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republicans, you can call (202) 748-8001. independents, your line is (202) 748-8002. keep in mind, you can always text us at (202) 748-8003 (202) -- and we are always reading twitter and facebook. president biden's climate ends social spending -- and social spending plan is facing trouble

in the senate. senate democrats are not being shy about out landing -- outlining how they plan to change the bill once it comes up. "there are going to be some changes," jon tester told meet the press after the house passed the bill. any changes in the senate will force the bill to go back to the house where they will have to decide if they can live with the updated draft. in addition to policy splits between house and senate democrats details of the bill also need to pass muster with the senate parliamentarian and

republicans are able to force amendments. we want to know what political issue you want to talk about. our phone lines are open and we are waiting to hear from you. there is another story that comes out from politico talking about the public health issue that could make or break president biden's new drug regulator. ringing you this story from politico. -- bringing you this story from politico. " the next head of the food and drug administration takes over an agency that studiously avoided answering one of the most pressing public health questions for over a decade -- how to regulate the expensive prado -- expansive tobacco

product market. robert caliph who president joe biden nominated this month to lead the agency is being looked to by forces from all sides as someone who can reboot the fda's center for tobacco products. 'they still have not made a single tough decision in 10 years,'said gregory calmly, the president of the american vaping association which once the fda to bless e-cigarettes as an acceptable alternative for smoking for adults -- which wants the fda to bless

e-cigarettes as an acceptable alternative for smoking for adults." caller: we have to start regulating our unconventional wars that we have had in this country for decades. we have been funding the war on poverty, the war on terror, the war on drugs and we turned that over to our religious organizations, or nonprofits, are for-profits to regulate it. we need to take that back in control again. we see what is happening with people crossing the border illegally and we need to make sure these groups are actually following the law that we have in place. when we regulated under

president reagan we integrated all of our systems to monitor and control what is happening in our country and now we have no idea with the war on poverty. i think we have more people who are poor in this country than ever before. we spend trillions of dollars on these unconventional wars. the war on terror -- $3 trillion did we pay and not one receipt has been provided by our government. we need to take control over what is going on in this country and monitor these nonprofits and for-profits. host: let's talk to ray calling from pleasant view, tennessee on the republican line. caller: i have a comment on the way the government does dealing

out money to different problems in the country. a lot of these things, these individuals need to take care of their self. they do not want to get up and take care of the children, give them breakfast before they go off to school. they want the government to give them lunch. when i was coming up my parents did what they were supposed to do. now the government wants to do everything. that does not work because when you do that you take the right of the people to take care of their own business. do what you are supposed to do and everyone will be all right. host: let's talk to michael calling from grand rapids, michigan. caller: i have a request to a

topic for you and that is the danger to our democracy that is beginning to be discussed by many other people. we have a powerful conservative bloc sponsored by fox, one american news. i was watching amanpour just last night and a supreme court justice was on. she was suggesting that our democracy is in danger. the conservatives have a sense of keeping power by any means necessary. that is fox news. that is sending a dangerous message across our. country

i think -- host: let's go to alan calling from south carolina on the independent line. caller: my main concern is medicare scams that are going on during the enrollment period. it is hard to understand what is true and what is not true. host: let's go to dave who is calling from st. peter's erg, florida on the republican line -- st. petersburg, florida on the republican line. caller: i would like all of the viewers to realize that the department -- secretary of the department of energy was asked

how much oil our country uses per day and she does not know the answer. she had been in office for eight months when she got approved. that you would think the secretary of energy would know that by noon on her first day of work. that is incredible incompetence. we deserve way better for our officials in the government to know their jobs and to be able to legislate. the biden administration released 50 billion barrels of oil this week, which amounts to three days worth of oil, which is a joke. i call for people to take notice and to speak out against the incompetence. host: let's talk to rhonda who

is calling from new jersey. caller: good morning america. hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving. my biggest concern about our country is the rigging of our voting system, how they republicans are now going in and changing legislation so that all the districts are gerrymandered. this will not only affect the minority and black fvote, but the white vote as well. i am concerned about the authoritarian -- our country turning into authoritarianship

because of the white right trying to take over the country. we are in very very dangerous times. the former president has corrupted the republican party, and he is using them. i believe he is blackmailing them. he says " i go down, you guys go down with me." i want to tell seniors, stop sending donald trump money. he is using your money. you are paying his bills. he ripped everybody off with the build a wall fake fundhost: here washington post about what the biden administration plans to do

to fight inflation in the united states. the biden administration has taken pains to show it is easing the pain of inflation for americans. moms and dads are worried, asking whether be enough food for the holidays? will you be able to get christmas presents to the kids on time? will they cost me an arm and a leg? president biden said is administration's success is boosting the economy while emphasizing -- empathizing with americans worried about prices. the emphasis comes after months of pleas from worried democrats, who pressed officials to do more to acknowledge inflation as a central concern for voters. that group included at least four leading democratic pollsters who urged white house chief of staff ron klain to make a bigger show the policy that

biden is pursuing, with at least one saying they should point their fingers of the villains of the economy in which large companies have seen record profits, according to two people familiar with the conversation. that is from the washington post, with worried democrats pleading for biden to address inflation more forcefully. we want to know what topics you want to talk about. call in with your most important political topics. sean from massachusetts on the independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. yes. i would like to put national attention on the build back better plan. there is something i would specifically like to add. our joint resources.

