whose first amendment rights are going to prevail? the class-action or the one from marylandersn who voted to approve this plan? --hink that is different there was no attempt by the court below to consider the referendum or its impact whatsoever, so this cannot be the answer for how do we protect the people and their ability to ensure that the politicians do not draw the districts to serve the politicians instead of the people? chief justice roberts: unless there are any further questions? thank you, counsel, the case is submitted. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> coming up on c-span this morning, "washington journal" is next. then a conversation between former president jimmy carter speakingr mondale about human rights. then, former vice president joe

biden speaking at a convention in chicago. and for the next few hours, we will take your calls in reaction to the second democratic presidential debate last night in miami. "washington journal" is next. ♪ vice it was former president joe biden who had a bull's-eye on his back last night as 10 more democratic candidates squared off at the second nbc news debate. this morning we will spend today's "washington journal" getting your reaction to the back and forth between the candidates and compare it to the first night. republicans, 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. and independents, 202-748-8002. you can go to twitter at @cspanwj or post your comments on facebook.com/cspan. we will get to your calls in a minute.

first, john mcardle with us on more details of the debate. host 2: before we get to the substance, here is some of the raw numbers and social media trends including this chart tracking the total number of words spoken by each candidate last night. former vice president joe biden leading in the polls. not surprising he had the most number of words spoken, just spoken.00 words over 2000 words by kamala harris and pete buttigieg. in mostanders, second polling. andrew yang down at the bottom with just over 500 words spoken last night. reid wilson with the hill newspaper, senior correspondent with a wrap up comparing the total time given to candidates over the course of the two debates. it was only joe biden and kamala

harris who had over 11 minutes of speaking time last night. bernie sanders, cory booker, beto o'rourke and pete buttigieg, those candidates in the 10 minute range of speaking time. elizabeth warren at nine minutes and 7 seconds of speaking time ad julian castro considered breakout star on that first night of the democratic debates with 8 minutes and 13 seconds of speaking time during that first debate. from twitter government, twittergov is the website. the most tweeted about moments from the first round of democratic debates, kamala harris and joe biden having a passionate exchange about race was the most tweeted about. of the second-most, the candidates sharing what they would do as president. harrisrd most, kamala saying america does not want to

witness a food fight, they want to know how we are going to put food on the table. this was the most searched democratic candidates ahead of night 2. bernie sanders and joe biden dominating the searches in states around the country. kamala harris being the most searched candidate in the state of wyoming. after last night's debate, kamala harris far and away the most searched candidate around the country. mayor pete also coming in as widely searched in the moments and hours after the debate. that -- the author on the debate stage, the most searched candidate in the state of michigan. host: vox.com calling kamala harris the winner. the loser they say was joe biden and they point to that moment john was referring to as one of the most tweeted ones where the senator confronts the former

vice president about his record on race and they say it was that connection she made to biden's policy record rather than just his chummy attitude to colleagues that made the attack so piercing. biden did not have much to say and ended his feeble reply on almost -- on an almost too poignant metaphor, "my time is up, i'm sorry." [video clip] >> we have heard and i will direct this at vice president biden. i don't believe you are a racist and i agree with you win you commit yourself to the importance of finding common ground, but i also believe -- and it is personal and it was hurtful, to hear you talk about the reputations of two united states senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race in this country. it was not only that, but you

also worked with them to oppose busing. there was a little girl in california who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools and she was bus sed to school every day. that little girl was me. i will tell you on this subject, it cannot be an intellectual debate among democrats, we have to take it seriously. mischaracterization of my position across the board. i did not praise racists. if you want to have this campaign litigated on who supports civil rights, i am happy to do that. i was a public defender. i left a good law firm to become a public defender when, in fact, my city was in flames because of the assassination of dr. king, number 1. number 2, as vice president of

the united states, i worked with a man who we worked very hard to see to it we dealt with these issues in a major, major way. -- you wouldusing, have been able to go to school the same exact way because it was a local decision made by your city council. that is fine, that is one of the things i argued for, that we should be breaking down these lines. the bottom line is everything i have done in my career, i ran because of civil rights and i continue to think we need to make fundamental changes and those civil rights include not just african-americans, but the lgbt community. >> vice president biden, do you agree today that you were wrong to oppose busing in america then? do you agree? >> i did not oppose busing in america. i opposed busing ordered by the department of education. >> it is a failure of states to

integrate public schools in america. i was part of the second class to integrate berkeley california public schools almost two decades after brown v. board of education. --because your civil counsel city council made that. host: kamala harris known for caution finds a risky move pays off on joe biden on night 2 of the democratic debate. rick in tennessee, we are getting your thoughts on what happened last night. buter: i am a bernie fanny, there is something i want to get straight. i am 67 years old and i am on medicare and medicaid. all this nonsense about -- skews me, about not being able to go to your own doctor and stuff like that is a bunch of hogwash. i can call any doctor in this

part of tennessee and tell them i am on medicare and medicaid and they will see me. any doctor. host: last night when you were listening to the debate, what did you hear on health care and from which candidate? bernie, butly from a lot of them were for medicare for all, which i think is the .ight thing to do i was watching one of the other programs a while ago and -- if everybody gets medicare for all, you will lose your doctor and lose this and lose that. you won't, you will gain because you will not be put in some kind of a network. there is no network for medicare. you go to whatever dr. you want to. if your doctor takes medicare, you go. host: health care dominating last night's second debate like

it did the first night. barbara in new york, independent caller. caller: good morning, greta. of candidatekind for the reason the first person spoke about. my main comment is about the fact that dnc gave an exclusive contract to msnbc to broadcast the debate. somebody called yesterday and said money is god and you really see it with the dnc. they are supposed to be for the working people. you see where there is money involved, they are just as bad as republicans. i think if i cannot watch it on c-span without commercial interruption, i am not going to watch anymore. i think it is ridiculous. i remember when the league of women voters used to do the presidential debates. it seems it was fairer and more dignified and i wish they had control over it at this time. host: the wall street journal

reporting nbc universal drew 15.3 million viewers for part 1 the first night of the democratic debate and as we told chargingrday, msnbc $100,000 in ads for that first night of the debate. some are calling at the top-tier candidates that were debating last night. we are getting your thoughts on what they said, who stood out to you, who did not perform well. it did you change your mind and democrats, did you watch the entire debate and who poses, do you think, the greatest challenge to president trump? we will get to more of your thoughts. first, john mcardle on more -- with more on the debate. that clip oflayed joe biden and kamala harris. the headlines focused on the performance of the former vice president.

this is from vox.com. this was not the way joe biden wanted the first debate to go. his exchange was the standout moment of the first debate. stennett is one of the associate editors in miami covering the debates. biden falters in democratic debate and this from the wall street journal, biden draws the bulk of the attacks in the second round of debates. also plenty of twitter traffic focusing on the vice president's performance. this is from brian fallon, this was his thoughts last night amid the debate and biden's performance. he said if you are the biden folks, you have two hopes. reviewsthe poor convince your principal he needs to listen and come to the debate better prepared and 2, the next round of polls does not register a new drop.

just some of the tweets from some of the news media. this is olivia, a correspondent with new york magazine, some of her thoughts and reporting from sources she talked to in the told camp saying his staff her they are freaking out about his poor performance. following up with that tweet saying the source said field staff say the campaign organized debate watch parties in early voting states had been "awkward" and biden is not playing well. according to biden's staff, he is not listening to his debate rep and he is set in his ways. some response to her reporting in her tweets from the biden camp, this is kate who is deputy campaign manager spokesperson for the former vice president's presidential campaign in response to her first tweet saying the biden camp was

freaking out. she responded saying "nope." one other quote saying today we had our best online fundraising month.nce our rally last she thanked team joe for their support. one more tweet to show you in terms of twitter reaction. this from president donald trump this morning on twitter. his reaction talking about vice president biden's performance and focusing on bernie sanders as well saying -- he is in japan for the g20 representing our country, i heard it was not a good day for sleepy joe or bernie. one is exhausted and one is nuts. host: larry in massachusetts. did you watch last night or the first night? caller: yes, i did. thanks for having me on. i was disgusted with the performance of all of them. i am african-american.

i am a social worker. not one of them touched on black america's number one issue. about busing.lk i was up here in boston during the 1970's. it was a failure. she should have been against busing. we fail when we decide integrating schools instead of having all schools we control. it was a flop, she should have been against busing. the number one issue for black americans is the racial wealth gap and reparations. none of them speaks, in my mind, for black america. immigration is killing black america. nobody speaks about that. who pays the cost of all these

people coming here? democrats speaks of what -- on what is affecting black america. that is my opinion from the trenches. host: have you switched to being a republican or have you always been a republican? caller: i have been a democrat and republican. what i am telling black america is not about party affiliation or gender, it is about policy. what are your policies toward black americans only? host: who do you support then? caller: right now, i am with trump strictly on immigration. did not vote for him, but immigration, i am with him on that. decimating black america. host: on last night's debate and the first night, what did you hear from those democratic candidates on immigration that

you did not like that makes you want to vote for president trump. caller: health care. $4 billion for these so-called kids. what about black american kids out here? citizens.s are not we have lineage that goes back to the plantation. we built this country, but you don't find anything for black americans. thedy is speaking to nobodies of america. there is something wrong with that in my opinion. host: is there any candidate in the field of democrats that you possibly are leaning toward that you could vote for if you heard them talking about the issues you want them to talk about? a one.- caller: not they lack courage. harris, booker, none of them are talking about the issues for black americans.

we are the nobodies. that is a problem. host: we will go to stephen, democratic caller. caller: good morning. watched the debates last night and i felt -- for the first time i felt i heard the next president speak and that is going to be president kamala harris. i think the way she handled herself was very dignified and stately and i think she is only going to continue to build momentum and i would like to add and i am surviving cancer kamala harris was at a rally the day after trump got elected and i got to talk to her that day and she said she would fight and defend health care for me and she has kept her promise to me

in my mind. lastas fought so hard the think when she was speaking last night, we heard the next president speak. host: stephen in los angeles. we will go to mike, independent in wellington, north carolina. your turn. thanks for taking my call. i am sorry i am going to have to rebut the last caller. i had to force myself to watch the debate, but i am glad i did. i think kamala harris is a nasty, mean person. i watched her performance during .he kavanaugh hearing these people always have a one track mind about racism, i think they are racist themselves. and that is all they have on their mind, racism, racism. i think she is despicable.

