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keynote speaker at the democratic national convention joins us to talk about campaign 2020. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. ♪ host: good morning, it's monday, september 14, 2020, meaning there are just now if the days until election date. this morning we begin by hearing from just those voters who will be casting ballots for the first time this election cycle. whether you are newly eligible or just newly engaged after never voting in the past, we want to hear from you this morning. first-time voters only, give us a call, let us know which issues are driving your choices this election cycle. supporters of joe biden, the number is (202) 748-8000. first-time voters supporting

president trump, (202) 748-8001. if you are a first-time voter who is undecided or supports someone else, (202) 748-8002. send us a text this morning, (202) 748-8003. if you do, include your name and where you are from. otherwise, catch up with us on social media, twitter and facebook. a very good monday morning to you. you can go ahead and start calling in now. first-time mode -- first-time voters only for this first segment. the sense of the universe of potential callers we are looking for this morning, this from the exit polling going back to the 2016 presidential race. back then some 10% of voters said that the 2016 election was their first time voting, hillary clinton winning amongst that

group. 57% to 38%. first-time voters often overlap with younger voters. hillary clinton wending -- winning in that category, 18 to 24-year-olds, by 22 points in 2016. moving ahead to the midterm elections of 2018, the number of first-time voters dropped significantly. this from the pew research center, their survey of voters and 2018 found just 3% of self-reported voters and 2018 said that they were voting for the first time ever. among those that cast their ballots for democratic candidates for the house in 2018, 4% were first-time voters. just 2% of republican voters said it was the first time voting in 2018. this morning we want to hear from first-time voters in the 2020 election. give us a call this morning, again, if you support joe biden and you are a first-time voter, (202) 748-8000 is the number.

if you support president trump and you are a first-time voter, (202) 748-8001. undecided or if you support another candidate, (202) 748-8002. one headline to show you on this topic, it's one that the news organizations are paying attention to, this category of voter. this from the pbs newshour, their recent story from earlier this month, "our country is in a state of emergency, first-time voters reflect on why they are voting in 2020. we will go through more of that story and some of those first-time voters there, their story and what they talk about in that column. here's just one of the individuals that they interviewed, jeffrey, 23 out of new york, he said "i only plan on voting in state and local elections because i don't feel comfortable with the major tickets. i oppose social views of the democratic party, especially on

abortion, but as a catholic i don't believe i can morally support president trump either, given his aggressive foreign policy and remarks towards foreign countries and the general scandal that surrounds him as a person. --t one of the people person." just one of the people interviewed in that story about why they are voting in 2020. carl is up first out of kansas city, missouri. on the line for those supporting joe biden. carl, good morning. pretty close, i'm to the guy you just talked to. the thing that swings my vote is trump pulling the money out of the world health organization. to me that's crazy, ok? that's all i have to say. host: why haven't you voted in the past? why will this be your first time? caller: you know what? i just, i wasn't a hillary supporter and i wasn't a trump supporter. host: were you ever a previous

president supporter? do you mind if i ask how old you are? caller: i'm, i'm a veteran, but i don't, i mind my own business and stay to myself. host: can you think that generally includes voting as well? caller: well, yeah, give me something to vote for. are you voting this time, voting against something as opposed to voting for something? caller: there's a lot of things about trump and his policies that i actually like, but overall the guy is nuts. pulling the money out of the world health organization during a pandemic? that's, that's the dealbreaker for me. call,thank you for the carl. first-time voters only. those who plan to vote for the first time in election 2020. ray is out of illinois on the undecided line. ray, why are you voting this time and why haven't you voted

in the past? caller: i haven't voted in the past because mostly the united states has been doing really good. this time? i would like to see some debates before i make up my mind. host: what do you want to see in the debates? what do the candidates need to say to get your undecided first-time vote? caller: it depends upon what the moderators asked them? host: what do you want them to ask? one of the moderators is our steve scully, i can pass along any suggestions for a question. questionsrd-hitting about policies. who stands where. host: what's an example of that that you would ask. -- ask? ok, law & order, immigration, judges. it's just a list. host: thank you for the call

alum -- out of illinois. larry, rockwell, on the line for those supporting just joe biden. -- supporting joe biden. why will this be your first time voting? i just turned 65 and i never cared about it one way or the other. his personality, he's a nasty person. all that you hear about them is that he's just a nasty, despicable person. host: larry, when did you start feeling this way? when did you start getting engaged in politics and having these feelings about the president? well, it's just, you know, since he's become president, i didn't know how he was before. when he became president, since then, i've learned the kind of person he is. larry out of

rockwell, north carolina. president trump on the campaign trail this weekend, holding a series of rallies on saturday and sunday. this is the president from last night in las vegas, nevada, talking about joe biden, calling him unfit to hold office. [video clip] >> joe is bad and bit primetime. the reason i can talk so badly about it is he had me standing over the graves of our fallen heroes in an ad. nobody lovesand the military more. look what i've done for them. $2.5 trillion. have mehe ad they saying horrible things in front of other people. nobody would have put up with that. it's called disinformation. they make up a total lie, they put it out there, they do ads. once he did that i said now, look, it's ok, it's ok, another gloves are off.

i can say that this man is totally unfit to be president. up here, he's totally unfit. he can't be your president. i've gotten to know president xi of china. i've gotten to know president putin of russia. by the way, getting along with them is good. although china, i must tell you, i have a real problem with china. what they did with us. never forget, we made a great trade deal, the ink wasn't dry when the plague came in from china. they stopped it from going into china but they didn't stop it from going into our country, europe, and the rest of the world. they could have done that. see, i deal with all these people and they don't have the kind of mental problem that sleepy joe has. they are very sharp. kim jong-un, kim jong-un doesn't know about the problems that joe has. we need sharp people. i'm sorry, joe is not qualified

for the position. host: president trump, last night at his indoor rally in nevada. talking to first-time voters this morning only. you can call in on phone lines for those first-time voters who support joe biden. (202) 748-8000. first-time voters that support president trump, (202) 748-8001. for those who are undecided or support others, (202) 748-8002 is that number. in the clip you saw the speak several times about ads put up by the biden campaign. about adsfrom npr played during nfl games yesterday. "as millions tuned in for this live event, they are getting a dose of presidential politics on commercial breaks. thursday night when the people turned in -- tuned in to watch

the chiefs defeat the texans, ae biden was there with campaign ad and they don't come cheap. there will be a mix of ads all season, the biden campaign confirming they have already reserved a run of at least one ad nationally during each nfl game between now and election and those of pre-bookings at up to $25 million. that story and npr. here's the one minute at the story was referring to that came out last week from the biden campaign. [video clip] >> this is our chance to put the darkness of the last four years behind us. to end the anger, the insults, the division and start fresh in america. we can stop focusing on a president who thinks it is all about him and start focusing on what's best for us.

we need to get control over the virus. donald trump failed. joe biden will get it done. we need to help working families. joe biden's plan rewards work and makes the wealthy and corporations play their -- pay their fair share. we need the next steps in health care. joe biden will lower premiums, reducing drug costs while protecting those with pre-existing conditions. we need to take on climate change while protecting social security and medicare. we have had four years of a president that brings out the worst in america. it's time that we had a president that brings out the best. >> i'm joe biden and i approve this message. ads, from "theof washington post," mike bloomberg planning to spend $100 million in the state of florida to help .lect joe biden

this after news reports that trump considered spending $100 million of his own money in the final weeks of the campaign. the bloomberg advisors spoke to us for the story on how to make good for an earlier promise. bloomberg narrowed his focus on to florida, saying it was the best use of his money. "voting starts september 24 in florida -- host: we are talking to first-time voters only in this segment of "washington journal" today. phone lines split up as they have been through the campaign trump, supporting supporting joe biden, and the undecided. this is greg on the line for those who support president trump. vote for didn't you the president in 2016 and why

are you supporting him this time? >> because i moved before. understand why the democrats are moaning about people not wearing masks and then they say that how come we are getting a virus? it is not trump's fault that the people are not wearing masks, you know? they are told to wear their masks. like pelosi did over at that hair salon. i don'tthing is understand why biden doesn't, you know, he didn't have any remarks about the riots. he just calls them, you know, peaceful protests. they are not. he didn't mention that at all during the democratic convention. know,just wondered, you

they are just blaming trump for everything. they are blaming trump for the hurricanes coming through. they blame him for everything. that's just my comment. you feel like you are more engaged in politics than you work? why didn't you vote in the past? -- and iecause i felt host: what? caller: i wasn't sure about trump at the time and i didn't like hillary. i just figured i would see what happened. host: what about elections before 2016? caller: i just wasn't as interested in the politics as i am now. but i personally think that trump needs to get back in because of biden gets in, this country is really going to go down the tubes. more do you think you're motivated for donald trump or are you more motivated to vote against joe biden? caller: motivated to go for

trump. greg, illinois. who supportoters joe biden, adam, good morning to you. why haven't you voted in the past and why are you voting this time? caller: how are you doing today? host: doing well. caller: first, i'm piece. i'm a scientist that works for nasa. i came to this country when i was 20. i studied engineering and i have my bachelors degree in aerospace engineering. i'm doing my phd in cybersecurity. , myreason i'm not happy graduation and my masters degree , my parents are from west africa. my school gave me some paperwork

, my parents was supposed to come down to attend my graduation. down and obviously said we and going to give y'all a visa because trump say you guys have a travel ban, can't come to this country. trump policynder sucks. if you talk about america, you talk about immigrants. we all came from somewhere. and going toudent school to work for the u.s. , just to bring my parents and attend my graduation, it was no way. ban.l for what reason? host: is this the first election you are legally allowed to vote in question mark caller: yes, yes, i'm a u.s. citizen.

me trump has got to go. he has a policy, i totally disagree. his immigration policy is bad, his economy is bad. host: what do you believe joe biden will do when it comes to immigration in this country? caller: the immigration policy under joe biden and obama was pretty good. my parents was coming back and forth to visit me all the time. we don't have any problems. it was pretty good. since trump came into power, they can't come visit. host: what year did you become a citizen, adam? caller: 2017. host: for your parents ever -- able to see you become a citizen? were they there to see you become a citizen? caller: yes.

