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paperback copy for $18.95 plus shipping, visit www.c-span.org /senatebook. adviser for the national diversity coalition for donald trump, thank you very much for being with us. state ofk about the the union speech on tuesday. >> we are hearing there will be an optimistic tone from the president, somewhat of an all of branch to the democrats. obviously there still fighting over the shutdown, still no deal on the border while finding, and some of the topics president trump will be discussing will be immigration, national security, and infrastructure, which once the shutdown is over with, completed, when they figure that all out, they will move on to infrastructure, and that is something the democrats

obviously want because they want to bring money back to their districts and this is something they can all get behind. as for who they will be people invite guests to make political points. we know that democrats are inviting one illegal immigrant who was recently let go from a trump golf course, a woman from guatemala. president trump will be bringing border related guests. this is -- this is according to an interview that was exclusive with the daily caller. we recently had a sit-down interview with the president and he did not say who he was inviting, but that it would be border related, someone affected by illegal immigration, possibly an angel mother or a border patrol agent. host: we are seeing some divisions among house and senate

republicans on a couple fronts. first, a resolution that passed in the senate, looking at the president pulling out of syria and afghanistan and also the reference made by the senate republican leader on a potential government shutdown, comparing it to a third kick of the mule, telling the president don't do that. guest: i have a feeling that we are not going to see another shutdown. president trump is exploring other avenues. we have heard him talk publicly about this national emergency that could be declared if there is no agreement on border wall funding. nancy pelosi just a couple days ago declared -- made it clear that they are not willing to budge on that. we probably won't see a $5.7 billion which is what president trump and republicans want. emergency,national we have never seen that be used for border related issues. it is not something that presidents use often. we know that president obama

used it for swine flu back in 2009. president trump is exploring that. we don't know how that would pan out in the court. there would definitely be some objection. president trump the court would side with him if it made it that way. we are also hearing from the washington post that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is not excited about the idea of a national emergency being declared for border wall funding. apparently republicans could potentially come up with some sort of resolution to totally shutdown this idea. used anington post unknown source, so we don't know who said that. we just know republicans were involved in the conversation. we will have to find out which way they are going to go. at the end of the day, president trump has made it clear he will

get a border wall no matter what. this was his signature campaign promise and the american people can expect it. as for what it will look like, it depends. we have heard wall, fence, barrier. there are so many ways that we don't know what it will look like. i revisited the southern border when the border wall prototypes were finished. i went there twice, to see them while they were being built and when they were finished. we are not sure if any of those will be used. we don't know where they will be placed. a big question a lot of people who werehe democrats once for fences are no longer for fences. we are ready have fences for hundreds of miles down the border and there are just places where they could use extra support and this is according to border patrol agents. i have interviewed several border patrol agents to get

their feelings on the issue and not one agent has told me that we don't need extra barriers in strategic locations. even barack obama's former border patrol -- the head of border patrol said we needed it. this is not a political issue. this is about national security. host: our guest is stephanie hamill, first time on c-span i believe. guest: yes, i have been watching for years, so thank you for having me. host: where did you go to school? guest: the university of arizona. host: formerly the diversity advisor for president donald trump. guest: we had people from all over the country and we would get phone calls together and discuss some of the issues that were important to our communities. i am latino and my mother is an immigrant from mexico. that is the conversation i

brought to the table. part of the group was to get the messaging out there. a lot of minorities don't hear the proper messaging from the establishment. a lot of what we see on establishment media is a lot of narrative, propaganda and everyone else's feelings. host: like it or not, which is what? guest: like it or not is an interesting show for me because it is about trending news, but of course everything revolves around politics. sometimes we talk about what is going on. we talk about global news and celebrities and sports. host: our guest is stephanie hamill. i want to go back to something the president said this week with regard to his national intelligence director. there was a hearing on capitol hill that included the cia director and the director of national intelligence. this is what dan coats told

senators with regard to north korea. [video clip] korea, theg north regime has held its provocative behavior related to wmd programs. north korea has not conducted any nuclear capable missile tests in more than a year and it has dismantled some of its nuclear infrastructure. as well, kim jong-un continues to demonstrate openness to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. having said that, we assess north korea will seek to retain its wmd capabilities. it is unlikely to completely give up its nuclear weapon production capabilities because its leaders ultimately view nuclear weapons as critical to regime survival. our assessment is bolstered by our observations of some activity that is inconsistent with full denuclearization. while we assess that sanctions on exports have been effective and largely maintained, north

