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(202) 748-8003. president biden traveling to's -- traveling to pennsylvania for a speech on gun violence and crime. you can see the speech at 315 them this afternoon on c-span, and c-span now, our app. the new york times reports congress is seeking -- four gun sales. democratic lawmakers want the firm crypto book financial to provide -- one a firm to provide anything about buy now, pay letter is not being sold to anyone else. they also want to know if any of their consumers have used the guns to access including high-profile shootings. lawmakers made the request in a letter sent monday. they asked about cordova

financials deals. when it comes to the information that was taken from mar-a-lago, the washington times has a story by jeff murdoch about the possibility of attorney-client privilege protecting smoke those documents. he wrote the privilege review team "identified a limited set of materials that turned -- that obtained attorney-client privilege and also wrote they will provide more information about what the fbi team concluded. they said agents are in the process of following procedures with a search warrant handle any privilege pursuit". fbi agent are still reviewing any material for potentially classified information. bonnie in alabama. democrats line. good morning. caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. what i would like to know is i

need someone to tell me the definition of treason. i am 87 years old and to overturn the government sounds like treason from what i know. if someone could answer that, i would really appreciate it. host: bob in illinois, republican line. the morning prayer -- good morning. caller: good morning pedro. i want to talk about the fbi bias. going back to 2016 when former president trump -- former president obama started investigating trump after he won the election, even before he was

sworn in. all the turmoil we went through for six or seven years with the violent -- a phony russian stuff. now right in front of our noses we see joe biden and hunter biden and joe biden's rather -- brother involved with things and looking at january 6 and trump's mar-a-lago criminal activity. that is not criminal activity yet. you might find something but not yet. president trump was the best president and we need him back. we are going to go back to the stone ages if we do not start producing oil again. host: that was bob in illinois. the associated press reporting a man affiliated with the far right proud boys extremist group on monday has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for storming the council.

he was one of the few capital writers to come face-to-face with a member of congress during the attack on january 6. "one look at permit -- pruitt and the leader of chuck schumer and his arm security how to change their route on the dime". that was in court filing ahead of the case monday. scott in mississippi. caller: i am a veteran and so i love this country but i basically do not love the government. this government, speaking of the fbi, they assassinated black leaders like fred hampton. there is no effort to stop the income inequality. no way should one race have 40 times as much as the race like

black people. there is no free education for us or anything like that. in my opinion, i think 99% of all the races in the world know this is a capitalistic world and that the industrial revolution was started from black people. you do not want to pay your debts because they like their position and black people's position. however he going to get respect from the rest of the world when we have -- when we were already polluted, rates and enslaved to get our advantage. but now we do not want china or anyone else to do that. come on america. host: mark from atlanta, georgia. republican line. caller: i just want to say, america listen to me. it is unmoral for me as a young man to go out and have sex with as many people as i can so i

guess it would be unmoral for a young lady to do the same thing. it is a moral -- immoral to do so because the consequences are great. host: one of the leaders of the secret service is leaving. 20 or auto, the assistant director. he reportedly told a witness that donald trump was "irate". he left the agency. he retired after 25 years of service. he was, at the time of the riot, serving as president trump's deputy chief of staff. he came into the spotlight by cassidy hutchinson who said that tony ornato said the president became irate when tony told the president he could not go to the

capitol that day. from lincoln, nebraska, this is wesley. caller: hello. earlier this month there was a report by "politics insider" that there is a growing call for a constitutional convention that is among republican strong-leaning states. i am not opposed to that motion but with very different priorities. like amending every article except maybe the sixth. host: the biden administration was offering free covid-19 tests. the rapid tests. that program being cost. ms. ginger otis reporting in the wall street journal that " ordering through this program will be suspended friday, september 2, because congress has not provided additional funding to replenish the

nation's stockpile". on the website, the biden administration has pushed congress into billing additional funding for covid-19 vaccines, boosters, treatments and testing. lawmakers negotiated a bipartisan deal to purchase 10,000 dollars in fund for covid-19 funding but that got held up. orders for tests will continue to be accepted until september 2. tommy in kentucky, independent line. caller: what i was calling about is i just want to get this off my chest. i do not understand how nobody can defend the president like lindsey graham as all of them. when he has been into so many things and they know this and know this well. yet, they keep backing this and people ask why. i tell them to keep going back and i wish they would because

trump and then were told they would not end up in office. i think that is a lot. they do not want that to come out about epstein and i would like answers on that. host: jerry from michigan, democrat line. caller: i have a couple questions. i want you to know how long did it take the germans to recognize or pardon me, i am 99, so i am a little slow. how long did it take the german people to realize what had happened? how terrible hitler was? and also, the same thing with japan. how long did it take the japanese people to be aware of what their country people had

