>> "the contenders," about the men who ran for the presidency and lost. all week at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. tonight, president of candidate and considered one of the best orders of his time, william jennings bryant. president trump continued his reaction to joe biden's vice president of pick, tweeting this morning, " senator kamala harris started strong and finished weak, ultimately fling the race with almost zero support. that's the kind of opponent everyone dreams of." "washington journal" look into more reaction with kamala harris as a vice presidential nominee. good wednesday morning to you. you can go ahead and talk calling him right now as we show you how the joe biden for kamala

harris played out on the front pages of several major national papers. this is the front page of "the washington post." "a historic move." ine first woman of color number two slot for a major party." front pages of new york tabloids, from "the new york daily news," "yes we kam." "kamrades," is what they went with. frome political headlines, huffington -- poo huffington post, making history. we want to hear from you this

morning about your thoughts on that pick and as you are calling in, we want to remind you where kamala harris came from before this pic was announced yesterday . here's some of her background, ,orn in oakland, california 1964, as we said, the daughter of jamaican and indian , she was the san francisco district attorney from 2004 to 2000 11, leaving to become the california attorney 2017, thenm 2011 to leaving to become the u.s. senator from california elected steen and she announced her presidential run in january of 2019 in oakland, california, ending her pain in early december of 2019 -- campaign in early december of 2019.

getting your thoughts this morning, gil is up first out of jamestown, north carolina. democrat. good morning. i wholeheartedly support the election of kamala harris for vice president. but just doesn't urgent, i would like to give my opinion and prediction on the cabinet on the veryd qualified people that ran in the primaries. going down the line quickly -- host: we don't have to do an entire cabinet, but give us a few. caller: michael bloomberg, secretary of defense, kristin care -- kristen gillibrand, director of the v.a. andrew yang, secretary of commerce. theklobuchar, director of guy. cory booker, chief economic advisor. joe stiglitz, secretary of health and human services.

dr. fauci, secretary of housing. mitch landrieu, secretary of education. michelle obama, she would be fantastic in that director chief of staff. so at the powers, with secretary of energy, i would like to see someone of the caliber of dr. muniz.chu or ernest someone, a physicist or engineer. host: one question, susan rice was one of the people haps in the running for vice president. why her at labor? caller: no, secretary of state. host: ok. caller: sec. of labor would be andrew yang. all of these individuals that were so qualified in the eye mary's would form an excellent cabinet. thank you for the call, gil. although there is an election. kristen is next, arizona.

republican, good morning. for taking myyou call. i just wanted to say that kamala harris has one of the most treacherous records in the criminal justice system. this woman's staff, while she was attorney general of california, stood in front of multiple panels of judges with exculpatory evidence in their hands and they refused to admit that they did wrong. they refused to admit -- they refused to even turn over the evidence favorable to the defendant. these were classic brady violations that her staff defended and even when the judge said -- no, your job is not to simply obtain convictions, your job is to administer justice --

you are ministers of justice. and why, why is kemal and her staff ministers of justice? in their oath it says that they must faithfully exit the duties of the office. that word, faith, is trust. belief, assurance. full credit. moral conviction. understanding the difference between right and wrong. breathable, equitable, open-minded. it has all the things of being fair in the criminal justice system. this is one of the reasons why people fall for whatever the media says about her record, because they don't have wisdom. that is why, pun intended, the faith is grounded in the word in the word and the word says wisdom is the principal.

host: got your point there. carl is next, virginia. good morning, how are you? caller: -- host: doing well. caller: i think that joe biden did a good thing by picking her this is running mate. a lot of the black community orld not have voted for him nominated him for president if herid not, you know, choose . or susan rice. you know, so he did the right thing by choosing her. as far as the other stuff these other people are speaking of, it's amazing how they love to put the bible into the political realm when it fits their purpose , but then if they look at the whole thing, anybody that goes

abortion, you know, they are going against god's word, right? the lease you done to my little ones you done to me. host: gene, louisville, kentucky, what did you think of the pick? caller: i think she's a good pick, but i digress. like mitch mcconnell, you know what i'm saying? he will legalize heroin before he legalizes, legalizing hemp, before he legalizing weed. host: let's stick to the vice president pic. did you think it fundamentally check -- change to the race? yeah, well, fundamentally, she got her own tax plan and biden is going to go off of her tax plan. you know? the tax plan that he got, he's

