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no interruptions and completely unfiltered. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. @cspanwj. welcome to "washington journal." glad you're with us. this is a national poll from fivethirtyeight, which has a very close race with harris ahead by 1.9 points at 45.3, and trump at 43.4. luck see very close -- you can see very close, kennedy at 5.3%. this is, again, national average. it is not the electoral clerk and doesn't take into account the swing states. vice president harris was at a rally in wisconsin yesterday talking about her economic vision. here she is. >> we are joyful warriors. joyful warriors.

because we know that while fighting for a brighter future may be hard work, hard work is good work. hard work is good work. and so we will continue to fight for affordable housing, for affordable healthcare, affordable child care and paid leave. we believe in a future where we lower the cost of living for america's families so that they have a chance, not just to get by, but to get ahead. because while our economy is doing well by many measures, prices for everyday things like groceries are still too high. you know it, and i know it. when i was attorney general, i went after price fixing schemes,

and when i am president, it will be a day one priority to fight to bring down prices. i will take on big corporations that engage in illegal price gouging. i will take on corporate landlords that unfairly raise rents on working families. i will take on big pharma and cap the cost of prescription drugs for all americans. and continue to bring manufacturing jobs back to america. and back to communities like eau claire. so all this to say, strengthening our economy and building up the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency. host: that was yesterday. we have the full event available on our website, c-span.org.

here is cbs news with this headline, harris-walz campaign says it raised $36 million in first 24 hours after running mate revealed. it says that the haul for harris and walz continues the run of eyebrow-raising fund raising that began after she officially announced her run for the white house last month. harris' campaign says it raised $310 million in july, more than double the amount former president trump said he raised last month. contributions includes every included $200 million the vice president raised in the seven days after president biden withdrew from the race and harris launched her white house bid. harris announced tuesday morning that she had selected walz to join her on the democratic ticket, praising his record as a governor and back ground as a veteran, teacher and coach. and we are taking your calls this morning on the campaign. have you made up yr mind?

are you still deciding? are you part ofhat poll we just mentioned that are still undecided? share your thoughts with us. the phone lines are on the screen, and we'll go first to bonnie in massachusetts, republican. hi, bonnie. caller: hello. thank you for taking my call. good morning. i just want to say that i have decided. i'm a long-time independent, over 30 years. i was raised and grew up as a democrat. and i've been an independent for the last 30 years, and i'm now with the republican party. my mind is made up, and i'm going to be voting for trump and vance. i'm more of a conservative and pro-life. and therefore, my conscience won't let me vote for anybody

who's pro-choice. host: would you say that abortion is your biggest issue for this cycle? caller: yes. that and immigration. host: all right. and carl is in washington, pennsylvania, democrat. hi, carl. caller: yes, hello, good morning. i am 100% in support of kamala harris and tim walz. i want your callers to remember a name, chris lavacitia, trump's current manager of his campaign, but he's also the architect of what is called swift boating. they did it to john kerry in 2004. this was someone who under a purple heart for his service in vietnam, and they went on attack against his service. this is the same thing that

trump did, who is a draft dodger, 100%. he attacked john mccain, john mccain's service as a prisoner of war in hanoi for many years. and we're going to put him back in the white house? never, never, never. thank you. host: and karen in michigan, republican. caller: hi. i will definitely be voting for trump-vance this year. i voted for trump last go-around. i don't even understand what the question would be. i mean, between stolen valor, pro riots, marxist continued as versus j.d. vance, who overcame difficult circumstances growing up. he served in the military, did not abandon his military service. is he put himself through law

school. he has a successful career. he's got a beautiful life and family. donald trump always takes questions. he's always available. harris, i don't know, where is she? she doesn't take questions. she only has prepared remarks. and our media doesn't ask her any difficult questions. i know that j.d. vance did suggest yesterday a few questions that the press may want to consider asking her yesterday. he was talking. here in michigan, he was talking about the three policemen who have been killed, murdered over a one-month period here in our area. versus harris, who knows, pretending she's pro middle, you know, middle class, now, she's

