>> this morning a washington journal, we take your calls live and get your reaction to president biden's second state of the union address. from last night. washington journal starts now. >> i have come to fulfill my constitutional obligation. and here is my report. because the school of this nation is strong, the backbone of the nation is strong. because the people of the nation's strongest data be union is strong. [applause] ♪ host: two years into his presidency president joe biden gave his second state of the union address. used a constitutionally prescribed report on the nation to tout his accomplishments and

as many analyst noted this morning setting the stage for his likelihood of a campaign in 2024. they give for joining us it is february 8, 2023. we are asking for your reaction to the president's state of the union address. here are the lines to use for republican it is (202) 748-8001 republic -- democrats it is (202) 748-8000 ever independents (202) 748-8002 and you can also text us at text (202) 748-8003 and also post on our facebook and twitter. and we also have a response from

governor sarah huckabee sanders and a wide range of members of congress. but we are most interested in hearing from you of what you liked or disliked from what the president said. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. and for others (202) 748-8002 . and my coworker will be taking a look at the social media reaction and reaction to the presidents speech. we will start off with the numbers of how things went with president biden. good morning. >> good morning. there is a number of ways you can break down a state of the address. let's discuss the length of his address last night it was 72

minutes and that compares to 62 minutes last year. if you want to compare it to other presidents his state of the unions have been significantly shorter than former president trump. he was averaging a 79 minute state of the union address. and shorter than bill clinton's as well. 70 minutes and 30 seconds. but longer than ronald reagan and george h w bush. you can see that from the c-span numbers. when it comes to the presidents prepared remarks the number of mentions of different topics democrats mentioned six times in his statement and republicans 12 times china mentioned six times. president trump mentioned zero times. but a predecessor mentioned once . vladimir putin mention four times.

and taxes 17 times. inflation and infrastructure six times. january 6 mentioned twice. a couple of other metrics from the state of the union address from chad of fox news. biden was interrupted 100 times for applause over the course of the 72 minute. when it comes to what americans were googling, the top searched issues before and after of the state of the union address or the same. wages, social security, unemployment, and russia. those are the top issues in the google trend map that show you the issue that was the top issue search by the state -- by states before and after the address. and the amount of time that president biden took to get out of the chamber the former press secretary tweeted out yesterday as the state of the union came to an end.

thoughts and prayers to the staffers trying to move joe biden out of one of his favorite places. of course president biden being former senator biden. it was c-span's jeremy who clocked in at 19 minutes and 58 seconds for joe biden to depart the house chamber last night. bill: it was a quarter of amount of the time for him to get out of the chamber as he did for his speech. and you can call in. we want to remind you we will play the president's comments this morning but all of the speeches available online at c-span.org. do you much the entire speech on their as well as the directions last reactions to yesterday. that's on our website or on our free mobile app c-span now. one of the headlines from the state of the union last night biden gop battle in the state of

union and. let's go to a democrat in new york. good morning. caller: good morning, bill. it was fantastic. he did a great job. he talked about race, vets, cancer, who talked about health care, roe v. wade, ukraine, china, russia, he said it all. i'm so proud to be an american. i wanted to let everybody know that. and i kinda felt bad for mccarthy having to silence of the people talking. the narcissist there. other than that it was fantastic and thank you and god bless america. host: our next caller is from new york independent line. good morning to you.

caller: i thought it was good. but his talk was low-cut on domestic. [indiscernible] in russia. he did not want to talk about the chinese and the fact of the matter is he has not said a word about turkey and syria. [indiscernible] that means the united states in a sense does not want to [indiscernible] what i was surprised is that he said the economy crashes, but i know he said for the next 10 years that oil is in the business. so how's it shut down of oil production you could at least

[indiscernible] domestic saying we are a green leader in the country. he should not have done that because [indiscernible] inflation. but i am shocked that he did not say what will be the endgame and up until now why he keeps quiet. so i think it is because i am living back home [indiscernible] [indiscernible] i don't know but i'm surprised he said some of the things he did. host: that's right independent line. republican line is open (202) 748-8001 .

and ryan, hello there. caller: hello good to be on this morning. i watched the speech a couple times over and thought that it was very well done. he did not drone on for like trump did and he didn't disengage from the crowd like some presidents have done before. mccarthy, to his credit, he has calmed down a little bit since he took speakership because he's not campaigning for it anymore. and it was a good strategic move. with all respect to -- the other callers there are other issues and the rest of the world right now there's a lot of focus on

right here. at home. host: biden talked about the creation of new jobs in his speech last night let's listen. pres. biden: the story of americans is of progress and resilience. always moving forward, never giving up. we are the only country that has emerged from every carcasses we've ever entered stronger than we got into it. look, that is what were doing exam. two years ago the economy was reeling a stand here tonight with the help of many people in this room 12 million new jobs more jobs created in two years than any president has created in four years because of you all. the american people. [applause] two years ago -- [applause]

two years ago covid shut down our businesses were closed and schools were robbed of so much. today covid no longer controls our lives. two years ago democracy faces threats of civil war though bruised our democracy remains unbowed and unbroken. [applause] host: a couple comments this morning as we get your reaction to the presidents the last -- speech last night. jose says i did not bother watching i had to monitor some paint as it dries. -- republicans do not want normal they want crazy 2024. (202) 748-8001 is the line for democrats. -- for republicans.

(202) 748-8000 democrats. (202) 748-8002 independent. caller: i want to say that president biden has opportunity to unify our country and he failed. what he said about social security and medicaid that republicans were trying to cut it and other things that were false. i think you should have apologized for many of the failed accomplishments in the administration. if you go to grocery stores and gas stations americans are struggling to pay for bills and gas. at the end of the day i think you should apologize that he was not able to deliver on the offices you made when he was doing -- when he was elected. host: next is martin on the

independent line in homeland, michigan. caller: i'm curious 80 years all he seemed very energetic and nobody is discussing wondering what type of meds were given to him to present such energy up there in front of congress. i'm kind of curious about that because usually the code gone tired he can't even answer a couple questions -- he is so dog gone tired that he can't even answer a couple questions. but nobody questions him about it but that is not normal for him. host: next is lindeville massachusetts on the democrat line. good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to say that when i voted for joe biden i voted to defeat trust. that was my only goal at the

time but after the state of the union ici made a good decision. -- i see i made a good decision. i know he's an old man and he may have some speech impediments but i am proud to have him as a president. host: how he reacted last night does it bode well for him holding up on the campaign trail in 2024? caller: that remains to be seen. he is older and i'm like everyone else i would like to see a younger man and there, but i think he's doing a good job. really. he said a lot of things he had to go through covid and we have a war going on over there. there's a lot more going on then people want to realize or give him credit for. host: clues hear from republican line in south dakota. john, go ahead.

caller: i saw biden's address last night and i personally don't think he knows what he's doing. he brought up certain topics and he brought them up but we did not say what he plans on doing for keeping the border security. i believe he should not be in office anymore area host: this is the front page of u.s. today their headline. biden forges ahead with the new -- with a new urgency. prizes and for paul's abound -- prizes and pitfalls abound in chapter three of his presidency. his state of the union address signaled more than a new year. it will come a different presidency. in midst global pandemic and turmoil is first two years were marked as far-reaching since the new deal. with a massive infrastructure

bill with the biggest investment in climate legislation in history. that almost certainly will not be the story of his second two years in office when even the most basic act of government paying off -- that's and secured. -- ahead there's less legislation and more investigation by congress. and an expected reelection bid that starts with biden holding a dismal approval rating and little public confidence in his ability to lead. on the infrastructure bill here is the president from last night. [applause] pres. biden: we used to be number one in the world and infrastructure we sunk to number 13. the united states of america 13th. but now we are coming back because we came to pass the bipartisan infrastructure law. the largest law -- the largest

law since the new -- [applause] pres. biden: already we have funded over 20,000 projects including major air force. projects that will put thousands of people to work rebuilding highways and bridges and railroads, tunnels, airports, ports, tunnels, high-speed internet all across america. urban, rural, tribal. and we are just getting started. [applause] and i mean this sincerely. i want to thank my republican friends who voted. and my recoded -- my republican friends who voted against it as well. but i am still ask to fund the projects in those districtss well. do not worry i promised i would be a president for all americans .

we will find these projects. and i will see you at the groundbreaking. host: more from the president and reaction on the washington journal and the washington examiner this morning their headline this morning and read let me finish the job biden met with tears as he makes pitch to voters. (202) 748-8000 democrats, (202) 748-8001 republicans. (202) 748-8002 independence. we have a call from new hampshire up next. caller: i think you did great. he took the best of bernie sanders and cut the legs out from under the capitalist agenda. and this is nothing new for joe

biden. i've been watching him for years. i thought it was great. and as john kennedy said, we have nothing to fear but fear itself. biden's attitude i believe really brought that home to us host: ok to pennsylvania next. eric republican line. caller: he did a wonderful job as a president going out that republican leader mccarthy was a bottle out there and the rest of his colleagues were fake republicans they are so fake and phony i hate the way they always want to cut everything for the poor and not help us. tell the republican party they need to go to hell.

host: minnesota independent line let's hear from ryan. caller: hey how's it going? i did not watch it last night but i caught up on the news this morning with watching you guys. the reason i started re-watching this is because whether it is republican or democrat, they do not ask each other they just have a forum for going after each other whether it is trump going after democrats or now biden. the biggest thing i'm disappointed in with joe biden as an independent is you seem to be rational and levelheaded for most of his time in the senate. he would take positions on the right and left. he seemed more pragmatic. but i voted for obama and john kerry. but i'm disappointed with where the democratic party has gone.

and going so far to the left. i just wish we could have a president who was more separate. but i do not think in today's world of reactionary media trying to get views and clicks can happen -- that it can happen anymore. it is depressing. but that is what i had to say. host: our next caller from california. caller: i thought he did great. his speech was optimistic which is what the country needs at this time. we've been through a lot. my big take away was that he got republicans to agree to not cut social security and medicare. actually ran in my mother's bedroom and told her that. when it happened we were both so happy. i was surprise the big difference that you saw between

the democrats and republicans -- the republicans wouldn't even applaud infrastructure. i didn't understand where they were coming from last night. i thought joe biden did great and getting republicans to agree to not cut medicare and social security made my household very happy last night. host: we go to the next caller from arkansas. caller: good morning and good morning america. thank you for taking my call. i was thinking last night when i heard the president. he got 100 applause, and to me, it was just like when i was a child and i went through the sears catalog.

of course i am a baby boomer, but you know, it is like every page i would see something that i wanted. and, you know, i thought my parents had an unlimited supply of money and everything i checked on this year's catalog they would get for me. but we have to come to reality. we do not have the funds to keep on like this. i mean, america has to grow up. and i sure appreciate you letting me spew off like this. thank you for hearing me. host: of course. this is a caller from arkansas from democrat. arkansas online their governor sarah huckabee sanders gave a response last night the headline this morning in the arkansas democrat the arkansas governor sarah huckabee sanders rails

against biden and leans into cultural issues in the state of the union response. we will show you that in a bit. in addition to her comments, our colleague spent about an hour on the floor of the statuary hall last night as we do after each state of union hearing from members and new republican member kevin kiley from california had to say this about the president's call it -- comments and his concern about the crisis. >> tell us a little bit about your experience on the committee and what you heard from tonight's speech when it deals with justice and legal issues. >> the judiciary committee has a broad scope of issues it deals with but it is an important committee with dealing with the fentanyl crisis. i am glad the president use the platform of the state of union to bring attention to what is going on. it is ravaging communities across the country. then dear dear family who lost

their fun to fentanyl poisoning years ago and have been working tirelessly to raise awareness to other families who had to go through what they did. i'm glad that the president recognize that a huge part of the problem is what is going on with the border if he can follow-up his words with action and take action to secure the border that falls under the judiciary committee. it will bring accountability to those getting this poison and preying on young people. this is now the leading cause of death of young people in the country. they need to be held accountable and that is what we will be doing with our committee. host: all the speech and reactions are available on our website at c-span.org and also on the free mobile app c-span now. we will continue to take your calls and comments. we take kathy from florida. caller: high, -- hello, this is kathy from the stupid state.