taxing too much, you know? she got a good tax plan where you know, you can donate the right off to charity and stuff like that and have a tax break, you know what i'm saying? her plan is better than his. that's why he picked her. you know? she was one of the few that had their own tax plan and everything like that. she got everything in a row, all her ducks in a row, stuff like that. that's why he picked her. he wasn't going to pick what's .er name, the white woman senator, i forgot her name, you know, he wasn't gonna pick her because she's talking about taxing the rich and taxing everybody to sense on the dollar and everything like that, you know? is puttingthe 1% back into the economy. they buying food, they buying agriculture, buying food for

black communities and stuff like that. the 1% is doing good, better than the old 1%. this morning, talking about kamala harris in her policies. deep dive on that today in "the themork times," comparing on a variety of policy issues, left of center is what they say in the paper version headline. among the policy issues they look into is racial justice and leasing. obviously a major issue this election cycle. they write that is harris planned out her vision for criminal justice reform, standing up for black america, as part of the plan she call for ending mass incarceration, cash bail, death penalty, and a review board, making attending historically black colleges and universities debt-free for students, and every -- and many

other measures on capital punishment. she chose not to seek the death penalty in major cases on moral grounds. as the attorney general she appealed the decision declaring the death penalty law unconstitutional. they wrote that perhaps the most memorable moment of her presidential campaign came in the first round of the debates when she confronted mr. biden about his fond recollections of working with segregationists in the senate and opened up about her personal history with school busing. here is that moment from that democratic presidential debate. [video clip] >> it's personal. actually, it was hurtful to hear you talk about the reputations of two united states senators who tilt their reputation and career on the segregation of race in this country. it was not only that, but you also worked with them to oppose busing. you know, there was a little

girl in california who was a part of the second class to integrate her public schools. she was bussed to school every day. that little girl was me. on thisll tell you that subject, it cannot be an intellectual debate among democrats. we have to take it seriously and act swiftly. as the attorney general of california i was proud to put in place the firemen that all my special agents wore body cameras and kept them on. host: kamala harris there, from that democratic presidential debate key moment. by the way, want to go back and watch the moments throughout her rear and public service, she has 195 appearances on the c-span video library. we put together a playlist of clips highlighting some of those appearances, including her presidential campaign

announcement, or swearing in as , and some of her key moments in senate hearings. all of it available to you for free on our website, c-span.org. , republicancollege mine, what did you think of the pick? i'm actually pretty confused about the choice. i imagine that his main goal is to appeal to the radical left. take a look at this, during the primary debates she insulted him, more or less called him a racist on national television, therefore as the democratic party slides further to the left , vice president biden has made a poor choice. those that he's trying to appease, they are overwhelmingly anti-police. why would he pick someone with somewhat of a sketchy record as the district attorney and attorney general of california,

the second-largest justice department in the united states, only second to the federal doj, why would he pick her to appeal to the bases trying to get to. you understand? you know what i mean? host: that was ben, pennsylvania. richard, independent mine. good morning, you are next. thatr: i wanted to say c-span ran her presidency nomination speech and i thought it was a terrific speech read i'm thrilled that she's running and i think she is tough enough to handle the presidency read i just wanted to sound off on that. host: democratic line, good morning. jeffrey. caller: i get tired of these republicans talking about leftal left, -- calling bad. this president been doing bad since he's been in office. i think it was a good choice.

to me, just because what she said about buses back then, at that time the laws was kind of difference. you had to do the busing thing. but then you realize, there was a lot of crimes in the black community and places. why they want to hold that against her? i believe she going to do a helluva job. when trump gave $6,000 to her campaign and his daughter gave $4000. now he want to call her nasty because she went after cavanaugh. why she go after cavanaugh? democrats took back the house. people didn't judge her for all of that. if anything it gave democrats more power. i don't think trump will come after her too much. i thought it would be rice, but i'm glad he made that choice and i'm happy with it and i hope the beingicans stop hypocrites. thank you, sir.

