david, cnn town hall meeting in milwaukee tuesday. he will tour a vaccine plant, pfizer plant on thursday in kalamazoo, michigan, and participate in a virtual g7 meeting on friday. the journal sentinel talking about that meeting. president joe biden traveling to milwaukee, where he will participate in a cnn town hall. on the democrats line, robert in randolph, massachusetts. hello there. caller: thank you for taking my call. i just wanted to say, lindsey graham, a friend of john mccain, that would support -- when a coup fails, there is no accountability. so to me, if the guy goes to this level, and then you are going to take him and run with him again? so i feel like we are at a point

in america, a guy who, when the russians were targeting americans, he doesn't say anything. this is a guy who says i love the uneducated people. a guy who explains to you the history, the president who did certain things. people are talking about obama. most people benefit from obama, all kinds of races. donald trump -- the guy has no -- i mean, he doesn't have anything for this country. the guy is all about his money. i just think that people should wake up and not draw this country to this level anymore because he touched the presidency. when you see people did not convict, this country is going to hell because if people cannot

see the guy does not represent the presidency, the guy does not represent that he can change, the guy does not show that there is any transformation from him, and lindsey graham would -- i mean would continue with that kind of madness. i'm sorry to say that people got to wake up and think that we all are going to pay for that kind of behavior. no one should support that. host: this is a story from the los angeles times, loyalty to trump remains the fault line for republicans. they wrote that the senate voted to acquit the former president is second impeachment trial, illustrated the fault line that runs through his republican party. a sizable minority made clear their desire to be rid of him. 1/7 of the republican caucus voted against trump. fewer than half of the number that would have been needed to convict.

several of those who voted with trim, and student -- including senate republican leader mitch mcconnell, denounced him in harsh terms. steve is next, republican line from fair dale, kentucky. caller: last night i had a thing come across from world news and it said something about kamala harris being impeached, being brought up on impeachment charges from lindsey graham. her part in black lives matter, and still involved in it. she has to walk away from everything when she is the vice president or president or whichever she is. host: well, it could not have been from lindsey graham. one, he is a republican as she is in the republican party and two, impeachment starts in the house before a senate trial can take place. mechanicsburg, pennsylvania,

john on our republican line. caller: thank you very much. the story of the year, i guess you asked. host: it could be news story of the day or the year, sure. caller: i called with a question. i think as a republican, the mission of the year is the republican, and let's just say how it is in civil war. it started in 2016, 2015. the republican party has been split pretty much down the middle for several years, where they are very -- there are very liberal, moderate republicans who are actually democrats. we have seen the republican party fraction even more. i can tell you right now, those that i talk to are not mitch mcconnell republicans, they are not kevin mccarthy

republicans. there is going to be a battle for several years. we are going to have a war to save the party. mitch mcconnell does not speak for the republican party going forward at all. the 75 million people who voted for trump do not respect him or mccarthy or the people in leadership, or cheney from wyoming. so i see the issue in the coming years is you are going to see some serious change in the republican party because republicans don't trust the public in leadership host:. does that please you? is that the way you want the party to go? caller: that is exactly where the party is going to go, exactly where i wanted to go. the democrats want to go down the route they are going with, that's fine. it is their party and they can do whatever they want. they can vote in all the left-wing socialists that they want, but the republicans are not going to be socialist light,

straight up. but mitch mcconnell, ever mccarthy, and cheney are dinosaurs and they will disappear in the coming years. you watch. host: that is john, republican line in pennsylvania. comments about senator graham, impeaching kamala harris, the vice president, i think they came up -- there is a story in the new york post that came up. "senator graham could be impeached if -- senator graham talking, senator graham says kamala harris could be impeached if gop takes over the house." we apologize because we were not able to connect with david reynolds, historian, to discuss his new book on abraham lincoln. called "abe: abraham lincoln in his time we apologize that we had technical issues, and we want to have him back on in the

coming days. charleston, south carolina, perry on the democrats line. caller: good morning. people should be concerned about this. not only in michigan and ohio. they are all over it. and we should take this very serious. they have license now to do what they want to do, and they are trying to destroy this country and we cannot let them do it. americans have got to wake up. this is serious stuff. to visit some of these foreign countries like the philippines, they are not our friends, and they hate us. these are people who are contribute in big bucks with these militias, and they have license now. host: next up is bill in dallas,

north carolina. go ahead, bill. caller: i appreciate this very much, thank you. first off, i want to tell the democrats that i do not appreciate being called a nazi. i am a world war ii veteran. i was in the army infantry. i dug the enemy out of foxholes and killed them. and i don't appreciate being called a nazi or kkk. that comes downtown stupid the democrats are when it comes to running a country or doing what we should be doing. also, i fought along black people, they are fine people, but i don't think we should have black lives matter.

