host: it is the washington journal for the last day of september. an interview on sunday illinois democratic governor jb pritzker said "no one is a single issue voter." and while a single issue may

motivate a voter, they are usually concerned of many issues. with that in mind, we want to hear from you if you if you're a single issue voter. if you are tell us that, if you are not tell us that as well. democrats (202) 748-8000. republicans (202) 748-8001 and independents (202) 748-8002. if you want to text us, (202) 748-8003. you could always post on our facebook page at facebook.com/c-span or post on x @cspanwj. it was on the sunday shows were governor pritzker made this comment. he said no one was a single issue voter, saying the call he made from phoenix, arizona, the capital of the critical swing state where he helped get an

abortion measure on the ballot and sing the measures seeing republican support the vice president harris trails former president trump. he was asked about protection for abortion which led to the quote about single issue voters. here is more from the governor yesterday on the sunday shows. [video clip] >> know it a single issue voter. they have a number of things they think about. abortion issues is going to be an important one. i helped get that on the ballot. very important abortion rights are protected. the economy also matters that is why the policies of the harris walz campaign in the administration they put together are about opportunity for everyone. we caught up an opportunity economy because were trying to help every day americans who need a little help to get by.

the trump administration did nothing except give a massive tax break to the wealthiest americans. kamala harris and tim walz plan to put dollars into the pockets of everyday folks, hard-working americans come and help the most vulnerable. the policies they have put forward, and she is only been the candidate for four or five weeks since the democratic convention, maybe 10 weeks since the beginning. getting the message out about the opportunity economy she has advocated for has been the key. host: that was governor pritzker talking about the idea of a single issue voter. last november nbc news asked people about the top priorities for people who identified a single issue voters. number one was the idea of protecting democracy or constitutional rights followed

by abortion. immigration or border security. the topic of guns. the israel-hamas war. lgbtq issues and none of these making that list of the top issues. maybe if you're a single issue voter one of those are your issue and if not you can tell us why you're not. the phone line (202) 748-8000 for democrats, (202) 748-8001, and independents (202) 748-8002. carolyn in virginia on this idea of a single issue voter. go ahead. caller: i think you should have at least one issue that would make you vote in mind is immigration. i remember when kamala harris got up there when she invited were running for president and i remember she said -- when she and biden were running for president and i remember she

said if they are legal or illegal i will give them free medical care. they will push americans out of their jobs and homes. it will not look pretty. i do not like trump. i am a democrat. i agree with him 100% on immigration. host: for immigration being your issue, why do you think it affects you personally or so much so that is an issue for you? caller: it affects me personally because unless you live around you do not understand. i go to the store with them i, i go to the doctor around them. you cannot do nothing. i try to go to the store i've been going for 40 years. there is nothing but immigrants there and i asked for something they cannot tell me what i am looking for. what they're doing is putting immigrants and management in these grocery stores and apartment buildings. you go to any apartment building, all you have to do is

ask who is the manager. if that is the manager that is who will label it in there. host: let's hear from john in connecticut, republican line on the idea of a single issue voter. caller: it is the economy. we have to do better. the other thing we have to do better on his stop the slamming of each party. i just heard governor pritzker. we have to stop that. we have to unite our country. i don't care if you are left or right or whatever. we have to unite our country to a better place for all for peace and love. let's get the economy straightened. host: i was going to ask you how that became a top issue for you? he is gone. that is john making their thoughts known. you can add (202) 748-8001 -- (202) 748-8000 free democrats,

(202) 748-8001 forlicans, and indepeen (202) 748-8002 carol young posting that this year i am a single issue voter. "i want women to get back the reproductive rights." edward also adding to the economy. john with "i am voting against marxism." even from facebook saying normally know but this time yes. the single issue is former president trump. danny text us sayin genocide is a perfect example of single issue voters, there are two sides and neither side is taking the side of the people being massacred. texting is a way to reach out to us. if you're a single issue voter you can tell us what you think about that were wiry you are not -- for why you are not on the

phone lines were social media. cleo and kentucky. republican line. caller: [indiscernible] he would take out a program. the democrats have let him -- they intend to have them vote.

they intend to keep democrats have total power over the country. host: steve in allentown, pennsylvania. democrats line. caller: good morning. i am concerned about our democracy and voter rights. you can see through project 2025 the republicans have a playbook for taking away voter rights and you can see from the past administration their efforts to take away the rights of the voters through abortion laws and talk of repealing marriage equality. there is an effort being made by

republicans to minimize the control the checks and balances of our government with the supreme court giving the president absolute immunity and for donald trump to say he is unaware of project 2525, the playbook for the republican party, is ridiculous, because jd vance wrote the forward. what kind of bedding did the republican party -- what kind of vetting to the republican party and donald trump do if he wrote the forwarding for that document and he did not know anything about it. thank you. host: mentioning senator jd vance facing off against tim walz tomorrow and the vice presidential debate sponsored by cbs new you can see the livlcast

of that debate on c-span. verage starting with the preview show00 tomorrow. that is followed by the dete at 9:00 and then your calls. that is live tuesday on c-span. watch on our free app. you can see that online at c-span.org. a single issue voter, why or why not? mike in virginia, independent line. your next up. caller: thanks for c-span. the last caller that just called in about voting rights for everyone, that is something that is constantly bubbling up in my brain. it is terrifying to think that will be something we will have to deal with. one of the primary reasons i was calling in was to remind everyone that with the issue involving immigration the

individuals coming from central america the descendants of the indigenous people that lived in north america before the european conquest. the only reason the individuals from central america speak spanish is because it happened to be spain that went across the atlantic ocean and did genocide. now the survivors of that conquest speak the language of their conquerors. a lot of the issue is that we do not have a lot of bilingualism in our american public schools. host: is immigration the thing for you or is it other things? caller: it is going to be other things. primarily i will be voting the

future and i feel that donald is not going to bring us into the future in a positive light. that is where i am going. and agree it is not one issue. a lot of people get held up on what is emotionally stimulating for them. i think once you let everything settle and everything come down, there are multiple factors that going to people's decisions. host: mike in virginia giving us his thoughts on single issue voters. let's hear from our republican line. this is a viewer in georgia. orlando. good morning. how are you? caller: i have three points. i will not say at all. host: let's start with the idea

of a single issue voter. is that something you identify as? caller: no. i look at all the issues. host: what is top amongst them? caller: immigration. in the loyalty of the president to the country. by ms. harris being a first-generation american i am not sure -- it she really loyal to the country? when you look at how the economy is doing right now -- it seems like almost on purpose when you look at who is profiting, like a gas station, those are indian owned. most of this stuff is indian owned. when you try to break in all of the immigrants and put them up above americans and made -- and

most of the immigrants are going to minority neighborhoods where -- i believe trump is the best candidate because we are sure american interest which is what we are concerned with being citizens of america, we are first concerned with our own well-being. with the storms that have tore up america throughout the years, not including this last one, we are not getting coverage, people in a custard do not have power or internet or water. host: president biden expected to make statements about 10:30 this morning regarding storm disaster relief coverage. you can look out for that. vice president harris expected to visit fema later on today to make those discussions and former president trump while in georgia expecting to get briefed on situations concerning disaster relief.

you can see that play out during the course of the day. stay close for c-span. rosa in georgia, democrats line on this idea of a single issue voter. hello. host: my main issue -- caller: good morning. my main issue is voting rights. i think all people should have the rights to vote and i do not like all the crazy talk. that is terrible to make up issue that is not an issue. host: why voting rights specifically? caller: everybody should have the right to vote because in georgia they made it more complicated than it was before. host: rosa in georgia. this is from npr talking about the idea of single issue voters and what they face as they consider voting for the vice president or the former

president, saying "single issue voters feel left in the lurch by harris or trump. they are facing a dilemma and election with high-stakes. " a harvard political science professor offered a solution to voters caught in that indecision , saying "if you are not in a close date, it is probably ok to vote your values and vote for a third-party candidate because that vote will not throw the election either way but if you are in a state that is close electoral college wise that it is a much more difficult decision." he said voters have to "own the choice if they cast a ballot for third-party candidate in a swing state like wisconsin and their least preferred candidate wins." more there when it comes to what faces the single issue voter as they vote this fall. in ohio, ronald, independent line. caller: hello. host: go ahead.

caller: i have been issue with the whole government. it is not working. i am not going to vote for either party. i cannot vote for any independent because they are not going to win. what is the point of voting? host: if you're single issue is the government not working why do you think that is? why would you say the government is not working? caller: because all they do is have committees and then they send it to another committee and then send it to another committee. back when i was voting they actually voted on stop -- they

actually voted on stuff. now they do not vote on anything. they just have committees. host: out in ohio. his single issue is the lack of functioning government. next we will hear from cindy. hello. caller: good morning. i hope people are not single issue voting. look at what is going on. we have a port strike that might happen tomorrow. think about what that will do. nothing is being done about it. i do not have any faith in fema with all of these tragedies that have happened. the people are still waiting for fema to take care of them. you better stop putting your faith in the government.

host: those things you issued you hope people are not single issue voters, what did you mean? caller: if you're just going to vote on abortion rights or voter integrity -- everybody is worried about project 2025. we have potentially hundreds of thousands of noncitizens voting in this election. why don't we address that? let's couple that with voter integrity. nobody seems to be doing that. we only care about some made up project 2025 krapp. wake up america. chemical fires. our country is being destroyed from within. caller: the issues -- host: the issue she talks about is the issue texters have talked about. he says he is single issue.

