clarissa martinez to castro talks about issues most important to latino voters ahead of the november midterm elections. then a look at the will of young voters is midterm with former wisconsin governor scott walker, who now serves as president of the young america's foundation. "washington journal" starts now. ♪ host: good morning. tuesday, october 4, 2022. president biden went to hurricane -- went to puerto rico yesterday and heads to florida today. we are talking about extreme weather events. we want to know if recent major events, from hurricanes the flooding, droughts, and wildfire have altered your view on climate change and how to address the issue?

if your views have changed, (202) 748-8000. if your views have not changed. (202) 748-8001. you can text us at (202) 748-8003. share your name and where you are from. @cspanwj on twitter and also on facebook. early tuesday morning, go ahead and start calling in. congresswoman kathy castor was on this program yesterday. she was talking about how climate change has impacted ian and other storms. [video clip] guest: because of climate change and warmer waters in the gulf of mexico and a lot of the atlantic coast, these hurricanes will rapidly intensify, and that is certainly what happened here. all of the scientists and the folks in weather are aghast at

how quickly hurricane ian turn from a lower category hurricane into -- it was bumping up against a category five. plus, the size of the storm. some of the resources from the federal government that we are going to deploy relates even to the inflation reduction act that was just past. people know the inflation reduction act as loaning the cost of pretrip -- prescription drugs, putting a cap on prescription drugs, for those in medicare, tapping into one at $35 and providing tax credits to make sure health care is more affordable. but the other part of the inflation reduction act as the large investment in clean energy and climate resilience. when we talk about climate resilience, that means resources for communities all across the country, but especially in flood prone areas.

when you look at those devastating pictures of what structures are still standing and which structures were completely destroyed, if they were constructed after the building codes were revised after hurricane andrew, they did a lot better than structures that were not subject to updated building codes. that is something that has to be deployed and updated all across areas, not just coastal areas. new building codes also should include -- and the inflation reduction act provides these resources, to help local communities deploy more natural solutions that attenuate floods. for example, we have learned over time in florida it is not smart to tear down your mangrove, not smart to tear down

some of the other natural rocky areas, not smart to drudge into wetlands because those are buffers against floods and storm surge. so additional resources in that inflation reduction act to help local communities with the best science. certainly, the other part of the government funding bill is extending the national flood insurance program. but we have to make sure that flood insurance is affordable so that people in flood prone areas , especially with updated science because sea levels are rising, we need the most updated information, it will be very important to make sure the national flood insurance program is there for folks in that they understand the risk. host: congresswoman kathy castor, chair of the house select committee on the climate crisis. to watch her entire interview

with s yesterday, just go to our website, c-span.org. bringing up severe weather and climate change, we want to know if recent weather events have impacted your views on climate change, or have they changed over the years. lines for yes and no. (202) 748-8000 if you say yes, your views have been impacted. (202) 748-8001 if you say no. here are some of the headlines this morning on this year's hurricane season. president biden was in puerto rico yesterday, promising to rebuild puerto rico after hurricane fiona, a category one hurricane, compared with hurricane ian, a category. hurricane maria in 2017 stated puerto rico. a picture there president biden promising to help rebuild puerto rico. this headline from "usa today," hurricane orlene makes landfall in mexico, and the other

headline focusing on ian, some 600,000 customers in florida still in the dark in the wake of that hurricane. five days after the storm, about 60% of hard-hit lee county remains powerless. schools in 13 counties remain closed. all counties in southwest florida expected to be up at the end of this week. from the "wall street journal," the death toll rises from hurricane ian, still trying to figure out a final count. also, estimates about a final count in the economic cost of hurricane in. one estimate has it as some $100 billion, if you read that story from the "wall street journal." that would add to an already expensive season for weather and climate disasters. these stats keeping the numbers through january through june of this year, the first six months of this year, there were 9 billion -- nine $1 billion

weather and climate disasters that struck the u.s., two tornado i breaks, three general severe weather events, two hailstorms, a drought, the total cost through the month of june $10 billion, and that is expected to rise in the wake of the hurricane season. here is a look at last years weather and climate disaster events, 20 billion -- 20 $1 billion events last year, with a total of $154 billion, the third highest cost per year on record. a lot of talk about climate change and about rebuilding in the wake of hurricane ian. in "washington times," a column focusing on what democrats are saying after hurricane ian. here is some of her column from over the weekend. every time there is a school shooting, make way for democrats to rally for second amendment

clamped down's, and now it seems every time there is an adverse weather event, democrats finger wag about environmentalism and the need to regulate, regulate, regulate. she says anthony fauci's coronavirus days and his gloom and doom prediction about what may happen if citizens do not listen to him and lock down or what could be expected to occur if people do not bow to his guidelines and his oops recommendations, now comes hurricane ian, prognosticators from the same school of science, shamelessly so. once their mistake becomes clear, they move onto the next, gas lighting merrily away. from the "washington times." we are asking you if recent extreme weather events have altered your views on climate change. that is the discussion we are having in this first hour of the "washington journal." we should probably start in florida, so we will go to ed in

titusville, georgia. good morning. caller: hello, i am actually up in the mountains of north carolina but from orlando. host: originally from orlando? caller: i have a home in orlando and a home here in the mountains. i went through hurricane donna when i was eight years old. my ideas, as far as florida, we should not be building on barrier islands, definitely should not be having national flood insurance program pay for people to rebuild on barrier islands. if you can afford to spend $2 million, it is on you. if you blow away, you blow away. i suggest that eventually florida, the whole coastline should be state and national parks, similar to the space coast, canaveral, a beautiful place to go spend the day.

hardly anybody goes out there. do that across florida, but get off the coast. you are going to flood out. you're going to have problems. host: have you had a chance to check on your house in orlando? caller: i have not. i have people who have checked on it. but it is inland, near the disney area. a little flooding but not in my area, thankfully. but i am prepared for that. host: as a florida homeowner, what is your view on climate change? caller: well, i think it is for real, no question about that. you have to be stupid to not understand it is getting warmer. oceans are rising. florida has a problem, floods every couple days in miami and they some of these places now. you know. you cannot be on the water, live on the water. host: thanks for the call from north carolina, homeowner in florida. in florida, mark, you are next.

caller: yes, good morning. there is no such thing as man-made climate change. the climate has been changing on this planet for billions of years. we have had multiple ice ages that have come and gone, warming periods, cooling periods. years ago, the planet was in what was referred to as the medieval warming period, a 300-your warming period. 2000 years ago, we were in the roman warming period. the planet has been warming as long as the planet has existed. we did not start recording hurricanes until the 1500's and that is because the europeans came to this hemisphere. once they came here, they started recording hurricanes. prior to that, the natives and indians that lived in the north america and the surrounding islands, there was no documentation and it was sparsely populated.

so the first time we start a recurring -- recording hurricanes was in the 1400's. host: got your point. that is markedly florida. here is the epa, their website on climate change indicators, impacts of the climate on weather. epa.gov. rising global average two pitchers associated with widespread changes in weather patterns -- rising global average temperatures. storms largely become more frequent or more intense because of human-induced climate change. they focus on those issues and why it matters. one of the stats, their key points, when it comes to global temperatures, average temperatures have risen across the 48 states since 1901 with an increased rate of warming, nine of the top 10 warmest years on record have occurred since 1998. average global temperatures with

a similar trend. when it comes to flooding and heat waves and precipitation, the total annual precipitation has increased over land areas in the u.s. and worldwide since 1901, increased an average waita for the two inches per decade over the 48 states -- an average of 42 inches per decade over the 48 states. the southwest with less precipitation than usual. plenty of stats there on the epa website if you want to go through it, the science over the past 100 years or so. this is gil in jamestown, north carolina. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for mentioning all those statistics from the epa. of course, temperatures around the world have increased, and we have had the hottest weather in the past 10 years. what i would like to visayas is just not measuring ambient

increases in temperature, but the oceans are warming. consequently, the last hurricanes, i believe six, have been more intense and more severe. with that, i would like to cite the work of igo vonerden, a marine scientist, looking at the netherlands, where they have built a butterfly surge gate near the entrance to the rotterdam port. in the netherlands, they are 22 feet below sea level. and they built these surge gates at the cost of about $2 billion. in 1953, they had a major, major event where roughly 1800 people, dutch people, lost their lives. but since putting in these gates, they have not had another

event. and if we, in our country, would spend the money to put these surge gates in around new orleans, around charleston, and even the know your car -- even the new york harbor, these would be surge barriers that would protect folks from the tremendous surge from the ocean in a hurricane event. and it is the surge and high levels of water that is going to cause property damage and loss of life. why haven't we extended money to do this? we have the technology. the dutch have done it. it just boggles my mind why we have not done this. host: you might be interested in eugene robinson's column in today's "washington post," headline, florida must find a better way to rebuild after ian.

the instinct to restore exactly what was lost has an emotional logic but is a short-term attempt to solve the grief of people in devastated communities setting them up to be flattened once again. it would be wiser, he says, to turn this into an opportunity to reinvention florida's -- to reimagine florida's cities, giving them a reimagined future, rather than doom. he says this storm makes it clear there's no choice but to live with and adapt to climate change. the first step is facing the facts. from the "washington post" today. after these recent weather events, have they altered your views on climate change? for those who say yes and those who say no, we have lines. philip in new york. caller: yes, climate change is not something that is new. they had it decades ago, the

first earth day. so what we need right now is for people to get out of being anthropologists, religious leaders, political leaders, and just do what the man said about the surge gates in every region of this country and make sure weird doing the best thing we can do. because the cost financially is off the charts of what is happening in florida, california, and other places. so we might as well just go ahead on and do what is right. and we will all be better off for it. thank you. host: from california next, john, good morning. caller: good morning. i have not changed my opinion about climate change. but i think it is real. but i have not changed my

opinion. but i think the question about ian, i think there is a bigger cause, and that was nancy pelosi's trip to taiwan where she had a task force follow her and waste all that fuel. then china pulled out of their climate agreement and they are using coal now more than ever. so we have policies by the democrats and nancy pelosi that absolutely kill any type of offsetting to the climate change. so ian was not as big a deal as nancy pelosi's trip to taiwan. host: here is one of the reasons we are asking this question this morning, comes from a harvard poll from over the summer. facing extreme weather is changing american views about

the need for climate change action. the harvard poll from june of this year, a poll they did alongside the robert wood johnson foundation, found that american views are being impacted by extreme weather. nationally, adults who report they have been personally affected by extreme weather events in the past five years are currently more likely to see climate change in the u.s. as a crisis or a major problem, some 77% compared with those who have not been affected by such events, 46%. among adults affected by extreme weather events in the past five years, 37% see climate change as a crisis, 40% see it as a major problem. those findings from that harvard poll, a survey of about 2600 u.s. adults over the spring months. cynthia in canton, ohio, you are next. cynthia, are you with us?

