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protests as netanyahu leaves hospital. is really lawmakers are set to vote on the first part of the government sweeping plan to weaken the power of the countries courts. despite six months of street protests, parliamentary maneuvering and increasingly urgent warnings from the white house. prime minister netanyahu who left the hospital after being fitted with a pacemaker has been pressing on with his plans for the judicial system overhaul, even as protests against them show no signs of easing. let's get back to your calls. first to el paso, texas. on the democrats line. good morning. caller: good morning c-span. love the fact that republicans are losing their minds over the barbie movie. it turned $155 million over the weekend -- it earned $155

million over the weekend. i haven't seen it yet but i do have tickets for this next weekend, i'm going to take my granddaughter to see it. host: you said they are losing their minds. why do you think they are losing their minds in your view? caller: they consider it chinese propaganda, the nine dashes does not mean anything. it is just so interesting that they have that take. host: marty in texas, thank you. this story about a soldier who apparently fled into north korea. an update from nbc. talks begin over u.s. soldier detained in north korea.

the u.n. confirms. united nations is in talks with north korea over the american soldier who fled across the heavily militarized border and into the secretive state last week. a top you an official said on monday. travis king was about to fly back to the united states from south korea for possible disciplinary action after refusing to pay a fine for allegedly damaging public property. he slipped away from his military escort at the airport last week and managed to join a guided tour to the joint security area, a piece of land between the north and south that is managed by the u.n.. despite no public word from the north koreans about king, the u.n. -- in talks with the north about the runaway soldier. quote, the primary concern for us is private king's welfare, said a british army officer

serving as deputy commander of the united nations command, known as unc. open forum here on "washington journal." (202)-748-8000, the line for democrats. (202)-748-8001 for republicans. for independents and others, (202)-748-8002. robert is next in west virginia, democrat caller. caller: three times, republicans have threatened to shut down the congress, shut down the government. in 2008, when they shut it down, we lost $40,000 in investments from our 502 retirement accounts. every time they have run this through, we have lost money and we have never gained even a portion of that back.

it is really frustrating that they want to shut it down again. i'm just an ordinary person. we both work for our money. now they want to shut the government down, and that would do it again because every time they shut the government down, or run through these great threats, we lose money because of the investment market. host: thanks robert. mississippi, dana is next on the republican line. [breathing] host: you are on the air. caller: yes, thank you. explain to me why they are spending millions of dollars on aliens when we need our veterans and people who can't afford their rent anymore to be taking care of.

could you explain that to me please? host: just to let you know about some of our life programming coming up today on the c-span networks. later today at noon, we will bring you a conversation on transparency in the economic marketplace. part of that event was the federal trade commission chair. an event posted by the economic club of new york. that will be live here at noon on c-span. also on our mobile app, c-span now and c-span.org. the federal reserve chair, jerome powell is holding a news conference today, coming up at 2:30 p.m. eastern. we will show that for you on our c-span now mobile app, which you can download for free. later this evening, former republican congressman will talk about conservative principles. he is speaking at the young american foundation national conservative student conference. live coverage begins at 7:45 eastern on c-span, on the mobile

app c-span now and at c-span.org. it is open forum and we welcome jeff from bowling green, kentucky, on the democrats line. go ahead. caller: purported irs whistleblower jerry shapley has been given certain protections per whistleblower statutes. this is true even though he made protected disclosures if at all, after they started the investigation into him. my question is this, should the classification of whistleblowers be decided by members of congress or independent agency? host: on to san francisco and the independent line. nicholas, hello. caller: hi. i'm calling, just wondering why we spend so much time on hunter's hog. host: on what?

we lost our caller. this was a piece from the hill. gop and mccarthy on expunging trump impeachments. they write that house republicans increasingly find themselves on a collision course over efforts to expunge the impeachments of former president trump, a battle that pits hard-line conservatives who are pressing for a vote against moderates already warning gop leaders they will reject it. the promised opposition from centrist republicans all but ensures the resolutions would fail if they hit the floor. it puts speaker kevin mccarthy in a no-win situation. if he doesn't stage the vote, he risks the fire from trump and his allies. if he does, the measure would be shot down, validating trump's impeachments just as his legal troubles are piling up. the issue is the latest in a long string of debates challenging mccarthy's ability to keep his conference united while trump, the gop providential front runner who is

also facing two criminal indictments hovers in the background. that is at thehill.com. next up is bill in bryan, ohio on the independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. i don't know how i became aware of this. i'm wondering how many other people were aware. if our congress people need something to do, they could look at this. did you know there are five states where there are no minimum requirements for how old you could be to get married? california, mississippi, new mexico, oklahoma and washington. two states you can get married at the age of 14, massachusetts and new hampshire. 15 in hawaii and kansas and 23 states you can get married at 16. i don't know, i think 16 might be the limit for me, but really? host: why do you think congress should take that up and not be left as a state issue?