yes. they came down here all the time, all the time. it's wrong. this is david out of ashburn, virginia, on the line for first-time voters that support donald trump. why are you voting for them this time and why didn't you vote 2016? caller: i didn't care too much. i think it doesn't matter who will be president. why do you think that, david? think they will take care of our country, i did not think, they will take care of our country. but now i change my opinion. wants to think trump

have good relationship with russia and some people, you know, on very top levels, they don't want this and this is crazy because it russia is a nuclear power. you don't want to have a nuclear war, we should have good relationship with russia. it's crazy, you know, to bring the world closer to nuclear war. only crazy people can do this. how do you feel about the intelligence agencies finding that russia is trying to actively interfere in the election again? what does that due to our relationship with them? caller: i don't know, you know? it's crazy to go to the same hose two times. don't think russia is crazy

people. you know, it's crazy to say that. top, theye on the want bad relationship with russia. so you know, this is the crazy thing. we should have a good relationship. a nuclear war would be the end of the world. you should stop this madness. that's why i'm for trump. i don't like his other issues, but on this issue i think he is 100% right. host: that was david out of ashburn. this is linda, north carolina, first-time voters that support joe biden. linda, good morning. why haven't you voted in the past and why are you voting this time? caller: i voting this time because it's probably the most important election either. i didn't vote in the past, i'm 73, i think. i was living in puerto rico, born in new york.

mood to puerto rico and i was 20 and you cannot vote for u.s. everything if you live in puerto rico. so, now i'm back and i'm in north carolina and i can vote. host: when did you start supporting joe biden? caller: i always liked him. long ago, when he was like the going for a two state solution in israel. he was always the only one who even remotely had the nerve to say anything in favor of the town -- the palestinians, i like that. scrap the cap,ed the only hope for social security. before you go, what did you do in puerto rico and why did you come back? caller: i came back in two days before hurricane maria not even knowing

there would be a hurricane. i hadn't been very mobile, you know? it's been difficult being disabled. host: what kind of work that you do in puerto rico? caller: i had a building in old san juan, beautiful, romantic as hell, it really is a gorgeous place, cobblestones, gas lights, you know? [laughter] me forever to save up for the building. and i fell in love with my grandson and wanted to spend time. host: i hope you are getting lots of time with your grandson. like amid theen coronavirus pandemic? what sort of restrictions is your family and lamenting? caller: everything. the rest of it goes on. i don't go out anyway, i don't get around well.

son, exposed to everything, north carolina is really trump land where we are in the customers don't wear masks, you know? the people that work there have to, but than the customers come in and they don't have a mask and they just set it down on the bar. host: whereabouts are you? caller: wilmington. jackson and the other big one on the ocean. i'm in surf city. yep. host: thank you so much for the call. first-time voters only is who we are talking to in this segment of "the washington journal." on 7:30, to give you situational awareness here, the senate last week, you were watching them last week on

c-span two, the houses also back in as congress gets ready for its fall sprint. a few weeks of legislative activity before adjourning again ahead of the elections in october. they will be out and they will be out through election day and then we will see what happens in a lame-duck session. one of the key issues for congress to deal with is what's going to happen with the potential next coronavirus relief legislation. we will talk more about that in ae next segment, congressional reporter from bloomberg will be joining us. it was a subject of conversation for the sunday shows yesterday. val demings in florida was talking about the need with democrats pushing for a larger coronavirus relief package. here's a bit of her interview on "state of the union." [video clip] reliefeed to give them

that helps them to carry on keeping a roof over their head and food on the table. we need to pass a meaningful bill. frankly, if the gop is interested in helping american families, the heroes act is sitting right there. take it for an up-or-down vote. respect,ll due democrats control the house, not the senate, not the white house. you need to compromise. isn't something, even the slimmed-down senate bill, isn't something better than nothing? that's what the american people have right now. >> the american people deserve more than the crumbs from the table and, quite frankly, our leadership has been there, as you well know, for weeks negotiating. there has been movement on our side. the republicans have quite frankly been ridiculous in their negotiations and it must be nice to maybe not know the feeling of having to struggle to make ends

meet. i talked to people every day in my district who are doing just that. we need to give them relief that is meaningful. and we intend to do that. host: wouldn't -- >> wouldn't they prefer an additional, i'm going to make up numbers now, but wouldn't they have preferred an additional $200 to $300 extra per week from the federal government, the crumbs that you referred to from the republicans, then zero, which is what they are getting right now? >> you see what's going on, and i will use this analogy with the , you see what's going on with the post office. we are in a fight to save the most reliable, most trusted institution in the history of our nation. what it makes sense to save half of it as opposed to making sure that the american people have a good, efficiently run and operating full-service institution? so, i say again that the

american people deserve better than the crumbs from the table and we will continue to push a relief package that is meaningful to these families that are struggling. congresswoman val demings, yesterday on the state of the union. we will talk more about the state of negotiations and what may or may not happen this week. talking to first-time voters only in this segment of " washington journal." if you support the biden harris is the (202) 748-8000 number to call. if you support trump-pence, (202) 748-8001. daniel, first-time voter out of silver spring. why are you voting this time and why didn't you vote in the past? caller: i was not eligible to vote because of my age.

this year will be i first-time voting. daniel, why are you supporting joe biden and what are your thoughts on president trump? caller: just given the fact of how he has handled certain things, especially with this pandemic as well. we have a lot of facts that prove that he has known, and he has been on record saying he wasn't trying to have people panic, but you see him going out there trying to scare people, talking about, you know, if joe biden takes office, everything goes left in america is going to be run by criminals and stuff like that. so that narrative of him saying he's not trying to panic the american people doesn't really work. looking at how we are and how everybody is, it's kind of scary.

i personally think that biden and, harris will be able to song all americans together that we can hopefully go back to normal. whatever normal was before the pandemic. as a young person, were you itching to vote in 2020? or was it the events of this year that have gotten you more motivated to vote? caller: to be frank with you, i'm a registered republican. african-american. biden is a true politician on things that he has done in the past. but given how things are going now in the narrative of when african-americans are, you know, rights and when

another race is doing the same, we don't get the same treatment and he's afraid to, you know, refer to the peaceful protesters as peaceful protesters. there are some not going the right way, i totally agree with. but you can't just focus on those people and take away from what's happening in america, where as an african-american you might not be treated the same way. there are multiple videos people can watch where you see a white man doing something crazy to a and walks away peacefully without having to be shot worry about losing their life, versus when you have a black man being shot seven times . it's just that i think of people where theyre of this are not -- if you just don't call it what it is, for me it's

hard. me being black as well. these things concern me and that's why i switched over to joe biden rather than voting for donald trump. -- host: youthe are in the 18 to 24-year-old age range. made up 10% of those who voted in the 2016 election according to the cnn exit polls. what do you think about turnout among your peers? do you think your peers are motivated to vote? caller: i think this time around we will be seeing more of that ainge range going to the polls. that's what i'm hoping for and what i'm telling my friends. there have been a lot of social media campaigns to get more people to vote. i know that there are also some tv specials they are trying to run that are more attractive to that age group.

you know? politicians you know, do the right thing to attract young people from both parties, i think we could see you know, given the current climate as well. host: what is the right thing to attract younger turnout? think, you know, social media is one of the many platforms they can utilize. whether it is tiktok, snapchat, facebook, instagram, doing targeted campaigns to, to that age group i think. i think that can attract young people can to go to the polls .nd do their duty in voting whether it is democrat or republican. putting their voices heard and going from there. host: thank you for the call.

running through the rest of the age groups for you, 18 to 24 euros making up 10%. up to 29-year-olds, that's what it was -- host: that's what it was four years ago. mark, st. peter's, on the line for those who support trump. why didn't you vote in 2016 and why are you voting this time? i didn't vote earlier because i really just didn't follow politics. 60 years old, i'm recently retired here, so i do have a lot of time on my hands to really

look at what's going on. with the presidential election. quite frankly as i look at leaning towards definitely voting for donald trump and one of the reasons being is because i don't really out,oe biden coming really, putting forth his policies, it's almost like he's just trying to be silent. i would like to hear more about him and where exactly he stands on all of these. when i watch, you know, the see thatm media, i president trump, he will, like on his way to an event or something he will be out there, you know, getting ready to board air force one for the helicopter, i forget what that's called. host: marine one. caller: yeah.

he will take questions for 30 to 45 minutes, just kind of not even planned or anything. he will answer any question that's put forth to him, whether you like his answer or not, he will answer it. come out hasn't really and answered any questions other than what i would call softball questions, you know? he's really not portraying his policies to the american people. host: if joe biden did that, if he smote -- spoke more, is your vote up for grabs question mark think he could sway your vote? possibly, possibly. however, like i said, i'm recently retired and i can look into it more and i see some of the policies on paper and things, things like -- he signed the, signed on to the like bernie sanders, that really,

really worries me. talking about free health care for illegal aliens and opening up the borders? new taxes on people? payroll taxe trump cut, i believe? would come out and say more and, quite frankly, i wish the media would come and asking these questions. they don't seem to be. it seems like most of the media for joely partisan biden and against donald trump. oft: that is mark out missouri this morning. president trump speaking on a variety of topics yesterday at his campaign stop in las vegas. one of his topics was the ambush style attack on l.a. sheriff's deputies that was caught on film

and is the lead story today in "the washington times." police searching for that attacker, protesters blocking hospital access after the attack , shouts of "we hope they die," tweets from the los angeles sheriff's department as well, asking the protesters not to block access to the hospital. that all playing out over the weekend, getting a lot of attention yesterday. this is what the president had to say about it last night. [video clip] >> and the republican party we know the police officers are heroes. and the thing that's incredible, i know so many police, they are so good. one bad apple and it goes on for months. thousands, tens of thousands of good things, nobody talks about it. these are great people that have

done a good job and we have to support our law enforcement. so, biden wants to appease domestic terrorists. my plan is to arrest domestic terrorists. and we believe that if you murder a police officer, you should receive the death penalty. president trump, last night in las vegas. tweeting a bit about it yesterday, i should note that the deputies, a 31-year-old woman at a 21-year-old man were expected to survive, but are undergoing surgeries and are in critical condition. those are the latest news reports from los angeles. should also note that joe biden also talked about the attack as well in a tweet yesterday just before noon saying that the cold-blooded shooting is unconscionable and that the

perpetrator must be brought to justice, the violence of any kind is wrong and that those who commit it should be caught and punished and that jill and -- and "jill and i are keeping the deputies and their loved ones in our hearts and praying for a full recovery." biden,se who support joe jane, why haven't you voted before? go ahead, jane. you just have to turn down your television and talk to your phone. [feedback] caller: ok. [feedback] host: give you one more second here. caller: everybody you have talked to has said nothing at all about the fact that the virus that the united states, europe, and the rest of the world, they have paid no attention at all to our medical

situation. we have devalued, not supported the money needed to be working together as one team. matters.ll human life we have, we should be shot for not having our supplies on hand. all of our drugs are made in india.nd the usda is bought off. 93% of us in america are malnourished. plus the obesity factor. we have lost our runner.

