upcoming midterm elections starting with npr. then political strategist donna us separately to discuss how both political parties are trying to appeal to female voters. ♪ host: president trump continues in iowaaign-style rally later this evening. he is expected to make an announcement about ethanol and he may offer support to kim reynolds and david young of iowa. look to c-span.org for more information on that rally. our entire program today will be focused on women voters and their interest leading up to november 6th, a lection day. you can talk about issues you are interested in.

and other matters related to the midterm election. for this first hour, women only and here is how you can call. 202-748-8000 for those of you in the eastern and central time zones. live in the if you mountain and pacific time zones. if you want to put your thoughts on twitter, you can do so @cspanwj and if you want to make your thoughts on facebook known, do that at facebook.com/cspan. the washington post this morning has a poll in which they took a look at several issues leading up to election day and particularly how women voters registered their thoughts. one of the questions asked was if the election were being held today, who -- for whom would you vote for? when it comes to that poll and women that were surveyed, 54% saying they would lean toward democratic candidate versus 40%

for the republican candidate among white, noncollege women, 45% saying they would go to the democratic candidate versus 49% for the republican candidate among noncollege women. 62% of those saying they would support democratic candidate versus 35% for those supporting the republican candidate. that is just some of the input of women from that survey. when it comes to the issues, just to show you some of the issues that will be of importance election day when people go to the polls to vote in november. -- followed by donald trump, the president being the main issue followed by health care at 57%. the economy at 55%. issues of immigration at 52%.

gun violence garnered 42% in their interests leading to election day. international trade being an issue for some on the november elections. that at 33%. you can give us your thoughts on the issues that matter most to you on election day. maybe there is a specific candidate you want to talk about. you can let us know in this first hour, women only. 202-748-8000 for those of you in the eastern and central time in thend 202-748-8001 mountain and pacific time zones. we start off this morning with kathy in arkansas. go ahead, you are on. caller: good morning, pedro. host: good morning. caller: i will be voting republican. to say.ot one thing

you need to get out and let your voice be heard. we cannot let the democrats take over. host: tell me why you will be voting republican. specifically why. caller: because i believe in their values and everything and the democrats need to be voted out because if they take the house and senate back, they are going to bring america down. host: specifically, who are you supporting in arkansas? kathy, are you there? -- tom my representative cotton. host: so you are not going to be voting for a person in november? vote.: i will go out and i don't know who is all on the ticket, pedro. host: ok. let's go to sandra in michigan. hello. and i: i am a democrat

heard democrats saying they voted for trump and what gets me upset is they must not know what their beliefs are. i believe in social security, medicare, and medicaid. i believe in all the government programs. republicans do not. they want to cut social security. they want to make people with pre-existing conditions lose their insurance. .t is just a fact i can understand why people don't read allies this. host: when it comes to --don't realize this. host: when it comes to who you will be voting for in november, who represents those interests? caller: i don't vote according to the person, i vote for the party. whoever the democrat is, i will vote for them. i believe in social security and

medicare and all the government programs and i don't want to lose them. i think we really need them. it makes me upset republicans want to get rid of them. sandra in is michigan. pamela off of facebook says when it comes to voting in the november elections, voting for the rule of law and that is followed by blue. this is janet saying red, all red. you can make your thoughts known on our facebook page at facebook.com/cspan. you can also go to our twitter feed @cspanwj and call us on the lines. 202-748-8000 for the eastern and central time zones. for mountain and pacific time zones, 202-748-8001. women only, your vote in 2018. talk about the issues important to you. any people bring up issues for these first couple of calls. sheila in georgia, you are next up. hello.

caller: hello? how are you doing this morning? host: i am fine, thank you very much. caller: i will be voting .emocrat across the board the one person i am voting for is stacey abrams for governor. host: that is the gubernatorial candidate. why specifically are you supporting her? caller: because i believe she is and the republican is a bad person. staceyhen it comes to abrams, are there particular issues she? expressed you are? in line with and what are the issues? caller: children and making school safe.

host: tennessee is next. hi. caller: good morning. i just want to say how much i appreciate c-span. i love it. watch it every day. . know you all are not biased i love you and hope you have a wonderful day. i am going to vote republican all the way. i love my president. i love the republican leaders and how they made a stand against a bunch of democrats that were trying to bring judge kavanaugh down. i watched all of that and i would love to tell them how much i appreciate them. host: has it always been that way? republican all the way and not a specific person or persons in mind when you vote? caller: no, i have always voted my conscience and i have voted democrat.

i am staying republican from now on. i see what republicans are doing to our country and bringing our morals and values down. i love everybody, but i have got to stand for what is right in my heart. host: susan in casper, wyoming. you are on, tell us about your plans for election day. caller: i will be voting republican all the way down the ticket after being a lifelong democrat. host: why is that? caller: because i do not want to live in a socialist country. none of them have ever worked and the democrats have fallen off the edge. i believe in self-sufficiency. i believe in god. i believe in the rule of law. i do not believe in the tactics of the democrats.

i believe there is a battle in this world for good and evil and republicans are on the side of good. democrats are on the side of evil. >> tell me about specific republicans you are voting for. caller: the incumbents in wyoming. to do awayts want with the elect oriel college and that means wyoming -- electoral college and that means wyoming will not have a voice at all. host: vote out the old in favor of the new. she votes for checks and balances in government and saying it is the way it was designed to work. carol saying she will be voting a straight gop ticket and talking about that as far as her day that isction

how you can reach out to us. women only for the rest of this show. in this first hour, women only, your vote in 2018. up. nevada, you are next caller: good morning, pedro. host: good morning. caller: i am amazed so many people have been fooled by the fast talking new york city con .an named trump start thinking for yourself. host: what does that mean for yourself in november? caller: straight democrat. democrats work for the working

people. not for the superrich like republicans. they care about people and like fairness and honesty. they don't want to demonize immigrants or black people. unhinged.s have gone they are trying to scare people, frighten people. they are just not there. they are so dishonest. host: are there certain people you are voting for when you say you will vote for democrats? caller: i will vote for senator jacky rosen in nevada. republican dean heller lied nsout protecting nevada childcare. he promised he would not repeal the affordable health care act and he did it because of pressure from donald trump. host: what is it about jacky rosen that you support? what policies does she espouse you find yourself in line with?

caller: she wants to protect social security. she wants to protect the affordable health care act and the wages of working people. host: one of the issues coming out and moving forward to november, the confirmation of brett kavanaugh to the supreme court. both parties looking at that issue, saying it is the prolonged and contentious fight over brett kavanaugh's appointment that -- 's after kavanaugh confirmation saturday, democrats hoping they can rebound ahead of november's election with one group of voters leading the way. no voter block will be more closely watched than that of college-educated women, a group of voters that have become more democratic since the donald trump's election. democrats hope the gop support

will push those women further to anyleft, an off to offset sustained gains and republican enthusiasm. one of those democrats to explain her vote is heidi heitkamp voted against judge kavanaugh and on her twitter feed, posted some of the reasons why she made that vote. [video clip] >> i voted for neil gorsuch because i thought his temperament qualified him for a lifetime appointment. in addition to concerns about his past conduct, last thursday's hearing called into question judge kavanaugh's temperament, honesty, and impartiality. these are critical traits of any nominee to serve in the highest court in the country. i am ready to work with the president to work for a candidate suited. dr. ford gave a heartfelt, credible, and persuasive

testimony. couragea great deal of and came at great personal cost to her. i spent most of my life in public service and protecting women and children from abuse. our actions right now are an important signal to young girls and women across the country. i will continue to stand up and for you. host: that is on the twitter feed for heidi heitkamp, the senator from north dakota. we will go to savannah, georgia, june -- judy, you are on. caller: i am independent, but i am voting democrat. onhave got to get a handle trump. i am very upset about what trump has been doing environmentally to our country. he keeps taking away all the

regulations that protect people, the air and the water we all breathe and drink and i just feel like we need to get a check on him on supporting local stacey abrams in governor and georgia. i am hoping all the women will get behind her. for -- money has been cut by republicans through the years. i agree with the man who just spoke about -- i thought they said michael. host: she was a woman. it is all women for this morning. go ahead. caller: i am sorry? host: she was a woman because it is women only. caller: that is what i thought, the one talking about how people can be schooled by trump, the people fooled by trump and that

he cares about the less fortunate. they are talking about moral values and the moral values have lowered since trump came in. i don't know how they can be fooled by his percent more about pretend moral- values. host: when it comes to stacey abrams, what is her environmental policy? caller: to protect against toxins and keeping up regulations -- i am sorry? host: go ahead, you are on. caller: i am just saying, for anything that protects us, trump is going to let more radiation out. host: i apologize only because when it comes to stacey abrams, i was wondering if she put out aboutng specific

environmental policy. caller: just in general that she cares about regulation and she will protect the water, all those things. head start is the other big thing. problems ofo solve teenagers when they are getting in trouble, we have got to start early. georgiaat is judy in giving her thoughts. a piece onms has line, "i want to be georgia's public education governor." she writes "we have many caring public school teachers, people willing not just around the extra mile, but a marathon for .ur children our schools endured 16 years of austerity cuts and shifting llosa -- local districts. we must rollback that two

programs. it goes on -- programs." it goes on from there. the thoughts of stacey abrams. from jean in illinois, go ahead. .aller: i live in illinois however, i am a college educated voter. i voted -- i already voted absentee in michigan. i am working in illinois, but reside in michigan. are the issues for the people you are going to vote for in november? caller: i am supporting governor whitmore and i am also seven.ing senator debbie host: kelby -- tell me why you are supporting those people? caller: they have my best interest at heart. i believe it is time to send this barker back to where he came from and the clowns in

washington, this clown and circus show every day is ridiculous. i am voting with people who stand with my interest. i am soon to be retired. the privatization of social security and the dismantling of medicare is ridiculous. the affordable care act, they gutted that by underfunding it and the environmental issues trump unleashed on this country. people better wake up and pay attention. host: lisa off of facebook says my vote will go to the candidate with the most common sense and the one who does not base their decision on religion. democratic will vote state senator, democratic congressman, republican governor and republican senator. one of the races that features a woman is the u.s. senate race in tennessee. representative marsha blackburn currently serving in the house against the former governor build reticent -- bill brett us

in -- she put out an attack ad against the governor. [video clip] >> i voted filled brett us and for governor. i cannot support him -- >> he supports a obamacare. >> he opposed trump's tax cuts. >> he gave crooked hillary tons of money. >> now washington democrats are behind him. >> i cannot support him for center -- senator. >> i just can't do it. >> i am marsha blackburn and i approve this message. host: to georgia, this is savanna. go ahead. caller: good morning. yes, i am savanna, from georgia. not from savannah, georgia. years old currently receiving my masters degree and i am 100% voting republican. i have been voting republican

for a long time and surprised that people are supporting stacey abrams when she is not even campaigning in her own state. she is campaigning in other states because she knows she cannot get george and support. host: what is it about the republican candidate you are supporting? caller: he is a staunch pro-life man. he supports trump's tax cuts that supports all americans. he is supporting all of us. he will defund planned parenthood. he does not support obama care. he does not support sanctuary cities. he wants to strengthen voter id. he does not want gambling and casinos in georgia and he supports religious freedom and that is what georgians need. i wish people would wake up and see he is a fantastic man and ready to make georgia great again. host: that is our caller from georgia named savanna talking

about why she is going to vote for the republican in that governor's race. several people talking about the democratic candidate in that race from georgia this morning. for those of you in the eastern and central time zones. 202-748-8001 in the mountain and pacific time zones. looking at some of the senate races that feature women, this is from real clear politics. the graphic is courtesy of the washington times. when it comes to arizona, that race for senator jeff flake's seat, the democratic representative has a 46.4% support versus markham -- martha mcsally at 43% and in missouri, versusmccaskill, 45.6% josh holly at 46%. jacky rosen in nevada against the dean heller, she has 45.3% support versus dean heller at a

