratic risks eme emerging on policy date -- emerging on primary day. here's another headline, president trump went to one of those primary runoff states, south carolina, last night for a rally for one of those republicans seeking the governor spot. president trump flew monday night to vote for henry

mcmaster. the president also had a lot else on his mind, "the washington post" notes. it was the ultimate presidential political favor to mcmaster. trump andor endorsed opponent has been fielding questions about how he could be the outsider alternative if trump was in south carolina to support mcmaster. trump was in south carolina to support mcmaster. that primary runoff happening today in south carolina. trina's republican in riverside, california. caller: hi, thank you. ifas thiniking -- thinking we had term limits, that would make it less stagnant. you want to one term for both the house and the senate?

caller: yep. there would be more motivated to get things done quicker, and less open to people being able to lobby them and get them to go their way. host: to lori and palm coast, florida. caller: hi. just a build on the last two callers, with the truth and reconciliation, maybe what the gentleman is evoking for a somewhat to come in as an independent comment as a humanitarian. it has been a long time that the country has had someone running on that basis as well as setting term limits. we need to have that kind of perspective again with everything that is going on. i think we have all seen that we have become quite complacent in our humanitarian efforts. host: linda, detroit, michigan.

line for democrats. caller: yes. the president was speaking in south carolina and i was informed on a news show this morning that the volkswagen, bmw carolinaeaving south and closing jobs. he lied to those people. thank you. host: thanks, linda. calls anding your this last hour, focusing on primary day and primary runoff day in seven states around the country. ,epublicans, (202) 748-8001 democrats, (202) 748-8000, independents, (202) 748-8002. uperal callers have brought president trump, several republican candidates running as this cycle, focusing on

president trump and tying themselves to president trump in the republican primaries. one is congressman doug lamborn in colorado. this is was a recent added that he released. [video clip] knew biglamborn things were about to get done, and now they are working together. sanctuary cities, securing the border, and ensuring our military is fully funded so our troops have everything they need to keep our -- a safe. making america great again. i am doug lamborn and i approve this message. host: we will show you more political ads throughout this segment and we will focus on colorado a litlater in the segment. to turn back to maryland, michael dresser, statehouse reporter from "the baltimore sun."

a lot of focus on larry hogan's race, how popular is he in maryland? has been having approval ratings of around 70%. he is generally regarded only second to massachusetts emerges, so whoever with the democratic nomination is going to have a heavy li ft. host: why are approval numbers so high and in a blue state? a veryhe has played smart game of working with the democrats and the general assembly up to a point. there is a lot of contention hieve, but he manages to ac he sells as bipartisan accomplishments. sometimes, they are democratic initiatis that he adopts, but

he has found a way to make them his own and to give the public the impression that he is the solid middle of the road, common sense guy. -- and project an aura of likeability. host: who are the governor's main challenges and how are they positioning themselves? a prince george's county executive is one of the front-runners nde -- and he candidate,lishment he has track record of governance in a county that used to be notorious for corruption, and he has done a pretty good job of restoring its reputation.

gettinge one who is endorsements from the heavy hitters in the state. benbiggest competitor is gelles, a big bernie sanders fan. he has made multiple appearances on behalf of him. it would be a surprise if wasbody other than the two the winner, but the last time we polled, there are more than 40% of democrats undecided. candidates are putting their votes on that that they can emerge as the dark horse in this race. host: is it unusual to have so many undecided democrats coming in the primary day? guest: i think so. there is an unusual number of

into electionming day this time. covering four years ago, you had much better established, better known candidates running. uphink most minds were made by election day, but this year, it is hard to tell. host: before we let you go, take us to the senate race, ben cardin facing a challenge from chelsea manning, a former nsa leaker. is that a competitive race at all? guest: absolutely not. there are no signs of a ma nning campaign around here. ben cardin is one you can take to the bank. party, helar in the is personally connected well with the voters, and with

, there been no presents to speak of. host: michael dresser, a statehouse reporter. , there been no presents to speak of thank you for your time. guest: thank you. host: we are taking your calls this morning as we focus on primary day. ,epublicans, (202) 748-8001 democrats (202) 748-8000 independents (202) 748-8002. you do not to be in one of those seven states that is holding a primary today to call. linda, ridgewood, new jersey. republican. i hope people pay attention to what happens when the wrong person in office for eight years and by the way, when washington sells whichru -- your state took away the salt cap, when november comes, the people in

new jersey are going to member. host: what does that mean for you? caller: i will definitely be voting the other side. i am ashamed that the republican party in washington did not stick up for their fine thehbors and say, no, people in new jersey pay the highest taxes in the nation. you cannot limit their payment on the state and local tax of $10,000 when you combine all of the taxes we are paying, we are struggling in this state come combined with a governor basically decimated the ability for us to borrow money on a fair base because we cannot pay our bills. it just goes around and around fori think the time is people to take a look and say, you know what, we are voting you out.