our moral compass is gone. we have no morality. care for human life. ofhave ruined every piece land you can get your hands on. jane, you started your comments by saying no one has been talking about the virus. it has been the topic of plenty of discussion, especially in the wake of some of the bombshell revelations in the new bob woodward book set to be released this week, "rage." that's the name of that book. one of the super pac's playing a big role in campaign 2020, super pac's supporting joe biden releasing a new ad based

specifically on the revelations in the books, some of the taped conversations he had with the president regarding the spread of the virus in march. here is that 15 second ad. [video clip] >> i always wanted to play it down. i still like playing it down. >> the coronavirus. >> it's their new hoax. >> going to be down to close to zero. >> it is what it is. back to your phone calls. joe, first-time voter in the line of people supporting donald trump. i will take trump over all the politicians because politicians are just for themselves or their party. trump, he's not a politician. himar as they talk about

with the virus, they blame, they say this, they say that, they are nothing but a bunch of monday morning quarterbacks. biden, he should be batting 500 because he hasn't done nothing. when you get up to the plate, that's when it counts. a big part of president trump's campaign is that he wasn't a politician. why did you feel you wanted to vote for him in 2016? caller: i wasn't sure how he was . wasn't sure he wasn't a politician. i was leaning towards him but i wasn't for hillary, that's for sure. but i wasn't sure how he was going to react. i like people who aren't politicians and say what they want to say instead of going for

a party. i wasn't sure back in 16 or 17 or whatever, that i would vote for him. that's why. that's joe, new jersey. david, on the line for those who support president trump. david, are you with us this morning? got to stick by your phone. we will go to ben in baltimore, maryland, on the line for those who support president trump. go ahead. good morning. i will be voting for donald trump in this coming election. democrat2017i was a because of other things, but i took time to watch the obama administration and now i have seen trump's administration.

a lot of things concern me. one of them is abortion. months.ne born.fter the baby is that is totally against my values. the second one is i watch a lot of politicians. donald trump is a politician that has never changed. when he runs his election, he says what he's going to do and .e has been able to do it israelationship between and the united states is characteristic of the obama administration but this guy came in to cement that relationship .etween the u.s. and israel he has been working to make sure that there is peace in the middle east. why do we send our military to wars?

democrats, they spend a lot of money, they want to spend a lot of money on useless programs that don't even benefit everyone. why? there are shootings going on every day. i used to work in emergency room. i know how many people, i see young back -- young black people every night being killed over unnecessary things like drugs. has been in control of democrats for 53 years. they are able to vote for who can bring the crime rate down. they put people in cages in the rest of them? they make sure that babies are aborted. that is, that is insanity.

you say why should i continue to vote for democrats, have you ever? caller: no but when i came into this country, when you come in a lot of african-american people, i come from nigeria. they tell you that the democrats take care of people. they make programs for immigrants and the rest. i came into that. i look at their policies on everything i was like, no, this is not right. i cannot as i am pretend to take care of people and support abortion. that is wrong. fetus, baby cells, whatever you

call them, they are humans. why should you fight to make sure that babies are killed? started by talking about the piece deals that have been announced. you will probably be hearing more about that this week. prime minister benjamin netanyahu of israel is headed to d.c. to sign a normalization agreement with the united arab emirates that was announced several weeks ago. and then a declaration of peace with bahrain announced in the past several days. that event is expected to take place at the white house on tuesday of this week. we will talk more about it as we get into the week here. talking to first-time voters only, getting their thoughts on campaign 2020. this is joe out of new york. good morning. joe, are you with us? caller: how are you doing? host: doing well.

why haven't you voted before invite you voting this time? caller: the whole thing is i have been an adult in the voting age for 45 years. that 45 years i have seen a lot of participation pass through. have seen a lot of legislation voted for by the people and not past. i got kind of discombobulated about the whole voting process when it comes to politicians and things. but i have not seen in my 45 voter ofbeing an adult any president, well, there have been a few, that have done so much for our country and cared so much for our country as donald trump. so, i decided, you know what? i'm going to go ahead and register to vote, go ahead and vote this time, and i'm going to

vote for donald trump. i have never seen a president do so much and cared so much about the american people the american people can feel it, too. this is going to be a landslide election. you know, i hope all you democrats don't go crying about what's going to be happening in the next four years. as far as i'm concerned, yes, we had the pandemic, yes, we had some troubles, yes this, that, and the other thing, and everybody can complain about what they want to complain about , but i'm going to tell you the rule of the law is our country. i'm hoping that everybody will and hear the voice of those that love america to vote for donald trump. this is a very serious thing. we have international threats against our country and i don't know what anybody is going to

say when they say my gosh, look at what china is doing to us, look at what russia is doing to us. and we to step forward need the strong leadership of president trump. i believe he holds the strong leadership. of newhat was joe out york. johnny, texarkana, texas, supporting joe biden. good morning, johnny, go ahead. my first times voting this year. host: why is that? age or lack of interest in voting in the past? caller: age. host: and you are supporting joe biden? caller: yes, sir. host: why? caller: mainly i don't want trump to be president. i like what joe bought -- what joe biden is about. he seems like a genuinely good person.

but i really don't want trump to be president. host: what concerns you the most about president trump? the way he acts, he just acts like a child, really. how do you think your fellow younger voters are going to be involved in the selection? do you sense a big turnout among the youngest crowd, the 18 to 24-year-old range that often gets watched? last time it was about 10% of the electorate was between ages 18 and 24. honestly, yeah. all the people i'm talking to, people that normally wouldn't even think about voting that are around my age until all this. host: when you say all this, what's motivating them? just not wanting trump to be president.

the people that i communicate with and talk to, just like everything about him is wrong. this is ted out of miami, florida, on the line for those who support joe biden, go ahead. first-time voter, republican, conservative, voting for joe biden. i'm sick of the circumstances from trump. i hate it. i'm sick of it, i'm sick of it, i'm sick of it. are ayou say you republican and conservative. why haven't you voted in the past? caller: because i was ineligible to vote. host: why is that? caller: well, my past. host: what about my past? caller: i have a past. hi, good morning. host: oh, your past.

i understand. trump is just too much pomp and circumstance. host: what does that mean? does isler: all he stand up there and talk, say things not true. in tones he can talk and everything and he just likes to show off. pomp and circumstance. i don't like pomp and circumstance. ok? that's all he does. becauseng for biden it's the only thing i would rather do than vote for him. a previoushere politician that was pomp and circumstance? or wasn't?

the onlyohn kennedy, person i admire as a person. trump is not a person. he is not a person. -- i could use so many other words, but pomp and i'm sick of him, i'm sick of him. i'm plain and simply sick of him. i'm a republican, i'm conservative and i'm voting biden. that's what i'm going to do. before you go, how long did it take you to get your voting rights back? caller: it took me a while, because of my background. i had to wait my patients. i had to wait my patients to get my voting rights back. so, i got my voting rights back. my patience is the only thing helping me in getting me passed all this mess. this mess that is created by him, by trump. it's created by him, it's under

him. it's his and he is not doing anything about it. he doesn't want to do anything about it. to california, visiting? fine. it's not going to work. miami,hat's ted in florida, and thank you for bringing that up. the president is expected to be in california today amid the wildfires raging out west, we will hear from the president, his thoughts and what the federal government is doing in that response. up is in fremont, as we come on a minute or two. why haven't you voted in the past and why aren't you voting this time? caller: it wasn't interesting for me. want to say, i want to god bless them two cops in california that almost got executed. i don't know if they died. that's number one. host: the latest is that they

are expected to recover, but obviously a critical situation. caller: why don't you show the picture to everybody? showing the front page of "the washington times," it's right here, here's the video of the shooting taking place. got a: show it, they video out. and after that white guy killing a black cop or somebody else, you would be going bananas. you know why i'm voting for trump? because of people like you and cnn and everybody that lies off. asked--s host: who do you trust in the media? caller: not you. host: i understand that. caller: three years you lied. host: i understand. who do you trust? where do you get your news?

caller: one american news. one american news, they do everyone of trump's rallies. you didn't. of tremont, don out pennsylvania this morning. time for maybe one more call if we can get it in here. pick up that line to get that call, since we have been talking about first-time voters i wanted to note a story out of tennessee that specifically had to do with first-time voters. last week a federal judge halted a tennessee law that restricted voting by mail by mandating that first-time voters show their identification at an election before voting. the story from the hill newspaper last week, the district judge filed a preliminary injunction saying that he was worried about how his decision could egg one side of the other, saying that the ruling in the law was based on a nonexistent order from congress, writing that the court concludes

that the injunction would favorably impact to the public interest because as discussed in the briefing it would serve to prevent what's based on the record be a violation of the first amendment right to vote enjoyed by the u.s. citizenry. he continued by saying that tennessee officials did not require a first time -- tennessee officials offered nothing to show that congress required or intended that states impose a first time voter restriction. cooper, democrat victorynessee saying " tennessee,"ights in noting the judge is a trump appointee.