"i will vote against killi babies because killing babies is anbonation to god." michael saying i am a single issue v "my issue is saving this democratic republic from donald trump and republicans tried to destroy it. without a stable government none of thesessues matter. " (202) 748-8000 free democrats. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. independents (202) 748-8002. a story from yahoo! saying he questioned why older women cared so much about abortion rights, saying "it was crazy some voters cited reproductive rights as the prime issue into the november election."

one of the local news stations caught more of the comments. here they are. [video clip] >> left has a lot of single issue voters. there a lot of women who are like if i cannot have an abortion i will vote for anybody else. a little bit crazy, especially for women who are past 50 years old. host: are you a single issue voter. if you are tell us why and if you are not tell us why? don in michigan, line for democrats. you are next up. caller: good morning to the american people. in this election i'm a single issue voter because of january 6. we have a person, the former president that has been convicted for 43 counts of

embezzlement. and not convicted kamala off of convict -- and not convicted, but let off, of committing a coup against america. the constitution is what we are trying to save in this election. a vote for trump is a vote against america. how anyone can vote for donald trump and convince themselves he did something in the last four years when he left office -- he rode on president obama's economy and he ruined it in three years anyone to put this clown back in office? wake up america. host: sean is next in baltimore.

caller: i want to say i am voting on three issues. the economy, crime, and immigration. i am not a fan of donald trump as a person but he has proven he can handle it. i have no idea what that last caller was talking about trump destroyed the economy. i was never a republican, me being a black man in black culture, our parents try to tell us to vote republican. that is over with. i will be voting republican for the first time ever. immigration, this is crazy. i have nothing against people trying to come over here to get jobs, but just opening the borders and letting everybody in his destroying the economy. let me tell you. i have to fast because i want my

kids to eat. that is how expensive groceries are. then kamala acting like she will fix anything. she refuses to answer questions. host: it doesn't sound like you're single issue voter, it sounds like you issue voter. crime is one of them. caller: i was saying i am voting on multiple issues. crime is one of them. i live in maryland. it is crazy. these democrats in maryland and on the national level do not care about crime. you can do any and everything. the juveniles, carjackings, murders. democrats do not care about crime and going back to the border -- you have crazy folks coming over. they interviewed one immigrant who said this guy next to me is

out of his mind. why is he coming into this country? that is why crime is a big deal because democrats do not want jails. host: that is sean in baltimore. he brought up immigration. this is from the washington times this morning, saying "the department of homeland security knows at least 660,000 illegal immigrants in the united states with criminal records, including 13,000 convicted killers, and 56,000 involved with dangerous drugs. thousands of other migraines have been charged but not yet convicted of those and other crimes. they are part of u.s. immigrations and customs enforcement non-detained docket, list of more than 7 million illegal immigrants ice is supposed to be monitoring as they wait final deportation decisions or in some cases our fugitives refusing to go." that is from the washington times.

arthur in florida, republican line. this idea of a single issue voter. caller: i don't consider myself single issue. there is one issue that i do believe needs to be brought up and that is america is in serious financial trouble at this point. we cannot afford to be helping everybody else in the world and then somehow expect money to magically appear out of the air because we are in serious financial problems. another issue which nobody has brought up yet is about gun control. the constitution says there is a right to keep and bear arms.

a person who commits serious crimes need to be taken care of, not law-abiding gun owners. thank you for your time. host: jeff is joining us also from florida. line for democrats. hello. caller: good morning. i've got a cold. i listen to a lot of your callers. they seem to have a problem with immigrants. immigrants want to feed their family. i do not have a problem with them. host: would you consider yourself a single issue voter or not? if that is the case what is the issue? caller: people are calling about immigrants. the immigrants are not shooting up the schoolhouse.

they did not rate the capital. that is all i have to say. host: daniel in ohio. independent line. caller: the most important issue is international wars. if somebody shoots at me i am going to shoot back at them. why is there hundreds of missiles and drones shot at our navy, our bases overseas and we do not shoot back? if somebody shoots at me i do not try to shoot the bullet, i will shoot at them. host: which candidate do you think meets that demand or satisfies those concerns you have? caller: biden has been there

four years and has not done it. trump did it a couple times. our political leaders need to stop being cowards. thank you. host: bob is in minnesota, republican line. your next-- bob, minnesota, hel? caller: [indiscernible] the issue of abortion, the idea that we will kill 700,000 of our people every year, where are our leaders going to come from? host: how did that become your top issue? caller: well, it's an issue i'm concerned about. host: ok.

bob in minnesota, talking about this idea of single issue voters. you can talk about that for the next half hour, or if you want to talk more generally about campaign 2024, the vice presidential debate is tomorrow, with other news regarding campaign 2000 24, you can add that to the mix as well. it's the same lines, (202) 748-8000 for democrats in the open for them. (202) 748-8001, republicans. independents, (202) 748-8002. if you want to comment on this idea of the single issue voter, you can do that or add other thoughts about when it comes to campaign 2020 four issues. nevada last night, the vice president highlighted issues of the economy or housing. here's a portion from her rally last night. [video clip] >> we also need to build more

housing in america. [cheers and applause] my mother saved up for years, i was a teenager when she was able to buy her first home. right now a serious housing shortage is part of what's driving harm. we will cut the red tape and work with the private sector to build 3 million new homes. [cheers and applause] and provide first-time homebuyers with $25,000 down tonight -- down payment assistance. [cheers and applause] so that you can get your foot in the door. you will do the rest. and we must lower the cost-of-living. while our economy is doing well by many measures, prices for everyday things like groceries are still too high. you know it, i know it.

so, i have a plan that includes lowering costs on everything from health care to groceries, including taking on the corporate price gouging that we know has resulted in jacking prices up, often around tragedies in emergencies. we will bring tax cuts to 100 million more americans, including $6,000 through the first year of a child's life. knowing that the vast majority of our young parents have a natural desire to parent their children, but not always the resources to do it, and that includes extending and expanding the child tax credit, helping with buying a crib, buying a car seat. doing the things that are so critical in that first phase of life. host: again, that was the vice

president from last night. you can go to the app if you want to see more of campaign 2024 if you want to participate in comments about that and talk about single issue voters. you can do that. gregory, new jersey, democrats line. hello. caller: i want to talk about the corruption in this country on both sides. the corruption is so out of whack in this country with the legalized crooks in this country. that's your congress, all of your politicians. they keep printing money and don't have no backup on the money. religion is not helping the whole policy. host: if it is congress, how did

that rise to a top issue for you? caller: because i'm on a fixed income. the only thing keeping me going is the government. being a member of a minority -- what? caller: i didn't say anything, go ahead and finish her thought. caller: the only thing keeping me going is my spouse, is the government. the states don't do anything, to tell you the truth. everybody is stealing in this country. host: ok. mark is next, campaign 2024. issues related to that. independent line from indiana, mark, hello. caller: good morning. this is mark. i'm calling in because i want to express from a true eternal

standpoint what's going on here. jesus said to the pharisees that you are of your father, the devil, a liar and a murderer from the beginning, from the works of the father you do. basically, the democratic party has followed the line of deceiving us. they've had three and a half years on the economy and haven't done anything. the border, they have had three and half years to do that. we have so many criminals in the united states now. the worst of all is not just the deception, but the murder. the murder of 7 million, 70 million babies. right now our country would be doing great if those 70 million babies were now in their 50's and all of our offspring were paying into the social security

system. climate money, productivity. the final point i would like to make is that everybody who is put to death for attacking a child, what about those who butcher babies? liberty, the license to butcher babies. host: sony out, democratic line. campaign 24 comments. caller: good morning, pedro. i don't have a single issue but i wanted to remind people about project 2025. if this goes through, you won't have to worry about anything else, there will be so many rights taken away from all of us. it will just be bad for democracy and everything else. the one thing i want to remind people about, talking about prices, nobody seems to remember

that we went through a pandemic and are still going through a pandemic and it takes five to 10 years to recover and it's a snowball effect. everything is affected. in the pandemic of 1918 it took them about 10 years to recover. people kept saying that once this is over, we will get back to where we were. it takes a while and we need to work on unity and try to bring this country together. that is to be concerned about project of 2020 five and voters rights. host: a couple of stories related to the vice presidential debate tomorrow. one of the features that will be a part of that debate, according to usa today, the inclusion of hot mike's, saying how -- seeing how walls and vance interact will depend on the debate rules and it's a significant difference from the face-off,

cbs news allowing hot microphones. they wanted a rule change on cnn, having the mike's turned on even when the candidate was not speaking. political observers thought that harris wanted this to catch a trump in a viral moment and the harris team folded to have the mike's be muted when a candidate is not speaking. cbs news is the root -- reserving the right to commute microphones but otherwise every word will be heard by the viewing audience. yahoo!, making the point that when it comes to tomorrow night's debate, vice presidential candidates jd vance and tim walz are set to debate and ahead of that, cvs announcing that moderators will not fact-check either candidate, they will be responsible for fact checking one another. prompting norman ornstein to note that once cbs was the gold standard for television news,

those days and those standards are long gone and he is not the only one objecting to the announcement, condemnation wide spray done -- widespread on social media after they refused to fact checked the trump biden earlier debate, opting on abc to include a brief fact checks between trump and harris. you will see all of that play out tomorrow in the vice presidential debate between vance and tim walz. you can see that on c-span. our coverage starts at 8:00 with the show leading up to the actual debate at 9:00 and your responses, after. you can see that on various platforms there as a part of coverage campaign 2020 four. you can talk about the vice presidential debates in the next 20 minutes or so and other things related to camping 2024. new jersey, pat, the public light, go ahead. caller: i have a single issue

and it is globalism. i will not give my vote to anyone who is a devoted globalist. i couldn't support nikki haley. i could never again support a bush. we need to guard our sovereignty and our national sovereignty, our constitution and our freedom. everything that is going wrong in this country is being done by people who want us to have a one world government. the demise of our u.s. constitution, the demise of sovereignty will be the demise of humanity. host: what evidence do you think that is happening, what evidence do you cite that that is happening? caller: for instance, i lost two jobs due to outsourcing and in sourcing. american companies are moving our jobs offshore. they are staying here and just looking down on the rest of us. these are self-anointed elites who don't care at all about american workers.

people who care about our freedom. they don't, they are more interested in global commerce and it will lead to the demise of the nationstate worldwide, meaning we will no longer have our freedom. host: pete is joining us from california, talking about issues related to campaign 2024. caller: i can't believe that of all the great people that we have in the united states, that these are the two best candidates who could come up for vote for president in the united states. so many smart people in this country. how come these were the only two who could come up for it? host: what are your issues with either candidate? caller: oh my god, that's all it got to say. host: if you wouldn't mind -- well, he's gone.

david, pennsylvania, campaign 2024, hello. caller: i am not generally a single issue voter but i can boil it down to one issue, i'm really tired of the rhetoric. i'm tired of idiots talking about people eating cats. i'm tired of people who simply believe whatever trump says. there are not 7 million this or 700,000 of that, there are not babies being killed. you know, just lies about vaccines. lies about things and it seems like the loudest mouths in the room are the one that people listen to. they continue to spout, without backup, without data, without information, without question something that an 80-year-old kind of person is saying, slurs his words.