i think joe biden did good. he put up with all the criticism before the thing started and i think as far as state of union speeches go, he was excellent. host: delroy in ohio -- delroy, ohio it is dean on the democrat line. caller: hello i am happy to hear him mention the outlandish profits of the oil companies in the last year. and as far as i am concerned, when the republicans and democrats go to cut the budget which definitely needs done, they can start off with the federal subsidies to those oil companies. and to all the people that are googling topics from last night, google federal subsidies given to oil companies and to the coal industry. number two, i want to shout out to the hispanic and latino republican members of congress

who now want the door shut to immigration after they got in here. thank you. host: we hear from stephanie a republican caller from cincinnati. welcome. caller: hello. i am in ohio. how are you doing? i am so -- host: stephanie listen to your phone and turn down your television to listen to our comments. you are on the air. caller: i am so happy to see everyone coming together and seeing a vision is one. i feel -- as one. i feel like the president put everything into perspective tonight. host: just a reminder calling on the phone line that best represents your point of view.

that would be republicans (202) 748-8001 , democrats (202) 748-8000 independents (202) 748-8002 you can also text us at texts (202) 748-8003. george is up online from tennessee. caller: yes, am i on? host: yes, go ahead. caller: i was sort of stuck between the age thing. people better wise up. because i thought the man was right on spot and spot on with everything he done last night. and my dad was 97 years old when he died. i am not even 80 yet 85 he was as clean and clear as you can get. and if you look at joe biden. his mother she is hitting 100 i suppose.

the age thing is totally out of the question if a republican had done one third of what he has been able to do people would be cheering and screaming. i think the age thing is bothering a lot of people and they may as well just get off of that because that is not a problem at all. but i do not think the man, i do not think he can be around forever, that is for certain. but he did a wonderful job last night and like i say, i think he was spot on. host: as we pointed out earlier in the hour with the president's speech last night going 72 minutes this is his third address to the congress in his presidency. he had an unofficial address in the state of union and this is his second state of the union address. and this is the opinion from politico this morning why biden's speech worked. is the headline. the piece by jeff greenfield

says here's an opening line i did not expect to write an hour or so ago president joe biden gave a pretty good state of the union address. in did a -- indeed, one of the better ones i heard. what made it work is not just biden was in a buoyant spirit within energy that is often lacking, but it is clearly a political speech with a clear political goal that biden is a guy on your side going after the big boys flourishing at your expense. clearly the most dramatic portion of the speech was when he talked about the killing of tyre nichols at the hands of a memphis police at his parents looked on from the health balcony and his biden -- as he put it is mother saying something good will come from this. the highlight reels also included biden's moving words about a cancer moonshot and a feisty give-and-take one that biden speech clearly invited with republicans who did not follow kevin mccarthy's guidance to be polite. but other moment stood out to me. you can hear more from

politico.com. and we have kevin joining us from hawaii. up early or late. ted, go ahead. caller: thank you for digging my call. i appreciated now i am in the middle of the ocean but i growth in washington state. i love the speech and i thought he was right on. many of the republican callers have noted that. i appreciate what he is trying to do. he's is putting himself out there for us, the people of america. he could have better things to do, but we need him and he knows it. i am glad to hear what reaction people are calling in. i applaud it. hurrah. hurrah. host: we have james on the republican line in arizona. you are next. caller: yes, good morning. how are you guys today? host: doing well, thank you.

caller: i have one major issue with any of this. my issue is basically i think is going to resonate with an awful lot of people. i live 30 miles from that border straight line distance probably 12. over the mountain and i am in mexico kind of thing. he did mention the border issue or whatever, but talking about it and securing it are two entirely different things. there's enough into an all being found in our area to kill everybody in this country. and he -- he just does not seem to give a rat about what it will take to stop this. we have cartels that run this place in mexico.

we have cartels that are pursuing trafficking. and instead of touting his own horn and stuff like that, when will he do something about this border issue? and that is my only comment. really. i thought he did a good job with the speech, but action will speak louder than words. host: how much do you think the president in his comments last night calling on congress to act do you want the president to act. what would you like to see them do to get done, what would you like for congress to get done as far as the border is concerned? caller: we need the border secured. right now it is wide open and it is not just in texas people are crossing the border it is in arizona, california, new mexico. i do not know what the solution is, but we cannot continue to go down this road. host: we appreciate your call

with the president last night speaking also and mentioned in the story read from politico earlier the killing of tyree with nichols -- tyre nichols with the hands allegedly by the police in memphis. this is the president recognizing his parents in the gallery last night. pres. biden: joining us tonight are the parents of tyre nichols. welcome. [applause] pres. biden: they had to bury tyree last week. as many of you personally know, there is no words to describe the heart ache or grief of losing a child. imagine if you lost a child at the hands of the law. imagine having to worry whether

your son or daughter came home from walking down the street playing in the park or driving a car. most of those in here have never had to have the talk, the talk, the brown and black parents have had have with their children. with my children i never had to have a talk with them and tell them if a police officer pulls your over, turn your interior lights on right away. don't reach for your license. keep your hands on the steering wheel. imagine having to worry like that every single time your kid got in a car. here is what tyree's mother shared with me when i spoke to her and i ask her how she finds the courage to carry on and speak out. she said the faith in god and she said her front -- son was a beautiful soul and something

good will come from this. imagine how much courage that takes. it is up to all of us we all want the same thing. neighborhood street violence, law enforcement earns the community's trust, just as every pin on the badge has a right to go home at night, so does everyone else out there. our children have a right to come home safely. [applause] pres. biden: equal protection under the laws of covenant that we have with each other in america. we know police officers put their lives on the line every single night and day. we know we asked them in many cases to become social workers, psychologists responding to drug overdoses, and all health crisis, and more. in one sense we ask too much of

them. i know most cops and their families are good decent, honorable people the vast majority. they risk -- [applause] pres. biden: and they risk their lives every time they put that shield on. but what happened to tyree in memphis happens too often, we have to do better. give law enforcement the real training they need. hold them to higher standards. help them succeed in keeping us safe. we also need more first responders and professionals to address the until health substance abuse challenges. [applause] pres. biden: more community intervention programs more investment in housing, education, and job training. all of this can help prevent violence in the first place.

host: spending the entire program on the washington journal of his morning hearing from you and your thoughts and reaction to the president's state of the union address. the lines to call republicans (202) 748-8001 democrats (202) 748-8000 independents (202) 748-8002 hearing from the president this morning from last nights speech also hearing from members of congress. we will show you the official republican response from last night as well. as a reminder, you can see all of it at c-span.org and on our our mobile app c-span now. comments on twitter saying biden told every democrat exactly what they wanted to hear, but what he told them is not necessarily the truth. mike says it was great to hear the president doubled down on the basics of fdr democrats working for the workers and consumers. he embrace the real it'll of a party which is unapologeticly

fight left. helen says it was pugnacious quick to quarrel or argue. the caller -- true for me as well as thought he was great. it was nice to see the president who is excited for republican projects to break ground with them and a president that is for all americans. the next caller from ohio. caller: thank you for taking my call. i thought the speech was wonderful. i'm a democrat through and through i could never be a republican but if i did vote for them i would vote for santos. i'm not sure where to go with this, also with the tyree thing, that was really touching. i think we need to stand up and wear purple and document all police stocks and be willing to put this kid in the game.

do you have any questions for me? host: thank you for calling and maria. this is one of the headlines this morning the milwaukee journal state of union recap biden tells americans economy roaring back and sparse with republicans over debt. that is from the milwaukee journal sentinel. and keeping an eye on the president's rebels and we start in wisconsin today with john. good morning. guest: it is the original host state of the union address and min kim said biden harris cabinet officials will barn storm 20 states the next week as they did the post they to be union bit. one of the white house press release goes into the president's actual travel today and tomorrow. he will be in madison area of wisconsin today and discuss the

white house economic plan how it is creating good union paying jobs and delivering real results for the american people. thursday he will travel to florida and discuss his plan to strengthen social security and medicare and lower health costs. the president story on the president travels delves into the cabinets travels. vice president kamala harris will be in the atlantic -- alanna area to promote -- atlanta area to promote his energy initiatives. and there will be another in tennessee for the manufacturing. and another secretary will be in carolina. cardona will tour and omaha nebraska high school and discuss lowering education cost with students. and that is just today. early events planned in the coming week here.

republican members responding to the president's post-state of the union travel plans including a member that the president -- focused some of his remarks on rick scott a republican senator from florida starting his tweet yesterday saying that the president once again lies about republicans trying to cut social security and medicare. that is the one that was released when he was in this innate campaign committee. he went on to say here is my ad running tomorrow to welcome joe to florida. he is a tax cheat and he needs to resign. here is the ad. [no audio] ♪ >> joe biden cut 280 billion

dollars from medicare and we know there are 80,000 new irs agents but what you do not know is that he also cheated on his taxes and got away with it. he probably used a loophole to dodge half $1 million in taxes that should have gone and medicare. biden has now ripped off medicare for half $1 million he wants to close the loop and raise your taxes. i'm rick scott biden should resign in approved this message. host: the ad as joe mccarthy pointed out from former republican senator rick spot -- rick scott with president biden making his travel plans in madison, wisconsin as john mentioned. we continue with your calls and comments on the president addressed to the state of the union. on the independent line we have david from massachusetts reporting. -- massachusetts good morning. caller: good morning. if you go and watch the parliament and else in common in

england babe and cheer constantly just everyday not during this age like this. it's funny how people get upset about them doing this and that they been doing it for years. second of all, i would not trust anything the president has said about the border, health care, anything because he does not defend the unborn. thank you. host: makes at this rate in michigan. republican kohler. -- republican caller. caller: yes i'm most concerned about the border. he is running up the deficit. i cannot believe he stood up there and talked as long as he did and life for an hour and a half but i commend the people that wrote the speech for him. it really was a good speech, but i do not think he's going to remember tomorrow what he read. but back to the border. if you go to vacation in mexico,

you have to have proper papers. i thought they let everybody else walk across. if you go to canada, and have -- you have to have proper papers to go over it now we have illegals coming in through canada. is anybody just don't care. is there government even working? there's thousands of people working in that white house and everyone of them, i think should be replaced. there government has fell apart. host: close hear from joan on the democrat line from new york. caller: yes, good morning. i totally feel that biden stood up there and lied, and wind, and lied, where has he been for the last three years? the country did not get into the state that it did by accident