i am sorry to disappoint that caller, but she will never be president. host: who did perform well in your eyes? caller: let me see if i can think about who did. senator -- i forget the name of colorado. the colorado governor. host: john hickenlooper. that has thene sense to say they have to get back to the working class -- they are like in the twilight zone. i am independent. i used to be registered republican, but i am independent, unaffiliated now. i cannot believe their policies. they are unbelievable. republicans are not perfect either. no one can beat trump, i don't feel. i don't feel anyone is going to beat trump. host: are you considering voting

for president trump? caller: sure. no doubt about it if i am living and able to. he is not perfect either, but he is more sensible than the democrats. host: did you vote for him in 2016? caller: i did. i certainly did. host: how solid would you say your support for the president is now after 2 plus years. caller: no doubt. i never say never, but unless something changes, he has my vote. host: kimberly, san diego. a democrat. caller: how are you tonight? host: i am doing well. caller: i just want to say i have been listening in and i watched both debates. i watched wednesday's debate and thursday's debate. i walked into the debates with no opinion on no specific candidate, right? over the two, i would say tonight's debate was a more compelling one and i think,

particularly, the engagement between senator biden and senator kamala harris, i think biden -- i was leaning toward him, but after the engagement tonight, he lost my vote and i will be looking at kamala harris a little closer because he was offputting. she asked him a direct question and he kept deflecting. i agree with his campaign people around him. he knew this was going to come up and he came into the debate very arrogant, not thinking he had to prepare, already thinking he had our vote. as an african-american person, he lost my vote tonight completely. in san diegoy is and she said "tonight," because it is 4:00 a.m. there. stacy, good morning. caller: good morning.

i wanted to comment on the caller, i think it was larry. he said they did not discuss anything that been invaded black america. i think he is absolutely wrong. a discussed-- kamal reparations. even though i am going to vote for elizabeth warren because she can do the most for middle-class america, i thought kamala harris did well and made lots of points related to black america and how we can benefit with her positives. it did not matter who was up there, larry just seems like he is paid by the republican party. i just wanted to make a point there were discussions of reparations. gillibrand also mentioned that, which was surprising. senator harris was very much on

point. host: i gathered from larry that immigration is his number one issue and right now, he is hearing what he wants to hear from the president and not these democratic contenders. what do you think about that? caller: i think as an african-american, i think immigration -- this issue of immigration the president is pitting minorities against immigrants. i think that is a manipulative tactic. this guy, larry, is going to vote against himself. if you look at policies republicans have passed, they have been against larry. they have been against working-class african-americans. he is literally cutting off his head to spite his neck because of ridiculousness and really just going on emotions. host: john mcardle with the

headlines out of last night's debate. host 2: this is the front page of the new york post this morning, the headline, who wants to lose the election, saying all major democratic candidates raise their hand in favor of free health care for illegal immigrants. that is that -- here is that moment from last night. [video clip] >> a lot of you have been talking about government health care plans. this is a show of hands question and hold them up for a moment so people can see. raise your hand if your government plan would provide coverage for undocumented immigrants? [applause] >> the moment last night conservative news organizations jumping on that moment. here is two headlines including this one from townhall.com. every single democrat wants to give illegal immigrants free health care. breitbart with a similar

headline you can see and president trump jumping on this issue from overseas on twitter saying all democrats raising their hands for killing -- giving millions of illegal aliens free health care, how americansng care of first. that is the end of the race. host: jerry, republican caller, did you watch last night? caller: i watched part of it. i just wanted to comment. all these democrats are talking about hitting up corporations for money. the middle-class is going to pay that because most people have those stocks in their portfolios, 401k and such. it is going to hit the middle class because when these corporations, they start taking away from their profits, it will hit your 401(k) and retirement plan. host: three -- who do you think

candidates, poses the greatest challenge to the president? caller: i would say probably kamala harris just because she is african-american and a female. i think that will pull a lot of african-american female voters towards her. thank you. host: devon in philadelphia, democrat. caller: how are you doing? host: good morning. caller: good morning. i did watch the debate last night. i am moving more towards kamala harris, but i like amy klobuchar . i am going to tell you this, i have done a lot of traveling in urbanountry and all this african-american communities i travel to, they are struggling, massively struggling. so much poverty and it doesn't seem like they are really getting any relief. they are dying. i heard the other caller say

about how the african-american community is doing. i had to calling because it is really bad out here. host: do you think these democratic candidates are talking enough about it? caller: absolutely not, no. host: what do you think could be the outcome of that for the election? think-- caller: i president trump is going to get reelected and i am a conservative democrat, but i support president trump. i think more african-americans should look at his ways and may be compromised because at the end of the day, we need to make a deal to get something we need in this country and i think he is the best person to do that. host: you are a conservative democrat. it did you start saying you could support one of these candidates? caller: yes. i think kamala harris on the

debate stage with president trump would be something that would be the only way i would tip either for president trump or kamala harris. in mississippi, also a democrat. good morning, welcome to the conversation. go ahead. caller: that man was talking about kamala harris being i have toith race and agree. joe biden doesn't help himself because he does not know how to debate. elizabeth warren i like a lot. if they keep throwing their hands up talking about supporting illegal aliens, i might just go to trump. host: did you go to the president in 2016? caller: i went with hilary. host: this immigration issue

alone would be enough for you to vote for president trump again? caller: absolutely. these are not even american citizens and they give them more attention to american citizens. that is a disgrace. -- she is coming off as bullying. i don't see why -- i don't think she would see much of a bump. host: why do you like elizabeth warren? caller: she explains her positions, she is more detailed. host: i have to let you go, sorry. we are breaking up here. rodney and others mentioned kamala harris and how she performed last night in the debate. here is another moment that caught the attention of viewers and became the third most tweeted and that is when the

senator talked about avoiding food fights. [video clip] >> senator harris and then we will let you all speak. senator harris. >> america does not want to witness a food fight, they want to know how we are going to put food on their table. on that point, part of the issue at play in america today and we have all been traveling along the country. i am meeting people working 2 and three jobs. this president talks about flouting his great economy. how are you measuring the greatness of this economy of yours? he talks about the stock market. that is fine if you own stocks. so many families in america do not. how are you measuring the greatness of the economy?

they point to the jobless numbers and unemployment numbers. people in america are working two and three jobs. in our america, no one should have to work more than one job to have a roof over their head and food on the table. host: john mcardle has more on that moment. host 2: we have talked before about that being one of the most viral social media moments of the campaign. you saw the crosstalk and interruptions. i want to show viewers this chart from the washington post that tracked all the interruptions and cross talks and attacks during the course of the two nights. the first thing you will notice is there is a lot more action on the second night, that is the right side of the chart. there is a lot more lines going to and from different candidates including joe biden with a lot of incoming and outgoing. the washington post explaining the line's thickness equals the number of references to another candidate or person like

president trump, the size of each candidate's circle is equal to the proportion of time spoken for the entire debate. the washington post counting 53 instances of candidates interrupting each other. wednesday was a bit more subdued. still some 30 interruptions over the course of that debate. of the top five interrupters, 3 were women including kiersten gillibrand of new york, kamala harris, and marianne williamson as one of the top interrupters. the president came under fire, you can see him in the center of this chart from candidates on both nights and he drew particular iron last night and received 31 attacks the first night compared to 36 attacks last night. warren and de blasio were the only candidates who did not go after the president. one more story, this from box.com, their story can wrap up of the debate. they said the candidates on the first night of the debate were

winners because they were able to talk more about policy and interrupt each other less. box reporting saying the first night felt about a debate of ideas and candidates agreed with each other as often as they disagreed. elizabeth warren endorsed bernie's health care plan. lot mores debate had a talk about people, donald trump, for 1, and also each other. the four winners and three losers. host: we will go to moe watching in pennsylvania. caller: good morning, my dear? . how are you? host: good morning. caller: most of your callers already mentioned about the disaster they are talking about, but i will talk about two things. one is to correct one of your callers saying 1 -- kamala harris was african-american and talking about tax cuts for the

rich. they have misinformed the american people so bad. -- cuts for the rich president trump made them bring that money back. some of those companies did stock buyback, which improved the stock price, which many of andamerican 401(k) benefits created jobs and opened factories. they don't talk about all of this, they only talk about rich, rich. they are a disgrace, they are liars, and do everything for the vote. everything they are doing for immigration, it is all about the vote, nothing else. if you forget about americans, especially african-americans, look at california. half of californians are

sleeping on the sidewalk. nobody talks about that. that is all i have to say. they are a disgrace. i am a foreigner and i came to this country for years ago with nothing in my pocket. there are millions of foreigners like me and we work hard and pay taxes and i am a very successful businessman. i am proud of this country. every morning, i kiss the ground. thank you, jesus. thank you, god, i live in this country. host: are you a citizen? did you vote? caller: of course. host: how did you vote in 2016? caller: i am independent and the first time i voted for president obama. the second time i saw he was not doing anything i support and 20 i voted for president trump. i am from iran. i am persian and persian people ,hat only hope to have this man

-- host: how solid is your support for the president in 2020? caller: right now i am almost 100% unless some of these -- if they say that, i might rethink about it. right now, forget about it. illinois,lia in democratic caller. caller: long time, no call for me. i have not called since the election, it has been 2016. it pushed me from being independent to becoming a democrat. that is how bad trump affected my life. i was calling because if you look at history, america has a

of depending on women of color, especially black women -- women of color to clean up the messes people have made. women of color, i am a black woman, for centuries have been expected to care for america's homes and children's, nurse the ill and the dying and pick up the slack, the heavy lifting when help is needed. i am not surprised kamala harris did so well in this debate. what i am surprised by and what pushed me into becoming a democrat is the fact that so many people, children, grandchildren, even the great grandchildren of the people who fought in world war ii against

those who committed crimes against humanity would support a person like trump. he is xena phobic and push to the country in that direction. he is racist and puts the country in that direction. i could say a whole lot of bad things about don the con man. host: let me ask you about the debate last night and joe biden, the former vice president's performance. what did you think? my felt he was fumbling a bit. i still love joe biden. i plan on voting for him in i am going to do that is not his familiarity only comforting for me,

everybody loves uncle joe, but his presence makes me feel good about being an american because only america could produce somebody like joe biden. host: what about the argument youngert night by a generation saying it is time to pass the torch. much ati think with so stake, we could push joe to the left like bernie did with hillary. we cannot -- i think senator harris would make a great vice president. i think she should be the number one candidate for the job. you heard that guy from north carolina call, i was ready for him to say uppity. there is a certain perception in this country, still, about how black women are supposed to act,

sound. i don't think she will pass over that barrier like barack obama did and he did it because he was a male. host: let's show that moment from last night when eric swalwell tells the former vice president it is time to pass the torch. >> we must always be a country where technology creates more jobs than it displaces. we have to modernize our schools, value teachers who prepare our kids. 's community,rica especially where places where the best exports are people who 6 years old i was when the presidential candidate came to the democratic convention and said it is time to pass the torch to a new generation of americans.

that candidate was joe biden. joe biden was right when he said it is time to pass the torch to a new generation of americans and he is still right today. if we are going to solve the issues of climate change, pass the torch. if we are going to end gun violence for families who are fearful of sending their kids to school, pass the torch. vice president, would you like to pass the torch? >> i am still holding onto that torch. we have to make sure everybody is prepared better to go on for an education. that is why i propose us focusing on schools in success. that is why we should triple the amount of money we spend on title i schools. that is why i think every single person who graduates from high school needs something beyond high school and we should

provide that education. that is why there should be free community college. --t is why we should be making less than $25,000 a year. their debt is frozen, no interest payment. we cannot get people in a position where they are not able to go on and move on. there is a lot we can do, but we have to make continuing education available so everyone can compete in the 21st century. we are not doing that now. biden.6-year-old joe how old should a president be, joe mcardle -- john mcardle? host 2: that was asked in a recent new york times piece, including this chart that shows the age of each candidates in the presidential race. mayor pete buttigieg under 40, eric swalwell. 6 candidates in their 40's.