every life, no matter what race they are, matters. they are precious people, and the democrats -- black people don't seem to understand that we are not after them or anything. i have helped many a black man in my time. host: your top news story up until 10:00 a.m. eastern. this is a tweet, "the hero of the media are co-governor cuomo -- "the hero of the media." governor cuomo, talking about the nursing home story in new york, this is cnn reporting on it. the story keeps getting worse. for andrew comeau -- andrew cuomo over covid-19, amid the swirling controversy of whether

his administration undercounted deaths. a top aid apologized to democratic lawmakers saying the admission -- the administration froze when initially asked by state legislators back in august about the issue, which is a stunning admission and seems to jive with the report last month with attorney general letitia james that says the administration undercounted deaths among nursing home residents by as much as 55 -- 50%. from california, this is cheryl, democrats line. caller: thank you for taking my call this morning. i just wanted to express my views on, you know, everything that happened with the trial. and what we have been experiencing as a country. i hate to label democrat and republican, but i hear the republicans constantly talk

about the democrats and the socialist programs of the democrats. but the thing is, if you look back to every democratic president that we have had, this country has benefited, and everyone in this country has benefited when we headed democratic president. every time we get a republican in the house, we go through an upset. you can take it back to ronald reagan, you know. you can take it back to this cloud that we recently had an office. -- this clown that we recently had an office. we would not be on lockdown in this pandemic if it was not for his ignorance. let's be real. the bible says, "my people perish for lack of knowledge." the knowledge is out there, but

there are many people who don't want to face the truth. we all look at the video. we all saw what the former president had done, but yet they keep clinging to this -- i don't know what you call it -- this full splay, you know, when we all know what the truth is. so, you know, i would just say if we would just follow the truth, we would be a better country. and just think about this. history will prove the truth. and our children will know the truth. so, you know what, if you are on the republican side, to live with your conscience, in front of your children and your grandkids, keep doing what you are doing. at the same point, remember, all of these people that stormed the white house, that got caught on that video, they may wind up in

jail while he goes free. host: on twitter, a couple here, regarding the article we just said, "never agree with mcconnell, but he is correct. impeachment should have been dereliction of duty. however, mcconnell refused to reconvene the senate for vetting the evidence." and, "where is my $2000 quest ?" and, brits may have to show a covid 19 passport to go to a pub or restaurant. good morning, republican line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i just want to say to everybody, the truth is out there. if you look for it. now, specifically, i want to present one example from the house managers, eric swalwell.

first of all, mr. swalwell have been allegedly accused of having a chinese spy work for him while he is in the intelligence committee. that should be wrong right there. then, for him to produce a tweet from an individual, jennifer lynn lawrence, who they say was verified with a blue check mark, when it never was, and he took the words out of context. she was saying we the calvary, which is a reference to the cross, not cavalry, which is on horseback to attack. host: to riverhead new york, independent line, robert, hi. robert in riverhead, you are on.

are you there? well, that will about do it. we lost robert, but thanks for all your calls and comments this morning. david reynolds, we will get him back on the program to reschedule that interview. we are back tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern and we hope you are, too. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: the 117th congress includes 60 new members, including state representatives, tillage and reporters, professional athletes. watch conversations with new

members of congress this week at 8:00 p.m. eastern, presidents' day, tonight. we feature house democrats and senate republican members, including teresa leger fernandez, deborah ross, frank mrvan, carolyn bourdeaux, cynthia lummis, bill hagerty, and walter marshall. watch interviews with new members of congress at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. announcer: tuesday morning, u.s. election assistance commission chair ben benjamin hovland testifies at house appropriation subcommittee hearing. watch live on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. announcer: congress returns for legislative business on february 22. until then, committees will continue work on covid relief legislation based