host: jeffrey and marilyn. president trump, reacting to the kamala harris announcement today -- yesterday, including a campaign and that he tweeted out, a 32nd campaign at that phony,. her as that's phony kamala. kamala. we will show you that added just a second. cary, new jersey, independent mine, good morning. caller: i don't think the nomination will mean anything different as far as getting black people on board. she tanked in her primary, you know? once everybody started looking at her record, once tulsa gabbard expose her for what she was, she started -- tulsa

gabbard exposei her for what she was. she started sliding off. joe biden has a terrible record towards the black community. you have amy klobuchar, all these democratic primary people, when you look at their records, it's bad records in the black community. we are supposed to just take that? i'm black independent. i'm a baby boomer lack independent. i'm the guy that should be voting for them. the democrats do nothing but insult black people's intelligence, especially biden. every time they let him out the basement, he make sure to say something insulting to black people. they will get my vote. none of them well. thank you. and here is that at the

president put on his twitter page. [video clip] >> the radical left, embracing the bernie plan, calling for trillions in new taxes, attacking joe biden. .oters smartly spotted a phony not joe biden. he's not that smart. biden calls himself a transition candidate. he's handing over the reins to kamala harris. ,low joe and phony kamala perfect together, wrong for america. president trump tweeting that advertisement have yesterday. back to your phone calls. caller: good morning, i'm a democrat from maryland and on and can god that biden made the right choice as far as, you know, who he wants for vice president. it's not even an issue of color. it's about respect.

he forgave her on the comment that she made back then and it's ok. caller: why was it the right -- host: why was it the right choice, marshall? caller: it's time for america to get back on track. right now this country is in turmoil and disarray. we've already got a situation with the coronavirus where it seems like trump is paying attention to it, he don't really care about it. we just need to get back to basics. get back to running this country the right way. i voted for biden and i voted work kamala harris and i feel that god has answered my prayers. thank you so much. host: this from "the washington ," taking a look at the pic, veteran opinion columnist --

flushing, new york, mine, good morning. caller: good morning to you. she might be the favorite person , but what is she going to help? we will see if she could move the black young vote. biden knocks himself out by saying garbage things. she was not going to say that. the only place she might help

him is on the woman vote. the so-called republican woman vote. well, in that case, biden himself, he said he's going to choose only black woman, so i don't know how the white suburban woman feel about this. the game is on the woman, the suburban woman that doesn't like trump. for her, he might win. other than that, the race card is not going to help. trump is a racist president. told him you are also a racist. racist president? also a racist. not move theould white suburban so-called mom.

a battle between biden and -- loseiden might use this election because of what he has been saying and he's in trouble. he tells us he's in trouble. i don't believe that one. host: got your point. mike, silver spring, maryland, good morning. caller: good morning, how are you? host: doing well. caller: do you hear the confusion on the republican lines? it means it was the perfect deck, ok? kamala is from you could say the conservative wing. kamala and biden are from the conservative wing of the that'stic already, ok the middle. he pulled into the middle. he pulled from being labeled a

socialist or that radical left leaning over that way, he pulled them back. he pulled back with kamala and him, further away from the socialist label. biden didn't hold no grudges when she attacked him about bussing. he said he holds no grudges. so, it's just like reagan and daddy bush. where daddy bush labeled ronald reagan his economics voodoo economics and all of a sudden what did reagan do? he picked daddy bush for vice president. the dude that had all of those senators, serving senators in the cabinet, that was the most insane thing i ever heard in my life. because no currently serving

senator, biden is not going to put them in the cabinet. of thes to have control senate. he doesn't want to lose in the senate. he picks kamala because she is from california and the governor from california is done attic, so he's going to replace her with a democratic senator, so there won't be no loss there. ways tolittle bit of a go before they take over the senate. do you think that will happen in what do? caller: well, they need, 51-47? host: if joe biden is elected, they would only need 50 seats because then kamala harris would be the tiebreaker. caller:6 exactly -- caller: exactly. it's 47, there's 47 democratic senators now. we probably going to pick up the senate. but like i said, it's not a loss

becauseking kamala, governor newsom is going to replace her with another democrat to finish out her term. host: we don't have to go through the cabinet, one more question before you go, but since you talked about the other caller who named his potential biden presidency cabinet picks, who would you have as ag and oh,retary of state? caller: ag? you were kind of looking at kamala being ag. i don't know about that, but secretary of state, i would say susan rice. she's a foreign policy expert. that would be good for susan rice. i don't know, i don't know about ag. you know, you know it's not going to be any senators. in anyt afford to have