caller: well i don't know, because apparently some states can't handle. i mean, no limit? could you imagine a 10-year-old getting married? why, for what reason? in massachusetts and new hampshire, they allow 14-year-olds to be married? for what possible reason? i don't know but apparently the states can't take care of it. under the government doesn't need to be getting involved in more stuff, but it was shocking to me. i didn't know if people were aware of this or not. host: christopher on the line next from new york, republican line. caller: i was calling to see perhaps if we could get some type of bill passed by the senators or congress that can protect people from bad air quality. me and my mom and my family are within close proximity to my neighbor as he burns his woodstove and i was thinking more like a 100 foot common

sense law that if you are when 100 feet of a dwelling, you don't have the right to smoke somebody out. it would be a commonsense practical measure that could protect the lives of some of the citizens here. i went through the town which i reside in and they seemed to wanted to just do nothing about the issue, but it's about time we are to thinking about air quality and what the damages of woodsmoke can do to people. i've been hospitalized over this issue and it is a pretty big issue. i'm hoping the republican can join on to not just protect babies and abortions, but doing something about air quality for people with them 100 feet of a home. like only passed the law with children in the car, they can't smoke with a child in the car. i can't move my home any farther from my neighbor. it has to do with distance. host: i appreciate the input.

it is open forum on "washington journal." (202)-748-8000 is the line for democrats. (202)-748-8001 for republicans. for independents and others, (202)-748-8002. items in the news, issues you are following, open game, fair game in open forum. we saw comments yesterday, talking about the group no labels. two republican -- two governors, one from utah and one from denver spoke yesterday on cnn about working together. here's what they had to say. [video clip] >> working with universities, trying to understand the science and we know that politics is downstream of culture. this is not something that is going to change overnight, but we do believe it is absolutely critical. the good news is there are some numbers out there, pulling numbers that show there is a growing majority of americans

that are tired of the toxic disagreements, the divisiveness. they are looking for something better. governors are uniquely positioned to take this on because we actually have to get stuff done. we work together, we learn from each other, we are the laboratories of democracy. we are going to take messages like this, and many of our fellow governors will be doing similar ads like the one you just shared. we will do everything we can over the course of the next year to elevate this conversation. >> what is your party need to do better? -- what does your party need to do better? >> it is about the individual level. we need to have authentic conversations with those we disagree with. it means don't question the motives, republicans, democrats, independents are good americans. talk about what works and doesn't work and use data as your guide. this initiative doesn't mean everybody needs to agree on

every topic, but it means we should have conversations and disagreement at a better more effective level for the future of our country. host: the two governors with the national governors association. open forum here on "washington journal." we are joined by aaron dority, political reporter with axios updating us this morning about campaign 2024. welcome to the program. guest: thank you so much for having me. host: the biggest watch on the republican side of the ledger this week is the potential third indictment for former president donald trump. has that affected his campaign or campaign schedule that you know of? guest: not in the short term. as you mentioned, this is a big week for a potential third indictment. we don't know when it could happen. it could happen this week or over the coming weeks.

former president trump last week indicated that the indictment was imminent on his truth social account. in the short term, i think we are all just waiting to see when that happens. it hasn't really had any substantial effect on the republican primary at this stage. he is still the clear front runner in the republican primary. some of his republican rivals in the 2024 field, they haven't really shifted their posture amid a potential third indictment. in the longer term, a third indictment, or we could see -- we are getting a better sense of when his previous two indictments, windows trials will occur. one will be in march of 2024. a judge last week said that the trial relating to his classified

documents case will be in may of 2024. if those dates stick, we are seeing mr. trump potentially campaigning, navigating a campaign and balancing at least two trials on the trail. host: there were stories over the weekend about the campaign, not the front runner but the second place republican, florida governor ron desantis. reports about him retooling his campaign. can you tell us any more about that? guest: we've been seeing over the last week to 10 days, florida governor ron desantis sort of having a reboot with his campaign. ever since the reports last weekend, we saw that desantis had gotten rid of a couple members of his campaign staff. last week he had an interview with cnn's jake tapper.