you had a caller that said there should be term limits, a -- oh, yes there should be. host: robber is in massachusetts, democrat. caller: thanks for to it -- robert is in massachusetts, democrat. caller: thank you for taking the my call. the chaotic way that things are going with trump is the fact accepte party can not trump putting them in the gutter like this. look at how he responded to maxine waters, calling it a low iq. become the president can crazy. this is the type of children, back and forth things.

i think the republican party needs to put him in its place and take the country back because we cannot take a chaotic president. the guy is nuts. i think the republican party needsthe people who call that tk that we need another party represents the people in the united states because the colluding with the russian and this is the guy who says he is patriotic when he is doing all of that. -- callle should make his bluff. francis in pennsylvania, line for democrats. caller: good morning. i am a 77-year-old grandmother missed anver, never election since i have been old enough to vote and i am so disgusted with what is going on on both parties. i do not think i will ever vote again. thank you. host: francis, what would it take to bring you back to the voting booth? think better

politicians, more stability, more people who talk about the issues and not each other, that might bring me back. it is very doubtful that is going to happen. mario in los angeles, california. go ahead. are you with us? caller: hello. host: go ahead. caller: what is wrong with going back to the old days when we used to register people when they come and go country -- when they come into the country? host: what do think is wrong or not wrong about that? caller: i used to work in a post office, and when someone came in , they would have to go to the post office and register, dies why -- why do

we not to go back to that so we can have a civil conversation about immigration? host: that is mario why in california. is primary and primary runoff day in seven states around the country. south carolina is one of the states having its runoff. , butsanford was defeated she was and a car accident and update, this was from the "posting courier" after katie harrington was taken off of update,ventilator. her injuries from a high-speed crash had been severe and traumatic. two risk fracturs.

reached for a piece of paper and saidwo weeks, and i will be back. during a monday morning press doctorsce, arrington's confirm she is expected to make a full recovery in the next two weeks. quotes, "she has been very strong through this entire event and has responded as a patient much younger than her true age. i expect her to make a quick recovery." that story from yesterday. your calls, charles in new york city, line for democrats. caller: hi, hi. to all of the democrats who is headed out the way that i am in a few minutes to cast my democratic vote. we need each other and hopefully, we are all mindful of that. thank you. host: who are you heading out to

vote for in new york city? who is your congressperson? caller: i vote strictly democratic lines. the democrats have not been really that impressive, but i am an optimist. i will reserve for the time being, but the democratic line that i am concerned about. host: why have democrats not been impressive? caller: well, they do not seem to be in touch with a lot of the things that i would go after. attack lot of room for on republicans. actually, i do not know what a republican is now a days, but what they are calling themselves being ae guise of

republican would never be anything i would be attracted to. i think they are disgraceful. i think they are bold, shameless type of people, you know. i am not in line. the less i think about them, the best. democrat and i'm hoping and i am optimistic that the democrats will prevail. host: from new york city to language warning, pennsylvania. virginia is a republican. caller: yes. i am calling to tell all her publicans to get out and vote. andt years with derision division with obama, trump is doing a great job despite the democrats, and the republican party is for themselves. -- is for the people, not for

themselves. host: line for democrats, go ahead. mark from, this is the green valley heritage corridor in central massachusetts. i was stationed in gulfport, mississippi. are drillingnies all of those wells down there. when they have that big oil spill, they did not clean up all of that oil. they sank it to the bottom of the gold coast. you people down there are still experiencing the effects of it through your come -- through your contaminated seafood. wein central massachusetts, are trying to develop cleaner power.sources, wind

we will stay focused on the 2018 elections of the primaries taking place around the country today. that is happening in seven states where voters are heading to the polls, including the rocky mountains states. we are joined on the phone now by the political reporter with "the denver post." he was also a writer on this story recently. the wildcard in the upcoming frank explain what is going on. guest: thank you grabbing me. we have changed our primary system in colorado. it is a semi open primary. that is the states million plus unaffiliated voters can participate without having to register as a party member. this will be a new test for

colorado. originally, the idea was to moderate the partisan debate here in colorado and stick to our purple values out here, but what we have seen so far is that the candidates for governor and other statewide offices are going quite strongly to their partisan polls, whether it is republicans cozying up to donald trump or democrats breaking some policies by bernie sanders. will seek today in turnout, even if we do not see it in the partisan dialogues. host: has there been any indication that they will be turning out and where they are falling when it comes to the primaries today? guest: they are turning out. about the same numbers as folks would expect. they were not expecting a flood of independent or unaffiliated voters to show up.

