your vote is your voice, your voice is your power, don't ever let anybody take your power from you. don't let anybody silence you, ever. , las vegas, today i ask you, are you ready to make your voices heard? do we believe in freedom? do we believe an opportunity? do we believe in the promise of america? [applause] are we ready to fight for it? [applause] when we fight, we win. god bless you and god bless the united states.

[applause] >> coming up shortly, president biden will have an update on the continued response efforts to hurricane helene. we will have the remarks live here on c-span when it gets underway. you can also watch on our free mobile video app or online at c-span.org. 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 for replicans, and independen (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 sayinth 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 wa 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 de 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 ise 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 annation 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 these issues matter. "

>> not convicted, let off on the coup against america. that is ridiculous. the constitution, this democratic republic, it is a vote against america. how anyone could vote against donald trump and convinced himself he did something four years before he left office, president obama's economy. he ruined it in three years. you want to put this clown back in office. wake up, america. >> on the independent line, good

morning. caller: i'm voting on three main issues, the economy, crime, immigration. i'm not a fan of donald trump the person but he has proven that he could handle it. i have no idea what that last caller is talking about. our parents trying to tell us to vote republican, that is over with. i will be voting republican for the first time ever. i have nothing against people trying to come over here and get jobs let me tell you i have to

fast because i want my kids to eat. come all acting like she's going to fix this. this woman refuses to answer questions. host: you sound like you are a multi-issue voter but it sounds like crime is one of those, why is that? caller: i live in a maryland, it is crazy out here. they don't care about crime. they really don't. you could do any and everything. there's carjackings, murder, democrats do not care about crime. going back to the border, you they interviewed one immigrant

and he said this guy next to me is out of his mind, why is he coming into the country? that is why crime is a big deal. host: that is sean in baltimore. this is from the "washington times this morning saying the department of homeland security knows at least 650,000 illegal immigrants in the united date including 13,000 convicted killers and 56,000 involved with dangerous drugs. they are part of u.s. immigrations customs enforcement . a list of more than 7 million illegal immigrants they are supposed to be monitoring as they wait following deportation decisions on cases with fugitives refusing to go. arthur in florida.

are you a single issue voter? caller: yes sir. i consider myself -- i don't consider myself single issue but i do believe one issue needs to be looked at, we are in serious financial problems at this point. we cannot afford to be helping everybody else and somehow expecting money to magically appear out of air because we are in serious financial problems. another issue nobody has really brought up yet is about guns and troll. the constitution does state -- gun control. the constitution does state the

right to bear arms. a person who commits a serious crime needs to be taken care of. thank you for your time. host: jeff is joining us also from florida, line from democrats. caller: good morning. i listen to a lot of your callers, they seem to have problems with immigrants. they want to come over and feed their family, i don't have a problem with it. host: would you consider yourself a single issue voter? what is the issue? caller: the issue is people calling about immigrants.

immigrants aren't shooting up school houses, they didn't invade the capital. that's all i have to say. host: daniel in ohio, independent line. caller: yes. the most important issue is international wars. if somebody shoots at me, i'm going to shoot back at them. why is there hundreds of missiles and drones shot at our bases overseas and we don't shoot back? if somebody shoots at me, i will shoot at them. thank you. host: which candidate do you think needs that demand or satisfies those concerns? caller: biden has been there

four years and has not done it. trump did a couple of times. our political host: bob is in minnesota, republican line. you are next up. hi. bob in minnesota, medical -- hello. caller: the issue would be abortion, the idea that we can kill so many of our people every year. where are our leaders going to come from? host: how did that become your top issue? >> it is an issue that i'm concerned about. host: ok. bob in minnesota.

talking about the idea of single issue voters, you can continue on that path the next half hour or if you want to talk more generally about campaign 2024 with the candidate valving, the vice presidential debate tomorrow and other news regarding campaign 2024 add that to the mix the next half hour. same lines, 202-748-8000, 202-748-8001, and independents, 202-748-8002. if you want to comment on the single issue voter you can do that or add thoughts with generic campaign 2024 issues. the vice president highlights issues of the economy and housing and what her administration plans to do. here is a portion from her rally last night. >> we need it build more housing

in america. my mother saved for years when she was able to buy her first home. right now a serious housing shortage is part of what is driving costs. so we will cut the red tape and work with the prime sector to build three million new homes. and provide first-time home buyers with $25,000 down payment assistance so you can just get your foot in the door. you will do the rest. we must lower the cost of living. because while our economy is doing well by many measures, prices for every day things like

groceries are too high. you know it and i know it. i have a plan that includes lowering costs on everything from healthcare to grows rest including i will take on the corporate price gouging that we know where they have been jacking price the up often around tragedies and emergencies. we will give a tax cut to 100 million more americans including $6,000 the first year off a child's life, knowing that the vast majority of our young parents have a natural desire to care for their children but not always the resources and that is $6,000 expanding the chilled tax credit will help buy a crib, a car seat, getting things so critical in the first phase.