8 candidates in the race in their 50's. it donald trump at 73. bernie sanders is the oldest in the race at 77. former vice president joe biden at 76 years old. siders -- in 2020, sanders, biden, trump, or warren would be the oldest u.s. presidents ever inaugurated. when it came to that moment about passing the torch, c-span's social media guru went to the archives and found this moment from february 3 1987 at the california democratic convention. this is joe biden. [video clip] >> speaking to us across the divide of the wilderness years. remember how you used to feel?

remember how you felt when you let the word go forth from this time and place that the torch has been passed to a new generation of americans? a generation born of moving on? remember how you felt when you heard the man to say i have a dream one day the son of the slave and the son of the slaveholder will sit down at the table in brotherhood? host: good stuff in those archives. you can look through them and look at our campaign coverage over the decades. you can find the video library right at the top of your screen. search through all the house parties, the speeches, the debates, et cetera that we have covered over the years. we will go to susan in new jersey. it is your turn, what do you think of the debate?

caller: hi, can you hear me? host: yes, we can. gettingthe feeling i am godzilla and we are going to fight him with bb guns and flyswatter's. host: who is going to -- how is that going to happen and who is the candidate to do it? buttigieg.ove i cannot get enough of him. in this country, we have a problem with people's bedrooms and i don't think that is going to be happening. host: why do you love mayor pete? caller: he is very intelligent, he is concise. he has a great history and when -- he was watching

something, one of these democratic -- i am sorry, what? host: one of these democratic -- caller: so full of energy and so full of realism and the love of the process and what he was doing. i could listen to him all day long. let's listen to him last night because many are pointing to the moment he is asked about the police shooting in south bend and how he handled it as mayor. [video clip] > your community has recently been in uproar over an officer involved shooting. the police force is 6% black in a city that is 26% black. why has that not improved over your two terms as mayor? >> i could not get it done.

my city is in anguish. i am not allowed to take sides until the investigation comes back. the officer said he was attacked with a knife, but he did not have his body camera on. it is a mess and we are hurting. i can walk you through all the things we have done as a community, all the steps we took from bias training to de-escalation, but it did not save the life of eric logan and when i looked in his mother's eyes, i had to face the fact that nothing i say will bring him back. it is an issue facing our community and so many communities around the country and until we move policing out of the shadow of systemic racism, whatever this incident teaches us, we will be left with the bigger problem. the fact that there is a wall of mistrust putting up one racist theat a time, it threatens

well-being of every community and i am determined to bring about a day when a white person driving a vehicle and a black person driving a vehicle, when they see a police officer feel the exact same thing. a feeling out of fare, but safety. i am determined to bring that day about. host: pete duda judge -- peter buttigieg' at last night's presidential debate. getting your reaction to what you heard from those candidates. a two hour debate for both nights. republican.k, ohio, what did you think of it? caller: thank you, darling, for taking my call. i watched a bunch of the same old lies that come out of the democrats' mouth. the only person i think has a chance and if i were going to vote democratic, i think his name was hickenlooper. he is the only one that made sense to me.

he had pretty good intelligence as far as how to fix things. i kind of trusted the guy. he gives me a sense of trust. i would like to talk about our friend. our lovable curmudgeon bernie sandy claus. this guy is a lifelong marxist. -- he vacationed in cuba. he cites the country of denmark as a democratic communist country -- democratic. in denmark, they have a 56% income tax. if you made $70,000 in denmark, got 37,500. they also have a sales tax on

everything, including food. aboutuld be living on $20,000. wake up. socialism is not the answer. host: let me just ask you about your first part of your comments that hickenlooper is attractive to you as a candidate. that you mean, then, are not 100% behind president trump? where is your support for him? caller: absolutely not. i am trying to be kind to a pack of liars, hypocrites, and bullies. that is what the democratic party is and why i left years ago. i am a born again republican. host: why? why did you switch to republican? caller: i am tired of the race baiting. calling my president a racist. 92% from cnn is negative news on my president.

maddow, 98%.hel everything that comes out of their mouths are lies and hatred against my president. they are calling me the same thing they are calling my president. yearsbefore up until 4 ago, you were a solid democrat -- always voted for a democratic rest -- candidate? caller: i was because i was a steel worker and i was being told who to vote. suddenly it was like diamond silk sale all the time, i walked through that gate. i said, you have not done a dang thing for me all these years. you promised me the moon and have given me nothing. now we have a president actually doing what he said he was going to do and he did not do any favors when he ran for the office.

i did not want to have the same old politicians getting in. this country has to be fixed. we are going to lose our country because we are the arsenal of freedom. host: what has he done over the last 2.5 years you are going to take with you when you vote in 2020? $2500 tax got a refund. all these democrats lying and saying they did not get a tax refund, when you change deductions and add childcare credits, everybody got money back. i am sure you did and if you say you did not, you are a liar. taxes done things for our . of course, we have ira's or stock market investments look rather good right now. i also think he is fighting to bring back traditional values. i am not for having live

abortions. people who have already given birth to a child can have an abortion. that is considered murder where i come from. host: james, newark, new jersey. democratic caller. hi, james. good morning. caller: good morning. host: who is your candidate, james? caller: it changed. warren.t elizabeth i give her money every month. joe biden was my candidate, but .e is caught up in his ways for vice president -- and for the department of humanities, cory booker. host: okay. james, what do you want to hear

than now going forward after listening to the last two nights and these 20 candidates? what do you want to hear from these 20 or so that will make you zero in on one? been republican 1996. i supported eisenhower. host: kathy in san diego. democratic caller. hi, kathy. caller: hello. host: good morning, you are on the air. caller: i am calling to say people might not realize, but unless we keep everyone in our country healthy, the citizens are not going to be healthy. it is just like the measles epidemic. if everyone does not get their child immunized, those who do pose a threat to the rest of the people.

only take care of the health care of citizens and let other people go without health care, those people will make our our citizens unhealthy. i don't understand people who don't want to give health care to everyone in our country. tom from ohio, he is not paying attention. if you are not outraged with trump, you are not paying attention. trump has given billions of dollars to the 1%. he has had the most turnover in his cabinet. they are all criminals. they are all in there just to get what they can get from our country and our money. he is not paying attention and if he is talking about lies, that is all trump has done.

over 10,000 lies in the first two years of his administration. host: given everything you have just said, which one of these candidates can take on president trump and win in 2020? caller: i think anyone of them could. i think mickey mouse could beat trump to be honest with you. trump is so bad. host: more of your comments coming up. inwas round 2 hosted by nbc florida. john mcardle has an update on what is happening in washington. host 2: iran was one of the issues that came up. yesterday in the senate as this washington post story notes, the billionassed a $750 defense bill. vote. a 86-6 the house and senate are expected to face serious hurdles

as they attempt to reconcile differences on nuclear weapons. trump's division of resources at the border and overall pentagon spending levels. as the washington post points out and as you can see happening on the senate floor, in an unusual move, there is a debate happening now about whether to retroactively include language in the bill passed yesterday that would prohibit president trump engaging in military action -- with military action in iran without congressional approval except in the case of self defense. that debate started at 5:00 a.m. and the vote on this retroactive amendment is expected to be held open all day long to allow time -- get back to washington. the amendments you will hear -- tomeferred to as

udall said this is a big moment and if you are with us, speak up and tell your senators it is time to halt this reckless march toward war. senator tim kaine joined this legislation as a lead cosponsor, "congress should have the guts and the backbone to go on the record on any war before we order our troops into harm's way." that is what is happening on the senate floor now. this from the washington post story on what may happen with that amendment. republicans have been reluctant to endorse that effort, arguing it would send a bad message to the iranians if they appear to be challenging the president's authority in the midst of a crisis. it is a message to our enemy that we have a president that is impotent.-- you can watch that debate happen

all this morning and afternoon on c-span 2. host: back to our calls on your reaction to the second democratic debate. 8:00 a.m. on the east coast and let's show you another moment from last night's debate when each candidate is asked what is the first issue they will tackle. [video clip] >> what is that first issue for your presidency, eric swalwell, you are first. >> for parkland, for orlando, for every community affected by gun violence, and in gun violence. >> climate change and the lack mobility.c ability -- >> passing a bill of rights that pre-k, affordable daycare, and making sure women and families can thrive in the work waste, no matter who they are. -- in the workplace, no matter who they are. >> passing a middle class and working families tax cut,

daca, gun -- >> senator sanders? >> there are one or two issues out there. >> senator -- >> the political resolution. people have to take off the special interests. >> first issue, mr. vice president. >> i think you are so estimating what barack obama did it he is the first man to bring in 196 nations to -- 196 commit to climate change, immediately. i don't buy that. the first thing i would do is make sure that we defeat donald trump, period. buttigieg, your first issue that you will tackle. >> we have to fix our democracy before it is too late.

pass a 1000 dollar freedom dividend for every wouldan adult, which soft climate change. i wouldnor he echo >> do a collaborative approach to climate change and announce it well before the election to make sure we do not reelect the worst president in american history. call is the prime minister of new zealand, who said her goal is to make new zealand the best place in the world for child to grow up. because the united states should be the best place in the world for a child to grow up. host: now we turn to all of you. what is your reaction to hearing all of those candidates last night and wednesday night? first. heard two of the the campaign season is underway. darrell in caldwell, idaho, independent. good morning to you. caller: good morning, greta.

because i am independent, i am a lot freer than a lot of other people so i look at things from a different perspective per most of those people on that staged, judges, know how many have a lawmaking element of their occupation. then you look at congress, republicans and democrats, those people are lawyers. they are trained to argue and get nothing done. donald trump is the only guy who has ever been able, in just a few words, he comes into what the actual story is. there are incompetent people, and you have a situation where none of these people running for the presidency forever one second think, you know what, you know who controls the planet? the same one who controls the universe. but you will not mention that

because you have some people who will put dynamite on them and that is not good. hillary wrote a book on what happened and what happened is that the creator of the universe did not want her to be president . time to lock her up. host: darrell, which one of these candidates are you worried about, in a general election matchup? because iy of them have faith in the fact that who runs the world is going to select who the president is. methods.ump has his he is not accepted because he is not a lawyer. because you have all these people in congress that are not like that. host: johnny in georgia, democratic caller. caller: hello. -- hed like to talk about admitted last night that he could not even run south bend. so why he is running for president i do not understand. in the last two days, democrats

have led me to believe that there is a big problem in the political arena because nancy pelosi, she just signed a bill that i don't believe nobody would agree with and got it passed. i don't even know what she did. host: are you talking about they -- caller: they are going to take that money and use it to build a fence. biden, he was my man, but he cannot hold it together. -- host:k if it is not biden, who? think i will have to go with elizabeth warren if she can keep it together. people in the democratic party, they have messed up the last two or three days. i just don't see why they jumped

on that senate bill like it was the end of the world. i just don't understand it. host: so you did not want moneyats to agree to this for the border. strict not without very rules of how that money should be spent. that is the only way they should have did it. like mitch mcconnell -- he has got to be laughing to death about this. ,e got that little evil grin and he probably called trump right away and told him. host: you are looking for a candidate who is going to stand up to the republican leaders and the president, and you think that is elizabeth warren? caller: yes, i think elizabeth warren. she kicked out her defense

first. she is not very old and she can handle it. host: what johnny is referring to is the house passing yesterday a supplemental emergency aid bill for humanitarian aid and border security on the u.s.-mexico border. "the washington times" conservative newspaper frames it this way. aidosi gives border requested by president trump." democratic caller. hi, deborah. caller: hello, greta. please let me that my point all the way through. first thing i want to say is that we are no longer the united states. we are america, but we are not united. and i don't think we ever will be united states. second thing is, this country is greed, and god is in last place. and for that reason, this country will sell their soul to the highest bidder, all because

of money. everything they say is the economy, the economy. but in the meantime, they are losing their children to gun violence, to drugs, climate change. they do not see the big picture. as far as the democratic candidates, for me it is too early to tell who would be the best candidate. i am going to have patience and take time, but i have so little faith in this country right now because we are so divided. we will continue to be divided. lift up a person in the presidential position it has disrespected fellow americans in so many different categories -- handicaps,le with veterans -- and that is accepted offer the price of a higher dollar, that is a sad state. host: who are you referring to?