it's just not suitable for president. i want someone who is a statesman. i want someone who is a leader. i want someone who is smart and who thinks for themselves. not like reagan, not like the previous trump where they just spout things to get elected and then whatever people underneath them, like project 2025 or those backers, decide they would like to push through congress. host: if that is the case, how do you think the vice president would different -- differ from trump in that approach? caller: i think she's smart. i think she thinks for himself. what i liked about obama is he read things. he prepared for meetings. he understood the issues. people listen to both sides. he didn't just sit there and do whatever people under him wanted to do. i think that harris is alive,

smart, young, surrounding herself with people smarter than her because that is not a threat to her. whereas i think trump surrounds himself with yes-men and if he doesn't like what they say, he insults them. he's not sociable. he's not civil. he's not particularly smart. at least from what the things he spouts on the air and what he calls the failing true social. host: that's david, there. there's a story in "the washington post" about the harris team in efforts to swing voters over to that side. maria cabela, top aide to chris christie, recently signed a contract to work on the harris campaign, helping to make their case to republican voters and moderate and independent women. she has worked for a number of republican officials and served

as the chief of staff to andrew cuomo. the behind the scenes work showing results on sunday. jeff flake in arizona, who served as the biden ambassador to turkey, endorsing harris. earlier this month alberto gonzales served as the attorney general. september 18, more than 100 former national security officials from republican administrations signed a letter endorsing harris, claiming mr. trump was not fit to serve. washington post, that's the story this morning. let's go to john on the republican line in michigan. caller: hi. i'm concerned about the -- why is it -- why are, why are people in this country who are not citizens? why are they allowed to vote in a united states election? that's not right. biden did nothing here in the

last four years except cause a ruckus in this whole -- he has not done anything except to be a puppet. now, the crime has been so bad. people are kicking in people's doors. they do it here. they are going to get shot. they are going to take their last step right there. host: chris, philadelphia, independent line, hello. caller: i would like to start off by saying let's make it lying wrong again. that's my number one issue. i'm a 50-year-old white male from philadelphia on his way to work right now. it's disgusting that an 80-year-old man, the only thing he can say about his opponent is that she is mentally challenged.

this is the times we live in. an 80-year-old man. let's talk about ai. let's talk about the water systems in this country. everyone of us that live in a community, rural community or outside a city or drinking water that is lead-based, ok? i don't hear trump talking about his plan to replace that. what i do here is the people saying how much money they had under trump. let's remind these people, you were getting that money from the government and you couldn't go nowhere because everything was closed because your president lied to you. host: if ai and water are issues for you, how do you think vice president harris will handle the issues? caller: excellent. the biden administration laid out rules and regulations to get an inventory on these pipes, you know, they say to people, the people that built this country back in the 30's, the 20's, they

don't exist anymore. you hire somebody now, i have to laugh, they pull up to your house with the trump flags and trump stickers, the entire crew is outsourced by mexicans. you can't have it both ways. what we need to do is realize that this is the new america and we need to welcome these people. japan is already over there in mexico, building on their soil. elon musk has his eye over there. host: we will leave it there, chris from philadelphia. the journal looks at the spending being done by both candidates. one of those spending categories when it comes to ads, postage in both campaigns, saying the biggest chunk of spending each kid paid his code to advertising, biden harris shelling out $36 million so far.

digital ads. 26 million from the trump campaign. that's according to the sec filings there is also the category of food and beverages. this is again from "the wall street journal," saying that the harris campaign had a tap the boss queen soul café in virginia with two trips totaling $6,698. plus several taco sops. the trump campaign, hitting mcdonald's 18 times in august, chick-fil-a 10 times, waffle house six times. more breakdown when it comes to spending being done by both campaigns, including charts, here on "washington journal ." caller: that last guy needs to

relax before he has a stroke. i was calling about the harris flip-flopping. she thinks one thing one year and the next year it is totally different and the next year it is totally different. says 18 to 23 -- 18 to 24-year-olds are stupid and that they need to be in college dorms with iras because they are so stupid and can't handle themselves. she's a mess. host: joe is in arizona. democratic line, hello. caller: thank you, hello, love your show. i'm an arizona boater. i go down to rocky point quite a bit from phoenix on the border. thank you to all the folks on the border taking care of us. i don't see half the problems i hear about. does donald trump, is he able to vote? since he is a convicted

felon, can he vote? i've tried to do some research and haven't found. i think vp harris for doing a great job and will be voting for her. host: that's joe, there. these next couple of minutes if you want to participate and talk about the issues related to campaign 2024, you can do that. (202) 748-8000, democrats. (202) 748-8001, republicans. independents, (202) 748-8002. if you want to text us your thoughts, you can do that at (202) 748-8003. let's hear from marie. marie is in virginia. independent line, hello. caller: hello. my soul point is immigration. immigration impacts at least seven other areas, including voter registration, home and rent vouchers to immigrant

migrants. employment, taking away jobs from other people. americans. rising medical costs because of vouchers. hospitals going under because they have to deal with these people. this with the other items that they are being given, they should be taken away. it should take away points from our own citizens. education, we have to educate these people. they don't speak english, that incurs costs. crime is another one. girls and young people, especially the ladies from georgia, texas, maryland, and virginia. so, that's my point. immigration policy in the administration, letting these people in without vetting, it

has caused a lot of problems. host: former president trump in yeary, pennsylvania, talking about immigration. here's a portion of it. [video clip] >> it's so sad. we will discuss that. if harris gets four more years, america as we know it will be destroyed. it won't be 21 or 25, nobody has any idea, whatever it might be, they have no idea. they like to say 12, 13, 14. it's 21, could be 31, 41, they have no idea. kamala has openly acknowledged she is the worst vice president in history. as president she would be much worse. she would be a disaster. they asked her -- did anyone see the oprah interview? oprah wanted to climb under the table. she couldn't, but the whole

thing is crazy. two days ago for the first time ever, the patriots of ice released -- this is the first time ever where they released murder numbers and raped numbers and human trafficking numbers. they never do that. they talker -- they talk over all nice and gentle. somebody felt the numbers should be released. they came out just as she got to the border. that was very interesting. this was tough. she gets up and says she didn't get involved too much with the border but now she's going to. why didn't she do it almost four years ago? why didn't she? because she can't. she can't. number one, she doesn't have the capability. number two, the base won't let her do it, for whatever reason that is. host: you can see both rallies on our app on c-span now, our free video app. you can go to the website to

watch those events there. republican line, james, north carolina. caller: got to love trump, love to hear him speak. as far as the campaign and keeping our money here in america, we just had a devastating storm come through the mountains of north carolina. buildings washed down the stream . houses, cars, probably people, to. you know, we will probably spend more money sooner on ukraine and their borders, while our people here are suffering. these emergencies is where we ought to be able to come together and spend taxpayer money to help these people. those people will get their chainsaws out and get wheelbarrows. they will clean themselves up, and their neighbors. we ought to be helping those people. not spending money in freaking

ukraine and those borders when our border is wide open and there are millions of people coming over here. that's a great campaign issue. oh yeah, real quick, joe biden, he's already, he is at the airport. they interviewed him about it. he's like all the others. host: that was james in north carolina responding to the issues after hurricane helene, it was biden on the tarmac yesterday at the former air force base asked about these issues and here's a portion of that back and forth with rope orders. [video clip] [indiscernible] >> anything to say to netanyahu? >> i will be talking to them. i will tell you what i say after i talked to him. >> [inaudible]

>> it's tragic. my advisors are on the ground right now. the distinctions between the numbers he's using and the ones used by locals, it really is amazing. you saw the photographs. it's stunning. such a wide area. i mean, getting them all, we have them on the ground ahead of time. >> any more resources from the federal government? >> we have given them a significant amount. >> would you intervene in the dock workers strike? >> no. >> why not? it >> it is collective bargaining. >> can an all-out war in the middle east to be avoided? >> possibly. we have already taken

precautions relative to our embassies and personnel regarding police. we are not there yet. we are working on it with many others. thank you. host: that was the president yesterday at dover air force base and he is expected to make comments regarding the aftermath of hurricane helene. texas, democratic line, last call, go ahead. evelyn, texas, hello? caller: hi, yes, thank you. i just wanted to say that the issue i have is just how, you know, we don't respect one another. everybody is just calling out negative, hurtful words against each other. it's really sad to see. i did want to say that when i go out with friends, lately, i'm noticing some, many of the

wives, as a matter of fact three have changed their minds about voting for trump. i guess they are trying to influence their husbands. but you know, i just want to thank god that some people can think for themselvesthank you, d program, i hope continues. host: thank you for being a part of the program as well as the other colors. two guests this morning. we will continue on our conversation with issues with campaign 2024. later on in the program we will talk about disaster relief and the money available for the federal government to help out including how funding for hurricane relief wasn't included in the short-term spending package.