host: you can see that or go to the prepare it see more campaign 2024 if you want to participate in comments about that, still talk about the single somewhat voters you can do that. gregory in new jersey democrats line. good morning. i want to talk about the corruption in this country on both sides. and the corruption is so out of whack in this country with the legalized crooks in this country. that is your, uh, congress and all the politicians. they keep reprinting money and they don't have no backup on the money. and 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 and if the government goes under the only once going to keep me going is the government. and being a member of a minority, what? host: i didn't say anything. finish your thought. host: 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: mark is next, campaign 2024, talking about related issues to that, independent line from indiana. caller: i'm calling because i want to express from a true

standpoint what is going on here. he jesus said you are of your father the devil he is a liar and the works of your father you do. and basically the democratic party has followed the line of deceiving us. they say that the economy, we can straighten out the economy and had 3 1/2 years to do it and said tell straighten out the border. they had 3 1/2 years to do that. and we have so many criminals in the united states now and the worst of all is not just the deception but the murder of 70 million babies and right now the country would be great if we had 70 million babies that are now in their 50's and all the off spring clinging to the social

security system we would have plenty of money. the final point i would like to make is jesus said anybody who will harm a child will be worthy of being put to death. people call for liberty but liberty is defined by the license to butcher babies. host: sonya maryland democrats line on the campaign 2024 campaign. caller: good morning, pedro. i have a couple things to say. i don't have a system issue but i want to roomed people about project 2025. if this goes through you won't have to worry about anything else because there will be so many rights taken away from all of us and it will be just bad for democracy. one thing i want to raepld people they talk about prices

but nobody seems to remember we went through a pandemic and we still are and it takes five to 10 years to recover from a pandemic and it is a snowball effect. in the pandemic of noon 18 it took about 10 years to recover. people kept saying once this is over we will get back to where we are. it takes a while and we need work on unity and try to bring this country together and be concerned about project 2025 and voters' rights. host: a couple of stories related it the vice presidential debate tomorrow. one of the features that will be part of that according to "u.s.a. today" inclusion of so-called hot mics as part of it saying how walz and vance interact depend in part on the rules and difference from the

harris-touch face-off is cbs news allowing hot microphones. harris wanted it different between biden and trump. many observers thought the reason harris want the this during the september debate was to catch trump in a viral moment. they folded to have them muted when the candidate is not speaking and under that cbs is reserving the right to mute either microphone but otherwise every word will be heard. that is "u.s.a. today." yahoo making the point with the debate tomorrow that the vice presidential candidates are set to debate ahead of that cbs announcing that moderator norah o'donnell and margaret will not fact check. they will be responsible for fact checking one another. they say cbs of the gold

standard for television news these days the standards are long gone. he is not 9 only within objecting with the condemnation wade spread after cnn declined to tpabgt check between joe biden and donald trump earlier followed by abc opting to include brief fact checks. you will see all of that play out tomorrow in the vice presidential debate tween senator j.d. vance and gernor testimony walz. that will be on c-span or coverage starts at 8:00 with the show leading up to the debate at 9:00, your responses after ward on the various platforms part of our coverage of campaign 2024. you can talk about the vice presidential debate in this 20 minutes or so and other things related to campaign 2024. in new jersey from pat republican line.

caller: i have a single issue and it is globalism. i will not give my vote to anyone who is a devoted global eups. i couldn't support nikki haley or bush. we need to guard or sovereignty and our constitution, our freedom. everything that is going wrong in this country is being done by people who want us to have a one world government and the demise of our u.s. constitution is the demise of sovereignty. host: you said this is your concern. what evidence do you think that is happening? caller: ok, for instance i lost two jobs due to outsourcing and insourcing. american companies are moving our jobs offshore, they are staying here and they are just looking down on the rest of us. they are sever anointed elites who don't care about american

workers and people who care about our freedom. they don't. they are more interested in global commerce and it will lead it the demise of the tpaegs state worldwide which machines we will no longer have our freedom. host: pete from california independent line talking about issues related to contain 2024. caller: what i'm calling about is i cannot believe that out of all the great people we have in the united states that these are the two best candidates we can come up with to vote for president of the united states. there are so many smart people in this country how come these are the only two book come up with? host: what are your issues with either candidate? caller: that is all i have to say. host: he is gone, david democrat