caller: i am talking about the president we have, the condition that he has. i think it was done divinely to show what america is really about. it is not about unity, it is about money. that is the most important thing in this country. like i said, the kids are suffering, the climate is suffering. but the only thing they can the economy"oh, is so good." it is like you sell your soul for the price of a dollar. whatever we sold, that is what we are going to reap, and i can live with that because i will be just fine. host: deborah in illinois, democratic caller. john mcardle with more on last night's debate. >> we have been keeping track of reaction to the debates on capitol hill. members of congress tweeting out there reaction live last night

and have been doing so this morning as well. here is a sampling of some of congresswoman, a one of the lead progressives in the house, saying "bernie's answer to medicare for all -- he is the candidate who knows this issue the best and made a popular wave back in 2015 -- made it popular back in 2015. proud to be the lead sponsor of the house bill, driving the fight for universal health care." boyle, democratic congressman from pennsylvania -- "until the pulling comes out next week, showing new movement in the race, that is the reality. of most previous primary debates." climate change received only seven minutes, just eight minutes during thursday night's debate. we cannot keep sweeping this

existential threat under the rug. it is time for a real climate debate. that is from climate summoned -- from commerce and lacy clay from missouri. and one more, david sisley income a democrat from rhode island, saying he is very pleased with kamala harris. those are some of the tweets from members of congress. we have been looking at yours. aria saying on facebook this morning, "it is unbelievable anybody things kamala harris is a good choice. look at her state of california. is that what awaits america?" chris saying, lots of drive, good questions, anyone would be a massive improvement over trump. need more substantial debates. liz saying trump would never show up on tv without a tie. he is a class act, referring to andrew yang's decision to not

wear a tie to last night's debate. another saying that joe biden would be a great president. another saying kamala harris had a good night. anyone that thinks she fired a lead for shot, get ready for return fire. she spent her career as a prosecutor. be sure that something unsavory will be found. you can keep making comments on facebook, on c-span.com -- facebook.com/c-span on twitter @c-span can follow us wj. host: back to callers. commenti just wanted to on the previous politicians. i had not watched the debate, both of them. example, a gentleman, larry, i believe from massachusetts,

was talking about his struggle as a black man and how immigration affects him. it is amazing how other black people who are comfortable 10 to dismiss the struggle -- tend to dismiss the struggles just because they are comfortable now. the only thing i have to say goingthat, larry, he is to vote for that person that is going to resolve his issues and he is going to bring his family and friends with him. the lady from maryland is probably just going to stop by on her way from work and not even have time to go vote. so the person who will win is the one who hits on larry's issues. host: we go to anthony in minneapolis. democratic call. did you watch the debates? caller: not really. i have been listening, and i watch off and on. i just really feel like what america needs is somebody who

has skin in the game. i am 60 years old, and we are talking about people in their 70's, close to 80 running the country. another thing i wanted to bring havereta, is that we also 6 million empty jobs in america. every job that everybody has had has been trained. i don't understand why we have such a big problem. this country was founded and built on immigrants. and one more thing. -- and to deal with the take care of our best treasure, our children. they have schools, everywhere, not just in the inner-city. we are talking about suburban schools. white kids are in schools with water leaking all over the place. one more thing -- i would like c-span to try to run a special. i saw this lady talking about that if they were going to be a dictator in america, she would want trump we need to find out,

and try to heal that. because america needs to stay together and start being the united states of america again. host: anthony, who is your candidate? caller: to be honest with you, i -- with the guy from texas i'm sorry -- host: beto o'rourke? caller: yes. three years ago, i saw beto o'rourke on your show. he reached out to me and helped me get my disability that took 40 years, basically, through all the republican and democratic. but i am not going to -- that is who i want to win because he did not have to do that. he was not running for president then, and it would not have counted anything for him running for senate. i need somebody who is going to look out for me. americans, stop hating people because they are going to get

something that you didn't get. that is ridiculous. host: immigration was also one of the key issues brought up again and again in last night's debate. here is senator kirsten gillibrand, democrat from new york, talking about immigration. >> one of the worst things about president trump that he has done to this country is he has torn apart the moral fabric of who we are. when he started separating children at the border from their parents, the fact that seven children have died in his custody. the fact that dozens of children have been separated from their parents and they have no plans to reunite them. i would do a few things. first i would fight for comprehensive immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship and second, i would reform how we treat asylum-seekers at the border. i would have a community-based treatment center within the community, where asylum-seekers are given lawyers, where there are real immigration judges, not employees of the attorney general, and have a

community-based system. i would fund border security. the worst thing president trump has done is he has diverted the funds away from cross-border terrorism, cross-border human and gun trafficking, and he has to prisons.oney i would not be doing that to lockup children and asylum-seekers. host: kirsten gillibrand is 52 years old, the senator from new york. "the new york times" says she was once a congresswoman from a conservative house district with views on guns to match. let's go to jesse from roosevelt, maryland. democratic caller. caller: hi, greta. can you hear me? host: yes, i can. caller: i want to make a comment about who i would pick. my mind is made up.

i have seen her put scott brown on his behind in connecticut. i vote for elizabeth warren all the way. all the way with elizabeth warren. host: ok. jesse in maryland. missouri, louis, independent. who is your candidate? caller: i don't support the democratic party at all. ok.: you voted for president trump in 2016 and you are going to vote for him again? caller: yes, i voted for his policies. host: erica, you have to listen through your phone. please turn off the tv. caller: ok. for theica, you voted president in 2016, you are going to vote for him again in 2020. have you always voted republican? anler: actually, i am independent, but once again, i go off the policies. host: ok. caller: the democrat party has

went like all the way to the left. they are basically just supporting the illegals. before this, they have totally forgot about the american people, the values. they are trying to erase our history. they are just overboard. this is overkill. and we need to really pay attention to what we are teaching our next generation because the democrat party is working against america with the foreign countries. against our country. they have sold us out big time. host: i would show this to you and others. listen to what mayor pete had to say about immigration and how republicans frame it. party likes toan cloak itself and the language of religion. our party does not talk about that as much, largely for a very good reason, which was we are

committed to the separation of church and state, and we stand for anyone of religion and for people with no religion. but we should call out repot chrissy -- but we should call out hypocrisy. to suggest that god would smile on the division of families at the hands of federal agents, that god would condone putting children in cages, they have lost all claim to use religious language again. , at: san diego, california democratic caller. good morning. caller: good morning. host: what did you think about the debate? caller: thank you for taking my call. i watched, and i like what come notla said -- we do want a food fight, we want americans to put food on their table. i don't know about california, but we have no living wage. ,e do not have any rent control

and i lost everything. so my family struggled. you have these candidates there, and they rarely talk about our bottom line. there was another candidate that talked about we should have a living wage. it might have been kamala harris, too. where if you have a job, you should be able to pay your rent. guess what, i can do either. host: we showed that to you earlier. that moment being one of the most tweeted moments from last night's debate, when kamala harris talked about avoiding , interparty food fights, and for democrats to talk about the issues to the voters. do you agree or disagree with that? we are going to hear your thoughts on that this morning. also, having republicans, to talkents join us, about what they saw in the

debate as well and who poses the greatest challenge to president to a, and are you open, different candidate in 2020? liddy in kingsbury, texas. democratic caller. caller: good morning. i am calling about my candidate, which is bernie sanders. he is the only one serious about going up against the special interests, big pharma, insurance. none of these conglomerates -- because all of these conglomerates are basically running this country. i will continue to be with bernie. thank you. host: how do you think he did last night compared to the other candidates? asler: well, as short a time they were all able to take, he did well. he got his message across. he let people know his ideas, and medicare for all is another good one. i am part of the military system because of my husband, so it is

basically a government run insurance and i would not pay -- traded for private sector -- i would not trade it for private sector in a minute. i am very well aware of how it works and how it can work. host: were you for bernie sanders in 2016? caller: well, yes. i voted for him in the primary, but when he lost the primary i did not vote for hillary for the election. to theet's listen senator from vermont last night. he was asked about socialism. when --do you say >> the last poll had him 10 points ahead of donald trump because the american people understand that trump is a phony, that trump is a pathological liar and a racist,

and that he lied to the american people during his campaign. he said he was going to stand up for working families. well, president trump, you are not standing up for working families when you're trying to throw 32 million people off the health care that they have, and that 83% of your tax benefits go to the top 1%. that is how we beat trump. we expose him for the fraud that he is. host: that was bernie sanders last night, when he was asked about socialism. thinkl talk about how we the candidates did. let's go to bill in panama city, florida. a republican. hi, bill. caller: good morning. , have been a lifelong democrat and i am going this morning to change my status to republican. host: tell us why. caller: well, i was wishy-washy

in the last election between hillary and trump, and i just felt that hillary with the benghazi incident, i just wanted to go with trump. i seen him in there and listening to these candidates talk, they want to give money to everybody. i worked hard all my life, myself through college. nobody paid my tuition, i did not ask for anything for free. i paid my house off. and i am looking at my bank account and they want to take more money out of my pocket and giving it to people who have not contribute into society. they talk about taking my health care away. these politicians, are they going to be on this medicare for all? i am tired of giving my money away to people who have not contributed to society when everybody wants something for free. you are not going to please everybody in this country, and there will always be a group of people who will be left out or feel unfair, and i am just tired of giving my money away that i worked hard for. host: i think you were referring

to the moment where the candidates were asked, would your health care proposal cover undocumented immigrants. were you watching at that moment? caller: yes, i saw that. it upset me that i struggled to pay my health insurance, and then i have to pay for somebody else who has not contributed to society, pay taxes or social security, and they are going to give health care to them for free? i am not the kind of person who gives free stuff away when i am working hard for my money. i struggle to survive every day. host: you voted in 2016 for hillary clinton? caller: i did not. i voted for trump. host: i thought you said that you switched your party affiliation. caller: i am going this morning. i wanted to give him a chance to see how -- to give them a chance

to see how things played out in this debate. i saw it, and i am going to change to republican. host: is there any one of these candidates who could make you stay in the party or possibly vote for them in the general election, even if you switch your affiliation to republican? caller: not the way they are talking now. on the abortion issue -- this is murder. this is not abortion, this is murder they are talking about. they say life ends when the heart it stops. -- when the heartbeat stops. n life starts when the heartbeat stops. -- wendy heartbeat starts. host: now a republican. he will officially switch to vote for president trump in 2016. referring to the moment last night when the candidates were asked if there health care plan would cover undocumented immigrants. it is a moment that you can see

there on your screen, the candidates raising their hands. most of them on stage are raising their hands. here is the headline from "the new york post." "who wants to lose the election? all candidates raise their hands if they want free health care for illegal immigrants." caller: good morning america. my handle on twitter is freelancers. i promised jody that i would be , maverick, park storm, and all of us who speak to each other on twitter. i let them know that i would be calling in. thank you for taking my call. democrat people calling in saying that they are

going to switch their allegiance i dopublican, and frankly, not understand that. i watched both of the debates, and i think that all of them have great points. however, i think that we should look at those promises from donald trump -- the wall, number one. who is paying for the wall? not mexico. he said that he was going to cut added $2 but he trillion to it. he said he was going to try to save social security, medicare, medicaid. he said that he was going to are for jobs, and people working two or three jobs. host: we hear your point. who is your candidate?