korea seeks to mitigate the effects of the u.s. led pressure campaign through diplomatic engagement, counter pressure against the sanctions regime and direct sanctions of asian. host: -- sanctions evasion. host: that was dan coats speaking with congress. the president with the following two tweets basically saying that they are now on board, on the same page and that the comments by dan coats were taken out of context and again blaming the fake news. the president often referring to fake news when there are stories he just doesn't like. guest: he is not wrong. we have seen the analysis by the pew research center that shows 99% of all media coverage is negative coverage about president trump. clearly this in administration has had many accomplishments. in the past two years they have accomplished a great amount of his promises. he is not wrong to call it out. we have never seen a president

attacked like this by the media. he has the right to push back. maybe people don't like the language he uses but as someone who follows the news and tracks the news every day, i see the unfairness and they owe the president at least some fairness. when they can't even tell the truth about christmas decorations at the white house. they criticized him for eating clay fish. they said he said it the wrong way while visiting japan. they put spin on things that are so simple and get it wrong on those types of stories. the job of the press is to hold government officials accountable, but they have a responsibility to also tell the truth. host: let's get your calls, dan is up in colorado. caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. i am a brick layer from colorado. i am hoping that the president will stand very tall with this

wall. i would like to see him in this state of the union talk about what happened in 1986. two and a half million mexicans the king citizens -- became citizens. we are not caring about this. chuck schumer and nancy pelosi kicked it down the road. i think it is time for this to come to a head and i would like to see the president bring this stuff up. it is fair for the country. host: thank you for the call. to his point and the other dynamics that will play -- take place tuesday night inside the house chamber, can you address that? guest: first of all, he is not wrong. the president owes the american people a wall and he is working on that. the dynamic, i did not answer -- understand that question. host: he is coming a week later.

what do you think we will sense from democrats and republicans? guest: president trump is very forgiving. he will go in there with professionalism and a very optimistic tone to extend that olive branch even though we know the democrats are not going to work with him. we witness what happened over the negotiations with the shutdown. republicans kept trying to meet democrats in the middle. even with just a $5.7 billion for the wall, that is not the $30 billion president trump wanted. this is a down payment. there have been discussions of a potential daca deal, which sounds like it is no longer on the table. i just think democrats do not want to see him when. going into the 2020 presidential race and there are 20 to 30 democrats running and they don't want to see president trump gets any wins -- get any wins. host: do you think vice president biden will jump in?

guest: yes. host: let's go to our next caller with stephanie hamill, video reporter for the daily caller. caller: hello. first i wanted to thank c-span for this remarkable platform for freedoms -- for free speech. monday it will be five months since jamal khashoggi walked into the saudi embassy and disappeared. i would like c-span to pick up this issue again. i want to say hello to your guest. how are you? guest: doing well. caller: something i wanted to say. think is ap, i failed businessman.

when you keep at it so many bankruptcies, he could no longer get commercial loans in the united states and according to the new york times, he turned to as well as russian oligarch to wanted to launder money through trump casinos and properties. the one deal he could still make was to license his name, constantly promoting it as luxury but the opposite is true. he was forced to stop building because he was such a credit risk. i say credit risk because you are going to give this guy, trust this guy to build a wall when he is such a credit risk. it turns out even his last resort lender does not want to lend any more money. it is not surprising. everything about donald trump is a fraud. the only question right now is with the fraudulence he laid

bare while in office -- will that fraudulent's be laid bare while he is in office or after he leaves? host: we will get a response. guest: there is a lot to unpack. i think there are questions about jamal khashoggi and that definitely needs to be looked at. they need to be held accountable , even if it were people inside the government and not directed from the higher-ups. they still need to be held accountable. i know that some of them are going to receive the death penalty or be jailed. we will see. he is not wrong, we should look into that. there are other brutal regimes in the world that also need to be held accountable. as for the trump business, i am not sure what he is talking about. host: bankruptcies over the years. guest: if you look at any successful business owner, a lot of people file for bankruptcy. it is not uncommon. i guess i will leave it there. host: this economic story from