43%. heidi heitkamp at 42% and .7% -- kevin cramer, 50 50.7 percent. marsha blackburn, 47.4% support in tennessee against the 45.4%.t at that is some of the races up as far as statistics. dee on our facebook page saying i am a texan voting blue. brandon saying republicans care about men and women, not just one-sided. -- to save america. caller: hello. i am voting for anyone republican. america is a democratic state, so there is not much hope of

going republican. voting republican because i support everything the republicans are for. christian values and they are not against medicare and social security. canceled three years of social security. we did not get any raises. i don't know why they think democrats will get rid of that. i don't believe they are. if they would stop watching cnn and watch c-span and risen to rush limbaugh and -- listen to rush limbaugh and kennedy, they would know what is going on. as far as a specific republican in mind, who is that person you will vote for? caller: whoever runs against cuomo. there were a couple that came up. tom reed -- i will vote for him, but cuomo is the one that seems to have all the money. whoever runs against him, i will vote for.

there are a couple of names that came up. i am not sure who will end up running against him because new york city, cuomo and the democrats always win. that doesn't mean upstate we all vote democrat. we don't. new york city has more people so they usually win the majority. we are still trying. host: let's hear from lynn in arizona. caller: good morning, pedro. i am going to put my vote in for kristenn seminar -- cinema. on the mcnally side, very trump-esque as far as the rhetoric. i am independent, but i am going straight blew down the ticket. i'm concerned about -- charade blue down the -- i am going

straight blue down the ticket. i have watched people champion tax cuts like 21-year-old savannah in georgia with her vast working history can tell us people at the bottom are feeling this tax cut they just gave. it is misinformation. it is unfortunate. host: when it comes to kyrsten sinema, give me something she advocates for that you support? caller: mainly health care. pre-existing conditions are a big issue. you have got kids dropping like flies from opiate dependence and they are cutting the medicaid programs trying to help them. they will pick and choose who they want to help. .e have seen this happen before host: in previous elections, did you support jeff flake? caller: jeff flake has been a champion out here in arizona to

stand the ground and get some pushback on trump and speak andt the awful rhetoric divisiveness in this country. i applaud him in the vote for the fbi. if jeff flake would have gone together with maybe a flake-coons ticket, i am on board. i am ready for change. we need to work together. is a game.k this people are getting hurt and it is wrong. host: one more question about jeff flake, you said you supported the effort on the fbi investigation. ultimately, what about his vote for brett kavanaugh? youer: disappointed, but tell the party line. i think it was not a good move for him politically. i think until you are willing to hend up for what is right --

had a lot of pressure. not many people -- i was not surprised he voted the way he did. it is too much political pressure going on. disappointed and i let him know. host: this is pamela from arizona. go ahead. caller: i am voting democratic forinema because she is social security and not cutting social security. see how they can vote for a man who every time he opens his mouth, he lies. liar?oes god say about a host: you are saying you will support kyrsten sinema? caller: yes. host: what is it she said that

you think will match up to what you believe? caller: she is for fighting for seniors, social security, and health care. host: that is pamela in arizona. you have heard some of the thoughts from people and specifically women calling in paris to talking about issues, some talking about people. it's all part of what we are doing for our program, women and 2018. we will hear from you about the people and issues you will support. if you want to give a call, it is 202-748-8000 for eastern and central time zones. 202-748-8001 in a mountain and pacific time zones. nameeard brett kavanaugh's come up. it was last night the president talked about brett kavanaugh at swearing-in and here are some of the thoughts for president trump last night. [video clip] >> on the half of our nation, i

want to apologize to brett and the entire kavanaugh family for the terrible pain and suffering you have been forced to endure. those who stepped forward to share our country deserves a fair and dignified evaluation, not a campaign of political and personal destruction based on lies and deception. what happened to the kavanaugh family violates every notion of fairness, decency, and due process. our country, a man or a woman, must always be presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. [applause] and with that, i must state that you, sir, under historic

scrutiny -- were proven innocent. thank you. host: you heard from brett kavanaugh last night. you can see all of that at our .ebsite, c-span.org president trump had a to iowa today for a rally. he will be headed to council bluffs, one of several rallies that have taken place and continuing on until election day. your thoughts on election day and november 2018. this is lori from florida. hi. caller: good morning. i have been watching c-span since 1979. i am a real big fan. this is the first year -- i am a small business owner, college educated white woman living in an independent city. what i don't understand about the republican side is for some reason -- my daughter has type 1

diabetes and they don't want to keep her covered. rick scott orfor someone like that because he has been useless with that and our environment. i am not a big fan of mr. nelson. i work in satellite communications, so i appreciate his work on the space coast. i cannot support the republican party anymore. they don't seem to care about people with pre-existing conditions and that is my daughter going out into that world. they don't seem to care about a business owners because they deserve insurance. host: who is the representative you are voting for? caller: on the state level? host: yes. i have my neighbor i was going to support. on the state level -- i am sorry, i am nervous.

-- i am sorry. host: on the senate level, you will support bill nelson, then? caller: i will have to support bill nelson. i do not have a choice. did not -- t host: barbara off of twitter says my main issue in stomping -- stopping trump before he destroys the country. democratic all the way. lois voting a straight republican ticket. off facebook, marie saying she will be no longer voting at all. facebook.com/cspan is how you post. on our twitter feed @cspanwj. this is connie in zephyrhills, florida. caller: thank you for taking my call. what i want to say first of all is thank you for allowing the

first hour to be just women. all of your callers tend to be male. what i want to say is i am a college educated woman under 50 and independent, but i am voting democratic. what i don't understand is any woman who could vote for the republican party who is now headed by the current president who talks about going around grabbing women by the crotch. i don't understand how a woman can look herself in mirror and look at her sisters and children and mother and say i will support that party and put them in office. jackson, tennessee, we will hear from brenda. go ahead. caller: good morning. host: you are on. caller: i don't -- your previous caller. i don't understand how anybody in this country would vote for the republicans. donald trump doesn't have a moral bone in his body.

they stole the 2016 election and all these trumpites in the senate are following him and i would never vote for a republican for the rest of my life. haven't voted for many. i am independent, but this is sad. we have become a laughing stock around the world for having the leadership we have now. yes, i am voting for bredeson and karl dean. host: specifically why bredeson? .aller: he was a good governor he wasn't a perfect governor, but he was in office for 8 years and had no scandals. marsha blackburn needs to go. host: what does phil bredesen advocate for that you support? he is not going to be led around by those in washington.

trump said he was going to drain the swamp. he turned it into a sewer and he brought sewer rats with him. host: but go to selma in georgia. good morning. good morning. thank you for taking my call. i agree so much with the democratic speakers and i would just like to say this is my first year to vote and i am so excited. i was a trump supporter because i always followed trump and i was pro-trump until i paid attention and he accidentally got to be the president. heelieve -- as he stated, did not think he was going to be president and when he got it, it catching the car, did not know what to do with it. i agree with the lady who said he took the swamp and turned it

into a sewer. something else no one ever speaks about is how his cabinet people have to have security. do the taxpayers understand we are all paying for that? to me they all have to pay and they have so much money. why can't they pay for their own security? people say about obama, obama's hands were so tied pretty he wanted to do things for our country and he could not because of republicans. they are so disgusting to go up there with the hearing that went on. it was so unfair. he apologizes last night to brett kavanaugh. nothing to dr. ford. host: before you leave, the governor's race. who are you going to support and why? caller: stacey abrams because i feel like she is for the people

and i believe with a the health insurance and everything. this is my first year and i am so excited and i think trump for that and republicans for pushing me to vote democrat. host: in alaska, good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. i have been trying for a couple of weeks to get on. i am sorry. i can't hear you. on, go ahead. if your television is on, you will hear a delay. ignore the television. caller: ok. i am a nonparty. i vote for who i think is going to treat our company with respect. i am very, very upset with the democrats. i used to be a democrat when i first came to the united states.

i thought they were wonderful. as time has gone by, they are getting worse and worse and worse. i would not vote democrat if they offered me $1 million. these women who get on and -- trump about groping women. what do they do? sit at home and listen to gossip? we need to pull this country together. we should look and study. they need to go -- go to the course, get in the courts and listen to people that are being accused of things and listen to what they say and what constitutes a person who is guilty or not guilty. host: a couple of questions. when it comes to the senate side, what did you think about lisa murkowski's vote on brett kavanaugh? caller: they have a saying here,

they call her the rhino. who wants tomebody be a republican, but is a democrat. i don't think you will probably see her being elected for the next time. host: you also have a governor's race in alaska. who are you supporting? caller: that i am a little undecided. as long as it is not a democrat. host: so it is marked a meteor the walker, those are your choices? caller: not walker, he is independent and we have a problem up here. we have what they call the natives. kind of divided. a lot of them are offered lisa. i hate to be rude or anything, but the white people here have a little harder time because you see the class difference.

to thehen it comes candidates, why not support mike dunn leavy? caller: i have been thinking about it, but i need to do more research on what he is for. host: that is margaret in alaska. brandy off facebook says walk away is my choice, democrats in for an awakening this november. bunny warden says republican and dignity, blue for caring, honesty, class, thoughtfulness, removal of the stain in the white house and his cricket followers. a lot of ways -- crooked followers. a lot of ways you can reach out to us. women only for the calls we will take this morning. tennessee, another representative of that state, carol. hello. caller: good morning. i am independent and i will vote

straight republican. host: why is that? this dancehave seen before. mitt romney did not pay taxes and the newspeople asked him that and he said are you going to apologize? he said, no, it worked, didn't it? a lot of other people are changing from democrat to republican. host: what do you think of the senate race in your state? caller: marsha blackburn will win. host: why are you supporting her? caller: because she is a republican. -- asis there anything far as issues are concerned, is there anything specific she supports that you support? caller: yes, taxes, immigration. she is not for it and i don't

believe we ought to let people come in this country. if they want to come, come legally. not over the border. host: florida is next, anna. you are on from holiday, florida. caller: good morning. i have three comments. trumpmen commenting about groping someone's crotch. let's not forget bill clinton raped women -- not just one, over half a dozen. hillary clinton threatened these women and covered it up. that is appalling. i have been a lifelong democrat, but i think the democrat -- [no audio] host: go ahead. caller: violent assault and i have to tell you i was even offended by ford's blasey's flimsy accusations against kavanaugh. there is a process in this country and everyone is entitled