" if the decision stands, first-time voters who qualify can vote absentee with no cumbersome workarounds." california, we do not tolerate voter fraud in tennessee. we require photo id, proof of residence for first-time voters and voters must be registered before election day." this firsto it for segment of washington journal this morning, but stick around. we will be joined by erik wasson to discuss the latest on coronavirus relief legislation and what is up next. ed whelan will join us to discuss the new names trump has added to his list of potential supreme court picks. we will be right back. ♪

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c-span.org/debates. quickly find all past presidential and vice presidential debates from c-span's library. there is a link to election results and candidate in information. c-span, your unfiltered view of politics. senate areouse and both in today as -- we are joined by bloomberg congressional reporter erik wasson. first on the status of the new coronavirus relief legislation, does congress returning do anything to open up negotiations? caller: --

guest: there is a 90% chance they do not get anything done. at the house coming back offers a slim chance. we are hearing from moderate members, like the chairman of the budget committee who want to ee a vote on a two dollars -- $2 trillion package. schumer and nancy pelosi $2.2talked about aa trillion package. leadership is not doing that. my colleague and i have a story about a less than 1% chance of that happening. we will see water it's in the room talking, but at this point incentives are not good for each

party. senate republicans voted last week. many feel there is cover now for their vulnerable moderates like susan collins of maine. toy can go home if they have without a deal. democrats are feeling like they have a strong hand. they have pushed for virus relief into they have not gotten it. we are probably heading back to october, seeing how back -- host: what do we know about any meetings set this week from capitol hill? guest: nothing is really scheduled. between a relationship steven mnuchin and nancy pelosi. they have been able to do deals in the past. there was a debt ceiling deal. mnuchin was able to finesse a deal with nancy pelosi.

they were attempting to do another deal here but there is a complicating factor, mark meadows. he is a strong deficit hawk, someone who is seen as being tough as negotiating -- tough to negotiate with. he has met on the sidelines with the problem solvers caucus, 48 members from both sides of the aisle. they are working on a $1.5 but the proposal, problem solvers caucus doesn't have a good track record of solving problems. it would be interesting to see steven mnuchin in the house on september 1. perhaps that is where the deal lies. there appears to be a stare off

over state aid. run byovernments democratic governors want a big bailout for past profligate spending and even with guardrails in there to prevent pensions, -- as long as democrats continue to demand money for state and local governments, a deal will remain elusive. joining us asson we discussed the fall agenda on capitol hill before members election day. your colleagueon houseinsession.

item is -- remind viewers where we are on a government spending deal. thet: the fiscal year for ends this month. as has become habit, the government and congress are not ready to enact a full year budget as some people call it. under the law, there are supposed to be 12 a new appropriations bills, funding everything from the fbi to the hhs. -- onhas to be a bill in october 1. there will be a continuing resolution. it is a stopgap bill that says everything in place will not expire on october 1. the house has passed -- there is

nothing in the pipeline to get enacted at this point. how long will that continued resolution go for? we think it will go until september. that would make sense since the senate may change hands. for --s little incentive "i'll kick this football into next year when i may not have the gavel." i hear stuff on the hill saying " what if trump loses the election? will he pout? forf he wins, will he push border wall funding?" we are seeing -- i don't think democrats have a strong hand as far as pushing into next year. there are some small things called anomalies, small changes

and tweaks to spending to extend the current situation. richard shelby tells us he wants that very clean. very few provisions. and means crucially they will not put the virus relief package point.r as a negotiating once that was announced, a lot of experts in town, former has beenrector who around, he said once that was taken off, the deadline is gone. congress does not work on :00, clock, it works on a calendar. if they do not feel a sense of urgency, it is easy to fall back into entrenched partisan warfare and nothing gets done.

that bill will get past, it will be clean. stimulus is out of it and not going very far at all. host: government funding and potential stimulus bill, the two most high-profile pieces of legislation. viewers to join the conversation if you have questions about congresses fall legislative agenda. democrats.000 for (202) 748-8001 for republicans. nancy pelosi can go to the hair shop to get her hair fixed, but she can't take care american -- the american people.

do nott want them, i need them. i hope they lose and we get rid of them, maxine waters and all of them. houston, texas, republican. tooer: too big to fail and small to save. why are we bailing out banks and buying up junk bonds as we speak . explain that to the american people. i think we spent $7 trillion in buybacks. pass the cares act, stocks go up. people need to spend money. don't have any money, then what? we need relief from congress. host: do you think this may be a sense of what members would go home to hear if they do not get ifs done before november or

they do get it done and it is $3 billion or $2 billion? it is not about billions, it is about trillions. it is not kitchen table amount of -- amounts of money we are talking about here. trillion,the $2 trump's signature achievement passed early on in the administration. there are signs that corporate tax breaks instead of being used to hire more workers were used for stock buybacks. there were talk -- was talk that that bill was -- would pay for has added a lot to the deficit. much onan spend that basically tax breaks for rich, corporate stock ceos, we should

do more for ordinary people." the first caller from oklahoma, the big sticking point is state and local governments. oklahoma is pretty lean as far as their public-sector salaries and obligations and those who have been more diligent do not want money funneled to more profligate states. we are one country, one union into the fact that new york city does well and drives a lot of the economy and up helping oklahoma by driving demand. there.s a back and forth a compromise may be available at the $500 billion level. there is talk of splitting the baby here. is a tough sticking point in the sense that we have big

public-sector unions driving the democratic side and an unwillingness by a lot of conservatives to play ball on that. host: this is bonnie in maryland. you are up next. caller: why should people not working get extra money when my son had to work? tech,e is pharmaceutical the other does construction. they are in high risk. it -- i point -- my son am 76. my son stays with me. he pays my rent. i got nothing in the stimulus. my youngest son, his girlfriend, his sister all got stimulus. collateral damage. what about us? go to a senior house.

it is is sad. something has to be done to help the seniors. checks andimulus unemployment benefits. guest: this is an interesting point. as far as unemployment benefits, if you are refusing a job, you are not eligible for unemployment benefits as if you lost your job through no fault of your own. there are not really checkups in the covid area -- era if someone is doing this kind of fraud. benefits have been continued at $300 a week using emergency powers by the president from emergency relief funds, but that will run out shortly. ,here are proposals in congress republicans are looking at $300

a week until december, democrats talking about reviving $600 a week until the new year. a week provides a disincentive to work. there are some studies that say that is not true. there are arguments in some areas that it is creating a disincentive. calibrating that to maximize growth is difficult. many seniors did receive a stimulus check if you filed your taxes and are not claimed as a dependent. my mother got one. butepends on the situation, point taken. seniors are vulnerable and have been hit hard by this pandemic. arizona.che junction, this is stu.

caller: is congress going to do anything about the lawsuit, the attorney general of colorado has filed a lawsuit against dejoy for mailing out millions of postcards telling colorado citizens that they had to a mail-inr request ballot, which they do not have to do and i am wondering if congress will do something to alleviate the situation. -- i readat happened about it online at bloomberg this morning. i think you for your cooperation -- thank you for your cooperation. at odds withss is louis dejoy, the postmaster even ifwho is in there trump does not win reelection. he is appointed by an

independent board of governors been stocked by trump appointees. he is under multiple investigations by house of representatives looking into his logistics companies, his decisions up and down the line from removing male sorters and ending overtime pay -- mail sorters and ending overtime pay. congress acted on aps of legislation to provide $25 billion to help -- on a piece of legislation to provide $25 billion to help the post office. this is a recent development. congress takes a while to react. i have not yet seen the chairman of the dutch chairwoman of the

committee react. not yetent -- i have seen the chairwoman of the committee react. there is obviously a lot of posturing going on, but they want to make the stimulus package go forward close to christmas so they have a christmas shopping season because if they do not then we will really be in trouble. i look forward to them doing something like that so they can take big bows. the grinches that saved christmas. going forward for it to through sometime around christmas. history shows that the first one really saved the country and not to do so again when they really needed going into the flu and covid season would be ludicrous.

hopefully cooler heads will prevail. host: i have not -- guest: i have not heard that up on the hell about waiting until the christmas season. about waitingll until the christmas season. jay powell talked about needing to do at least $1 trillion to keep things sailing smoothly. we have seen some indicators showing a nascent recovery. we have seen indications of a slowing in demand. retail numbers will come out shortly showing where we are headed. you will see some strong gdp numbers year-over-year but a lot of that has to do with rebounds from a severe construction -- year.ction earlier in the i talked to marco rubio last week and he said a lot of small

businesses will fail. seeing that ndc. my favorite jazz club has it d.c..red per -- that in my favorite jazz club has shuttered permanently. we are seeing partisan gridlock, a sense of limning the other side. that is -- a sense of blaming the other side. stimulus gets bumped until after the election, what actually gets done in this fall legislative sprint before the election? bill. there is a highway september 30, funding for a lot of our highway and road networks expires. thee is hope that trump and democrats would come together on infrastructure. this is something they both really want to see happen.

-- andrastructure infrastructure bill has a lot in it, but the trump administration has not been able to come together on a deal. a sticking point is how do you pay for it. conservative organizations like the chamber of commerce recognize a gas tax is probably the solution. it has not been raised in many decades. to doecognize they have something there to stabilize the highway trust fund. chairman defazio in the house and brosseau in the senate have agreed on an extension. we will see congress come up with a one-year extension most likely. there is an interesting

development on the issue of climate change. we saw a bipartisan deal emerge in the senate on hydro fluorocarbon's, that is refrigerator emissions that have eaten a hole in the atmosphere. the u.s. was lagging on that a bit and we saw a republicans and democrats come together. this is part of a big energy package that has been installed for a while. it is the brainchild of lisa murkowski and there is a sense that may be will move a little bit. the senate wants to keep its lanes open for a possible senate deal. precious with is rogue members of the majority filibustering and delaying things. the senate will be here until october 11 or so.

many of us think that given the vulnerability of republicans who are up for election like cory gardner, tom telus, they will tillis, they will leave early. we are also seeing a controversial bill about marijuana decriminalization. this is important for senate.ives in the they want to see this nationwide rollback, but we see moderates saying republicans have pointed act wend -- in our cares had marijuana provisions and to they had us saying we care more about marijuana than the economy. we are seeing back and forth hind the scenes on whether congress should vote -- behind the scenes on whether congress should vote or not.

host: we have time for two more calls. caller: i don't know how you expect anything to get done anyway in washington. all we have our crooks and politicians in the government. dictator orthe annabe dictator, he is such genius he does not know his a from a hole in the ground. fit in a call from buie, maryland. theer: i am amazed that first two colors were republicans calling in to complain about what the government is not doing for way that people when senator mcconnell is the one holding up everything. the house passed another relief package and may still sitting on mcconnell's desk. another thing i would like to bring up -- republicans are

always complaining about the deficit. "we don't have money for this or that." attorney general barr is going to defend trump in his defamation of character lawsuit. we the people have to pay for that. come on, republicans, don't you know what is going on? we are being ripped off by the grifter in chief in the white house. will give wasson, i you the last minute and a half. guest: wire are deficits important when a democrat is in congress's ash why are deficits -- why are deficits important when a democrat is in congress? we have not heard much of it billrepublicans with a tax being passed on till this latest stimulus. one thing i am seeing is

republicans in the senate are looking at 2024 already. who will be the standardbearer? we are seeing people like tom cotton, ted holly, who will most likely run for president and be up there in the numbers looking to establish their credentials on the deficit. leftward fromft the democrats. during the obama administration, we did not see the democrats try to do a deficit deal and reign in entitlement spending. that has gone out the window. that from joee biden, especially with support -- pressure from bernie sanders and his supporters who don't think the deficit matters. low inflation has surprised a lot of experts who expected it.

when the debt got to 100 percent of the economy, we would be in a crisis, that has not happened. a lot of our understanding is being debated but i will make this prediction -- if joe biden wins we will see a major effort by republicans to combat deficit spending i that president. host: erik wasson helping us with everything. come back again, erik wasson. elwasson is where you can find him on twitter. coming up, about 30 minutes of phones. 50r opening our phones with days before election day asking what issues you are focusing on. biden, (202)t joe 748-8000. if you support president trump, (202) 748-8001.