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"washington journal" continues. host: we are joined by the cofounder and president of real clear politics. mr. bevan thanks for giving us your time. your site gets used a lot this time of year. describe it to viewers. guest: what we do is we are a hybrid aggregate publisher. we have original content. we also aggregate links from all across the internet. we try to be a one-stop shop for everyone interested in policies and election. all opinions, all sides, put them in one place so people could read the best arguments of the day every single morning and see the latest polls, catch up

on the latest video clips. we really try and bring it together, that time is now in the presidential election. host: why do you take an aggregated approach? what value do you think that gives? guest: with the proliferation of polling, the campaigns like to take an individual poll and say it shifted my candidate up. which poll is right? the truth is somewhere in the middle. we take all of the public polling available during a period of time and provide an average, it has been one of the most accurate metrics in terms of not just election outcomes but in terms of giving a

snapshot in time and showing trends. as a candidate going up or down? whether that is nationally or in the battleground state. host: a list of poles that you have, it shows vice president harris leading by two. talk about what that number means today and what you see leading up to that number. guest: this has been a historic election in a number of ways. joe biden was trailing by about 3.1% in the national average. once kamala harris became the defect own nominee in a matter of a week or two she had reversed that and brought it to even and subsequently moved ahead. joe biden was losing a lot of these battleground states on

average by 4.5%. the race is effectively tied. no question kamala harris is ahead nationally. as we look at those individual states, it is as close as i have ever seen it. -- it has been effectively, the lead for one candidate or the other has been somewhere in 2/10 of a percent. that is how close it is. it reminds me of 2016. you will remember hillary clinton won that election by

2.1%. it was very close in the battlegrounds. trump ended up winning just barely in pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin. we are back to a similar scenario. host: tom bevan is our guest. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. (202) 748-8001 four republicans. independents, (202) 748-8002. if you want to send us a text you could do that at (202) 748-8003. from the list of poles you decide to aggregate, how do you choose that? what makes quality when you make those choices? guest: we get this question a lot. we use public polling. we don't use any private polling or campaign polling. some of these pollsters do public polling, they also do

sponsored polling for candidates for political action committees. typically every site will have at least a couple of new firms that pop up out of nowhere we see a track record for these polling organizations. it is a thorough vetting process . what we don't do that some of our competitors do is weight poles based on their last performance. we take a straight average. we don't do any weighting or manipulation of the numbers. our track record speaks for itself in terms of the accuracy over the last five election cycles. host: tell our audience where

you think some danger signs are for the vice president or the former president? guest: kamala harris has done a very good job of energizing parts of the democratic coalition that were really suffering and lacking under joe biden's candidacy. that was almost immediate by virtue of her being not donald trump and not joe biden. a lot of concerns democrats had about his age or mental acuteness went away. rfk junior immediately came back into the fold and took a race that was getting away from the democrat and made it very competitive across the board. there is a poll that came out yesterday, we have been looking

at the average among some of the democratic groups. that is a vote hillary clinton and joe biden both won by 35 points or so. kamala harris not doing nearly as well. that splits by gender. she's having trouble with male voters, not just white male voters. those are even skewing younger. you could get into the weeds pretty quickly. overall, the hispanic vote is one of the biggest trouble spots for kamala harris. one of the spots she needs to bring back into the fold if she wants to be successful in a lot of these battleground states. host: and the former president? guest: he has the same problems he always has. he's a turnout machine for his voters but also democrats.

his problem is suburban women, independent and republican leaning women, that is a group that he really did not do well with in 2020. obviously with abortion being the focal point of this race and it being on the ballot in michigan and florida, that's a message the harris team is driving home hard. the gender gap this year is as big as we have ever seen. obviously trump is doing very well. he is really struggling with women. host nolan in pennsylvania, independent line starts us off. you are on with our guest. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call.

one group i think that is really not being considered is american indians. not native americans. we have a petition, since the last election we have increased our defenses to about 5 million. that is not really being represented. we are hoping. visit our website to support our petition. host: targeted groups, what do you think about this? you mentioned some but what about the ability of candidate reach out? guest: the further you get down in sort of the subgroups, the larger the margin of error is. for asian americans, that is such a small subgroup that you

have margins of error that are pretty big. the campaigns do their best to target these demographics. i think that is something again when we talk about states decided by 5000 votes or 10,000 votes, campaigns are very aware of how important it is to not just find their constituencies, their hard-core leaning democrats and republicans but to reach out to independents and other groups. they could be making a difference. host: michael in new jersey, independent line. caller: thank you for your contributions and poll numbers. two quick questions, in 20, could you compare the number of undecided voters to the current poles you see?

i guess that would suggest a degree of uncertainty out there about voters. regarding trump, there's a lot of data, a number of hidden voters that the polls do not represent. what this means is there are trump supporters that don't want to be pulled. could you provide a little color of that with the magnitude of this group and who these people are? guest: great questions. as far as the undecided voters go, it is a pretty small group. especially closer to the election. i would have to go back and look to see if there is much difference. i can imagine there would be. i think everybody has solidified

opinions about donald trump love him or hate him. kamala harris now as well. the people who are truly undecided is a small group. as to the shy trump quote, there's no question if you look at 2016 his vote was undercounted at the national level. our average had hillary clinton leading by 3.2%. she managed to win that election by 2.1%. the national polls were pretty accurate. at the state level, trump's support was undercounted in places like michigan and pennsylvania. she was leading hillary clinton, was leading in wisconsin and trump wound up winning that state by less than a point. the polls took a look at what

happened in 2016 and why it happened. some of the polling was better. our average in pennsylvania was spot on. wisconsin was just as bad as it has always been. six or seven point miss. people are right to look at these poles and question whether they got it right or whether they are still undercounting the support. even if trump support is being undercounted by a percentage point, that will be the difference. the races are that close. donald rumsfeld used to call it one of the known unknowns. we can't possibly know whether it has been handled correctly until the day after the election. host:e are being asked by

viewer in your location talking about the former president himself? guest: we are an independent media company. we aggregate opinions from all ideologies. we have a pretty substantial track record over the last 24 years. people are welcome to look at what we post and look at our record in terms of pulling averages and how they have been during presidential elections at the senate level, house level as well. we are about as independent and accurate as anybody out there. host: how are you financially supported? guest: we are independent and supported via advertising and a couple other revenue streams. we are an independent organizations. host: everett in colorado, this is on a republican line, you are

next. caller, you are on. are you there? go ahead. caller: since you monitor polls and different organizations monitor polls, what is the real definition difference between the republican party and the democratic party? the only guarantees the republican form of government in each state for democracy or democratic form of government. host: that is everett in colorado. you talked about polling as a science so to speak. is it harder in the day and age

of the cell phone? guest: absolutely. they have done a good job adjusting to that but it has been fairly rapid, the move away from land lines to cell phones. in some states pollsters are allowed to call cell phones. most now do multimodal meaning they utilize cell phones, texts, some of them blended and some of them still do the traditional dial. it has been much tougher to get people, to get representative sample, there have been a lot of people who have gotten out of polling. it used to be you could make 5000 phone calls, now you have to call 50,000 people. that is just gathering the responses. i think the other piece that has been tricky, particularly when trump has been on the ballot,

you take your responses and extrapolate from 1000 people what 150 million people are going to do at the ballot box. how many young voters are going to turn out? how many african-american voters are going to turn out? they do that by looking at past election, figuring out how to get from voters, have you participated in the last two elections, how likely are you to participate in this election? that's where the science and art of it comes in. pollsters who end up being the most accurate are the ones who are able to accurately predict what the electorate will look like on election day. it is not an easy job. host: do know what turnout might look like this year? guest: i think it will be huge again.

a lot of discussion early on about people not being satisfied with situations. still some talk of that. again, whether they are motivated out of desire to vote for candidates or out of fear or against the other party candidate, i think turnout this year is going to be huge again. i don't know if it will be record level but it will be pretty close. host: those battleground states we have been showing, what is the standout state to you? what are you paying attention to when it comes to the battleground? host: -- guest: the battleground states, that's where everybody is ending their money. it is exceedingly close. if you lose pennsylvania and its

19 electoral votes, you can't make that up by winning another battleground state. none of the other states have 19 electoral votes. that's why it's so important. we have seen this for weeks and months. when you flip that state, it makes a difference in who ends up winning. both candidates know that. obviously they are spending time in the other states. pennsylvania is the one that is most closely watched. host: according to today's real politics aggregate, president trump up 0.2%. you can find other information there as well as a post there. lori is next in north carolina, independent line. caller: good morning, i was

wondering, taylor swift has hundreds of thousands of young people newly registered to vote. that could be a major group that could push. i'm not sure it's really that close. i think that is a group that is not really figured in. these young kids, i don't know if they are really respected. host: thank you. guest: young voters are part of the democratic coalition. harris has been lagging with those votes.

we will see. it doesn't seem to be -- they don't seem to be doing that much better with young voters now. it could be the case. some of these young voters. if they are registering in california or new york, it doesn't really matter. if they are registering in places like north carolina, arizona, or the rust belt states, it could be a difference. particularly if they are young women, we will have to wait and see how that turns out. we will have to see how that will play. host: could the after effects of hurricane helene have aftereffects heading towards election day?

guest: i was thinking about this and i was going to tweet about it. talking about politics when so many people are suffering, north carolina is an exceedingly close battleground state. the western part of that state, they vote overwhelmingly for trump. if they are unable to rebuild and get themselves out, how will they vote? the other side of that is that asheville is a heavily democratic area. joe biden won asheville county by 32,000 votes. that would obviously be a blow for kamala harris. a lot of the folks are not able to get to the polls. there is a political reality that what just happened, the

tragedy could have an impact politically on who ends up winning that state. host: i want to ask you about another feature of the site. editorials, why do you put them there? who makes that decision of what goes on the site? guest: we have a staff of editors and we basically do it the old-fashioned way. we go to all of these websites, there is no algorithm that picks these stories, we have a lot of humans making editorial judgments about what goes on the site. basically by -- it is like making a stew every day. you don't know what your ingredients will be. you want to have the right amount of salt, pepper, spice, all of those things. we want to cover the issues. stories on their about what is

going on in the middle east. we have stories about the campaign obviously. that is a link on the site. you could watch that interview. we have talks about sort of the counter to that about why men in particular are flocking to donald trump this year as they have in the past. we sort of combed through everything and make decisions. all we are looking for is the most interesting, provocative articles that are out there. so the people could get sort of a cheat sheet of who is writing what every single day. about the campaign and other

issues like economics, foreign policy that are important to all of the folks. host: let's go to indiana on our independent line. caller: i wanted to ask if there were any polls in states, maybe even some traditional blue states, some that might be flipping the opposite way of what you would expect? guest: great question. there are obviously a lot of other states. we have a poll by the des moines register that came out not too long ago that showed kamala harris closer than a lot of people expected. that is a state trump won in

2016 by nine points, 10 points. florida is another state where it was one of the only states where democrats have the opportunity, rick scott, polls have shown him about four or five points ahead. not comfortable leaving by any stretch. florida is another state, i think trump is ahead but not by much. virginia is another state people have been talking about. we had polls shown that donald trump was tied and maybe ahead. she has moved back ahead in that state. a not necessarily comfortable lead. that is a state joe biden won by 10 points in 2020. new hampshire is another one

people are keeping. there are people maybe not getting their fair share of attention because the candidates, whether they are republican or democrat are not leading by as much as we might have expected. host: what benefit do election polls offer? guest: good question, polling has been around for a long time. i think the reason people complain about it is every cycle we get complaints that too much of the media coverage is driven by a horse race, it is policy driven. it is just the fact of life. i don't think polls will ever go away. it's the only way people have

the ability to get a sense of what is going on during the campaign and how the public is reacting to the candidates and the events surrounding the campaign and issues and all of that. if we did not have polls, maybe it would be a better world. we certainly would not have any idea of who was ahead in any of these places. the campaign's use the strategies and messaging. it serves a couple of different functions. they are here to stay whether you like it or not. host: here is jimmy in missouri, good morning. caller: i was wondering if you had any polls taken for missouri, like the rural part.