of those states those senators would come from, can't afford to lose any of those 47. host: got your point. think about it, give us a call down the road and we will talk about it down the road. this is the conservative editorial board of "the wall street journal," this is how they described the pic this morning in their lead editorial. ine's a ferocious partisan, the senate she was one of the nastiest westerners of brett kavanaugh, a high bar. biden is figurehead more than a leader, and by adding harris to the ticket he has underscored that it is not just a vote to oust trump, it is a vote for the coastal progressives who ."minate the democratic party

they mentioned her questioning of brett kavanaugh, now justice kavanaugh. here's one moment from the confirmations between senator harris and the nominee. [video clip] >> have you ever discussed special counsel mueller or his investigation with anyone? >> well, it's in the news every day. >> have you discussed it with anyone? know.h other judges, i >> have you discussed mother or his investigation at -- with anyone at the law form founded by mark caso it's, trump's personal lawyer? be sure about your answer, sir. , well, i'm not remembering, but if you have something -- are you certain you have not had anyone -- a conversation with anyone at that law firm?

caso it's, benson, and torres. founded by president trump's personal lawyer. are you, have you had any conversations about robert mueller or his investigation with anyone at that firm? yes or no. directing you a very russian. yes or no. caller: i'm not sure that -- >> are not sure i know everyone who works at that law firm. quick i don't think you need to. who did you talk to? >> i'm not remembering, but i'm happy to be refreshed. >> are you saying that with all that you remember, you have an impeccable memory. you have been speaking almost eight hours, more to this committee about all sorts of things that you remember. how can you not remember whether or not you had a conversation

about robert mueller or his investigation with anyone at that law firm? the investigation has only been going on for so long, sir. >> and just trying to think of i know anyone who works at that firm. >> that's not my question. my question is if you have had a conversation with anyone there about the investigation. it's a specific west and. i think you're thinking of someone and you don't want to tell us. host: it's all available for you at c-span.org. someone hundred 95 different appearances in the archive featuring kamala harris in some sort of speaking role. you are welcome to browse through them anytime you want. north carolina, democratic line, next. i'm glad to join this show, it's going to be a show of

shows when you have a prosecutor that still asks embarrassing questions and the person on the delay,e end will stumble, and fumble through the answer. no, yes or no, they don't answer that, they have to drag it out. they will be abused and confused by a prosecutor that knows what she's doing. she has a scholarly education to back it up. is very accomplished. she won elections by narrow votes, yes, but it was a popular vote. the vice presidential debate is set for october. how do you think that will go? caller: i can't wait for that. hence -- mike fence will be tied up for the first time in his

life. he has been very sharp on doing better than his boss. i like to see mike pence kind of she will ask numerous embarrassing questions. host: sherry, new york city, republican, go ahead. caller: good morning. i just felt the need to let the world know how happy i am with this pick. i attended an hbc you myself. i happen to also be a lawyer myself. are you republican, i'm calling in on the republican line. caller: yes, i'm a registered

republican and i did not vote for donald trump, in case my mother is listening. i have been registered as republican and democrat. i don't know how unusual that but nonetheless i am so pleased with joe biden's pick. lady is so accomplished. experience ande i also believe she has the temperament. and she kind of looks like me and a whole bunch of people. women are -- we want to see ourselves in these positions. no more questions about qualifications. her qualifications are above reproach. it's really about the

opportunity. i'm so pleased with joe biden. i am. i'm probably going to switch back to democrat. that's all i wanted to say. i just felt that i needed to let my comment be known. host: sherry, new york city. this is billy out of russell, tennessee, independent, good morning. caller: yes. i just think that joe biden picked the wrong one. i'm independent, but harris, she talked about joe unprofessionally. there's no way i would pick a running weight -- running mate that talked about me when i was in my primary. so, what's going on is the presidential, his campaign group is the one that had him to have as his vice president. so, if joe gets sick or anything, you will have a lady

president. don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with a lady president. but i just don't see it. i don't see why she, having been talking the way she is, she's not very honest. so, to me, i will be voting donald trump all the way in this election. got to. thank you. billy, tennessee. a donald trump supporter. here is president trump from the thoughtsse giving his on kamala harris being picked. [video clip] >> she's a big tax raiser. of funds forlasher the military. she's got a lot of difficult things she's going to have to explain. ,lus, she was very nasty probably nastier than pocahontas

