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yesterday in host: yesterday republican liz c. here is a little bit of ms. cheney's remarks. [video clip] >> we must choose men and women who have what abraham lincoln called a sincere heart. our nation's second president, john adams, put it this way, on the first night he ever spent in the white house, he wrote a letter to his wife abigail. it included a prayer, a prayer that is so special president kennedy had it engraved in the mantelpiece in the state dining room in the white house. he said this, may none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof. now i am confident -- just a second -- [laughter] i am confident that john adams

meant women, too. [cheers and applause] in this election, a broad coalition has come together to support vice president kamala harris. we may disagree on some things, but we are bound together by the one thing that matters to us as americans more than any other, and that is our duty to our constitution and our belief in the miracle and blessing of this incredible nation. we have a shared commitment as americans to ensuring that future generations live in a nation where power is transferred peacefully, where our leaders are men and women of good faith, and where our public

servants set aside partisan battles to do what is right for this country. so today, i ask all of you here and everyone listening across this great country to join us. i ask you to meet this moment. i ask you to stand in truth, to reject the depraved cruelty of donald trump. and i ask you, instead, to help us elect kamala harris for president. [cheers and applause] host: liz cheney yesterday in wisconsin with the vice president. this is what vice president harris had to say about being there with liz cheney in her remarks. [video clip] vp harris: every endorsement matters, and this one matters a great deal, liz, and it carries a special significance. as you said, we might not ci to

eye on every issue, and we are -- we may not see eye to eye on every issue, and we will get back to a healthy two-party system, i am sure of that, and we will have a vigorous state. as you said, you may not have supported a democrat before, but as we have both said, be -- we both love our country and revere democratic ideas, and we believe in the nobility of public service. and we know that our oath to uphold the constitution of the united states of america is a sacred it must be honored and never violated. in your words today and the reason we are all here today really do underscore perhaps one of the most fundamental questions facing the american

people in this election. who will obey that oath? who will abide by the oath, to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states of america? [applause] i have had the privilege -- [crowd chanting -- kamala] thank you, thank you, thank you. and i have sworn an oath to uphold the constitution six times in my career, including as vice president, as a united states senator, and as the top law enforcement officer of the largest state in our country. responsible for upholding and enforcing the laws of the state end of the united states was the work i did, and i have never wavered in upholding that oath. and i have always executed it

faithfully and without reservation. [applause] and therein lies the profound difference between donald trump and me. host: the vice president yesterday in wisconsin. cnn says she was there with liz cheney to campaign for gop and independent votes. this is how the former president responded to that campaign event on his truth social site, saying liz cheney lost her congressional seat by the largest margin and history of congress for a sitting representative, the people of wyoming are really smart, she is a low iq warhawk. because the republican party

longer wants these two fools, they supported them. liz harris suffering from trump derangement syndrome. mike in ohio, independent. go ahead. caller: good morning. listen, i gotta go with trump. this is ludicrous. if we would buy the constitution, those two would be locked up. we should be going by actions, not words, because we have nothing but words from the democrats for the last four years and look where we are at. we are almost into the sewer. another thing i cannot comprehend, and it infuriates me being a u.s. citizen is we're leaving people to die in this hurricane. we spent all this money on these illegals bringing them in, and wet, we are kicking our own people to the curb? what is wrong with us?

we need a quick change in washington. if trump does not come in, there will be a change. thank you. host: mike in ohio, independent, mentioning hurricane helene. what impact will that have on this election cycle? headline on washington post's money come at least 213 dead and many more missing as risk is continued -- the headline on the washington post this morning come at least 213 dead and many more missing. the president and former president have surveyed damage done. atlanta journal-constitution, it says, why trump and kimber joining forces after hurricane helene -- why trump and kemp are joining forces after hurricane helene. they will reunite for the first time since 2020 ahead of a hard-fought november election.

he notes, it is not a campaign event. they will be surveying the damage done by hurricane helene. joy in alabama, democratic caller. hi. caller: good morning. yeah, for the previous caller, i am so amazed how people do not see through trump's lies advance's li -- and vance's l ies. it amazes me he is allowed to go on propagating these lies. i guess there are a lot of lawsuits. i read an article from some journalist in north carolina that was commenting on trump's using the hurricane for his gain and saying fema is not doing their part. he said all of that is not true also, and he lives there in that area. i believe that fema and to the

government is doing everything they can, but those things do not happen overnight. a lot of places are hard to get to. and tie that into the democratic-republican, whatever, nomination anyway. host: you think you should be left out of politics? caller: i do. i think it is terrible to tie that in. they are suffering so much already, it is it ridiculous to tie that into all addicts. -- into politics. i think we need the democrats in. we need to go back to the years when politics was partisan -- or bipartisan, and people can get along and reach across the aisles. that will not happen under trump. host: campaign 2024 this morning on the "washington journal," talking about the latest from the campaign trail over the next two hours. former president donald trump on wednesday called special counsel jack smith, the release of his filing, election interference in

an interview with newsnation. here he is. [video clip] >> we know that special counsel jack smith has filed for a document on the aftermath of the 2020 election a private effort. can you respond to that? fmr. pres. trump: he is deranged. i call him deranged jack smith. he just lost the documents case, the biggest of them all and toughest. let me tell you, we just won it strongly and completely, a total victory in florida. and he is a person who is trying -- and he works for kamala and for joe. this was a weaponization of government, and that is why it was released 30 days before the election. and there is nothing new in there, by the way, nothing new. they rigged the election, not me. then they go around getting people and persecuting people