someone did it. the border or the grass -- gas prices or anything else that is wrong in the country. i think he should be impeached. thank you. host: next in detroit independent line this is tony your thoughts on the state of the union. caller: hello, good morning. host: good morning. caller: i like joe biden. of course. he's been in politics for over 50 years. that means he knows what he knows. now, i hear these people calling and talking about joe biden lying when donald trump gave tax cuts to people who did not need the money. and told thousands of lies every day just like we have a real short attention span and we only remember what we want to. truth be told, is the country is

always going to fight for itself regardless. and good we will always prevail over people. thank you and god bless america. host: this is a roll call from lindsay mitford saying even biden's unity agenda could be tough going that is the headline to her pieces morning she writes joe biden understands he will have to juggle different priorities from a divided congress and manages a new handful of requests from lawmakers. he was more about the laws he and the previous congress acted -- enacted then what he hopes to do in the future. but he still laid out some policies he hopes that the divided congress will address. among those most achievable are the proposals that he calls his unity agenda. that includes providing housing assistance to veterans, enacting a universal cap on out-of-pocket

insulin cost, where resources on cancer research, expanding their recent mental health laws, and combating the opioid pandemic -- epidemic. c-span and other members of the media stay afterwards to speak with senators. here is there republican senator of missouri his comments about social media. >> we need to take on social media and we need to start by putting an age restriction you should be 16 years old at least to open a social media account i say this -- as a father of three children it would give every parent in america some sense of security and protection that parents can count on. and google should be broken up and meta and facebook should be broken up and other tech companies. there is bipartisan support they are let's protect kids and parents. i hope we see progress there. the company monopolies are

anticompetitive. i am a premarket guy in the way make market competitive is you break up monopolies. and by the way they are treating our kids is a giant folk -- socialist pyramid -- social experiment. >> de have anything that he said that you agree on? >> i think the caps on prescription insulin prices is absolutely right. and i would like to hear about american chinese -- relations. and blocking chinese from buying american land. and there is may be some room to cooperate. host: that was republican senator josh coley last night hearing your reaction to the speech we go to the republican line to hear from kevin in loreto. caller: -- kevin in florida. caller: good morning for take -- thank you for taking my call.

it is a shame the country cannot do better than what it has. i would look for them to sit there and be on a lie detector. there would be a red light in front of joe biden looking like a fire truck coming down the road. he created the border crisis. i'm not a trump guy but it was the best we could get over hillary at the time. now that we are here it is a shame because both republicans and democrats are good people, but he is a pathetic liar and horse faced behind him was just amazing. they cannot get anything straight and they lie to the social security. it's not going to be taken from us retirees. as a retired 40 your executive, the worst thing i saw in management is when someone cannot admit when he is wrong. biden cannot admit when he is wrong and victim rats cannot

admit they put the wrong man in. i see why they went in the same way we did because they did not like trump but we have a real process -- problem with the president that cannot tell the truth. he is an example like many others that term limit should be in place. thank you for taking my call. host: our next caller from mississippi. democrat line. caller: good morning on wanted to say a couple things i want to talk fast. one of the things is about the border i am trying to understand is all the technology -- with all the fit and all that is coming across the border -- with all the drugs that are coming across the border, i am not sure about what happened to the drug task force undercover drug scenes and things they would do years ago where they would follow them and let them come through and set up these things and follow the drugs to see where that is actually going and

who is buying it. because no one in the irving community has a million dollars to pay for the drugs coming through. this is a billion-dollar business so somebody has this kind of money in the country to be buying the drugs when they come through. and another thing i wanted to say is that you have a lot of people that vote republican, that is fine, but you always want the democrats to fight for benefits, social security, medicare and all of your disabilities. you don't mind maxine waters getting in somebody's face when she is fighting for your benefits and medicare social security. i also want to say i got a check in the mail the other day and it was from the high end capital some kind of credit thing for $100 i said what is this for? as i cap reading i called the people and they said it was some kind of investigation that went on with the credit bureau. and listen to president biden

who did an excellent job by the way talking about how they are now going after the companies who are taking advantage of consumers. i realize i got a check in the mail the other day from an investigator. so he is doing an excellent job. the administration is doing an excellent job area vaccine waters stay with it and keep going. that is all i have to say. thank you. host: next is william on the independent line in wisconsin. caller: thanks. good morning. i am replying to the caller from florida who accused biden of lying. i think it is very ironic we had a previous president who applied not just for the last six years, but his life constantly we are still worried about biden lying that we have forgotten how much trump has lied to the american people. and continues to live. and i thought it is a lot of courage but -- courage for biden

last night to talk about the police situation. he was anti-police. he is pro-police. and he wants all of us to take responsibility for behavior. and thank you. god bless. host: we have a caller in leadville, maryland. where is love bill? caller: it is down here in st. mary's county it is a great place. host: great go ahead with your comment. caller: percival as a republican i would like to say i thought it was unprofessional with all the heckling and comments being shouted out there. all due respect to my guy we do not live in england. the second thing i got here is we were talking about the chips

ranked number one and we are now in number 13. but hey, he was there. i guess the other thing is the weapons ban he calls for assault weapons ban. they were just in there two years and he did not do it. we certainly do not have votes now to do it. a lot of hot air there i thought. i guess he gave good advice but if you get pulled over by police, turn your dome light on and keep your hands on the steering wheel and such. probably a good idea do not act a fool with somebody that pulls you over. that is just common sense. and fentanyl was the border situation the last thing i wanted to comment about. if it was me i would put military down there to do whatever i had to do to stop this because if we had soldiers over there in ukraine and they

were dying at the rate these people are dying of the overdoses, man, you would really hear it. thank you for taking my call. host: sure we hear from renee on the democrat line in massachusetts. caller: yes, good morning. i would just like to say i think joe biden did a great job last night. i think he has a great president 100% better than what we had in there previously and i think it is very disrespectful of the republicans to be heckling and acting like a bunch of fools up there. i watch them every day in the house they cannot pass a law and they are useless people they are disrespectful and kevin mccarthy was sitting there smirking have the time he did not get up to stand or clap. it is a disgrace with the republican party and it has become -- i have -- i never want to be a republican. thank you for taking my call. host: throughout the morning in

the program we are hearing from you most importantly. republicans (202) 748-8001 democrats (202) 748-8000 independents (202) 748-8002 checking in on reaction and social media and what the house is taking up. perhaps joe mccarthy not coincidentally taking up an oversight hearing on the hunter biden laptop story. tell us more about that. >> the focus in the house chamber last night was president biden and today it will be his son hunter biden. this is the associated press hearing -- headline about the hearing that is held in the house. x twitter executives face gop questioning on hunter biden. cnn with the story focusing on the three twitter executives. we will be divining those today. including the chief officer of

twitter. and that is the one journalist met after writing his review of the company's internal communications for the twitter files area he said it paid a key role in answering that near post story on hunter biden. back before the 2020 election. others who republicans have called to testify the former deputy general counsel of twitter and the global head of trust and safety of twitter area those are the republican witnesses and dim attic witness. we have a former twitter employee and whistleblower who played a heavy role in the strategy. she contends -- he testified during january 6 can -- select committee hearing that she was heavily critical of twitter's

strategy for handling trump's tweet. there will be an lot of focus they are today. that hearing takes place at 10:00 a.m. eastern and you can watch it on c-span two. and you can watch it at c-span.org and on the free c-span now video app at 10 a.m. eastern. and from billy helps of bloomberg today, the focus on upcoming republican efforts to highlight hunter biden, this from his tweets of yesterday. jim jordan who chairs the judiciary committee a different committee in the house and intelligence chair mike turner sent letters early this week on monday to 12 former that they are also digging into the hunter biden laptop story of the prepare for today's hearing. he goes on to tweet that the letters to former cia director brennan, former dni clapper and others seek transcribed interviews and other information substantiating their positions in an october 2020 group statement that publicly implied

that news reporting about hunter biden was a product of russian disinformation. today's hearing certainly doesn't look like it will be the last time that republicans focus on hunter biden. host: appreciate that. more to come and more comments from's we will show you some of the reaction from the official republican response from sarah huckabee sanders, a governor of arkansas. continuing with your calls, josephine on the independent line and your reaction to the president's speech. go ahead. caller: good morning. i really did enjoy his speech, i didn't expect to, but i did. it has substance, which i appreciate. i was disappointed in greene saying the president was a liar regarding the information on a's attorneys. all she had to do was -- it

wasn't the republican party, just the repose of -- proposal, and it wasn't a lie, she just doesn't know what she's doing. people have short memory. thank you. host: just a quick look here at some of the papers that are reporting that the speech last night, the washington post, their headline in their paper edition, biden mixes bipartisanship and defiance. palmetto, florida is up next. it is mike on the independent line. caller: good morning, thank you for taking my call. just to point i would like to make. i think it is a big facade. people are talking about trump lying. just get over that because biden

is our president, that is who we have to focus on. two lies don't make a right. the second thing is the 10 million is this application, small business applications. the situaion is 99% of statistics are meant for whatever that individual or group wants to mean. i know too many young people who are working two or three jobs. they have to get a side job to pay. i know a mother that has two children working diligently, but she's not making it. what she has to do is she has to get another job. i hope everyone understands that just because someone says something investigative, those are the two comments i would like to make and then like to wish everybody a great day and a

better tomorrow and thank you for taking my call. host: marilyn, democrat line. -- maryland. caller: thank you for taking my call. last night i thought president biden did a good job in terms of the preparation of his speech, the delivery. one of the things i find troublesome when people call in is just how they name call. whether it is democrats or republicans, we are all americans at the end of the day. i served my country in the navy for 10 years. we have to get better at being more -- coming together as americans because we have enemies out there who are plotting. the infighting that we've been doing between democrats, republicans, that is the stuff

we have to stop. that is what is concerning to me as a 55-year-old male who served his country. we have to become more united. host: what do you think the role is of both the president who have taught -- who has talked about maga republicans and republicans last night who from the floor of the house call the president a liar? what is the role of members of congress and the president, our government, in setting the example in terms of the name-calling your criticizing? caller: what you bring to the table is exactly true. calling maga republicans, the name-calling i think, if we could stop. both sides. i think that would help bring the country together. for example, if we are having a

conversation like me and you right now, and as soon as i saying name, callout your name or make fun of you, that conversation, nobody wants to listen. if we can eliminate the name-calling, even if we disagree with one another, we can listen and respect one another and show dignity, i think that will help a long way. we've got young people who are watching us. that is why young people are disrespectful to their parents and their teachers. they see how we act out in public. that is all i have to say, thank you for the question. host: appreciate your comments. the president paying homage to the longest-serving leader in the u.s. senate, mitch mcconnell, and also to the outgoing speaker, nancy pelosi, whose husband was in the gallery last night as well. president biden talking about that and also criticizing the

rise in political violence he sees in the country. president biden: folks, there is one reason why we've been able to do all of these things. our democracy itself. with democracy, everything is possible. without it, nothing is. the last few years our democracy has been threatened and attacked, put at risk, the test in this very room on january 6. and then just a few months ago, a big lie unleashed political violence to the speaker about the representatives. using the very same language the insurrectionists used as they stocked these holes and chanted on january 6. right in this chamber is a man who bears the scars of this brutal attack but is as tough and resilient as they get, my

friend paul pelosi. paul, stand up. [applause] there is no place for political violence in america. we have to protect the right to vote, not suppressed that fundamental right. honor the results of our elections. we have to restore trust in our institutions and democracy. we must give hate and extremism in any form no safe harbor. [applause] president biden: democracy must not be a partisan issue. it is an american issue. every generation of america has

faced, been called to protect our democracy, stand up and defend it. this is our moment. my fellow americans, we meet tonight at an inflection point. one of those moments in only a few generations for the direction we now take its going to decide the course of this nation for decades to come. host: washington journal this morning hearing from you, your reaction to that speech last night. going to georgia and the independent line with wendy. caller: i watched the speech last night. i've got to make two points. i tried calling last night, but i couldn't get in. the first point, when he was speaking about having to give the talk to his children, basically i'm guessing because they are white. my mom never had to give me the talk.