caller: when i talked to the screener, i told her that i to holdo ask everyone it because we have a long way to go. i have not chosen a candidate do not wanto know i donald trump. the: who do you think won first night of those 10 candidates, and who won last night? caller: pardon me? who won the first round of the 10 democratic candidates on the stage, and who won the second round last night? caller: i think elizabeth warren won the first round, and i think kamala harris won the second round. that ticket would be great because it would be the first female ticket in the history of the country. -- why arek that

republicans calling in, greta? with the republicans, every debate, it was for republican callers only. now that we had the democrat debate, we have to listen to all this poison from republican callers. that is not fair. host: ok. loretta in cleveland, ohio, one of our active twitter viewers on c-span. post your comments on facebook and keep tweeting in. john mcardle has other news for us. >> we talked about president trump quite a bit this morning. he was a factor in the debates last night. president trump is overseas today, continuing his appearance before the g20 summit. here is a headline from "usa today" on the president's trip,

the high-profile meeting with xi jinping expected to take place on saturday. the president visiting with the prime minister of japan, the prime minister of the republican india.f the republic of high-level meeting with undulant merkel of germany. a closely watched meeting that he had so far is with the president of russia, vladimir putin. that meeting taking place on the sidelines of the g20 summit. headline on the meeting from the bbc this morning. trump jokes to put in about russian election meddling. here's a bit from that interaction between the two and the questions they took from one of the reporters there. trump: we have many things

to discuss, including trade and , aluding some disarmament little protectionism, perhaps. discuss a lot of different things. we have had productive meetings, a good relationship, and we expect to have a good time together. vladimir, thank you very much. >> yes. speaking russian] we have something to discuss

here. all of this has been outlined. they have been together working and have given us a great opportunity to follow up on that. >> [speaking russian] >> thank you very much. pres. trump: thank you very much. [all talking at once] host: president trump at the g20 summit, meeting on the sidelines president,ssian vladimir putin. "the financial times" front page story, interview with the russian president. and the headline on the

newspaper, "the liberal idea has become obsolete pure code that is a quote from the russian president, -- has become obsolete." that is a quote from the russian president, saying it is an obsolete ideology. the president also has more meetings to come. as john was saying, he will be there saturday and then he will be off to south korea as well. for more coverage, you can go to c-span.org. brat in georgia, democratic caller. caller: -- brad in georgia, democratic caller. caller: good morning. i watched most of the debates, and all i could see are several qualified people who are jockeying to get behind the desk. so my proposal is, why don't they all get together and form an administration. a team. a president is merely a figurehead, and on their own all they can do is make things worse. but there are a lot of good

ideas. if they formed a team -- i could gabbard,et members, secretary of defense. they just need a team captain. instead of spending all this time fighting amongst one another, if they put together a cohesive unit, which the current administration has not been able to do and actually formulate policy implementation plans, i think the whole country would be better off. who is the team captain? caller: i really like mayor pete. i don't think he is going to get out of the gate, and that is a shame, but he is clearly the most intelligent person on both stages. he does not have the experience as the seasoned veterans, but we have elected experts that give you compelling reasons why -- i would rather have 40 people who do not know what can be done.

they will find a solution. from wisconsin, independent. caller: thank you for taking my call. i wanted to comment on a few things. the statement that senator harris made about the food fight versus the food on the table. i think that much of this is rhetoric.ical i talked to people about politics all the time. i spoke to my insurance agent the other day, who has a degree in journalism. i never have arguments with idea, this notion of division in the country is really a distraction, in my view. contrived by the corporate media. there needs to be a

, some realbate and an evaluation of the candidates' records. host: do you feel like you got that watching wednesday night? caller: i don't, and i think a lot of it is because of the corporate media. lookld urge the viewers to for a documented inside job to see how we got here. best ooks "greedy astards," or "makers and takers." wealth and inequality, that is the central issue of our time. fight and this division that the corporate media is obsessed with is good for their business, but it is not good for the country. host: got the point.

so which of these democratic candidates could break this up? ander: and collaborating having an administration to serve the people. but we have to look to the leaders, and bernie sanders deserves the most credit for putting forward ideas. he gets torn down constantly. kelsey gabbard is another one. she does not get listened to when she has credibility as a servicemember and a war veteran. media is doing a disservice. god bless you, sister, for working for c-span. we need to expand this and have more dialogue from the people, and less of these so-called experts on the corporate media. host: billy in river falls, wisconsin. let's listen to that from last night, the third most trendy moment of the debate where

kamala harris tells her fellow candidates, "we don't need a food fight." harris.or senator harris. we will let you all speak. senator harris. what, americanow does not want to witness a food fight. they want to know how to put food on the table. [cheers and applause] of the issue, part that is at play in america today -- and we all have been traveling around the country, i certainly have -- i am meeting people working 23 jobs. this president flouts his great economy, migrate economy. how are you measuring this greatness of this economy? he talks about the stock market. that is fine if you own stocks. so many families in america do not.

you ask them how they measure the greatness of this economy, and they point to unemployment numbers. americans are working -- yes, they are working two or three jobs. no one should have to be working more than one job to have a roof over their head and food on the table. harris,nator kamala many saying she won the debate, that she stood out last night. do you agree or disagree with that? who performed well? her performed -- who performed poorly? who are you watching to take on the president? on the republican side, who poses the greatest challenge? derek, good morning to you. caller: good morning. how are you this morning? host: doing well. caller: my thing is, everybody who calls you who says they are a lifelong democrat and all of a sudden they change their party, i think that is a fox talking.

i listen to you every day. i am a democrat for a reason. changed ins have not the democratic party since the 1960's when the civil rights situation came about. we have just become more progressive. anyone who says they used to be a democrat is more than likely republican. civil rights issues, joe biden --man, i knew that joe biden i am 57 years old and i went through the bussing situation. i did not like that mandatory drug thing. everybody played the political role. it is politics. i don't go the way donald trump goes. i am not going to vote for him. i am going to vote for whoever the democrat -- if there is a good republican, i would vote for him, but i will never vote for donald trump. host: how do you think the

former vice president responded? how do you think he did when he was asked directly by kamala harris that question? caller: i think he responded the way he is supposed to. he has to speak from his heart. he did what he had to do. bussing was not a good idea personally for me because the racist,ust not being that is democrats, northerners, and southerners. racist is a racist. i don't care where you are. the north or the south. i live in washington, d.c., and there are certain places we could not go in d.c. this was the 1960's. host: in case you missed it last night, here is the moment eric was talking about. >> i'm going to direct this to vice president biden. i do not believe you are a

racist, and i agree with you when you commit yourself to the importance of finding common ground. but i also believe -- and it is personal, and it was hurtful to hear you talk about the of two united states senators who built their reputations and career on segregation of race in this country. it was not only that, but you also worked with them to oppose bussing. there was a little girl in california who was part of the publicclass to integrate schools, and she was bused to school every day. and that little girl was me. so i will tell you that on this subject, it cannot be an intellectual debate among democrats. we have to take it seriously. >> that mischaracterizes my

position on the board. i did not raise racists. that is not true. number two, if we want to have this campaign litigated on who supports civil rights, i am happy to do that. i was a public defender. i was a public defender when in fact my city was in flames because of the assassination of dr. king, number one number two, has the -- as the vice president of the united states, i worked with a man who in fact -- we worked very hard to deal with these issues in a major way. in terms of bussing, the bussing -- you would have been able to go to school the same exact way because it was a local decision made by your city council. that is fine. that is one of the things argued for, that we should be breaking down these lines. the bottom line here is, look, everything i have done in my career -- iran because of civil

rights, i continue to think week -- i ran because of civil rights. i continue to think we have to make fundamental changes in civil rights, not just with -- >> do you agree today that you were wrong to oppose bussing in america? ini did not oppose bussing america. what i opposed was bussing ordered by the department of education. that is what i opposed. the failure of states to integrate public schools in america. i was part of the second class to integrate berkeley california public schools. >> because your city council made that decision. >> that is where it is settled -- host: john mcardle with us on last night's debate. what do you have? >> on that moment, you just showed the harris campaign looking to leverage that moment.

this morning on the official kamala harris.org page, on their campaign store. you can buy a "that little girl was me" t-shirt. store, you cane find "that little girl was me" $22 99 sales between cents and $32.99, depending on the size you pick. here is a helpful chart from the 538.com. joe biden was a leader in the polling. there was only 2500 words spoken by the former vice president. kamala harris was next, followed by pete buttigieg, which over -- spoken in2000 words last night's debate.