caller: yes, good morning. there is a delay on my phone and the tv. but we have known about this for years. the river cut fire in cleveland in the 1970's, and we do not do enough. i think the people that deny it are all tangled up with the energy companies. i think that it would be much better if they banned plastic bags. and we can do a lot to cut down on air-conditioning. everybody says, oh, that doesn't affect the environment, but i believe it does. that is my comment. we should do more faster. we have known this was a problem for a long time. host: north carolina, jason, you are next. caller: good morning. no, it has not changed my opinion on anything. number one, it is fake, created by scientist and the media. we got missiles flying over

japan. yesterday you talked about the supreme court. every week it is the same thing with this show. you got biden saying he was puerto rican, raised as a puerto rican. guess that is not good enough for you? but no, global warming is fake, made up by the communist media and the communist democratic party so they can keep people always in fear. make sure you are in fear. that is how democrats win elections. we got asians and hispanics getting murdered all over the place by black spirit you don't care about that. host: ok. he mentioned president biden. he was in puerto rico yesterday. here's some of his comments, talking about puerto rican recovery in the wake of hurricane fiona. [video clip] pres. biden: we know the climate crisis and more extreme weather will continue to hit this island and hit the united states overall. as we rebuild, we have to make sure we build to last, particularly focused on the

power grid. puerto rico has received $40 million to make the power grid more resilient. that number is going to go up as we conveyed to the governor i am ready to deploy more resources from the department of energy and other federal agencies. i do not normally talk this fast. but this is moving quickly. it is to help trance from the entire system so the puerto rican people can get clean, reliable, affordable power they need, and the power stays in homes and hospitals when storms like fiona strike. less dependent on transmission lines across long distances. the goal is lower energy bills and more reliable power for puerto rican households. i have asked the secretary of energy, jennifer granholm, a first-rate person, to lead a supercharged effort across the entire federal government and

she's going to put in place the puerto rican grid recovery modernization team to bring together all the federal resources and technical assistance in additional support for puerto rico. it will help as you work to rebuild your grid quickly and drive decisive progress on the game plan for puerto rico's clean energy transformation. host: president biden yesterday in puerto rico. he is headed to florida tomorrow in the wake of hurricane ian, to survey damage and talk about recovery efforts. in the trip to puerto rico, the president announcing $50 million in additional aid for puerto rico to help in recovery efforts , just one of the topics he talked about. the president is at the white house today. we expect a white house briefing this afternoon. you can watch that here on c-span later this afternoon. this morning in this first hour, taking your calls on recent

weather events, asking you if they have altered your view on the issue of climate change. if you say yes, (202) 748-8000. if you say no, (202) 748-8001. paul is, fulsome, louisiana. good morning. caller: good morning. how you doing? host: doing alright. go ahead. caller: in 1974, when i graduated from high school, they said we were having a change in the climate and we are going to have a global freeze. that is what they said in 1974. the earth has actually warmed up 0.002% in the last 25 years. there is no global warming. this is a money scam. unfortunately, you cannot get anybody but nasa scientists to back this up.

real scientists say there is no such thing as global warming. host: paul in louisiana. we are asking your thoughts on the issue of climate change this morning. (202) 748-8000 if recent extreme weather events have altered your views. (202) 748-8001 if they have not. simply want to get your thoughts on this topic. amid this hurricane season. a comments from social media. mary ann writing, no, my views have not changed, i am educated and have known man-made climate change is real for decades. harry in pennsylvania saying i have not changed my views on nature's laws and limitations. hand waves and happy thoughts will not replace our electricity delivery systems any time soon. the ratepayer covers the total cost. nothing will change, regardless of the impacts of hurricanes and floods and droughts. tom saying, of course, climate

is changing, always has. sue saying, can we call it something else besides climate change? pollution, overdevelopment, paving over natural barriers, etc. that is what we need to change. look at all the floods and chemicals and trash in florida waters. amazing the last -- loss of life was not greater. last 1, 7 plus billion people on earth, humans are destroying the environment while being well aware of the issue. it appears we will cure our own problem by ignoring the environment, just like in sci-fi movies. people will be gone, but the planet will revive. a few of your comets from social media. having this conversation in the first segment of "washington journal." plenty of discussion about the issue and about recovery and how recovery efforts are going in today's papers.

showing you them as we take your calls. james in richmond, virginia, good morning. caller: hi, how are you? host: doing well. go ahead. caller: i was deployed and that the mediterranean in 1973 -- in the mediterranean in 1970 three, in the mediterranean. as far as climate change, at that time in 1973, we went through an oil crisis and the folks back home paid a bunch of money at the gas pumps. and i just want america to be energy independent. and i don't believe in climate change. we need all the energy we can get from our oil in texas and all around america. host: on the energy issue, richard, you might be interested

in the lead editorial from today's "washington times," focusing on energy and california, living the carbon freecycle in california. here is what the editorial board writes this morning, the agent circular symbol of a serpent devouring its own tail has fresh application in the depiction of modern-day california with unwise attempts to develop a carbon free lifestyle. similar practices have been tried elsewhere only to trigger return of old-fashioned privation allowed by subsequent struggle to re-create lost prosperity. americans should not rush to follow the trinity pattern of destroying this in the name of climate change, only to be forced to rebuild it. golden state is committed to saving out natural gas powered furnaces and water heaters. review c, governor newsom took a painful fight out of the economic liability, banning the sale of new gasoline powered

vehicles by 2035. they write that the snake eating its tail, a carbon free lifestyle that devours prosperity to fight climate change, frequently trickles a cycle of deprivation and reconsideration, one california trend that americans should spurn. janet in stony brook, new york, good morning. you are next. caller: good morning. so i called on the line that said that it hasn't, that recent events haven't changed my opinion, because i have always thought about climate change. to me, the saddest turn our country took was when al gore didn't become our president, because i felt like he would have done things and we would have been in a lot different place. we would have started, and it would have been something everyone accepted. changes would have been made. i want to point to everybody

that last night on public radio there was an urban planner from california, i believe, who talked about how beautiful it would be if we planted, you know, trees in cities and had buffer zones from the shores and stuff. you can listen to that story online. it was really positive. it is not like putting fear in people, just you have to accept that things change and may change for a little bit but they will ultimately be better if we plan. host: thanks for the call. jim, midland, texas. caller: good morning. yes, i am not an educated person, but i do read books on geology and so forth like that.

but the stories i read are climate change is essentially a 10,000-year event, and it is warming. the geology says that states like nevada, arizona, were more like minnesota only a short period ago, 10,000 to 15,000 years. and i don't understand why -- i mean, these are facts. they are in published books by scholars. host: if you are saying there is nothing we can do about it, what do we do in the future? do we just accept this? do we change how we build? what is your plan? caller: well, we had this in

norma's natural events, a warming planet. -- we had this enormous natural event, a warming planet. the facts say you cannot stop the earth from actually warming in this natural event. and we just have to adjust to those circumstances, and it is going to get warmer. i don't see how the individuals of this planet -- they cannot reverse that. it is going to warm. host: when you say we just need to adjust, what do you mean? caller: it means it is going to get warmer. texas may become pretty uninhabitable, actually. but what the -- what people are doing individually is not going to change that. host: that is jim in texas.

a call from michigan. caller: yes. yes, i believe the previous caller had it pretty much said. i live in a beautiful city from michigan. if it were not for global warming, we would not have these beautiful great lakes states. while this industry around them, we would not have it if we did not have global warming. that is all. thank you. host: richard, minneapolis, minnesota. good morning. caller: yes, good morning. you know, i have always believed in climate warming or global warming, but you know, in his campaign, biden declared war on fossil fuel and said he is going to end fossil fuel. and you know, yous can see right

now what it has done to our economy. the price of gas because he declared a war on fossil fuel, everything is made out of plastic, and all that has to go up. and then transport everything in these trucks burning fossil fuel . and wait until you get your heating bill this winter, because biden declared war on fossil fuel, your heating bill is going to go through the roof. host: that is richard in minnesota. a few more comments from social media, a lively conversation as always at @cspanwj on twitter. gordo saying i wonder why those claiming climate change is all natural believed that science, but when the same saints states that human activities are worsening climate change -- when the same science says that human activities are worsening climate change, they do not believe that. this one says science has become meaningless, hijacked by the

political, industrial complex. i suspect at some point politicians will revert back. larry from new jersey, climate change has been out there since the early 1970's and also denied since then. when we are up to our knees and water in the middle of central park, maybe then we will believe it. this one says i was never a climate change denier, i strongly believe in science and truth. we are asking your views on the recent weather events this hurricane season come in the wake of president biden's trip to puerto rico, tomorrow he is headed to florida. we want to know if this has changed your view on climate change. bob, louisville, kentucky, what do you think? caller: thank you for taking my call. the vanity of these dust people, which we all are, we live to be 100 years old and then you are dead, you are dust.

the ones that take care of the weather is not the dust people, it is god. that is who takes care of the weather. thank you. host: bob in louisville, kentucky. the subject of environmental regulation on display at the supreme court yesterday, the opening day of the 2022-2023 term of the supreme court. this is the story on the first case they heard this term in the "washington times." they began by hearing oral arguments in a case closely watched for its potential to limit the epa authority to regulate under the clean water act in the vicinity of natural waters of the united states. this is set to be a groundbreaking case that could determine weather water critical for drinking supplier flood retention continues to be federally protected against pollution and destruction.

according to the national wildlife federation, it is part of an ongoing national legal battle hitting ranchers and farmers and property owners against washington regulators pushing to expand the definition of what a navigable water of the u.s. is to justify new federal restrictions on the issue of land use. that from "the washington times" today. a story out of the supreme court yesterday, the supreme court yesterday beginning their term. we took you there on c-span if you stuck around. before that, 930 eastern time yesterday, the supreme court released the orders of edges no cases this year. one interesting one on a separate topic, not on the issue of environment or regulation, supreme court agreed, they write, to decide whether social media platforms can be held liable for terrorist propaganda

uploaded by users, opening up a new challenge for the broad legal immunity provided by -- to internet companies by the law known as section 230. the court took up a set of cases in which families of tears victims alleged twitter, facebook, and youtube bear some responsibility for tax by islamic states based on content posted on those sites. section 230 has come under intense scrutiny from lawmakers in recent years, but this is the first time the supreme court has moved away and on the foundational inter-let -- internet law -- has moved to weigh in on the foundational internet law. we previewed the supreme court term yesterday on this program. admissions to colleges, redistricting issues. c-span will be airing live oral arguments, and you can watch those arguments here, as we show you pictures of the individuals

who were talking and the justices when they ask questions, all available on our website, c-span.org, and the free c-span no video at. about 15 minutes left of this segment. we ask if recent weather events altered your views on climate change. if you say yes, (202) 748-8000. if you say no, (202) 748-8001. stephen in olympia, washington. good morning. caller: hey, good morning. i believe no, because these recent weather events that have been altered throughout time, this is nothing new. this is mother nature and i believe also two specific governments have something to do with it, the russians and china. those two governments have always played with the weather. they have ways with science about doing all that, and i just disagree that it is something new. this is mother nature and

certain government that take part in this, and they'll have a part to play. host: so you think humans can affect the weather? caller: oh, yeah, definitely. china and russia, i believe their scientist and government -- host: do you think carbon emissions affect the weather? caller: well, i heard through certain programs that the governments and scientists in those governments, they have a way of playing with the clouds and the weather. of course, emissions take part. everything is taken into account. host: if we lower carbon emissions, do you think that will help? caller: it will definitely be a part to play. that may have some good or may be reactive in a negative way. but my main point was

governments and mother nature have something to do with all of this. host: this is paul in east petersburg, florida. good morning. sorry, east petersburg, pennsylvania. go ahead. caller: yes, your question, do i believe in recent weather events altering climate change, and i am going to say no to that. i am in my mid-70's. if i go back into my teenage years, we get up in the mornings in the wintertime and it was zero to 20 degrees, and i am in the same area now that i am 75 and the winters are nowhere near as cold, and the cold don't last as long. so we have definitely had climate change over the years. historically, forever. so my answer is no to altering --weather altering climate

change. host: the question, can humans do something about that? can we help reduce the severity of climate change with our actions? and if so, should we be doing more as a country to get to that point? caller: our scientific community has played with the weather for years in attempting to alter the weather. they have been somewhat successful. however, the united states here, we are like 6% of the global community. and if you go overseas, those countries over there have no plans and no structure in existence to minimize carbon emissions into the air. so we're only 6% of the country.

