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state of the u.s. he connie with the axios chief economic correspondent. join the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and tweets. "washington journal tweets. ♪ host: good morning. it is july 11. congress back with the senate set to convene at 3:00 p.m. eastern the house 2:00 p.m. tomorrow. we reviewed the action before legislators had home to campaign. election 2022 is where we begin. now just 120 days until election day. we want to get a sense of what is driving your vote this year. phone lines split by lyrical

party, democrats, -- by political party, democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. include your name and where you (202) 748-8003. good monday morning. you can start calling in now. what is driving your midterm election vote? not surprisingly, the answer seems to depend on what side of the political divide you sit on. a recent gallup poll asking what your top issues are, republicans said the economy, gun policy, and immigration. democrats, gun policy, climate change, and abortion. that chart from gallup was in

the field last month. this morning, we want to know what your top issue is right now. with 120 days to election day, the issue was on sunday shows yesterday, that question being asked by various interviewers to various political figures, including the vice president. she was on the face the nation. this is why she said democrats would come out. >> democracy is on the ballot. truly. truly. if you look at and issue like choice, it is on the ballot. a woman's right to make decisions about her own body and potentially what could happen around access to and making

decisions about contraception or same-sex marriage. elections matter. the people who are elected, especially to the u.s. congress, will decide the outcome of voting rights, the ability as to pass the john lewis voting rights act will be a function of who is in congress. host: also on the sunday shows, on fox news, was john barrasso, senate republican, conference chair and he talked about the 2022 midterms. >> republicans believe they have a golden opportunity to win the majority but if herschel walker, eric greitens, and dr. oz are not winning over voters, is there a possibility the gop could blow this? >> i am optimistic about

november. the number one issue is inflation. of all the issues people care about, they look to republicans, on energy, the economy, crime the cities. all of those nominees just mentioned, some are in primaries that have not been decided. they understand their states, the pain people are having good you have candidates -- having. you have candidates running as democrats who, just this week refused to show up when president biden came to their state. people are distancing themselves as democrats from this administration. i am optimistic. >> there are reports that president trump could announce a third run for the white house

before the midterms argue concerned that that -- are you concerned that that combined with the roe v. wade reversal could energize democratic voters? >> people it wont make their own decision as to how the dutch people will make their own decisions as to how they decide to vote, but when trump was in the white house, inflation was nonexistent, the border was secure. we were energy independent. joe biden is headed to saudi arabia at saying give us more energy because he has killed energy in america. we need to get back to energy dominance. trump. as there. -- trump got us there. host: we are asking what is driving your midterm election vote.

democrats, (202) 748-8000. (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. -- republicans, (202) 748-8001. a look at text messages, the conversation already starting. the professor says i will be voting straight republican. that balances out the last wasteful -- the left's wasteful spending. what is driving my midterm vote? i am only voting for candidates who specifically address the working class. the democrats and gopers can both stepped off. bennett writes, people is driving my vote -- people is

driving my vote. -- evil is driving my vote. someone else says the economy. you can call in, as don did in north carolina, a republican. caller: the reason i am calling is i am 63, grew up in detroit. i support republicans because i deal like i am too compassionate to vote democratic. i watched detroit burn in 1968. who did it hurt but poor people? i watched them burn neighborhoods in the severed -- suburbs. who did it hurt? it hurt the people whose grocery stores were burned down.

it hurt the poor people in those areas. now look at insulation. who is that hurting? it is hurting poor people, older people. it is not hurting the wealthy that democrats say they are after. they create problems like they did in the 1960's when they created afdc -- in the 19 70's and they paid african-american men to leave their homes. they caused problems and then tried to convince us they will help but they have no compassion. they vote for their own problems. they cause problems and then tell us they have to fix them. i am much too compassionate to be a democrat. host: line four democrats, this is mac in maryland. caller: good morning. i am calling because i want to

talk about the good things biden has done. in light of people are going to call in -- a lot of people are going to call in this morning not giving credit to joe biden, but this president inherited a country -- i do not know how to describe it, but we had people dying by the thousands every day. in that situation, this president took over from a president who did not even want to sit with him to kill him what was going on -- sit with him to tell him what was going on and what he has to do to make

progress. if the previous administration was making progress, the we all know that what he inherited was hard. also, they'd rescued that reporter in afghanistan. that was the greatest withdrawal we had seen in human history. i know that it was two or three military officers who lost their lives, but overall i think it was a success. host: that point that people have from afghanistan was the moment that if you look at biden's numbers, the moment that he went underwater.

that was where the disapproval line was more than those who approve. the numbers have continued since then to go in opposite directions, biden now underwater by 20 points according to will clear politics. -- real clear politics. caller: most people, when you look at afghanistan, most do not like the idea he left so many weapons kind -- behind. that is the part that most people would have a problem with, including democrats. all this weapons, i have a problem with that, but think about this. perhaps we could avoid leading those weapons behind.

perhaps the could avoid a lot of things -- we could have avoided a lot of things if the previous president had done, like every other president, sit with the president who is coming in and talk about what has to happen moving forward. host: pat, massachusetts, independent. caller: i wanted to say that i believe that the economy, it is the same as 2008, it is the banks. the young kids, some on credit cards are paying 30%. in the 1970's when i was buying property, 18% was -- on the loan

was usury and you went to jail. now, i say, i cannot believe that spirit you -- cannot believe this. you have to read two or three pages to know what the interest is. kids do not know what they are signing. host: we are asking what is driving your midterm vote? it is 120 days until election day. we want to hear what you are thinking about when you go to the polls. (202) 748-8000, democrats. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002.

it a lot of thought given to the midterms as gallup points out. nearly half of u.s. adults say they have given a lot of thought to it. that compares to nearly 30% saying the same in the summer months from 1990 to 2014. public thought about midterm elections has increased to 27 points since 1998. if that pattern holds, americans attention elections this fall could exceed the previous height measured in 2010 -- high measured in 2010. renee, line four democrats. caller: i will vote for the

democrats in the midterms because of the big lies, many lies. i feel that republicans were trying to do away with democracy and i believe trump was trying to be a dictator. i want to live in continuing to live in a country where there is democracy, not a dictatorship. host: as you watch these january 6 hearings, do you think they're making an impact or people already have their opinions set? caller: some people. some, they give this man lots of money. he has always been a criminal. i am sorry, but he has always been crooked, a big liar.

these people believe his lies, followed him. they act like they are in a cult. as far as biden and the economy, we had a pandemic end it is not over. it was not just the u.s. but all over the world. we have factories in china and other places where we get goods and services. they think that does not have something to do with pricing and problems and businesses having to shut down. it is going to take a wild to bounce back. host: back to january 6, we will be hearing more this week. reporting is that there will be two hearings this week, one tomorrow afternoon. that is set to focus on violent

extremists at the capitol that day. the washington post notes that jamie raskin of maryland, stephanie murphy, democrat as well, set to lead those rounds of questioning. also, some news yesterday on the issue of steve bannon saying he will testify before the january 6 committee. some questions about that after he was indicted on two accounts of criminal attempt for congress last year. we will talk more about those hearings coming up on our week ahead on capitol hill preview with katherine tully-mcmanus coming up at 8:00 a.m. to what is driving your midterm election, pat, west virginia,

independent. caller: i am going to vote democratic because i feel democracy is at stake, not unlike the previous caller. i am truly a never trumper. he used lies, deception, misinformation to get the public to vote for him. then watching these sycophants fall in line with him in the gop made me heartsick. it is important that we take our country back. the only way we can do that and assure that there is freedom to make individual decisions rest with democrats. i am truly disturbed when i hear callers talk about the fact that afdc and the support people need have ruined our country. it is scary the amount of

misinformation and distortion that people are willing to embrace, but i will vote democratic no matter who is on that ballot. i have never really made a statement like that in all of my 74 years. host: shirley, louisiana, republican. caller: i feel the caller from north carolina was right on. i also feel that they had to get present trump out of office because they collect the money train, the money that was leaving our country could help us in dearly. i definitely will vote republican in the midterm. host: a few more comments on

social media. here is mary from washington, a democrat -- women's rights, the economy, racism top issues. frank in oregon says liberal democrats have destroyed our great nation enough. honolulu, thomas, line four independents. -- for independents. caller: i am beyond left and right work like to think i am, but suffice it to -- more like to think i am, but suffice it to say that the maga trump kool-aid is a clear and present danger to what remains of democracy. if maga takes over congress, if

trump afford to santos and -- ron desantis or any other maga kool-aid drunks take over, our government will never be the same. there will never be a free and fair election again because the people complaining about the last one being stolen gets one firehose of falsehoods. that is the formal term for what has been happening. rand corporation did a study. it is a classic russian and chinese propaganda technique. you lie constantly. as it steve bannon said, they are not even trying to hide their intent. people who want to believe this, it is impossible to withdraw.