, to joe biden. she was very disrespectful to joe biden. it's hard to pick somebody that is that disrespectful. when she said things during the debates, during the democratic primary debates that were horrible about sleepy joe. i would think that he wouldn't have picked her. host: that from the president last night in the white house briefing room. here is mike pence from yesterday on kamala harris being picked as the vice presidential running mate. [video clip] >> i don't know if y'all heard the news, on the way here i heard that joe biden named his running mate. california senator kamala harris will be the democratic president -- candidate for vice president. [chanting] let me take this opportunity to welcome her to the race. i mean, we all know, look, joe biden and the democratic party

have been overtaken by the radical left, so given the promises of socialized medicine and abortion on demand, it's no surprise he chose senator harris to be his running mate. you might like to know that the vice presidential debate will be on october 7. in utah. [clapping] my message to her, congratulations, i will see you in salt lake city. vice president mike pence, yesterday. here is some of your reaction to the pick from social media and from our text is edging service. this from kenley in richmond, virginia --

host: that's what jim out of

buffalo, says. sherman, good morning. caller: good morning, america. ecstatic about kamala harris being the joe biden running mate. i was a supporter of her as president and i was very disappointed when she dropped out of the race for the sake of money. but god is good and he knows all things and it's going to work out. all of these haters, get ready. the world is getting ready to be good again. that's my comment. thank you. paul, for layout -- fort lauderdale, good morning. caller: good morning, now we have two women and not just one to look after joe biden. he has his mommy wife and i on him to make sure he doesn't mess up and now he has got a woman

who has called him a racist who is descended from jamaican slaveowners. what a great ticket they have got. is anow, kamala harris advocate for jussie smollett. foruld like anyone who is kamala harris to explain to me why she makes a good candidate when she is and apologize her and advocate for jussie smollett. thank you very much. host: more from president trump, tweeted a few minutes ago -- host: the president, up and tweeting this morning. wisconsin, democratic line, good morning. caller: you know what?

i love the pic. what, harris, you know she came up through the ranks and did the work. as far as i'm concerned, she has personality and, you know, like i said, she did the work. all of these people who are saying that she had nothing to do with anything, let me tell you what, what did penance to? nothing. her inave you watched senate hearings? is there a moment or line of rushing that stands out for you? exactly. when she was questioning these people, she said yes or no answers and you know what, they couldn't answer. it was baffling to me that she -- she's a good, what you call and, you know, it

just amazes me that people think she's a bad pick. she's a great pick. and thank you off the mic. another high-profile moment from a senate hearing, questioning over the mueller report. [video clip] >> had they ever suggested you open an investigation on anyone? yes or no. >> could you repeat the question? >> i will repeat it. has the president or anyone at the white house ever asked suggested you open an investigation of anyone. yes or no, please, sir. >> the president or anybody else? >> seems you would remember something like that and be able to tell us. >> i'm trying to grapple with the word suggest.

there have been discussions of matters out there that they have not asked me to open an investigation. >> perhaps they suggested? you don'tferred? know? ok. in your march 24 summer you wrote that after reviewing the special counsel final -- >> i will say -- x i'm asking a question. >> in your march 24 summer you said that after reviewing the final group work, rosenstein and yourself concluded that the evidence is not sufficient to establish that the president committed an obstruction of justice offense. the special counsel investigation produced a great deal of evidence. i'm led to believe that it included witness knows and emails, congressional testimony, interviews that were summarized in the 30 two forms, former fbi director comey's memos and the president's public statements. my question, in reaching your

conclusion, did you personally review all of the underlying evidence? >> no. we took -- >> did mr. rosenstein? >> no, we accepted statements in the report as factual record. we did not go underneath it to see if they were accurate. we accepted it as accurate. >> you accepted the report as the evidence? price yes. >> you did not question or look at the underlying evidence that supported the conclusions of the report. >> no. the: if you want to watch full exchange, you can do so at our website, c-span.org. 15 minutes left in this segment, but if you don't get in, we will be talking about it a bit later on in the program, three hour show that ends at 10 a.m. eastern time in rochester,