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day 2020. ,ith 50 days until election day voters are anxious, wary of trump and biden alike. we are asking you to call in. we want to hear your top issues in campaign 2020 as the clock continues to count down. our first color is from fort lauderdale, florida on the line is from fort lauderdale, florida on the line for supporters of the biden. caller: my biggest issue is a functional government, which i will be looking forward to next year. our government has been functional -- was functional '10.'08 to that was when democrats had everything. trump has given money to the rich and republicans hide behind

the democratic president. i am looking forward to this and i am looking forward to getting rid of trump and all the more on's around him. host: are you looking forward to all the ads you will see in florida over the next 50 days? there is a story today in the washington post that mike bloomberg will be spending 100 million dollars just in the state of florida. willr: i don't think there be any problem in florida. lost, shery clinton would have a one just on the votes that people wrote in names. trump is not going to be popular either. countrys will get this going back in the direction it needs to be going. host: bloomberg ad blitz for berg made that

decision to focus his final election spending last week after president trump considered spending and hundred million dollars of his own money in the final weeks of the campaign. a -- arg decided on narrow focus on florida would be the best use of his money. billy is next out of north carolina. morning, america. i am definitely a supporter of trump even in these times, it has made me more so. recently as of yesterday on the obama programs, the administration was actually on-air. as thisd as far coronavirus, a lot of the stuff that got people up in arms about trump, that indeed it was the

people around him, everyone giving different things for him to do, but right now we need to come together and try to do things worked out. if we do not try to get a hold of him america at this time, cops being shot and killed, children not in school, it has become a chaotic mess. i hope everyone gets out and votes trump. host: what do think president trump's strongest issue is heading into november 3. he lost a justin is back in florida on the line for those who support -- we lost billy, but justin is back in florida on the line for those who support joe biden. optimistic that mr. scully will be moderating the town hall. i think he will be -- do a

terrific job. i am a lifelong republican. i voted for bosch twice. i voted for romney. twice.ted for bush i will be voting for biden. everything that joe biden -- i think joe biden has a far better chance at trying to mend the wounds our country is suffering from right now. my fear is if the democrats and joe biden lose this cycle, what does the democratic party look like in 2024. we know what we will get with four more years of donald trump, but if the progressive party defeat like in think they will, they will not tolerate a moderate candidate in 2024. this cycle of politicized asian

and running away from each other will continue -- politicization and running away from each other will continue. i know what i will get with four more years of donald trump and i am optimistic however that joe biden can at least bring folks to the table. what happens after that is up to each side, but i know donald trump cannot even bring people to the table. int: if donald trump loses november, what does the republican look like in 2024? caller: that is a terrific question. i do not believe they will double down on the abrasive politics that we have seen over the last four years. i hope is that we can learn from this four years of donald trump. obviously there were folks in the republican party and independents who felt they were

ignored by both parties. perhaps the republicans can learn from that and adopt a platform that respects those individuals, but i do not see them going back to the abrasive politics that got -- that would have gotten them kicked out if trump loses. i think we need to stop moving away from each other. we need someone who can bring us to the middle. we do not have to agree with joe on everything, but you have to agree that he gets people to the table. northwe bounce back to carolina. this is pending on the line for those who support donald trump. the line fornny on those who support donald trump. is ar: joe biden socialist. socialist not a

country. we are a great republic and the only way we will remain a great donaldc is if we reelect trump. donald trump has given us the best economy our country has ever had. he has given us great constitutional justices in the supreme court. trumport is for president not joe biden because joe biden will divide this country. host: you mentioned the economy as a campaign issue. i would point you towards this wall street journal story. foundllup poll in august that the public saw the coronavirus as the most important issue facing the nation and it 22% saw government as a main issue. for the president, the wall street journal writes there is

bad and good news in the disconnect. the good news is he is not being heavily blamed for this year's economic crisis. than half of those surveys approved of his handling. thatad news for him is some people who rate him as a better economic steward then joe biden say they nonetheless do not plan to vote to reelect the president. month's poll, 40 8% of voters said mr. trump was the candidate better suited to handling the economy, but only 41% of the voters said they planned to vote for him." our next caller is from arkansas on the line for those who plan to support joe biden. played it. trump has

since day one. host: and you think that is the key issue of this campaign? caller: i have lost family , we had to cousin put my father away this weekend coming. these people who: supporting have -- who, they call in supporting donald trump, they do not have friends with black skin. host: a lot of focus on president trump and his handling of the coronavirus especially in light of the tapes that emerged from bob woodward ahead of his new book based on those interviews with president trump, that book rage coming out this week.

some of the bombshells from that bug note to the president's comments on downplaying the coronavirus back in march. priorities usa, the super pac supporting joe biden keying in on some of president trump's comments in a brand-new ad they put out in the past couple of days. here is that 15 second ad. [video clip] >> i wanted to always play it down. >> the coronavirus. it is going to be down too close to zero. it is what it is. priority usa,from the super pac supporting joe biden. our next caller is from michigan on the line supporting president trump. caller: i believe that is best man for president. right now the main issue should be his long order agenda.

pandemic, i think the democrats are too late. it already looks like it is over the hump. it is going to go away whether the vaccine comes out by the end of the year or not. they are too late on that issue. the number one issue in my mind is law & order. we all want our safety. .ovid-19 is a safety issue so is law & order. if the democrats get in office, this country will not have law & order. host: president trump spoke about the law & order issue when he was at his rally over the weekend, but specifically yesterday in las vegas. here is a bit of what the president had to say. [video clip] the republican party, we know the -- police officers are

not the villains. the thing that is incredible, i know so many police. one bad apple into they are on for months. thousandsand tens of of good things, nobody talks about it. these are people who have done a great job and we need to support our law enforcement. [applause] biden wants to appease domestic terrorists and my plan is to arrest domestic terrorists. that if youeve murder a police officer you should receive the death penalty. [applause] that was the president just yesterday in las vegas. this ises left in segment with 50 days left to go until election day.

the phone lines for those who support joe biden, for those who support president trump, and for those who are undecided or supporting someone else. here are a few tweets. one viewer wrote in about bloomberg asking " why is bloomberg backing biden? american workers built this country only to see a dismantled by the powers that be in their pursuit of a fascist state." bcvenice this morning. lissa " asks -- biden's s " where is

scotus list?" them thinking after election i will take a break from politics. i will read a few novels and catch up on some of these." we hope you still tune into washington journal at least occasionally. this is bill in chicago on the line for those who support joe biden. go ahead. i really support bernie sanders, but i have no choice but to vote for biden. i am a veteran. i cannot vote for a president that disrespects our troops and calls them suckers and losers. he has also on track to destroy

-- [indiscernible] now you have got 200,000 because of this man's inaction. he continues to lie about it. he does not have any respect for the lives of americans. look what he does with these demonstrations. he still encourages mobs. without any masks or anything like that, they go on and spread the disease.

respect for our troops. is timothy out of springfield, ohio on that line for those who support president trump. caller: i am a voting for trump because i think haydn is a political puppet. that is -- i think hyden is a political puppet -- i think biden is a protocol puppet. host: a political puppet of who? caller: the radical left. the: who do you think is puppet master, timothy? i think he will be president, but he will just be a puppet. host: then who runs the country? members of his cabinet? caller: yes. host: who do think he will pick? or who are you worried he will pick? caller: i don't know.

host: did you want to add anything? caller: no. host: mooresville, pennsylvania. are two flawed human beings as we all are but president trump is a business minded guy and that has not posed any negatives and joe biden has done -- do you remember when zoe board was clinton? by he wrapped her apart why? because she hired an immigrant -- he ripped her apart, why? because she hired an immigrant. i will quote him -- he said "people around here say it is not a big deal. i think it is a big deal," talking about hiring illegal immigrants. neither of these guys will do what you want them to do.

americans need to do their own research. the russia thing was total bogus crop -- crap. americans need to do their own research. host: so who are you voting for if you are not voting for joe president trump? caller: jo jordgensen. into people need to look -- out ofhis is dee washington. caller: biden, he cares about america. asked radicals to attendees at his rallies not

to sue if they got covid. in february he sent 17 tons of ppe to china on the who warned that there would be limited stock. then you see are nurses wearing garbage bags to protect nurses wearingur garbage bags to protect themselves. he has not paid his mega rallies' police force. he has bamboozled the american people. cares. not just for america, but how we affect the world. the world is now locking a sin because we are diseased at this because blocking us in we are diseased at this point. infected, are asymptomatic, pre-symptomatic

will have these problems forever. it is not just the people who have died, it is the people who are infected. they will always suffer. it could have been avoided but trump did not want to warn us. it is like being a weatherman and a hurricane f5 coming in and just a " it is windstorm, i don't want you to worry." host: this is mary out of wisconsin, supports president trump. caller: this is not about who i am for. i protect children and the elderly and i think joe biden cannot answer a question from the audience by not looking at a teleprompter. how can he represent the usa? i don't know who is wrote -- responsible for elder abuse, but jill biden should know her

husband is not the same as he was a year ago. that is a sad situation because that is how the elderly are being taken advantage of. even think he't understands why he is sitting in the position he is right now. abuse is never acceptable in society. thank you. host: that is mary in wisconsin. yesterday at his rally in las vegas, president trump said that joe biden is unfit to hold the office of president. here is more from president trump. [video clip] >> the reason i can talk so badly about him is because he did an ad where he had me standing over the grave and graves of our fallen heroes from --y years ago and they said and nobody loves the military more, look at what i have done for them. [applause]

end they had me saying horrible things in front of other people. no one would have put up with that. it is called disinformation. they make up a total add -- a total lie. look, it is ok because now the gloves are off. i can say that this man is totally unfit. he is totally unfit. he cannot be your president. ofot to know president xi china, i have got into no got into no- i have -- i have gotten to know president putin of russia. this stop the virus from going into china, but they did not

stop it from going into europe and our country and the rest of the world, but i deal with all these people into they do not have the kind of a mental problem that sleepy joe does. kim jong-un does not know about the problems that joe has. we need very sharp people. it joe is not qualified for this position. host: that was trump in las vegas yesterday. here is one of the latest ads from the biden campaign. we will show that to you in just a second. [video clip] thehis is our chance to put darkness of the past four years behind us, to end the anger, insults, violence, and start fresh in america. we can stop focusing on them -- a president who

thinks it is all about him. we need to help working families. thebiden's plan rewards working class. joe biden will lower premiums and reduce costs while protecting those with pre-existing conditions. on climatetake change and protect social security and medicare. we have had four years of a president who brought out the worst in america. it is time we had a president who brought out the best. from the biden campaign. you may have seen it if you watched football over the weekend. it is one of the ads and rotation that the biden campaign is paying for. just a few minutes left as we wrap up this segment with 50 days to go until election 2020,

taking calls asking for your top issue. elise has been waiting on the line for those who support joe biden. theer: i wanted to address word socialism. it seems the republicans are being saturated with " we do not want socialism." socialism is not communism. fundlism is a taxpayer used collectively to benefit society as a whole despite our income contribution or ability. socialism is already used in america quite successfully. ,t is medicare, social security public schools, highways and roads, public libraries, fire department, student loan grants, farm subsidies, polio vaccines, the epa, public parks, snow removal, the court system.