it is like a drug addict who cannot kick the habit. heads would explode if they acknowledged that trump -- there is a small library written about this man. he has been mentally ill. that is the kindest thing i can say that she has been mentally ill since he was a kid. his father messed him up. all it takes is googling this stuff, but no one who has drank that kool-aid will do it. host: even if he runs again, donald trump will not be on the ballot in the midterms. caller: i meant 2020 for. --- 2024. if maga takes over this year,

the game is over for democracy. that is what we are talking about, not inflation, not gas prices. these are weapons of mass distraction, a classic propaganda technique. trump is incompetent, mentally ill, should not be near politics. he he barnum would tip his hat to donald trump -- p.t. barnum would tip his hat to donald trump. . caller: this guy who just called has got to be insane. democrats are destroying democracy. all this money spent, looking at this january 6 thing. it is a hoax. they will not let trump have

anybody on the committee. these democrats think they know everything. they do not know if they are even living half the time. i am sick of them. host: we talked about that gallup poll on top issues between democrats and republicans. plenty of other polls but the economy does come up consistently. this is monmouth university from last week noting nearly half the public names inflation or gas prices is the biggest concern facing their family. the economy in general and everyday bills mentioned. abortion, which had registered less than 1% in prior posts, jumped up to 5%, predominantly among democrats. but inflation is listed across a

wide variety of demographic groups. back to the sunday shows yesterday, it was chris sununu of new hampshire talking about the issue of jobs and what that could mean in the fall. >> a recession is coming. you cannot add $5 billion the dutch onto the balance sheets and hope it goes away. the fed has known this and ignored it. they should have been easing us into the right rates and where we need to go over a year ago. you have a treasury secretary saying is not inevitable but of course it is inevitable. when you add that $520, there has to the sum outcome. -- $5 trillion, there has to be

some outcome. >> what does the biden administration need to do about it? >> a couple of things. i would fire the treasury secretary. she has misled america. part of public service is only the good bad, but the more this administration tells people recession is not inevitable, of course it is. gas prices might come down a bit but home heating prices are going to be out record rates. low income families heating their homes, that fuel prices has yet to be seen but it is coming. host: chris sununu, governor of new hampshire, on cnn yesterday. one of his points was that

inflation is hitting some sectors worse than others. a story from usaid today, -- usa today says if you are black or hispanic and feel that the pain is worse, you might be right. the story noticing that researchers were experiencing worse inflation than average and so were black people. taking a look at goods consumed in various sectors in this country, you want to read more, usa today is where that article is. chris sununu with comments coming days after unexpectedly good jobs report on friday. more than 370,000 jobs added in june. by headed his policies --

president biden touted his policies on friday. >> when critics said the economy was topo week -- too weak, we still added more jobs in the past three months than any administration in 40 years. times are tough, prices are high, families face a cost of living crisis, but today's news confirms we are moving in a better direction. unemployment is low, private sector jobs at a record high. guess prices, -- gas prices, still high, have fallen 25 days in a row. we still have a of work to do. i am suggesting, though, that we

are making significant progress. host: president biden on friday. we will talk more about the statement of the economy and the numbers and projections of a potential recession with meal or when of axios -- meal or one -- neal erwin of axios. what is driving your midterm election vote? about a half hour left for this question. when, detroit, democrat. -- gwen, detroit, democrat. caller: the one thing is not inflation that is going to the driving my vote. i will vote strictly democrat. this economy is messed up because of comp. -- trump.

he had the feds lower the tax rate to zero, then nobody was driving because of the pandemic. thousands died. biden brought this economy back from the abyss, just like obama. the democrats clean up this mess and all the republicans would do is criticize him. then trump tried to take credit for everything obama did. that is why the economy was running smoothly, because of obama. here we are again. it is ridiculous how these republicans want to talk about how biden is not doing this or that, but you just read about

his record achievements. i am including strictly democrat because -- voting strictly my vote is going to civil liberties and our democracy, women's rights. but i am also talking about civil rights. host: this is patricia in montrose, independent. caller: i agree with all of those who said they are voting strictly democratic. inflation is going to be with us no matter what for a while with the covid and the war in ukraine. biden is right. that affects us.

the other reason and it be voting for the democrats -- i used to split my ticket but i will not do that this year -- i heard that the ex-governor of florida he has a bill that he wants social security and medicare to be voted on every five years. once the republicans have, they will get rid of that just like assault weapons. host: democrats are currently in charge of the house, senate, and the white house. it is congress on the ballot in november. how concerned should they be about this chart? it is the right track-wrong

track chart. 75% say this country is currently on the wrong track and democrats are in charge of all the levers of government right now. caller: narrowly in charge. they cannot get a lot of things past because republicans will not work with them. in fact, mcconnell said that. he said we will 100% the opposed to anything biden does and they have been and will be. but once they take over, for a while, they will not be able to do much because biden will be

there to not sign it, but eventually social security, medicare is going to be in trouble. they think it is socialism. it is a choice this year between socialism and fascism. host: patricia in iowa. they are in florida same if you want to keep social security and medicare, vote democratic. rick, america is headed in the wrong direction. the legal immigration, gas prices -- illegal immigration, gas prices, i do not care about ukraine. just vote for change. on illegal immigration, this from the washington times, when texas authorities arrest illegal

immigrants, they will dump them back on the border, greg abbott said. he empowered texas national guard to the level that deliver illegal border crossers back to the point of entry. he did not say what would happen to them afterward. they could pay another round of thieves to smuggling -- fees to smuggling cartels to get back in. mr. abbott said that the nations capital should feel some of the pain his state is facing from record high order chaos. sarah, republican, out of the hoosier state. caller: you guys getting bad again about just taking the

calls of mainly democrats. yesterday, all jesse did was he called one republican versus democrats and independents. you got her all democrats, but be fair. host: occasionally, we ask a question to just republicans or just democrats. caller: i watched the other day. do not give the that. i watch every day but am getting close to thinking i will not watch. but why don't you guys play clips of biden when he was running for president about how he was going to shut gas down? white don't -- why don't you open democrats eyes? he said he was going to do away with fossil fuel but that runs everything in our country.

gas prices, every time you go to the stores, it has gone up. democrats talk about republicans and drinking the kool-aid but they have lost their mind. -- minds. host: help much is a gallon of gas in cole's city? caller: it was $4.64 saturday in worthington. host: what is the most you have paid? caller: over $5. you guys are saying it is going down. didn't biden say it will only be for three months? wake up. he is doing this for the

elections and democrats are too stupid to realize. i am 68. i feel sorry for my kids. my husband and i are on a fixed income. my mom and dad lived during the depression and had me when they were old. they taught me how to conserve. host: congrats on your great grandkids that are coming. john, tennessee, democrat. -- joan caller: i have been that listening to your program and am amused by some of the stuff i have heard. they said democrats need to wake up, but he republicans should be the ones waking up.

i do not see how anyone could say that the democrats are doing a lot, but these people stormed the capitol. everything joe biden tried to put in focus, they put it down. i do not understand how someone could persuade the desk and not see it -- help someone could think it this way and not see it with their eyes. these folks are blind. i do not see how anybody could want donald trump back in office no matter if he brings zillions of dollars. i am puzzled. so much it went like to say -- so much i would like to say but i do not have time.

people do not see it. that is basically i wanted to tell you about. host: gary, texas, independent. caller: good morning. what is driving my vote mainly -- host: without using bad language, why? we lost gary. stephen, indiana, republican. caller: if this does not add up too good about what is going on, our border is terrible. we have got the worst border in the world right now.

it does not make any sense how we can have an open border in the united states when we have people that is homeless, starving to death. we take care of people at the border but we, take care of our people here. we had it so good under donald trump. they do not understand that you cannot lean in countries with open borders. -- cannot run a country with open borders. the democrats are breaking the law and no one seems to be held accountable for any of the democrats lawbreaking. host: gloria, detroit, democrat.

caller: the voting democratic because -- i will be voting democratic because our democracy is at stake. i was born in detroit, and in my 70's. one thing that has bothered me is that the republican party has raised or on the working class, starting with jay nixon busting -- richard nixon busting into the headquarters, almost being impeached. next comes ronald reagan and his attacks on unions. unions built the middle-class, bargaining for better working conditions, but he destroyed unions. people's wages have gone down or

stayed stagnant. then comes one of the biggest things and that was the republican idea that took the jobs out of this country. clinton signed it, but nafta was a republican idea. then comes phil gramm of texas who wants the repeal of glass-steagall that led to the 2008 financial collapse. and president bush bailed out the banks. governor romney wanted to let the auto industry go bankrupt. that would have affected not only the auto industry that the food industry, the steel industry, all of the industries,

because people when they buy food, gas, houses, but if you them all though, that puts -- all go, that puts a damper on the home economy. host: do you, from a union family? -- do you come from a union family? caller: yes. my brothers and brothers in law work. i benefited from the unions. we say we are a christian nation that we have turned our back on god. when i was growing up, everything was closed on sunday you were reminded there was a god and you had family values. i am off on monday and you are off on wednesday and the alt work sunday, when do we have -- and we all work sunday, when do

we have time for the family? that keeps us holy. host: republican, north carolina, you are next. caller: i had a few things, i could probably do the whole show with you, but one thing, eve made a statement regarding cash you made a statement regarding comp not being on the ballot in 2022 -- trump not being on the ballot in 2022. i disagree. there are candidates he has endorsed. the fellow from hawaii tried to analogize like jim jones about republicans drinking the kool-aid.

republicans believe the democrats are the kool-aid drinkers. he made a statement about heads exploding. i will tell you about cruise heads will be exploding in 2022 and it will be democrats. host: you think they will be shocked by the results on election day? caller: it is going to be -- i think it might be equivalent to the 1929 stock market crash. i think it is going to be that prolific. host: if republicans do not succeed, according to race prognosticators, they think republicans have a good chance of taking in the house but not so much the senate. if republicans do not take the

senate, is this a bad year for republicans? caller: i do not see that as being true because they are still going to fight for the values must americans leave in. i do not see that -- believe in. i do not see that happening. with the dynamics of minority votes changing and minorities waking up to how democrats have used them, hispanics for example -- one thing about hispanics is they do not like a weak leader. biden is the weakest we have ever had. you can tell the guy is incompetent. if you cannot see that, you are the one drinking the late. -- the kool-aid.