i live in a small town. host: i got you in a little bit late, could you repeat your question? caller: i would like to know how the polls are showing towards both candidates in missouri, a little small town. host: that is jimmy talking about where he lives and how it is with data concerning the polls? guest: missouri is not a state that is getting a lot of attention because it is not very competitive. missouri is going to be one of the critical belt winners. it is one of those states, not a lot of data there.

the senate race there as well, josh hawley is ahead by double digits in the latest polls. to speak to the broader issue, pollsters, obviously they do polls, not just age, ethnicity, religion, gender, they segment the population by do you live in a suburban area, we have pretty good data on that. the rural areas in this country, basically any state are heavily in favor of donald trump. that is not necessarily a new development. in a place like wisconsin which voted overwhelmingly for obama in 2008 and 2012, even the rural areas in the western and northwestern part of states,

those folks swung heavily towards donald trump. one of the reasons it was a miss. they did not pick that up. overall, rural america is firmly behind donald trump. host: candidates themselves, things they have said, over the long term, how do you think about statements on immigrants, how do you think that impact them in the long term? guest: i don't know that it's going to, we haven't seen anything that suggests that comment hurt him. i'm sure it wasn't well received by the democrats. they weren't going to vote for him anyway. independents probably didn't like it. at the same time it raised the issue of immigration in a broader way. that is an issue at the top of

mind for a lot of americans depending on what poll you look at. it's an issue donald trump has a pretty sizable advantage on. they trust donald trump to handle immigration more than they trust kamala harris. it might've helped in the sense that it raised the issue of immigration in line with the public. host: there were several reviews of her interview that she recently gave on msnbc. the one from the new york times, it is still yet to come. what about the questions of her various policies through interviews? guest: the campaign has certainly been very cautious in the way that they have approached the media and putting her out in particularly in

unscripted environments. i don't know if that has really hurt her or helped her in some ways. i think voters do want to feel like they understand her more because she is new. she has been in biden shadow, they would like to get more information from her. her campaign will say she has put out plenty of policy proposals and specifics. whether that has satisfied voters, we will have to see. it is definitely a conscious strategy not to do that. it has been a mixed bag. the debate, she performed well. a lot of people thought she won that debate on silo -- style, if not substance.

she gave an interview where her answers are not as crisp or precise. it raises questions about why she is not doing more. i'm not sure whether it is hurting or helping. she is winning at the national level and tied in the battleground states. she is able to get by with this strategy so far. host: let's hear from bonnie in louisiana, democrats line. caller: i was calling because i used to be a social studies, american government teacher. having studied the constitution and taught election process with my students. in class, they pick the candidates. it is a very long process. i'm concerned about this comments that were used.

some of the pollsters, i noticed that the "wall street journal had done polling and it was discovered later that it was a very limited group that were polled. it was very picky and selected. this is not a cross-section of the public when you poll like that. i know we have our media sharks out there that want sensationalism all the time because they want that headline. i just wonder about the reliability of polls in general in that way. host: thank you very much for

the question. guest: i'm not aware of the pole she referenced. i would be shocked if they released a poll that didn't include all of the relevant subgroups, unless they were doing something specific to a certain group. a couple of weeks ago, howard university released a poll that was dedicated to african-americans and how they were doing in the battleground states. sometime you get those poles drilling down on demographics that will be important. certainly the wall street journal is a reputable media outlet. their pollsters are top-quality. i don't know that there are any issues they would have. come by and large, all -- are

these pollsters -- the problem we had, with donald trump on the ballot, we have produced a pollsters scorecard where we basically went through and looked at every single pollster and every poll they give and gave them a grade basically on how they performed or showed how accurate they were. the problem you see is in 2016 or 2020, you have a group of pollsters that were republican leaning and they were much more predictive of donald trump's success and strength, in 2018, they were not as good and some of the other pollsters were much better, you have -- here we are again in 2024, donald trump is

back on the ballot. are the republican leaning pollsters going to be more accurate again? are they somehow overstating donald trump's support? are the other more traditional pollsters from his support the last two times he was on the ballot? i think there are questions about the polling industry and we will have to see how those shakeout. that is one of the reasons we put them together. the more data you have, the more data you could aggregate, the more accurate you will be when these votes come down. host: as far as tomorrow's vice presidential debate, what are you watching for? guest: the debate, obviously it's going to be a great debate.

both of these guys are good on their feet. they do not like each other. it has gotten personal on the campaign trail. some of thosious vice presidential debates have had some fireworks. none of them have been terribly consequential unless you go back to the vice presidential debates, you could argue there hasn't been one that has mattered 1960. people wind up voting for the top of the ticket. maybe this year is a little bit different. i will definitely be watching it. will we collect data on it? there are a number of polls done right after. some of them by the way will be not scientific. they will be online polls. in the following days pollsters will ask the question, who do

you think won? we will obviously see that stuff. we don't aggregate that kind of data. host: i want to ask before we leave you, we talk about the top of the ticket, do they collect data on who might determine control after november? guest: obviously the senate is up for grabs. the short version is the map is really tough for democrats. a lot of those democrats are doing quite well and have been running ahead of joe biden, in the last few weeks. the problem is west virginia where joe manchin is leaving. that state will -- they will win

that seat. your baseline is a 50-50 thai in the senate. in montana, jon tester is facing a tough challenge. again, a state that will vote for trump by 15-20 points. tester, a political survivor survived before. he will have to get one out of every three supporters to vote for him. that is a tall order in this environment. in the house we don't have nearly as much polling data, you have about 50 seats i would say between those that are true topics between those leaning one way or the other way. i think whoever winds up having the better night, which ever party wins the white house will

probably win the majority of those seats. they would have a small majority like the republicans have now. you have the era of small majorities. host: we thank you for your time, how could people find your site. guest: realpolling.com. host: the co-founder still with the site itself, thank you for your time. guest: you bet, thank you. host: two guests talking about the impact of the hurricane. we will be joined by andy peccone, talking about federal money left out of the short-term funding package, what it means for hurricane relief. also an update from the representative from florida on her district, what it is doing post hurricane.

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out. congress appropriated $50,000, there was a backlog already. with multiple disasters happening and that, the money was on the verge of running out. it was pretty desperate for more funding. host: could you ask plane how that works to our viewers? guest: we had to implement what we call immediate needs funding. they had been providing states money to deal with disasters. that money was close to running out. , this allows them to withhold funding so they could deal with measures and meant they had to put on hold money for rebuilding efforts. what that means is they are not able to fund these continual recovery projects in states.

it leaves communities waiting for that money to come through. host: now that the aftermath of helene is there, what is it like now? guest: you are seeing devastating flooding, over 100 deaths at this point. congress needs to provide supplemental funding at the end of the year. we just saw this last week. it allows them to continue from current levels to help fund ongoing recovery efforts. they said that this money will run out by january. they will need funding again as soon as january. there is a shortfall now, there will be a shortfall at the end of the year. host: short-term funding package

passes, no extra money, why did that happen? guest: disaster relief tends to be a nonpartisan issue. any of the funding on a funding package tends to be more controversial. especially coming down to the government funding deadline. some lawmakers oppose the idea of additional funding and over complicates matters. it turns out that in order to get the government funding past and prevents the shutdown, they will have as little funding as possible. host: let's talk about federal reserve -- disaster relief funds , if you live in the eastern time zones, (202) 748-8000.

mountain pacific (202) 748-8001. you can always text us your questions at (202) 748-8003. one of the senators on the senate floor talking about what you were talking about, play a little bit about what you want. >> so many people on maui, texas, vermont, california, iowa , florida, 20 states total unfortunately rising, the federal government has not come to their aid yet. they have lost loved ones, homes, businesses, livelihoods, all they want his help and a little bit of hope to get their lives back to something close to normal. what are we doing as a congress

if we can't reverse help to our fellow americans when disaster strikes? when we return in november disaster aid has to be the top priority of the united states congress. there is no excuse not to do this. host: he says top priority but will congress make it a top priority? guest: i would have said no or it would have been a big challenge. seeing the devastation from the hurricane over the weekend, the destroyed highways, bridges, they said over 100 people dead, congress will be making it a priority, especially before the election will be a really bad look. host: will congress honor that

request? guest: almost one year ago they requested $24 billion for disaster relief. congress has not done anything on that. . reiterating to congress that i made this request several months ago. there are additional needs. i think we will see action on that. it will be independent supplemental, part of a broader spending package, we will see congress take some of this in the past few months. host: the numbers, (202) 748-8000 for the eastern and central time zones. (202) 748-8001 for the mountain and pacific. if you are in a state impacted by national -- natural disasters that is (202) 748-8002. we will take those questions in a moment. with an update on how hard the

state of florida has been hit, the republican of florida serves as the third district, thanks for giving us your time. guest: thanks. host: could you remind viewers, what is it cover? guest: i know people refer to it as the big bend area. from the florida georgia line down to ocala to about an hour north of orlando, jacksonville, and out to the gulf coast. think about the area where you have dixie co., some people call it the forgotten coast. it is a huge part of agricultural area, i consider it to be old florida. host: as far as the impact of helene, how did your district fair? guest: this is the third storm

in 13 months. our area has seen direct hits on our district in each of those storms. to say it is catastrophic is an understatement. particularly in the coast. one of our commies, hamilton county shares a border with the georgia line. they saw winds of nearly 100 mile per hour. inland as far as on the coast. it is really devastating. our friends to the north and the carolinas also sustained tremendous damage from hurricane helene. host: how much was moved into the state before the storm and what has been their response so far? guest: when it comes to emergencies, this is not a partisan issue. we have a robust response.