actionse all socialist already embedded in the united states of america and it is being used like it is communism and it is not. people need to educate themselves. it is frustrating to hear people who are voting for donald trump because they do not want socialism. this guy is a crock and they and they cannot see that. he is a failed businessman. every one of his businesses has gone under. i wanted to try to educate people on what socialism is and that they should look it up and do some research instead of believing everything that comes out of this con man's mouth because he lies about everything. in thisr last caller segment of the washington journal. stick around.

up next we will be joined by ed whelan of the ethics and public policy center to discuss the new names president trump added to his list of potential supreme court pecks and later malcolm kenyatta, the keynote speaker at this year's democratic national convention, discusses campaign 2020. we will be right back. announcer: tonight on the communicators, netflix founder and ceo reed hastings, and business professor aaron meyer discussed the unorthodox workplace culture behind one of the largest tech companies in the world in their book "no rules rules, netflix and the culture of reinvention." >> we want to do what you think is right to help the customers and the company. you cannot be trying to please your boss, me. you're not allowed to let me drive the bus off the cliff. you have to fight for the

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he knew how dangerous it was. all this deadly disease ripped through our nation, he failed to do his job on purpose. it was a life-and-death betrayal of the american people. announcer: watch live coverage of the first presidential debate on c-span at 9:00 p.m. eastern. watch all debate coverage on live or on-demand. quickly find all past presidential and vice presidential debates from c-span's video library. there's also a link to our campaign 2020 website, with campaign videos, candidate information, and election results. go to c-span.org/debates or listen live on the free c-span radio app. c-span, your unfiltered view of politics. announcer: "washington journal" continues. host: ed whelan is back on washington journal.

he is a lawyer, former supreme clerk.aw kir good morning, sir. guest: good morning, john. host: last week, president trump releasing 20 additional names on his list of potential supreme court picks. i want to start with the president from the white house last week. pres. trump: in the recent past, whenever most treasured freedoms, including religious liberty, free speech, and the right to keep and bear arms, have been saved i a single vote on the united states supreme court. our cherished rights are at risk, including the right to life and our great second amendment. over the next four years, america's president will choose hundreds of federal judges, and in all likelihood 1, 2, three, and even four supreme court justices, the outcome of these decisions will determine whether we hold fast to our nation founding principles or whether

they are lost forever. that is why today i am announcing 20 additions to my original list of candidates for the united states supreme court. should there be another vacancy on the supreme court during my presidency, my nominee will come from the names i have shared with the american public, including the original list, and these 20 additions. joe biden has refused to release his list, perhaps because he knows the names are so extremely far left that they could never withstand public scrutiny or receive acceptance. he must release a list of justices for people to properly make a decision as to how they will vote. it is very important that he do so. host: that was president trump from last week, his list of available white house -- at whitehouse.gov. tom cotton, ted cruz, josh

hawley, and i want to ed whelan, what do you think of the 20 names? guest: i think it is an outstanding list on top of an original list that was outstanding. president trump did an excellent job of highlighting the importance of the judiciary in the coming election. host: do you think senators should be included among the category of potential supreme court picks? guest: each of the three senators whom president trump added are distinguished lawyers, and i think it is perfectly fine to have them on the list. there have been some senators in the past who have been nominated to supreme court. it's not exactly where i would look first, and i think a couple of them already indicated they are not interested, but it is fine to have them on the list. host: ted cruz just yesterday said he is not interested and wants to be involved in the process of picking justices, and josh hawley as well was the other senator who said he would not do that. i wonder if you think the

politics of getting a senator through a senate confirmation -- what would that be like? guest: it used to be the understanding that senators would defer to a president to select another senator. somehow i don't think that's the case anymore. i think it could be very contentious, perhaps more so than with someone who has a strong judicial background. so i don't think the next anytime if there is one soon, will be a senator, but i think the individuals being named are highly qualified. host: what about a former solicitor general? onst: absolutely, they are the list, two. -- on the list, too. general.itors paul clement and noel francisco. widely regarded come in my view, correctly, as superb lawyers.

they would be a great addition to the supreme court. host: you wrote last week that there was a surprise list missed -- a surprise name missing, naomi rao. guest: she former served in his administration in a regulatory capacity. very highly regarded. she was among several names that could well have been on the list but were not. she is indian american by background, very highly respected. host: should we expect that releasing lists is going to be the practice of presidents going forward? is this a new expectation that president trump has set? guest: we will see how joe biden response. my guess is that joe biden will not release a list of his own. i think that's true for at least two reasons. one that president trump identified, that the names would likely be controversial, and it

is best to leave things vague with the american public. secondly, i think there would be lots of infighting on the left between the social justice warriors who are looking for an aggressive progressive to put on the court, and more traditional liberals who are diminished in clout but still i think would try to have a voice. two what do you think of joe biden saying he would appoint an african american woman to the court? guest: well, obviously anyone who is qualified would by candidate.ba it is interesting that he has put race and gender first. i think that is a play to the identity politics of the left, but again, i would love to see his list of which candidates he would actually consider because i think it would be some

significant controversy over some of them. let week, biden should not activate here, under no obligation to think of a list of names before the voters and subject the lawyers to partisan attacks. it made sense for political -- for a political novice like trump to do so because the party fear he was not committed to nominating-- two conservative justices. guest: i think that politico that is an astute observation, and it is likely that joe biden will not issue a list because he would not see it as benefiting him. but again, i think that illustrates a sharp divide president trump and joe biden and president trump has a long list of outstanding candidates

biden is not going to tell us who would be his top candidates. our guesthelan is this morning. president of the ethics and policy center, joining us for this discussion's new supreme court list. if you want to join the --versation, it is before we get to calls, remind folks what the organization is. guest: we are dedicated to providing the judeo-christian moral tradition. the author of several books on delay justice antonin scalia a. another one coming up soon? guest: that's right. by latest is forwarded justice kagan sto.

think it shows a lot of common ground among legal minds as to what a great justice antonin scalia a was. turning the other books that have edited or co-edited, scalia speaks on -- and on faith, lessons from an american. ,everal callers already for you cleo is up out of houston texas, a democrat. you are up first. caller: good morning. i would like to know, of all the questions that have been asked to come and i have been listening to you over 30 minutes. i have not heard one thing about children that we have locked up in cages. this is not an american thing, and it is scary. our country is concerned. it gives us the ugliest look that you can find for our country.

host: ed whelan, on immigration issues before the court? guest: there are a number of issues that have been before the federal court. there have been some significant defeats on those, victories on others. immigration is a very difficult issue, and all the more so when people are led to believe they can get into this country and not face any adverse consequences if they do. i decide -- i do not suggest these are easy issues but there are some circumstances that really tear at the heartstrings, and the caller has identified one. host: johnstown, pennsylvania, ron, a democrat, good morning. is, what wasestion wrong with merrick garland? he was a middle-of-the-road choice by obama, not even given a hearing. he was cavanaugh's boss. so if the senate is controlled mcconnell, will he give biden

the same kind of treatment that he gave obama? and don't say it's going to be a lefty or socialistic or whatever pick. i'm sure biden will pick somebody who is qualified as opposed to the last two appointments on there by trump. so don't give me that thing about the lefties in this business. thetwo on there now are on hot conservative line. i think merrick garland would have been a great choice, and i would like to see biden pick him again if he gets into office. thank you. guest: well, for starters, the left-leaning american bar association rated brett and -- is imminently qualified. i have a great deal of respect for merrick garland. he was nominated only because

senate republicans took the strong line that he did. present obama is trying to find a way past that. obviously you have the unusual situation in 2016 after justice scalia's death. we had the president of one party making a nomination to a senate controlled by another party, a configuration that had not existed for decades. that is exactly the configuration, especially in an election year, that is most likely to result in a stalemate. and indeed, president obama's firm white house counsel acknowledged that she would have recommended the same course of action if the political polarities had been reversed. so again, i have a great deal of respect for eric garland, but that is a situation that was clear, again, at the situation been reversed, was not going to get confirmed in an election year. if joe biden is elected, the left will not tolerate the idea of a merrick garland or anyone

similar being nominated, so i don't think you will see that. host: what did you make of the reaction to president trump unveiling this list last week? i mean that in the sense of, how much did a dent didn't make everything that is going on this election cycle? do you think supreme court picks are as important as voters -- in voters minds as they were in 2016? guest: that is a big question. i don't claim expertise on it. i think the president did a fine job reminding folks of how important the supreme court is -- the supreme court issue is, and how he will make quality picks. it will be up to voters to prioritize them. there are lots of folks, myself included, who are skeptics of donald -- who were skeptics of donald trump in 2016. judicialown by his nominations that he can be relied on with the lower courts to make a superb nomination.

that will count for many voters. georgia, out of independent, your next. caller: yes, i just tuned into this, so i'm not exact sure who this fella is. host: this is ed whelan. well, anyway. i don't have a question for him. other than to say i don't believe as an independent all my today is what i see jam the are trying to torts full of republicans get you want no matter what we do as electorates. what we do as the people. but it looks as if we have come

time where weour are going to have to make some very difficult decisions, and i'm of the opinion -- it is the majority of the people in this country that are not going to stand for you or them to stand. -- withith your respect, i disagree with your assessment of what conservative justices would do. one of the great divides with the left and right when it comes to judging is that conservative judges, much more than those on the left, have a judicial withsophy that comes leaving matters to the states to decide, so there is much more deference to local processes. obviously we can point to exceptions. conservatives aim to give the text of the constitution the weight it demands. to enforce those rights and limits on governmental power

that are in the constitution, not to invent rights that are not in the constitution and to let the political processes handle a vast range of matters. that ought to enable people from different states to come up with policies that suit them, suit their localities come and i believe higher satisfaction overall. that is our system of federalism and a restraint judiciary is part of our system of separation of powers. a judiciary that is restrained when it doesn't have authority to act, but then again exercises judicial power when rights or limits on power have been violated. host: there are lots of efforts out there to change the supreme court, but when they got attention this week as a constitutional amendment to permanently keep the supreme court at nine justices, in an attempt to keep from court packing or politicizing the court. what do you think about that effort?