host: back to the pelican state, go ahead. caller: what the need is moderate candidates. we are too much pelosi, too much far right far left. we do not work together. biden pleasantly not -- is supposedly not a far left president but he has far left people working for him. he knew what was going to happen if yes prices went up. that hurts african-americans and hispanics. has anyone asked him for gas money to get home? i have had african-americans ask me for gas money yep -- money.

host: who is a moderate you think could be a leader? caller: i like joe manchin even though i am not a democrat. on the republican side, i like the virginia governor. leave it or not, the -- believe it or not, the michigan governor -- michigan senator, she is a moderate. amy klobuchar. host: she is from minnesota. caller: yes. and joe mansion and the new virginia governor -- joe manchin and the new virginia governor. this country has got to come together. this country needs people working together. host: jean, florida, democrat. what is driving your midterm

vote? caller: my vote is driven by the fact that i cannot vote for any republicans. i do not trust that party at all. there is nobody i would look to for anything in that party. it seems like a party full of races, full of -- for love raci -- full of facist -- racists and people who are uninformed. i could never vote for republicans. i am not excited for democrats. they are spineless, and a lot of them. they do not advocate for the best interests of the country but i am not going to vote for a country that is full of racists.

host: what is in the best interest of the country? caller: trying to get some handle on what is lying on in economy right now, bringing people together that can make decisions about the best way to work on inflation. another thing is trying to pull together some way doing something to upset the supreme court. these rulings they're coming out with, while i am a christian, i do not think that a lot of these moves they are making should he forced upon people and that people should have to live by what their idea christianity is. host: this is cliff in texas,

republican. caller: have not talked to you for it well. how are you? host: good. caller: i am going to vote republican. what i see is, let us forget personalities. if i am going to get a good doctor or lawyer or anybody that should have competence, that is what i am going to look for. i do not care the color, the rates, the -- the face -- race, i want competence. too had -- trump had a great record. just go down the list. gas is five dollars.

afghanistan, we did not have that debacle under comp. look -- under trump. look inflation. it is the highest in 40 years. host: ucd midterms as a proxy -- ucd midterms -- you see the midterms as a proxy for trump and biden? caller: yes. i think that november is going to be -- and i think biden and his team are already pointing at trump as why you should vote democrat. that is what the january 6

meeting is about, hiding bidens weaknesses. if you just go down the list with biden, we have more energy than the world could handle 100 miles from where i am sitting and he goes to saudi arabia and venezuela, one of the most corrupt, anti-american countries, come down here to the permian basin. it is a shorter flight from washington to texas than to saudi arabia. we have so many problems being generated that even the democrats -- forget me being a republican, look at what the democrats -- they do not want

him to run in 2024. they questioning whether he has the mental capacity to govern right now. host: that is cliff in texas on president biden's trip to the middle east. we will talk about it more 9:00 and also later at noon eastern, a preview from the washington institute for near east policy on that trip. he is expected to meet with palestinian leaders, saudi arabian officials and more. watch that on c-span or on our free video act. -- video app. david michigan, independent. what is driving your midterm vote? caller: everything. definitely going to vote

democrat. when we were insuring that pole about americans feeling the -- when you work showing that pole about americans feeling the country is on a downturn, i was beginning the country is on a downturn because of the republican supreme court, writes getting taken away. -- rights getting taken away. we are on the wrong track because of 40 years of republican downfall. host: 75% of the country saying the country is on the wrong track is not necessarily something democrats are at fault for? caller: exactly. we on the wrong track because of republicans. -- we are on the wrong track

because of republicans. host: always tricky to read too much into polls. we have posters who talk about their wording and methodology -- pollsters put wording and methodology occasionally. caller: you guys that i like to call on the independent line because you have a democratic line and a so-called republican line. to the lady in tennessee, you guys talk republican way more. host: the best way it works is if people call in on the line they identified most with. caller: i identify as an independent socialist.

host: sylvia out of maryland, democrats. caller: i am calling in reference to your question. i will be voting democrat because i am fearful for the democracy of this country. we have frayed away from the constitution. the read into the constitution how we want to see it. the people in congress take an to serve and protect and they are not doing anything. at least democrats are trying to save this country. we have firearms. the -- is an 80 plus-year-old female, i think this world is all about me, me, me.

inflation, they cannot do that work, but hopefully democrats will win. if republicans get in, all we will hear his trials of this person -- is trials this person and that. do republicans really care about people? think about the democracy. we are losing it. i do not want to be in authoritarian country. we are pre-much there already. -- pretty much there already. host: lori, california, republican line. caller: i am a republican because president biden is the worst president i have seen in a long family immigrated from

russia, from soviet union and 79. what he is doing with illegal immigration is horrible. also because our economy is going really down and in california the gas is over almost seven dollars now. seven dollars. host: did you want to finish your comment? we are running out of time. caller: i'm voting republican in a pulping publican when -- and i hope republicans win. we cannot be that bad as some people are saying. thank you very much. host: last caller in this segment. plenty more to talk about today

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dive into connections between the plot to overturn the 2020 election results in the trump white house and threads between that core group of leaders in the trump world with extreme right-wing militias. so we will hear and see plenty about the proud boys, the oath keepers, and others who were primed and ready for the violence on january 6 and were ready to escalate beyond what was in their view accomplished on january 6. there will be a deep focus on the time between the beginning of the attack at the capitol and when trump finally said something about it publicly. that was an over 100 minutes, it

was ours where there was just radio silence for the american people from the president. the seat of democracy on capitol hill was under violent attack. so there will be deep analysis, a minute by minute play-by-play from inside the white house from trump organization colleagues, trump administration officials that have been pieced together through hundreds of interviews with the committee has conducted behind closed doors to this point. we expect to see video testimony like we have seen of these depositions and also live testimony in the hearing room. host: who will be giving that live testimony? guest: we do not know yet exactly who will be seated but we have kind of a scaffolding of who these folks are and who has

already testified behind closed doors. what they are not doing is bringing anyone into the committee room to go live who they have not already done intense depositions with. many hours behind -- many hours, sometimes days long. so they kind of know, the lawmakers on the panel have crafted this. they know what testimony will be coming. host: are we not then been here from steve bannon this week? does he has to go -- does he have to go through the closed-door process first or is he a possibility? guest: i do not anticipate steve bannon will speak live. but we have been surprised by the committee before. he is on a very interesting and tight timeline because his

cooperation with the committee is a big pivot. he is fighting the subpoena in court almost simultaneously. there is this tight deadline where he is trying to cooperate before these legal proceedings against him move forward. so that could obviously expedite things as he tries to thread that needle. but i am not anticipating a full-blown flip from steve bannon where he goes on live tv during the committee hearing and trashes trump. however, we have been surprised before. host: talking about the week ahead on capitol hill. you can join the conversation, phone lines as usual. we will put the number on your screen for each of those. that is tuesday and thursday, the senate is returning today, monday and the house is back in

session tomorrow afternoon on tuesday. what is the key agenda item here that leaders in the house and senate are trying to move in this short stretch that they have before members had home and go campaign for the midterms? guest: starting in the senate which comes in this afternoon. one thing to note is the senate majority leader chuck schumer got a positive covid test yesterday so he will be remote this week but he is -- even when he is on campus is notorious for being on the phone with colleagues all the time. he is always calling his democratic counterparts, republican leaders, etc.. and so his office has made it clear he will be involved this week. what we do know is with schumer out and senator patrick lahey who is recovering from a broken hip was not anticipated to be out of the hospital this week

there won't be anything brought to the floor that is going to be a tight vote in the 50-50 senate . democrats need a full 50 member strength to pass almost anything. so we do not anticipate a reconciliation bill that's not heading to the floor until democrats can be at their full strength. however conversations about a party line democrat spending bill focused on taxes, energy, those conversations we do anticipate to continue happening between chuck schumer and of course senator joe manchin of west virginia. they have been doing one-on-one talks now for months and are kind of a duo that is specifically crafting this legislation to get joe manchin's vote somewhere down the line. what the senate can do this week is clear three nominees who have

gotten republican backing in committee and have committed republican votes for the floor. so there might not need to be as much schedule changing as we have seen with previous covid diagnoses in the senate. over in the house they have a packed schedule. they are picking up the annual major defense policy bill for the pentagon which they do once a year and it is so wide ranging includes every piece of policy you can imagine. there are over 1200 amendments that are filed, all of those will not get floor time. but that is something to keep a lookout for. the majority leader has made clear in the next few weeks as we head towards the recess there will be votes earlier in the day and later in the day and during the normal house schedule. the house will also be voting this week on two abortion

related bills. and that is in an effort for democrats to show their voters essentially that despite -- in response to the overturning of roe v. wade, the elimination of the constitutionally protected right to an abortion but they are fighting legislatively even as these measures do not have a future in the senate given the 60 vote filibuster threshold. one of these bills would codify the roe v. wade protection and another would carve out specific protections for women and people seeking abortions. host: with us until about the bottom of the hour. 202-748-8001 for demo -- 202-748-8000 for democrats to call in. 202-748-8001 for republicans. independents 202-748-8002.