immediately we were looking for the declaration. a little thin in terms of what it was covering. thankfully we were able to work with our state partners and get that in place. these storms are unpredictable and could change the trajectory significantly. there were quite a few assets in place. we were better prepared to deal with the aftermath. even still, this is one of the larger storms, category four. we saw 18 foot storm surge. nothing could truly prepare you for that type of devastation. host: what is the process of recovery from the federal level

and how the federal government response? guest: that was in place, it wasn't as robust as we would like. that was something we were going back and forth with the administration. immediately in the aftermath you see the federal government authorized category a and b, the debris removal, also debris such as broken pivots, that is really critical to get power and utilities to the area. it then comes immediately after. we see these storms time and time again.

now, the recovery process, debris removal is paramount. working with our state partners, after speaking with the administrator, hurry and i chatted about what that would look like in terms of the state taking point on this housing initiative. there's a lot of nonprofit partners, red cross, rubicon, so many different players that want to help get recovery initiated. they will step up and start looking at sustainable measures. it's not just every storm coming through, there are ways we could be smart about infrastructure moving forward. in the short term it's about getting power back on, people in homes that are safe and making

sure we are getting people the help they need. host: one of the stories in the papers is how insurance picks up, what are your concerns about the insurance companies to do so? guest: no surprise them florida we have been struggling with rising cost of insurance and providers leaving the state. insurance is the first step people are taking photos and submitting to their insurance companies. these areas are not predominantly -- places like the -- a lot of primary residence have lived there for 40 or 50 years and the homes are not insured. you have a tremendous effort from the community to help you build fema has resources to help these folks. for sure, insurance companies are the ship -- the first ones

that people should apply to. there are insurance companies out there that can help those who are not insured, but it is frustrating that after so many times of dealing with it, there is always some sort of delay or hick up and when it comes to events like this, people cannot afford to wait. host: we've been talking about the short-term funding that was passed. when you come back to congress, what is your expectation that additional money will be added in november? guest: i feel exceptionally confident. my district has taken three storms in 13 months and i can't tell you how frustrated we have been in florida with no movement on the disaster relief package that we passed out of the house that has been sitting in the senate with no action. that is tremendously frustrating because, as i said, we have been waiting through three hurricanes to be recognized in terms of that disaster relief fund. i think we will need another

supplemental on top of this. it's not just enough to give the government going but you are not meeting the needs of where the country is currently at, which is why we need to go through the appropriations process and be thoughtful and strategic about where we are going with a blank check or rubberstamp. there are people out there. my fear is that it turns into a political football. there is no room for politics when it comes to disasters and emergencies. host: cammack, -- representative cammack, the best to you and your residence as you recover. guest: appreciate it. thank you. host: before we take calls, a little assessment on what she had to say? guest: as expected, sounds like

she feels confident congress will pass some kind of supplemental package before the end of the year and i think that is what a lot of people are expecting. she mentioned disaster relief in the house. i think she was referring to a discharge petition built. providing tax relief to disaster victims, it would not provide additional funding for female or other agencies. host: why go the tax relief route? guest: i think it's a way for the individual victims to think victims can help themselves. it will help victims when they are facing these disasters, having to rebuild, it provides relief to individuals and that is better than nothing. host: callers, appreciate your patience. call in if you want to ask our guest questions about this relief. (202) 748-8000 for eastern and

central time zones, (202) 748-8001 mountain and pacific. if you are affected by a natural disaster, (202) 748-8002. beverly, thank you for waiting. go ahead. caller: thank you for having me. my question is -- i have relatives that are -- i live in california but i have relatives in the states that were impacted by helene and hurricanes prior to that. getting our federal government to help them. how can our federal government send millions of dollars, you know, to other countries, but how do we help the american people right here?

with these disasters, is there something we can do is the american public? have the american government give them what's necessary. giving them what they need to really rebuild their lives. host: beverly, california. guest: i think your frustration is felt by a lot of people, the inaction so far. i know a lot of lawmakers are frustrated as well. i talked to appropriators last week. they didn't happen. we will have to wait and see what congress does. that frustration is felt near and far. host: brenda, washington state, go ahead. caller: there was a caller in front of me, i don't know if she

spoke on what i was going to speak on. first i want to touch on the congresswoman who said this should not be a political football. many republicans refused to offer aid to do that victims in new york when that happened. what i wanted to comment on was, you see them coming with such good media play, and thankfully they are all right with just really heavy rain. what frustrates me is the wildfires that happened in my state. in california. a slow burn -- i don't mean that, that's mean -- but it just happens. everyone is like, who cares. wildfires are horrific, too. as far as insurance, it's really a racket. i could go at length about insurance on multiple levels.

insurance, we are in an earthquake lane. we paid through the nose for earthquake insurance, but we have it. i realize that some cannot afford it, but you know, just please address the fact that people kind of pick and choose their disasters and it can be very frustrating. thanks. host: thank you guest: for the call. guest:wildfires are a major issue as well. i used to work in northern california where that was front and center. i'm very sympathetic to the dangers of wildfires. i think that hurricanes do get a lot of play because of how violent they are. it seems there's another storm developing in the caribbean right now, i'm sure that we will see more of that. there are also more unconventional disasters that congress has been trying to find funding for, from the collapse of the baltimore bridge earlier this year to the derailment of

the freight train in east palestine, ohio last year. these things are all making their way through congress as a part of the discussion on disaster relief. determining whether or not congress will act by the end of the year, they are all a part of the discussion. lawmakers are angling to receive funding for that as well. host: what is the status of the program considering the flux you talked about? guest: it's one of the most beleaguered disaster programs in the federal government, consistently debt. lawmakers, senators, and house members are consistently pushing for reforms, however it is always some kind of friction there. in the fact -- the past few years, they haven't come together and the cr from the last week extended that the ration through december. so, that what's -- that will stay intact for a few months. host: shelby lives in

tallahassee, florida. shelby, good morning. caller: thank you so much for c-span. good morning. one of the things is the disaster, the national disaster playing up that intersectional point that i'm making. i have her -- relatives, as a family, with no insurance, we have had to come together because of this cap, not because of fema, but because of florida. i noticed that the congresswoman from gainesville, lake city, ocala, my family there has been without the insurance because we gave $3 billion for private insurance to buy the insurance component. re-and then you have citizen insurance with millions. this is a state-level issue that we have not given the risk to

those who want to live on beach and marshlands. tallahassee, for days tallahassee was considered in the cone. it went into the southeast. taylor, madison, ocala, what is it, the other beach areas are down there. this is an issue that has to do with the state. we have not created, first of all the state, or state legislatures have been gerrymandered to create a problem for the people, they have given $3 billion in reinsurance to private insurers. the subcommittees last night named 90% of the adjusters, report was reduced. host: shelby, thank you so much. guest: the insurance issue is

real for a lot of people around the country. disaster insurance is at a pivotal point, policies are becoming exorbitantly expensive. we have done a number of stories on the fact that a lot of the insurance payouts go to some of the wealthiest districts and wealthiest homeowners in the country. i know that there is movement for reform, changes and improvement on the insurance issues. host: does the federal government backstop anything on the state level? guest: i'm not sure. host: when it comes to the states itself, that's -- what is the recourse for those without insurance? guest: as far as? host: insurance companies moving out of the state, what happens to those who still need insurance? guest: people will become increasingly dependent on

federal aid, something congress will have to bolster in the future and we will see how that plays out. host: bobby, west virginia, you are next up, hi. caller: good morning. i'm on vacation, what a vacation, and eastern tennessee. this is not political as a thing , with all the disasters going on, from florida all the way up. i do not think that congress should be out, because of the politics and everything. this is a human rights issue. i think that they should be calling an emergency session,

getting back there to d.c., you can take care of business. i'm going to tell you, if you are suffering, a lot of people's livelihoods, their lives have been destroyed. we have lost several people during this disaster and everything. this is an american issue, not a political issue. you know? people's lives are important. you know, there livelihoods are important. it's going to be years and years and years in the making for somebody. it's money, money, money, they need to get off thereabouts and get back to d.c.. guest: a lot of people feel that frustration. congress left town last week as the hurricane barreled towards florida. [speaking another language] continuing resolutions for disaster funding didn't pass knowing that the hurricane was funding. they went back to their district to campaign before the election.

the optics of that are really troubling for a lot of people. understandably so. however, the fema administrator did say this week that with the continuing resolution passed, fema has the resources they need to deal with staffing and funding that they need to provide safety for the recovery. at least for this disaster, it seems that fema is well-equipped, but you are right, these disasters will continue coming and long-term solutions are needed. host: here's the femur direct -- fema director administrator from last week. [video clip] >> we have the resources needed for this event. everyone is aware that he went into immediate needs funding as the funding ran low. the reason we do that is to make sure that we have enough money for an event like this. we have exactly what we need in

there are no limitations in terms of this disaster. as we continue to go through recovery for these disasters, it takes personnel and we will continue to work through with the states what they need and how we can adjudicate the resources, but we are seeing an increase with strain on the staff who have been more than deployed for longer amounts of time helping these communities to recover. host: anything to add? guest: yes, you can see that the administrator feels confident that they will have the resources they need for this go around, but as she alluded to, more sustainable solutions are needed. a lot of people are itching to see what congress does in the next few months and how much disaster funding they will be able to appropriate to try to get ahead of the shortfalls coming in the future. host: your story from back in june, headwinds in the effort to overhaul disaster relief. what was going on at that time? guest: lawmakers anticipating

the situation we are in now. they concluded by saying that we are dealing with disasters and have dealt with disasters and we will have to deal with disasters and we need the money now to get ahead of the issue. that story was about the kind of movement in congress at the time to try to secure disaster funding with the headwinds that they are facing in that push. a lot of that has to do with jurisdictional battles within committees and some lawmakers preferring to wait until after disasters happen to secure that funding to get a real tally of who needs funding, where, and how much, so there are a lot of philosophical differences there. host: let's hear from joe in north carolina. good morning. guest: good morning. this is a money problem. a problem of who has whose hand in whose pocket. down where i live, they don't have any sewer systems. they are putting in about 6000

homes, brand-new homes that don't have water systems. the roads that collapsed over here, the idiots did not go ahead and run the drains right and put them underneath the damn streets. this is all money where they say no, we can go ahead and build a home and run the drainage line into the wetlands that goes into the wall, river. this is all money, money, money. they could change it if they wanted to. host: ok. that is joe in north carolina talking about infrastructure problems in areas prone to natural disaster. guest: yeah i think a lot of people resonate with that sentiment. a lot of money is still being doled out from 2020 one and the bipartisan infrastructure law. more funding for resilience projects, climate projects, clean energy projects aimed at