done? host: why is that important to know in your opinion? caller: because, i do not understand trump supporters into why they cannot see through him. i equate him with hitler. i think he would, if he had his chance, run the country the same way. i am a democrat. so, and the same thing with the japanese. they finally came around. the people finally understand but how long did it take for them come around? to realize what horrible people the nazis are and, i was here

during the war. [laughter] world war ii. i was a teenager. host: that was jerry in michigan. in president biden's speech later today, there will be briefing by a team at the white house that's concerning himself with teapots in the united states. they are expecting to make comment at 2:00 this afternoon. what's that on c-span, c-span now and our website. when it comes to the cdc and the next pandemic, dr. rochelle walensky, the head of the sea bc -- of the cdc, will talk at 4:00 this afternoon. sandy, silver spring, maryland. democrat. caller: i think lindsey graham should be put in jail and never

be allowed to speak to anything that is human again. he is a discussed that disgusting -- disgusting -- host: johnny in north carolina. caller: i am calling about this investigation on donald trump. how did the district attorney rate a president's -- raid a president's house and people do not say too much about it? host: what he means people do not say too much about it? caller: and a lot of people are coming over now. it is running but not like it is supposed to. it should be on high alert. a raid on the presidents house should be top priority. you see what i'm saying? but, hillary clinton and all of

that. that shows the fbi is two-faced. what one company does for 1, 1 company should do for the other. just like in the world, some get away with something and some do not. the democratic party can do what they want to do and get away with it so the republican party candies of the like that and they are getting ready to run them into the ground. host: that is johnny in north carolina, independent line. on the front page of a study today, taking a look at what is happening in greenland with ice. even if the entire world stopped burning fossil fuels today, the study finds greenland's ice sheet would still lose enough ice to add nearly a foot to rising sea levels.

for the ice sheet to correct that and balance, it would lose an estimated 100 trillion tons of ice adding at least 10.8 inches. the story adds that greenland contribution to sea levels could be more than two feet in the next century if global warming continues. that is the front page of usa today. you can find this on their website. this is open forum for the next 15 minutes. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. independents, (202) 748-8002. text us at (202) 748-8003. very, up next. michigan, democrat line. caller: this is in response to your first caller. the lady i believe that was from alabama. it is not only treason, it is

fascism. anybody that does not agree with that, all they have to do is google the meaning of fascism and find out that everything donald trump has done is in that category except murder. he has to in every single thing under fascism -- has done every single thing under fascism. as far as drug prices, all people do is go to a doctor. i have been dealing with them for 20 years and i have had four spine surgeries. all they do is change one ingredient in a drug and they can name it a different right and get a patent. these patents for 20 years i believe is what is causing all these high prices of the drugs. it is there patent. they should not have a patent for 20 years and then claim they are negotiating with the government. are not negotiating when you are

the only one that can make a drug. where basically just setting the price. people in this country need to open their eyes and look at a few details. this goes a lot deeper than just people on c-span whining, moaning, and groaning. host: buried in michigan. the hill reporting that republicans are hoping to seize control of the house and are setting their sights on a top priority which is impeaching president biden. a number of rank and file conservatives have already introduced impeachment documents. they have accused him of high crimes from a range of issues touching on border enforcement and coronavirus and withdrawing troops from afghanistan. the resolutions never had a chance of seeing the day with democrats holding the lower chamber but republicans are largely expected to win the midterms.

they deemed the president unfit and some would like to make this the first order of business. representative bobby good's has repeatedly said that people should be impeached for opening our borders. saying congress has a duty to hold a president for this and any other failures of his constitutional responsibilities. any republican majority must be prepared to stop oversight on day 1. ron on the republican line from work on. caller: yes, sir. i just would like to say one thing about our military. i am retired u.s. army for almost 30 years. i think one of the biggest mistakes our country has ever made is at the end of the, they

did away with the draft. maybe this was one of the most tragic things that has ever happened in our country and we should bring back the draft and draft all men and women to serve at least two years for our country. this would give for them -- this would do so much to give training to everyone. all the military bases would be operating at full speed. training, we need to bring this back. we need this done in a hurry. so many of these kids nowadays do not have an idea what they're doing. they are not being trained. we are talking about giving the money for college and all of this stuff. i think the best thing we can do with the bring back the draft

and open up these training sites and faces and everything else. answering the military that they can go into any branch -- and training in the military. they can go into any branch. host: minnesota, joanne, democrat line. caller: i do believe that ex-president trump is guilty of treason. one of the things i would like to know is there is a gentleman that was just on a few minutes ago that talked about the fbi going in and taking president trump's papers. he referred to that happening during president trump's term. that did not happen until president biden's term. you did not correct him and i want to know why you did not correct him to say the right thing.