these voters are less interested in politics and less convinced that their vote is going to matter. we did a poll of unaffiliated voters in colorado that showed voters are not that engaged and they are also -- half of them did not notice that they could produce a pay. among those who did want to the ones we see showing up on the ones that want to make sure they have two candidates in november in the governor's race who they can support and who they want to evaluate more. host: let's focus on the governor's race. there are term limits on both sides, who is likely to face off in the fall? side, on the republican we have seen walker stapleton really dominate the poll, but we have not had many public polls here in colorado.

that is a little bit of an unknown. he's the two terms straight treasurer -- state treasurer, his name is known here in colorado, his great-grandfather was the mayor, and there is a neighborhood named after him. he will most likely be able to is aed victor mitchell who businessman and spending more than $4.6 million to really andlenge the stapleton putting him on the bush criticism. word low energy has been mentioned and this debates. regardless of how he wins, he is going to emerge with iron -- negatives, approval numbers, and a hole in his bank account from spending money. on the democratic side we have jerrod poland who seems to be

the -- jared polis. -- he wouldyou'd be the nation's first openly gay man. kennedyrs are carrie who has campaign and to be the first woman governor in colorado. she is a swell of support across the state and then we have micah staten -- a former senator in denver, and he is trying to get young people interested in politics again, very much like two thousand eight, but encountering a different political atmosphere 2008what we saw -- like but encountering a different political atmosphere than what we saw. host: focus on the 5th district, doug lamborn's race.

ad,howed our viewers his tying himself the president trump. is he facing a tough race and is this a district that democrats are looking to target in november? caller: this is a district -- guest: this is a district that doug lamborn is that trouble in the past two years. he nearly got knocked off a upstart, and he faces a challenge for a couple of well-known republicans in his district. graduates who has represented the area for a number of years in state legislature and then you have senate who ran for u.s. a few years ago and lost to michael bennet. he is the county commissioners so there are some well-known names challenging cam and landlord -- challenging him a lanborn.

they aremocratic side, salivating at the idea of getting a fresh name in there, but this is a strongly republican district. it would be quite difficult for democrats to knock it off. there is a much more likely chance of that happening in the the denverict in one where mike coffman is of the most endangered members of his party worldwide. if you want tok, check out his work it is denver rpost.com. thank you for your time. guest: my pleasure. host: we are taking your calls until about 10:00. will be and in we will go to the floor for gavel to gavel coverage. elections for the 2018 . christine in long island,

republican line. i'm all for republicans. they have done a great, great successful job since drug is in. s in.nce trump i i am tired of the democrats. all they want to do is raise taxes and make a mess of our country. no longer. god bless america. institute west virginia, line for democrats. good morning. caller: good morning. over.s reign is republicans need to let it go and before the republicans anymore about obama, b understood that if it was not for obama, you would not house because of

the hate of the man's color puts them there. democrats need to be wary about candidates who were previously in the republican party. in the state of west virginia, they voted to jim justice, a democrats runner into the office of governor and he to thedly flipped back very party that we did not want in the office which is republican. host: is there anybody else you are worried about putting parties in west virginia? caller: i would not trust a republican who has been a runner in a democratic section who was previously in the republican -- switching.

i do not think that a republican was which the democrat just a run for office would be likely to switch back to republic in once he is in office. sydni is in california, line for republicans. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i would like to say the fact that president trump and vice president pence visited our state. the fact that president trump and vice president pence visited south carolina for henry mcmaster should scare people to death. do not vote for henry mcmaster for governor. .lease go and vote for warren

we need to keep our coast pristine. host: are reminders of viewers, turned on your television when you are waiting to talk, just speak through your phone. -- lorenzo. go ahead. caller: good morning. politics are local. we are influenced by our surroundings, case in point, homelessll of our issues going on in california, and to many of us, all we see is -- that do not want to work. callers were very polarized because people are voting with their hearts and not the issues. host: what does resonate with you? putting theink american people back on track