michael on twitter with his thoughts running through the legislative schedule or at least what the leadership is lined up in the house and senate saying it would be surprising if the senate passes anything of consequence for the elections. are we at that point 120 days now before midterms that nothing of consequence really gets past this close to an election? guest: that is the general -- that is how it usually works in an election year is the appetite for compromise, the appetite for spending long hours on the house or senate floor chugging through my new show when folks could be on the campaign trail, the appetite for that is usually very diminished. there are a few priorities that both republicans and democrats are interested in. one is this bill focused on

keeping the united states competitive with china in manufacturing and technology. that bill is in conference committee right now. and it is a huge priority for republicans and democrats as we see skyrocketing inflation in prices of things like cars and all other types of electronics increasing. that bill is aimed at bolstering american-made chips that go in all sorts of products. so that is something that both republicans and democrats would like to move. democrats obviously have a much bigger to do list because they are trying to bring this slate of victories to voters in november, so democrats are going to try and get as much done even along a party line vote, that

budget reconciliation process that they can to prove to voters that even with this tough 50-50 senate, a really narrow majority in the house that has stifled a lot of democrat legislative priorities and joe biden's legislative priorities, the democrats want to prove that they can get things done. republicans of course are happy to point to democrats controlling the white house, the house and senate and say these are do-nothing democrats and that works in their favor heading into the midterms. host: let's chat with a couple of callers. this is theo out of charlottesville, independent. go ahead. caller: good morning, thank you for taking my call. as an independent, formally a democrat, where we stand in terms of this country i listen to people who were from russia who talk about what's going on

in afghanistan is ludicrous. host: just turn down your television. caller: ok. we are on a precipice of fascism absolutely as i see it. being highly educated, to phd's who is also disabled and i think it's absolutely a shame that everybody is blaming biden. i'm not pleased with biden but i've met trump and i would never even visit or go to his office anymore as an architect. it's a serious situation we are in. host: were you involved in architectural projects. caller: i was working on different projects on his facilities in -- on madison avenue and i had to give a third version of space planning situation.

we are in a very serious precipice. what i'm concerned about is the abortion issue, the immigration issue and civil rights and the supreme court issue. it is very serious where we are heading. host: thank you for the call. on those issues and how members on both sides of the aisle try to frame that ahead of 120 days until the midterm election. guest: absolutely. i know democrats are going to hammer the abortion decision that came out of the just weeks ago, they see that of course it is a deeply personal and emotional issue for many people across the country on both sides of the issue but democrats are also going to hammer it politically and they see that roll back of abortion rights in their favor and potentially

activating their base, activating women and men who are outraged by that change and by the diminished access to abortion across the country. in terms of immigration, that is something that republicans are really focusing on and especially in border districts and in swing districts where there is heightened concern and polarization on the issue. republicans are framing the immigration situation is a crisis at the borders at the hands of joe biden and that is, we have seen campaign ads, i have talked to members about it on capitol hill over and over again, that will continue to be a focus of republicans into the midterms. host: david, independent, good

morning. you are next. caller: thank you for taking my phone call. i watched the hearings and the purpose of the hearings were to find out what went wrong at the capital and the two things i got from the first hearing was that the capitol police were outnumbered which i kind of agree, they were outnumbered. and when cassidy talked to kind of got the same -- what i gleaned out of it was the capitol police were outnumbered, but we don't know why they were outnumbered. they never covered anything about why they were outnumbered. so that kind of gets me a little bit. i understand the democrats are kind of wanting to get trump and maybe they will, i don't know. but the real reason it seems to be the capitol police were outnumbered and maybe you can look into that to find out why

they were outnumbered. after the january 6, the national guard came in, they were there for a couple of months the day after this happens. host: on that issue, some questions if her republicans take over the house in the fall, whether the select committee to investigate january 6 continues under republican leadership and looks into questions like the caller is asking and that some members of said this committee, some republican members say this committee should spend more time on. guest: what i will say is the january 6 committee that's underway right now of course they touched on the capitol police and security situation on the hill. there was deep analysis and

looking back at failures of the security apparatus immediately after january 6, there was a senate investigation with the published report. they brought in an external formal -- former general to look at weaknesses and look at failures of leadership with capital security. those reports have been published and actions have already been taken to remedy a lot of those shortcomings. i do think the caller is correct that that has not been a focus of these hearings because some of that for people on capitol hill has seemed to be if not solved, the facts have been settled, that there was not smooth communication between all the different security apparatuses on capitol hill and on capitol hill there was not clear communication between the

d.c. national guard and capitol hill. we saw in the days after january 6 the resignation of both the house and senate sergeant at arms who were top security officials for each chamber and the chief of capitol police. so that kind of leadership overhaul has -- was put in -- got rolling immediately. as to what might happen in the next congress, the number one proponent of looking into nancy pelosi's leadership of security on capitol hill which does not rest solely with the speaker at all, that was rodney davis who was the head of the committee on house administration which has the authority to look into all of these shortcomings and he just lost his primary. do i think republicans will still take up this mantle and

try to dissect and discredit the work of the january 6 committee? yes i think that will be a priority if republicans take the house in the fall. host: scott in sherwood, arkansas. you are online. caller: this is pretty much on the same question. can you tell the public my nancy pelosi and certain other individuals. i think mayor bowser, they are all off-limits, representative bennie thompson, for whatever reason has made them off-limits. they are not allowed to be brought in, they are not allowed to check their text, their phone calls, any kind of communications, why is that if you are as unbiased as you presume to be, thank you. guest: it is my understanding that the text and other

communications that have been uncovered by the panel have been by diving into the trump administration and their communications because there is -- there is not a discussion, it is not a contested issue that the people who stormed the capital and committed violence were trump supporters. it's incontrovertible. however, the lawmaker texts and the texts from different republicans that have become public and has illuminated some dramatic moments from january 6, that was because they were in communication with mark meadows, the chief of staff. they were in communication with top officials within the trump white house. it is my understanding that if nancy pelosi was texting with mark meadows, then those texts

would also be revealed and to this point, that has not been revealed. what i did mention before and what i can say again is that they have done hundreds of interviews behind closed doors. i know that behind closed doors element during this process has been frustrating for a lot of people following closely, but in addition to these hearings we anticipate a massive written report to come out after the hearings that will include more information. i would say stay tuned for that. but i do not anticipate, this january 6 committee i do not anticipate will bring nancy pelosi for live testimony or anything like that. host: the author of the huddle at politico and has been with

politico just over a year coming from roll call. what is the huddle and if people want to subscribe, how do they do that? >> it's a newsletter that comes out bright and early monday through friday outlining what is happening on capitol hill. what you need to know, big stories both to watch and that you might've missed because there is so much news going on at all times. i am the author but i work closely with our large and accomplished capitol hill team at politico getting their expertise on the house, the senate, the january 6 committee, international affairs, etc.. it is a work product that comes out that i am proud of and hope to be in a conversational way even if you are working on the

hill, if you are not tuned in to c-span all day every day that you can get a gist of what's happening and hopefully prepare you for your day in washington or beyond. host: politico.com is where you can sign up. one of the headlines from last week, congress is not beyond repair, a survey of how the folks on capitol hill feel about the state of congress. can you walk through some of those results. guest: that was a large undertaking by the congressional management foundation which is a great organization made up mostly of former hill staffers who do trainings and analysis of how congress is operating and evaluating what can be done better and what can be approved. -- improved. the american people give a very low approval rating of congress as a whole.

, but this looks deeper at effectiveness and especially housestaff feel, the people on the ground, the people who are implementing lawmaker's wishes and legislative goals. how they think they can operate better and the look for this recent study was pretty grim in terms of how effective0 and the future of congress, but there was this bright spot of things that are easy to improve and that already the ball is rolling. this select committee on the modernization of congress and they are tackling issues like how to foster bipartisan relationships, how to turn down the temperature on some of these basic interpersonal interactions on capitol hill, that really have been escalating in their

partisanship. there are diminishing numbers of bipartisan friendships, bipartisan collegial interaction and they have a lot of ideas on how to foster that and to encourage staff to work across the aisle. to get legislation done. also in that report was concerning response from staff about how unsafe they feel during their job in the district and in washington. based on threatening phone calls , threats to staff and to their bosses and and escalated feeling of tension when they are out in the district with their boss or answering questions from constituents in washington or cross-country. >> some of the types of stories you can read at the huddle. time for maybe one or two phone

calls. thank you for waiting out in l.a.. good morning. caller: thank you so much for c-span. i have a comment in question. my understanding is the governor of maryland larry hogan was at the ready to send in national guard troops on january 6 and he was told now and that's not just hearsay, i read that and it hasn't been brought up. my friends and i are curious, who told himmy friends and i aro told him no. i have a friend who is usually correct tell me there had been a bus with the national guard ready to go. that is one question i have. the other question is i thought during the amy barrett hearings that everyone had to be on the floor. my understanding is a few folks had covid and they were able to participate via skype or zoom.

that would lead to the question, why can't chuck and patrick leahy be involved even though they will not be there? guest: let's start with your last question. the senate has not implemented a proxy or virtual voting system for the floor of the senate. you cannot vote by proxy in committee but you can zoom in to ask questions if the committee allows for that. that is the difference right now between the house and the senate. you are correct that there were some covid diagnoses during the amy barrett hearings and on the floor. the choice was made by those senators to get a doctor's note and say enough time had passed

and that wearing a note they could come in and vote or participate in the hearings. that is how they went forward. in terms of the national guard issue you brought up, there has been deep investigation into the delay of the d.c. national guard reaching capitol hill. it was over two hours before those communications were solidified and there was any movement toward the capitol by the d.c. national guard. in terms of the maryland national guard, i know less about that situation. i know when there was no communication from the president and lack of support from the military to defend the capitol is one of the key things the committee has dug into and will definitely address in this major

report expected before the end of the year. although i do not have the answer this morning on who may have waived off larry hogan, if that happened, i would say that is being addressed in the report. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2022] -- host: what else are you watching for this week we have not gotten to any conversation? guest: there is a bill up this week about setting up an alert system for when an active shooter is underway somewhere, similar to if you have ever gotten in amber alert on your phone or a silver alert when a senior member of the community is missing. this is a bill being brought to the house floor this week focused on trying to get an alert system underway for when

there is an active shooter situation so that you don't have members of the community left unaware during a really dangerous situation. host: katherine tully-mcmanus is the author of "huddle" newsletter and reporter at politico.com. always appreciate your time. next, we will turn to a conversation on the future of the u.s. economy. we will be joined by mila irwin. stick around for that conversation. we will be right back.

