a very good wednesday morning. you can start calling a note to retake the senate. democrats would need to net four seats on november 3, or three and the presidency to retake the house. republicans would need to net 17 seats on election day. that all depends on you. with less than 50 days to go until election day, kevin mccarthy unveiled his roadmap to try to win back the house yesterday on capitol hill.

it is called the commitment to america. here are some of the principles he laid out yesterday. [video] >> republicans will defeat the coronavirus and keep america healthy. [applause] and we will ensure the safety and security of all communities and uphold the constitutional liberties of every single american. -- willans were rebuild the greatest economy in history. add 10cally, we will million good paying jobs with investments in distressed communities and support for american small businesses. while democrats choose to ignore the threat from china, we will increase american manufacturing and supply chain resilience by ending america's dependence on china. and: across capitol hill,

here is where democrats were focused yesterday. the headline from the wall street journey. nancy pelosi saying the chamber should remain in session until lawmakers can strike an agreement on new coronavirus relief. she indicated she was not willing to scale back democrat'' offer.t a many anxious democrats have been pressuring party leaders to break the logjam, eager to pass the bill helping struggling americans even if it gives concessions to republicans. that is the story from the wall street journal. we will talk more about it as we hear from you throughout this first hour of the washington journal. will you reelect your member of congress? let us know who your member is and why or why not. phone lines if you do, (202) 748-8000. if you don't intend to reelect your member of congress, (202)

748-8001. if you are unsure, (202) 748-8002. starting in charlotte, north carolina. john, good morning. you plan to reelect your member? before i say anything, thanks for c-span and for everything y'all do. i was listening to kevin mccarthy in the introduction. program compared to the underfunding of police and the destruction of american cities, intimidation of law-abiding citizens, and also the destruction of the rule of law and what they are doing to the citizens in the cities after they burn them to the ground, i think there is no choice for me but to vote for the republican in our race.

apparent,ome unfortunately, the socialists, communists, whoever you want to call them in the country feel that they will be able to win america through intimidation and violence, etc., instead of using the system we have had set up for all these years. i believe law-enforcement officers, black or white, should be held to a standard that is basically fair and they should be prosecuted to the extent of the law if they break the law themselves. however, i don't believe in correcting our society by burning it to the ground. all the hard work and personal property people have worked so hard for their life. host: do you think republicans can pick up 17 seats in this election cycle in the house?

caller: i think they can do better than that. i will tell you what. i'm an american citizen, born and raised in this country. i grew up. -- i was born in 1960. race relations in this country got better and they were healing. sure there were things that needed to be taken care of. the heart has to heal in different ways other than by making a law. this country was accepting people as americans until the long march of the radical left brought in their identity politics to create the chaos and the angst and the confrontation between the two. starting with barack obama and his crowd of identity politics. say thest wanted to

democratic congress woman is your congresswoman in charlotte? caller: yeah. unfortunately. host: the republican running, phil brewster. elect -- he will ru taking your calls from around the country and having this theersation the day after last state primary of this election cycle. delaware was the last eight to hold its primary yesterday. no surprises out of delaware coming out of yesterday's vote. senator christopher kunz fended off a left-wing challenge, defeating jessica saccharin. former --e held by a by former vice president joe biden. cutting a moderate profile in

washington. be opponent in the fall will lauren witzkey, who has tweeted about qanon conspiracies. the senateed in rate yesterday -- the senate race yesterday in delaware. now focusing towards the general election and asking if you will reelect your member of congress. michelle is next out of new york. good morning. no -- hello? host: go ahead. schumer. no for schumer andover gillibrand. for gillibrand. we need term limits. that is the root of corruption.

thank you, c-span. armand at a georgia plans to reelect his member of congress. caller: i am not exec leisure who is running for the republican seat in my city, my district. i know i am a republican. whoever the republican is will get elected as far as i'm concerned because i am not happy with the politics being played by the democrats. don't know why i politics is being played with the funds to help people. half a glass is better than an empty glass. alreadyw they could gave money to help people. instead they would rather use that towards winning the election. i appreciate you letting me say that. trump 2020.

can't wait for the election. host: hank johnson is the democrat? caller: if i have anyway of getting him out of his seat. host: what do you think happens in both senate races, the special election in the senate, as well as the regular election taking place? both of your senators are coming up on the ballot this fall. what happens to those seats? caller: i like doug but i was not happy with what he did, opening up a congressional seat to take the senate seat away from kelly. the other seat, i think he needs to stay where he is at. perdue has done a pretty good job in my book. out,ch politics in and

democrats, republicans, independents. i don't like the socialism. i don't enough republicans are standing behind him in congress or the senate. host: armand out of georgia this morningg. chuck schumer speaking yesterday to reporters about some of the main themes in the 2020 election, tying the president to house and senate republicans and their responses on capitol hill. [video] >> what the president is doing about climate and fires in the west is reminiscent of what he did on covid. ignore it. downplay it. deny it. make it worse. mr. president, for four years you have done nothing on climate. part that are in

things are getting worse and worse and worse. pandemics don't magically disappear. climate change does not magically disappear. when is he going to get that into his head? >> we'll be leaving this program at this point as the u.s. house is about to gavel in. n the agenda today, a measure on education discrimination lawsuits. and now live to the floor of the u.s. house here on c-span. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. lord, merciful god, we give you thanks for giving