slowing down disasters or at least helping communities mitigate. but that funding has been slow to come out the door and a lot of communities are still waiting for that funding to reach them and be able to implement the project. host: is the issue around climate change when you talk about these disasters again and again? guest: i think so. people are getting the message that climate change is making disasters more frequent and more extreme, that sitting home. unfortunately, it takes disasters like these sometimes to get congress to act. it shouldn't necessarily be that way, but a lot of times we see the action after disasters like this and hopefully a lot of these reeling communities, on the front lines of future disasters we will see that they get what they been waiting for. host: brian, massachusetts, go ahead. caller: thank you for having me

on, pedro. i have family members who, who have a small operation down in reddick. i wish i had been able to talk to the representative there. also, i have personally some timber operations over in the panhandle. i was wondering if, if fema is doing agricultural and forestry assistance for people affected by these, by these natural disasters and how does that relate to the agricultural bill? probably not your expertise, but i'd like to hear what he has to say about assistance for those kinds of things. thank you very much. guest: i don't know if that would fall under fema but there are agencies that distribute disaster funding with their own accounts. the supplemental funding

requests issued by the white house last year include several billion dollars for a number of different federal agencies to distribute their disaster funds. some of that goes to agricultural needs, farming and ranching needs. coastal restoration, whatever it might be. if and when congress approves that funding, you know, those accounts will be shored up again and yes there are federal agencies waiting to dole out that money. in the farm bill they have conservation provisions. not sure about disaster provisions, but that will be a part of the session. host: the vice president is planning to visit when she can. what are you watching for when it comes to natural disasters in the recovery effort? guest: it will be interesting to see what kinds of pressure they may put on congress to put on -- to solve the disaster funding

shortfall. you know, a lot of people have kind of resented the political football that disaster funding has become, as we heard some callers mention. we will see how and to what degree it can become a bipartisan issue in the run up to the election. host: our guests work can be found at eenews.net. andy, thank guest: you for your time. thank host: you for having me. if you want to participate in open forum, (202) 748-8000 is for democrats, (202) 748-8001 for republicans. independents, (202) 748-8002. we will take those open forum calls when "washington journal" continues. ♪ >> he said that we should allow weapons i use in war to be an american streets.

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especially those frustrated and angry about government failures to fix what's broken, immigration systems to public schools, yet we urge americans to contrast her record with that of her opponent." that endorsement coming out today from "the new york times." if you are familiar with the movie, "shazam," the lead actor, zachary levi, offering an endorsement for former president trump. "zachary levi endorses donald trump for president, "we're going to take back this country." you can comment on that and other things during open forum, if you wish. jimmy, north carolina, republican line on the open forum, go ahead.

caller: i'm watching all these storms, being a north carolina, looking at asheville, it's just horrible. my thing is a lot of people are calling about helping other countries when we need to help ourselves first, but even biden harris, she wants to rebuild ukraine. how are you going to rebuild you ukraine? my number one thing in voting this year is going to be for the illegals. i want to know how many billions are we spending on feeding illegals, hospitals and medicaid. what is the costs? i'm looking for mass deportation, looking to get our money back and then maybe we can help our own country in these disasters. fema should not be broke. where is the money coming from? i'm proud of trump, going to georgia. i'm glad that he is the one that is concerned about the country and maybe he can do something and help georgia. i hope he comes to north carolina, next.

host: the former president, heading to georgia, but being briefed on disaster relief, all of those things playing out today, you can follow it on our website, c-span.org as the various candidates in the president are set to speak later. you can follow along on our free video app at c-span now. one of the things to watch out for for tomorrow night's vice presidential debate is how the candidates prepared leading up to the debate. on the sunday shows yesterday, tom emmer spoke about the role he served in preparing jd vance for his debate against tim walz. here is some of that exchange from yesterday. [video clip] >> tim has been a complete disaster in minnesota. what has happened is he is so good at being a folksy down to earth guy until people get to know him. his whole congressional district , where he played this character for several years of being a folksy outdoorsman, he lost in

both of his gubernatorial races, the last one almost by 10 points. he is not well-liked. once you get to know the real tim walz, he's like gavin newsom in a flannel shirt. the >> i know you have in saying things like that, so how do you play him debate? have you played him for jd vance? >> the debate is on tuesday night, i will let your viewers decide that. i'm not going to get ahead of jd and the team. if they want to talk about what we did and how we did it, they can do that. for me, i did my job, have been doing my job in helping jd see what it is he is dealing with tuesday night and he has done a great job. i tell you, he has the issues on his side. he can talk about the economy, the border that trump fixed and they broke. he could talk about peace and

stability around the world, they don't even have a clue. they caused all of this disruption. once he understands that tim walz is going to try to deflect folksy, he will hold him accountable. host: david, democratic line, north carolina, good morning. caller: good morning. host: what's happening? caller: they ain't talking a bit about the people dead in north carolina, the [indiscernible] boone and everything. money, money, it's all about getting paid. the president, the vice president, no one has come to see these poor people. black people, white people, in the mountains of north carolina.

nobody's talking about getting for them. bye-bye. host: floyd is next. good morning. caller: i was checking into the business of voting for jonathan pollard. he was spying for israel against the united states. i how is that the punishment for treason was death. i'm told he is still alive? he was living in israel, is that what it is? netanyahu, but another one, ben give ear. this fellow, palmer, if he is still alive, can you run a story on host: that? host:why is it important for you to know? caller: i thought that the

penalty for treason was death. there was an fbi agent found guilty and he was not executed. pollard, well, he was found treasonous, a traitor, as far as i know he still alive. host: ok. that is lloyd in iowa. again, it is open forum. choose the number on the screen that best represents you and you can call. [indiscernible] free democrats --(202) 748-8000 for democrats, republicans are (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. ned lamont was asked about what tim walz has to accomplish and he made these comments on the sunday shows. [video clip] >> i like tim walz. i like guys who have had a life

before politics. i like that he was a coach, teacher. i like what he did in the guard. he's just putting a human face on the harris-walz policies. a big emphasis on innovation as opposed to big business orientation on the other side. what they are doing for the middle class to raise people up and give people the opportunity to own their own home and business. i think he will tell that story and tell it well. host: tomorrow night's debate, you can see oc-span, simulcast, conducted by cbs news,ou can see the simulcast rrow, coverage starting at 8:00 call a debate at 9:00. you can follow along on our main channel, c-span. c-span now is our free video app. c-span.org if you want to view it on the website. north carolina is leading

coverage concerning the after affects of the storm in that small north carolina mountain town, helene made landfall on thursday as a category four. "realities setting and for many people about how long that might be left isolated without running water, power, cell service or internet. catastrophic flooding washed out roads, damaged flooding, leaving neighborhoods underwater. people sharing posts on facebook looking for friends and loved ones, asking others to check on relatives. many major roads remaining impassable, few people able to make it out on the small winding roads that move through the valleys and rivers of this region. out we will hear more from the president later on concerning the aftermath of the hurricane.

eric, north carolina, good morning. caller: good day, how are you? host: thank you, good, go ahead. caller: you just had an individual calling about north carolina. there in the mountains, it's you know. but nothing has been said about the limited access to the areas appear. informing the individual that there is help being sent. fema is actively involved. they have asked people not to travel through the area because some places are impassable. so, we are thankful for all the help being given. host: where in north carolina do

you live and where you largely impacted? caller: not largely. i live in the durham area, durham raleigh. i just wanted to make that comment, help is here, help is being sent. right after that person talked, there were cameras and trucks with food and water up in boone and asheville. so, you know, just to correct that situation, those comments. host: ok. christine, new york state, republican line, hello. caller: i would like to make a comment and the american people

to return with an answer. vp harris is currently campaigning 90% for presidency. yes, good morning, i would like to make a comment, if i may, and get an answer. vp harris is currently campaigning 90% for presidency, not functioning 100% as vp by the people. not a primary candidate voted for by the people. when it comes to the senate electrical vote for presidency, she going to cast to the electrical vote for herself? host: beverly is in connecticut, democratic line, your next. caller: some of the people calling, i have comments. i wish that more people would do the real research on any candidate, whether it is republican, democrat, or otherwise.

when politicians campaign, a president of the united states, when the president is up for election, the campaign, to. really, people should start to do some research, because there is so much nonsense that people believe. i cannot believe that this is the united states, you know? do your research. host: chicago, independent line, you are on, go ahead. caller: regarding israel, they only have one objective, preventing the objective of the palestinian state. they knew that hamas was a palestinian organization when they granted them autonomy and the only reason they did was they can't allow the palestinian state because you didn't recognize our right to exist.

that's the only thing they have been using hamas to do. there will never be a palestinian state in the middle east, because it is an attempt to make palestinian characters and israel a part of israel. the palestinians are going to remain a stainless people, just like the kurdish people have been. and another thing, israel has no right to bomb the people of gaza, because gaza is israeli territory. it is not a sovereign state. yemen is different. those are sovereign states. israel has a right to bomb them. they don't have a right to bomb the people of palestine because of an attack on october 7. host: ok. "the wall street journal," picking up on possible new leadership selections in hezbollah after the death of their leadership.