it is anthink interesting effort. the supreme court has been at nine justices for a long time now since the mid-19th century. if one side were to use temporary partisan advantage to increase the size of the court, the other side would get the power back -- would do so when it got the power back, and then there would be 72 members. courty of destroying the in the pretense of trying to save it. this constitutional amendment is a way of reflecting the reality that there is a norm that has been established and it would be dangerous to the system to abandon that norm. host: about 10 minutes left with ed whelan, president of the ethics and public policy center in d.c. democrats --

this is amy out of dallas, texas, a republican. good morning. are you with us? got to stick by your phone. this is bruce in fayetteville, north carolina. caller: good morning, sir. the listn't think that for potential supreme court justices should be released because people will tell you anything to get your vote. mean, i was drafted at 19. the only sign -- my father -- i went in because i believed in the united states of america. guest: god bless you. you, sir.ank

not because somebody promise me something. i knew that i was working for my country. for my people. all people in america, not just black's, not just whites, not just mexicans. is thatg -- our problem some people want things to go their way and only their way. and that is not justice for all. thank you, sir. guest: thank you for your service. in a political system of elections, we want to have candidates spell out what they aimed to do in a whole range of areas, including the judiciary. i think donald trump's innovation of putting in a list has been interesting. some concerns have been raised over whether can i put pressure on the list to behave a certain way. and frankly, judges, whether they are in a list or not know whether their candidates --

whether they are candidates for investment. disagree that aboutis anything damaging putting out names. host: remind us amy coney barrett is. guest: she is a trump appointee on the seventh circuit in three midwestern states since 2017. she is a former notre dame law professor, former scalia law clerk come outstanding mind. she would be a great addition to the supreme court. she has been on trump's list since 2017. host: how close did she get to being the pick last time? guest: one hears that she was one of the runners-up and would deserve consideration.

she would be likely a short lister. host: who else would you put on the short list if the full list would arrive? possibly alyssa parr, a judge on the sixth circuit in kentucky. pryor,sident engine bill a chief judge of the 11th circuit. he is in alabama. so many outstanding pix, but i'm excluded many. make a great supreme court drawing nine names from the original list or from the new list or frankly from trump appointees not yet on the list.

host: from indiana come a democrat, good morning. caller: thank you, c-span and ed. my question is, when mcconnell took advantage of obama when he did not put the judge in, he had no right to do that. , he just did it because he could do it. the other thing is right now i agree with the man that just called before us. the supreme court should be looking for the -- working for the country and not for one president. what is this country now? what are we, a dictatorship? is that what it has come to? because that is what it feels like for me. and i have been around for 61 years almost. so would you answer my question? is that true?

mcconnell, was he wrong to do what he did? able,e they going to be if something happened to one of the judges right now, are they going to put a judge in right away? i don't know. would you answer those questions for me, please? guest: happy to try. the supreme court should be defending the constitution, , and obviouslyws it has already delivered some significant defeats to president trump, so the idea that it is complicit or an ally is not at all supported by the evidence. senator mcconnell, i will repeat that president obama sen. 's white house counsel -- if there had been a republican

president in an election year trying to fill a seat with a democratic senate, what he did was entirely within his power. there is no serious argument to the contrary, it obviously played out in a very important way. i can see why people are on the losing side or disappointed. the one legal argument that academics made in 2016 is i think the laughable argument that the senate had a constitutional duty to give an up or down vote to president obama's nominee. this argument was made by the same folks who had tried to filibuster -- in other words prevent an up or down vote -- on sam alito back in 20 sit -- back in 2006. it is an argument that has no basis in constitutional text or history. thethose folks who would be

ones properly accused of principles, abandoning that position. host: from illinois, an independent. good morning. caller: i am a retired police trainer from california, 20 three years. since law & order is the theme of this political season, especially from president trump, i was hoping and i've been waiting for cable news or yourself to do something most people haven't even thought of, and that is bring on a nationally certified police trainer to explain the policies and procedures. people just kind of throw stuff out. you have people like heather mcdonald, who is not any kind of qualified to tell us anything about police work. so it is to our benefit as a nation if we understood what police are allowed to do.

host: that's an interesting idea. is there a national organization of police trainers that does that sort of thing that you know of? caller: absolutely. all you've got to do is google it. usually the large departments have a better budget, but we all go by what they call become different things. our was called the -- ours was called the gold book. in it are the policies and procedures that we had to live by, so to speak. if you didn't follow those procedures, i had to sign off on all use of force, and i wasn't going to sign my name to something that was inaccurate. but we are getting so much information that is inaccurate, like the shooting with deputy peterson, and of course i can only do this from a distance because i don't have access to the reports, so i'm careful to say what happened and why. interesting idea. i only have about a minute and a half left with ed whelan. the gamee know the way

is played. i'm in my 60's. you guys hold the hammer. i'm not swaying one way or the other. i couldn't care less about president trump or mr. biden. but the fact is, whoever is going to get in charge is going to make the rules. that is the way we are and it is unfortunate, but you will see that things will change, mainly because of the demographics. being a latino from california, you can look that up and see how we were 50 years ago, and look what outstanding is now. i caution you, be careful what you wish for. thank you for your time. host: mr. whalen, your final minute here. power it through the federal government and the states, the goal is to decide no one is hammering anyone else. think it is a real dangerous one, unfortunately one that we see among the political justice warriors, with efforts to cancel or eliminate people who are not

allies. that is not the american way. i hope very much that you will work together, work out our differences, respected show other, come and have a supreme court and that it doesn't make things up. host: those are some of the things that you could read about in "the essential scalia?" guest: absolutely, it goes over all the great issues that he encountered over his long period of service. host: that book coming out tomorrow, correct? guest: that's right. host: ed whelan, thank you so much for your time this morning. guest: thank you, john. we will be joined by senator malcolm kenyatta. talking about campaign 2020. we will be right back.

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i lost her a couple of years ago. forget, when ir was an or 12 i was following issues in my neighborhood that i represent. my mom said, if you care so much, do some something -- go do some thing about it. that was the first thing i did in terms of getting physically engaged, and as a young age, it imparted to me that each and everyone of us in our local communities, in our faith communities come at our schools, in our cities and our states, that we can get involved and have a voice, and that is critically important that we do so. in 2017y did you think you could win a general assembly seat in pennsylvania? guest: i wasn't sure i could, but i knew i needed to try. i thought they were a variety of different issues that were critical not only to folks in my community but pennsylvania families across the commonwealth, that you could

look at the investment we need to make in our young people, k-12 and also in terms of decay and early learning -- of pre-k and early learning. , they reallytaxes question them, whether or not they can stay in their homes. and i think about issues of health care and climate change, so many of these things -- the battle front of them are right in our state capitals. not every single issue is going to be solved in the oval office, certainly not in this oval office. but many of the issues that we face are happening at the state and local level, so i felt that was an important place to be involved, running a competitive race come in here we are. host: when and why did you decide to endorse joe biden? you look atnk if everything going on right now, it really has made more for him,

what i said about the vice president when i endorsed him on the day he announced his campaign, that we really need a leader that has the confidence, the compassion, to really guide us through incredible challenges, challenges that covid-19 pandemic has made more pronounced, challenges around our social safety net. around racial justice and how we reform policing in the criminal justice system, challenges around dealing with the environment. we are seeing right now massive historic fires all over -- all across the west coast are really loggers and our farmers and individual families who have had to pack up and leave their homes during a pandemic. so i thought it was critical that we have somebody who understands the challenges that we face, who understand american families. leads going to be able to us in a way that unites us as

opposed to divides us. host: how do you get young people excited for a presidential race between a 74-year-old and a 77-year-old? guest: put on the table the two men who are running. one person, president trump, says, change is a chinese hoax. the other. , vice other person president biden, has put together a robust plan that tackle head on climate emergency. looking at it as an opportunity for us to build sustainable good paying jobs. one person says he does not have to worry about or care about what is happening in terms of the racial injustice in this country, and another person who really addresses our need to really shift some of the structural challenges that we imagine the way we

give our communities safe and the way that we treat one another in this country. one person has really looked at the constitution. about all these -- that is thewe choice we have. when the vice president talked about the soul of the nation, he is also talking about the future . for some families like my own, the future for folks all across the country that see a divisive -- a divisive leader, and really need that person replaced with someone who understands the challenges that have laid out all proposals and is going to be ready on day one. --ling with a one generation

host: pennsylvania state representative out of north philadelphia, malcolm kenyatta is here to take your phone calls. if you are a biden/harris -8000.ter, 202-748 if you are a trump-pentz 2002-748-8001. if you are undecided, 202-748- 8002. california, supporting joe biden. go ahead. caller: yes, sir. joe biden going to do with the opioid epidemic? i am an opioid user, and i want to get off of them. i have a marijuana -- that is license and i cannot afford it. i would throw away my opioid products for marijuana products. what is his plan for helping me out with my problem?

guest: thank you so much, william, for your call and for being so candid and honest. what you are expressing about the opioid crisis is what so many families are struggling with here in pennsylvania and across the country. it is one of the areas where i know the vice president's history of being able to pull people together is where we are really going to need that. one of the things he has talked about is holding accountable pushedig forms that have these medicines, these drugs out into communities with very little accountability. even within their own internal data, when it says that they are overprescribing, so we really need to hold people accountable and do that. when you look at the issue of looking at pain management end other things, the vice president wants to allow universities to begin the type of robust research that she

wants to decriminalize it and states like yours and states like pennsylvania to decide whether they want to expand medical or go to recreational. i think that is the type of holistic approach that we need to take. the cornerstone on that is going to be ensuring that we hold these drug manufacturers accountable. reporting,lot of looking how they have pushed out opioids to gain a profit, even as the addition has crippled communities and destroyed families. so that type of accountability is going to be critical not only in health care but across government. so thank you for the question. the undecided line, this is beth on the -- from tampa.

