office and we have many of those conversations on our new podcast, presidential recordings. >> we focus on the presidency of lyndon johnson you hear about the 19 624 civil rights act, the presidential camp ain't, the march on selma and the war in vietnam. not everyone knew they were being recorded. >> certainly, johnson's secretaries knew because they were tasked with transcribing many of those conversations. they were the ones who made sure the conversations were taped as johnson was signals through them through the door between his office and theirs. >> you will also hear some blunt talk. >> how many people were assigned to kennedy on the day he died? if i can't go to the bathroom i

won't go. >> presidential recordings, find them on the c-span now mobile app. >> the house and senate are in today with some key items on both agendas and we will talk about that this hour. today with key items on both agendas. we will talk a bit about that, too. first, speaker pelosi, a piece from cnn with the headline, pelosi will stay around to lead house democrats through the next election and perhaps beyond. speaker nancy pelosi rights, will stay through the midterm election, extending her nearly 20-year run, and after she turns 82 and perhaps beyond. she is planning to file and run for reelection next year in her san francisco district. after the elections, she will

likely have won an 18th full term. sources familiar with her thinking says she is not ruling out the possibility of staying in leadership after 2022 after an actual vows to leave as a top democrat. she will devote much of next year to raising money for democrats as they tried to hold their narrow majority. over to the senate side, with the senate and house set to take up the debt ceiling legislation, with a debt ceiling deadline set for tomorrow. this is the headline in the "new york post," trump lashes out at mcconnell for allowing that ceiling entries. the former president lashed out at mitch mcconnell friday night after the kentucky republican declined to take trump advice to use the federal debt spilling --

stealing. mcconnell brokered a bipartisan compromise were republican senators would get out of the way and allow democrats to raise the debt ceiling with a bare majority to ever to federal default around the summer 15. "mitch mcconnell, the broken old crow, has just conceded for absolutely nothing and for no reason. the powerful debt ceiling negotiating block was the republicans' first class ticket for victory over democrats," trump said. rate your party's congressional leadership. (202) 748-8001. that is for republicans. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. for independents and others, (202) 748-8002. the status on president biden's build back better, this is reporting from political, manchin keeps dems guessing on

their mega bill, mentioning joe manchin remains on the bargaining table despite deep concerns on the climate and social spending bill. after speaking with biden monday afternoon, manchin said he was still engaged in discussions. he made clear he was not ready to commit to voting for against a bill that is still coming together behind closed doors. listen, he said, let's at least see the bill. we need to see what they write in print. that tells you everything, he said. politico says that with senate majority leader chuck schumer pressing for action by christmas , a phone call between biden and manchin came at a critical moment, when manchin has mentioned he is not yet sold on the $1.7 trillion social spending bill. this is what democratic leader chuck schumer set on the floor of the senate about passing that legislation before christmas.

[video clip] >> the process requires a lot of precision and pieces moving together. i want to thank my colleagues and their staff and especially the parliamentarian and her team for their dedication and focus as we approach a vote on the floor. the work is not yet finished, but we're working hard to put the senate in a position to get the legislation across the finish line before christmas. host: senator chuck schumer on the floor of the senate yesterday asking you to rate your congressional leadership in this first hour of the program. the january 6 committee met yesterday. here is the headline from roll call, january 6 committee requests meadows be held in contempt of congress. they are investigating the january 6 attack on the capitol, voting 9-0 that mark meadows be held in contempt of congress. they pursued contempt against meadows after weeks of

back-and-forth negotiations after he was subpoenaed to the panel. on tuesday, today, the full house is expected to vote on contempt resolution, and then the justice department will decide whether to pursue an indictment. roll call writes it on monday evening before voting, a chairman noted that meadows served in congress for more than seven years, representing north carolina as a republican, and was briefly ranking member of the oversight and reform committee. one of the things that also came out of the committee, reported here, is the tweets by several members of the media and members of congress. headline, top fox news host don , jr., frantically wrote to meadows, begging trump to act,

he is destroying his legacy. the fox news host and donald trump, jr., sit messages to meadows before the riot. it is recommended that the department of justice charge meadows with criminal contempt for refusing to cooperate with the committee. fox did not air the hearing, though cnn and msnbc did, as did c-span, of course. that meeting last night of the january 6 committee available on our c-span now app and also online at c-span.org. let's get to your calls, reading your party's leadership republican line first, (202) 748-8001. nick from delray beach, florida. good morning.