the rest of the candidates on the stage last night with less than 1500 words spoken. andrew yang, the tech executive, with quite a bit left, just over 500 words spoken over the course of last night's debate. one of the senior correspondence with "the hill," keeping track of time spoken by each candidate. joe biden and kamala harris, the only candidates over the course of two nights who spoke over 11 minutes. several candidates speaking in the 10-minute range, including cory sanders -- including bernie sanders, elizabeth warren spoke nine minutes and seven seconds in the first debate. eight minutes and 13 seconds. andrew yang at the end speaking two minutes and 50 seconds last night. this debate is over. 20 candidates, four hours, but there is another debate ahead, and "usa today" with their story, their wrap up, looks

ahead to the road ahead. they note that more than 15 million people watched the first night of the debate, and we are waiting to see who watched -- the stats on who watch the second night. you can expect that mark or greater. the next debate, candidates must pull at 1% in at least three surveys between january 4 and january -- and the two weeks before the next debate. most candidates who qualified this week have qualified for the next debate. detroit will host the next debate on july 30 through july 31. it will be another two-night affair. host: dan, a democratic caller. what did you like about last night's debate, and wednesday night's as well? caller: look, greta. likei locked that's what i to the best was bernie sanders. -- what i liked best was bernie

sanders. you have republicans and democrats. it is like this woman said. i don't want to hear from these republicans. i don't want to hear from fox news people. i want to hear what people think about this. this is serious business here. we want to overthrow king trump. now i am going to say this. you something.k hearing from republicans who voted for president trump and voted for democrats before that, saying they still are not hearing what they want to hear from democrats, so they are leaning toward voting for president trump, does that give you some perspective? does it help you understand the landscape more? caller: sure i understand it. it is stupidity. they want to vote for somebody who wants to grab women by their privates, they want to vote for

a man who says who is going to pay for the wall, mexico? they want to vote for a liar? i am not going to say no more. i am upset. i want to say something to you, please, enter brian lamb. i called in and called in and called in i don't know how many different times, and they have cut me off. i am on a cell phone. ever't know what i have done to anybody. i don't like it. and i love brian. i don't have a computer. i would love brian to call me back because i feel that i have away, discriminated, or whatever. i have never done nothing wrong on my landline, and i am sick of it. host: ok, dan in pennsylvania. if you have called in and kept it civil without inappropriate

language, you should be able to call in. we just ask that you wait 30 days so that we can get in different voices. greg in wisconsin. republican caller. caller: good morning and thank you for taking a few republican phone calls on this topic. i have been trying to get in the last two days. my wife and i have watched both debates. it seems clear the first night the moderators were focused on elizabeth warren, last night kamala harris. and hopefully more of the voices on the stage get to say more all webecause right now are hearing is the same thing over and over. i would like to see c-span at some point show some video of the immigration policies flip-flopped by some of the people on the stage. the people whoof supported immigration security and improvement under both president obama and before him, president clinton heard we had

speeches from both of those presidents wanting intense border security and immigration control, which now the democrats do not want to approve because it is going to give trump, who they hate that he is our president, it will give trump a victory. we need to do something at the border. it is a mess. host: let me ask you, from watching the last two nights, which candidate posed the greatest challenge to the president? which one could you possibly vote for? caller: the two i was most interested in from the first night who spoke with some level of logic and levelheadedness -- kelsey gabbard, and delaney, the former congressperson from maryland, i believe. they both have some really good real-life experience. apart from that, the only moderate beyond those two is biden. you talk about mayor pete. you had him on a second ago -- a

segment ago talking about what god with think about republicans. i would have to ask mayor pete what god with think about democrats and the abortion issue. you had a caller on from wisconsin a short time ago who was asking for more civil discourse on both sides. and we certainly need that. it appears to me from watching the news, listening to c-span, pretty much every day, that democrats do not want to have a discourse. they have their mind made up, all republicans are bad. you had a guy call in yesterday who said all conservatives are crackers, and you let him get away with that. i don't think the republicans are the problem. i think it is the democrats who do not want to reach across the aisle and help our country. they want to do everything they can -- remember the first day president trump was elected? resist, resist, resist. are you guys are americans -- are you guys americans? what are you doing? host: from what you just told us, could you vote for joe biden

if it was joe biden versus president trump in the election? caller: probably not, but i would give him consideration if he was not far less. -- so far left. the only reason is because if something happened between now and the election that would make me go against republicans. i don't see it happening, but i would hope that moderate democrats would see what is happening with that party. beingbeing so -- it is pulled so far to the left. i am in construction. they are lying when they say it is a bad economy. host:. another question -- what could the president do or say -- what has the president done and said over the past 2.5 years that makes your support for him shaky? caller: my support for him is not shaky. you are creating a hypothetical,

but i don't believe it. three democrats, the only in a logical sense who is not a flaming liberal that should be considered should be biden, delaney, or gabbard. the other ones are all saying the same thing. kamala harris, they all say the same thing over and over. free stuff, free stuff, free stuff. host: i asked who you would support and you said joe biden. john mcardle has an update on what is happening in washington on c-span2 in the senate. floor will see that the is being held open for votes right now, and i want to explain why. the senate yesterday passed a $750 billion defense bill. today they are voting on an amendment that would be applied retroactively to that bill if it passes. that amendment would prohibit any military action against iran without congressional approval.

you will hear it referred to today as the udall amendment. the vote on that amendment 5:02 a.m. this morning, and it will be held open all day long to allow members who were in miami for the debate to get back and vote. perhaps congressional history be made today, this one from chad from fox news. if you are scoring at home, this vote officially started at 5:02 a.m. eastern. it would break the vote for the open, fivee held hours 20 minutes, at 10:42 a.m. eastern. republicans are reluctant to endorse this effort, not likely to pass, the publicans arguing it would send a bad message to the iranians if congress

appeared to be challenging the president's authority in the midst of a crisis in iran. is what is happening today. that is why you are seeing the action take place. host: we go to deborah in milton, florida, a democratic caller. caller: i am very upset. the rate --e pulled kamala harris, people the race card last night. her numbers are very low. she was not moving on the polls at all. you know, and biden -- i am sick and tired of people saying he has to apologize for all the things that went on and what happened to black people during eriod of time when crack cocaine was ripping up our neighborhoods. he had to make a decision, and he did the right thing. i think it is wrong, i am sick

and tired. and kamala harris and these people out here, they want to rip that black vote away from biden, and that is what it is all about. i think it is wrong. i would vote for him any day. black people, white people, no matter who you are, vote for joe biden because the rest of the people up there are so far left. and i am a moderate democrat. these people are so far left that it is sad. this medicaid for all -- kamala harris wants to take people's insurance away from them. let's look at the facts. kamala harris, she pulled the race card last night. if i have anything to do with it, she will not get the black vote because it was dirty what she did last night. coral, florida, democratic caller. john, good morning. caller: good morning. you look beautiful like always. host: thank you.

caller: i was shocked. it was a deep feeling when the rubber hits the road, and i was -- with the democrats moving toward a socialistic economy, promising to give immigrants and other people who have not contributed anything, giving onlyoverall health care is help the medical institutions and make them richer. it is something i believe is going to cause an absolute defeat if they keep moving toward the socialism that they appear they are moving toward. that is a little scary, to be honest. it is a little scary to me. 9:00 a.m. eastern time. 6:00 a.m. on the west coast.

the second democratic debate took place last night posted by nbc news. you can compare and contrast last night with the first night, where we saw the first 10 democratic candidates come to the stage and debate. over 15 million of you watched that debate on the first night. we'll find out how many watched last night. what is your reaction to these candidates? here is a question asked by one of the moderators to each of them. [video clip] >> what is that first issue for your presidency? orlando,rkland, for ending gun violence. [cheers and applause] >> climate change and the lack of economic mobility bernie talks about. >> passing a family bill of rights that includes national paid leave, universal brca,

affordable day care, and making sure women and families can thrive in the workplace. >> i like that. passing in middle-class working family tax cut, daca, guns. >> i will give you credit for the first thing you said, the tax-cut. onlyreject that there is one or two issues out there. there are enormous crises. we need a political revolution. people need to stand up and take on the special interests. we can transform this country. >> your first issue. >> i think you are underestimating what barack obama did. he was the first man to bring together the entire world to commit to deal with climate change. [cheers and applause] >> i don't buy that. the first thing i would do is make sure we defeat donald trump.

period. >> mayor buttigieg, your first priority as president. >> we have got to fix our democracy before it is too late. get that right. >> i would pass a $1000 freedom dividend for every american adults starting at age 18, which would speed us up on climate change. [cheers and applause] >> i would do a collaborative approach to climate change. i would pronounce it well before the election to make sure we don't reelect the worst president in american history. >> my first call is to the prime minister of new zealand, who says her goal is to make new zealand the best place in the world for a child to grow. girlfriend, you are on. the u.s. is going to be the best place in the well for a child to grow up. host: what is the first issue you would like the next president to tackle?

what did you hear from the democratic candidates last night? we will go to david, independent. your turn. caller: you noticed all the candidates said they would not support anybody because they were undocumented. they are making the immigration problem even worse. they are opening the door to the world, even people overstaying their tourist visas. they would be undocumented after their 90 day tourist visa. david, as an independent, is this the issue you vote on, immigration? how do you plan to vote? caller: it is immigration, that's one of the big things. it is also funding for the infrastructure. they are saying the marshall plan, all of them agree to send

the money for south america. what about a marshall plan for infrastructure? what about a marshall plan for the homeless people in los angeles? need joe, yeah, we biden to be the next president of the u.s. hopefully he can get a 60 member senate and keep the house, and he can make everything happen they are promising like they did 12 years ago. it is the same thing they promised, but they never made it happen. do people really think everything they are promising, tax the rich? them 12 or 13tax years ago, but after -- they have -- they could have -- they did not make a peep about that. host: who is your candidate? visit joe biden? caller: joe biden.

he is not going to accomplish anything even if he could get a filibuster proof senate. they would not make it happen again. it is all lies. host: let's go to eddie, democratic caller, virginia. caller: hello. thank you for taking my call. i got a lot to say. i hope you let me say. you are the one that usually lets people talk. i am 75 years old. i have been a democrat all my life. i didn't vote in the last election because i could not trust either one of them. trump has made a believer out of me. i'm a big trump supporter now. i will be registering as a republican monday morning. thingsw, there's three that always comes out of the democrats mouth.

the first thing, a woman's right to kill her baby. that is all abortion is. is other man that called in right. it is a life. if you take that baby out of the womb with its heart beating, it is murder. it is murder if you stop a heart from beating inside a woman. the first thing that comes out their mouth is lgbtq. who can support something that disgusting? they perverted our marriages. they perverted sex. to the conclusion that anybody that votes for a democrat is just brain dead. ddie's opinions. henry, democratic caller. caller: i have not been able to watch all these debates, but i

was on the internet in the morning. i am so confused with all these people running for office. i know i'm a democrat. i'm going to vote democrat regardless. some of these callers that have called in want to change and vote for a republican because of what? i don't know what country they are living in. host: we have heard from a couple of them, because of immigration and because of the democrat's position on immigration. caller: immigration needs to be worked out in a bipartisan way. immigration is not the only thing. they are concerned about babies being born or dying. then they let babies swim across the river and die. that is something we created. the american people created by letting trump separate those

kids. that is the biggest disappointment to me in this country. host: i'm going to pause there and show our viewers. immigration seems to be a theme here. your reaction to the debates last night, it was an issue brought up as well. many of you talked about another candidate on the stage, a couple of you have talked about another candidate on the stage who has not gotten a lot of headlines, the governor of colorado john hickenlooper, former governor. here he is talking about immigration with marianne williamson. [video clip] >> the images we have seen this week compound the emotional impact the world is judging us by. if you ever told me any time in my life that this country would sanction federal agents to take children from the arms of their parents, put them in cages, put

them up for adoption, in colorado we call that kidnapping, i would have told you -- [applause] i would have told you it is unbelievable. we have to recognize the humanitarian crisis on the border for what it is, make sure there are sufficient facilities in place so that women and children are not separated from their families, that children are with their families. we have to make sure that i.c.e. is reformed and that they begin looking at their job in a humanitarian way where they are addressing the whole needs of the people along the border, and we have to make sure we provide not just shelter but food, clothing, and access to medical care. >> when donald has done to these children, and is is not just in colorado, you are right it is kidnapping. if you forcibly take a child from their parents, you are

kidnapping them. if you take a lot of children and put them in a detainment center, that is chronic trauma. that is child abuse. both of those things are a crime. if your government does it, that does not make it less of a crime. these are state-sponsored crimes. what president trump has done is not only attack these children, demonized these immigrants, he has attacked a basic principle of america's moral core. we open our hearts to the stranger. it is important for us to remember. i have great respect for everyone on this stage. we are going to talk about health care? where have you been? i have not heard anybody on this stage who has talked about american foreign-policy in latin america and how we might have in the last few decades contributed.