that iranian backers are's expected to select a new head of the executive council. observers said that is at least if he wasn't killed in the israeli airstrike, he has strong ties with iran where he completed his religious studies and his son is apparently married to the iranian military leader killed in a u.s. drone strike in 2020. again, there is more to that on "the wall street journal," marco rubio talking about this, people asked if he had concerns over escalation from ron over that death. here are some of his comments from yesterday. [video clip] >> when you are a country and someone has an organization that exists to destroy you, you have no choice but to treat that person as an enemy and confront them likewise. this guy spent years cheering on

suicide bombings that killed innocent israelis. there are 60,000 innocent israelis know who for almost a year have had to leave their homes in northern israel and are living in hotels in tel aviv, kids going to school online and in conference rooms because hezbollah was using antitank weapons. not guided long-range missiles -- to target them. what country could have 60,000 people permanently displaced? that is what the issue with hezbollah is all about. they want a six to 10 mile buffer between themselves and hezbollah so that they cannot use these shoulder fired rockets to target cities and civilian communities so that people can move back to their homes. hezbollah can -- hezbollah refuses to pull back and israel has no choice but to defend itself, wiping out the senior leadership of this people organization is a service to humanity. >> do you think that iran is

going to retaliate? >> iran seems to constantly be willing to attack israel and they will fight until the last member. their goal is to dominate the region. they seek to -- drive america out and destroy israel. any time that the iranian regime is on defense, it's good for the world, america, and israel. it will be up to the americans to decide what to do but i believe they will find themselves in a precarious situation if they escalate this on their parts. host: on this open forum we will hear from ned in georgia. caller: you mentioned the chick-fil-a here, that's where we were, east of hamburgers. me and my dad. i called to tell you that if there is anything important in this modern world, sir, it's c-span. you provide to the general population three hours everyday

with an opportunity to call in and say something important. i want to get off the line quickly because i am hoping that one day someone will call any and say i wonder how julian assange is doing today or what jamaal khashoggi's fiancé is doing today. we all here at 20 times a day, greta, tammy, whatever it is, i love my c-span, but i don't want to hear people talking about the weather in mexico. i want to hear something important. duty -- did you hear what willie said about the palestinian issue? you want more talk like that? or do you want people asking each other how to do today? may i go now, please? thank you. host: diana, good morning. caller: hello? yes, i'm calling on the republican line. i am a republican who will be voting for trump. i don't trust harris and i don't

understand the democrats. when she was running for whatever she did, she didn't get a single vote from them. the only reason she's in this situation she nominated herself to be the vice president biden, but no one has nominated her for anything. they didn't like her. i don't know why they are now [no audio] host: as vice president of the united states, don't you think she would be the natural selection of the president couldn't perform his duties? i'm going to stop you there, diana, you are listening to the television and when you listen to the television, there is always a bit of delay. that slows the conversation. viewers, if you would, go ahead, if you're on the phone with us, go ahead and meet your television and do what you have to do it and avoid watching television because of that the light. ernest, florida, independent line, hello.

ernest in florida, hello. [no audio] one more time for ernest. good morning. ok. we will go to marcus. marcus is in illinois. democratic line, lo, you are on. caller: how are you doing today? host: fine, go ahead. caller: one of my favorite books, everything i needed to learn i'd learned in kindergarten. i do not understand why in the world people would vote for someone who is dishonest, that lies, does not have the best for everybody in the country. republicans, democrats, both horrible, but we have to choose a leader and i think we need to get rid of everybody in washington and start all over. whenever they are in washington, they stayed for four years and get a pension, but nobody is really representing the hourly

paid to people. it can become annoying watching tv, especially when it comes to trump. but about respecting each other? we can be friends, but we don't have to have the same views. we must respect each other. thank you. host: marcus there in illinois giving his thoughts on open for them. a long post from elon musk, on his platform, reading amongst things, "this will be the last election to save the democracy. if one in 20 illegals become citizens per year, something democrats are expediting as fast as humanly possible, that would be 2 million legal voters. the vote margin went down by less than 20,000 votes and there will be no more swing states and

the biden harris administration has been flying asylum-seekers fast tracked to citizenship into states like pennsylvania, ohio, wisconsin. if you are interested in reading those thoughts from elon musk concerning the election, that's on his platform. let's hear from edward in california. independent line. >> can you hear me ok? host: i can, go ahead. >> after the second attempt on trump's life at the maggart rally that he had, some people claimed he was divinely protected by god, his chosen one. he was raised as a christian, from my understanding, and there have been two attempts on his life that we know of. hit was also raised in a christian family and there were five attempts on his life. what type of a christian god put protects those types of people?

that's the question i have for the supporters of maca. host: john, independent line. caller: independent line and i'm voting third party in the selection. i got my ballot and i dropped it in the dropbox, already voted third party. you know, i see the two major parties, democrats and republicans, i cannot believe that so many would vote for them . they are clearly both bought out and warmongers. trump is supposed to be the peace candidate, but he wants to blow iran away? there is a peace candidate. for the democrats, talk about hypocrisy, they say they are for universal health care but they will never do anything to get it and they had 50 years to codify roe v. wade, which they also never did. democrats, doesn't matter which party you are involved in, they

are an in -- they are both hypocrites. who did -- host: who did you cast your vote for, if you don't mind? caller: dr. joel stein once again. i'm not crazy about the green party, but they are right on antiwar issues. host: jill stein has been on several times. if you want to see our interviews, head to our website for more. atlanta, joining us on the republican line, you are next, good morning. caller: good morning, how are you this morning? host: fine, go ahead. caller: i'm totally a trump supporter and i believe that trump is the best candidate they should race right now, he will be an economic boost and everyone will be on his side because he can clean the swamp, ok? you have a good day.

host: senator mark kelly, democrat from that state, talked about previous statements he made to nbc concerning whether he would support conditioning aid to israel and they failed to do a better job. he clarified his decisions yesterday on nbc. here is a bit of that exchange. >> well, we continue to have this discussion with the israelis. i spoke to israeli leadership about this. i made it very clear to them that the type of weapons they used and where they use them, it matters, it matters a lot. this is a dense environment. in my background as a naval aviator flying in combat over iraq and kuwait, it's a challenging situation to be able to take out a target where there is a civilian population, but this is a terrorist organization they are dealing with and hamas

is responsible for initiating the conflict about a year ago, october 7. so, we continue to talk to our allies, israel, about how they are conducting the operation. hey, a civilian loss of life is tragic wherever it happens. you know, the palestinian people living in gaza are not hamas. there are hamas terrorists there that israel is focused on eliminating because they cannot have this threat so close to their border. but it is a continuous discussion. >> to be clear, it's important to put conditions on the data about not seeing changes. sounds like you are not at the point yet where you want to see the aide to conditioned. do i hear you accurately? >> that's correct. we continue to talk to them. i have seen some positive responses where i asked them to do things specifically.

here's an example, guided munitions with a mark 80 series bomb, you can hit the target accurately. naval gunfire doesn't work so well. we have had those discussions and have seen more use of guided munitions. we continue to provide those weapons. the 2000 pound bomb that was used is a mark 84 series bombs. taking out that guided -- pretty confident it was a guided weapon used in that case. host: again, that is from the sunday shows. joe, independent line. caller: is this pedro? go ahead -- thank you, friend. i would love to preach to the people a bit. i'm coming down from maryland, d.c., just before you get to virginia, where baba or andrew right landed, they started georgetown. i built saint ignatius church.

george blue said the words and w oh, new world order. rockefeller said new world order. rockefeller actually said -- we are going to give them, the two-party system, in a new world order will be in control. we've got bill clinton saying it , donald trump saying it, probably got kamala harris saying it. i'm a conspiracy theorists. here's the deal. trump, harris. number one, feels like they are giving at the harris. all the news channel saying she looks great. doing fine. the new world order will be kamala, in my prediction. if i talk about one of the other, you get mad. they both done stupid things. let people talk. we will not agree on anything. my own mothers and brothers have

threatened to punch me in the face and they are grown men. my brother is 66 and still in the navy, putting ships out. people will be divided, part of a game. they call it new world order. when i say conspiracy, don't get it twisted, they say it themselves. host: republican line, marion, ohio. caller: yes, i feel -- i don't feel, i know -- that kamala is a sheep in wolves clothing. i wanted to talk about hakeem jeffries. whenever he gets on the television, he calls trump supporters maggio republicans, white supremacy, just anything. he will say it like five times in one minute, ok? i am a 63-year-old woman who has worked all her life. i don't have time to be racist.

i have been too busy working and trying to put a roof over my head in take care of my family. i told my grandkids not to be guilty for anything they haven't done. slavery, jim crow, and the black people -- the black men voted in for the jim crow laws back in 1872. that's a history that black people don't want out there. they helped devote in the people that made those laws. all of the people that were under that bridge, the haitians, they were all living in brazil, chi lake. the kids living in this country, it's asylum and it's bs. they had emmis 13 gang members sent to the homes of people when they were foster parents. host: jane, illinois, democratic

line, next. >> my comment is about fema. seems like they are doing a great job in the south and the people want to vote for dangerous donald and he wants to limit a lot of these government agencies. so, maybe they had better think about who they are going to vote for again. i would like the news media to stop letting him use his last name, that's his brand and its free advertisement. host: former president trump will be briefed on disaster relief issues later in georgia with biden expected to make comments later on this morning about relief. vice president harris is expected to travel to disaster relief areas soon. speaking of biden, axios reported yesterday on cbs he released a video of plotting his good friend, former president

jimmy carter, who is set to celebrate his 100th birthday tomorrow. >> mr. president, on behalf of the entire biden family into the entire american people, happy 100th birthday. i recognize this as a young senator, it's wire voted for you early. we know that this was the first person without rozen, but we know that she is always with you and in your heart, never goes away. she is always there. i know you know that. she is in your heart. your hopeful vision of our country, your commitment to a better world and unwavering belief in the power of goodness continues to be a guiding light for all of us. you are one of the most influential statesmen in our history. even after you left office, the

moral clarity you have shown in your career shown through again. resolving conflicts, advancing democracy, with so much more. transforming the lives of people on the way home and around the world. i admire you so much, mr. president, may god continue to bless you, mr. president. host: nolan, hi kentucky,. caller: as i was watching your program, i had to call in. i heard mark kelly make a comment that you replayed when he was on television yesterday, a statement about israel having to protect themselves because hamas, they wanted hamas close to the border. when nobody thinks about it, that's the reason why russia

with ukraine as a part of nato, meaning the united states were parking weapons close to the russian border. that's why they invaded ukraine. so, when you think about it, they are talking about their own case from russia to commit violence and suddenly they are people and we talked about russia invading ukraine. maybe russia is protecting their border. that is all i had to say. host: tina, north carolina, democratic line. guest: the reason i'm calling, i want to let everybody know that all of this bad voting didn't start until trump. i have no idea, but they need to do their research. another thing -- he did not

approve the stimulus checks. president biden approved the stimulus checks. you have to do your research. host: there was help from both administrations. caller: yes, but tongue -- trump denied it. because it happened in that stimulus check. being that biden approved it, trump, since it started with us, i want my name put on it, but he denied us that stimulus check. you have to do your research. another thing, i wish you well would find the taper he said he wanted the american people to be run like russia. host: ok. that is tina in north carolina

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