caller: yes, good morning. a couple comments. first, as far as the republicans, -- not changed in roughly 11 months, then it turns and c-span, which i guess stands for china-span, are going to start to change. why doesn't c-span have anyone on about the hunter biden dealings in connection with russia? you have people like robert acosta, who writes these books, third-party hearsay testimony against things about donald trump, but yet, when we have actual audiotape of hunter biden in his dealings with these foreign governments, c-span does nothing about that. along with that, you brought up the january 6 committee, why doesn't c-span ever investigate why congressmen like jim jordan

were not permitted to sit on that committee. it is the republicans to get to choose -- when you have a select committee, republicans should be able to choose exactly who they want on that committee speaking for them. yet, for some reason, nancy pelosi was too afraid to allow that to happen, so she chose adam kinzinger and liz cheney, who are basically nothing but democrats. so i am wondering why c-span does not bring up things like that on this channel and ask those kind of questions or are you too afraid to actually get to the truth? as far as january 6, which you brought up, i would say maybe people at c-span need a lesson in history. there is nothing new that this january 6 riot was conducted by the fbi, with the help of antifa and blm.

look back in history. 60 years ago, the intelligence agencies in this country's rent operations, like operation chaos -- warren operations, like operation chaos, and fbi operation, and look at those from back in the 1960's and 1970's. host: ok. a couple comments on twitter. rating congressional leaders, you have the democrats are often portrayed as weak. but you have republicans who refuse to govern. oakland congresswoman barbara lee was the lone representative that did not vote for the wars in afghanistan and iraq. on twitter, especially when your party wants to select their members on the corrupt january 6 committee and policy says no, republicans must see cheney and

kinsinger, load of crap. a call on the independent line. good morning. caller: i rate the congress poor because of cdc. if you look at the history of cdc, you have heard of the tuskegee institute, the study of african males, but we did not hear that it was run by the cdc since the beginning in 1946. host: ok, we're focusing on congress, congressional leadership. vivian on the democrats line, good morning. caller: good morning. how are you all doing? host: just fine. caller: i was calling to say joe biden is trying to do everything he said he was going to do. but we even have some members

that are moderate progressive, joe manchin going against everything that man is trying to put out. it is not him, it is the democrats, the moderate democrats, and the republicans, and the so-called progressives not doing what they're supposed to. please don't cut me off. they cut that deal down from $6 trillion on down. right now, look what came through these states. they kill people. now people are asking for help when they were against help. they need to wake up. there is one thing our republicans need to do. he is good at town hall meetings . they need to get together and get those moderates, those progressives, joe manchin, kyrsten sinema, and republicans to a town hall meeting and let

the people see who is trying to help them. have a nice day. host: on facebook, this is what terry says about congressional leadership -- does any party have leadership? they all lost their credibility and through law and ethics out the window. there should not be parties in congress, he says, they should represent the will of the people. worchester, massachusetts, robert is next up. good morning. caller: when donald trump became president, if you will notice, he always had the police union behind him. he always had the police union's to do his game. the campus police is the campus police, like the campus of a college. these campus cops cannot fight off this insurrection people. donald trump keeping the national guard away from washington, d.c. he knew that the mayor of

washington could not call the national guard because they are not a state. then he took a general's brother from the -- he told a general's brother from the pentagon to make sure the national guard was not involved. they were going to kill nancy pelosi. they were going to kill mike pence. mike pence is the number two man in the country. nancy pelosi is number three. so you have the number two and the number three, he wanted to kill. he would have called a state of emergency. you ever hear the emergency broadcast system, this is the emergency broadcast system? donald trump was going to -- the president has a right to take the whole tv station over, nbc, cbs, and abc, so this is what he was doing. and if you do not know about

thompson, you republicans -- host: the national guard was mentioned. in a unanimous consent vote yesterday, our capitol hill producer points out this, the senate unanimously passed legislation to empower the chief of the united states capitol police to unilaterally request the assistance of the d.c. national guard or federal law enforcement agencies in emergencies without prior approval of the capitol police board. the speaker, nancy pelosi, talked about the impact of january 6 on both political parties on capitol hill. [video clip] >> a lot of conversations among members and staff about the breakdown of diplomacy in congress and the tensions between the two parties, 400 staff members sent a letter to leadership today saying that they do not feel safe.