until the whole world and other countries accept climate change, we're going to be like, and i hate to use that term, but peeing up a rope. we're going to do what we can, but it is not going to be successful in making a real change in the climate. host: a couple years ago we were talking about the paris climate agreement on this program, whether the u.s. should be in that are pool out of that -- pull out of that. you talk about the countries of the world accepting this and agreeing to this. do you think the paris i'm in agreement, a legal international treaty on climate change adopted by 196 parties in december of 2015, the goal of that agreement to limit global warming to below two and probably to one point five degrees celsius compared to

preindustrial levels, so a binding agreement that 196 countries around the world agree to to work together on this, do you think that was a good thing? caller: i definitely think the agreement was a good thing. has that agreement resulted in real efforts? that is my question. host: that is paul and pennsylvania. kevin in cambridge, maryland, good morning. are you with us? caller: yes, ok, i did not realize you had me. yes, i definitely believe in the science. i believe it will take a universal effort to actually control this, and it will take the reshaping of mentalities throughout the world. the war in russia, the situation in ireland, this

dysfunctionality in north korea, fascist police in this country now destroy our ability to collectively affect change. you have to encourage the upper ellis shook -- up or echelon mindsets to focus on this particular crisis to have corrective measures happen. host: what does it take to get that focus? no one particular weather event can directly be connected to a certain level of climate change, but this overall trend certainly getting more intense. do you think it is going to take some intense weather event to finally focus the world? caller: there should be models created that show how cataclysmic this particular crisis will become for all involved, which is the entire

global world. and there should also be a projection on how things could be if everyone worked on the collective effort to correct the problem. also if some of the scientists that are involved in actually making changes, those should be brought to the surface and there should be more encouragement from our institutions on how to improve this particular dynamic. host: you are saying put more of a spotlight on this issue for the general public to see? caller: yes, definitely more of a spotlight. there should be more crisp detail on how it affects the general movement in society. there should also be directives given on what could be done to

improve the scientists involved in this throughout the world. it should show how effective things can be if all the countries were in alignment on this particular process. host: kevin in maryland. a text message from roseann in florida, climate change is real and is getting worse. i have lived in florida for over 30 years. we have always had hurricanes, but they are getting worse. water is getting warmer producing violent storms, and we should do whatever possible to protect our planet and the people who live on it. wake up, people, storms are coming. marvin, tallahassee, florida. good morning. caller: good morning. how are you? host: doing all right. caller: i would dare say that the biggest issue is not just

accepting the simple and plain truth. when you talk about climate change these days, the biggest magnetic elements on the system is the sun, correct? the great floods, men, go back historically. god is trying to get peoples attention, and people are not paying attention. we can try to explain things with science, things of this nature. ice glaciers melted, man. areas that used to be connected are now separate. historically, the lifespan of the earth has been unfolding in front of us, and we have to go back to our first love, get back to the grassroots habits we used to have. yes, carbon emissions and all these things that made life convenient, it is for the wrong reasons. and the earth is turning off on us. the earth is rejecting the ways that we are living, and it is

crying out for us to change the way we are living. we are refusing to listen. host: what would you be willing to give up to help the earth? caller: what would i be willing to give up? man, i guess a better question is what wouldn't we be willing to give up, man. think about it, we want to be able to get from a-to-z in a zip. i would be willing to give up the time and convenience that is destroying the earth. i am not saying that all changes are good, and there are even some good things that come from science. but think about it, if i take a ship ride as opposed to an airplane ride, how much would that lower emissions? if i rode a horse as opposed to

use a vehicle, how much would that lower carbon emissions come of the carbon footprint? how inconvenient would it be? the fact is, if you look at the grand scheme of things, it is the root system within the earth, but to put up a building, you have to tear trees down. we have to uproot the trees. host: marvin in florida. taking your phone calls for about another 10 minutes or so, getting your thoughts on the issue of climate change this hurricane season. this is eric in kansas. you are next. caller: good morning. how you doing? host: doing all right. go ahead. caller: definitely no. definitely no. i am a big history -- go back and look at history and climate ebbs and flows. gets warmer, it gets colder,

gets warmer, gets colder. has nothing to do with man-made, never has and never will. if you go back and look at the history, you look at "time" magazines for the last 100 years or whatever, 1970's we were going to go to the next ice age. before that, global warming. 30 years before that, global cooling. that is all it is, ebbs and flows, people. that is all i have to say about it. host: this is doug in mclean, virginia. good morning. caller: good morning. host: go ahead, doug. caller: can you hear me? host: yes, sir. caller: oh, yeah, i definitely believe that -- affects change and each one of us has a responsibility to try to

mitigate their effect on the environment, their effect on climate change. i think the big challenges we have that are occurring currently is that we now have the largest population that has ever lived on the planet. so we are approaching -- the capacity of the environment for sustainment. with more events, populations see conflict. [indiscernible] populations, as they grow -- host: you're going in and out, but i think i got your point. we just have a few minutes left. i want to continue to show you some of what president biden had to say when he was in puerto rico yesterday.

here is more from the president talking about the levels of financial aid that his administration will provide in the wake of the destruction brought by hurricane fiona. [video clip] pres. biden: congress approved billions of dollars for puerto rico, much of it not having gotten here initially. we are going to make sure you get every single dollar promised. i am determined to help puerto rico build faster than in the past and stronger and better prepared for the future. that is why i approved emergency declaration sallyport are rigor -- declaration in puerto rico before the hurricane, to deliver immediate federal funding to shelter people and provide essential support. a few days later, i approved the major disaster declaration, meaning the federal government will cover 100% of the cost to clear debris and carry out search-and-rescue and continue to shelter people. it means homeowners, renters, business owners are eligible to apply for federal help to

recover damage and loss is caused by hurricane fiona. federal government is going to provide individual assistance up to $37,900 and another $37,900 for lost property, like a car or refrigerator. we have deployed more than 1200 personnel from fema, army corps of engineers, u.s. coast guard, department of energy, epa. that includes search-and-rescue teams to assist survivors and power restoration experts. host: president biden in puerto rico yesterday, headed to florida to talk about the recovery efforts and survey the damage in the wake of ian, as well. we will track his movements while he is there and show you what he has to say. a few minutes left in this segment, asking about these recent weather events and your views on climate change. a call from spring valley, california.

good morning. caller: thanks for taking my call. honestly, i have been a denier for this climate change. i have always said it is not true, it is not there. but now i am believing that, yes, climate change, there has to be something done. it is caused by us, the human beings. like the last caller said, i have to educate myself, and what i found out is climate change is real. i am an independent voter. i do not care about republican, do not care about democrat. this is the only time i agree with biden, about climate change per thank you so much. host: why this time? when you say you have to educate yourself or that you educated yourself, where did you go? caller: the other caller said i want to "time" magazine.

it is so high right now, man-made, we have climate change. yes, it is true, somebody said god does not wanted to be like this, but if you find out that what we're doing to pollute the air, human beings are the worst possible for it. i wish people can pick up some books and read about this climate change. honestly. thank you. host: that was from spring valley, california. mike in frazier park, california, good morning. caller: yeah, global warming is a big farce because weather has been going on like this forever. you had katrina, which was worse than the recent one. you cannot do anything about it. ev cars is stupid.

because what are you going to do? you are going to wait for your car to charge everywhere you go? then, how many people are going to be in line? there are ready lines at these charging stations. i am in california, the worst state there is. so that is all there is to it. you have to read "unsettled," best book about this stuff, how they meant ambulate the science -- how they manipulate the science just not true. host: got your point. that is mike in california, talking about previous disasters in the cost, mentioned hurricane katrina, the most costly weather disaster, according to statistics kept back in 2005, $586 million in cost. harvey from 2017, 149 billion. eric and maria, hurricane sandy,

hurricane ida. we are looking at ian, some projections costing upwards of $100 billion. a long time before the final numbers will be in. angelo in medford, massachusetts. you are next. caller: i am a definite yes on climate change. you notice the amount of droughts happening around the world, in california and texas and china and italy, when you look at lake mead in nevada and the colorado river, you have to pass out the water to the different states. and nobody talks about the droughts that are happening. the other thing, this thing between the bible and science, people don't want to believe in science anymore, they want to believe the bible over science.

that is all. host: a call from bridgeport, connecticut. caller: good morning. i am definitely no on this whole global warming issue. you know, you are supposed to be -- there are supposed to be more hurricanes and earthquakes and they are supposed to be more intense and more frequent. but when we look at the history of this, we see that it is cyclical. i read that the most intense hurricane we had coming out of the and they called it the labor day hurricane. that's the most intense on record. it supposed to be more intense now, how does that add up? as far as the frequency, we are in hurricane season.

hurricane ian was the first one. we did not have a hurricane in august. this whole climate change is headed towards i believe a bigger agenda which is, you look at all the solutions these people have and they all revolve around taking freedoms and i don't believe it is going to be anything that man could do in the first place to change the global temperature of the earth. i think it is preposterous. host: that was mark, our last color in the first segment of "washington journal," stick around though much more to talk about. we will be joined by clarissa martinez-de-castro with the group unidosus to talk about the role of latino voters and later

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unidosus does. guest: i like to say we work through a network of 300 community organizations across the country, put together programs in the area speaking to house, economic well-being, and immigration. also, the policy and we do policy work in those areas including civil rights. we are funded by foundations, corporations, foundations. we work with a lot of corporations. we run programs in which we partner with the federal government. host: you work on polling, pulling latino voters ahead of the midterms.