over the weekend, the headline of the washington post and a photograph of ralph northam. he says he is not in the photograph of a man depicted in blackface or someone in a kkk rope. what happened -- robe. what happens next? guest: i listened to his speech. videohe makes a apologizing for the picture. does not say which one he is. after this somewhat tearful apology, the next day he comes out and says he is sure it was not him, yet it was on his yearbook page. he never had time to object to what was on that page? he claims he did not see it or own a yearbook. i think it is pretty shocking and kind of a fantastic story that none of his friends bother to let him know that there was a black face and kkk situation

happening on his page. after he is now denying that is him, he says he admits that he had used troop -- shoe polish on his face and in the michael jackson moonwalk. he was a 25-year-old man in medical school. that is so bad, i am sorry. it is unforgivable. we are at a point in society where we have people on the left saying that they know in their hearts the president trump is a racist. that they can read minds and hearts but when we have a democrat governor who has a picture, a very offensive picture on his yearbook, with a kkk costume and a man dressed in are kind ofd people putting it together, the mental gymnastics going on, luckily there are democratic leaders who

are coming up against him. we saw some of the provincial candidates who were supporters northam earlier coming against him. there is no way he can survive this. we are at a point where just because you're a democrat does not mean you can survive something like this. if it were a republican, it would be armageddon. there is no way he can survive this, and he shouldn't. we are living in 2019 and there is a new set of rules and even if you did something 30 years ago, if you are republican, that cannot be forgiven. i don't think northam is a racist, but we have a set of standards now and that is not acceptable and i think it is going to be a distraction for his community, his state. like he said in his speech, he led by example and has obviously shown he is not a racist and that he helps minority communities, and i believe that,

but if it were a republican, he would've had to resign. host: many people thought the same thing, that the president tweeting out yesterday -- and let's be was his are public and challenger in 2017, the president writing he ran for governor in virginia against now beortham and must thinking malpractice and dereliction of duty. found that picture before the election, he would have won by 20 points. guest: it is amazing that he has been in the political atmosphere for so long and this finally came out. of course this comes out after infanticidenside -- controversy. newsroom, it our was bickley politics that first reported this. we were wondering if it was real. and we looking at it don't just follow what other people post online, we have to get our own research.

we were going to send a team to virginia to find the original yearbook but another news organization, a credible news organization did it. it was interesting to watch all of this. host: our conversation with stephanie hamill and joe is next from virginia. caller: good morning. i did my oh -- doing -- i did my own polling in the 2015 elections and i knew early on that donald trump was going to win. polling, it was later hacked, onhat he was page 89 and 90. when i found out in my polling, people said that if donald trump does 1% of what he says he is going to do, or even attempts to , they will vote for him again.

if you look at one of the other polls, the people who voted for 2012 are the and same people who voted for donald trump in 2016. donna brazil's book really confirmed all of this. this,joke, let me add to a number of the supporters of senator bernie sanders in the primary in key states like ohio, pennsylvania, and elsewhere flipped in the general election. caller: bernie sanders people knew they were not going to vote for hillary. ok. host: we will get a response. thank you, by the way. isst: i guess the question if trump just delivers on 1%, he is going to win. he is not wrong. look at unemployment.

it is not a story close. it benefits -- historic lows. hispanics, blacks, women spirit tax cuts, which house speaker pelosi refers to as crumbs. she does not understand that more tax cuts are better than increasing taxes, which is what running theirare platforms on. more taxes, "are some of a lot for the american people, and keep in mind that the trump campaign is already up and going and is collaborating with the rnc, the republican national committee, and they have resources, and we have 20 to 30 democrats that will be , and meantime, president

trump is not even going to have any other candidate. there will be no other primary candidate. host: you do not think he will have another primary challenger? guest: not supported by the rnc. john kasich is going to run a get 1% of a vote? come on. host: guest let me get your comt on what met lewis wrote for the daily beast. trump rested not on his character but on the fact that he said you would build a wall. they never stop to think that the guy who can't others -- who conningthers might be them as well. republicans need to be patient, and president trump cannot do this by himself. it is an effort that needs to be assisted by republicans in congress. paul ryan did not follow through on his promise after president $3mp is signed off on that trillion spending bill. paul ryan was supposed to help with the wall.