i was in the car with her and we were surrounded by six police officers with guns drawn. i was five years old. my mom had to keep her hands on the steering wheel and on the roof of the car. and the car was still in drive, so her foot was on the brake, i'm so glad my three-year-old brother in the backseat didn't wake up and jump around because i think we would have been shot. my mother was and is a white woman. i'm not, i am mixed. my father is black, my mother is white. i just wanted to make that point right there because he started talking about hate and extremism. it is not just black people who are having problems with the police. and yes, it does need to be performed. but i am tired of them only pointing out that it is only a

person of dark skin that has a problem with police. that is not the case. i just really needed to make that point. host: john in orlando, florida, go ahead. caller:caller: thanks for taking my call. one, your callers seem to think that the republicans have disrespected the president by calling him a liar. the fact of the matter is the man has lied more than the past president. i'm not going to mention any names, but you compare the two administrations, and there is no comparison. you look at the state of this country today and that is because of joe biden and his administration. that is the first point. the point about trump and his administration, everything was positive policies to this

country. all you have to do is look at the results. and my second point is that i watched c-span3 and donald trump's final address to the nation, and i watched nancy pelosi. she disrespected him in every manner she could. ripping up his speech at the end on tv, and you have people calling up and talking about how mitch mcconnell acted? i thought he had a lot of respect. i think he made his point clear when he disagreed with some of the anger that were being spoken and i thank you very much for taking my call. host: next up is mark in tampa, florida. democrat line, go ahead. caller: good morning. i thought the president and a good job with his speech last night. i thought he had an optimistic outlook for the country and that is something that you don't

really -- if anyone saw sarah huckabee, the governor's response from arkansas, she was so pessimistic and some negative. talking about how she didn't want to work with democrats. and biden was not like that at all. we need immigration reform. republicans have this talking point that the border is closed, biden is not doing anything. that is not the reality. biden has proposed extra money at the border for more border guards, more asylum judges. republicans have cut that down. and we know that we need more people at the border. we need the republicans to lend a hand.

the talking point, i guess right wing media is convincing these people that our borders are wide open or some and, i'm sure people can go on one of the channels on c-span and there is an immigration reform committee meeting where a democrat asked the chief of patrol if since biden got in office, did the border guards start doing anything different? did they open the border, was it open? there was two of them there and they both said no, nothing has changed, we are doing the same thing. and they are. and on the same note, another talking point of these immigrants ringing over all of this -- these criminals. i think that is to scare people against immigrants. but the data from border patrol itself is 85% of the people who come across the border come across through legal ports of entry, brought over by americans.

i'm sure there is just so much going through that it is tough to catch it all. i would like to see more funding for enforcement there possible. it takes two parties to come together and i think the republicans need to step up on that. host: that border hearing was held yesterday, a house committee yesterday held that hearing. that is available at c-span.org. some of the reaction, republicans turn themselves into props for biden and a picture of georgia representative marjorie taylor greene on the floor of the u.s. house during the speech last night who shouted out to the president particularly with his comments about social security and medicare. president biden: my admin attrition has cut the deficit by more than $1.7 trillion. the largest deficit reduction in american history. [applause] during the previous administration, the american deficit went up four years in a row. because those record deficits,

no president added more to the national debt in 94 years in my predecessor. nearly 25% of the entire national debt that took over 200 years to accumulate as added by just one administration alone last month . those artifacts, check it out. -- are the facts. check it out. how did congress respond to that debt? they did the right thing, they lifted the debt ceiling three times without preconditions or crisis. they paid american bills to prevent an economic disaster from occurring. so tonight i'm asking the congress to follow suit. some of my republican friends want to take the economy hostage, i get it. unless i agree to the economic plans. all of you at home should know

with those plans are. instead of making than pay their fair share, some republicans want medicare and social security to sunset. >> [booing] >> anybody who doubt that, contact my office and i will give you a copy of the proposal. i'm glad to see it. i enjoy conversion. if congress doesn't keep the programs the way they are, they would go away. i'm not saying it is the majority of you. i don't think it is even a significant -- but is being proposed by individuals. i'm not naming them, but it is being proposed by some individuals. folks, the idea is that we are

not going to be moved into being threatened to default on the debt if we don't respond. [applause] so folks, as you all apparently agree, social security and medicare is off the books now, right? unanimity. social security and medicare are a lifeline for millions of seniors. americans have to pay into them from the very first paycheck they start. so tonight let's all agree to stand up for seniors. host: i guess you could say one

of the notable outburst moments in the state of the union last night. >> plenty of reaction to that from reporters in the room, members of congress. reaction continuing today. let me take viewers through some of it. this is scott of nbc news. most of the heckling is coming from marjorie taylor greene. liar, china is spying on us. and others are getting them the action too. he writes during to the union address, "while joe wilson took a lot of heat for shouting "you lie!" at obama in 2009, there are at least 10 or so incidents of republicans heckling biden tonight. this from manu raju saying that congressman bob good told me that he was one of the hecklers recall that president biden is a liar and said he deserved it for his comments about republicans, saying that they want cuts to social security and medicare. he said biden deserved it.

this from matt fuller saying it is amazing how far politics has fallen. noting again joe wilson shouting at obama in 2009, that was during a joint address, not the state of the union address. but after that, the house passed a resolution of disapproval and it was a huge deal. tonight, a bunch of republicans were yelling at biden. mtg called him a liar. he says it won't even register. from a few members of congress with their reaction to that, chris murphy, the senator from connecticut, saying if it felt uncomfortable to watch on tv as a bunch of members of congress act like blind, drunk hecklers at a basement comedy show, it felt 10x creepier in the chamber. what a disgrace, what a terrible example for our kids. this from the democrat from maryland, ivory taylor green doesn't know the difference between the stated the union address and the rocky horror picture show. she just showed everyone how ridiculous maga is and why did

she keep yelling liar at george santos? that wasn't nice. and this from adam kinzinger, a former republican congressman saying my fellow republicans, you really want this as a role model for your kids? do you really think the next generation will want to be a part of this? i don't. and that picture of marjorie taylor greene. marjorie taylor greene giving her own reaction to the state of the union address in a twitter video that she most that she found back in her office after the address last night. this is what she had to say. >> the state of the union with joe biden and part of the time we couldn't really understand what he was saying because he was yelling at people, yelling through the applause and mumbling through his words. some of the things that we did here didn't make any sense. joe biden claimed to care about the border and talk about fentanyl debts which is the number one cause of young people

ages 18-45, but yet has no plan to secure the border. we all know he doesn't care about the border because joe wants border wide open. that is the whole problem with joe. we also want to talk about mcdonald's noncompetitive fees. ladies and gentlemen, i don't hear anybody at home moaning about these terrible fights between different fast food companies. joe biden did talk a lot communism, though, and i think that is something that should concern every single american and every single business owner. i will tell you one thing joe biden did lie about. he didn't know when he was talking about a lot of the time but he did, frankly live. talking about republicans and social security and medicare. we have not talked about cutting social security and medicare. joe biden has been claiming that we are going to cut social security and medicare, but we are not. so we called him out on the house floor. i called him a liar because that is what joe biden is. either he doesn't know what he

is talking about or he is just flat out lying. the one thing he did not talked about was the one thing he should have talked about. he should have apologized to america for the chinese spy balloon that he allowed it traverse across our country, spy on the military bases, spy on our cities, spy on our entire country. they know about it on january 28, still allowing it to enter our airspace, spy on our country, never did a damn thing about it until it left our country on february 4. joe biden is weak. joe biden can stand up to china. joe biden cannot protect our country, he can protect our borders, and joe biden doesn't know anything he is talking about. that is the state of our union. host: marjorie taylor greene, her reaction to the stigma union last night. we are getting plenty more from members, plenty more from the president and the follow-up to the state of the union, and hearing from you. (202) 748-8001 is the line to

call for republicans. (202) 748-8000 free democrats. independents and others, (202) 748-8002. back to calls. we will hear from henry in new york. caller: good morning, how are you today? host: fine, thanks. how are you? caller: i'm ok, thank you. this morning, hearing republicans call up, democrats call love, independents call love, it is lies, lies, different lies. can we realize that all the politicians we put up there, they all lie at one point? we only see what they want us to see. they all do it. in regards to some of the callers calling up in regards to the heckling from republicans, both sides have been doing it. i can recall the president trump speech when nancy pelosi ripped up his papers. there was lots of heckling coming from the democrats and

nancy pelosi had better control to quiet them down. the last thing i want to say his last night the president said -- which by the way, i did not think was a bad speech -- that for the next 10 years, we are going to need oil and gas. when that was brought up, a lot of heckling from his own party, the democrats. do they still want to cut out all fossil fuels? the president doesn't realize we still need this. we can go cold turkey. i'd like to hear what you have to say about that and some of the other callers. thanks for taking my call and please have yourselves a good day, everybody. host: dan roos, republican line. -- baton rouge. caller: thank you for taking my call, i think you do a great job. there's a few things i want to say. the speech was, to me, terrible because of the lies.

and the second thing, we all just have to know that we are not better off now than we were two years ago. we all can say that, democrat or republican. that's the truth. the third thing is, when nancy pelosi tore up that speech, that will go down in history. so she started that door to be opened to the republicans speaking out and heckling or whatever you want to call it. but that is on her. we are not better off and this president has to go. bottom line, sorry, that is the truth. host: doreen from baton rouge. the headline, louisiana's republicans see state of the union differently. they are right louisiana republican congressional delegation voiced views contrary

to the economic success president joe biden touted in wide-ranging state of the union address that touched on many issues. "jobs are coming back, pride is coming back because of the choices we made in the last two years," biden said tuesday night. perhaps unsurprisingly, house majority leader steve scalise and louisiana's five republican representative and the two gop senators see it differently. "the state of the union is struggling under the weight of president biden's extremist agenda that is causing pain to hard-working families, scully said in the moments following the tuesday night speech." in the comment here from the one democratic representative from new orleans. for new orleans and baton rouge, troy carter, the louisiana congressional delegations only democrat, the highlight with the president confronting police brutality in a primetime annual speech watched by tens of millions of people. members of the congressional

black caucus invited family members of people killed while in police custody. up next is terry on the democrats line. go ahead. caller: yes, i thought the speech last night was dismal. it had all the impact of a butterfly landing on a weed. all of the gullibles are going to swallow it -- there was more lies last night than a golfer trying to play 36 holes in a rainstorm. host: we are going to move on to hear from lee on the independent line in rockville, maryland. caller: good morning. enjoying the show this morning. i have a comment on the sarah huckabee sanders response.

governor sanders has been in office for a whole two or three weeks. prior to becoming governor of arkansas, she was the press secretary for former president trump. and when she was press secretary to donald trump, she distinguished herself for telling really, really, really big lies, dishonesty as press secretary. the biggest of them all had to do what -- with james comey and the fbi. president trump got rid of james comey as the head of the fbi, which is his right. huckabee sanders told everyone

that she had received numerous emails, numerous text messages from fbi agents who supported james comey, when in fact she had done zero text messages with zero emails and zero phone calls about --. she is a real, accomplished liar. it is really very, very sad that republicans asked her of all people to respond to the state of the union. the state of the union speech was fine. republican response was a disgrace. to have a professional liar like huckabee sanders as the spokesperson for the republican party. host: this is a headline from the washington post this morning on that response.

arkansas governor sanders goes at "woke left" in gop response. she also talked about education policy she is introducing in arkansas. the official republican response to this end the union. >> down the street from where i sit is my alma mater. as a student there, i will never forget watching my dad, governor mike huckabee, and president bill clinton hold the doors open . doors that 40 years earlier had been closed to them because they were black. today, those children once barred from the schoolhouse are now heroes memorialized in bronze at our state house. i am proud of the progress our country is made. and i believe giving every child access to a quality education

regardless of race or income is the civil rights issue of our day. tomorrow, i will unveil an education package that will be the most far-reaching, bold conservative education reform in the country. my plan empowers parents with real choices, improves literacy and career readiness, and helps but a good teacher in every classroom i increasing their starting salary from one of the lowest to one of the highest in the nation. here in arkansas, and across america, republicans are working to end the policy of trapping kids in failing schools and sentencing them to a lifetime of poverty. we will educate not indoctrinate our kids, and put students on a path to success. it is time for a new generation to lead. this is our moment.