going to serve all the middle class. well, she's abandoned the middle class. families have been suffering with high interest rates, high fuel costs, high grocery costs. there's all kinds of people in the neighborhood facebook sites asking for donations, asking for work, looking for work. there's no comparison. so trump-vance is the only way to go. host: all right, karen. karen did mention the military service. this is a piece that says vets groups call b.s. on g.o.p. attacks on tim walz's military service. it says the unfounded accusations have caused outrage among veterans. it says that senator j.d. vance's evidence-free accusation that his democratic counter part, minnesota governor tim walz, dodged serving in the iraq

war has earned fact checks, but condemnation by veteran groups and former president mike pence's one-time chief of staff says vance claimed walz served in his home state's national guard for 24 years and deployed to italy as part of the u.s. war in afghanistan before retiring in 2005, abandoned his unit and even asserted that walz had "stolen valor." the attacks had been used against walz in both his 2018 and 2022 gubernatorial campaigns, which he won. he says several publications soon corrected it, as noted by cnn, it was two months after walz retired in 2005 to run for congress when his former unit received orders to deploy. nevertheless, right-wing commemorators have insisted on pushing the basis claimed as media matters for america pointed out. criticism of walz's record didn't go over well with some veteran groups. vote vets promptly fired back at vance, a marine who deployed to

iraq once for about six months. that's information on that. canton, michigan, independent, good morning. caller: good morning. my comment is relating to vice president kamala harris specifically when she spoke at a rally yesterday in detroit, and there were some protesters who were trying to raise their concerns about the issue of palestine what's going on in gaza. and though i disagree with heckling during political rallies, i was watching it live on c-span yesterday with my family. however, her response i found to be unpresidential and very heartless, and based upon her dismissal in using the politics of fear saying, well, if you chant that or raise those concerns, then you're supporting trump or you want trump to be in the white house. i think many of us who have been

long-time democratic voters can't have the politics of fear, this lesser of two evils argument in order to support her. so i don't plan on voting for v.p. harris for president and her ticket. either i'm going to vote third party or just sit out this election. host: all right, we have that portion that you were referencing where she was heckled. here it is. >> i'm here because we believe in democracy. everyone's voice matters, but i am speaking now. i am speaking now. so project 2025, look, if he is

elected, donald trump intends to give tax breaks to billionaires and big corporations. he intends to cut social security and medicare. he intends to surrender our fight against the climate crisis. and he intends to end the affordable care act. you know what? if you want donald trump to win, then say that, otherwise i'm speaking. host: you weren't able to hear what the protesters were saying, but they were chanting, "we won't vote for genocide" during her speech, and that's what you heard there. let's talk to clearwater, florida, republican, good morning. caller: thanks for taking my call. harris, i can't see why anybody would vote for her. all she does is smile all the time. donald trump would never lower social security. i know that for a fact.

right now, everything he's good right now, he's doing bad right now, and people are coming over from other countries left and right because of biden and whatever he does. donald trump stopped that stuff when he was there. donald trump had things raised when he was there. donald trump will lower the gas prices right now. everything is terribly high. i don't know why anybody

>> the mar-a-lago case, the election interference, that is all there is to it. this is democracy. democracy belongs to the people. also, i do not think trump -- trump does not belong back in the white house. he is a criminal. i hope the judge throws the book at him when he gets sentenced on september 18. >> this is john in new hampshire. republican. good morning. >> you have to mute your tv. >> hi. i am ready. my name is john, i am from new hampshire. i would like to speak about the

country always being safer and more secure with the republicans in charge and the country was better off four years ago as to where we are now. don't believe the lies that the democrats tell. it is all built on retaining power. example, 2025 saying that the people wrote and trump is not endorsing. the policies he stands on, if you go to his website and look at trump's policies -- >> my pleasure to introduce our keynote speaker today, deb whitman of aarp. she is joined by the moderator. deb is an economist and an expert on aging issues with experience ili