talk about their priorities this election cycle, what have you found? guest: as part of our work, as a civil rights organization we are committed to a civil society in one way we do that is make sure more people are actively engaged. voting is one of those ways. we have programs to help eligible americans vote and because there are a lot of misconceptions about the hispanic electorate, we also do polling and research to try to list the priorities the community has. this year, we have been doing this for many cycles now. this year, what we have found, not surprisingly, the lingering tragedy in el paso, climate change which you were talking about in the previous segment. we have seen a seismic shift in some of the priorities for hispanic voters while continuing with some historic concerns that

put the economy and number one. for the first time ever, abortion reached the top spot priority. it had never been there. climate change is actually at number six. overwhelmingly, economic issues are concerned. we are seeing inflation, jobs, health care part of the top five priorities. host: some key states that you've focused on, arizona, california, georgia, nevada, colorado and texas. why those states? guest: usually unidos has long routes in arizona, california, texas and florida. those states combined make up half of the latino population in the united states. we do realize that this election

season and a lot of reporters are following what is happening in those states. again, given the conceptions about how latino voters are looking at the issues we make a point to look at it nationally but provide why it pertains to voters in that state. why overall climate is number six in colorado and florida it is higher in it reach the top five priorities. host: in another poll from nbc news, before november, democrats lead republicans among latino voters. that democratic advantage has declined from previous election cycles. nbc news and telemundo coming together for that poll, that 20 point lead used to be a 40 point lead. guest: we have been documenting

this, right now, there are a couple of things that are true and some that are being exaggerated. one of them is that historically, latinos have supported democrats, one third supporting republicans. the republican party has lost some ground but it has been regaining in the past couple of cycles. democrats are holding to their two thirds but they could have capitalized a lot more and solidified the support they have seen in the past. one thing is true, both parties are underwater compared to peak levels of support and that speaks to another factor and that is that we are still continuing to see lackluster levels of outreach from candidates to these voters, even about about states. host: what is that mean for you?

do you do endorsements for specific candidates? what are these polling numbers tell you about what this constituency wants to support? guest: we are not partisan so i often say that our candidate is the voter. we want to make sure that voters have the avenues to register to vote. right now, our median age is 27. the u.s. overall is 38 years old. that means a lot of our folks are coming-of-age and are not yet registered. we are nearly one one million eligible voters register and make sure they have the information that candidates are telling them what they stand for and win their support. we make sure that people have

the information they need and reporters and other folks who cover the election have accurate information about where folks stand. host: we are talking about campaign 2022 in the latino vote. if you want to join the conversation with clarissa martinez-de-castro from unidosus . the phone lines are split as usual as republicans on (202) 748-8000, democrats (202) 748-8001, a special line for latino voters (202) 748-8008. clarissa martinez-de-castro will be with us for about 30 more minutes. you said both parties are underwater. why are democrats underwater compared to their peak? guest: where it comes to latino

voters, what our analysis has shown is that republicans are often their worst enemy and democrats their best friends. decisions that republicans have seen is embracing in the past has pushed some hispanic voters away. maybe they have gone to support democrats of that point. i think democrats have not solidified those levels of support in these election which is something you were saying that other polls are saying as well. there are advantages for one party over the other. most fully shows, many latino voters are in greater alignment with the democratic party. but again, you need to seal the

deal and that is still not the case. host: what has your polling found that latino voters want on the issue of immigration and border security? guest: on immigration, that's an area where there is misconceptions about latinos. the only thing hispanic voters care about is immigration. a lot of folks say it is not part of the top five priorities, both of those would be wrong. immigration is not part of the top five right now. i think gun violence and abortion have leapfrogged ahead. i think the polling also shows the vast majority of latinos still want protection for immigrants like dreamers, the social workers, farmworkers and others. the white house should figure out how to use executive power

and administrative power to do something to protect them. the issue of immigration, i think we as a community we are concerned about border security. we reject the binary that you can do only one thing or another. you see there is overwhelming support for immigration reform that includes legal channels, providing a path to legalization for immigrant long rooted in our country and that includes measures to protect our borders and ensure that they are secure. host: what is strengthening legal channels mean? expanding illegal immigration, how do you strengthen that? guest: right now, we have a system that has not been overhauled for a couple of decades.

it is not able to respond to the changing needs. our economy has changed in the needs of families, what is up happening -- there is no line to stand on and that incentivizes illegal migration. we believe that strengthening legal channels both through family migration and through work based migration which have been the bedrock's of our immigration system and have worked in the past, expanding those will help us reduce illegal immigration which nobody wants to see. host: we pause there for comments from our viewers. first gabe, on the line for democrats. caller: i want to say something, i noticed something about latinos when they come to america.

typically, latinos tend to be gracious to black people and they align with the white majority. i will never vote for a latino under any condition. host: let me stop you there and let clarissa martinez-de-castro have a chance to respond. guest: the latino commanded the is a multiracial -- the latino community is a multiracial community. we embody some of the opportunities and challeges

the community faces. we see a great deal of alignment with the african-american community because we are afflicted by many of the same challenges and with other communities as well. we think that is the character of the hispanic electorate, we tend to reject extremes and we tend to reject taking rights away from others. an example is the issue of abortion. we believe expanding the hispanic electorate could be part of a stabilizing force in american politics. i think a lot of people are worried about the state of polarization in our country. i am always sorry when any of us have an interaction with an individual, we need to all learn

and also give each other praise so that hopefully, one bad apple does not paint our whole perspective of the community. host: what's another example of a position alignment with the african-americans? guest: policing, i think we all want to see safe policing. where are communities are not unfairly targeted or racially profiled. we have both been shown to be disproportionately subjected to the search and seizures for example. without due cause and to more by police. those reforms are really important for both communities. the area of voting, both communities continue to strengthen, certainly the black community has been at this for a

long time. making sure the the path to the voting booth is open and accessible. i can name a series of areas where latinos have worked with the urban league, naacp on education initiatives and economic and health initiatives as well. host: this is joel, a republican. caller: ok thank you. we have a vice president that went to korea to visit their border but will not visit our southern border here in the usa. 55 years ago i returned from overseas with my bride and i had to jump through hoops to return her here. i even had to sign paperwork

that she would not become a burden to this country. the united states of america, that meant she would not be entitled to any government, social program, i am trying to say. that was 55 years ago and we had to come the correct way. it is up to our government to control how, when and where to enter this country. it is not through the southern border. in most of the hispanic people that have come here at the correct way, they do not approve of the way that this is being handled. the taxpayers are being overburdened, the ones that pay taxes are being over prudent by the school taxes, teachers don't have the proper equipment to

teach the hispanics that are coming here. we just created a problem. they are coming from 27 or more countries. host: let me stop you there and give you a chance to jump in. guest: first of all, i want to agree with him that you have to jump through all these hoops when you are trying to use the legal immigration system which is why we say it should be streamlined so that people who are trying to come in legally don't have to jump through all those hoops. the ones he mentioned are still in place. i think we need checks and balances in that system but i want to assure him that everything he talked about is still in place. i know a couple who has been married for two years that has been waiting for half that time for the visa to be able to bring their spouse over. that is still in place. having to prove that someone is

not going to be a public burden, that is still in place. there is also some misconception. there are points of entry at the border. we are seeing many people do that. we want those points of entry to function. let me talk about a couple of things that have come up in indicates -- i want folks walk away remembering this. latinos in our country are united states citizens. they are not coming in undocumented. they are united states citizens. we care about the issue of immigration for two reasons. one, many of us have friends and family that are immigrants. and two, when the immigration

comes toxic, if they are having mixed emotions and having anxiety about immigrants we tend to feel it even know we are united states citizens. we want to balance the system that can restore the rule of law to the system and that includes legality, not just on the border but in the system as well. host: this is john, and independent. caller: good morning sir. i have never called before but this is been something i always wondered. i would like to ask ms. castro. when i first started paying attention to the immigration coverage, i grew up in the projects. when the immigrants first started coming, latinos, we called them the new black people because they took the pressure off of us for a while.

now, what i want to ask is, why do the latinos vote republican win all the social programs the democrats make it possible for them to be able to receive medicare, medical, health, social programs and whatever. and the republicans but against all of that. but yet, the latinos vote republican. i don't understand. guest: i have heard republican say why don't more latinos vote republican? again, historically, we continue to see that today. about two thirds of latinos as we show in this research, their values are more aligned with

democrats. historically, about one third have tended to support republicans. there is a swing element within the hispanic electorate that has always been there as well. i think some of it has to do with people's individual thinking about different things. but it also has to do with what kind of outreach candidates have done. in modern days, that problem is exacerbated with that threat of misinformation where we see a lot of times, efforts to obfuscate what a candidate stands for or the candidate may speak with one face to one community in a different phase to another community. i think we are a multiracial community and as such, there will be differences in who supports whom.

it's also notable, while we are a diverse community, there continues to be a great affinity over top concerns that we believe the top officials should do something about. host: why latino voters here republican. we want to hear your thoughts from clarissa martinez-de-castro . this was at the end of august. big government programs and the advocacy of socialist bernie sanders and alexandria alexandria ocasio-cortez seems to be driving the democratic agenda scare folks who are familiar with socialism. the disasters that are issued in

by the elite vanguard of the proletariat. the unitary block in which they can prosper as they choose. guest: i think that is choose for the two thirds who tend to support democrats and the one third to support republicans. people value a place where they can work hard and get their family ahead. we are a community that believes in hard work, family, faith and country. at the same time we believe that government has a responsibility and a role to play to make sure there is a level playing field so that if you work hard you can indeed get ahead. i think when politicians, and i have a great deal of respect for congresswoman leithan, it's

pushing voters to extremes. i don't think the majority of our fellow voters would think all democrats are in that extreme she tries to paint. just like some don't believe the extremes that some republicans are painted. i think latinos can be a stabilizing force in politics. host: we're talking about the latino vote in 2022. are those terms interchangeable? guest: unidosus was founded in 1968, through the reports we have done in this community we use latino and hispanic interchangeably because some

people use latinx. for this community, the majority prefer the term hispanic. host: to philadelphia, this is matt waiting on our line for democrats. caller: thank you for taking my call, my question it might be silly. we have quite a few puerto ricans, who are citizens unable to vote. i had a puerto rican secretary on my job for 20 years. in the 20 years she was my secretary, she never voted once. neither did her spouse, neither did her family members who i all new. knew. these are middle-class people who had good jobs. i used to say to her, why don't you vote?