4 part of the speech last night from sarah huckabee sanders. all of her speech is available at our website. we had it well on our mobile app. we continue in the morning after the state of the union. the line for republicans, (202) 748-8001. (202) 748-8000 free democrats. independent and others, (202) 748-8002. your reaction, what did you hear, what did you like or dislike? some comments on social media here. republicans have been trying to get rid of medicare and social security ever since democrats brought it to this country. the democratic caller fails to understand what sunset legislation does. worthless crap doesn't survive the sunset. legitimate programs do. lucieann says president biden

was looking forward not backward. he laid out the things that were accomplished and looking forward to more things that will be a cumbersome the future that will make the country stronger. generally it was a great speech, but not goper reaction! and from william, sarah huckabee sanders gave a well-written middle school speech filled with adolescent grievances and no plan or vision for america other than a rearview mirror. biden offers a long list of bipartisan accomplishments, specific goals and simply asks gop to show. back to calls. republican caller, it is shirley in illinois. caller: thanks for taking my call. i thought sarah's speech was very hopeful and i thought it was very great. i don't understand when everybody thinks that fighting is going to reunite us, it links

directly to the white house. what is going on? he has never spoke out against crime, and he doesn't say anything about the cops getting killed. he doesn't say anything about people beating up people. i mean, what is going on? elects chinese balloons go over the skies and then he pretends that he did something after they already got all our information? i mean, what is going on? host: next test is linda, democrats line in north carolina. welcome. caller: thank you. yes, what i like to say is both parties need to take the pacifiers out of their mouth and tried to get along and work for the american people. this balloon that went over,

there was three that went over. i would just like to say these people working together, our nations and their people. -- will be out in the next election. thank you. host: keeping track of natalie the social media reaction, our c-span kelly john mcardle. >> you just play that sound of sarah huckabee sanders giving the official republican response. those responses being covered kind of like a mini version of the state of the union, by the numbers headlines and responses themselves, so let me run through some about. it was about 14 minutes 30 seconds for the republican

response by the arkansas governor. here is how it played in conservative media. breitbart with the headline from overnight, sarah huckabee sanders attacks the radical left in it gop stated the union response. sarah huckabee sanders response to joe biden's state of the union dream hit all the right notes is how it played at redstate. the response on twitter from speaker kevin mccarthy saying sarah huckabee sanders just knocked it out of the park by contrast between her speech and bidens couldn't be more clear. republicans offer a vision for a future built on not longer this tweet from bill hagerty the senator from tennessee saying her response this evening presented a sharp contract with president biden's tone deaf and out of touch address. governor sanders articulated a clear vision that will serve and lift up american workers and families of all backgrounds. and one more senator, this from chuck grassley of iowa. saying she showcased great hope

for the future of america and a gr8 need to change course of issues hurting our communities and our families, saying let's work together and get our economy back on track and fight crime insecure our border. no surprise it played differently on the liberal side of the aisle. this, from the liberal huffpost. there headline from the response, 15 of sarah huckabee sanders' most egregious lies and outrageous remarks. the sub headline, the arkansas governor who has omitted underwrote to line to the press will deliver the gop response and the coverage there at huffpost. one of the tweets from senator chris murphy of connecticut, democrat saying sarah huckabee sanders is describing america as a bloodsoaked dystopian health scape -- hellscape. when did republicans become so pessimistic about america?

two very contrasting views of that funds last night. -- republican response last night. host: politico.com, biden urges were public and takes a few swipes at them, too. the seer from mary lou calling from new jersey, independent line as we get your reaction to the state of the union. caller: good morning, bill, thank you for c-span. i want to comment on both speeches. first, i thought sarah huckabee sanders came across a genuine, sincere and concerned, and i felt that story that she called about going to iraq with president trump was very moving because it showed a side of president trump that all too often, people are not willing to recognize. kalus go to joe biden. joe biden at no point addressed the exorbitant food crisis, the

rise in gas prices, the energy crisis. he didn't remark on that balloon that flew over our country and his fight on us, giving information to china. and regarding immigration, it sounded like his idea of correcting the situation is to give amnesty to the dreamers. he talked about reform, but the problem is all along, we have not needed reform. all we simply need is enforcement. we have never had. and this is for both parties seer. i was very disappointed in joe biden because i've heard many state of the union messages as a 74-year-old woman, and when i look at him standing up at the podium, and i think of some of the presidents that we had that have done so much for this country, and i see how he is

tearing down this country, it is very tragic and sad. thank you for taking my call. host: up next is susan in florida, republican caller. >> thank you for taking my call. i just wanted to say i did watch it. yes, i am a republican and i am tired of the lies. i don't understand why they have to stand up there and just live. kate you tell people the truth? it just doesn't make sense to me. inflation is terrible. you wouldn't know anything about inflation because this biden go to the grocery store? don't think so. this he buy gas for his car? i doubt it. he knows nothing about inflation at all. i always tell everybody, is not the kindergarten class in washington right now, it is the pre-k.

that is how smart they are. he keeps telling people we are going to get rid of social security and medicare. host: we will move on. we've been talking a bit about the arkansas governor's speech, some of the comments from sarah huckabee sanders. let's hear from marcus up next, calling from arkansas. marcus on the democrats line, go ahead. caller: good morning. host: go ahead. caller: i'm appalled by what she had to say in response to what the president had to say. i'm listening to all of these other callers, in particular, the republicans, calling in and complaining about how biden can't change this and lying about that. they need to quit watching fox news and need to get involved in

what is really going on in their communities and they will discover that most of these states that are run by republicans are taking money away from the public schools and getting into religious organizations because those religious people are going to vote for them. that is not have this country was intended to be run. i can remember jfk giving inspirational speeches. i can remember when he was killed in this whole country came together, and i am so saddened by the state of affairs that exists today. it is not only depressing in the sense that people are so divided, it is that people all have this opinion that is based on lies. all of the news media -- and i can't say all, but a lot the news media is not telling the truth.

but they are telling us what they want people to hear, to keep people divided so they can selling their product. it has nothing to do with reality. and we've got to get back to dealing with reality. that's my opinion. we have a governor that is not quite much less a governor of the state. host: getting your reaction throughout the morning on the state of the union. as he did last night, we also heard from members of congress after the speech last night. one of those with democrat joyce beatty of ohio we talked about the president's remarks on police reform. >> the president's comments about police reform and those topics, how do you think that felt tonight as far as republican reaction? >> i think that we have to continue to do the work to get my colleagues on the other decided to stand with us. but it is very hard when you are looking at tyre nichols mother in the audience, when you are

thinking about the gut wrenching takes that we just watched. the congressional black caucus has been very active in meeting with the president, meeting with democrats and republicans to make sure that we can craft the george floyd justice in policing act or some form of it. and i thought the president was very clear tonight that he is going to be fully engaged with getting policing deals, and also dealing with assault weapons. >> as far the congressional black caucus, what is your role these days, and what was that meeting like? >> i am the congressional black caucus chair emeritus. the meeting was well-received. the president is very engaging, made a commitment. you heard it again tonight. because of that meeting with the new chair, we were very clear with the president and he was very receptive that he wants to make sure that we get policing laws.

host: some reaction on social media, a couple of tweets and from text messages. this one said biden didn't even discuss the endgame in ukraine. democrat voters and callers are not serious adults. lisa says i thought sarah sanders speech was good but way too long and livered in a deadpan tone. she should have wrapped it up after what she said democrats want to do is double down on crazy and it would have been a much better speech. when trump mentioned his tax cuts i'm sure democrats did not applaud even though they received a tax cut. aunt janet says mdg was an embarrassing spectacle during the state of the union. her heckling of president biden revealed her crude and uncivilized character. our disrespect for the office of the president, the u.s. congress reinforces her obvious intent to overthrow the u.s. government. onto cause. clearwater, florida, good morning. caller: good morning. the radical left is so

unbelievably mentally ill is pathetic. allies, one after another. they are either viciously full of hate or they just are ignorant. i feel sorry for them. host: give us a specific you are talking about last night. what are you focusing on? caller: one lie after another. everything he says, it is continuous lies, it is horrendous. being out of touch with reality, it is mind-boggling. host: new york city, democrats line. caller: good morning. what has she ever done in life really? for the good state of arkansas, health care ranked 49th. education, 41st. economy, 41st.

infrastructure, 43. fiscal stability, 14. crime, 41st. god bless you, sarah. if she is our next president, good luck with that. have a blessed day, everyone. host: michigan, the independent line. this is tim. go ahead. host: we can hear you, go ahead. >> i'd like to address two things. the prior caller in support of five talks about how you can go to antifa.com and link to the website. the people who are using that as an example of biden's affiliation are outright lying. anybody could buy it.

i could buy it, i could redirect it anywhere. anyway of distorting that is lying. the second thing, a lot of people are upset about biden saying that republicans want to stop medicare and medicaid. i mean, it is kind of the issue that most politicians are not just outright lying all the time, they are just telling half-truths. he knows that one republican who submitted he also know that most republicans have completely denounced it after it came out. democrats are using it as a talking point. they tell part of the truth and unless republicans come out and actually explain that, they know if they are direct in their answers, they can tell lies and get away with it.