. you are innocent until proven guilty. would any of you that have called in who want to rake kavanaugh over the coals, would you like to have been treated like that? host: with all those things in mind, your plans for november? caller: my plans for november, i am voting for scott. it is refreshing to have adults running this country. obama did nothing for the black community. nothing. and holiday, anna florida, giving her thoughts for november. it was the washington state senate debate last night that featured maria cantwell, the democratic incumbent versus hutchinson. the topic of brett kavanaugh coming up in this debate. you can go to our website for full debate. here is a portion of it. [video clip] >> this was a job interview for someone to be on the highest court in the land at the time when they will change the balance of the court or it i

thought a background check like every judicial nominee and almost every high-level cabinet or ranking member in administration has an fbi background check. i thought those were important issues to consider and it is often -- up to congress to make that decision based on information presented. what i think happened here is we did not have a full investigation. we had an investigation once various people came forward. given the challenges we face in society with institutions ignoring evidence, i wanted to make sure we did not rush to curtail that investigation. >> would you care to respond to that? should things we do as adolescents be held against us as adults? >> the democrats had>> knowledge two monthss letter before it was investigated and i put the disgraceful miss of that

hearing at the feet of the democrats. they exploited her suffering, controlled her lawyers so they would not tell her the things she needed to know and basically took away her right to privacy. in the meantime, they this perched a man with an impeccable record. anyone wonders why would any good person run for public office or put their name up for -- i feel badly for their daughters, judge kavanaugh's wife and all the people who suffered. i blame squarely the democrats who used this game for their own political end. host: washington state, this is sally. good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to say i am voting democratic all the way this time

. i was independent for years. the money in politics is what has completely changed my views on it. people tend to forget that they have been in power. .hey have all the power they had a power -- power when obama tried to work with them. other people will turn off rush -- augh and get information host: we just aired a bit of that debate that took place against senator cantwell and susan hutchinson, i assume you are supporting cantwell? caller: she is my favorite candidate just because she is a

-- having a leader so embarrassing and making a laughingstock of all the government meant -- government. host: when you say she is not your favorite candidate, why is that? caller: i can't remember off the top, what it was. yearsted for something 6 ago that i did not like. i don't always agree with my candidates. people have to learn to compromise and work together and she did. host: that is sally in washington state giving us her thoughts on -- that debate, by -- you can see them as part of our 2018 coverage at c-span.org if you go to our website.

the president will be in iowa later today. council bluffs iowa. an announcement expected during that event on ethanol. possibly, he will be talking up the republican candidates running in that state. you can look for that information at c-span.org. california from pat in santa rosa, good morning. caller: hi. host: good morning. caller: i am voting for trump. host: who are you voting for in november specifically? caller: i am voting for trump and john coxe for governor. it is not a presidential election yet. you are voting for john coxe, why? caller: john coxe is republican and conservative and doing the right thing. the other one is gavin newsom and he is for open borders and getting health care to everyone and it is not going to work.

off facebook, when it comes to her vote, red and independent. catherine also off facebook saying straight blue, first time ever, i will vote for all democrats. connecticut, cindy, good morning. caller: good morning. i want to say, i am really kind of tired of us dividing everything between women and men and race. i am 56 years old and over the last -- i don't know when it started, but we are more divided 60's.an we were in the and the 1970's, 1980's. i think everything was going pretty well and now it is a disgrace what is happening. it is very upsetting. i usually split my ticket, but i will vote straight republican. i don't like -- basically the

violence is disturbing. a comment about security and our taxpayer dollars. when you are getting -- when home address is being publicized so people can go to your house and threaten your kids and your family, this has got to stop. this is very dangerous. i don't know whether you are democrat or republican, you have to agree this is a sick thing going on. it is very scary. i don't want to live in a country like this. host: illinois is next, peggy. good morning to you, go ahead. caller: good morning. sayuld like to call in and that i am undecided as far as my state governor because i really don't want sanctuary cities put in there by the governor running in illinois.

supposedly, he is for sanctuary , even though i am mostly inocratic and i did write bernie sanders because i figure we need a little more balance in as it is right now. sidesen and watch both and i am seeing him already campaigning donald trump and saying he needs more and more republicans to join the force. is divided. he has some good things he is doing to get the country on the right track, but i cannot get over the way -- like the other lady said, grab them by the c

rotch. host: will you support bruce rauner then? caller: i don't want him either. i want somebody that has a fair-minded. bruce rauner really did not do a whole lot to pass a lot through because he is republican. for jbust to clarify, pritzker, does that person meet the requirements? caller: no, i don't want pritzker neither. i'm very undecided and i usually .o vote democratic, like i said i do not really care for who they are putting up for governor in the state. vivian on facebook says blue, cannot support who think separating him again children

from families is ok or justified. republicans care about men and women. vote red to save america. vote for checks and balances and government, it is the way it was designed to work. barbara from miami, florida, hello. caller: good morning. i will be voting straight republican for a few reasons. the first one being the prospect of a house impeachment proceedings starting against our new justice of the supreme court would throw the country into turmoil. i also cannot see tablet or -- nabler or waters as chairman of committees. in terms of state elections, i will be voting for rick scott and that is because he has made florida a very prosperous economy. he solicited businesses from out

of the country, out of the state and the country is doing very well. the state is doing well and the final point i would like to make is when a runs for reelection, i will make a contribution in maine to her campaign. it she was very brave and courageous and i was impressed with her comments. host: how about the florida's governor race? ron desantis versus andrew gillum? guest: i like -- caller: i like desantis. the democratic candidate has not done that good a job as the mayor of tallahassee. he really cannot point to any contribution. he mentions a lot of social programs, which are great, but no particular way to vote for them. host: i should have been asking people -- but what has the ad saturation -- she left us. let's go -- caller: good morning, america.

voting like to say i am democrat. democrat.oting don't ask me any questions, pedro. just let me talk. all i want to do is vote democrat because i believe people should be able to get along. our president has divided us, separated us. i do not appreciate that, mr. trump. i want our country back together the way it was when -- we could get along. who are you voting for? are you voting for specifically in november? caller: that is my business and because i know you all are polling. the republicans use it against democrats. we don't want anything different than what they want. clarify, we are not polling. i am asking the question just

out of interest to learn what thinking in terms of specific votes freed caller: are you still talking to me? host: yes, i was. we are not polling, just interested in talking to folks about what they are doing november. caller: i am voting democrat and that is all i want to say about it. host: kimberly in las vegas, nevada, you are the last call. caller: i just made it, i just got up. good morning. ok so i have lived here most of my life in nevada. i was born in florida. the have had the worst senator here and he squeaked through the last two terms. he is the worst senator, so he will be voted out, dean heller. even after all that was said and done and kavanaugh came up, he still voted with the republicans . he did vote the party line.

is not a well-known candidate, but i think what is going on is i live in las vegas, which we have most of the population of the state, there are a bunch of rural counties. democrat.g to be full everything is flipping and it will not be purple anymore. we will finally have a democratic governor and we will get our education system back and not be -- not be 48 out of 50 states -- we are going to get -- everything is going to be a lot better. we will vote him out and dean heller. host: jacky rosen, what is a specific thing you like or a policy she advocates for? caller: she is going to keep the aca. that is a vote for us because brian sandoval actually expanded medicare -- medicaid or whatever. she actually will be a vote for that, not like dean heller.

he was going to vote with sandoval and then he changed his vote and decided to vote with the republicans in lockstep. we will have, with catherine cortez masto, and jacky rosen, and -- this is a big union state, too. we will have someone who protectswe are going to have soo protects the aca and to actually is not in lockstep with the republicans. you are going to see that. this is not purple anymore. it is going to be democrat. it is going to be blue. vegas.imberly from las we will continue talking as we will all morning about women in 2018. , the overall npr votes in november.

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talk about the importance of the female vote and specifically -- what are both sides doing to get that? guest: first things first. people vote on party than they do on gender. that is one important thing to layout. -- this is a big gender divide. asks, ifhe poll that the election were held now, would you vote for republican or democrat and women tend to say democrat more than men do. women in every poll you look at by a good margin say yes, i will vote for the democrat, men are either depending on the pull you look at evenly divided or they tend to lean towards republican. that gap is bigger than we have

seen in a while, in decades. that is why we are looking at gender so hard. the other reason is the number of women candidates and that is on the democratic side that has gone up. democratic women off the charts. host: how does what we have seen with the cap nonconfirmation process, how is that voting against -- amongst women? how do you see that? that is something we do not know yet. you can see how that would fire up democratic voters. the day after christine blasey ford testified and brett kavanaugh testified, i went in

front of the supreme court and talked to voters. it was one protest but the women there were fired up and you heard them saying, i guess we are going to have to keep fighting. democratic women have been very fired up, very angry since donald trump was elected -- because donald trump was elected. that has carried through so what that enthusiasm among democrats, especially women has been long-lasting. it is going to keep blasting. the republicans are also angry. they tend to think brett kavanaugh was unfairly attacked and republicans -- it also causes gender lines. the question is whether that anger could last. i think it will on the democrat side. host: what are the issues the women -- issues women are most

passionate about? health care is big among democrats. when you look at studies and pull voters on what issues are women good at? what issues do you trust women legislators more on? voters tend to say health care for women, especially democratic women. this year's voters i worried about health care, about pre-existing conditions being protected. with thisnd in hand wave of women running on the democratic side. on the republican side, you have on the immigration issue. they tend to follow along gender lines but especially party lines. host: talk about education lines. where are they casting their support? guest: that is a great question because that gets that one of the profound democratic ships going on in america.

women have been inching more towards democrat but the reason is not just any woman, it is college-educated women. college-educated women have made a hard turn in pulling towards democrats in the last few years. this was happening anyway. trump is not the cause of everything but he exacerbated this. danielle kurtzleben with us to talk about these events leading up to the election especially from the women voting. 202-748-8001 republicans. democrats: 202-748-8000 independents: 202-748-8002 femaleou talked about candidates running for office. how are they doing compared to counterparts? all these things, it depends on which side you are looking at.

on the democratic side, we have seen democratic voters seem hungry for women candidates. first.andidates are women,native american first somalian women elected to congress. what you see on the democratic side is voters seem like they are fired up about women and these women candidates came out and got ready to run in part because of donald trump. they say that it's one thing that felt me to come out. on the republican side, you tend issee -- the general idea gender matters less is maybe the best way to put it. when you pull people, democrats say there is an inherent good to electing more women, diverse

ranges of views to congress. republicans tend to say i just want someone who is qualified. it does not matter the color. it does not matter the gender. we see the suffolk of the bites. host: i am thinking of arizona's race for jeff flake. what do you see? guest: that is a great question. i am headed out there this week. i am headed out there this week. that is an adjusting race because the democratic candidates that have tended to , tend to beyear further left. have are two current representatives that have been in the game a while and one of them is not far left. she is moderates. you could call her a blue dog.