and she said, it doesn't make any difference. that is the problem i see here. what is the voter turnout for hispanics in this country? i think it is very low. inc. you. guest: that is a good point. a lot of people feel politics is not my thing or i am going to focus on the things i can do something about. host: in the latino community? guest: and other communities too. part of the things we do with voter registration work, so many people you talk to say nobody ever talked to me about registering to vote. i cannot tell you how many people say that. we want to make sure the invitation is there. also the people who say politics is just not my thing to say if you want to go to school in your neighborhood or if you want good

streets, guess what? politics is your thing and voting is not the only way to do it but we certainly should use that. in terms of voter turnout what i would say is that, we have a big registration opportunity gap. during presidential elections, registered voters actually vote eight out of 10 vote in the presidential election. that is pretty good. now african-americans in some cycles have been nine out of 10 and white voters somewhere in between. where we have a gap is in registration. if we can get more people registered, during midterms all groups reduced participation. we saw latinos vote at near

presidential levels and hopefully, we are hoping to do everything we can to continue that pattern. we agreed that we need more eligible americans registered to vote and certainly, i would love to see secretaries of state across the country, a measure of their performance is how many of the eligible voters in their state or registered to vote. host: do these numbers sound right to you for presidential turnout for the women's center for justice website voter registration among white non-hispanic with 71%, among latinos 54%, does that sound right to you? guest: what i tend to look at is of the people who are eligible, what percentage of them? if you look at the latino adult population overall, it will

include immigrants who are not yet citizens. if we look at the citizen population and adults who are registered, among the registered , right, for latinos who are registered to vote that is where eight out of 10 will vote. that is what tells me what i really need to focus on is how many latinos are not register and how can we make sure they are. host: one million latinos turn 18 each year. what is the pitch to the 18-year-old latino to get registered? guest: one thing we have seen and this is true for many different communities. our use is getting really involved in issues. a lot of young people are concerned about climate and what it would mean for when they come of age and their children come of age. and we are also seeing concerns about the polarization and how that is affecting the chances of

solving problems. i think part of the pitch we often say is that this is not about politicians, it's not about them, it's about us. it is about our communities and making sure that civil society can hold politicians accountable to solve problems. i think that gives us more agency and puts things in the hands of the voter and of civil society rather than parties and politicians. host: to wayne, olympia, washington on the republican line. caller: she is quite the politician. i have been living with spanish people, mexicans. i have been renting to them

since 2000. i live with them, a whole community of them. they are quite hard workers. they really have no intent -- of being citizens. they just work hard. host: what do you mean by not becoming citizens? caller: they work hard and they make babies and their babies become citizens. host: in your mind what is it mean to be a citizen? caller: they have a baby and it becomes a citizen. that is the way it is. a lot of them, they would come here and they would be pregnant

and back then it was called anchor babies. guest: birthright citizenship has been a long-standing debate for some. i think it has been a matter of settled law for others. one of the things that has made america a successful multiracial democratic experiment where you have countries where no matter how long people have been there they are never seen as part of the fabric of that country. that is not true of america. if you look at any group of immigrants. eight out of 10 are citizens, among those who are immigrants in this community weather is

italian, german, you see the same pattern. by the second or third generation, they become integrated to the point that english is the only language you know and that pattern continues until today. we have seen that play out with every wave of immigrants. i think as a country we have a tortured relationship with being proud of being a nation of immigrants and at times being baited with particular economic issues to look for a scapegoat. and politicians who don't want to be held accountable look to immigrants. does that mean we don't need to do anything on immigration?

absolutely not. i think we have an outdated system. and hispanic americans are also supportive of seeing that overhaul happen. host: from st. louis, missouri. caller: i have been working with latinos for over 40 years but i'm ashamed to say my spanish is horrible. two major things that are driving latinos away from the democratic party are abortion, the open borders. as the young lady says, you get all these illegals over you drive wages down. it was rainy out and we were all in the warehouse, about 200 latinos were in there and i asked, who wants to become an american citizen and half of them said no.

if you were working in mexico which you become a mexican citizen? we just work here and we don't want american assistance. i respected that. guest: this is an area where there has been some misconception about this. i do want to talk about what issues people see but because we are a strong based family community there is a general assumption they are against abortion. here's an interesting fact. 76% of hispanic voters said that regardless of their personal belief that they don't believe abortion should be legal and that right should be taken away from other people. that included 76% of latino catholics.

that has been the case even before the roe v. wade case was overturned. it has just gone up after that decision and the reason why voters told us is because they are afraid of the effect that will have on women's lives. that little factoid there. the other thing i would say, on the economy which is the overarching issue right now on inflation. what voters told us is that they think republicans may do a better job on the issue. economic issues tend to be one of the pull factors on the republican side. host: from jacksonville, florida, this is lawrence waiting on the line for democrats. caller: thank you for taking my

call. as i listen to the program and i think of myself being retired military and coming up as a young black man in the projects i used to think that all white people are rich and i thought that for a long time until i was about 20, 25 years old. until i learned better. being honest with you, white people had better chances. we black and brown people were tired of being at the bottom of the ladder. what did we try to do? we tried to assimilate. not only with their skin color,

with her hair, the way we thought. who and how many black people or brown people that you have seen own businesses that could hire other blacks or other brown people? they went to the white businesses because those were the people they can give out jobs and would you align yourself with someone who will pay you four dollars an hour weather than -- rather than one dollar an hour? that is why latinos align themselves with the republican party. in the states of america, the people that have the most power are the whites. you might see a latino with the

house, a sprinkle of black people with the house. so what? your thoughts on that? guest: that disproportionate life experience up the caller was talking about is something we have all witnessed during the pandemic. we saw blacks and hispanics disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. because of structural challenges in our health care system, because of inequality in our health care and economic system. i think that the pandemic in many ways exposed for many others so those cracks in the foundation. and how discrimination and racism have left some communities have worse outcomes

in similar situations. what i am hoping is that a lot of the conversation that has emerged moves forward with addressing some of those structural inequalities. can you imagine what would happen if all of these workers that help to overcome the pandemic did not have to overcome the barriers in their full potential was unleashed. that is why i keep going back to what drives me and drives unidos trying to get more eligible hispanics registered. right now, we could use all hands on back to stabilize and hold politicians accountable to advanced solutions. not just rhetoric that attempts

to turn us against each other. host: mark in fort lauderdale, good morning. caller: hello, good morning. i consider myself lucky to get in on the tail end of the discussion. you listen to all these calls and things change as you listen. i wanted to address the statement from that collar, this statement from that collar. my wife is an immigrant, we got her citizenship in the process was not all that terrible so it is worth going through it. what prompted my call is when you read a quote, when a cuban republican and south florida

point fingers at democrats and say they are socialist. because the cubans came here from cuba under socialism but they got special privileges when they came to the u.s. until obama's administration. they got onto dry land, they were allowed to stay here and immediately their various documentation program started. the cuban community in this area got every government benefit, they got section eight housing, medicaid, they got unemployment. a path to lead to future citizenship and becoming productive citizens. they were given a leg up and any

discussion of latinos and hispanics, cuban should not factor into that experience of becoming american. the way to do things is, open the borders. we need people, we need workers, we need the vibrancy that immigrants bring to the country. set up a couple of places where they can go, register them, legalize them for work. let them go out of work. host: i want to give you a chance to respond to the cuban americans immigration experience. guest: there are so many different things, he talked about his family. i think he is a slice of americana. families with diverse backgrounds, we all come under one roof. i think he is right, the immigration cubans came through

differently originally. right now, things are different. the way that our asylum system works, when none of those channels are available is different. i think at some ways, the cuban-american experience proves that a system that is a supportive and welcoming system actually unleash in people's potential to the benefit of our country. we could do that with the majority of immigrants that have been here for more than two decades now. i agree that we need a functional, legal system. i also agree that in our politics there is a lot of two-faced talking, trying to europe extreme thinking and antagonism and that is where a

lot of voters feel like, i wanted to now. i would hope that everybody watching leaves with just at that moment when we want to say goodbye, that is when we have to say hello. we have an election coming up, if you are registered please vote. if you are not registered, you still have time and/or help eligible people to do so because this is the time when we need to hold our elected officials feet to the fire so they deliver on the solutions that frankly, any poll will show that the majority of americans actually believe in the solutions. host: clarissa martinez-de-castro is the initiatives director at unidosus , at unidosus.org. thank you for your time this morning. guest: thank you.

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scott walker who will talk about the issue of young voters and conservative voters and election 2020 two. that is happening at 9:15 eastern. at 10:00 we will take you to the supreme court. arguments taking place in merrill the mill again, whether alabama's 2021 redistricting map violates the voting rights act. happening on c-span.org or the c-span now video app. we found out yesterday, we learn more about what the supreme court is going to be hearing arguments on. some additional orders released in one of those the supreme court will decide whether the

supreme court can be held accountable for terroristic threats on their platforms. twitter and facebook and youtube bear some responsibility for attacks of the islamic state. the decency act is, under scrutiny but now it is time for the court to weigh in on that law. from the front page of the wall street journal, that argument is happening later in the term. additional arguments happening this week as well. robert in north carolina, republican. you are up first. caller: thank you for taking my call. i wish i could've talked to her,

she was talking about faith. you don't kill your baby if you believe in the lord. you can't kill a baby. another guy called then about outreach programs that the government stop. there is not nothing free. it is an abomination. thanks, and have a good day. host: this is fred and maryland, and independent. caller: it's on the pennsylvania state line. host: go ahead. caller: one reason i'm calling. i'm 83 years old. how many people are gonna let

come up here? the whole country? what's going to be down there? nothing? they're coming up here from communist countries. you ought to have a program on about that. remember what john kennedy did those missiles in cuba? host: we are going to try to watch our language as we move onto conrad in pennsylvania, republican. good morning. caller: hi john, i have not been on here in a while but i have in the past and spoken about climate change.

i was in the queue but i got cut off. yeah, that first segment. i wanted to talk about it. we could be at war with weather. it is hard to believe that we could modify and control weather. we have been doing it for several years and i was a participant in the navy. a project over in vietnam. we have a situation where we have kim trails, that is what we used over in vietnam to try and slow the process of the chinese coming down the ho chi minh trail, we made it rain for five years. it was called operation pop i. one of the weapons, the kim trails. the united nations passed the weather weapons treaty in 1967.

the other system as a microwave system which you can actually control and maneuver hurricanes. i just happen to have a place in fort myers so i got hit. i am just trying to get some knowledge of what is going on. host: do you think someone maneuver this hurricane? caller: they could be. i have an idea that sandy, this is how i got onto it. sandy was a controlled hurricane and i thought the guy who spoke on it. host: jim in arlington, virginia, and independent. caller: thanks for letting me shed some light on this important topic. it's related to what you were discussing with the lady just

now. it's regarding immigration reform. one of the top five important things to voters every election cycle but for some reason we always seem to not be able to get it to the finish line for immigration reform. i have a group of friends that has been here for 20 years, their parents have been there 20 years. we always seem to antagonize immigrants that help our economy run. you could see that during the pandemic and even now, we have a shortage of workers. i live in a large city and there are stores that close early. stores that are closed on certain days, they are not operating at full capacity because he can't find workers.

it's an important issue for america and i always go up to my congressman, my politician, my representatives to shed light on this issue. it has been 20, 30 years since we have had an update to our system. every time this happens. i want to urge any stakeholder or anyone affected by this to vote and vote these politicians out of office. that is the only solution that we have is replacing new politicians that will be able to do some things. thank you. host: to muskegon, michigan. this is jeff, line for democrats. good morning. caller: good morning.

i would like to make a remark about what's going on in this country now. sometimes i wonder, who would want to vote for republicans? that absolutely blows my mind. they don't stand for nothing and up in the capitol there, they tried to overthrow the united states government. it's just amazing, how the latino people vote for republicans. they call them wet backs, drug dealers -- why are they going to vote for republicans? meanwhile, what's going on in this country now is scary. if you want to live in a dictatorship, because that's what will happen. look at trump.

this man is a rattlesnake. it's amazing that people will vote for these people, i just don't understand. i have listened to c-span a long time, and every time there is a republican caller, you know what he's going to say. host: we will go to our line for republicans. this is john in cincinnati, ohio. good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. it's sad to say, we have to have a serious national conversation about what the true interpretation or what the united states constitution or declaration of independence is. if we are going to have all of these 64 trillion dollar questions, and answer them with $5,000, $10,000 answers, we are going to continue to fight with

each other. we all say oh, we stand up for the constitution, but the constitution gives us in the first amendment the right of her -- redress when we are getting bombarded with laws, processes, and procedures of government that infringe upon our rights. those who get there will ratified into our procedures of government, they have a high-speed --, while those of us who do not get mutual assent are codified. we have hoops jumped through, that makes us legislative slaves, which is a violation of the 13th amendment. host: john in ohio, just after 9:00 a.m. eastern. it's our open forum. any public policy issue you want to talk about, go ahead and call in. republicans, (202) 748-8001.