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podcasts. >> "washington journal" continues. host: on the u.s. economy, we are joined by neil irwin. take a minute and try to make some sense of friday's jobs report when forecasters are talking about potential recession. we seek 372,000 jobs added in the month of june. 3.76 percent unemployment rate, one of the lowest numbers we have seen in a long time. do those numbers say that recession is on the way? guest: the jobs numbers do not. the jobs numbers week it looked like a robust economy doing fine. there are other pockets of data that point the other direction. we have seen the last year or so a consistently strong labor market, low unemployment.

people who want a job can get a job. businesses are adding jobs by hundreds of thousands a month. it is not decelerating as much as a lot of people thought it might. wages are rising gradually. in terms of the labor market, in terms of jobs, it looks pretty good. host: we do this segments monday after the job reports come out. it gives you a we can to read through the report. what else did you see? where there are other things that did not get as much notice on friday? guest: there were some red on what could be ahead. one is what happened with the labor force. the number of people working or wanted to work ticked down. the share of the adult population working ticked down a little bit. the numbers are volatile. you don't make much of any one month.

that is a sign of maybe people returning from the pandemic into the labor force may not be happening the way we would like to see. host: what does the federal reserve see when they look at the report on friday? more importantly, what are they likely to do? guest: i think they see this is not a job market falling apart. you see reports of hiring freezes in the tech sector, crypto blowup. overall, the jobs numbers are very good. if you are the federal reserve, you are worried about inflation and too much demand in the economy. you will raise interest rates to do that. this was a green light to do that. it is more important to focus on bringing inflation down then worry too much about jobs at this moment. they will likely do an increase at the end of july or september. that follows 75 last month.

a rapid pace of interest rates. it looks like that is a green light for them to keep going in that direction. host: why is three quarters percent the new standard? why not 1/4? guest: they started in march raising rates 1/4. the last couple of cycles, that is what they did. 25 basis points at a time. their conclusion this time is they were behind the curve on inflation and had room to stop stimulating demand at a time when there was too much inflation. that is why there is this rapid rate of increase is happening. it looks like we will be around 3% on short-term interest rates by the end of the year. we started the year at zero.

it may not sound like much, but by the standards of the federal reserve, growing three percentage points in a year is a big move. host: back to the report, president biden came out to tout his administration's policies for the good in the report. here is some of what he had to say. [video clip] pres. biden: at a time when the critics said the economy was too weak, we had already added more jobs my first year as president than any president in history. we slatted more jobs in the last three months than any administration in 40 years. i know times are tough. families are facing the cost of living crunch. but today's economic news confirms the fact that my economic plan is moving this country in a better direction. the unimportant rate is near a historic low of 3.4%. private sector jobs are at a record high. gas prices, still too high, have

fallen 25 days in a row. this week, we saw the second largest single day decrease in gas prices in a decade. we still have a lot of work to do. i am suggesting we are making significant progress. the program is working. host: that was president biden friday framing these numbers. i different frame given by kevin brady. this is his statement friday. the same report. he says this is feeling inflation, empty shelves, and hurting the economy. he says small businesses are struggling and american families have been wiping out savings to keep up with the rising isis of president biden's cool economy punctuated by slow growth. how do two people read the same

report so differently? guest: take away the partisan language, and there is truth in both analyses. the president is right. there has been a robust recovery. the unemployment rate is quite low. it has been a remarkable run. where the republican argument is true is that wage gains are not keeping up with inflation. this last report, average hourly earnings up but we are at 8.6% inflation over the last year. that is losing ground. no wonder people are unhappy with the state of the economy when average earnings are not keeping up with inflation. that said, the president is right. this has been a strong job market recovery. coming back from the pandemic,

there was a lot to grow out of. at the same time, this is a strong labor market. host: are we out of the deep hole? guest: private sector numbers are back to pre-pandemic levels. one thing we don't know is how many people still out of the labor force. shares of the labor force people working is still lower than pre-pandemic. if it will catch up or is permanent we don't know yet. for the most part, people who want a job can get one. host: compare what it says now to historic trends. are we barely below historic trends still? guest: the world is always changing. if you just look at the share of adults in the labor force, that is affected by the fact the baby boom generation is hitting retirement age. somebody in their 70's is not in the labor force, we usually do not consider that a sign of the labor force.

same thing with young people in school. people are taking time out of the workforce to raise children or whatever. it is hard to know exactly where we are. i think we have seen a lot of improvement the last year or so. the question is how much further that might go. host: for people who like the actual numbers in front of them, the labor rate in june. the number of those employed part-time for economic reasons at 3.6 million. is that good, bad? what does that show? guest: that number is coming down. that is what we want to see. you want to see people working part-time because they want a part-time job and not because their employer can only give them 20 instead of 40 hours. that number has been coming down. host: the state of the u.s. economy is what we are talking about. neil irwin is our guest.

check out some of his work. you can join the conversation by calling. richard is up first for you out of lake worth, florida. independent. go ahead. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i wanted to comment on a bunch of things. i wish for your guest to comment on when donald dump was president, he kept claiming basically he was the greatest producer of the economy for the united states. what i want to know, because i cannot figure out what donald dump ever did for this country, and especially on the economy, by working against russia, or

not really against russia but against china putting in all of these ridiculous sanctions and causing what i consider the major inflection in this country because products went up. by lemonade and manufacturing in this country, he did not do anything -- by eliminating manufacturing in this country, he did not do anything for the economy. host: when does the biden economy start? who gets credit for what part of the economy? guest: no question the trump economy was good before the pandemic. very low unemployment, low inflation. people have real wage gains. wages were not rising that much but inflation was low enough that people were seeing higher wages after adjusting for

inflation, especially at the lower end of the spectrum. he saw more working-class jobs were rising, at faster adjusted real wage growth then now when we have high inflation. there is a real question of how much of that is anything donald trump did and how much of that is the economic cycle. there have been studies dating back to 2009 of year-by-year jobs added, unemployment falling. by 2017-18, you are getting the peak of the expansion. whether that is trump, that is something people can argue about. the biden economy, we are a year and a half into this presidency. they have made a number of

choices that affect where things have gone, including the american rescue plan early in 2021. regulatory decisions. not that every thing about the economy is something biden controls, but politically he has to own the state of things. we have high inflation, a strong job market, and a real risk of recession in the coming months as the fed tightens policy. host: the caller mentioned manufacturing jobs in the trump administration. i want to go back to the june report, more numbers to dig in to. 29,000 manufacturing jobs added in june compared to 74,000 service jobs added, 57,000 health care jobs added. those are all for the month of june. what sector stood out for you? guest: one area we keep seeing

gains is leisure and hospitality jobs because restaurants, hotels, and that does reflect what we are seeing in the economy. airlines are canceling flights. they do not have enough pilots. if you stay in a vacation area, understaffed. trying to add people. hotels are food. service, travel and leisure related businesses are booming. the labor supply is not big enough to accommodate them. host: that sector hit the hardest. guest: we are still rebounded. tech sector lost a lot of people -- that sector lost a lot of people to other sectors. if you were a dishwasher making $12 an hour and lost her job in the pandemic and amazon is hiring for $20 down the street, you might have gone to take the job at the amazon warehouse, the

restaurant calls you back, and you are not doing it. you can imagine the shift in the workforce as people moved away from these sectors. now they are booming, they have trouble getting those people back. host: david in los angeles, california, democrat, good morning. caller: good morning. my question is, i am a commuter. i drive a lot to where i work, more than 60 miles every morning. every single morning i go to the gas station, i see a sticker with biden pointed at as the problem with the current gas issue, inflation, all that is going on. i just want to ask. my point of view is after all this pandemic, after everybody is returning to work, everybody is now in need of gas and food.

that where our real problem is or is it really on biden? guest: i think there is a lot of factors behind inflation i have to do with long-term structural issues and the post-pandemic rebound. with high gas prices, refineries that turn crude oil into gasoline are running flat out. it is not like they have spare capacity right now. they are pumping out as much gasoline as they can. there has been a drop in refinery capacity over the last several years. during the pandemic, people thought there was less demand so we will shut down this refinery. it involves multiyear trends on energy. it is hard to put too much of that bottleneck on biden when it has been building for years and is easily controlled. other things, i think you look at the administration and biden with some responsibility.

part of the story is there is a lot of demand, people trying to buy stuff. if the american rescue plan had been smaller and they had not flooded quite so much money into the economy in 2021, maybe that demand would not be as extreme bidding up the price. we can argue over how large the effect is and how much you need to attribute more structural things versus stimulus versus federal reserve actions, versus the ukraine war. but they are clearly all in the mix and feeding into the sense that everything is too expensive. host: one of the headlines from one of your stories a week or two ago, america's incoherent approach to fighting gas prices. guest: the administration proposed a gas tax holiday. you see other states trying to give people money. california started giving people money as a gas tax rebate. the problem is is what we have is a mismatch between supply and

demand, which we do, if you just give people more money, that increases demand. it makes the problem worse. it makes individuals better off. if you're struggling to pay for commuting expenses and get a gas card, it makes you better off. but if everybody gets one of those cards, your bidding up the cost of the finance apply and it does not make anybody better off. the important thing is to focus on either increasing supply, refinery capacity, or the availability of oil and gas, or if you focus on reducing demand, maybe you make the bus or subway free. that might reduce demand for gasoline. host: up to caldwell, idaho, darrell, independent, good morning. caller: good morning. i saw a program on the electric vehicle versus gasoline. both were trucks. both carrying the same weight of trailer.