that is i think joe biden and all those agencies concerned what make an effort to establish an east to west pipeline to transfer millions of gallons of water to refill lake mead, t o provide better fire protection and more freshwater to the west coast and those areas west of the continental divide. to fight fires and to supply water. host: kevin calling from galion,

ohio. caller: good morning. this is just a comment. i wanted to know why there was -- host: turn your television down and go ahead, kevin. caller: i wanted to know why there is glade x experiment. there were 660 six days until the time the pandemic was announced. host: what is the experiment? caller: an experiment the who did back in 2018 before the pandemic happened. 666 days later they had the pandemic announced. was this planned? host: let's go to ronald from illinois on the democratic line. good morning. caller: good morning to you. i would like to say president biden is doing a great job.

what i called to ask was, on this build back better program, is there a stimulus program for american people suffering today? host: let's talk to terry from west plains, missouri on the independent line. good morning. caller: hi. on voting, my personal opinion is everyone should be required to present an id. mail in or voting in person. everyone has to have an id. everyone is capable of getting an id. that is really all i have to say. host: let's talk to dave from

brooksville, florida on the democrats line. good morning. caller: i'm so tired of this red herring about the voter id. you have to show your id when you register to vote. let's get real. now we are looking at a new variant coming in from africa. we have just been through hell over the past two years. the wartime president, that loaded, -- bloated, obscenely privileged cloud and office for four years told us there was no problem. it would go away like magic. now we are faced with a new problem. he declared himself a wartime president. in this country -- host: i think we lost day. caller: dan from oregon on the

republican line. good morning. caller: how are you doing? host: go ahead, dan. caller: just like that guy who just called, i mean, nothing -- the woman before that from new jersey who starts yelling at the former president and whatnot, trump, this division in this country is never going to stop on two people quit doing stuff like that. -- until people quit doing stuff like that. i think we would be better off if biden was not in there. this illegal border crossing thing is getting out of control. i really think the hammer needs to come down and put a stop to it. host: nikki from carbondale,

pennsylvania on the independent line. good morning. caller: can you hear me? host: go ahead. caller: what i would like to bring to the people's attention is there are four words that are missing from our vocabulary. when words are missing from our vocabulary, we miss the concepts they can convey. here in pennsylvania,. three is one of them. the exciting of lawsuits. they were outlawed back in the 1700s. then there is maintenance, the maintaining of the use for profit. for these, you know, arguments that are set up. tamperty is the splitting of the spoils. champterty. baritry, maintenance, champ terty. if you allege -- the esquires

are the younger sons of noblemen forever. therefore, what i'm asking is with all these projects and the printing of the notes for pennies on the dollars and that people are going to be taxed on the full value -- the face value of that dollar, what is going on in this country? are we being run by a criminal enterprise with the printing of these federal reserve notes since 1913? the removal of the senators that were supposed to be selected from amongst the senate, according to article one, section three of the constitution. that was breached. with the 17th amendment, senators are putting their own people in place in order for this conspiracy by their own

people's definition to be run. host: let's talk to robert from aurora, indiana on the republican line. good morning. caller: good morning. thanks for letting me in. that lady that called -- the guy that called about the stimulus, i would say go to work. that is where you get money. you don't rely on the government. we need to get biden and harris out of office because they are running this -- ruining this country. they are doing nothing for this country. host: let's talk to john from las vegas, nevada on the republican line. good morning. caller: how's it going? i'm calling to speak to my fellow americans. everybody is obviously figuring out something is wrong. i will keep this short and simple.

there is no doubt that the communist government is trying to take over america and the democrats are traitors to our country. this is weird -- are you still there? host: keep going, john. caller: it's very suspicious this pandemic started just before the 2020 election. everybody pays attention and follow the money. if you look, where the people that hated donald trump the most? the democrats of the chinese. we were prospering the most? the democrats and the chinese. what is with dr. fauci saying there would be a pandemic in donald trump's presidency before it happened? is it true he had something to do with creating the aids virus? host: let's go to wilbert from culpeper, virginia on the democrats line. good morning. caller: good morning, jes. jessie, i had two questions, two

things i would like to say quick. as a straight democrat that votes the democratic ticket for years, i would never vote for her again. at the time i needed her for my unemployment package and she voted no. the second thing is for the american people is congress is controlled by the democrats. i hope they stand up and find a backbone at force a tv camera inside the supreme court. make a bill that they have to have to open the supreme court with the american people can see the government network. they are in charge. have some backbone where we can see what is going on inside the supreme court. this is the 21st century. we should not be blocked out from seeing what is going on with clarence thomas the supreme court. host: bonnie from maryland on

the republican line. good morning. caller: i don't know -- anyway, i'm upset with the democrats giving everybody raises. i am on social security. they give us a five point something raise and brag about it, yet my medicare went up over 14%. last year, i got $11 is all. food is going up. all my utilities went up. but somebody that works at mcdonald's and says -- do you want a supersized gets double what i get. i get $694 a month. they claim that is too much because i had to fight them. it is ridiculous. our medicare covers nothing, yet they want to lower it so people, younger people are on it.

if you have medicaid, it covers everything but medicare covers nothing. thank you for taking my call. host: let's talk to ed from grand island, nebraska, on the independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. i guess the old adage of i'm sick and tired of being sick and tired probably applies. i'm sick and tired of being told that we don't have any oil when we have alaskan oil bigger than the saudi arabian oil fields. all we have to do is just put some extra out there. that is baloney. the other thing being we give

away so much money that we don't have. we borrow money to give to other countries and other entities. we have to borrow every dime. that does not make sense. host: we would like to thank all of our colleagues who participated in our open forum segment. coming up next, our weekly spotlight on podcast segment features the podcast global dispatch that focuses on hotspots and foreign policy challenges facing the biden administration. we will be joined by the host mark leon goldberg in just a few minutes. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ >> sunday, december 5, on in-depth, historian victor davis

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