michigan. good morning. >> i watched the democratic debates and she was very active during those. when they took polls afterwards, she dropped out and only had 2% of the american population's endorsements. i'm trying to figure out what changed between the times of the debate to now. has she done something i'm not aware of that would put her front and center as a pick for the vice presidency? youprocess itself was, ok, had to pick a democrat. that cuts out half the population of the country there, ok. so, then he had to pick a woman, ok? that cuts off another 25% of the population. now your choice comes from 25% of this population. then it has to be a woman of color, dropping it down to another 50%. so, he's picking from 10% of the

population rather than trying to pick who is the best candidate to be a vice president to represent this country and run it on behalf of the american people. the process itself. he cuts off 85% to 90% of the population and from that 10% he has to choose the best of the 10% that's left and he picks a woman that debated on the television and got 2% of the population in this country's endorsements. ok? but what has changed since those debates, then to now, that makes for such a fantastic person to be our vice president and to run this country? got your point, john. peter, good morning. caller: i was on the independent line.

team independent for four years host: go ahead, peter. caller: i think it was a bad pick. with all of these tapes, you need to pull the tape in this segment of tulsi gabbard pointing at the record of her in california. she was as ruthless as a black parents thomas. she kept people in jail when she was ordered to release them, to use them as prison labor to fight the fires. she kept innocent people in jail on murder charges. she let steven mnuchin go in his bank had 1000 cases of mortgage fraud. steven mnuchin actually gave her a campaign donation. she is the corporate democrat that will bring nothing and she loved prosecuting people for marijuana. the poorest black people, brown

people, and white people, all had to do time because of her. please show the tulsa gabbard clip. it only was two minutes. host: that was peter in lakeland, florida. one of the columns from the opinion page of open quote usa today," from nicky's police, public defender for two decades, deputy public defender in san francisco. the headline, "i worked with kamala harris, she was the most progressive district attorney in california." this coming from one of the public defenders out there. the deathed to seek penalty, even on cases where a respected police officer was killed. marijuana sale cases were routinely reduced to misdemeanors and possession cases were not even on the docket. they were simply not charged unless there was a large growth

case or a unique circumstance. this was the reform minded approach want to read more of this public defender's thoughts on her record, you can go to "usa today." adam, brooklyn, new york, good morning. caller: how are you guys? host: doing well. caller: congratulations to kamala harris, she's a great pick and a strong woman. we need that today. as a disclosure, i'm a white man and since trump became president, i'm actually ashamed to be a white man. that said, i have a warning for anybody who doesn't like what's going on in the white house.

no one is going to do anything about him stealing the election again in november. and that's what i think is going to happen. got to vote, got to get out there, got to go to the polls. otherwise we will have another four years of this and this is not united states anymore. thank you. li, south carolina, good morning. your thoughts? caller: i agree with the pick and i think she will do a good job. for the callers were calling in saying that she called joe biden a racist, that's not true. .vory the command joe biden in faith, you know to forgive people. president trump said he has never had to ask for forgiveness . for us to move on and bring the world back, we have to help each other.

i think she's a very good pick. thank you. kevin, upper darby, pennsylvania, you are next. thank youod morning, for taking my call. senator harris is not a really good pick. she's not really even a black woman. she said that herself. she's not a woman of color, she never said she was a woman of color, ok? she always, she's not. daughter of jamaican and indian immigrants? she's not a woman of color. in the primary they suggested calling her a jamaican woman. most jamaican women don't black women.selves the only reason barack obama won the election was because he was

white. she's going to go down with the rest of the women. host: less than 10 minutes left in this segment. we will talk about the vp pick later in the program, but we did want to let you know about the results of some of the primaries that lace yesterday, some of those high-profile races, rollcall has a wrap up of a few of them. ohana omar winning her matchup in minnesota. she thwarted a primary challenger who raised millions amid the national backlash over her celebrity, beating by far one of the best funded primary challengers of the four primary challengers who sought to take on the freshman lawmaker, calling it a vindication for the so-called squad of progress female freshman who sought to

push house leadership to the left. omar is the left of three -- the last of three squad members to face challenges and president trump lost her minneapolis face district by 55 points in 2016. her nomination, they write, all but assures her a second term in congress. one other race that is being watched, in georgia, the headlines there, marjorie taylor greene, q and on supporter, wins non wins the-- qa georgia primary, one of three linked to the conspiracy movement, representing a potential headache from gop toders who have been trying change the view of extremism around president trump, who believe in a deep state plot against trump.