host: delaware is up next. sharon is on the republican line. caller: let's be honest. if your democrat, you love the speech. if you're republican, you hated the speech. if you're independent, i guess maybe in the middle. the whole flipping back and forth, i couldn't bear it. i live in the real world and when i ran into an elderly gentleman at the grocery store and he was in tears because he lost over $100,000 in his 401(k), that is something to think about. you know who should have been sitting in the audience are those goldstar families that he created. and he has yet to speak of them. not even at the first state of the union. this country, if you think everything is going great, stick with the democrats. if you think that we need major changes, you might want to start shopping around because we are

in trouble as a country. and i think if we unravel all the financial ties that biden has been china, that is going to explain why he allowed that balloon to fly over our country. and he does not care about the kids in these inner cities, either. none of the democrats do, not one of them. they are dying left and right every single day. thank you and have a good day. host: barbara up next, democrat in raleigh, north carolina. what is your reaction? >> i wanted to say that i was very pleased with president biden's age last night. and also i wanted to say that people need to get engaged with what is going on and understand that this country is a republic for the democratic system but it will not engage on what the real

issues are, and how they got to be what they are. we don't know anything about how to run our government. host: barbara, how do you stay engaged in the issues? >> i stay engaged by paying attention to what is going on. for instance, the president can't close the border without congress acting. if you know what our system is, you know that we have different parts of our system that balance each other. the congress to legislate and they pay for stuff. you have congress not acting on situations. the president cannot do it. it is not within his constitutional authority.

we have justice, we have leadership, and we have legislation. stop and pay attention. understand how this is supposed to align with the democratic system. host: thanks for calling and for paying attention, as you say. republicans who heckled biden are unfit to serve in congress. they write that has minority leader hakeem jeffries jested that republicans who heckled president biden during the state of the union tuesday evening are unfit to serve. president biden delivered a compelling speech outlining a vision to make life at are for everyday americans. and his dignity presented a stark contrast with the right wing extremists who are unfit to serve. despite speaker kevin mccarthy saying in advance of the speech that republicans would act in

line with a code of ethics, several gop members yelled at by the non-different parts of the speech. -- biden during several different part of the speech. new hampshire, independent line up next. caller: just a couple of things. i hope there are cameras in the supreme court. as far as the stated of the union goes, a good bit of speechwriting. talk is cheap, i think we as americans all know this. let's see if we can make some of these things come true that they sent. there are a lot of issues that our country needs to deal with mike yesterday. thank you and have a great day. host: more of your calls and comments coming up, if over an hour in five minutes left in the program. (202) 748-8001 is the line for

republicans. (202) 748-8000 the line for democrats. for all others, (202) 748-8002. let's check in with john mccarty. >> one moment that we haven't talked about this morning occurred not during the speech but before the speech. it was when mitt romney, the republican senator passed by the aisle as he was walking in the house chamber by george santos. the embattled republican freshman who had placed himself in the third row, just a few seats in right around that area where members walk in, or the president walks in, and was shaking hands with members as they walked in. here is some of the footage of it from last night. c-span footage, there is mitt romney, his interaction with santos. santos turns and says something as he walks away, and then

turned and says something again. that moment, a lot of attention after it happened on the house floor. members of the congressional press catching up with mitt romney after the state of the union address to specifically ask about a moment before the union address. here is mitt romney walking through the capital after the state of the union. >> i can't be expected to stand there and shake hands and every senator in the united states. he should be sitting in the back row and staying quiet. not parading in front of the president and the people coming into the room. >> be said that he embellished his record. embellishing is saying you got an a when you got an a-. my saying that he graduated from

college when you didn't even attend. he shouldn't be there. >> we were standing right there in the aisle shaking hands with everybody. >> did he respond to you? >> he may have, i didn't hear. >> a reporter from cvs with that video. it was george santos with a tweet yesterday directed back at mitt romney saying just a reminder that you will never be president. george santos sending that from his campaign twitter account, not his congressional twitter account. just one story to follow up on that this morning from the newspaper. saying it was questionable for santos to attend the state of the union, reporting on james

comer who is the head of the oversight committee today on hunter biden. speaking on nbc news, saying the fact that he wanted to be at the center of the limelight makes no sense. again, saying it was questionable for him to come and be their last night. we will hear more from james comer on that oversight committee hearing on hunter biden that begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern, and a reminder that the house is back in today at 10:00 a.m. eastern, the senate as well. host: a busy day across all of the networks. this is the lead opinion piece in the wall street journal this morning. the state of the union contradiction. president biden's job approval rating has climbed to 44.2% which should be better with all of that suppose a good news.

his average job approval in the economy is 38%. the latest washington post poll is even worse for the president. some 41% of americans say they are worse off financially then when mr. biden became president. only 16% say they are better off. mr. biden is saying 62% say he has accomplished not vary much or nothing, including 22% of democrats. they write that polls are only snapshots in time and few voters are focused on the 2024 choices. mr. biden could arise if the economy docs a recession, inflation subsides, and ukraine pushes russia out of most or all of its territory, but it is worth asking why a presidency as successful as mr. biden and the media claim hasn't persuaded the public. let's continue with your calls and comments. rocking ham, north carolina, republican caller.

caller: good morning. i just wanted to say that everybody is talking about the republican party, but it seems to me that watching it for the second time, president biden -- i say that lightly -- seemed to be calling them out, the republican party, as a low income family with several children. meanwhile, the cartels are feeding fentanyl into our country through china. there cartels and our country, killing our children and our young adults. the democratic party has done nothing to stop the border

stuff. they've done nothing with infliction. what will his legacy be as a president? >> johnstown pennsylvania, democrat. good morning. >> after four years of trump and eight years the bush and cheney, how can anyone call biden a liar? the last president with infrastructure, every dam thing, and also, what was the other thing? getting out of afghanistan. he just lied completely, and the weapons of mass destruction under bush and cheney, how about those lies. then we have santos, the master liar. there should be a new word in our vocabulary -- balloon

lunatics. i think biden's speech was a homerun. he hit the ball out of the ballpark, and i think the economy is doing well. can't blame inflation on biden, believe me. he will go down in history as one of the best presidents we've ever had, as my opinion. host: edward, independent. good morning. caller: greetings from florida. i saw from the speech, two steps . the first step was misinformation. the second step was anger. only 65 seconds were given to the situation with the chinese spy balloon. undoubtedly, the administration doesn't realize that the chinese

have released on limited warfare on the united states. one million americans were killed by the virus. the symbol that the chinese sent to the american people and the government in the form of a spy balloon was the fact that our days are over. the chinese will win. there is no situation where our military will be able to defeat the chinese. we need to understand that we are either in the roman empire days, or we will come back and be strong in america again. host: 65 seconds of the presidents comments on china. the headline from the new york post this morning -- biden

tangles with gop and state of the union. barely mentions china. the president did mention china and said the u.s. was committed to working with china, but affirmed that it would protect its sovereignty if threatened. here is the president. >> more freedom, more dignity, more peace, not just in europe but everywhere. before i came to office, the story was about the people's republic of china increasing its power. america's failing in the world. not anymore. we made clear, and i made clear, the personal conversation, which is many for the president. we see competition, not conflict. i will make no apologies that we are investing to make america stronger. we are investing in american innovation to find the future that china intends to dominate. we are investing in our alliance

and working with allies to protect technology so they will not be used against us. modernizing our military to safeguard stability and deter aggression. today, we are in the strongest position in decades to compete with china or anyone else in the world. anyone else in the world. i am committed to work with china to protect the benefits of the world, but make no mistake. as made clear last week, china threatens our sovereignty, and we will act to protect our country, and we did. look. let's be clear. a competition should unite all of us. we face serious challenges across the world. for the past two years, democracy become stronger and

not weaker. congress is grown weaker not stronger. name a world leader who we would change places with the chinese president. name me one. america is rallying the world to meet those challenges from climate to global health. food insecurity and terrorism and territorial aggression. allies are stepping up to do more. look. we were at achieving partnerships in the atlantic, and those who bet against america are learning how wrong they are. it has never been a good bet to bet against america ever. >> some bipartisanship in the

house last night, hearing from the president during his date of the unitrust. your reaction to the speech. the line for democrats, republicans and independents is on your screen. lakeland, florida, lack -- next up. james. caller: this was an excellent speech. i am a registered republican, very proud of it. he did very well. i think congress needs to get -- both the senate and congress, whatever, they need to get together and work together. the country is divided at this point. we have got to do something different. i thank you for taking my call. host: all right, james. crestview, florida. democrat. hello.

caller: hello. host: good morning. caller: yes. i wanted to speak on this balloon thing everyone keeps talking about. i'm a 22 year air force that. we have a technology called jamming. i'm pretty sure they could jam the signals to prevent information. people need to stop crying about the balloon like it's some big deal, and the chinese have a thing called a satellite. it can pick up information, so it was not a big deal and the military was not to press about it. that's all i have to say. host: all right. we have been keeping track of social media. hey there, john. guest: a tradition after the state of the union is a fact check of the president's speech. a good place to go is fact-check.org, made by the

public policy center. they have run down several different aspects of the president's address. they noted that the president boasted 12 million jobs were created in the first two years. that is more than a number of jobs added importers of any other president paid they noted that job growth was fueled by a pandemic recovery under president, and the comparison doesn't account for population growth. they note that president biden has cut the deficit by $1.7 trillion. most of that had to do with emergency pandemic spending, and no president added more to the debt and any for years and donald trump. nearly 25% of the entire national debt was added by the formal president. they say that a chilean dollars but he made under trump reduced bite bipartisan coronavirus relief, and the president repeated a claim popular among, cresting the midterm suggesting that republicans offset social

security. the fact-check website claims that this website -- claim was exaggeration from rick scott that brought up federal legislation every five years, and it is that claim by the president last night in particular, that got under the skin of republicans. you heard the shouts and the booze when the president brought that up. there were republicans who immediately called for a fact-check about what the president was saying. this is bill johnson, a republican of florida. right after he said that. he called for a fact-check saying that republicans do not want to cut social security and medicare, and this is from bruce from arkansas, also saying that he fact-check, saying that there were indiscriminate cuts for social security, which we have said time and time again is off the table. just one of many fact-checks that have come on the past 12

hours. host: thank you, john. doris is on the independent line in georgia. what did you think about the speech? caller: i thought it was a great speech. i just wish it would come true. watching the faces of all of the republicans with cold hostility that emanated out of that side appalled me. those people have no desire to work with widen. it is all about might makes right. all of that comes from hot air balloon called donald trump. he is the worst president we've ever had. people are so blind they cannot see it. what discussed me is that woman named green. she embarrassed me and i don't even know her.

that big mouth loudmouth, has no desire to work with biden, and it is so apparent. it is all about might makes right. they want to beat biden down and take over again, just like trump. is going to cause this country to fail. i watch them squirm when biden brought up about the taxation part. making the rich pay their fair share. all of these corporations that have been hiding billions of dollars that could have gone into making our economy strong. what's going to happen when we finally do get attacked, and we will be attacked by russia and china. and north korea. there's no rhyme or reason anymore.

all i hear is talk, talk, talk, talk. i can only quote someone thousands of years old, and comes in the bible. a house divided will not stand. host: all right, doris in georgia. this is the front page of the washington times. looking at the political sides of this, the presidential politics, biden calls to finish the job and hints at a 2024 decision. president biden made a case for his expected reelection bid in the annual state of the union address on tuesday night as he highlighted big spending achievements and called on a divided congress to work with him on a modest agenda while he urged for a showdown with republicans over a spending cut. in a primetime address, he proposed that both parties ship support any veterans in the opioid academic, tackling health issues and ending cancer.