what i am interested in seeing is how these candidates are positioning themselves. margaret mick sally is a veteran. they plant themselves in their memory. she has great ads. watching the two of them fight against each other is going to be fascinating. the other thing is this is part of a record-breaking woman versus woman race. yes, your candidates are of the same sex but gender still comes into play because you have one trying to cast the other as a girly candidate. one atre photos of protests in this pink fluffy the other says kristen has this to to. she cast her as the glitzy

candidate is the word she used. there is a clear gender line that is being played. i meant to talk to voters how that is affecting them, whether that is affecting them. , isense is in a lot of races mean you have been hearing it. americans are tribal. we have our minds made up. those who have not made up their minds, i am curious. host: our first call is from tennessee. democrat line. this is lily. caller: good morning. limits thisg about year. women need to backup each other, republican or democrat. our lives are on the line. the new judge up there, he said one thing he went not touch , roe v. wade. he will.

when susan collins got up there and stood up for him, she , susan collins and the rest of the republicans are on a payroll. they come out millionaires. , i know i am supposed to say president trump but he does not act like the president. he talks to these people, these poor white men saying he is one of them. how is a billionaire going to be one of them when they are struggling? host: what about that senate race in tennessee? what are your plans? marsha blackburn got up there, taking money. manyow he took campaign and win on trip -- money and went on trips with it.

the crime rate in tennessee is outrageous. people are dying every day in memphis. he is not saying a word. care butes health marsha blackburn is going to reap what she sows. host: -- guest: she gets in the fascinating things going on. i would be remiss to talk about gender is not to talk about race at the same time because women are not a mono list. there are racial divides as well. one conversation you see among women on the left since the women's march but we see it resurface around the brett kavanaugh hearings is the color divide. how black women vote democrat. latina women vote democrat.

were evenlyin 2016 divided. they went slightly for donald trump. what you have is women of color saying, white women, why are you divided? when susan collins voted for brett kavanaugh, that made this flareup. women do not vote for things because of women. your collar is getting at that fascinating point of the women's movement of them in his talking about how does race effect how we feel about ourselves? aside from that, the tennessee senate race where just came out and said i would have voted for brett kavanaugh. he said that after the vote last week. he is trying to signal to voters, this is where i stand. he did not have to say that.

he is making a strategic choice. francis.ublican mine, you are next. you are on. caller: i am republican. i did not like the way they treated kavanaugh and his family. i do not believe ms. ford because she waited 36 years to bring that to anybody. she did not have no witnesses. i believe you were innocent till proven guilty and they did not have a thing to bring forth to show it. make up my mind if nothing else. host: yes. what is tough about the sports /kavanaugh split is just how intractable peoples positions on this scene.

your collar was talking about process. there is this idea of innocent till proven guilty, which is a bedrock idea of how we think about justice in this country. if somebody believes that and that is your issue when you see the hearings, it is going to be hard to change their opinion. likewise, on the democratic side, there has been this realization of how widespread sexual misconduct is and many women have sat on these stories for a long time. just as someone has sat on their story for one reason or another, does not mean it should not be believed. you can see how those people would not change their mind. -- one of -- it is it is -- easy to see how one of

this could be one of the most divisive countries in the while. we still talk about anita hill and clarence thomas. what would heidi heitkamp consider now she faces kevin cramer? heidi heitkamp, the statements she made on that were striking. i could i do not think look myself in the mirror if i voted for brett kavanaugh. she does look like she is in trouble. i will say though the moment she made that statement and said the way her vote was going to fall, i saw various liberal groups on twitter saying, we are going to raise money for her. this has the potential to fire people up either way. host: when it comes to money raising, what about republican

groups lined up with the help and senate and democratic groups? what are they casting for women? hast: the democratic side more infrastructure. small in theout 90's or late 80's. if you are a woman candidate and heck ofsupport, that is a forced to have behind you. has susan ban side anthony. it is tied to being pro-life. on the democratic side, you have that 500 pound curtain role of that supports women candidates so they tend to have more of that. and, independent mine. caller: how are you? -- wanted to you

ask you. a statement you made, it is complicated. i am sure you know because i have seen it many times. the portion where you were discussing college educated women paul high in terms of taking on the democratic responsibility for running for office. i am concerned the people we pull as college-educated women have a leg up on women who should also be heard. is what is theon college educated woman? a bright and intelligent person would probably not have the position she had. why would she make this kind of

choice in her life at this stage and make the people you represent on npr so confused about white and making sure the will of law is followed. but what happened is someone will get accused of something and someone will be proven guilty and they may not be. guest: let's buck up to the first thing the college talked about. but not sure what she means what i will say is in terms of numbers, not only are college-educated women turning more democratic but america is getting more college-educated. if there is something about college-educated women that freeze someone towards being a democrat, the republicans would

be in trouble. americans are a large chunk of the electorate themselves. noncollege whites tended to vote for cap -- donald trump. this is not me mentioning college-educated women. it is not they do not have a voice. they do. why she speak to changed after this much time. we have seen in many cases in terms of the scandals and the me too movement, the accusations against men hollywood. it is common just from example the loan, for people to not come forward with allegations to decades later. we cannot speculate on that.

what are we learning from the 2018 election, particularly pulling, and how that might affect november. host: as far as 2016, 1 thing we learned was simply our state-by-state polling may have been off. the national polling seemed to hillary clinton won the popular vote. aside from that, what we are learning from the polling in think people are watching the polls closely. i have seen especially democrats talk about the polling more gingerly than they were in 2016 because they were burned once before. they thought they had other side of them really didn't. any not know if i could put gender lens on this. i think us in the media included

are being a bit more cautious about polling about really saying this is just one poll. we cannot extrapolate it. here is amy, democrat line. caller: good morning. i want to say the majority of vote for husbands and fathers. i plan to vote for a woman for public education. she believes in it. not believe in public education. they give lip service but do not believe it. she will make sure it is formed adequately. stacey abrams cares about people.

she was a port medicare, medicaid in the state. she cares about voters and their needs. we have a rural hospital in our state. she is going to do something about that. she gives about children. takeould never let someone children from their parents. it is continuation of the same old in the republican party. abrams.ted about stacey i hope she gets elected. thank you. host: there is a lot to cover. up womenar brought voting the way their husbands both. as distasteful as it may sound, there are women who look that

way. i have had women on the campaign trail tell me -- voters tell me it is a division of labor in some couples where he handles the health care and finances. he handles the politics. howwhatever reason, that is some couples me to do it. goes, youreorgia collar brought of education. one thing striking to me is when you look at politics on a national level, what are the topics we are talking about aside from brett kavanaugh and christine fort. caree talking about health -- taxes and the economy. education does not break through often. and you go to state, what is striking is from here to the washington bubble the things we do not hear about include education. i was out in iowa covering

races. topation is one of the issues everyone will talk about. every state has this. i am indicated seeing how education plays out in the state house races. your reaction to the reaction taylor swift is getting? [laughter] caller: i guess guest: i do not know. taylor swift is the rare hollywood musical star that has managed to remain very nonpolitical. we do not want to get to in depth of the political side of taylor swift but the fact this big star who has pointedly stayed out of politics finally ighedin and wait in --we

and, people see another marker of how divided people are. if taylor swift took the stand, then people must be divided. host: irene is next. caller: good morning. i support rick scott because i think he has done a good job of making sure people have jobs jobs are independent for women and then. i would like to comment on this. until we have a true conversation, sexual assault is do it orther a male female do it. it brought me back to when my and he was a tall,

good-looking fellow. him, we had a real conversation about it is wrong for women to head on men -- hit on men and file for men to abuse ween but i think somewhere do not do it -- enough telling everybody, that is your space. no one should put their hands on you or getting your space. -- get in your space. host: talk about the impact of the me too movement. guest: one thing is purely, it is hard to separate the me too movement on the political moment. you could make the case the me too movement is in part a linked to at least

donald trump because of the many .llegations laid against him there were more than a dozen allegations of some form of sexual misconduct. bound upo movement is with all these other conversations about gender that we are having. when i went out and talked to first-time candidates early in 2017 -- four earlier this year, -- earlier this year, i asked why are you running? they said there is someone in the white house who committed assault. he denies all of these things but this is something that has fired women up, especially on the democratic side. the number of times women have .he excess hollywood tape to me as far as the me too movement, it is heavy fuel on a fire raging and donald trump is a big part of that fire.

host: let's go to want to in tennessee, democrat line. you were next. caller: your guest said she did not know why mrs. ford came forward at this time and i thought she made that clear after searching her conscience. she wanted to let the country was the kind of person he and she did it out of civic duty. i was surprised she did not know why he came forward -- she came ford at this time. host: you are right. -- not just guest: you are right. she did say that. she said she felt it was her civic duty. host: what a paying attention to over the next couple weeks when it comes to women? kavanaugh, hows much power is on both sides? democratic women are very fired up. the question is how much more

fired up they can get. you either vote for do not vote. it is not a sliding scale. the question is, you can only vote once so democratic women, what else are they doing? are they donating more? on the republican side, it is less of the gender thing but does the anger about brett kavanaugh stick? does the anger about what undericans see to be attack some brett kavanaugh, does that stick around for a month? in the end, republicans got their guy on the supreme court. he has been sworn in. the question is whether contentment as opposed to anger can push votes this november. danielle kurtzleben reports for npr. we are going to hear from strategists on this program

talking about women in 2018. first we will hear from donna brazile and strategist later on in the program, republican strategist liz mair will join us. washington journal continues after this. c-span buses traveling throughout the country on our 50 capitals tour. we stopped in indianapolis. looking forward to the november election, we're asking which party should control congress and why. overe party i want to take congress is the democratic party and not just because i support the values but because i think the republican party has abdicated its responsibility to serve as a check and balance on the executive branch in addition is theslation

responsibility of congress to be able to serve as that check and balance we have not seen that. we have seen presidency run amok. >> i believe i would be impacted in several ways. i am a college student does now getting out of school and i will be entering the workforce and things such as tax breaks for itngs such as financial decided across congress will affect me and my future success. imf or can american. -- i am african american. those fighting for rights is important and this will be impacted if there is a change in congress. the elections this year, if by some strange chance, congress should change to another party, we would have some impact here but generally in indiana we are pretty independent folks and as

,ith our infrastructure program we have moved ahead with whatever congress does. we make sure we operate in a businesslike way so we passed a major infrastructure bill last year. if the federal government helps us out, that is great. if they do not, we will continue to march. >> i think the democrats should control congress. i'm interested particularly in issues pertaining to women. women's ability to choose and women's rights. voices from the states, part of c-span's 50 capitals tour. washington journal continues. donna brazile is a

democratic strategist, also the .uthor of colored girls thanks for joining us. guest: it is for a bus. -- four of us. we talk about our journey in american politics, four women of color at an early age. we came through the women's rights movement and saw the election of our first african-american president and the nomination of our first female president. host: what do you think about the georgia governors race? guest: i am leaving to go down to georgia to help stacy abram. she is a great leader. a wonderful public servant. i think she has a chance of becoming the nation's first african-american female governor. we have had black females in the

state of new jersey. we have a black female as lieutenant governor so this will be a great asset to our country, ey georgia to have stac leaving. host: what are women interested in this time around in november? the economy is a major concern but i think after the kavanaugh hearings, women would like to support lawmakers who understand not just to we are but respect us when we come forward, when we speak out. as a woman who experienced sexual assault, i have experienced racial discrimination as well as gender discrimination. it is time we put our best selves forward and i believe women this election will make historic gains not just as voters but as candidates. host: how does preserving the

display in this when it comes to voting? guest: people worry they are going to lose their insurance. medicine prices continue to rise but people with pre-existing conditions, the top administration is chipping away at the affordable care act. i believe health care is going to be a major issue. issues, i amycheck talking about health care as well as bringing more money and making sure people have jobs in order to take care of their family. host: our previous guest talked about support. what does the party to make sure women come out and vote? guest: we cannot take any voters for granted. notave to really target just democratic women but independent women, women who are not affiliated with either political party but millennials.