democrats, (202) 748-8000. independents, (202) 748-8002. this from today's new york times page two, from maggie haberman. she's out with a new book, being published today. "confidence man," focusing on the presidency of donald trump. you might know her as a new york times reporter that covered former president trump throughout his time in office. this book is based on interviews that she had, sit down interviews she had with the former president. one of the questions a reporter puts to maggie haberman in this interview with her is this question -- you have written that trump has had a really list desire to hold the media's gaze. he asked her, do we cover the former president too much? here's what she said -- i think

the criticism of too much coverage of donald trump felt very real back in 2016 and often to the clinton campaign, but i would argue he would leading the polls in the primaries and the coverage was often not what one would call flattering. the current criticism deals with the decades before, when he built this story of himself as a self-made business tyc oon. thanks to the times reporting on tax returns, we learned about that years later. he is a former president with a huge following as he undermines estates and elections and embraces conspiracy theories -- i am not sure there is a good argument for ignoring him, because he still gets heard through other means. there is a good argument for contextualizing him.

her book, "confidence man," being published today. our next caller in connecticut, an independent. good morning. you are in open forum. mary lou, you with us? then we go to doreen. baton rouge, louisiana. republican. hi, doreen. caller: hi, hi how are you? thank you for taking my call. i have a statement. it's sad, in america we cannot all agree that we want to be safe and we want to protect our children and protect our order. -- border. that's not a major issue. every human being should want to protect our border here in america and stay safe. god bless those all and i hope we all can agree, but we want our country to be safe. thank you so much. host: david in nashville, tennessee. good morning. caller: good morning,, good

morning, good morning. thank you for taking my call. i want to say, it's amazing how anyone in the military or who has worked in the government handling classified material, whether they did everything properly or not, i know during my time i did, but it's just amazing how one person can have classified material and anyone else in america would be instantly locked up. thank you for taking my call. host: jack in bloomsbury, new jersey. independent. good morning. caller: how are you doing? i'm just thinking -- good morning -- everyone forgets, well, we were talking about sandy earlier -- there are people here in new jersey, where it's going on 10 years now, that people are still out of their homes from the superstorm sandy. at the time, desantis, the great

governor of florida, did not want to help us out at all. that's all i have to say. everyone should get along. host: jack, how do you feel about estimates about ian's cost? what it will take to rebuild in florida? i think we lost jack, but a few minutes left in our open forum if you want to join the conversation. (202) 748-8000 for democrats to call in. (202) 748-8001 for republicans to call in. (202) 748-8002 for independents to call in. any public policy or political issue you want to talk about, we can even talk about this country's history. a historical milestone coming up as the washington times points out, coming up this weekend. antietam is 163rd anniversary, focusing on how the national park is marking the anniversary. it's showing visitors a more comprehensive account, is what

they say, with help from an advisory team composed of historians and rangers from other civil war battlefields. the staff developed five themes for antietam going forward. those themes will be conflicts, terror, survival, memory, and freedom. "we are trying to reach a broader audience," one of the staffers said that was interviewed. " i think it's safe to say that some folks are not as interested in battle tactics as they are in the concepts of freedom. both concepts are equally important in a battlefield, but if you tell the story logically, you will have a broader audience." a story looking at how the national park is focusing on the anniversary of antietam. there is plenty on the civil war and antietam specifically on c-span's american history television. all of our offerings available online at c-span.org.

if you go to the american history tv tab, you can check out our civil war offerings. saturday at 2:00 p.m., our focus on the civil war. each saturday, a different topic, different lecture, different offering on the civil war. check out american history tv on c-span two. walter in maryland, democrat. you are next. caller: good morning. i am a 25 year army veteran, and i agree with the previous caller talking about these states of america. i think it's an atrocity that we look at the immigrants coming in here and we throw rocks at them, they come here to make their families better. they come here to work and we

make every excuse not to take these people in. they are running from bad parts of their countries. years ago, we all know our history, we brought people here to work for free. they were looking for jobs, and the united states government that we have here, they turned their backs. but donald trump in the republican party received one point $7 billion -- $1.7 billion for their republican campaign from the people in florida. those people are crying about they are tired, they are hungry -- sadly, they are getting a reflection of what the immigrants feel coming to this country. that's all i have to say, the

new jersey caller, i agree with y'all. host: tulsa, oklahoma. this is tim, a republican. good morning. this is our open forum. caller: hey, good morning. if you are going to hire someone to run a business, you would look at the results to decide to keep them employed. president biden is the president, not trump, and yet the callers call in and talk about trump whenever they are living under bidens rule -- biden's rule. it's crazy that the media -- you read an article on a book coming out on trump. we continue to focus on trump while biden policies are creating havoc with the public. that's the issue people need to really talk about and be concerned about, you allow people to call in and talk bad

about, call trump names like the rattlesnake comment. there are at least issues of discussions, of policy, and not so much focus on somebody that is not doing the damage to the country. the country was great under the four years of trump. the country has gone to hell under biden, with the open borders, the out-of-control inflation, all the schools being wrecked by the teachers unions, teaching confusion to kids. and the fbi and the department of justice are basically out of control from the same point of attacking opposition party. we got two stances of justice. we ought to be talking about that, because that sets up a

soviet style empire for the biden administration. host: tim in oklahoma, to howard and winston-salem, north carolina. good morning. caller: good morning, c-span. i love it. the gentleman had said something about abortion and how it is immoral and how they are going to have to, you know, speak to god about certain things -- but he acts like the -- like, the gentleman asked like he forgot how they used to hang black people in the trees and put crosses in the yard. they need to check themselves out in regards to everything. and the gentleman that just said about trump and how people are bashing trump, they have to understand, trump always comes in the news and says something stupid. like mitch mcconnell and his wife -- why are these republicans cowards without even

speaking about trump and what he says and the things that he does? they brush it under the table and want to talk about hunter biden and the border. they have to remember, back in the 1950's, 1960's, and 1970's, they brought those immigrants over to do the fields. now they don't want them no more, because they feel like they are going to go democrats. but as you can see, you have a lot of hispanics voting republican. and they did call them all types of names. you asked me, this is just a smokescreen to try to get republicans all in one line -- they don't care about nobody -- they don't care about nobody. even trump don't even care about his vice president -- paying mike pence? -- hang mike pence? you think trump wouldn't do the same to you and he don't even know you? host: our last caller, mary lu

in connecticut. good morning. are you with us? i think we lost mary lou, but we will end the open forum there. 45 minutes to go in our program today, and in that time we will talk about the midterm elections, the future of conservatism in the united states. we will be joined by former wisconsin governor scott walker for that discussion, now the president of the young america's foundation. stick with us. we will be back in a few minutes. ♪ >> c-span's campaign 2022 coverage of the midterm election continues in october with live debates on c-span, including the arizona senate debate between senator mark kelly and challengers blake masters and mark victor on october 6. in wisconsin, incumbent senator ron johnson debates mandela barnes.

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leaders for the fight to freedom. we talk about strong liberties, a strong national defense, great enterprise and protecting american values. it started at the home of william f buckley. ronald reagan was one of the earlier leaders, and that's one of our duties, to run the reagan ranch. host: you are 54 years old, almost 55. do you consider yourself a young american? guest: i am, compared to the folks we have been talking about the last hour, joe biden and donald trump. i am a quarter century younger than both of them. but what i went through years ago as governor, where they took over our state capital for about a month, 100,000 protesters, allows me to relate to a lot of our voters who are right of

center. a lot of our students felt the same thing, that they feel intimidated when they come to our conferences, events, and lectures, but they realize they are not alone. host: what do you think will bring out young americans in the midterm election? guest: beyond the issues, there are two things we find in our interactions and our polling, and its larger concepts. it's fairness, authenticity. young people have an innate sense of fairness. i would argue those on the left, often try to pay their fair share in taxes. we should all just pay a flat tax. that would be the same. if you make 10 times more than i do, you pay 10 times more in taxes. but that's not oftentimes what people on the left are talking about. fairness, that's something that people in college, high school and younger care about, and they want to see the real deal.

a weekend ago, we had a group of college students at one of our conferences, in this case it was at the reagan ranch, and they love going up there and hearing and seeing, physically seeing how humble and simple and frugal the president's ranch house was. we don't just talk about reagan, we talk about a lot of different topics out there. but on either end of the spectrum, they want political candidates, leaders who are who they are and are not trying to be something different. both of those things will play heavily in terms of not only what young people vote for and who they vote for, but what issues drive them along the way. host: do young people want college debt forgiveness? guest: it's an interesting example when i talk about fairness. yes. overwhelmingly, the polling shows across the political shelter -- political spectrum a huge support for that. what we have heard from some

people after president biden announced, there were some on the left to thought it wasn't enough. they thought it was all going to be gone. conversely, we found in the same poll that we did a while back, it showed overwhelming support for the federal government retiring college student loan debt. we asked a follow-up question, do you believe that someone who did not go to college should have to pay taxes, a portion of their taxes to pay for someone else's student loan debt relief? the majority actually said no. it goes back to fairness -- they feel this incredible burden. i understand it. my kids are 28 and 27. i think student loan debt is a real issue. but the problem is having the taxpayers, people who have paid their taxes were paid for school, or who never went to college in the first place to pay it off -- the better focus is doing what i did throughout my time as governor.

we froze tuition, looking at how the past 40 years why tuition had gone up 40 times the rate of inflation? student loan assistance increase from the federal government, and we saw colleges and universities increasing their tuition. in the percentage of tenured professors in the classroom actually went down, so much of the additional cost went into these bizarre administrative positions that don't add a ton of value to the type of education the students are getting. student loan debt is real, but we need to get to the underlying cost. i think a lot of young people understand this and feel for people, particularly those who did not go to college but are now forced to pay taxes that will pay for part of that debt relief. host: we will be happy to hear from college students in this segment, as we are talking with governor scott walker from the young america's foundation.