on the republican line, hello. caller: thank you for taking my call. i want to say that i have been registered as a republican all of my life. i voted for democrats and republicans. i tried to be very optimistic and open-minded about president biden's speech last night. unfortunately, i was completely disappointed. the reason i was disappointed about it was that it seemed like he just tried to use things like social security, and threw that out at the democrats. he was waiting for a reaction. he also didn't lay down any real plans. it was all very general. to me, that speech miss -- was

saying he was running for president again in two years. of course, he is also talking about what he's done with the democratic party because he is changing all of the dates on all of the primaries, so he is going to going first. i think this is the most clever politician we've ever had. he's been involved in politics since 1972, so it really shows. i was hoping he would change and be more ensure -- mature, but he did not impress me. host: thank you for the call. we have more time free to get in and give us your thoughts and comments. whether by phone or through text messages, we will get to those. let's check in with c-span. guest: a lot of response from

contenders, as noted earlier. contenders for the 2024 presidential ticket. looking to get involved in last night in the state of the and. vicki hailey's tweeted out a response, and mike pence. a response. former president trump sent out a video on his page about the presidency of the union address last night at the former president using his social account to get that video out. millions of followers over there in just a second, but there are many responsibilities and responses from republican officials over the course of last night, and as noted, calling for fact-checks. we had a trump video for you. we will get to in a second.

here is a tweet from the florida gop. it was retreated by ron desantis it it was ron desantis's more rooms response -- twitter response were room response that biden and democrats are advocating for a shutdown to keep schools closed and force that. all of that while empowering parents. that was the florida gop, tweeting from ron desantis, expected to be a presidential contender in 2024. he has not officially announced yet. that is just one of the tweets, and the former president put out his statement as well. we are trying to keep track of everything in the 12 hours since last night. >> we appreciate that. we are hearing from other member reactions on the program this morning.

in the bronx, new york, joe from the democrats line. good morning. caller: good morning. this is joe from the block -- bronx. i am calling because i saw something that happened. last night, and the state of the and, i never thought we the people of united states would ever see this. the same thing that happened in the january 6, the insurrections, the same thing happened with the republicans last night. marjorie taylor greene and others. what they did is in save the and, they weren't really -- we should be concerned about it. they're the same people that

wrote for all of us to follow. these people did that last night. i watched many areas where the people running for president or whatever, and then if the people , the hitler's, they go there to take them out. that should have happened last night. if the republicans allow these people to stay in office, we will never have a republican party. it will only be a democratic party. this should be the focus that the american people have been talking about. i am just flabbergasted. i could not believe. host: thank you for your comment.

we mentioned on the site rumble.com, from president formal donald -- former president donald trump. >> here's the real state of the union. over the past two years, illegal aliens from 160 different countries have stormed across our southern border. drug cartels are now raking in billions of dollars from smuggling poison to kill our people and kill our children. savage killers, rapists and violent criminals are being released from jail to continue their crime wave, and under biden, the murder rate reached the highest in the history of our country. biden and the radical democrats have wasted trillions of dollars, and they've caused the worst inflation and half a century. real wages are down 21 months in a row. gas prices are soaring, and have gone up much higher than ever before. the typical american family makes $200 in increased energy

and food cost each year. joe biden has weaponized the justice department, and i am a victim of it. he is persecuting his potable opponents. his administration is wasting -- waging war on free speech. they are trying to indoctrinate and mutilate our children. he is leading us to the brink of world war iii, and on top of all of that, he is the most corrupt president in american history and it is not even close. the good news is we are going to returners -- traverse every single calamity and disaster that joe biden has. . i am running for president to end the destruction of our country and to complete the unfinished business of making america great again. we will make our country better than ever before. we will always put america first. thank you. host: the former president's

video reaction to the state of the union. we are getting your reaction throughout the morning, including a social media by twitter and more. this one says there is a question for republicans today, with how it feels to be owned by the guy who tells you you are senile, and doesn't know where he's at. this one says, there is a whole fraction of americans who want war with china. mark says, why won't president to negotiate on the debt soon? isn't that what democracy is? talking and compromising about the good of the country. linda says let's remember trump's promises. will have the best president -- health care and infrastructure and replace the wall. back to your calls on the independent line. shippensburg, pennsylvania. host: good morning. caller: i wish i didn't have to

wish -- listen to trump before i had to say what i had to say. his whole speech there was you know, let's cause fear. that is exactly what he is very good at. anyway, i thought this was an excellent speech. you know, he said everything that a lot of us want to hear. but, the way is that the majority of them act, it is so ridiculous. they speak -- let's be united, and there always added each other -- at each other. you don't do this, you don't do that. i don't know. it's so frustrating. i don't know. there is a lot i just want to say, but i think this was an excellent speech, and it is all words, really. host: when you think about your

town, shippensburg, do you think about the administration and what congress is done so far that builds to the fact that they visibly help your town, or are there efforts the president mentioned that you are hopeful will help shippensburg? caller: well, i mean, i don't think that. i don't see them doing anything right now. what they have done, i am not seeing anything because i'm still -- i make good money, but as far as what i pay in fuel and food, it hurts. we haven't seen a change with that. that doesn't mean it won't happen, because the whole inflation thing, we all need to remember what just happened we lost over a million people to

covid. that is a big cause of inflation. that comes any time -- we seen it many times before. but, i have a son who is an addict. the whole -- it is scary. so, you know, it would be nice if the whole border, there was a problem of the border, and this is where it all comes from. there could be change their if that's what needs to change, but that is something i would really love to see. them battling all these drugs that are coming in and killing families. it is a huge fear for me, and i know many other mothers out there who are feeling the same thing.

it is killing a lot of our children. so, --. host: i'm glad you called in, and good luck to you and your family and your son on the issue in particular. this is washington journal, the morning after the state of the unitrust bid we are spending the whole program hearing from you on your reaction to this each and hearing from members as well, but also our colleague john carlo checking in on social media. hello. guest: members where different pins and things to the state of the and to get attention for different causes. there was one decoration that some members were yesterday that got some questions from folks on twitter. here's a picture on the right, elizabeth warren, wearing a crayola a cran -- crayola cran attach them. a couple other members were wearing that. the chretien-shaped has been grabbing attention and

explanation from a senator who made a tweet last night, explaining what this was all about. patty murray said on twitter -- did you see the pin i'm wearing? now that i have your attention, want to talk about how childcare is an economic crisis. need to be a top priority for this congress and other senators and colleagues are weighing in. tim kaine, his account weeded out that he is wearing it to support childcare reform and the childcare crisis to prevent parents from going work, and communities are pushing past that proposal to lower childcare costs. one more from senator jack reed. he joined with a special cran to show support for investment in childcare, lowering cost for

parents and supporting working families. just a few of those tweet last night about that unique pin yesterday. host: the speech went 72 minutes. it is interesting to see all these ancillary or tertiary messages that come out after the state of the them. we should the speech overnight several times. you can watch over night or online at c-span at work. we are talking about that this morning, but all of the members with their various messages and elements of the speech that get out there. were going to arizona we did it is linda on the republican line. good morning. you are on the air. linda, arizona, you are on the air. arizona, will more time. we'll hear from poppy in buffalo, minnesota, democrat. caller: good morning.

host: good morning. caller: i know that you're going to take what i'm going to say. my name is richard benson. i'm a union construction worker. might nickname is patton. i just want people to know that. my point is, last night, with my relatives and aunts and uncles and grandparents, they raised me. you don't sit in that chamber and do with those people did. that is disrespect will do whatever part of our government. what they should have done was what romney did. waited until afterwards. the whole time, they could talk, but in the chamber, what they were doing, they just they had a microsecond. they wasted their time. they should have done that -- they could have gone down the hall and really express their

opinion. they have a right to that. this is america. i am just tired of it. this country, i'm 67 years old, and i remember we got along and compromise. we got things done for the people. not just the party. not just the money people. i'd like to help my friends. i'm just trying to be -- i want to be a good american. i am democrat. i just want republicans to come to the table and sit down and talk. i sit over here and go, we can't talk to you because you're democrat. we can't talk to you because you're republican. that is not the way i was raised. i was raised to talk to people and compromise. thank you for giving me your time. i'm a very proud american. go president biden. we just got to get together in this government. host: more about china from the

representative from california, a member of the house foreign affairs committee. he commented on what the president had to say regarding china. guest: several comments about china what did you think? >> we could have done it sooner, but i'm glad he did bring up china. is something for democrats and republicans, and the foreign affairs committee will take on a lot of people. there are balloons, with what spying is looking like, but the public has to take this threat seriously. >> specifically in china, what does that mean in regards to where we stand and how they view us? >> where we stand as were ready to compete with them. were not looking to go to war. for going to deal with the nice states of america, and we are going to stand for democratic values. as said, no one wants to change

places with xi jinping. i rather be president of the united states, not the mayor of china. ask your reaction, to the numbers on your screen. this is from mayville, north dakota. president biden did it great job of representing the party. the republican sponsors -- response was not delivered in the same tone. both features mentored -- mention education. let's work together and help the profession of education become attractive for those who aspire to teach. we believe the gop about not touching medicare and social security. they talk about reproductive rights, j wilmington north carolina said in oregon, president trump's rebuttals, as well as sarah huckabee sanders, was right on target. while i advocate that trump has reached an age where he should not be running, neither should joe biden. he is the right ideas. >> this says democrats won three

special elections and puzzling. they gained control of the house. awesome job. extremism is not playing well in the swing states. wednesday voters saw plenty on display last night. we'll go to ed in parksville n york on the republican line. >> how are you? >> there is whe bunch of things i like to talk about. i am not an ultra maggot republican there are some things like gas. in the speech, he mentioned a dollar 50 less than the spike. why did he say there was so much since he's been in office area i's gone up. he is hitting up the oil

suppes they are extremely pleaded. yoknow, it's a problem if we happen to have to get it for defending our country or something like that. not one word was mentioned in afghanistan. the way that was done, it was probably one of the biggest mistakes our country is made. it makes us look weak. >> angela, independent, southfield, new jersey. >> michigan. >> my apologies. good morning pretty >> that's ok. i want to say that biden did a wonderful job, and i'm so disappointed with the republican . i will say this. this country was so --

[indiscernible] all i see is that the republicans are trying to take freedom away from us. enough is enough. not only am i sick entire about this mpg antic, enough is enough. i am mad at the people who voted her in and continuously vote them in. they ought to be ashamed of themselves. mitch mcconnell, he ought to be ashamed of himself. mccarthy should be ashamed of himself they should not be called americans print if they don't want to live right and have freedoms, they need to go somewhere else. enough is enough. there people have died and have been enslaved. people have done horrible things for this country to have freedom. after all these years, they want to take them away from us. enough is enough. that's all i have to say. host: louisiana come up next.

hello. caller: how are you doing? i am disabled. i'm a veteran. what i saw last night was appalling. let me ask you something. why do you keep promoting donald trump? the republican party always talking about veterans and all. all that kind of credit. we have eight craft -- crack epidemic. it is appalling when we all know that they love the hell out of him. we have an epidemic, and they shut that down. now they are turning to fentanyl. they won't blame the fentanyl on the border. they make the and the united

states. [indiscernible] pain and stuff. it is a pain to watch mccarthy sit up there behind the president with a stiff upper lip, looking like he doesn't know is going on, but we all know what's going on. there is an in the house. they are making their point loud and clear. if people don't get up and start to boo, they caught you. united states won't be united. another thing. they're always talking about inflation. don't they know, with china, it is under lockdown for two years, three almost, and the worry about inflation and gas prices, and russia has a big war started. they're acting like they fought a war. >> robber in louisiana. >> linda in arizona.

go ahead. linda in arizona, republican. we're trying to get you on the air. you're on the air now. we are having some issue with her line. we'll go to woodstock, illinois. -- excuse me, woodstock, new york. will, on the republican line. -- independent line. caller: good morning. i am very concerned. host: we lost you there. were having a little issue with the call. we'll go to tony in antioch, illinois. democrat. host:. caller: hello. the speech by president biden was ok. i have a few viewpoints since i me to -- student of china.

china was setting up in south america. marco polo went there and he brought the chinese back to create spaghetti. the chinese built the great wall to keep the barbarian out. that is us. they've been considering themselves highly advanced due to the fact that they have acupuncture, confucianism, marshall law, soak writing, they think they're the creators of civilization. mao zedong said out of the radioactive dust, the young man will rise. host: that's the view of tony. here is the opinion of the president speech. a lead editorial. a headline which says the state of the union could be a lot worse. in the otori look, the writer say, mr. biden's declaration to ukraine is that as you america

is united, it also that the gop will share the commitment. the president's call to crackdown will find some revealed to the gop side with the speech limited ambition never highlighting the reality that mr. biden promised to unify the country and has yet to pan out.