and i hate to sound like a trumpist, and i voted for obama, but things did not turn out the way i wanted. at the end of the day, i'm trying to protect my earnings, and the earnings for my family for our future and i do not mind helping people who want to try and get engaged in society, but tired ofcan worker is bearing the burden for those of us who do not want to engage in today's society. same thing with trade. i do not see what is wrong with us being on level playing field but when i listen to some of the democrats, i see them so and stopping trump at all costs. their policies, i do not even know what they are. they do not resonate with me and i wish they had a forthat i can embrace. host: lorenzo in california. we played that ad from doug

lamborn in california. here is that add that is getting sanjay agar., her ad released over the weekend has gotten several million hits on multiple different social media platforms. a little over three minutes. [video clip] >> this is a story. me, an air force combat veteran and a mom. this door behind me is from my helicopter. it is all that is left of the aircraft that was flying that day. i was on a rescue mission in afghanistan. i heard the windshield cracked and realized i had been shot. i continued the mission and airlifted the patients out.

after taking more fire, crashed a few miles away. my story begins much earlier. it was my dad throwing my mom for a glass one and three years later, mom got the kurds to walk out the door and she opened a new one for my sister and me here in texas. it was here that i put my foot on the gas and followed my dream to be a pilot. that meant kicking through every door that was in my way. for rotc and then i was commissioned as an officer in air force. i managed to get one of only a handful of slots for flight school. i spent a year training to fly. overw water drops wildfires in california, eventually served three tours in

afghanistan, and then, the crash. rescued us.icopters i got a purple heart and i became the second woman ever awarded the distinguished honor for air force. so, i came home. i worked in health care and business, i got married, and started my family. wait, barred because i was a woman. that is ridiculous. but i sued the pentagon. dce to lobbyo congress but door after door was slammed in my face. i heard things like, you are not in a position to do anything for him. you are not one of our donors. eventually -- >> we are eliminating the direct ground combat exclusion rule for

women. >> we won. that opened the door for hundreds of thousands of women to compete for elite ground combat jobs. hold on, not o of his donors. that is not how this is supposed to work. one of those closed doors with my congressman, john carter. apparently being his constituents at a veteran was not enough to get a meeting. i guess i also needed to be a donor. now, i am running against him, taking on a system that cares more about campaign donors and political parties that protecting our country. congressman carter has not had a tougher race his entire career, so, we will show him tough and then we will show him the door. one article on that political ad from mj hegar. they are calling it one of the

best ads and most effective inonent attacks you will see 2018. john carter has not won a race by fewer than 20 points and a decade. taking your calls this morning in the last segment of washington journal on primary day in seven states. the 2018 midterms. bob from oklahoma, your stay is one of those states with runoffs today. tells about what is happening in oklahoma for you. caller: a lot of people are voting. we are looking to the future, for change. getting outem to be ahead of the ball a little bit here. thatve got state questions will help our economy and help farming and alga culture. -- on agriculture. host: what your thoughts on

legalization of medical marijuana in oklahoma? caller: that is a far-reaching issue. after all, marijuana and hemp is the same plant. if we get the plant legalized, we can move ahead with the economy and it is sustainable economy versus the trumping of our nation. imocrats are looking forward, think we will go blue like colorado did. host: that is bob in oklahoma. a poll on that ballot measure found that 60% of voters backed the measure. the measure is among the most controversial items on the ballot. the story notes that if voters did legalize medical marijuana in oklahoma, and be the 30th state to do so. john, what is your view on primary day in new york. , the woman in west

virginia we said that we did not like obama because of his skin color. she is totally wrong. we did not like obama because he us.ed insurance on my husband came from another country fo -- and came here in 1994. do it the right way. do the right thing. again andt trump wins that is all i have to say. host: we want to focus for a minute on the beehive state of utah. we are joined by thomas burr on the phone. mitt romney looking to join a senate in washington dc. what is the likelihood? guest: he is optimistic, he claims that over the weekend he had a 65 against his

opponent. 42% margin is a pretty good thing going into a primary. host: what role has president trump later in this primary, has gotten involved -- has he gotten involved? guest: he has endorsed a mitt romney, and mitt romney accepted his endorsement. something i have not seen in covering politics, two days before the primary, mitt romney wrote an op-ed essentially theng how he feels about president. he sometimes agrees with them and sometimes he does not. he says he is to call them as he sees them. he says he is going to call the president, opposed to when he has to be opposed and support policies he thinks is good. romney'se any of mitt opponents tried to seize on that and tied himself closer to the president because of that?