forward-looking, how do you address that, and how do you fix it, and can it be fixed? >> well, i will never forgive former president of the united states and his lackeys and his bullies that he sent to the capitol for the trauma that was exerted on our staff. these are largely younger people who come with idealism to work in the capitol on either side of the aisle, whatever it is. and for us to sign up for this when we run for office, it is bad enough for our families to see the danger we are in. but for these young people -- when i came back to the capitol to say we are going to open up government, in the capitol that night, we were going to honor our constitutional responsibility even though they had an assault on that january 6 date fraud with meaning from the constitution, when i saw -- that

january 6 date fraud with meaning from the constitution, when i saw the way it traumatized the staff, it was frightening. that is something that you cannot just say, well, we will do legislation to make sure this or that does not happen again. you cannot erase that. so i had a lot of communication with staff, with capitol police, and the rest, so i know pretty much what people are thinking -- not everything. and we must always be -- it is like a horizon, you are always moving to make it better, to make it better. it would be a good place to start if they did not start threatening members of congress, and their members say nothing about it. host: we're asking you to rake your party's congressional leadership. -- to rate your party''s congressional leadership. a text, mcconnell is a

disappointment and he and pelosi both need to be replaced. on facebook, the maryland reps are terrific, a great representation. excellent schools, gun safety, accessible health care, strong support for renewable energy, virtually no idiotic culture wars, and a aaa bond rating. it is not complicated. vote blue, says steve. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. all others, (202) 748-8002. charles in virginia, independent line. caller: you do a good job. i do not know how you guys do it. the first caller, he did not even answer the question. i have voted towards democrat and have voted republican. i think democrats have done what they can with an obstructive

republican party. i want to say to these trump lovers and constitution haters, you know, we do not want a dictator. we want a constitution. to you c-span staff, please stop being intimidated by these trump lovers and supporters. the majority of the country want a democratic country. we want to follow the constitution. we do not want and overthrow or attempt to overthrow like what happened on january 6. and stay strong. this country is going down unless the republicans act like they want to govern. thank you. host: james is also on the independent line in tennessee, good morning. caller: good morning. you know, when it was said that trump wants to make the country great again, wants to take it back like it used to be, that

was telling us something. then january 6 came off, because they want to take it back to the 1940's and 1950's, but we won't go back there. believe me, the young black -- i am an old man, i will be dead, but they are not go back there. try it and you will find out, the country will burn. host: to the republican line next, newark, ohio. hey there. caller: how you doing this morning? host: doing fine. caller: you know, i think democrats and republicans both are doing just a horrible job, just pathetic what is going on today. across the board. there should be more term limits. they have thrown the constitution of the window. they will not let police police no more.

it is just -- i never thought it would get this bad. host: do you think that the problem in congress is largely due to its leadership or is it because of the -- does the leadership reflect the rest of the country in that regard? caller: no, no. these people get in there and within a couple years, they are millionaires. you know. it is just a joke. you know, they write books, invest in the stock market, which there is nothing wrong with that, but they do not even investigate insider trading. nancy's house, they don't look at that. and back to the january 6 thing. they had been riding all summer long, everybody knew something was going to happen -- they had been rioting all summer long. host: this is from businessinsider.com.

headline, conflicted congress, key findings from a five-month investigation into lawmakers' personal finances. some of the highlights from that report, and this report is by dave leventhal. dozens of federal lawmakers and at least 182 top staffers have violated conflict of interest law, numerous members of congress presley invest in industries they oversee -- personally invest in industries they oversee and face few consequences, legally or otherwise. our caller mention this, and dave leventhal, the author of the piece, will be our guest tomorrow morning here on "washington journal" at 9:15 eastern, so we will get further in-depth depth on his report on the finances from embers of congress. we're talking -- for members of congress we're talking about leadership. a tweet from senator o'connell on the horrific tornadoes that

have touched down in his estate. thank you to the president for your rapid approval of kentucky's major disaster declaration. our entire congressional delegation came together to support governor andy beshear's request. i appreciate the administration's quick work to speed resources to help deal with this crisis. a tweet from litter mcconnell yesterday morning. president biden will be heading to -- a tweet from leader mcconnell yesterday morning. president biden will be heading to kentucky tomorrow. this from the floor recently. [video clip] >> i am working to ensure every resource possible is deployed to the state. kentucky's congressional legislation has sent multiple letters, and in response, president biden cut through the red tape to improve our request at an accelerated pace, providing rapid support we need to recover.

i am especially grateful to the work of the dhs secretary and the fema administrator, who visited kentucky yesterday to survey damage and help relief efforts. fema has already sent two incident management teams and --, an urban search and rescue team, and an army corps temporary power team. they have turned to fort campbell into a staging ground for relief and supplies. i cannot be more grateful for their swift and decisive response to this crisis. even in the face of such tragedy, we can be confident that kentucky will bounce back. we are strong, we are united, and we will come back bigger and better than ever before. host: the leader on the floor of