the gasoline truck got easily to where they were on their way to, but the electric truck had to stop and look for a charging station. so, it is a case where the attitude that we are going to go into this green new deal, we are not set up for it. the reality is the gas truck was able to drive all the way back when they started from, paid $93 for the gas, and the other vehicle had to charge for 45 minutes just to get 75%. here is a case where we are all going for this green deal. when obama was president, gas in california was $4.50. the problem was the government said you people have to learn to dance better than fred astaire. i went to the store. it used to be $3.99. now it is $5. that is not 8%, that is 20%.

there is nobody with any intelligence anymore running this nation. host: neil irwin. guest: i am not an expert in electric vehicles. range is a real issue with electric cars and trucks. if you take your gasoline powered car and run out of gas, you stop at any filling station in five minutes and go on your way. with batteries, there are range constraints and it does take longer to charge them when that moment comes. host: on the line for democrats, audrey from south carolina, good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. talking about the economy, i have not heard him say anything about the pandemic. when president trump shut down the economy for i think he said two months, wouldn't you think that would have an effect on the economy and supply and demand

and prices for gas and food? i will take my answer off the line. guest: there is no question. that was a scarring moment for virtually every industry, every family, back in the spring and summer of 2020. we are still seeing the impact of that today. we seek part of the problem now is drilling and refining capacity was cut in 20 because there was no demand for gas, jet fuel, energy products. capacity was pulled back. we are dealing with the problem now. demand is back but supply is not. all kinds of issues have various issues. the airline industry laid off pilots and flight attendants and call-center people. now they wish they could have those people back. it is hard to rebuild that capacity on the fly. so many industries have so much

lasting damage from decisions made two years ago now. host: about 20 minutes left with neil irwin. phone lines again. talking about the state of and the future of the u.s. economy. the line for democrats, you are up next. caller: hello. this guy was talking about all the problems with gas and everything. he did not mention the main thing, that biden shut down all of the gas wells and pipelines. that is why we are paying the high price for gas. all of our fuel is going over to china. he is even selling our reserves. i don't know what is going on.

you are saying you don't know. you did not even mention that. that is like the main thing. host: talking about pipelines and reserves. guest: most drilling and environmental policy that comes out of the environmental policy process of the biden administration or any administration are not things that affect how much oil is coming out of the ground today. it is about the rules of engagement for getting new licenses to drill and explore in the future and create future supply of oil. to the degree the biden administration has had a more restrictive stance than the trump administration, those are not things shaping the supply of oil today. that will affect the supply of domestic oil over the years ahead. you can have some complex stories of how those policies might affect behavior that affects supply today, but we are dealing with the kind of legacy effects.

michelle drilling companies in the 2010's lost their shirts. investors did not do well in that. as domestic energy production soared through the roof, that drove down prices. investors and lenders in those industries lost a lot of money. they have been reluctant to invest at this time. even though there are projects that could be workable and desirable, partly because of the risk of prices coming down and partly because they lost their shirts the last time, there has been reluctant to pour money into drilling this time around. on the one hand, because of environmental concerns, they do not want to have a long-term investment in more carbon heavy energy. on the other hand, they want her to be enough energy supply to not have prices skyrocket and make people miserable.

host: one of the solutions was releasing oil from a strategic reserve. has that done anything? guest: it affects things on the margins. who knows where prices would be without that? it's not enough to change the overall equation of energy prices. oil is a global market and it's very expensive worldwide. european -- all of the problems we have in the u.s. are worse in europe where they depend on russian and oil and gas. it's going to be a bumpy couple of years depending on what happens. secretary yellen has been out trying to bring countries to agree to allow russian oil exports with a catch price. if that works, that might create a new supply of oil at a non-crazy price.

it's a very delicate row to hoe. host: kelly is on the independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to talk because the administration talked about the federal gas tax, using it for three months and then letting the administration said we can't do this because we would lose $18 billion in gas tax. if we go to all electric vehicles, where is the gas tax going to come from? you people that are buying electric vehicles, somewhere they are going to put it back on you. guest: that's an interesting point. it's true that the highway fund is from gasoline taxes. as you move to electric vehicles , more fuel-efficient vehicles,

that fund is depleted. people are using highways just as much as people in gasoline cars. is there a future where the tax is structured waste on miles driven as opposed to gallons purchased? it might be unpopular, there is no question the future is electric cars. host: would that mean tracking the miles that you drive every day? there would be concerns about privacy if there is some federal tracking of the number of miles your car is going. guest: i'm not an expert in that policy, i can see people not loving the government knowing how much they've been driving. host: edward in new jersey. good morning. caller: the concern i have about this reporter is he seems to leave some things out. that concerns me. i'm not attacking you, i don't

understand why clearly when biden first came in, whoever is behind him directed him to cut the xl pipeline. he was not in charge of the economy. we were clearly energy independent. what went along with that was lower inflation unavailability of the growing economy. as soon as the oil production was tightened, the transportation people just put the cost right along to the vendors and consumers. they didn't do research on that or they didn't care. it seems like they want to get that new green deal through while biden is president. it's not fair to push that on half the population that didn't vote for him and the other half doesn't really know what's going on. you need to report the truth. we were energy and dependent. -- independent. the electric cars, there hasn't been enough research.

they are so expensive. they haven't talked about what's going to happen with the batteries? it is just push it through and not tell us the truth. i'm saying tell us the truth. guest: it's just hard to draw a line between long-term energy supply decisions and regulations put in place a year ago and the supply and demand right now. it's true that having more restrictive stance is going to mean less energy supply over time. it doesn't work that fast. it takes time for that exploration to happen. that said, it's the case that the biden team has been more skeptical and more opposed to aggressive carbon-based oil and

gas billing than their predecessors. over time, you would expect that to mean less energy supply. you can't tie that long-term policy priority to the supply and demand of oil and gas right now when you have a war that is driven things up and russian supply off the market. you have elevated demand because of the economy and inflation. you have the situation of capacity cutback during the 2020 because demand had collapsed at that time. host: larry on the line for democrats. did morning. caller: i just want to talk to the gentleman about inflation. during trump, trump had the best economics. he had the best ratings of all.

we know that president obama in 2009 brought back the economy. it took four years for us to get up our economy. it took the other six years to get to the point where we had the best economy in the world. not by donald trump. anybody that knows anything about 2009, all of us that were out of work, donald trump took over president obama's economy. we all know this. a gentleman called you and asked you about that. you did not tell him that the economy was great under president obama. host: we talked about the biden and trump economies. guest: in 2009, it was a

disaster. it was the worst economic crisis in a very long time. the u.s. did claw its way out under obama. it was very gradual. we bottomed out in the summer of 2009. we started to add jobs. by 2016, things were in a much better spot. the question, and the trump ears, we did have lower unemployment. how much of that was at the sustained expansion that obama oversaw. that is something we can argue about all you want. that's what the numbers show. we were in a deep pit in the

early obama administration. we were in a much better spot in the economy improve the next three years under president trump and was quite healthy in a lot of ways. that's the brief economic history of the last 12 years. host: success has thousand fathers, but failure is an orphan. charles back in pennsylvania. good morning. caller: i have one comment. i know gas is cheap in texas because they have refineries. gas is expensive in alaska because it has to go all the way down to valdez, go down to texas and come back up. there are two reasons why we have a gasoline problem. we can pump all the oil we want. we can have barrels and barrels. if we don't build more

refineries because the oil companies don't want to build refineries and we can't refine it, we can't keep the price down. the price of oil is controlled by the market. richard nixon had price controls on everything because all the regulations were lifted, the people got out of control and started gouging all of us. that's why we are in the problem we have now. all the people who run the oil companies are greedy. the gas companies -- the gas pump guys are told what to sell the oil for. if they fight it, they boost the stock of oil. oil companies control the world. we don't control it. what they want to set the price that is what we've got to eat. guest: the problem is a lack of

refinery capacity. if you drill oil and you -- the bottleneck is the refineries that's your bottleneck. that's where we are right now. one of the policies that would include more refinery capacity. the part i disagree with is price controls would solve this. the situation right now, it's not the case. we have more demand than we have supply. if you set up price caps, you are just going to shortage it. we had gas lines in the 70's. you are paying more for gas, standing in line and having restrictions on when you can get it. i think the idea that somehow setting a price cap below where

the market clears is going to have everybody feel great about things. that doesn't stand up to history. host: one of your other recent stories i want it to get to was back on the issue of inflation. officials worried about inflation becoming entrenched. what does entrenched inflation mean? guest: their job is to maintain price stability. they've not done a great job of that in the last year and a half. they are trying to catch up and raise interest rates to bring inflation down. what they really worry about is because of the high inflation, people will start to think that high inflation is the norm. if you are deciding what to charge for whatever's on the shelves, i can crank the price of that up and ob is going to say anything. if you ask for a bigger raise

than you otherwise would, employers are willing to give it to you because they know inflation is high. it becomes self-fulfilling. you can go from 8% -- becoming a one time thing, it can be built into a lot of processes in ways the fed is trying to prevent. they are willing to be aggressive, watch the stock market selloff and they are willing to accept that pain to prevent that entrenchment of inflation. host: what sector is most likely to see that happening first? we focus so much on gas prices. i can't imagine it's there when people suddenly say i accept five dollars. food prices get talked about overtime.