we have 33 gubernatorial races in the state, 435 members of congress up for reelection. one third of the women who are running in the united states house of representatives i women of color. we have an opportunity to put not just women who are viable candidates, great public servants, but women who make a difference. host: what does the messaging look like? guest: women are running on a strong message of inclusion, of ensuring every american can share in the prosperity and restore the checks and balances. we have seen the last couple months, they want to rule everything. they do not want to share the responsibility of leadership and i believe the women running today, including many of whom mccaskill, heidi

baldwin. these women along with others are going to usher in a new era of responsibility and leadership. host: what do you think are the factors? is about making sure voters understand these are women who care about their constituents but more importantly care about the american people, keeping the country strong and prosperous. both able to work out women along with tammy baldwin, these are women who have shown over the years they know how to get things done. tina smith, we have seen terrific women across the country. fromtioned the women minnesota as well. host: if you want to ask a question.

202-748-8001 republicans. democrats 202-748-8000 independents: 202-748-8002 make your thoughts known on our twitter feed. heidi heitkamp, what about her vote for brett kavanaugh? guest: i met heidi a most a decade ago. i saw her as a future leader, not just in north dakota but if you truly are for our country. this was a vote of conscience. her mother experienced sexual assault. this was an opportunity for her to express not just her own conscience but she speaks for millions of american women. when it comesple to trade, agriculture, heidi heitkamp has been there for north dakota. host: you talk about the economy , the president will run on the economy.

he will take credit for that. what do you think? how does that play out with women on economic issues? guest: 202-748-8001 it is about what you bring home -- it is about when you bring home, the ability to get better jobs and wages. we all know that. it takes a woman almost a year and three or four months to earn the same amount of money. paycheck issues are important for women's health care. i think the environment, that is an issue. unknowns in politics is the number of people who care about our environment. andtched the saints redskins last night. i cannot believe we watched on columbus day. of michael intensity breathing on the panhandle in florida. i believe all these issues will

be important for democrats, not just to run against trump. we know the first election after the president joked was of referendum on the president. host: the numbers will be on the screen. susan, democrat. caller: thank you for c-span. is, iftion for the guest there were higher numbers of women serving in congress, would --re be a difference different way of enacting and governing them? i have a belief women work --ether better and i wanted wondered if you would comment. guest: women have been underrepresented in government since we achieved the right to vote in 1920. it is important to look at women who served now, women who served

in the past. there have been many occasions when women stepped up to the plate. susan collins of maine figured out how to fix our budget so we can move forward. other issues include finance, with elizabeth warren, defense issues. if you take a look at our country today, women want to take charge. they want to lead. we are not asking meant to leave the room. we are saying there is room for all of us. host: from texas, republican line. mary. mary and i have a question. as far as the me too movement, don't they think they are going thetoo far in taking away -- hello?

anyway, taking away from the ones that were right. democrat, beou, a so concerned about the children --m another country when you our own babies. -- babies? andt: sexual harassment assault are crimes. we should take women as well as men who come forward with assault seriously. these are crimes that go unreported because people fear being threatened. the last three years since the election and you start in october 2016 when we learned about president trump, some of the allegations around his relationships with women.

and last year, harvey weinstein. is desperate assault is an abuse of power. these crimes should be reported and we should report everyone who has the courage to come forward with their story. in terms of children. we want every child to have a healthy start in life. when it comes to the children who has been separated at the border from their parents, reunites. every child's leaves a loving parent to be able to grow up healthy and happy in life. we oppose the zero tolerance they have ane opportunity to be heard. the trump administration expense the number of immigration courts so we can expedite these and turn the stove into their families. host: from our independent mind, a caller from georgia. carol.

caller: good morning. i think you are on spot. women, iican-american have been out canvassing. i got 500. people that i have registered that are going to vote democratic this year and day -- stacey abrams is going to be the next governor of georgia because what other choice do we have? we have a klansman walking around, threatening things to african-americans. , the like that klansman head of the clan that occupies the white house. he is not only a groper of women, he is a murderer. vote forote for -- not a republican if god set them in the middle of me. i despise them and i hope they

burn in hell. said that. king once no person bring you so low as to hate them. i try to practice what i preach. it is difficult at times to disagree with someone without becoming what i call, petty and hateful. stacey abrams is a remarkable leader. i have known her for years and she serves the people well in georgia. she wants to improve education georgia,ut everyone in every child think if he got us with their neighbors in florida and south carolina and alabama and tennessee but compete with children across the world. i think stacy is a terrific candidate. she needs your support. she needs you knocking on doors, making phone calls. when early voting occurs, we need people to vote.

do not wait until election day to figure out if you are registered. vote and gete to yourself together. is there a suggestion of what early voting is telling us about november? ballots are being mailed to people in colorado and washington state. early voting now is showing us a lot of people, after kavanaugh, people are requesting absentee ballots. people are showing up. aware earlyre voting has started. host: the headline in the washington post saying democrats perform as an angry mob and that is a quote. what do you think about that? guest: the republicans are

desperate. we are americans. what i saw were americans from all different backgrounds. there were republican women and men who demanded to be heard. i was 31 years old when my former boss, the late , a latewoman congresswoman marched across the tarmac. . was there they demanded anita hill be heard. they knocked on joe biden store and ted kennedy store. they wanted anita hill to be heard. bushdent george h w walker conducted a thorough investigation of all the facts. it is important women be heard.

republicans were ordinary taxpayers. when they thought people of color, like people demanded to have a seat at the table. called them a mob. that is insulting to the women and men who showed up to be heard. called them a mob. they work for us. it is not the other way around. if they cannot take the heat, maybe they should step aside. annette in new york, democrat line. good morning. caller: good morning. i am 75 years old and i have been around a long time so i am going to speak what i understand. in the last election, with hillary and donald trump, african-american women call ourselves a sisterhood's because

whether we are democrats, republicans, independents, we vote as a block on our main issues. what happened to hillary, i women, when 50% of white whether they were independent, momsrats, educated, soccer , they voted on race. those commentsde about sexist and negativity about women. that was the kicker for me. let us not forget donald trump and the central park jogger. he was not compassionate about those mothers. those five young men convicted sexual and one of the most rape where one young man, 14 -- 15 years old i believe

spent time in jail. with the compassionate about their mothers and families? host: thank you. guest: we know there is a lot of concern in this country in terms , wheree we are on race we are on gender. i think it is important as voters we understand elections have consequences. that is one of the reasons we see hillary clinton back out here. barack obama, joe biden,, let -- this week she was campaigning across the country. . was in connecticut we all have to get out and vote. it is our civic duty and responsibility. when christine blasey ford came forward, she said i am coming forward as our civic duty.

in 2016, over 100 million people did not vote. while donald trump was able to win three states with less than 100,000 votes, it is important every american, every citizen have health care. for you, it is other issues in queens, new york. you have to vote and call of other people, especially women, especially young people. encourage them to get out in vote -- and vote. alley, independent line. caller: donna i have watched you for a long time. i have to say for the democrats to hold up signs saying women must be heard. where were they when the women that accused bill clinton came out? they were destroyed.

they were not heard. hehought it was appalling was accused of sexual assault, .f exposing himself the democrats did nothing. they destroyed those women. hillary was part of the instruction. go, to see bill and hillary on a tour of 13 cities, where is the perpetrator? accomplice and's i no longer have any respect for any democrats that say women must be heard: believe women. caller: -- guest: first of all, bill clinton apologized not just his family, he apologized to the country. we know from evidence and i saw that close and personal.

i was not working for the white house but i did support bill clinton and he made it clear what he did. his actions were reprehensible. we have a president in the white house who has been accused also of sexual harassment and it is important when women come forward. the women who marched across the tarmac in 1991 to demand anita hill be heard, there were democrats marching onto a democratic-controlled senate. you can put all the partisanship you want in this water. the truth is it is about ensuring women voices are heard. we are the majority of voters. it is time we demand respect and when women come forward, it is like look what is going on in my church. look at the stories we read on .he front page of our newspaper

it is important people are able to come forward with stories and describe their trauma. layer of what i call repetition where we try to hurt one another. i do not want to hurt anyone. i want to make sure everybody get out and vote. donna has written is for colored girls in politics. when: they are incredible -- women. obama, hillary clinton the nominee. yolanda carraway has worked in the democratic party for decades and she worked with ron brown, who became the first african-american in a major political party. bill clinton, the very top senate in the clinton campaign, we have over 30 years of

experience working in democratic party politics at all levels. we tell our story as we want to encourage a new generation. mentors, eleanor holmes , and we go back into the days when colored girls did not have a seat at the table. now we have an opportunity to let women of color all across the country who are running for congress and other important positions. host: wyoming is next. this is marcia. caller: i love wyoming -- guest: i love wyoming. you have beautiful mountains. caller: i am a first time caller. what i want to mention is i am disappointed that there is not enough conversations about environmental issues, especially from women.

our children and grandchildren are going to get gypped. the fact that endangered species are going to start falling down dead, i mean our kids. our grandkids are not going to get to experience the thrill of this planet. why are we not discussing this further? i want to stick this in even though i called about environmental issues. we cannot stop talking about the kids separated from their parents. this is a big deal. guest: thank you so much. i understand being from wyoming how important the environment is. as a native of louisiana, their -- the coastline is important to our agriculture. the air we breathe and of course the water we drink, i do not understand why we have downplayed the importance of climate change. there is something happening to

our planet and we should be leaders. i am disappointed the president -- but we have governors stepping up and we have governor brown. the environment is a human rights issue and it is time we put this on our radar. host: let me ask you about kanye west. mr. west has supported donald trump. guest: people have the right to do with they want to do. i supported barack obama to become president. i voted for hillary clinton in the general election. mr. west has the right to do whatever he pleases. ande is registered to vote he is able to get young people out, fine. i do not know if kanye west is the best messenger for the

president creating african-american jobs because those jobs, we saw the turnaround in our economy over the years barack obama served in the white house. i am pleased this economy is continuing to grow. we have to expand the number of people in our work force given the kind of training and skills people need to compete in the 21st century. if mr. west is talking to the president, god bless them. host: when the president talks about the black unemployment rate from how do you respond to that? iest: as an african american, want every american to be able to take care of their family. we have to invest in the workforce. we are competing with other countries that are putting out wonderful products.