muchr: you know, we see so going on, all these disasters and the devastation, fires, hurricanes, the pandemic, the rioting, the protesting, and joe biden is a very calm, compassionate man, but his fragility concerns me. i watch him when he speaks, and from the past. and trump is aggressive and he speaks what he feels. he says what he feels, and he doesn't -- i sometimes believe he doesn't think before he talks. , but heffends people also has good decisions behind his motives, but he is also a very abrasive person. and he is open, saying what he feels. together as to come persons, not democrat, republican, but we need to do what is good for everyone. we were living fine before the pandemic, the way it seems to

me. maybe i was blind to the world, but to me, everything seemed to be flowing right in the world. was i in my own orbit? i don't know. but all of a sudden the pandemic came and everything fell apart. host: when do you think you will make your decision? i will when i watch the debates. host: thanks for the call from tampa, california. guest: thank you, beth, and we joeneed you voting for biden and kamala harris. it is not just the president's way of engaging with people, which is as you said, incredibly embrace -- abrasive and divisive. but it is about having a leader that is honest with the american people. one of the things that is deeply troubling is that we now know from the president's own words,

when you talk about the pandemic, that he knew very early on this was airborne. he knew very early on that this was worse than the strenuous flu, and he went out again and again and lied to the american people and put people in a position where we have spent now months arguing over the efficacy of masks, and spent months figuring out whether or not this was transmitted via surface or whether or not it could be aerosolized, as we know it can be. beth, thatieve, character matter. you need to know that when somebody is in the oval office making critical decisions, and many cases like life or death decisions, that in their heart they care about people, that they care about people like you, that they care about your family. i think the trouble with president trump is not just that he tweets mean things, but that he is that he has completely forgotten about and ignored american families.

the only family he seems really focused on is his own. we have had almost 200,000 americans who have lost their lives to the covid-19 pandemic. we saw the worst drop in gdp on record ever. we see sky high unemployment, pennsylvania being ground zero for that unemployment. and a lot of it started well before the pandemic. the president's trade wars have complete see -- have completely decimated farmers. his consistent choice of taking folks who are well-off and well-connected, his big is this buddies over working families, families,e-income speaks very much to what he would do with four more years. we are in a situation right now where we need somebody who is trusted and tested, and somebody who is going to care about you and your family. and i would just, you know, end with this quote. vice president biden said this

in his speech, and i think it is critically important. he said, "i'm going to be a democratic presidential nominee, but i'm going to be an american president for everybody," not just for his supporters, but for everybody. that is the kind of unifying leadership that i really do think we need right now, and i hope you ultimately vote for vice president biden. ist: outside scranton jefferson township, pennsylvania, william, on that line for those who support donald trump. caller: hello, i have a comment and a question. you -- i lloyd you -- i laud you for following your mother and running for office. years old, will be 78 in

october. but your democratic platform birth,ges abortion up to ok? and i am a catholic, and i cannot vote for anybody who supports abortion. i think it is a form of genocide. let me know how you stand on the topic of abortion, ok? host: that is william. guest: thank you, william, and thank you for calling in. so this is, for me, a very involved proposition. as a political leader, i have been invited a lot of places. i have never been invited to the doctor's office with someone. and so i think this idea that we are making decisions for women and for families is

inappropriate at the political level. i think that this is a decision between folks and individual families, their conscious and their god. vice president biden is also a strong catholic, as you know, and has been his entire life. but when we talk about the sanctity of life, we really have to also be looking at what has happened right now. we have lost more people over because several months of this pandemic and the president's in action on this pandemic than we have lost in all wars since 9/11, including those brave americans who we combat inin years of iraq and afghanistan. so the reality is, if we care about life, then we also have to care about what is happening right now with the pandemic. we also have to care about the quality of life that people have . and the reality, as you know

here in pennsylvania, that a lot of our families are struggling. and thisident administration has done almost nothing to help families who are struggling, to help working people. folks up in jefferson county, who are working every day, seeing the rug pulled out from under them because this president has been incredibly incompetent in terms of how he handles this pandemic. i would just end with this note. irrespective of who the president is, you want the president to be successful, because their success is the country's success. and this president has really shown that he is not capable of doing this job. he is not up for the task, and we have to put somebody in who is capable and ready to do this job on day one. host: about 10 minute left with

malcolm kenyatta. i did want to ask if you could explain what is going on with mail-in ballot and right now in pennsylvania. guest: right now we have a situation where the president again is trying to diminish trust in our mail-in ballot and processes, and trying to diminish trust in our democracy in general. we have passed major reforms earlier this year, bipartisan that have extended no excuse absentee balloting. that anybody can request an absentee ballot. why a lot of -- while a lot of people want to see those votes counted quicker, republicans have moved forward in terms of legislation with trump's wish list of voter and intimidation. they want to get rid of the ballot boxes outside of

locations and counties set up by by partisans that conduct -- by atpartisans that conduct -- the same time creating confusion around the u.s. postal service and creating really distrust and mistrust in terms of whether or not people can mail in their ballots. they also want to allow voter intimidation to run rampant. we have not allowed pull watchers to come from out of county -- pull watchers to come out of county to stand at polling locations with the intent to intimidate voters. we have not had that here in pennsylvania. they want to allow that here in pennsylvania. so this is a perfect example of the national conversation and this president really driving the decision-making of local republican leaders, and it is one of the reasons that, you know, i'm working so hard and so

many of my colleagues are working so hard to not just ensure that joe biden and kamala harris when the white house, but that we when the statehouse here , to really begin to deal with pennsylvania's challenges as opposed to looking at donald trump's twitter feed and deciding which bills are going to run. that really is the practice that unfortunately my republican colleagues have taken in regards to the campaign. need how many seats do you to take the statehouse in pennsylvania? thet: we need nine seats in house and six in the state senate. i think we are doing the work, talking about issues here locally that we really need to drive that turnout. because the republicans -- the republican majority really has not let -- they really have not let -- and i think pennsylvanians see -- that we need serious leaders for serious times, and we do not have in

this leadership, serious leadership in terms of the majority right now. carmine in new rochelle, new york, undecided. it morning. guest: good morning, everyone. good morning, representative kenyatta. president -- in 2016, i wrote the president a long letter and i put in my letter my fears about this. issues were white supremacy, but also with the media does, print media and electronic media, that seem to be very racist and can do a lot of damage and has done a lot of -- in, and by that i mean this country, according to the

const touche and, not only are we all -- according to the constitution, not only are we all human, we are all equal. there is no master race. the main thrust of the constitution is that is an indictment against royalty, or so-called royalty, and all they represent. but meanwhile, how does the media treat so-called royalty? they promote them, they glorify them, and they deify them. runningrmine, we are out of time. give me an example. you see on article the media, whether print or electronic, they promote these people as if they are a special race. host: who are these people? caller: so-called royalty, especially in england. believe it or not, the constitution was written as an indictment of these people.

guest: thank you for your call come and i hope you are not undecided for too long. i think you're absolutely right in the thrust of what you're saying. haven't in this country kings or queens, and that unfortunately is how this president has positioned himself . liftsts to be -- and he up strongmen and authoritarian leaders across the world. america has lost the moral leadership that we have, that all men and women are not only created equally but that they are treated equally. there are two things that really jump out as concerns that i have with the president on this. the first is to recent whistleblower report that says that an employee at the

department of homeland security was basically told to not be completely honest about the single greatest domestic terrorism threat in this country, and that is a white supremacist group. and those involved in the radicalization of them. many of which we see happening every day at fox news, where they are supporting and lifting up these conspiracy theories and giving a platform and safe harbor to folks who spewed weiss -- who spew white supremacist hate. rug.weeping under the it is shameful. we also have a president who over and over again coddled and encourages white supremacist values. that is unacceptable, and it has violence and the loss of life that we are seeing across this country. donald trump has never seen a buyer that he did not want to

see grow bigger. and he has thrown all types of kindling and accelerant on the flames of racial injustice in this country, instead of pulling the country together to address this head on and having the types of difficulty -- difficult conversations that we have had. he encourages division because he think that is helpful for him politically. host: sherry is waiting on the line for those who support president trump. like to premise my question first and ask mr. to not relate my question to the -- i would like to know what policy you can point to that biden in his history, or more specifically during his time with obama, when you had control of the house and the senate, what policies can

supportt to that helped the black, hispanic, or even poor people in our country? and another question i would can youask, what source tell us that supports that more black's are shot by police officers than whites? thank you. kenyatta, ientative will give you the final two minutes or how much time you need. the obama/biden administration did a bunch of important things. first if you look at obamacare, the affordable care act, which helped cover a lot of people right there in mississippi, and unfortunately, you know, the current administration is in court right now during an international pandemic, trying to health -- trying to take away health care from people.

you also look at the obama/biden -- they put together a whole commission, and i'm a little bit familiar with that commission because it was led in part by a former philadelphia police commissioner, charles ramsey, that put out an entire multipronged approach to what we need to do to reform policing here in the country. the obama administration justice ofartment also had a number -- with police departments around the country, where there of been persistent examples excessive use of force or other issues in that police dojrtment, and the current has torn up many of those confessed decrees. you also look at the vice president, who president obama trusts with saving this country during the last great recession.

he really pulled this country out of the last great recession, and i think that we can trust him to pull us out of this great recession we are in right now now because of this pandemic. let me end with this thought. ,he unfortunate truth is president trump has waged war on everything but the coronavirus. he has waged war on the media. he has waked a trade war that has devastated pennsylvania families. he's waged war on working people and the need to increase wages and be able to actively unionize in this country. he has done everything in his power to divide this country up along racial lines, along gender lines, along income lines the problem with that is as a country, if we are going to succeed, we have to do it together.

i think vice president biden has laid out a plan that will build us back better. not just where we were before this pandemic or before donald trump got inaugurated, but he's laid out a plan that will allow us to address not only the racial issues that exist, but deal with the issues of their schools and making quality education affordable. dealing with housing and insuring folks can buy that home and start the american dream or rent a home and not have it bankrupt them along the way. dealing with expanding health care to every american. of challengeser that will exist right now. we need a president focused on you, on your families. betweenthat the choice vice president biden and donald trump could not be clearer.

3,m hopeful that on november the american people will not only choose a president who can lead us out of the pandemic we are in and lead us out of the recession therein, but you somebody who has the character and compassion and the confidence -- competence to run the greatest country in the world. i'm looking forward to folks making a judgment about the last four years. are you better off than you were four years ago and i think the answer is plainly no. let's elect vice president biden and senator harris and do the hard work of building this country back better than it's ever been. pennsylvania state representative, you can find him on twitter. thank you very much for your time.

come back and talk to us down the road. guest: any, thank you so much. host: that's going to do it for program today. we will be back here tomorrow morning at 7:00 eastern, 4:00 pacific. have a great monday. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] >> today's live event coverage begins at noon eastern with house subcommittee chair by connolly. the houses back for legislative business beginning at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. the washington post hosted

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