host: we continue with your phone calls this morning. your reaction to round two of the nbc democratic debate. guest: fundraising, the lifeblood of any campaign. it is important. the second quarter of the presidential fundraising period ends on sunday, june 30. we will not see the arts that are supposed to be submitted about the fundraising quarter until after july 15. it takes time for candidates to report numbers to the federal election commission. last night was key because it allowed candidates to showcase themselves and ask for donations. several candidates last night after the second debates announcing it was a good night for fundraising. here is one of the reports from the hill newspaper.

campaignory booker's saying they got a boost on thursday. his campaign manager announcing thursday was booker's second-best online fundraising day of the campaign, falling only behind the hall he took been on his launch day. other candidates taken to twitter last night in giving appeals to their followers to donate money. this is mere buttigieg -- mayor pete buttigieg. he is talking about the night he had on stage yesterday and asking his donors to consider making a contribution. this from the campaign spokesperson for former vice president joe biden saying we had our best online fundraising hour since our rally in

philadelphia last month, thanking team joe for their support. candidates getting involved in this race at various times. there were plenty before the first order fundraising reports were due. here is a reminder of where the fundraising totals stood after that first quarter report. this is from generally, february, and march of this year from 538.com. bernie sanders with a 20.7 million haul, kamala harris 13.2 million, john delaney with reported wellpoint one million milliona reported 12.1 haul. massachusetts, republican. caller: thank you for having me

this morning. 1980 was my first voting. i voted for ronald reagan. i voted for him twice. i got so disgusted, i hadn't voted until trump. trump lit a fire under me. i listen to the morning show. joked about how she toked blunts and listened bob marley, and at the same time she was locking up hundreds of black men. i would tell them never to vote for a person like that. be true to yourself. she tried to take down -- for t hat. i don't like joe biden. she played the race card.

she was 10 times worse than him. host: before you go. who concerns you the most on the democratic side that poses the greatest challenge to president trump? guest: i hate to tell you, i have not seen a challenger yet. i have not seen a challenger. actually delaney is the only other businessman. we need to keep jobs coming into this country. economy, right? we lost 5 million jobs. work.ne is back to college. coming out of host: there was another businessman on the stage last night, andrew yang, an entrepreneur.

let's listen to what he had to say about universal basic income. [video clip] >> it is difficult to do if you have companies like amazon paying zero dollars in taxes. we need to put the american people in a position to benefit from these innovations in the economy. if we had a value-added tax at even half the european level, it would generate $800 billion in new revenue. it would be a trickle up economy. it would circulate through our regional economies and neighborhoods, creating millions of jobs. we would save money on incarceration, homelessness services, emergency room health care. just having a stronger and healthier population would $700 billion.y automation is automating millions of american jobs. we automated 4 million manufacturing jobs in michigan

and ohio. where are about to do the same thing to millions of call center jobs, truck driving jobs. >> if i understand, you are saying when thousand dollars a month for everyone over 18, but a value added tax, so you can spend that thousand dollars on value-added tax? tax, andlue-added still be increasing the buying power of the bottom 94% of americans. you have to spend a lot of money to eat up $12,000 per year for individual. that's from andrew yang last night. rodney in california, democrat. who is your candidate? caller: i really don't have one. host: why not? caller: i just have not decided yet. three,d be out of the kamala harris, bernie sanders,

warren. anyway, i'm just sitting here listening. i cannot believe how ignorant americans are. i'm an american, but when i listen, when i hear these people, especially republicans, really ignorant. i mean bernie sanders and war you, sits there and do,s you what they want to in plain english what they are trying to do, and you still don't understand, it makes you wonder what's wrong with them? telling you what steps you need to take to get big business and all them to change things, how

they're going to go about doing it. it's going to take everybody. i don't understand why they don't understand. host: ok. edward, new jersey, independent. how did you vote in 2016? caller: i abstained. i was a bernie sanders supporter, and i was put off the democrats colluding against progress. i was happy with the debates. it is nice to hear something. weakught bernie came off avoiding the socialism topic. basically the military and fire department are socialism. i wish instead of avoiding that he had gone further into it. i guess my last thing would be about the callers, the

conservatives saying immigrants are taking up all the resources, and the homeless here and the vets here need stuff. are the conservatives going to back a social program that clothes and feed the homeless and veterans? they hate immigrants. there are a lot of homeless people here. i hope all these people have a plan to help the homeless that they seem to be so concerned about. that level of populism has any benefit come i enefit, i hopeb maybe they start to feed the homeless that our country produces. host: let's show you a moment from last night where bernie sanders was asked about roe v. wade. [video clip] >> my plan, as somebody who believes for a start that a woman's right to control her own

body is a constitutional right, that government and politicians should not infringe on that right, we will do everything we can to defend roe v. wade. second of all, let me make a promise. you asked about litmus test. my litmus test is i will never appoint, nominate any justice to the supreme court unless that justice is 100% clear he or she will defend roe v. wade. third of all, i do not believe in packing the court. we have a terrible 5-4 conservative court right now. i believe constitutionally we have the power to rotate judges to other courts, and that brings in new blood to the sprinkler, and a majority -- the supreme court, and a majority that will understand a woman has the right to control her own body and corporations cannot run the

united states. host: that was senator sanders last night on roe v. wade. what did you hear from these candidates, and what issue is the most important to you as you think about 2020? bruce in michigan, democratic caller. those questions to you. which issue is the most important to you? caller: i think the two issues that are not being discussed right now, one is 5g internet. this is going to be a threat to our health, privacy, and liberty. the ways this infrastructure that trump is supporting are going to cause a lot of disease. i have five years in medical research. i have been researching this for over a year now. this has to be stopped. the second issue that is not

being discussed is project veritas has found out google is trying to slant the election away from trump. this is a violation of our first amendment. this is dangerous. on theublic was founded first amendment and free speech. i have never seen such censorship in my life. i have been suspended four times since last october from facebook, which has never happened in the 12 years i have been on facebook. what they are censoring is not conservative speech, it is us that is opposed to a globalist agenda. that would mean open borders. we don't want this 5g technology the united nations is pushing. i have nothing against immigrants, but we've got, in

seattle,isco, tacoma, we have a third world of homelessness. host: let me post the question to you -- pose the question to you that a previous caller like youould folks that are saying we need to take care of people here, have you heard of president trump -- from president trump i plan to take care of the homeless here? and what is it? dingle inran against -- i think number one we have to stop, we have to get rid of the amendment. that will stop the flow. then we will have more money for our people.

$230e spending $100 to billion a year supporting illegal immigrants. host: we will go on to duane in washington, d.c., democratic caller. caller: thank you for taking my call. host: good morning to you. caller: several issues i take umbrage to. some african-americans, and i am african-american and irish-american. i can trace my lineage. people are incensed how kamala harris talked to joe biden. papaare her go up against joe. a lot of black people will vote for him because he was vice president under barack obama. kamala harris had the, excuse my expression, the balls to go up against him. her experience was personal.

i know people who were bussed, my cousins. it was traumatic for them. she was basically speaking from personal experience. she was not pulling the race card. she was doing what she should do. she shouldn't back down. there was another gentleman speaking about instruction work. i live in washington, d.c. there are hundreds of buildings going up. however those residential buildings are not affordable housing. area, thean average home on my blog is hitting -- block is hitting $2 million. theme from what they call upper echelon of the african-american community. i was fortunate.

my mother went to boarding school. my grandfather went to boarding school, maine. what they call passers. people thought they were white. they had privilege. the average home in washington, d.c., is not affordable. for joeg furrede biden, he is familiar. we need to get rid of some of these people that have been there for over 30 years. we need new thinking. i called my congressperson yesterday. tting't agree with allo money for the borders. we have crumbling communities in our country. if my house is on fire, i am going to put my fire out first.

our inner-city schools are still substandard. host: on your point about kamala harris, her hometown paper in california, l.a. times, kamala harris finds a risky move face-off against joe biden. -- pays off against joe biden. guest: we showed reaction from democrats on capitol hill a bit ago. here is the reaction from republicans. lindsey graham of south carolina saying, this is becoming donald trump's election to lose. democrats are on the path of making trump look like george washington. the more they talk, the better he looks. never forget, it was obama and biden's administration who withdrew troops from iraq leading to the rise of isis.

henderson mark walker is a republican from marc calanog. "there's no unborn life that cannot be taken, no tax that cannot be raised, and no private insurance that can't be replaced. theflash, donald trump wins first two debates." america leads the world with more than one million legal immigrants per year, does citizenship mean nothing? president trump saying in his latest tweet this morning u.s. time, i am in japan at the g20 representing our country well, but i heard it was not a good day for sleepy joe or crazy burning. -- bernie. what's the big deal?

here are some of your comments. thomas saying, the only possible winner will be president trump. earnest saying all the democratic candidates did a great job pretending they care about bernie's platform. nothing but empty promises. it started last week. i chose harris and buttigieg for the candidates dems endorse. witt saying there will be a steady diet of race, gender, and orientation cards going forward. us toriting in, asking compare the democratic fund-raising to president trump's fund-raising. here is us doing that. bernie sanders was the leader in the first quarter. million.in $20.7

president trump in that time brought in $30 million. 34.8 million in the bank for his election campaign. 18the 24 hours between june and you 19, president trump million.n $24.8 we will keep responding to your tweets. host: it is 9:30 a.m. on the east coast. we have 30 minutes left in today's "washington journal." last night was around to of the nbc -- round two of the nbc hosted democratic presidential debate. all the candidates will be meeting next month in detroit for another debate.

ken, from what you have heard from these democratic candidates, who do you think poses the greatest challenge to president trump? caller: someone we have not seen yet. i am worried for the democratic party. i'm a believer we need more than one party and government -- in government. to watch the rhetoric in the basic distortion of reality being tossed around by the democrats is scary to watch. abortion, we've got to come to an agreement. it has to be at least one trimester, maybe not passed the second. they don't want to. immigration can not be fixed. can't we stop these people from coming here so they don't try to cross raging rivers at their peril? they are dying trying to get here. they are being raped.

drugs coming across the southern border. how do they know what is coming across the other areas that are not secured? how do they know if they don't know it? problems to many their arguments. transgenders, we had a democratic candidate talk about abortion rights for transgender male. i don't get it. what are we talking about? is the democratic party in reality? we need more than one voice in our government. host: are you 100% behind president trump? yes.r: the policies, the man, i come from new york. i never really liked the man. it is not the man i am supporting. he is doing what he said he was going to do. host: jasmine, new york,

democratic caller. caller: hello? host: good morning. caller: good morning. yes, i'm worried about senator harris. she do a long, long thing last night. biden.instead of -- is --ll biden that she the racist card. host: ok. michael in chicago, democrat. caller: hello. host: who is your candidate? caller: biden by far. host: why? caller: i think he is the best person for the job. he is qualified. warren is my second choice.