guest: mike kennedy as his opponent and challenger there has tried to pitch mitt romney as a carpetbagger and a flip-flop. remember that mitt romney is very opposed to trump's candidacy and called him a phony and a fraud. he definitely use that in the campaign. he has been asked this question and answer a lot on the campaign trail about how he feels about the president. hereally does come down to is trying to will lay down a point that i'm not going to be a i will be a, senator who has to deal with the white house, but also, i am not going to be someone who shies away from criticizing this white house. host: mitt romney looking to take the seat of orrin hatch. has hatched wade -- has hatch weighed in? guest: he has been very obtrusive about president trump

thank you going to be the press president ever, essentially. orrin hatch has not actively campaigned for mitt romney and is letting him do his own thing. host: so if he does win today, who is mitt romney likely to face? guest: democrats jenny wilson, , heramily is well known dad was the mayor of salt lake city generation ago, and she is a strong democrat -- she is a strong candidate. are national democrats looking to put any money into this race? guest: definitely looking like they articulate a pass, we have not heard anything from the national democrats about this race, but jenny wilson is going to run hard and his name is gold in utah. host: any house races we should be watching today? districte third

primary for john curtis who took over for congressman jason, he is facing an opponent from last time which is former state rep chris herod. host: it is still up to voters. thomas burr, we appreciate your time. guest: thanks. host: a few minutes left on the "washington journal." we will take you to the house floor when , a reminder, it is decision day at the supreme court. still waiting for decisions, three very high-profile decisions, one on the president's travel ban, and abortion rights also up for a decision on one of their cases. that is expected to come down at 10:00. news trickles out a few minutes after once the justices hand decisions down.

today may not be the last decision day for this year's term, for cases remain. taking your calls in the 2018 midterms on primary day in states. republicans, (202) democrats (202) 748-8000, independents (202) 748-8002. shelley, in oregon. i am sick of the republican party trying to get edicare and our social security. and in assisted living need all of the care i can get. we need to go and get the democrats to go out and vote to get these idiots out. i think donald trump needs to stop blaming everybody because the immigration policy is a very

tough situation, i understand that, but he just needs to release these children and put them back with their parents. i do not like seeing that on tv. it is the administration that is causing the problem, so i just want people to understand that we need our social security and medicare the republicans are trying to take away. north carolina, line for democrats. caller: yes. i would like to know how come a man who cannot be trusted in the bedroom, wooed conservative christians into believing he could be trusted in the oval office? i was taught as a child that jesus is first, others are second, and yourself last. trump makes a mockery of everything i've been taught. jack, line for republican. these primaries overall

in my view are insignificant. what i found amazing was last night, i could see donald trump. arrington, based on what i am hearing, she is recovering well. she will be the new rep over there, but the larger issue at hand for the people that are going to be representing us is the immigration issue. we have to have, in my opinion, a merit-based system. in, i can tellng her very nice people from the most part. i can see in their eyes, they are kind. but the sad thing, they lack capability. your people coming into the country to make the country greater with capabilities.

in the late 1800s, my people came in from germany were toolmakers. i'm a retired manufacturing engineer. that enhances the nation. i know how to do things. do not really have much of any kind of skills. they are nice. but it is a drain. host: have you met many? caller: many what? host: the immigrants you are talking about? caller: no, i have not. you know that. you can sense it. many have a real kin said,lities -- like trump they are not sending their best. i feel for the people because if you do not have a skill, you really cannot make much money. host: that is jack in rhode

island. here are some front pages that voters are waking up to and those states that are holding primaries or run offs today. post,ont page of "denver " the story noting that a registration error could affect nearly 80,000 voters in maryland. involving voter registration could affect some 80,000 voters, about four times as many as officials first estimated over the weekend, and about 2% of all maryland voters announced on the eve of the state's primary. the front page of the salt lake tribune, focusing on boosting turnout for and new york, to face thea race republican there, the democrats are looking in one of those key districts in the fall.

a couple more calls. linefer is in new york, for democrats. far --priory day so primary day so far? caller: genevieve. host: genevieve, i apologize. youer: i've been watching laying in bed, but i'm going to cuomos oppod to nixon. because ofer decided the transport from laguardia to the city. to make a comment on two things for past scholars. the man a just -- past c allers. ae man who just said that look of the people with no

skills, those could have looked at his ancestors and decide that they have no skills, too. host: we have to leave it there because the houses coming in for the day and we take it live lives to the day for gavel to gavel coverage. we see you back your torrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern, 4:00 a.m. pacific. glenn thompson to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 8, 2018, the chair will now ecognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue past 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leer