that does not happen. he is no longer there. is republicans are not serious about the wall or immigration or security enforcement, that people need to look at the republicans as well. coulture anbnn and others who criticized the president, these are not people in the trunk republican party. some of them are just looking for attention, media attention to get their faces out there. host: our guest is stephanie hamill. people can follow you on twitter at -- guest: stephmhamill. host: and also at the daily caller. we welcome viewers in london, including brendan. good morning. caller: good morning. it is a lovely day in london. host: we are glad to hear from you. sent some of the nice weather here. caller: regarding that lady, why do we need to make up stories

about president trump? because the truth is enough to condemn him. parts, hebout private made a stupid mistake some years ago. your president have a lot more to answer for. your defense of him, during the war, there was a guy who defended the nazis. you have crossed the border with some of the statements you have made today in defending president bush. defend him you may come up but do not define what he has done wrong. host: you said president bush twice, i assume you mean president trump. caller: my apologies. my apologies to the bush family. host: we will get a response. guest: wow. president trump not invited to europe, that is a little intolerant, isn't it? president trump is not the person we knew about his background in a little but about him before he ran. we supported him because of his

promises and his ideas for the nation, which is america first, something we had not heard in a long time. we had a president, barack obama, who was running around the world stage, apologizing for america. patriotic, so it was refreshing to hear someone like president trump go out there and say he will be for this country, and he has done that. we have seen what he has done on the world stage. it will be uncomfortable. other leaders have been accustomed to taking advantage of america and other resources, other countries around the world, so it is time for them to pay their fair share. it is not going to be easy, because you get enemies on both sides. host: one more call in a final question. richard from alliance, nebraska. good morning. caller: good morning. i just want to know, we have

been running after the governor so hot and heavy about racism and all of this and that, and the republicans brought it up to start with, and the president has been more racist than the governor has ever been turned that is what i got. guest: i have never seen president trump in a kkk outfit or blackface. this is a narrative put together by the liberal establishment media. as a minority, i would never support a racist. there is no evidence to support that he is racist. he wants tot enforce our immigration laws, that are pretty much already on the books, that is not racist. it is not about your skin color, religion, any of that stuff. it is about our country being a sovereign nation, and we have laws. the most i guess generous nations when it comes to giving out green cards and inviting people from around the -- and i justly don't understand why people

continue to call him racist, because he is not cured we should be outraged by these photos. i'm surprised that the caller has downplayed what he has seen. that is disappointing. host: the results of the mueller report, which should be out in the next couple of months, couple of weeks, we don't know. what do you think the outcome will be for the president? guest: based on what we have seen, which is the people who have gotten in trouble in the trunk orbit, have not gotten in trouble for any sort of collusion with the russians. have seen is that special counsel robert mueller has been investigating people, looking for crimes. these people who have gotten in trouble for taxes and lighting and all of these things but nothing to do with the trump campaign collusion with the russians. so based on that, i do not think they are going to, the democrats are not going to get what they want. i do not think they will fight any sort of collusion. we have seen two stories recently debunked by the media. the story suggesting michael

formerdonald trump's attorney, was instructed to lie about a deal that was happening in russia. to bethat turned out false, so much so that special counsel robert mueller had to come out and speak out about it, but h they still stand by -- it. but it's still stands by their story, of course. a bunch of people were laid off, though. in 2016, ofd caller our speculating that was ordering donald trump junior and what have you to meet with them. it actually turned out to be two of donald trump, jr.'s associates from nascar. think we will find out much. i hope it comes to a close, because it has been a distraction for this nation. it has cost over $30 million,

and it is so divisive. host: stephanie >> lyford -- every day. coming up monday morning, we will talk about the weekend had with bloomberg news congressional reporter eric wasson. in a discussion about teacher pay. be sure to watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion. >> despite demands for his resignation over a racially charged photograph in a 1980 for your book, virginia governor ralph northam says he will not step down.

among those calling for his resignation are many. in a brief -- prepared statement, they said, after we watched his press conference today we call the governor to tell him we no longer believe he can effectively serve as governor of virginia and that he must resign. we will hear from other virginia with formerarting governor terry mcauliffe. >> we have to move on. you cannot be the moral leader. we are now in crossover in virginia with the legislation goes from house and senate back and forth and i can remember as governor, this is your busiest time, working with the legislator to pass bills, kill bills, you have to work as one unit to move the commonwealth forward and he is just not going to have that ability to do it. the head of the black caucus said yesterday if he doesn't resign, they will move to remove him themselves from the legislature.