kamala harris, i like are also. i am upset the way she went after biden. we have to stick together. i thought it was terrible she went after biden. biden is the best person for the job. host: how do you think he did last night in response to her questions? caller: he did very good. he went after the issues. he did not go off track. we have to stick together. we need to go after trump. host: ronald, philadelphia, independent. caller: in the first place, i have to agree with the young man a minute ago. when harris jumped on biden bussed.ssing, i was i was not bussed. i had to leave the booker t. washington high school in virginia.

we had to go from booker t. washington to robert e lee high school. nobody can tell me when i pulled boy tolde young white me i was the captain of the team, so you can't park there. i did not need to be bussed. i needed equal education. why did they have me leave the school i was in? all they had to do was of great it -- upgrade it. nobody illegal. aliens? who's hiring them? talkinge grown ass men about abortion, let's kill the rapists first. host: are you still there? caller: yeah. host: are you voting for joe biden? caller: joe biden, kamala

harris, talking about bussing. voted for the people that made her education better set of worrying about the buzzing. host: chris, maryland, another democrat. caller: good morning. i did not watch the debates, but i did read about the debates yesterday, and i have been listening to c-span this morning. it seems like a lot of focus has been on the immigrant crisis. i don't think they are really focusing on the fact that this has been manufactured by our present administration. the policies have driven this crisis. are kind of playing into donald trump's theme. host: let me ask you something. you are a democrat. you did not watch yesterday. you do not watch last night. you are watching today. why didn't you take the time? caller: i am a nurse, and i work

night shift. host: you are busy working. caller: i was busy from 7:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. this morning. i am interested in what is going on. the other thing that bothers me is they are not talking about the divide between the rich and the poor. this country was built on the backs of the middle class. we are totally being forgotten. i think people are being fooled that the republicans are working for them to help the middle class people, but it is not getting better. the divide is getting worse. at the history, it has been the democrats who have been for the middle-class working people. joe biden, i was born in delaware. i have not lived there since i was i remember joe biden from when i was growing up. door for my to

hometown asking for my mother spoke. she said no, she is a republican. that is her right. joe biden is a good, honest man. he is not a rich man. he was never a wealthy politician. he was not wealthy until his books.ote so many people on the republican side are super wealthy. they are lining their pockets with the money of the working class people. we are losing. we are not gaining. host: who is your candidate? anybody but donald trump. i would vote for anybody because i am so afraid of his policies.

there are about 20 minutes left in our program. it is a rare morning when the senate comes in before we go on the air. that happened this morning. the senate was in officially at 5:02. you can see the reaction on the floor right now. asterday, the senate passed $750 billion defense bill. today, they are voting on that would be applied retroactively to that defense bill. would prohibit any military action against iran without congressional approval. heldote expected to be open throughout the afternoon for senators who are returning from miami. craig kaplan with more information about what is happening on the floor. votes to would need 60

pass this amendment. some of the speculation among congressional reporters is democrats are not expected to get that. the vote is being held open for several hours. it could become the longest .enate vote in history five hours and 18 minutes is the longest senate vote so far on record. it was on december 1 of 2018. it ended with vice president pence casting his tie-breaking vote on the motion to proceed to a house passed funding bill in an attempt to prevent a government shutdown. 12:30 and ended at 5:39. a rotating cast of senators in the president chair.

craig kaplan noted the first senator to preside over the senate was ron johnson of wisconsin. sasse ofr ben nebraska. in the third hour it was mitt romney of utah. rob, democratic caller. talking about last night's debate. who stood out to you? caller: good morning. this is bob. bernie sanders stood out to me. he did wonderfully well. when asked what his main issue was, he said governments. it depends on who we elect. people, we the right can get the right policies. host: ok. ron in illinois, republican. caller: hello. i was watching these debates.

i thought we were supposed to see democrats. these were all socialists, socialist ideas. they are going to take 70% of our income. that is crazy. it is crazy. donald trump is the best president we have had in decades. one that hasst done anything he has promised to do that i know of. i don't know where these democrats are coming from. is the best they can do is throwing socialists on stage? host: ron illinois. loretto in florida. ok. caller: thank you. that's ok. i love you guys. i love c-span. i wanted to make a comment on the debate last night.

i still say there are too many people right now i'm for him or for her. with kamala harris, even though i am an african-american voter, democrat, i did not see kamala harris attacking joe biden. minute -- attacking white men. we all called in. we want to use personal attacks. she is speaking truth to power.

when the shoe is on our foot, we want to say we shouldn't do that. she has the right to speak up. listen.d be able to sure, i will vote for her because she is a black woman. she is not my first choice. it doesn't mean biden is. there are so many different things that we need to look at. not just call names when you have nothing else to say. this is all i'm going to say. say or has nothing to cannot give you facts, he does the same thing. it is a bullying tactic. when you cannot get facts, you call people names. that is just speaking truth to what is. i love c-span.

you guys are doing a wonderful job. listen and hear what people have to say. bring the facts. leave the words alone. sides she ish african-american. she is so hateful against white people. if you can't give facts, don't come on the line with vile things. host: democratic caller in virginia. your turn. caller: hello. i'm a first-time caller. thank you. i like c-span. host: don't be nervous. tell us your thoughts. yesterday, kamala whats, i think she said she feels.

every time the woman speaks, this is a chauvinist word. says, why is she asking this and that? oo, butjoe biden, to he seems uncomfortable. he could have had a straight answer. everybodything is have a right, especially white ,eople have a problem everything is becoming about questions the race card. they don't want to deal with the problem. they don't even want to hear about their race. that is the problem. the other thing is i feel like when i heard, i feel like i live

allifferent america because the people, how they hate each other. when i came to america, i thought i see different people. people call, and they say they used to be a democrat. they are lying because you can tell the way they talk to they can be straightforward and say what they feel. you don't have to live. -- lie. host: we will go to charles in new jersey. we have 10 minutes left in the conversation. as an independent, how did you vote in 2016? caller: i voted for trump. i am up in the air right now. i watched both the debates this week. what bernieke

sanders was saying and what joe biden was saying. the thing is, i have heard all this before. right now, i am just on hold until we thin out the candidates a little bit. i was a republican. i voted republican last year because i voted for trump. all the other times i voted, mostly when i was younger, when the democratic party was a different kind of party, i was a democrat. i see the changes in that party. host: why are you not 100% behind the president right now? why are you up in the air? what about this president makes you consider going back to democrats? caller: the taxation and the money thing.

middle-class people, i'm not even middle-class. i'm 70 years old and retired. i don't know. i'm just undecided right now. sure the make candidate i vote for is going to do the best thing he can for the country, not for me or the other guy down the street, but for the country. host: it was the tax bill you did not like under this president? caller: i did not. too much money went to the upper class. eddie in michigan, democratic caller. caller: how are you doing this morning? host: morning. caller: i did not watch the first democratic debate. i did watch the democratic debate last night.

saw with all 10 of the democrats last night, everybody is saying what they are going to do when they first get into office or when they get there, but a lot of the things they say they are going to do, a lot of that stuff is going to be challenged in the courts. on top of that, they might have a chance if they can maybe get a democrat congress, a democrat senate. they might have a chance to pass a lot of things. as democrats, we have been in them situations before where we had a democratic president, a democrat senate, and a democrat congress. stuff they're saying, it is not going to be that easy. it is not going to be that easy to get done. not that he's a

democrat, but he has done a lot of things. he has done a lot of things. stuff the democrats are saying, they can say a lot of things. .hey don't say a lot of things host: i'm going to leave it there. we only have a little more than five minutes left. an update on the supreme court. guest: yesterday was the last big decision day of what is called the 2018 term of the supreme court. that term ending this week. the work is not finished with the supreme court this morning. today was the release of orders for future cases at the supreme court. here is the big news this morning, the supreme court announcing they will hear arguments over the trump administration's termination of

the deferred action for childhood arrivals program. stake areotes at protections that allows dreamers to live and work in the u.s. legally. cases thering about supreme court will hear in the next term, declining to hear a case on an album law that bans common abortion methods. noting thebinson supreme court will hear a case that upholds a fraud conviction that upholds the bridge gate scandal under chris christie. that can be expected in the next term of the supreme court. if there is more news out of the court in the next 10 minutes or so, we will jump in and let you know. int: we will go to linda california, democrat. caller: good morning. how are you? host: good morning. caller: the reason i wanted to comment is that i am concerned

about the party, and i am 70 years old, and i am seeing it is not the same party it was when i was younger. i believe theyld do have many good ideas in terms of things they want to do for americans. i am 70 and not happy with the tax-cut because it did not consider people like ourselves that do not have children or other things. that i wishing is that some of the blaming going on, everybody seems to be blaming one person or another. callingsome of the name or finger-pointing, i would like

to see us like we used to be, work more together and try to come together and be cohesive and love your country more than you hate each other. as far as the ones that are running today. the people that are running for office. i think i would be towards widen. he reminds me of the party that i am familiar with. going down, trying to work within, not going so far to the left or the right because it can go both ways. work with the republicans so that we do past bills that are good for americans for the country as a whole. host: on what issues do you want the party to come back to the middle? definitely, being from

california, i would love to see them come back in the sense of immigration. i think we need to get hold of the immigration situation. it is really affecting our country in a negative way. we have lots of veterans where i live, and i see them and worry about them. we have a lot of homelessness. i worry about that. the other area would be i think that the programs -- i am on medicare. i don't believe in the government running a medicare system. i think if there are people that need help with their health plans, we should help them. i think many people work, and like i did, i would prefer my over ar's health plan government health plan.

the government is in washington. i'm in california. that is basically what i have to say. , delaware, republican. what i have to say about the debate last night, what i saw was if they continue down pushing socialism, that is not what our country was all about. it was not built by our founders. we should not be giving free health care to illegal immigrants because they are not a citizen. thate people really know so far this year, it has cost the american taxpayer over $130 billion to support illegal

immigrants? host: denise in maryland, our last call. good morning. caller: good morning. how are you? host: what did you think of the debate? who is your candidate? caller: i was leaning towards biden. still am. i like harris because we are going to need someone like harris to defeat trump. biden was holding back. he seemed a little distant. when trump steps into the arena, it is going to be all fight. the last caller did not like the fact that harris was pointing the finger. that is what the debate is going to be about. i like harris because i don't think it is going to be time for a woman president or african woman president. if i thought that was possible, i would vote for kamala harris. she has a lot of values that i stand for.

racismks more about the in the police department that needs to be stopped immediately. i am 67. it has been going on since before time. it is still going on. people are just talking around it. health care, my son is on disability. every time i turn around, somebody is saying he has to pay $500, $1000, this and that. where is he supposed to get the money from? it doesn't make sense. they are not even looking out for these people that need help. host: denise with her thoughts on last night's debate. take you for all of your thoughts, phone calls, the tweets and facebook comments as well. that does it for today's "washington journal." we will be back tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. enjoy your weekend. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019]

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