the line for college students to join, (202) 748-8003. all other colors, phone lines as usual. republicans, (202) 748-8001. democrats, (202) 748-8000. independents, (202) 748-8002. the governor will be with us until the end of our program today, at 10:00 a.m. eastern, and we will be taking you to live court arguments at 10:00 a.m., so stick around after watching to journal -- washington journal is finished today. i want to go to this washington times column you authored recently -- crime will be on top of the ballot this election year. democratic policies are ruining our major cities and quality of life. your point? guest: it's a good point, particularly one in battleground state like wisconsin, where i am standing today. inflation has affected people's

food costs for a while and led to higher gas prices -- they were down in the summer but much higher than they were in january 2021. schools, we can talk about in a moment, but to me, it is the big three. inflation slashing the economy, education, particularly the input of parents and the education process. but when you don't feel safe, everything else feels secondary. we see it across the country, but particularly in wisconsin -- it's not just the big cities like milwaukee, but we saw the riots, part of the city being burnt down in kenosha. we saw last year around this time, in the fall of 20 to anyone, tragically, someone who got out under a low cash bail program in milwaukee county, even after he had been a clear public safety threat, and drove his red suv down the middle of the waukesha christmas parade, tragically killing six

individuals. i think that's kind of a wake-up call. we see it elsewhere around the country. people look at this and see, it's not just big cities. if this can happen in a place like kenosha or waukesha, it can happen anywhere. we look at the cop of -- policies during covid -- people having early release, people running for state senate advocating for low cash bail. we saw top the last two years about defunding the police. people in those cities, particularly where the mayors and other activists have been outspoken on those issues, many instances have shown that violent crime in particular has spiked. that's a concern not just for the people living there, and whether it's portland, chicago, seattle, washington, d.c., americans are concerned that it is not limited to those

cities, and they will vote on it. host: economy, crime, and education -- would you care to make any predictions about what will happen in the house, senate, and governors mansions from now until november the eighth? guest: there was a lot of talk in the summer about this tremendous red wave. i think a lot of republicans are still on track to take the house. it may not be as big as projected when gas was six dollars, seven dollars and some parts of the country, but that's one of the leading indicators. as people continue to look at the economy, safety -- not just public safety, but what's happening on the streets of places like kenosha or waukesha, and even on the border. when people see border security is more than just a border issue, when you can have a 16-year-old down the block have one dose of fentanyl, that's a real issue there as well.

i think the house looks republican in part because of the seats and the changes we have seen. i think the senate is a tossup. it is a close call. places like my state, ron johnson, della barnes, i think he wins, but it is really close. the pennsylvania race will be like a teeter totter, and we have seen how radical fetterman is. then something bizarre comes out about dr. oz. i think it is razor thin in arizona and georgia, and there are real shots in places like nevada, without a black soft -- with adam laxhoff. whether it's the house republicans are senate democrats, what it means is in the next two years, we will be at a very slow pace for a lot of americans, and for the economy that will be a good thing. the biden government needs to better our economic situation.

and it's a tossup. in a state i am in, like wisconsin, the largest amount of spending on a governors race. i think it is incredibly close because the state is close. tim michaels is running for governor. should be a shoo-in, given the fact that tony evers does not seem to be up to the job. he did little or nothing when it came to the violence in kenosha, but it is an evenly spread state. michaels is a veteran and a private businessman, and will have his hands full. i think you will see kemp win in georgia, close races in places like arizona, and a few surprises out there. i think in rhode island, oregon, there are two dynamic republican women running that actually have a shot. that will make for an interesting time.

but as to o'neill once said -- to o'neill -- tip o'neill once said, it will be a surprise. host: there are plenty of colors waiting to chat with you, so let's get to our caller in charlotte, north carolina, line for republicans. you are up first on this segment. caller: hello, how is everyone? the economy is the most important problem we have today, because people cannot afford their food, their gas, anything else. but crime is very important too. most of our minority neighborhoods -- being a black man and a preacher, we deal with a lot of these problems in our neighborhoods. in the last thing that you have, people were talking about democrats and stuff, but i want to say this so my black brothers and sisters -- you cannot depend on the government to solve your problems.

we have been in poverty as a race for the last 40 years and if we keep depending on the government, we will stay in poverty. people work hard, that's how they can get ahead. if you want to get ahead in this area of your life, you've got to get out there and work hard. i was a poor man raised in a poor neighborhood in south carolina, with no running water, no indoor bathroom. my mother raised us and we worked hard. god bless you. host: governor? guest: as the son of a preacher, thank you for what you are doing. god bless you as well. i think you have seen in the last election cycle, more black and hispanic voters voting republican. there is an opportunity to expand upon that in this election cycle. the more that conservatives are talking about freedom and opportunity, a lot of folks on the left, many are talking about

division. if you disagree with them, they call you transphobia, racist, or sexist, whatever the issue might be. we need to talk about freedom and opportunity, whether you are black or white, rich or poor, young or old, whether you were born here or legally came here from somewhere else, every american person deserves the same freedoms and opportunities and access to freedoms and opportunities as we inherited from our ancestors in previous generations. the more we talk about freedom and opportunity for all, the better off we will be. . host: jerry, line for democrats. new brunswick. you are on with the governor. caller: this is about the student debt. i never went to college, but what about a couple of years ago, when these millionaires and billionaires took their money overseas because they did not want to pay taxes, but donald trump let them wring it back

without paying taxes? is that the same thing? when it comes to individual liberty, where's the liberty for the women? these republican, they want to force the women to have babies, but what did they do after the babies are born? they want to cut the wic program, food stamps, cut free lunches for kids that can't afford food -- what's going on here? it's totally ridiculous. host: governor? guest: two things. one, in terms of taxes, i would love to have a flat tax. everyone pay the same, no loopholes, no extensions, no offshore deductions, have everyone pay the same flat tax. that's the ultimate sign of fairness. if you make 10 times more than i do, you pay 10 times more. if you make 10 times less, you pay 10 times less in taxes. in terms of the right to life issue, at least in my case when i was governor and republicans

were in charge of the legislature, for the first time in our state's history, we covered everyone in our state under our health care program without taking the obamacare extension. we do take care of people living in poverty, we are trying to make sure they are not, as the previous caller talked about, living in permanent dependency on the government. the government should be more like a trampoline and less like a hammock. people are able-bodied and working aged, we should get the right back into the workforce and the training they need to work there. children, the elderly, and others with special needs, we should provide them with more care and support. this is not a partisan issue. a lot of people react to this with a knee-jerk reaction, but in wisconsin, we were able to achieve it. host: to park force, illinois. this is glenn, independent. caller: i had a couple of questions. [inaudible] host: glenn, we are going to

move on, but i am going to keep you on the line to see if i can fix your line, because i cannot understand what you are saying. rita in kentucky, republican. go ahead. caller: yes, good morning, gentlemen. i agree with governor walker's rationale on tuition reimbursement. i would like to see that carried further into public schools. i've never had children. i'm 62 years old, but i have had to pay school taxes on everything my entire life. i would prefer to spend that money on my medicine, not school taxes. i would like to see that philosophy carried over into the public school system as well. guest: i completely understand. in fact, the change is focused on that. in arizona, instead of funding systems, they are now the most aggressive -- we did this in a

phase in wisconsin, but arizona has done it for every child, where they have the funding follow the student and not the system, and whether a kid goes to one traditional school or government funded school to another or a private, religious, or other base school, the funding would follow them. it would tie into the state and local governments putting support behind educating a student and not funding systems. there's a better way to approach that. host: if only those who have kids in school should have to pay school taxes -- what are your thoughts on that? guest: they have done variations of that. one of my neighboring states, for years, they did not eliminate, but froze taxes for senior citizens. they reach a certain age and they froze property taxes so people could afford to stay in their homes, pay for medicines, things like she alluded to. when the home is sold to someone

who is not a senior citizen, it gets reassessed back to the fair market value. there are variations and ways of dealing with supporting folks, particularly those who are seniors who have real concerns about paying property taxes and other bills. host: you mentioned robertson -- arizona, robert is in tucson, arizona. caller: i have lived in arizona for years, i work in mining. i voted for mccain, i am biracial, a foster child, had to go to school and do this on my own. there was no one there. i'm not trying to educate as many people as possible -- we need to put a cap on it to make less than $130,000 a year -- your kids go to school free. doesn't matter what race. guest: keep going, you are fine.

caller: we don't want to help each other -- doesn't matter what race. i have watched so many caucasian friends not be able to put their kids through college. it's ridiculous. we are not as divided as a nation as we are made out to be. i want to vote republican again, but the party must change. blake masters, kari lake, they are the worst, ok? what he did this weekend, the threat against mcconnell, they hurt our hearts. they bother us. a lot of us believe in christianity, we believe in the message of love, and we need republicans to turn it back to that. that's very important. i will stay on the line if you have a question, but if not, thank you for taking my call. try to get universal education for everyone. there is no reason we can't do this. host: governor walker? guest: yeah, thanks for your heartfelt question and statement

as well. particular when it comes to higher education, no matters people background -- no matter people's backgrounder where they come from, that's why we froze tuition. nationwide, both public and private institutions over the past three to four decades have seen tremendous growth intuition. again, it's one of the examples of, unfortunately, people may have been well-intentioned when it started. the idea, they wanted to keep increasing student loan assistance. but without any checks and balances, the universities said oh, great. our students have more access to loans they can take out to pay higher tuition, so they kept jacking up tuition along the way. what was particularly disturbing to me, not only did tuition go up, but the number of tenured professors in the classroom has gone down proportionately. that suggests a much larger agenda going on in terms of increasing the size and scope of the administration, even if it

is not helping people in the classroom. we need to get tuition under control. it was not that many decades ago when anybody, it was a reasonable cost. sadly, tuition costs years ago, or in some cases, were less than textbook costs for students today. making it free for certain groups is not going to control the process. we need to get the cost under control in the first place, not only for college, but make sure all of our students coming out of high school have access to the right training and education they need to be successful in careers. for some, a four-year undergraduate program. for some, even further. doctors, lawyers, engineers who might need more than that program. but for others, it will be quite

successfully a two-year social degree program. either a community or technical college. we need to embrace that as well as apprenticeships. that's one of the things i did as governor. i tried to change the model so top-notch students could -- it's not like if you don't go to a four-year institution there is something wrong with you. folks are going through an apprenticeship or two-year associate degree program. we need to embrace all of those. host: a former caller alluded to president trump's social media post on truth social looting to mitch mcconnell. mcconnell approving these trillions of dollars of democrat sponsored bills. he went on to say, he has a death wish and must immediately seek health and -- help and advice from his china loving wife. your thoughts on that and the

idea of another donald trump campaign for presidency? guest: first off, i want to say that during the four year donald trump was president, part of his administration, bike -- mike pence as vice president, we saw extraordinary growth prior to the global pandemic. the economy was moving stronger, lowest levels of unemployment for black americans and hispanic americans, for women, veterans, and other groups out there. we saw tremendous opportunities and great policies. we saw a presidency where they nominated extraordinary men and women to the federal bench, the supreme court levels, the court of appeals, and the entry level for the federal courts. policywise, i appreciate what donald trump and his team did for the four years in office. there are times as a midwesterner where donald trump

does not talk or tweet the way i would, and those are not things i associated with some of the comments he has made. but in the end, his four years -- they were remarkably successful, not just as a republican or conservative, but if you look at the policies that affect everyday americans, he was one of the most -- it was one of the most prosperous times we had in my life. i wish he would focus on those issues, because those are areas he wins with. there's a lot of hard-working americans, regardless of party, who appreciate someone who is willing to shake up washington and make them the centerpiece and not a lobbyist or special interest. host: back to the badger state, keith in waukesha, republican. good morning. caller: good morning, jon, good morning, governor. i have been a supporter of the young america's foundation when your predecessor was leading the

organization. i think he is doing a great job. governor, i think you have done a great job in that organization. as someone who is 69 years old and born and raised in wisconsin, i think you have been the finest governor the state has ever had, especially in my lifetime. i want to say, keep up the good work. i saw your sons last night at the waukesha county lincoln-reagan-trump's dinner, and it was a phenomenal night, and you were missed. keep up the phenomenal work with why af -- yaf. guest: thank you for the nice comments. the larger context with the young america's foundation -- yaf.org. if you've got a young person in your life, it anyone right of