that it was not during trump's term that the fbi went in and was confiscating the papers that trump had taken from the government. trump is not a good man. i hope that the people wise up and put trump -- put somebody in there that has a conscious. and that politicians would quit sparring with each other and get down to doing good things for this country. host: debra in georgia, go ahead. caller: i am calling about a weird thing. i have been in my house for so many years. my husband and i and than all the prices went up. then, i got a tax bill for $80,700 in one year. an increase on my assessment in

my house. so i put my house for sale. tell me the truth. i got offers from chinese corporations. i got three offers for my house from corporations from china. not just a family or --. the federal reserve increased the interest rates to buy homes for american citizens is out of the question. but, i got offers from chinese corporations. communist china people are coming in here and offering to buy my house. i said no. even though, the prices were good and i could have gone out of here and i need to go to a senior facility. i am getting so old and i cannot take care of the property by myself.

but, i love my neighbors. i know all of my neighbors that do not want to hurt them. with this chinese invasion of corporations from communist china. host: george in pennsylvania. republican line. caller: i am a republican until i have a chance to go register and change over to democrats. after lindsey graham said there will be riots, that is not my party anymore. to me they are turning into a nazi party. the party of death and lies is what the republican party has come to under trump. that is my comment. host: when it comes to the biden administration and taiwan, politico reporting yesterday at the administration plans to formally ask congress to improve -- approve an estimated $1.7 billion in arms sales to taiwan

which would include missiles. that is from three sources with direct knowledge of the package. this news comes as china continues to send where crafts to taiwan on a daily basis is. just after nancy pelosi visited the island and condemned beijing's attempt to isolate and intimidate taiwan. china launched unprecedented military drills in response. debbie in west virginia, independent line. caller: yes. i would like to say the u.s. is very nice country. i think if we would all start pulling together like we are in the same ship, let's just pull together and get out of this recession and all this animosity. i think we could have a better life for all. host: nate is up next in minneapolis. democrat line.

caller: hello. i would like to speak on one thing. i would like to understand how in the heck can you possibly support trump? with everything that he has always touched her and to poop -- always touched, turns to poop. you should think about that next time you vote for him. host: speaking of china, when it comes to businesses in china, the wall street journal is reporting pessimism among u.s. businesses saying there was a pool of member companies by the u.s.-china business council that founded americans are increasingly losing confidence in their china business prospects. they shared 21% of respondents said they were pessimistic were somewhat pessimistic about their five-year business outlook with the world's second-largest

economy compared to 90% last year. they were hit especially hard in the spring when the country impose a two-month long locked on shanghai. amid the country's worst covid-19 outbreak in two years. the chinese export hub was interrupted and factories were first touched forced to close or operate under tight restrictions. jeffrey in florida, republican line. caller: good morning pedro. how are you today? my favorite host. i listen to all of this and i just like to lighten things up a little bit. because, we have the artemis rocket and it did not go off yesterday. but, we still think there is a chance we could put in. donald trump, nancy pelosi, and kamala harris and have joe biden pilots it and i believe the u.s.

would be better off. thank you so much. host: ohio, democrat line howard. caller: hello. how are you doing? i have been in three military services. from high school, i think the gentleman before you was on point. a lot of these guys and kids when they get out of high school, they should go either into a training program for the country. not just for their city but the country. then we could get the forces back into the military. a lot of them should get back in there. as far as anybody, democrats or republicans, i pray for them. i am telling you that the only way you were going to do something now is put professional guys in here. host: the local television station in orlando, when it comes to artemis. a follow-up story sing after the launch was scrubbed, nasa

tuesday will provide an update. the conference is set to begin at 6:00 this evening to provide an update on data analysis. the launch on monday was scrubbed as nasa was working on a leak and not able to properly chill one of the four main engines. this was part of the artemis project to take astronauts back to the moon for the first time since the apollo program and did years ago. james in indianapolis, democrat line. caller: i want to tell you guys at the republican party has turned nazi and trump is a hitler. i am tongue you guys this because i am warning you that what you guys are entering is the bible and tribulations and you are going to see everybody kill each other. you guys better get your act together or else the antichrist is coming. host: finishing off this program.

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