what is the sector were the fed is looking for the canary in the inflation:? guest: gas is a very competitive market. oil prices move up and down for all kinds of reason. a lot of it is geopolitics and what we've been talking about today. the thing to look for becoming entrenched and affecting future inflation, things are more labor-intensive. anything that involves workers. if you are a company that employs hundreds of people to offer whatever service and they want a 10% raise, you might raise the prices 10 or 12%. when that happens, we get that sustained inflation like we had in the 1970's. that's what the fed is trying to prevent. host: what brings that down?

is it individual businesses saying maybe more people will buy the product? i will pick up the money that way? guest: one of the channels is if companies are saying we might be on the verge of recession and my stock is down 30% and i'm a little worried about the outlook, i'm not going to crank up prices. i don't think i can get away with it. i'm not going to give you a big raise. that psychology of business can be a powerful thing. there are mechanical ways that these filter through the economy and work against inflation. one is higher mortgage rates. a lot of things that come into play, lower stock values. people have less money. they are willing to spend less money.

these are ways that this filters through the economy and slows things down. i'm not so sure inflation is going to remain high, i'm ready for it to come down. host: these last two calls have been waiting for a while. frank is in delaware. go ahead. caller: i go all the way back to john f. kennedy. i've seen all of these presidents. they've all been good and bad. some have just been horrible. carter was horrible. this guy we've got an office now, there is nobody but nobody as bad as this guy. this guy has got an agenda. he is following through on it. he don't care how many people he hurts. they've got people in positions in the administration that don't know what the hell they are

doing. he don't care about that. they just have an agenda. whatever it takes, they going to follow through with that. we've got to get these more runs out of there. host: let me try to get james in as well. go ahead. caller: billionaires pay -- don't pay nothing in tax. host: we are running out of time. that me give him both of those. guest: the billionaires tax, the idea that they don't pay tax,

most leaners get that way by owning a huge chunk of the company. they have unrealized capital gains. the stock goes up, they become richer, but they don't have to pay taxes on that increased wealth. that is the issue of them playing -- paint low taxes. is it fair to convert that into cash? that's a wise policy to make. host: you can see his work at axios.com, follow him on twitter. we do always appreciate the time. up next and in our final 40 months, we are doing what we often do, turning the phone

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we talked about those january 6 hearings that are happening this week. the first are happening tomorrow at 10:00. you can watch it live on c-span. the other hearing is expected to happen on thursday, perhaps in a prime time. that will be the focus of much of the attention on capitol hill this week. i want to preview a busy week at the white house. we are going to be joined by a white house reporter with the hill newspaper. good morning to you. the president on this trip to the middle east. who is he meeting with and where will he be stopping? >> thanks for having me. the president has this consequential week in terms of international engagement.

he is heading to israel and saudi arabia. this trip, he will meet with the crown prince. this meeting has been criticized because he promised to make saudi leadership a pariah on the world stage after the murder of the journalist in 2018. this should be a trip the president takes, because of their influence in the global oil market. we've heard mixed messages from the white house about this being an oil related meeting. there's been a lot of back and forth. the president said he won't be asking the proud -- crown prince to increase oil adduction. we will see what comes out of that. we saw an op-ed over the weekend

arguing that his policies have helped achieve more stable and secure middle east. his upcoming trip is in america's best interest. a very closely watched visit. he will be going to israel. that visit will be focused on iran and palestine. he will be meeting top leaders there. host: how long will he be gone? guest: july 13 through 16. this is the trip, he was just in europe last month. he's doing a lot of international engagements. this one will be very closely watched. host: we saw the president go to

the japanese embassy to sign condolences for prime minister shinzo abe. would he be attending the funeral when that gets scheduled? would he be going to that? guest: that is another question going around that we haven't had a good answer on yet. that would be a big statement from the u.s., as important as he was, i could see sending tony blinken or obama, something like that if the president is not able to fit it into his schedule. there will be a robust presence from the u.s. there. host: back to the schedule today, events on that gun

legislation that was signed into law. what is happening today? guest: he signed into law. there weren't any members of congress there. now he is hosting a big event now that people are back in washington. this will commemorate the passage of the bill. we know this is the far-reaching gun control legislation in 30 years. this is something a lot of members want to be able to celebrate. interestingly, chuck schumer has covid. he will not be at this ceremony. he was important in passing this legislation. we will see an interesting group. it took a lot of senators from both sides to get this done. host: what else is happening on your beat this week?

guest: they are getting a lot in before the president gets on the plane. the president and vice president harris will be going to nasa to meet with officials to preview the first images we are hearing about from the web telescope. it's the highest resolution image ever captured. it's the amazing. they get to go there in person later today and check out these images. host: will you be able to join them? guest: that would be nice. i'm not sure who gets to go with them. it would be pretty cool to go to nasa headquarters. host: her outlet is the hill newspaper. you know the website. we appreciate the preview of the

week ahead for the president. guest: thank you. host: and now your phone calls on the issues you want to talk about. it's another busy week, the house and senate are both in. january 6 hearings, what is on your nine. -- mind. caller: hello. thank you for taking my call. i just wanted to talk about our last guest. the first thing i want to say to all of the c-span viewers is inflation is the worst tax that can be on the population. it's the undoing of every civilized society throughout history. let's pay attention to that. neil erwin continually sites government statistics. it would be great if you could

get john williams on. the government has manipulated statistics of our economy to such an extent. i'm not sure they count for much anymore. they do this for several reasons. it's not political. it's not one particular party. they just do it because each party benefits because it makes them look better. one of the main things they do is they rig that inflation number. they keep that number down. cola is cost-of-living increases that have to be done with social security. they had to do proper inflation, the federal government would be bankrupt tomorrow.

all of the stuff about the federal reserve -- reserve, wall street knows it. it's a bunch of malarkey. host: that was christian in connecticut. the 12 month inflation rate if you go from may of last year to may this year, 8.6% according to the official government statistics. if you are black or hispanic, you feel like you are pain worse. you might be right. researchers finding that hispanics were experiencing .6% worse inflation. black people were experiencing .2% worse inflation than average. if you want to read more on that story, usa today. jd is in oklahoma city. good morning. caller: i'm thinking that ever

since the citizen united decision by the court, there is so much unregulated money in our elections that we can't get people to tell the truth anymore. they can just give you whatever they want to tell you. you think you believe what they say. host: you think people are more truthful in campaign ads back in the day? caller: not like my center. he told us he would never vote for a tax cut that would add to the deficit. we know that under trump, $2 trillion was added to the deficit. my center told us he would never vote for anything like that, but he did. host: are you talking about inhofe or lankford? caller: lankford.

he told us on the press. host: that was jd out of the sooner state. this is andrew in las vegas. good morning. caller: this question was really for neil erwin. i will make it an observation. the comments that biden made were difficult when he was in ohio before the june figures came out. he was blaming the former administration for shutting down the country. if you go online, you can take a look at unemployment rates before each president. the country was shut down as far as a federal mandate from march 2022 april 2020. from then on, it was blue straight governors that kept the

country shut down. when trump came in, unemployment rate was 12%. when he went out, it was 6%. right before covid, it was 14% in june 2020. when he left, it was down to 6.5%. the question i had, when we say we are adding jobs, are we really adding new jobs? are we just regaining the jobs we lost during the pandemic? i don't think you can consider that new jobs. host: he talked a little about that. we are back above that level where we were when the pandemic hit. as he point out, a lot of people

with new jobs and a lot of people that are no longer in the jobs they were in back in march 2020. caller: when i went to sacramento, too trite to catch an uber, they were super expensive because nobody was available. it's different than adding jobs during an already robust economy. host: what line of work are you in? caller: i am in banking. host: what are your observations about your sector? caller: as far as the natural institution i work for, when the banking centers were shut down, those people were employed from home and customer service roles. the company i'm working for, they never lost jobs.

i worked from home the whole time. there were jobs because people have economic questions. host: thanks for the call. this is nick in new jersey. good morning. caller: before i watched your previous guest, the economist from axios, i was watching a program on pbs about the interaction of trees and other animals in the jungle. it was very interesting. in the jungle, things happen without choice. in the economy, it's all individual choices.

even the choice of behaving the rules. i don't how they can call this science. how they can predict the effects of the interventions. the important thing to mention, we are assuming that some people who are given authority have ability to do things. they move them up on the basis of outcome. if you look at the corona situation now, with all the government medical people, the bottom line is we don't have it under control. if we do not control the virus, how can anyone expect us to be controlling the economy in such a way that we develop a

relationship? host: that said like an interesting program you were watching. what channel was it on? did we lose you? i guess we won't find out the name of the program. this is jeffrey in houston. good morning. caller: hello? my question was about what is the republican point of view on the legalization of marijuana? the effect it would have on the economy? host: what is your point of view? do you want fully legalized? caller: i prefer it to be legal. i see it bringing in a surplus of income. the more you're able to legalize

some of these. some of the crops that are being sent. host: what line of work are you in? caller: i work in a warehouse. host: do you want to talk about jobs at the warehouse? we asked the previous color about the impact of the pandemic on your industry. that person was in banking. i imagine he had a different experience than you. caller: honestly, to be honest i didn't see so much of an impact on warehouse jobs it it was more on the food industry. on my line of work, i feel like business boomed. i got sent out to a different

state. they were paying for the room. i can't say it affected my line of work. it affected them even more. because the virus going around. most warehouses at the end of the day, supply and demand has to be met regardless of where you are at. warehouses are still blooming. host: this is john in louisiana. good morning. caller: i was wanting to make a comment about the january 6 hearings. i hear a lot of everyone saying white supremacy was involved. the oath keepers and proud boys. i'm not familiar with the oath keepers.