center often feels intimidated and overwhelmed on our college campuses, as they tried to do a lot of that, in wisconsin, as other words rightly remember. we were have lectures, like when we will have coming up in a few weeks at the university of wisconsin madison. we have been names like ben schapiro, kellyanne conway was speaking the other day -- not only giving our students, but it's open to anybody. we find, most students are not conservative or liberal. most students are just living their lives. students are trying to figure out how i get my homework done, how i work on this term paper, how do i figure out my -- what my friends are doing this weekend? when we bring these efforts to

campuses, it gives them tremendous efforts to listen. for even those who disagree, ben schapiro championed this idea years ago and nearly all of our lecture series involve this -- if a student disagrees with our lecture or speaker, they raise their hands, they get to go to the front of the line, and they get to ask that speaker their question. not only is it good dialogue, a lot of undecided or up in the year, curious students not only get to hear their questions, but they hear how people respond to it. a lot of our conservative student love to hear our speakers respond as well, because they get all sorts of grief in the classroom, not just from professors and teaching assistants, but sometimes from their fellow students. host: staying on yaf for a second, what is the sharon statement? guest: that goes back to sharon,

connecticut, 1960, at william f buckley junior's home. hundreds of students got -- about 100 students got together and 1960 was also a contentious time politically. you had one of the closest races in the history of the country between the free or vietnam war. you had economic c hallenges. at the time, it was called young americans for freedom, the precursor to young america's foundation. but it was to identify the core conservative beliefs that go beyond our organization. so many of the movement cling back to that. it not only talks about political freedom, but how political freedom, religious freedom, economic freedom, all those things tied together. you cannot have religious freedom without other freedoms. having a free people

means allowing people to make their own decisions about their economic interests, religious interests, political interests. it's something that young people embrace very much today. host: mike in spokane, independent. good morning. caller: good morning, can you hear me? host: i can. caller: good morning, mr. walker. i'm going to put you in the hot seat for a second. i know there is an affiliation with you and the clue clocks --ku klux. there is always a suspicion between politicians and billionaires. i think we all know that. my problem is this. i was in louisville, kentucky four years ago. i spent years there and help a friend open a college bar, directly across the street from the university of louisville. i spoke to seven students over a

very long time, over a period of months. they said, we would like it a lot better if the koch brothers weren't telling us what they wanted -- at a time they have anything to do with anything, they make people a bit suspicious. i am wondering how you are in with these young americans, an awful coincidence. ir they involved with that to -- are they involved with that too? i have been watching your show for 25 years, your hosts are outstanding. mr. walker, to you. caller: that's a typical book -- guest: that's a typical bogeyman. i have never even met the coke brothers. -- koch brothers.

they provide a lot of funding for colleges and institutions, but they also, as their investment is in schools like i understand it, is a fraction of it. it's not only in terms of colleges, but public engagement. they don't find young america's foundation. certainly, if their network wanted to support us, they would -- we would love that, but i do not think, to my knowledge, they support our work with young america's foundation. there are tens of thousands of people across the country at all levels, most frequently, people tend us $10, $15, $25. there are people who can offer more to make sure we can go on.

the college speakers, and educators, professors, teachers, or otherwise, some who are just objective and want to teach the truth, overwhelm on our college campuses for sure. even in our high schools and younger, in those involved in radical indoctrination. i have joked about it, but there is some truth there, that we closed down our campuses again this year, it would do more to stop the spread of communism than covid. unfortunately as taxpayers, much of our taxpayers money is going to fund not just bias, but outright radical indoctrination. that's not some theory, there have been a number of studies done that show that massive shift over the years of college professors and faculty, those registered as republican voters versus those as democrat.

there is a significant advantage towards democrats in the past few years that's dramatically gone that way, and that does not fully account for those on campuses that think the democrats are not radical enough. we do a survey every year of the top 100 colleges and universities according to the u.s. news and world report. we do a bit of research on their commencement speakers. some of them can be explained away -- tim tebow at the university of florida, he was not there because he was pro-life, he was there because he won the heisman and a national championship. the work that we do is a fraction of encountering. sadly, most of us as taxpayers are funding in terms of radical indoctrination, and will

continue to fight the counter. host: a little more than five minutes left with governor scott walker of the young america's foundation. a reminder, around 10:00 a.m. eastern when they come in, we will be taking viewers four blocks across capitol hill, to the supreme court. where the supreme court will be hearing oral arguments on merrill v milligan, whether alabama's redistricting map violates the voting rights act. go online to c-span.org or download the free c-span now video app. we will continue with the calls. a republican caller from san diego, james. good morning. caller: good morning. my question is very simple -- anchor babies and dreamers. you had a guest on earlier that talked about spanish issues, but you never got around to anchor babies and dreamers.

they are all coming across the border today, most of them that are single are going to get married and have anchor babies. the babies that are coming across the street, or coming across now, are going to be called dreamers. nobody is talking about that. i will take your comments off air. guest: birthright immigration and border security -- there are a couple of issues in this. the border security issue is greater than what the caller is talking about, in the sense that most of the problems on the border are more, i would call it a national security, not just a border issue. the trafficking of drugs -- one dose of fennel could kill a 16-year-old down the block. that's coming through our southern border. often times via china and other places around the world. that has an impact on all 40 eight states in the continental united states, because it can make its way to wisconsin,

minnesota, maine, washington, you make -- name it. this is not just an issue for border states, it's an issue for all of us. it's not just drugs, we see firearms and tragically, many of the people that come here are part of human trafficking. whether they are being sold or connected themselves, or being forced to be involved in the drug cartel, firearms trade. there is a big misconception that the folks coming over are just trying to come over to work. most of the issues with people in the united states are people with expired visas, and that's another issue to deal with. i think we should have an effective, legal immigration system. we already legally have more than one million people come here every year. we have more foreign-born citizens than any nation in the world. the next closest country is four times fewer than what we have.

we are a welcoming country when people come here legally. it's a great reminder to all of our friends who are woke on the left who say how awful america is. it's not awful, because more people come to america than any place around the world because they see we are the shining city on the hill, there are more opportunities than anywhere else in the world. it drives me crazy when people say america is awful, why would you live here -- no, one of our conferences, a week ago saturday, a woman defected from north korea, who could not believe how people talk down about the united states. she says what she had to go through in china, north korea, bulgaria, and making her way through south korea to the united date. legal immigration is important, particularly at a time when people are frustrated that there are not enough will to take jobs

here. it also means we need to get people off the public assistance in the united states. when he mentioned hispanic issues, i want to make it clear -- look at the congressional district won in texas near the border. overwhelmingly historically, for the last 50 years, a democrat district, overwhelmingly a hispanic district, the first mexican born now american citizen who is in the congress elected to that seat, that's an area where hispanic voters look at security and say no, we have a security issue along our border. we have to make this right. this is a threat to us and our families. i think hispanic voters are increasingly voting republican not just about the security issue, but that freedom and opportunity. giving people a chance to live their piece of the american dream and getting government out

of the way. the more people on the left try to tell them what to do and how to do it, versus those of us who are can -- conservative say hey, as long as you don't hurt anyone, do your own thing. host: iowa, line for democrats. you are on with governor walker. caller: yes. the national news, in the republican state of iowa, mollie tibbetts got murdered by a republican farmer. who was president at the time? donald trump. you republicans did not protect mollie tibbetts. that's my comment. thank you. guest: you kind of made my point. regardless of party, it's why we need to secure the border and have a legal immigration system that works.

it would make sure people who come into this country do not have pending legal issues, not just from mexico, but anywhere around the world. we want people -- you want to live the american dream and live by the same rules everyone lives by in america? we want that. we don't want people who are aligned with the criminal cartels pushing drugs around the world, but particularly on children and others here, or violent criminals outside of the united states. the caller made my point. host: as we are waiting for the supreme court to come in, i want to hear your thoughts on the expectations for the 2022, 2023 term of the supreme court. guest: i am obviously pleased with the court not because of

specific decisions, but because i think we are at a point, and there are times when i fully do not agree with every decision they make, but by and large, you have a court that is committed to upholding the constitution. when i was governor -- i took my appointments to the state supreme court, the state circuit court decision as important as anything else. as they show today, they last much longer than my time in office. people often ask as a conservative, do i have a litmus test, i said i do. simple things. men and women with integrity and people who understand the law. most importantly, people who understand the work role of the judiciary equipment in the constitution.

if they look at the laws and circumstances involving these cases, if they look at it under the context under the u.s. constitution and the state of wisconsin constitution and that is what we want at the federal level. we want justices and justices of the federal bench to uphold the constitution. i have seen some talk from some on the right, that is not the form of judiciary. that is the brilliance of our founders. the executive branch, legislative branch and the judicial branch. the judicial branch or supposed to be removed and instead should be looking at what the constitution said and upholding those laws enacted under the constitution. i think you got people committed to doing that.

i personally would love to have a term on it. i never served in office after more than 12 years. i think at the federal level i would go down in the supreme court. some started out on the right path and overtime start to develop more of their own personal beliefs. the court should uphold the constitution and of those laws fully enacted. host: we probably could do another three hour show. what do you think is a fair term limit for serving in congress, or a fair term limit supreme court justice? guest: in the u.s. and if you got 60 or terms. -- six year terms.

the supreme court does not run for office. they are nominated. i think it is a reasonable timing. i think it makes sense that people are not pressured by political interests. i do think it makes sense to limit that. -- and they get political pressure. i think the court should be remedied from any of that pressure. host: supreme court is getting ready to come in for the day. the young american foundation, on twitter you can find at yaf. thank you much for your time. that is going to do it for us this morning on "washington journal". we will be back here tomorrow

morning at 7 a.m. eastern. we now take you to capitol hill for the supreme court oral arguments getting ready to begin. >> the u.s. supreme court is meeting today for oral argument in merrill v milligan. the question of race in the drawing of congressional boundaries. we do expect this to get underway shortly. we will have live coverage when it begins on c-span. we will show you a portion of our "washington journal" yesterday when we get a preview of the upcoming supreme court cases -- where we get a preview of the upcoming supreme court cases.

>> this week there's going to be a important case on voting rights. that is going to be the first one tomorrow. in that case after the supporting courts nullified part of the button rights act. section two was taken on a renewed interest. they say that alabama is committed against its black citizens whenever it refused to create a like in majority black district in the state. that is going to be up on monday. that is a high-profile case heard one of the two voting right cases that the justices have already agreed to take to term. host: that is the only high-profile -- that is not the only high-profile case.

there are cases in michigan that are getting attention. guest: what is right. there are two cases challenging affirmative action. it is one of many cases that do put race at the forefront of this in court terms, not only as asked affirmative action case, but there is another case. we are going to be talking a lot about those affirmative action cases. host: the state largely retain its existing district and change is needed to equalize population. that was not good enough for the plaintiffs. section two voting rights acts required alabama to replace this map with a gerrymandered plan maximizing the which already -- majority minority districts. not all that guarantees maximum political success for some other others.