and prosecuting people that did nothing wrong. they rigged the election. these are crooked people. deranged jack smith is a prosecutor that was put there to screw up the election for the republican party. people know it. i know it. everybody knows it. and it is not going to happen. they should have never allowed the information to come before the public. but they did that because they want to hurt you in the election. so far, and you know we have had great victories, but what has happened so far is if you take a look at what they have done, the public does not buy it. the polling numbers have gone up instead of down. it is pure election interference to get an incompetent person like kamala, grossly incompetent, more than biden, to get these people elected. they are rodents. they get it. it has already come out, every single challenge calling it election interference.

they rigged the election. the election was rigged. i did not rigged it. they did. host: the former president there on the release of jack smith's filing. do you believe it is election interference? also making news, the former first lady, melania trump, backs access to abortion. she posted this video on x yesterday, signaling her support for abortion rights. [video clip] >> in vitro is a fundamental -- in vitro fertilization is fundamental, and all women deserve individual freedom. what does my body, my choice, really mean? ♪ host: melania trump on x yesterday. a column on the washington post,

why is melania trump coming out now for abortion rights? what that her way to wink and nod at the idea that may be the trump's did not believe in this stuff all along and that women who think abortion rates are important to feel comfortable voting for him? drum come after all, what's pronounced himself to be strongly pro-choice. your reaction this morning for that news in campaign 2024. eddie in massachusetts, republican. caller: hi, in the 1920's, president calvin coolidge said, do you think this is the government's business? that is why donald trump did so good. when he got into office in 2016, the growth rate was 1%, unemployment 6.5%. getting rid of bill clinton's nafta, which was sucking all

of our jobs. my cousin lost his job when the ge plant closed in massachusetts. but that is what you have got to do, got to get corporate tax down. so the administration got the growth rate up to 3% and unemployment down to 3.5%. that is why he did a good job, he is a businessman, and that is why he should be our next president again. host: that is why eddie is voting for the former president. we go to benny in michigan, independent. caller: good morning. i just want to speak to the people that are out there thinking about voting and who to vote for. remember who supports this ex- president, the kkk, the american nazi party, oath keepers, the proud boys. we cannot have a convicted felon leading our country.

he cannot even vote in most states. this is america, and we have to vote for america and forget the party. remember what you are voting for. thank you. host: democratic caller, kathleen in chicago. caller: thank you. please let me get these three things in. thank god this morning for joe biden when we woke up, because now we do not have to worry about having a shortage of tissue paper. ok, joe biden talked to the people yesterday, and now the strike is over. the person that has caused this was a trump supporter, and he was going to shut america down for god knows how long. thank you, joe biden. another thing, i keep hearing people talk about trump's economy. go back when president obama left office. gas was two dollars and something. trump did not have an economy, that was president obama's

economy from 2009 until the pandemic. one more thing before you cut me off, the first caller talked about people down in the hurricane being left to die, they are not leaving them today. that is a catastrophe. no man can clear what god does. trump let a million people die with the covid by lying and talking about drinking bleach and that will heal you. american people, think about trump. go back and remember. bullet up some of president obama's economy -- pull up some of president obama's economy, that was not donald trump. host: let's follow-up. front page of the wall street journal, dockworkers agree to go back to work after offer. u.s. dockworkers agree to return to work after port operators suite the offer, ending a three-day strike that to disrupt

the american economy. front page of the wall street journal this morning. you also mentioned former president obama, here's a headline on the abc news website, obama to blitz campaign trail for harris and the final weeks before election day, first up will be in pennsylvania, pittsburgh area, next week. go to c-span.org/campaign2024 for all of our campaign coverage. we are covering the presidential stops made by the vice president and former president across the country. we will cover these campaign rallies with the former president, president, and others. and we are covering house senate governors debates, the ones that are competitive and key to the balance of power this november. all of our campaign 2024 coverage can be found on our website, c-span.org.

mike in washington, independent. hi, mike. mike in d.c., independent. caller: hello, can you hear me? host: yes. caller: first of all, to the american people watching, do not let nobody fool you and try to tell you who you should and should not vote for. it is your constitutional right to vote for who you choose. it is up the candidate to get you to vote for them, not people to try bullying tactics that i hear on this radio station all the time, the left attacking the right. because of african-americans, i do not think anything will really change for black americans because i have not heard specifics for what any of these candidates are going to do for the black americans. same old thing you talk about. when it comes to reparations, i do not believe it will ever happen for our people. if they do not want to give us

reparations, then what policies do you want to have to improve the lives of the black community ? in all these elections, the black community is still at the bottom of the food chain. host: what will you do on election day then, if you still feel the way and 31 days? caller: first of all, i am going to register my vote. i feel like my ancestors fought hard enough for me to do that, but it would not be for any of these two parties. i am an independent, for that third-party rising, what a lot of independents want to say right now. c-span, how come y'all have not yet done any third-party presidential debates so the american people can hear these other third parties debate with each other? it is the same old game with democrats versus republicans, which are both owned by corporate america. how come you have not done any debates with the third parties, like with the rt network