green leading that very conservative district in georgia , winning the race. it's a very conservative district. once again, the primary likely means shall be coming to congress. lonnie is next in saulsberry, north carolina. democrat, good morning. caller: good morning, good morning. there was a gentleman in there saying all this stuff about carmella harris, all the stuff she did during her reign as attorney general. had they forgotten all the stuff the trump administration has done? kids in cages? just all kinds of horrible stuff. i think carmella harris's exit on. they are scared of her. they are trying to scare people. it won't work. she's too well known, too well-liked. her policies are great. mike pence, the per groep -- barr, they william are scared because they know

their rain is coming to an end. fort lauderdale, good morning. you, everyone. when kamala harris was attorney general of california, she arrested a reporter who was investigating planned parenthood and charged him with 15 felonies and he has been in the courts fighting this for years. for example, he got testimony from people who worked at planned parenthood that they sold aborted baby body parts for profit. they also changed the abortion procedure to give better parts, which endanger the mother. mention isi want to that some babies survive abortion and in that case they would harvest beating hearts of born babies, who are u.s.

citizens. and then she rated the report -- rated the reporter's apartment ,nd got equipment and evidence the work product of his investigation. she has charged him with 15 felonies. she has been supported by planned parenthood in their campaign. that was frank, and florida. caller: from one harris to another harris, and i'm jamaican. let's do it the fast way. all of those people saying that jamaicans aren't black, we think we are black. allor the gop, they are wonder bread. it's one color. democrats are a variety. using trump's slogan, it makes us great. all of you wonder bread white people who are scared of us, be

scared. you with trump, really be scared. host: kathy, good morning. caller: thanks for taking my call. she's a great pic and i think she will really help in turning the country around in the right direction. honestly, i cannot believe some of the comments this morning. mentality that school is still alive and kicking. for all the women out there like me, who have worked in industries that were predominantly male, you know that that kind of stuff exists. it's just so old. we don't have time for any of that hatefulness anymore. we have -- now is the time for us to solve our problems. we are not on one side or the other.

things that people say about how to get through tough times? this is an important time to remember those things. game changerh of a is this, do you think? do you think that vice president of picks make or break presidential campaigns? what do you think this means in terms of actually changing votes in november? caller: i think it depends on the person and the situation at andtime, and our country everything going on with black lives matter, it's so important and overdue. it's important for us to move forward in a peaceful, appropriate, smart and lawful way. she has all the tools to do that, to help us with that. to we needt we need leadership. i understand that no peace, no justice and i think she does, to.

i like that she doesn't go for the death penalty. hurts people who are in a bad situation through no fault of their own. i think she will help us in ways that we most right now. john, columbus, good morning. caller: thank you. good morning, america. as a 45-year-old pac-man, i don't like that we had to pick -- black man, i don't like that he had to pick a black woman. on the ag thing, i want christie to be the attorney general. he seemed like he a big man that can get it done. you think that joe biden would take a republican attorney general? caller: i would like, i would like, i mean, get a little flavor up in their.

christie did a good job sh. like the other ag, taking no smack. i'm in a conservative state. when i drive around the, there's a lot of joe biden signs out here. kamala harris? --ust don't think, she can it's not going to stick. i was at work last night, there was a lot of people who were kind of mad. host: do you think those people you are talking to would now not vote for joe biden because of senator harris being on the ticket? caller: when i was leaving work last night, they were saying they weren't going to vote for him. these were some black people. they said i ain't voting for joe now. i was like why? they were talking about her record in california.

i'm like this. let's be honest. black people need to be honest. there are certain black neighborhoods that black people won't go in there -- won't go into. right now, we have a problem with crime. it is young people, young black men killing black on black. host: announcer: joe biden and his vice presidential pick, kamala harris, who make their first appearance this afternoon just days before he accepts the nomination. we will have live coverage from wilmington, delaware on c-span starting at 4:00 p.m. eastern.

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