do soe a lot of work to it works for everyone, not just the top 10%. caller: good morning. i have admired you for years. it is a thrill to even be able to talk to you. guest: god bless you. caller: there are a lot of things that are important besides women's issues. we have talked about children, .he epa, medical talk about social security. talk about medicare. there are so many things that need to work in this country for , butbody, not just some everybody. as a texan, i wish there was a

barbara in this state again. i love the woman. i never missed an appearance she made in this state. that is what i am looking for in a later and the democratic party. there ando will sit tell it like it is, not mince words. host: thank you. guest: thank you. you know, barbara joy was the at the speaker in 1976 democratic convention in new york. i watched it as a little grow. i wanted to become a campaign manager. she inspired us. texans have so many great women. and richards, molly ivins. being an particular, n, my dad went to

houston to see the astros play. i am a red sox fan, nationals fan, astros. i love sports. we have so many wonderful women that are running. stacey abrams in the great state of georgia, so many incredible black women who are on the ballot across this country. i have a map here. it is a map of all the women who are running. you need to get this map and support women across the country . that you can turn out the vote on november 6, 2018. host: donna brazile, former andcratic national chair democratic strategist. thank you so much. guest: thank you very much. host: we will go to the funds

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eastern and central time zones (202) 748-8000. mountain and pacific time zones (202) 748-8001. if you want to post on our twitter, you can do so. you can also make comments on our facebook. tonya in west palm beach. good morning. pedro. good morning, host: go ahead. caller: i am calling in reference to rick scott. he has been in office for years. he has promised florida that he is going to claim the waters up, butthe dam at okeechobee, right now in the state of florida, our environment is going to hell. waters are polluted. thesed to get red tide on

west side every four years. now we have it on the east side. it is horrible. it smells. the fish are gone. all rick scott does is promise, promise, promise. what he really does is pocket our money. he is not doing anything for people that live in florida, and people that come down for the winter are going to be totally disgraced because they're not going to be able to use the beaches. host: let me ask you this, what has ben nelson promised, and are you going to support him? nelson has know, been around for a while. i am definitely not going to vote for scott. if nelson is the only guy i can vote for, i will vote for him. scott has put a lot of money in his pocketbook. host: caffe and california. hi. caller: i have been registered

to vote since 1972. i was a democrat for almost all of those years. the last year or two have really disillusioned me. that was the democratic party that she represented. barbara jordan, i was inspired by her. i don't know what happened to the democratic party. n forr and for -- year conservative democrats. up identity politics, either believing it was the content of your character, not the color of your skin. i don't know where that went. i am disillusioned. i am not voting for many democratic candidates any longer. disillusionment caused you to stop voting altogether? caller: i don't stop. in california, i am in frequent

email contact with my two senators of the democratic party. i'm a voter. i am very patriotic about voting. we are so fortunate in this country to be able to vote. look at how many countries cannot vote. like many americans, i feel that the country i grew up in does not exist any longer. it is uncomfortable for me. i remain optimistic for my children and grandchildren. host: hearing from donna in new york. hello. caller: hi. good morning. i'm a registered independent. i will love the democratic line this election simply because i am fearful of the rolling back of reproductive rights. i don't like the way things are being run in washington, d.c. i think there is a tremendous disrespect for women and what we have to say. i feel the democrats represent

what i am feeling at the moment. host: when you say your fear of rolling back reproductive rights, is this connected to what we have heard about the supreme court or other things? caller: there are other things, but it was really brought to a head by the supreme court fight and brett kavanaugh. i am also very concerned about our environment and what i am leaving for my granddaughter. host: washington state, charlene. hi. caller: hello. host: you are on. caller: i saw some of the debate with maria cantwell you had this morning. i definitely will be voting for maria cantwell. normally, i vote for the candidate and never mind the party. we can no longer do that because of trump in the white house. he is trying to take over our government.

if people cannot see that, i just cannot believe that they cannot see it. the mob he said, the mob,rats are in -- a he paid more attention to that than he did in charlottesville when not sees were running -- when nazis were running through the streets. a lot of this stuff that he comments, if you watch fox news, they say it first. then he is out there talking about it. people that are for gay rights need to be concerned because -- about who is on our court because i guarantee you that they will try to squash their rights as much as they can. host: that is charlene in washington state. ads,how you some of thea d

there is another race in virginia, incumbent barbara comstock. challengerr from her diana west. here is the advertisement. [video clip] >> barbara comstock might as well be barbara trumpstock. she is against protections for pre-existing conditions and sabotage the health care market. stock agrees, voting with donald trump 97% of the time. diane west -- jennifer what wexton.- georgia, elizabeth is next. caller: hi. i am living in athens, georgia. i think it is shameful the way president trump and mitch

mcconnell have been carrying on about the democrats being rude to kavanaugh. they were not rude to him. the democrats were asking hard questions, and for every question, kavanaugh would say i went to yale, played football, worked hard. that was too bad that he was not willing to answer questions. the republicans did not ask any hard questions at all. i watched the hearings in their entirety. i also want to say that i am voting for stacey abrams. we have a slate of democratic candidates that i am working for. i hope they will win. the governor's race, stacey abrams is running against brian kemp.

you saw a little bit of the ceremonial swearing-in of brett kavanaugh. if you want to watch that, and if you want to see justice kavanaugh himself speaking, go to our website for more on that. you heard from the democratic challenger in virginia. let's hear from a group representing barbara comstock. this is the national congressional republican supportingthis ad barbara comstock. we will hear from that end of it. ohio, go ahead. caller: good morning, c-span. good morning, pedro. i am voting a blue ticket for ohio. i am very enthusiastic and hopeful that we will have a solid blue win. i am really excited about the fact that you are doing women only calls. prejudiced

about women and have a preferential treatment for women. i think the quality of your calls this morning are much better than the quality of your calls when you get a lot of men calling in. host: thank you. let's talk specifically some of those races in ohio. the senate race, it is sherrod brown and jim renacci. where are you leaning? caller: i am leaning towards sherrod. he is a democrat. i am voting a blue ticket. host: let's go to karen in virginia. go ahead. let me punch the line. go ahead. caller: hi there. i am absolutely on a blue ticket. prior to the kavanaugh hearings, i was probably more independent. i was so disgusted the way these hearings went. it really showed me how corrupt and a vial the republican -- and

vile the republican party is. one thing that upsets me when we talk about women is typically women do not support women. whether it was the clinton election, the kavanaugh hearings, we tend to cower toward whatever the mood of the day is. it really disappointed me that we, as a gender, we cannot stick together on basic issues, that we will go ahead and vote for someone that we don't know because we want to believe that a man is superior. in the end, we turn around and bash that woman the way we did. i am absolutely blue. i love my sister had, but there are women -- sisterhood, but there are women out here that are absolutely terrible. we will never get ahead because we tend to think we are second-class to a man, a white man, what anyone else tells us. i am blue until i die. i'm disappointed.

nationals is from the congressional republican that he supporting barbara comstock in virginia. [video clip] >> forcing us to subsidize the rest of the state. jennifer wexton is part of the problem. she supported the largest tax increase in state history. outrageous tolls on 66. we got taxed. a politician we cannot trust in congress. that is jennifer wexton. host: that is the race between the virginia tech district, representative barbara comstock, the republican incumbent. wexton, the democratic challenger. debates going on almost every day up until election day.

all of that is available to you at c-span.org. doreen.hear from hello. caller: thank you for taking my call. i am calling about your last guest, donna brazile. there was a caller that called about hillary clinton and bill clinton, and the bill clinton accusers that were completely ignored by the democrats. they were mocked and ridiculed at that time. she said that bill clinton apologized to the country. he did not apologize to those women. he apologized to the country for lying about monica linsky. these democrats don't care about -- lewinsky. these democrats don't care about women's rights. about those care other women. if they really cared, they would have called for an investigation kathleen wheely and the

other woman who accused bill clinton. host: looking at the elections, who are you voting for? caller: i am not going to vote for woman just because she is a woman. i think we should vote for people whether they are male or female based on if they are qualified and their thoughts. you don't vote for woman just because she is a woman. you don't believe a woman just because she is a woman. women live. men live. -- women lie. men lie. host: who are you supporting? caller: i am supporting jeff deal. i am not supporting elizabeth warren. i don't agree with her politics. siding agree with her

with taylor clinton, a woman who did nothing -- with hillary clinton, a woman who did nothing for women. these women would have voted for a woman president, and accused rapist back in the white house. host: why are you supporting jeff deal specifically? caller: i do know that she man of beingolice racist and all kinds of things. she is against things that are going on here that i don't agree with. host: i am asking about jeff deal. why you are supporting him specifically. caller: i am a republican. i used to be a democrat. i want to vote for democrats anymore because i don't agree with any of their politics. i think they are dishonest. host: ok. the torilla in oregon. hello. -- victoria in oregon. hello. caller: i used to be a

republican. i just volunteered to become a neighborhood leader for the democratic party. i have a lot of friends who are doing the same. i was a victim of sexual abuse when i was 12. i never told anyone except my best friend. my daughters were also victims. i did not find out until later in life. the idea that trump goes out and says women should come forward and this is all lies and false accusations, demeaning women, he always has been. i am from new york. i remember all the affairs, all the con jobs. a lot of this for me is a women's issue. host: talk about who you are going to support in the governor's race in oregon. caller: i am going democratic all the way. liz buehler claims to be independent, but a lot of his votes are anti-teacher and a lot of different things going on here.