the senate yesterday. president biden heading to kentucky tomorrow. a capitol hill producer for fox news writing about today on the hill, policy and other congressional leaders to hold a moment of silence at the capitol tonight for 800,000 american lives lost to covid-19. asking you to rate your congressional leadership. larry in houston, texas, next up on the democratic line. caller: thanks for taking my call. really, the democrats, i am kind of disappointed. joe manchin and kyrsten sinema need to change parties, period. i keep hearing people hollering about the debt, the debt. republicans that was in office are responsible for 62% of the national debt. and it is like the democrats do

not know how to go ahead and let people understand. republicans will do anything to stay in power, which we have seen with the january 6 insurrection. you know, you get these people that make america great again -- when was america great? for who was a great for? because it was not great for everybody. you know. but as for nancy pelosi, they do need a term limit. the next thing is, keep that dark money out of politics come out of congress. that is the whole problem. every time we try to pass a bill, republicans do not want that bill. they don't want that bill. because they finance all these little caucuses to put out all these crazy stuff that they want, how they want america to be. and the democrats just don't

fight back. you got to fight fire with fire. we see with the republicans do. they will start a war to stay in power. host: to sean in lakeland, florida, independent line. caller: yes, sir, i am disappointed, as i have always been, with both of these parties . i have been listening you all for years. i have called in sometimes, too. and i seen it, i don't understand why nobody else sees it, but i do, because everybody wears jerseys. if y'all take them jerseys off and listen to the people actually calling in here and what they say, the people that call in and talk about republicans, they are actually saying some true stuff. the people that call in and talk about democrats, they are actually saying some true stuff. then you is, people do not want to believe that both of these parties are playing off each other. only two. thing is, we need another party.

the two-party system, all they have to do is deny what the other party puts up, and that is it. nothing gets done. they have this down so perfect, and they do not represent the people, they represent the corporations, the money. those are the people they getting their funds from. so as long as they keep getting funded, like the other guy was saying, with this dark money and these two parties just play off each other and never get anything done, it is the same party. it is not two parties, it is one party, they just have different faces they play off each other with. and when you are doing this and then you throw the money in there, this will never be right. i am so not optimistic about what is going to go on. i have a guarantee that this is going to get way worse than it is. and i hate to see what happens when it actually ends. host: another story from inside her about the leadership on the republican side of the house -- from insider.

kevin mccarthy does not have the votes for full support from the house to be gop speaker. the writer -- marjorie taylor greene also says kevin mccarthy -- kevin mccarthy called her out. this is leader mccarthy speaking about the democrats' agenda in the house. [video clip] >> in the last 12 months, what have they been able to do with one party rule? the $5 trillion socialist spending bill is unpopular with the american public, so unpopular -- you do not have to take the republicans' words for it, just look to their own conference. the congresswoman from virginia admitted she even avoided bringing it up when she is back home. leadership said they just need to get out and explain it more, and she says she avoids even

talking about it. how's democrats -- house democrats, very exciting action taking place this week, they scheduled the least number of voting days in modern history. you take next year and this year, 202 days, the least amount we have been able to do in the last decade. when republicans were in the majority come i think we were averaging about 250. should we be upset about that or should we be relieved? if they are here less, maybe they can do less damage. not sure. host: reaction on our topic on social media. this tweet says i would like to see democrats advocate more strongly for popular proposals like student debt relief and also swifter action against representatives who incite violence and post threatening and inflammatory social media. a tweet from illinois, hard to rate the independent party, better than the republican and democratic put together, and

still, we have nobody to represent us. and robert in michigan, i am satisfied with my representation, and in 2022, i will vote a straight democratic ticket. to answer your first call, the tempers are not getting enough kudos from c-span. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. democrats, (202) 748-8000. independents and others, (202) 748-8002. to rate your congressional leadership. paul and charlotte, north carolina, on the democrat line. good morning. caller: what a mess. i am a 50-year-old guy, and they grew up in upstate new york. my neighbor at the top of the hill used to pave driveways, and his name was terry mcauliffe. he was going to college.

anyway, my family was raised republican. my point is, there is a word that is a dirty word on campus and the capitol, and it is called compromise. and two things are making compromise almost impossible. one is the decision by the supreme court, citizens united, which gave a funnel of money from all kinds of corporations into the pockets of super pac's and things that are not being regulated, so there is a ton of money in there. also, eight years ago, nine years ago, the algorithm which has really polarized this country. there was a great article on the world on november 10, a piece on

npr in the afternoon, and it talked about people getting trapped in these algorithms. hearing some of the previous callers, these are some of the things that resonate with people and create rage, and that was on both sides. so i filled we are going to continue to go down this path every do not address -- i feel we are going to continue to go down this path of we do not address citizens united and do not address the companies taking advantage of these algorithms and giving people all this misinformation. in the congress -- so i will