this week, he is doing a two day bus tour through iowa. we've been seeing that he might be trying to shift away -- in the beginning of the campaign he was emphasizing his success within florida. i think he be me -- i think he might be running a more national campaign, focusing more on the national level going forward, and doing more mainstream media, rather than just media that is for a smaller audience. we will continue to see how that plays out. i think he is trying to have more visibility on the trail and get out more. the bus tour in iowa, he will be connecting with voters all across the state. host: it is now less than a month to august 23, when the first republican debate will happen. is there any indication the former president, donald trump

will participate? guest: it still seems unlikely that mr. trump will participate. it does not seem like he has shifted his leaning toward participation. he has said previously, he is the far and away front runner, what does he have to gain from a debate? i think the rnc has said, the chair has said that she has talked to mr. trump about potentially participating in the debate at this point. we have seen -- we are separately away from trump in the debate, we are starting to see which republican candidates are starting to qualify for the first debate. over the weekend, we have seen that with desantis, nikki haley, tim scott and chris christie

have all cleared the polling and fundraising threshold. over the next several weeks, i'm sure we will see other candidates announce they have cleared one of the others if they have not already. host: what about the presumptive democratic candidate, joe biden? any plans for him to campaign and does his campaign continue his focus on selling his economic success, his so-called bidenomics? guest: i have not seen any big changes on the campaign. what we can expect is to see him continue to tout and highlight his legislative successes so far, and talk about his bidenomics. over the weekend, we have seen his comment on a potential third indictment of his potential

competitor, mr. trump. whether he stays silent throughout the last several -- whenever mr. trump has faced different legal trouble, i would not expect that to change in the short term. we are also seeing vice president kamala harris. she was in florida last week, slamming the florida department of education's policies. we are continuing to see harris go out and speak on democratic issues. host: how has the biden campaign handled the fact that even though he is not in close contention, robert f. kennedy, jr. has appeared before congress and been on several national programs and getting a fair amount of media attention? how is the biden campaign handling robert kennedy jr.? guest: i think the strategy has

remained relatively unchanged, despite what the media appearances and different public events that kennedy jr. is doing. they have not directly engaged with him and i think we will continue to see him -- see the biden campaign continued the strategy of highlighting and touting his legislative accomplishments and not necessarily going on the attack with robert f. kennedy, jr. at this point. host: aaron dority covers politics for axios. you can follow her on axios.com. thank you so much for being here this morning. guest: thank you. host: we continue with our open forum here on "washington journal," up until about 9:15 eastern. (202)-748-8000, the line to call for democrats. republicans, use (202)-748-8001. independents and all others,

(202)-748-8002. donald is in omaha, nebraska on the independent line. good morning. caller: i had a question for that young lady that was just there. is there any truth to what aoc said about trump giving the manhattan d.a. $85,000 to drop charges against his children? host: our guest is not with us, but i will leave your question there we will go to conway, arkansas to hear from dan on the republican line. caller: thanks for taking my call. it seems to me that the democrats are trying to stack indictment on top of indictment against donald trump. my question is, and i read this somewhere, i don't know if it is true or not, that no other presidential candidate in history has been under indictment while running. is that true?

host: i believe that is true. caller: any comment about it? it seems again that the democrats are doing everything they can, coming up with charge after charge, trying to find something to hang trump with. i don't think that is how the judicial project -- process should operate. i've heard it said that a grand jury could indict a piece of toast or something like that if they wanted to. of course the mainstream news media has grabbed it and run with it and story and story, day after day, it is all anti-trump this and trump has done this or that. meanwhile on the others, nothing is said about what is going on with joe biden and his son and

ukraine. our country was built on honesty and integrity in government, and also in the news media. it just seems that there has been -- honesty and integrity has just disappeared. it's all about a drive toward socialism with the democrats and mainstream news media, and they are running roughshod over traditional america. host: dan in arkansas. one update, to an announcement will be available on our free mobile app on wednesday afternoon. getting a day ahead of myself.