anyone republican in my eyes today is tied to trump. host: aside from the party, what is it about kate brown you support most? caller: she has that a lot to protect women's reproductive rights, gun control, as far as victims of domestic abuse. they were excluded from not -- their accusers were excluded from that rule about not being able to have guns. -- basically, i think she is really concerned about the environment and trying to protect oregon. we have a lot of things going on. we just saw the u.n. climate control. it is a disaster what is going on. host: alabama has next. that is where connie is. hi. caller: how are you doing? host: i'm fine. go ahead. caller: i would like to talk

about the children that are on cages on the coast, i mean the border. i think it is appalling that they are separating mothers and fathers from their children. the worstump is doing job in american history. i think they should name the white house the american house. it should not have a color. that is a problem. mitch mcconnell should be stomped on because he is not american. he is racist. host: new hampshire is next. sarah, go ahead. caller: i am an independent. i am planning on voting democrat this time around. i am voting against donald trump. i am voting against the installation of brett kavanaugh. i am voting against misogyny. i am voting for the environment, for women, for children, for education, for health care, and i am disappointed in any

moderate republican that has not had the backbone to stand up against this extremism coming from the white house. candidate whohe meets all of those boxes in new hampshire? caller: there is no candidate that meets all of the boxes. disappointed in my republican governor, that he did not stand up during the brett kavanaugh situation and make a stand. moderate republicans, i would vote for them, but there are very few. they are afraid to speak up. we need people with backgrounds. host: who are you voting for in november? caller: i am going to vote for molly kelly for governor. i am going to vote for jen alfr ed, who supports kindergarten

and opposes taxpayer dollars going to private schools, making college more affordable, and job training and workforce involvement. -- development. she is a pull yourself up by your bootstraps kind of gal. host: ok. i have to move on. this is lynn in oregon. caller: i was calling to refute that caller from new york. the one from massachusetts to do a good job. i don't think you should vote for anyone based on gender. as far as brett kavanaugh's nomination, i think people are just crazy if you think you are going to go back to high school and evaluate everyone's life cajon high school. on hight we had -- life school. i thought we had moved past that. oregon, we are fighting a very

liberal governor in kate brown. i just listened to that last caller. cannnot believe -- i believe she lives here. that is the majority of oregonians. they are just crazy. he is the candidate that has a baseline expectation of being right for life, and he is making ourads in letting some of oregon being opened up instead of locked up. southern and eastern parts of the state have no income anymore because they are locked out of our forests. us to be able to walk in our forest. you cannot believe the massive amount of forests we have, and yet we are being run out of them piece by piece. we need someone with more common

sense approach to how we do things in government. host: ok. goodngton state, anne, morning. caller: hi. how are you doing this morning, pedro? host: i'm doing well. go ahead. caller: i will be supporting maria cantwell for state senator. host: why is that? caller: she is for our environment in washington and for women's rights. host: did you have a chance to watch her debate yesterday? caller: i did not. i definitely know both of the women as far as susan hutchinson. she was an online person. one thing that bothered me about susan hutchinson is that when trump,e came out about she made up all these excuses about what he said. [laughter]

just so you know, you can go to our website, c-span.org, we have that debate available to watch if you want to catch it. caller: great. i have voted, i have always looked at all of the candidates. i have always major that i am -- made sure that i am hopefully voting for the right person, not just gender or if they have a d or r behind them. host: have you ever crossed over as far as people you have voted for? caller: i have locally. host: but not nationally or statewide? theer: generally because candidates for state tend to be more of a blue state. host: that is anne.

hearing from women, their thoughts on campaign 2018. you heard from donna brazile earlier. during this next to give us perspective from republicans and what they face in the november elections, liz mair, a strategist. she will give us her thoughts as "washington journal" continues. the c-span bus is traveling across the country on our 50 capitals tour. we recently stopped in indianapolis, indiana. looking forward to the midterm elections, where asking folks which party should control congress and why? >> the party i want to take over congress is the democratic party. it is not just because i support the values of the democratic

party, but i think the republican party has completely party, but i think the republican party has completely abdicated its responsibility to serve as a check and balance on the republican branch. in addition to legislation, certainly it is the responsibility of congress to serve as that check and balance. you have not seen that. we have seen the presidency run amok. >> get control of congress changes in november, i believe i will be impacted in several ways. i am a college student just now getting out of school soon. i will be entering the workforce, and things such as tax breaks or financial matters that get decided across congress will directly affect me and my futures says. also, i am -- success. also, i am an african american woman. those that are fighting for my rights and civil rights are important. i believe this will be impacted if there is a change in congress. >> the elections this year, if theome strange chance congress should change over to

another party, we would have some impact. generally, in indiana, we are pretty independent folks. as with our infrastructure program, we have moved ahead with whatever congress does. we make sure we operate in a responsible and businesslike way. we passed a major infrastructure bill last year. if the federal government helps us out, that is great. if they don't, that's ok. i think the democrats should control congress because i believe our country needs to swing more left or progressive. i am interested in issues pertaining to women, women's ability to choose and also women's right to a safe workplace. thank you. host: -- >> voices from the state, part tour.pan's 50 capitals >> "washington journal" continues. host: this is liz mair,

republican strategist. good morning. guest: great to be with you. how are you? host: fine. thank you. what is the message you would send to republicans as they reach out to potential voters? guest: i think it is tricky. what i would try to focus on as much as humanly possible as many are focusing on suburban women voters, the reality is we still have a tendency in this country to settle women with a lot of those basic accounting, household accounting responsibilities. if i were a republican, i would be talking about first of all what was the implication of tax cuts? for most people, i think that was positive. i know for my own employees, most of them in virginia, when i calculate their paychecks, these are not one percenters.

they are making more as a result of tax cuts. i think focusing on that can be beneficial. in some places it will not be. the other thing i try to focus on, although it entails finessing cap is talking about how broken the health care system is. if we can talk about anything about bringing actual health care costs as opposed to insurance costs down, that would be beneficial. it appears to me that the rate of inflation and health care costs has diminished, but the above the still normal rate of inflation. me, i will be focusing on those pocketbook and kitchen table issues. the economy is in reasonably good shape. if you give them a reason to believe that like keeping around, they will end up with more money in their pocket, that is probably the best argument

republicans can present for swing voters. host: how well our republicans selling those messages? guest: i think the problem with the tax cuts message is voters don't vote on things that have already been done. corey lewandowski said voters don't go to the polls to say thank you. there are a lot of things we don't agree on, but that is one thing we do. that is one reason you have seen house republicans on the ways and means committee get through ion,house this permanentizat for lack of a better term, a lot of those tax cuts that were included in that tax bill that were not made permanent. that is sort of a promise. i think that is important. with health care it is trickier. the fundamental problem we have is we republican party have the ability to rally around opposing obamacare, but in

terms of what we want to do, we don't have a unified message. i don't know that we necessarily need to have a unified message. we need to have candidates running in these swing districts who have their own ideas about health care who can talk about those persuasively. at the end of the day, what barbara comstock has to say about that is going to be different from what jeff on him as to say about that. you cannot leave the question unanswered. that is the worry i have, a lot of republicans are leaving the question unanswered. democrats have an answer. i don't think it is a particularly good one. most people will take an answer over no answer. lsst: we were looking at pol showing that women voting in november are breaking for democrats. is that your experience? guest: that seems to be the case. a lot of this is the natural tendency that in the

first midterms, people vote against the president. generally speaking, you will see the voters say maybe we need to do a little course corrections , so they will vote the opposite party. i think that is just the natural gravitational pull in politics. we do have some issues. the president is not popular with women. he has a lot of issues with female voters. in general, there are a lot of women who feel that congress is not doing their job. one of the things that is overlooked by political strategists is women are used to juggling a lot of different roles and doing a lot of multitasking. we always joke, women multitask. men cannot multitask. the difficulty from a political standpoint, when you see those guys in the capital who cannot get stuff done, you will have a lot of people who run small businesses or have high-powered

management jobs and who are also parents and are dealing with school activities and soccer and leading their own lives and managing family finances, wondering if i can do all this in a given day, why can they not just pass a bill to make my health care better? until republicans can answer that question, they will have a hard time getting those women voters back. for: (202) 748-8001 republicans. (202) 748-8000 fo democratsr. (202) 748-8002 for independents. what do you think about the brett kavanaugh nomination? how does that play out? guest: it depends on where they are and what their affiliation is. you have democrats, anybody on the left super pissed off by this. that does help with the blue

wave that respect. at the same time, there have been a lot of republicans that have been disenchanted by the way congress has handled things. they don't like everything coming out of the administration. for them, the kavanaugh, confirmation has been unifying and allowing them to get behind the republican party. when you think about those swing voters, it is tricky. the polling suggests women really don't like republicans handled this process. they probably don't think he should be on the court. he does not have high approval ratings among women. he has better approval ratings among men. you see that gender split. there is also pulling that suggests that basically everyone across the board think both parties handled this fairly. i would tend to agree with that. my personal view is that i would not have voted to confirm him if i were sitting on the hill, mainly because i think the display of emotion we had in his

last round of testimony, i don't believe based on that that he can do the job of a supreme court justice. i think it is appropriate to leave him at the court of appeals level. game over. we are done with it. my suspicion is it may not have the effect that republicans are hoping, simply because, in the era of the donald trump presidency, things that happened two days ago feel like they happened two months ago. i don't know that when people are going to the polls, anybody with an absentee ballot, they may be more motivated to check that box. by the time they get to that point, they may not be thinking about brett kavanaugh. if they are, they will be the people who are already hard-core for him or against him. this election, i think there will be more people who are hard-core against him that are already part of that kuwait. host: we have collars lining up for you.

guest: excellent. let's do it. host: ashley, independent line. go ahead. caller: i apologize. i called in a few minutes ago. i got cut off. i was on a call. i am from northeast tennessee where the opioids have really destroyed this area. olsen didates here are and roe. hem voting for olsen because is in johnson city, and he the only doctor in this area that i know of that tried to get women who were in recovery off .edication that they were on it is a detox medication called suboxone. women whoed to get

are pregnant off of that sedication so their babie would not be born addicted. host: before our guest response, where are you as far as the tennessee senate race? --ler: between blackburn and host: radisson. caller: i am not sure. their involvement with the pharmaceutical company, i was really -- i would really like to know where they stand on the changes that are being pushed in the congress right now about the ppa laws.o the hiip host: thank you. guest: i think the opioid crisis is another one of these issues that congress has not done a great job addressing. i go to west virginia a lot. streetve down main

with people passed out in their cars, literally od'ing. when you look at these appalachian states, that is a big deal. whoraws and questions about is trying support from pharmaceutical companies, which pharmaceutical companies are more on the getting rid of addiction side, which are more part of the supply problem. that could be an issue that people in washington are not paying attention to. when i go back to the 2016 election, one of the things that is remarkable about it is people have this perception that trump went out and did not talk about any issues in any substantive way. one thing that is interesting is during the primary, you had 17 candidates running for president. donald trump was the only one spending significant time talking about feel-good crisis he went into these sacred i

wonder if the effect would have been different in new hampshire if you had more people paying attention to this. i hope that anyone that is running in tennessee and west virginia and southwestern virginia, the appalachian section of ohio, i hope that people from those areas and candidates from those areas are listening to what ashley has to say. they have the capacity to pick up votes on this if they are willing to show political courage. it is a hard issue to tackle. i am not totally convinced that it can be done entirely or even mostly through legislation. i think voters like ashley will give people credit if they appear to be trying. that is an important issue. host: there was also the compromise bill that passed in the senate. guest: there has been individual pieces of legislation. there will be a narrow effect. the problem fundamentally in a place like western union if you virginia, if you

need four times the number of hospital beds, that is a problem. candidates might need to make inroads. in her district, you have a candidate that has a record as a doctor. that is something candidates can probably successfully pivot off of. host: this is sandra from ohio. republican line. good morning. i'm so sorry. i was an independent. i accidentally hit the wrong number. guest: that's ok. the republican party will happily take you even if you are an independent. [laughter] caller: i am definitely republican. the liberals acting the way they are acting, i was appalled at ,he way they treated kavanaugh the way the democrats are all

dishonest. i cannot believe what is happening today at all these people -- to me it is like rioti ng. it is just shameful. specific for the senate race in ohio you want to talk about? caller: it is between bad and worse. i am definitely not going to vote for brown. i guess i guess i'm going to have to vote for an aussie. host: why is that worse for you or bad for you? caller: i don't particularly like either one of them. i don't like the democrats. i guess i just set down and decided, ok, as well though republican because i don't want democrats in there. host: thank you. guest: i think clearly there are a lot of republican women who