-- let's ban assault weapons now. a picture of the president standing at the front of the house chamber. but i did want to note this tweet. it is from, as you say, the way back machine. c-span found this from 40 years ago. it talked about the address and the response to the state of the and, four years ago. joe biden was one of several democrats who gave a response to president reagan's state of the union address in 1983. c-span dug it out and we want to play it first. >> criticize the republicans, and we will. we think, frankly, it is time to

put up or shut up. we have a number of proposals from the democratic party. some are basic it tried and true. some of them are new ideas. all of them fall in a very positive and hopeful democratically. a vision of america that says we can rebuild to a stronger economy. we can create a better and more secure job. we can put this country back to work. two other themes run through our democratic ideas you will hear tonight. opportunity and fairness. the cornerstone rights of the american people. as franklin roosevelt said during the recovery from the great depression, just four words are important. these four words -- it can be done. v.p. harris: a great find there. thank you for plane the. president biden, state of the unit addressed with the second state of the and so far term.

we have our line open for republicans. that is for democrats. independence for others. the u.s. house is coming in at 10 a.m.. live coverage of course on c-span. let's go to cori on the republican line in california. caller: hello. i wanted -- i missed the speech, last night. i have a comment. i was trying to find it, so i looked on c-span and thought maybe they would show it again. i flipping around. i cannot believe the callers that are calling end. i don't have to see the speech because it's all a bunch of you know what i mean. all they do is the democrats talk about the republicans, the republicans talk about the democrats, and nobody gets anything done. thrall complaining about she's

yelled and this thing peered what about one pelosi ripped up the speech? no and set about that. it is just a joke, they need to get it together. start working on the real problems of the world. host: it sounds like you do need to see the speech then, see can see what it was that our plus of the speech, make up your mind. caller: i am saying i want to see it. i don't have to see it because nothing gets done. that is the joke about it. everyone is so divided. even my family is divided. just like another caller said, what happened to the days when nobody said who they voted for. it was taboo. now, you say you are a republican or a democrat or whatever, they say they are not

going to talk to you. it doesn't matter. host: in terms of the speech itself, it is available right now on our website at c-span.org it is also available on our mobile app, c-span now. it has aired several times overnight on the c-span network robbie --. it probably will. on the weekend. it will re-air at some form. as always their online at c-span.org. we also have reaction you can find their last night. at statuary hall, they were speaking to members on the floor of statuary hall. we heard in virginia who talked about the president's comments on the health care system. >> if you are a veteran, or a nurse practitioner, we spoke a lot about health care issues, and what was your reaction from the experience of the medical field? >> my patient population relies on medicare, so was glad that you acknowledge that republicans really want to look out for

those things. we are not here to cut either of those items, but there is a lot of room for health care improvement, especially nursing home reform. transparency in health care costs. things that i would say to support a health-care provider. i can't wait to be an advocate for that population. >> what about moving past that cap on insulin for those outside of medicare? works for those who are diabetic, that is an issue. i have a lot of patients who struggle with essential medication that they need on a daily basis. we have to work together to find solutions that are conservative, but we have to agree they will lower the price for other pharmaceuticals. >> you deal with older americans. there are a lot of reactions on the topic of social security and medicare. what is your impression? >> i was glad that republicans stood up and said no, what are you talking about. you have to heroes, and in the background, there was a push back when they said republicans want to cut social security and medicare. we don't want to do that.

we made that clear. >> just a couple of tweets here. this tweet said that they were watching replays on the scene of the unit on c-span early this morning. the well-being of the nation and its residents took center stage and never left. i thought the response was not too predictable. those calling to parade republican outbursts -- where was there any democratic outrage from the resistance show. pelosi's tearing up of the speech buying trump as he was speaking. this, it looks like it is something if you get used to. you are not just convincing anymore. especially when you sucked up to trump. who do you want us to forget about? back to calls. rachel is in texas. independent line. caller: we were talking about nancy pelosi. she tore up the speech of donald trump in our member when joe wilson stood up and called obama

during -- a liar during his speech. a lot of republicans raise money for joe wilson because he was their hero. the one who called biden a liar? she sucked up qanon and alex jones and went to sandy hook and called the parents of the children that died liars. call them actors. she got elected on conspiracy theories, and mike lee, he said he wasn't going to cut social security. if people google it, there is a video of him talking about taking social security and pulling it from the roots and doing away with it. all they have to do is do their google whatever. their videos that talk about social security. for all of these people that are mad about pelosi, why are they

mad about wilson? he started the whole disrespect of presidents giving speeches. host: debbie on the democrats line. we lost debbie. we will go to ted in michigan. republican. coed. caller: go ahead. thank you. that guy from i don't know where, a union worker, he forgets what the democrats did with trump. they sat on their hands and booed him. they start him. if people want to go back, they should took it -- look at joe biden when he was senator. he went to cut medicaid and medicare. let's go back and look at that. it's sad. it's so sad that our government has divided all of us. we have to come together. we are the dumb ones because we

put these people in there. we are the dumb ones. we voted them in. this is what we get. a bunch of kids in a sandbox fighting over detroit and stuff. we have to stop this craft. host: the president reiterated his call for the ban on assault weapons, commenting on the actions of brandon in the recent shootings in monterey park california. >> to something. that was the plea of parents who lost their children. i met with every one of them. do something about gun violence. thank god. thank god we did. the most sweeping gone legislation in decades. that includes things like the majority of responsible gun owners already support enhanced background checks.

red flag laws. keeping guns out of the hands of people who are danger to themselves or others. our work is not done. join us tonight as brandon, 26 euros euro, he put his college dreams on hold to be at his mom's side. brandon helped his grandparents coming two years ago, during the lunar new year celebration, you heard a studio door close. you saw man standing there pointing. semiautomatic pistol. he thought he was going to die. but he thought about the people inside, and in that instant, he found the courage to ask -- act

and wrestled the pistol away from the gunman who had already: people and another dance studio. 11. he saved lives. it's time we do the same. van assault weapons. it is law. -- assault weapons. it is the law. in 10 years, the number of mass shootings went down after we let it expire, and the republican administration saw the shootings triple. let's finish the job and ban assault weapons. host: less than 10 minutes left on washington journal. houses coming in at 10:00. live coverage on c-span, and we want to let you know, over on c-span two, at 10:00, we will be

bringing you the house oversight committee, the house oversight and accountability committee. they have a hearing with executives on the twitter handling of the hunter biden laptop story. the new york post story on hunter biden and other related issues, live at 10:00 on c-span. it will stream live at c-span.org. and it will be live on the c-span now mobile app. lisa is up next in owings mills, maryland. caller: i want to say i watched the address last night. it was a speech. it was the speech that was supposed to be positive and ignite people. it also pulled people together. unfortunate, what i've heard from your callers today, and from us mike, people have really short memories. with past presidents, fact-checks happen everyday because they never told the troop. -- truth. we have hecklers and callers

calling and saying that he is a liar, we need to really think of what we just went through with a past president. maybe, just maybe, he will be more fair and understanding, and a little bit patriotic to try to bring this country back together. thank you for your time. host: elizabeth, san diego california. caller: good morning. i think joe biden -- it was a very good speech. he was trying to unite the country as you can see. he reached out and mention things he worked on with republicans. it was a great effort. i think they succeeded. the people calling in, they don't think biden has done anything. they were not listening. he was listing things is already accomplished. the things. with regard to climate change,

bringing to production to the united states. i did want to mention callers calling about the voter and the drug trade. the drug problem is american drug -- guns. drug cartels can't wait to get their hands on ar-15's. if you travel to mexico, they will confiscated. american guns are part of the funeral coming back with fentanyl. i want to comment on donald trump. the man told 30,000 documented lies when he was president. he accused biden of being corrupt. trump was lining his own pockets. he would not release statistics.

biden has released 25 years of tax returns. anyway. on npr, years ago, the there was a piece on chronic liars. it talked about how people had told lies. that his father was a pilot for the candy family, those alive. one woman said her boyfriend disappeared for weekend and came back with an l.l. bean credit card bill that claimed he was babysitting a mafia princess. it was very humorous, but in the end, one woman said the biggest lie of all was the lie we told ourselves. that is what i see in the republican party. a lie they tell themselves about donald trump and the divisiveness in this country. it is caused by the gop. democrats are trying to bring

people together and get things accomplished without calling them names. i think joe biden is a good example of that. thank you. host: onto a republican line, bessemer city, north carolina. mike. caller: yes. it was a joke. he didn't talk about the main things that are affecting this country like the southern border. 5 million illegals crossed the border just under his watch for two years. imagine what it will be in four years. it is talking about assault weapons and gun violence, but it does talk about the crime with thugs and ammo that were doing the smash and grabs in broad daylight killings of people. assaults on people. they won't talk about republicans. the democrats are driving with blinders on.

there is no crisis of the border. there is no crisis. these are all humanity crisis. these are people, they don't want to talk about the god away and it will bite this country in the rear end because these people, they don't want to get caught. we will have another 9/11, and it will be more drastic than what is going on now. i know a lot of c-span listeners , i am 57, so i'm getting there, but the democrats use the two main lines that republicans will cut social security and medicare , and racism. always with newscasts and shootings in california. such things before anything comes up. it was a racially motivated attack. asians are killing asians and those things.

one thing that bothers me the most is that they said during january 6, there were five cops killed. that was absolutely a lie. >> want to make sure everyone gets to weigh in on last night state of the and. north carolina, james on the independent line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i agree somewhat. i don't agree that bidens policy as far as the border. but overall, i think he's done a good job. let's talk inflation. the main cause is corporate greed. if people see a reason to check prices up, we heard from people the most that are middle income people. now, we surly when it protected. we pay into it, and we use money for other things, but i don't

agree with either the left or the far right and i wish we would come more in the middle. i'm a moderate, and i see both parties failing me for that because we cannot legislate a government from the far left or the far right. we need to come in and be in the middle, and help our country to do that. there depending on a comment to me, my biggest concern is we are going to lose america. we are going to cause our own destruction from within, not just from other countries invading us, because we are so divided, but we all have to come together and figure out we have issues, but we need to get together. >> will you have the last word on that. we are wrapping up the program. thank you for the many skulls. -- calls. we are leaving here, the coverage of the house is coming up next live coverage here on c-span. we will see you tomorrow morning at 7:00. order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the