the proud boys founder is half cuban and half african-american. how is that man a white supremacist? i just don't understand why that narrative is pushed. host: have you been watching the hearings? caller: on-and-off. i've not watched all of them. i know it's focused on trump. i believe this week they are going to get into it with those two groups. host: that's the expectation that tomorrow's hearing will focus on the violent extremists that headline the washington post. it's going to be stephanie murphy and jamie raskin who will be likely leading those discussions. that is tomorrow.

you can watch it here on c-span and on the c-span now video out. we are expecting a second hearing on thursday, likely in primetime. when it comes to today's programming, we talked about president biden's trip to the middle east. a preview on that trip from the washington institute, we are covering that today at noon. the senate will be in at 3:00 p.m. today, all of these are eastern times. rudy is in georgia. good morning. caller: my concern is the country of japan had 10 incidents of gun violence in one year and one murder.

the states are still relaxing these laws are people to be able to open carry without a license. host: to your point, a headline from the washington post on the issue, right now there are too many shootings for the media to even cover. over the holiday weekend, were 14 mass shootings that took place over that long weekend. 62 people were shot and killed in chicago. that's not counting the parade massacre that took place in that suburb to live forth. too many shootings for the media to even cover. your thoughts? caller: that's my concern as a 70-year-old citizen. there seems to be a nonchalant approach across party lines on

this. i was talking to one of my neighbors. their relative was an open gun carry person. what's going to happen when 10 young black men walk in to walmart and get in the line to pay for groceries and in 10 different lanes? the cashier is going to say what's going on? gun violence, you've all day, chicago, there doesn't seem to be any outrage and our officials give the same platitudes every time this happens. they wait for the next one to happen. nothing substantial changes. host: the president will talk about this. there will be an event today at the white house. the president signing that gun legislation that is now law,

having a ceremony, having an event at white house. look for more from the president today on that issue. martha is in morocco, indiana. good morning. go ahead. caller: my thoughts are just on these mass shootings. it seems to be a lot of young people doing this. i think it comes back to being bullied in school. of course it starts with the parents at home, teaching the kids. the kids in school get separated in different classes. they get a lead. i think maybe guidance counselors don't the need to

have more from kindergarten. those are my thoughts this morning. host: is there more bullying today than in the past? we know now that mass shootings are being tracked, those numbers have ticked up. his bullying worse today than in the past? >> i think so. caller: in 70th -- there was pulling back when i was in school. there was a lot of bullying that i can remember. now, it's more like the kids are

so separated. there's the gaming kids and the kids that do all the sports. kids are mean to each other nowadays. they shouldn't be. especially at young ages. i have a 12-year-old grandson. i think he gets bullied because he's a gamer. i think it's gotten worse nowadays. you can see these kids, they are different. i don't think they are different when they start school. they are all the same. by the time they get to 16 or 17, then they feel like they are different than the rest of the kids. host: the gun violence archive is a source that is often cited.

those, if this column here. 272 in 2014, 336 in 2015. that gives you some comparison. the number in 2020 with 610. the number in 2021 was 692 mass shootings tract according to their definition of mass shooting, gun violence archive.org. this is linda in evansville indiana. good morning. linda? go ahead. caller: i'm calling regarding nonviolence. my thought on that is i can live with inflation. i can't live with all of these

children getting killed. i think it's one of the most horrible things are country is going through. if the republicans would pass the bill after sandy hook, hundreds of children would be alive today. i can't understand why they can't come to some kind of agreement to take those awful weapons off our streets. they are for war, not for people. host: this is the bluegrass state. good morning. caller: i think the second amendment should be repealed. last year, there were 50,000 people killed by guns. am i still on?

i think the government should have a vigorous buyback of all the guns and should give a tax incentive to private corporations to give a gift card if they would turn in their guns and smelt them down. i know it's going to be hard. we've got to -- last year, there were one or two people killed in japan with guns. you can't buy a gun in japan. we are committing suicide by the second amendment. they would've been supreme court justices, doctors, presidents of the united states. it just goes on and on. we've got to repeal the second

amendment. host: you got that number just about right. 45,035 people in this country last year, about 25,000 of those were deaths by suicide using a gun. the rest of those were murders or unintentional deaths by gun. that's about 21,000 in that category. michael in sterling, virginia. good morning. caller: excuse my voice, i'm 82 years old. i am seeing so many murder and mayhem on tv and movies. consequently on the streets

because of the example set. the other thing is our greed on consumption of oil that belongs to other countries. this leads to wars. going back to world war i and world war ii, we had so much trading for oil. that would lead us into means to get the oil. host: that is michael in virginia. unless you are still there, we lost you to your computer? i think we lost michael. wanda is in kansas city. caller: thank you for taking my call. i would like to start by saying -- can you hear me? i would like everyone to

acknowledge that the nra is allowing this. they literally convinces people they needed ar-15's. they could no longer just have a gun home. they are given permission to go out and buy weapons of war. i'm so tired of everybody not being realistic about what's going on. we literally accept the republican party that stands on lies now. i used to respect republicans and democrats. democracy is based on working out differences. now we have a party that is telling people that our votes don't count, we don't matter and ally is the truth. i don't want us to get away from the fact that there is a lot of raking down of the norms of gun control.

they convince a lot of people we were out for their guns. they are killing kids and they can't make a lot to correct the wrong. we have a congress that is ineffective. we have rubble can. no to any legislation, no to any corrections. after sandy hook, we thought they would say yes. this last piece of democracy or legislation that joe biden signed, it's only going to do a small part. thank you for taking my call. host: this is dave in las vegas. caller: people need their guns. they want to take away all the guns. cops can't save you. nobody's going to save you.

it's just ridiculous. they talk about guns, when a person does something with the gun, they never do anything to them. that guy killed all those people, he should be put to death now. you'd better have a gun. i live in las vegas. you can have guns here. you can protect yourself here. other states, you can't. they never talk about cars. people are driving 70 miles an hour. when you get car wheels up to 40 miles an hour. they don't care about that. host: good morning. what's on your mind. caller: about the guns, the second amendment is there to protect us from a tyrannical government. which is what we have right now because of the biden raking the law by letting these millions of

illegals just walk in. you can't do that. they have to have fear of persecution. he's letting everybody and because they want to overthrow the government and turn us into a communist government, which is why they wouldn't let the cubans come in. they wouldn't let them in because they are going to vote for freedom. all the school shootings, all of these laws that you have aren't being enforced. that's why they are not working. the guy had his gun pointed at the killer. he was waiting for an ok to shoot from his supervisor. they are afraid of being sued. they are letting the criminals out. you saw that spanish guy at the bodega getting beat up by an

african-american and his girlfriend. he protected his life and stabbed the guy. he's getting charged with murder. host: this is lucille in l.a. good morning. caller: i have a suggestion and i would be eager to hear any feedback. why don't we do what we do with everything else? throw some money at it. anybody that's buying a military style weapon, they have to carry $1 million insurance. let's see what that does. i know that would curb something. that's it. host: this is ann in tennessee. good morning. caller: people need to be aware

what's going on with justice in america. you look at these da's like that racist d.a. in new york who is charge this hispanic man with murder. he put him in rikers. if we don't take care of justice and get our laws enforced, which biden is not doing it, he's bringing in more terrorists. we all need to get a gun. host: just a couple of minutes left. one note about the january 6 committee hearings this week, we are expecting them on tuesday and thursday. let me get you the right timing. it is 1:00 eastern with that's going to air.

the house is set to come in at 2:00 eastern tomorrow. we will be showing that on c-span3. that's where you can watch that tomorrow live. also on the free c-span now video app. the timing on these hearings shifted around a bit. we are trying to keep you up on the latest. the hearing we are expecting in primetime, we will talk more about that a little later this week. caller: good morning. i have a question. we can add amendments to the constitution. why can't we remove the second amendment? can you give me an example of any removal of any amendment from the constitution? host: do you think that would

garner the required support from the house and senate and the states as well? do you think you could remove the second amendment right now? caller: that is my question. host: it does take a significant amount of support to pass an amendment. if you want an amendment to get rid of another amendment, that process needs two thirds of states to ratify, the barriers to that might be pretty high considering how divisive that issue is right now. certainly, it may be a topic for another program on the amendment process. this is jason in san diego. good morning. caller: i would like to say that i'm talking about these assault

weapons now. remember the nevada shooting with a guy got on top of the building. he had all of these guns. he wasn't a teenager. he was a well-funded senior citizen. in the wake of that, right before that was happening, the republican senate was about to pass a bill to make silencers on ak's and automatic assault weapons -- they wanted to make that legal. when that happened, it stopped. think about that. republicans want to put silencers on these guns? you can't hear the sounds when they are shooting at you. you can google it and you will see what i'm talking about. thank you.

host: one more, this is -- we lost jenny in north carolina. that will be our last call this morning. we will be back tomorrow morning at 7:00 eastern. in the meantime, have a great monday. >> the president and vice president will mark the passage of the gun prevention law. at noon eastern comey discussion previewing president biden's upcoming trip to the middle east

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