have their response to the kavanaugh hearing. one of the mistakes the democrats made, they could have used their question time to ask more probing questions that could have gotten to the same position in terms of establishing christine blasey ford's credibility. i think because we have a couple people on the senate panel who are obviously going to run for president, you had a lot of political posturing and speechmaking and delivered acting so that it can be used in campaign ads and clips for the primaries. i understand the political utility of that. i have worked on many presidential campaigns. it is going to be a natural tendency. the problem is when you are talking about voters like this voter the mountain you depicting everything has heavily politicized and playing it up for the camera, it is offputting. maybe if democrats had focused on basic prosecutorial lines of

questioning or defense attorney lines of questioning, they probably would have had more mileage with a voter like this voter. host: when you hear of a strategy of the republicans casting the democrats as an angry mob, what do you think of that? guest: from what i have seen, i don't think i would categorize the protesters as an angry mob. there have been some strange protests. yesterday, you had one guy dressed up as a dragon. i would probably not call him part of the angry mob. anotheryesterday, you had one gy dressed up as a dragon. guy was holding up a sign that seemed to be about circumcision. totally off-topic. probably not part of the angry mob. you have people climbing up on statues and cheering and yelling. host: part of it has to go to hell democrats performed during the confirmation process. guest: a lot of it has to do with acting out. for some people, that will be

disconcerting. they will think that was not a civilized, unified way of handling the process. her response to that is going to be that this whole thing is completely ridiculous, and liberals are way off the deep end. that is meant to mean that if she was a potential voter for certain democratic candidates, now she is not. it is a reminder that while people want to pump up the drama because we are in the era of trump, and that is a way to get attention, that is not necessarily the smartest move for individual politicians long-term. we will see how it plays out for kamala harris and corey booker when they run for president. host: go ahead. caller: i was just saying that there are some things i agree with, that there are some things in the beginning from everybody.

how can we have a good government when we are divided completely? how about ourselves, why are we not thinking about ourselves? why do we always have to fight against each other now? one thing you have to keep in mind, there are a lot of women. i am not saying women are going to vote for this and that. you were created by god as a woman. you are supposed to be loved and respect. i don't care if this judge did something as terrible as this. everybody has forgiven. ,f that were to happen to you your mother, your sister, your daughter, we have to think as a human being. not republican, not democrat.

i have always been a, but i am thinking very carefully about what i am going to do because i am tired of all these lies, especially from the present. everybody laughed at us in the u.n., the whole world. host: rosie -- caller: no, no, no. we need to come back to where we were. host: i wanted to ask you a question. you had. caller: you look like you are not a fair person. you are trying to defend only one side. i am on the other side. not this way. host: i'm just trying to ask you what you think about the second senate race and whether you are going to vote for ted cruz or beto o'rourke. caller: no, no, no. ted cruz is not only a hypocrite, he insulted the president.

he is a bunch of liar. host: thank you. guest: i think what rosie is describing is an interesting trend in texas. there has been pulling that suggests that voters like ted cruz when he stands apart from president trump. there are voters that like president trump. they don't seem to be as many republicans in texas as other states that like both. if you are ted cruz, you have to get those trump voters. voters don't like ted cruz because of exactly what rosie described. i think ted cruz will ultimately pull this out. i don't think he is going to have as big of a win because he has that strange dynamic, and he has an opponent that has raised a lot of money and is going to put up a good fight. at the end of the day, i don't think this is going to look like wendy davis versus greg abbott. a lot of people thought it would at the outset.

i think this is going to be different and show that democrats are making inroads in texas. part of the reason it is going to look that way is because of mp dynamics. host: is texas still a red state? visit purple? is it changing? guest: i would say it is probably deep magenta. it is more red than purple or blue. there are areas you will see changes. part of that is demographics. you have a very large hispanic population in texas. it has tended to be a much more conservative hispanic population, but there are things the republican party has done that have alienated hispanic voters. whether they are conservative or not, i know conservative hispanics that have always voted republican that are not this election.

having this economy under rick perry and greg abbott, you have a lot of companies that have attracted a lot of highly skilled and highly talented and educated workers to texas. tend toducated voters vote for democrats more than they have been. the key will be for both parties to be cautious about the kinds of candidates they are trying to recruit. texas has kind of always been its own state that is not like anywhere else in the country. right now, that is becoming even more the case. if i were focused on candidate recruitment in texas, i would be ignoring every national trend and just look at what is going on in the state specifically because it is a very different animal. host: from maryland, crestline, heidi. -- democrats line. heidi. caller: i would like to know if mr. trump added any new people to his camp.

obviously, he did not get a majority of voters, but ever since he has been at the white house, has he added any new people to his camp and not subtracted any republicans from his camp who voted for him? guest: i think that is an interesting question. i think depending on what his approval rating is on any given week, it is variable. i was one of the people who was an early adopter of the never trump movement. one of the things i have observed over the is that you have people who have been never trump who are far more entrenched and are now part of the democratic party. you have people like me and somebody like eric erickson as a commentator, who we still have a lot of issues with the present. -- president. idon't think we could say,

am speaking for eric, you should he were not, i think if asked if he approves of the president, he probably would not proactively improve. i would not proactively approve. ofwe look at 2020 matchups the president against certain democrats, i feel warmer towards the president than i did in 2016. even a broken clock is right twice a day. the president has done some things i think are good. he has surprised me in some areas that typically republicans and democrats do not. that is somewhat more impressive than your standard politician. day, most of the likely you have had a certain number of trump conservatives or libertarians that have become warmer to the present. you have some of the never

hillary voters who supported him in 2016 who have decided they have had enough. i'm not sure if one of those sides is greater than the other. the fundamental problem seems to be he doesn't seem to be able to get more than 50% of the population to approve of him. that will be an issue. host: our next call is from beverly in missouri. democrats line. hi. caller: you were talking about tennessee, marsha blackburn. why would anyone in the state of tennessee vote for her? she went in and put a bill on dea loor to go after the after theseto go pharmacies for flooding these drugs into the state. now millions of tennessee people

are dying. she did that. this man was trying to go after this and get it under control. i know why she did it. she did it because of the money for the pharmacy. now the american people are paying for. host: can i ask you what you think about the senate race in missouri, claire mccaskill. caller: straight democrat. this president is destroying every part of our government, education, epa. you name it, he is destroying. host: claire mccaskill is fighting a tough fight there. guest: just to quickly jump to the blackburn point. when beverly asks why would anybody support her, one thing i would point out because i do work relevant to this. one reason marsha blackburn has had strong support in tennessee beyond what some anticipated is

marsha blackburn is the rare republican actually has a decent amount of support from the entertainment industry. you have nashville and the big music industry there. by farblackburn has been the most vigorous defender of that industry against all sorts of interests that have sough t to undercut it. not saying that bill gross and would not do that. you have people in that fight who would probably naturally not be minded to support such a conservative republican because she is, but they think she has been good on issues that are relevant to the very core industry in tennessee. that might be one reason why some people could support her even if she is not their natural type of politician. i thinkard to missouri, the missouri senate race is going to be interesting to watch. my personal theory about claire

mccaskill is that she is one of in two luckiest politicians america. number one is scott walker, my former boss, who i am convinced that somewhere in scott walker's body is embedded in magical golden horseshoe. i don't know where it is. he seems to have that. no matter how tough a fight he gets into, barring the presidential race in 2016, he has the capacity to prevail. i think claire mccaskill is right and second-place. consistently, she seems to have difficult electoral battles, but she does a pretty good job of prevailing. some of that is smart strategy on her part. some of that is just sheer luck. we will see if this year proves to be the case again. there is a good chance that it might be. there are a lot of people in missouri, a lot of republicans in missouri that have this sneaking suspicion that her up on it is phoning it in -- in andt is phoning it

not working as hard as she has. wardtics tends to re the hard worker. going back to one of the points we discussed with how the new cycle changing, my suspicion is because the president has four rally scheduled, most likely at one of them he will say something that will change whatever is being discussed on tv away from what he wants discussed if he wants that more so that more focus will apply to democrats who have argued with this, i think that's one thing to watch for in the news. would also be watching what's going on with early voting and absentee voting because ultimately over time, when i was 13 or 14, we were thinking of election day as seriously 90% of people were going to vote on election day. that's not true anymore. we are doing some work in

just from having looked at coverage are there, the likelihood is about 60% of voters in the district are going to vote absentee. when you are looking at a lot of , a lot of these contested races and we have a ,ot of plays -- races like that the reality is in those states, probably five days before election day you will have almost all those ballots that a party been sent in. i would keep a close eye on what's in the news the next two weeks because it may not be what's happening on election day that swings this, probably what's going on in the next week or two. host: thanks for your time. that's it for our program. another one comes your way at 7:00 tomorrow morning. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015]

>> today brett kavanaugh choices fellow supreme court justices on the bench to hear his first argument from the high court as protests continue outside the court. a look here at the people waiting to hear today's cases. they will be considering cases dealing with whether the state laws on slight force robberies require enhanced sentencing under federal law and whether

burglaries of mobile homes should be considered vehicle burglaries. live in one hour, vermont senator and former democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders will be discussing nationalism and authoritarianism today at johns hopkins university. we will have live coverage on c-span at 11:00 a.m. eastern and then former cbs news anchor bob schieffer hosting a discussion and the international republican institute to talk about promoting democracy abroad. live at 5:30 eastern time. 28 days before the midterm election comes c-span will be live with a debate between former republican president candidate mitt romney and democrat jenny wilson who are competing to take the seat of retiring utah senator orrin hatch. live at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. you can watch online at c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app.

your primary source for campaign 2018. >> the c-span bus is traveling across the country on our 50 capitals tour. we recently stopped in indianapolis, indiana and looking forward to the midterm election, we are asking folks which party should control congress and wide. >> the party i want to take over congress is the democratic party and its not just because i support the values of the democratic party, but because i think the republican party has completely abdicated its responsibility to serve as a check and balance on the executive branch and in addition to legislation, certainly the responsibility of congress to be able to serve as a check and balance. we have just not seen that. if control of congress changes in november, i believe i will be impacted in several ways.

i'm a college student who is just now getting out of school and i will be entering the workforce and things such as tax breaks or things such as financial matters the do get decided in congress will directly affect me and my future success. woman am african-american and the representation that is there for me and those were fighting for my rights and my civil rights is also in very important and i believe this will be impacted if there's a change in congress. >> the elections this year, if by some strange chance the congress should change over to another party, we would have some impact here. but generally in indiana, we are pretty independent folks and as with our infrastructure program, we have moved ahead with whatever congress does, we make sure we operate in a responsible and businesslike way.

so we passed a major interest -- infrastructure bill and of federal government helps us out, that's great. if they don't, we will continue to march great >> i think the democrats should control congress because i believe our country needs to swing more left or progressive. women's ability to choose and also women's right. thank you. >> voices from the state. part of c-span's 50 capitals to her. -- tour. >> indiana democratic senator joe donnelly faced his challenger mike braun and libertarian challenger lucy brenton for a debate in a senate race widely considered to be one of the tightest in the 2018 midterm election. members of the audience got a chance to ask questions and the topics range from the environment to gun