christopher, ohio, democratic caller. caller: good morning. you're using the word embassy and consulate interchangeable when they're totally different. host: ok. caller: there is a protocol for providing security for embassies. support supposed be provided by the host country. the ambassador knew this. he tried to find security people who would help him in the situation he could trust, but he could not. now, my question is, what is the scenario that the u.s. government was supposed to get in on? what kind of protection were they supposed to provide? were they supposed to go over there and kill libyan citizens not knowing who they were? this whole report is totally ignorant of the fact that the vienna convention establishes diplomatic relations between nations and how embassies are supposed to be protected. we need to know this. politicians should know it. host: there are parts in this report that refer to ambassador stevens asking for more protection from the libyan government can also asking for some sort of security teams to be put together

from align -- a caller ohio, and independent. diagnosed 18 months ago with: cancer. i am 55 years old and did not have insurance. by the end of last year i had racked up 300,000-$500,000 in medical bills. i have to have chemo every two weeks to stay alive. this new affordable care act has been a blessing to me and my family. i was wondering -- the caller may have answered this a long time ago, but nationwide health insurance seems like eventually it will have to go that way. it is so expensive to coverage -- coverage it on an individual basis. certainly something the progressive democrats are hoping for. that we will move more towards a single-payer system. it seems like the american public is wary of this. after the affordable care act rollout the law remains very controversial. the majority purported they are still having bad experiences under the law. seems unlikely the public will tolerate a major overhaul of the health care system within years. move in that direction of the republican party not likely to let that happen. they are still intent on repealing that l

ohio. tony? >> caller: big bobcat boo-yah to ya, jim, from athens. i have a question about isis.ht it about a month ago and i want to get your view take on it. >> well, we thought that crohn's disease formulation was a new take. i think it's good. joe in california. joe? >> caller: boo-yah to ya. my stock is xoma. i got a double last year, took some off the table, playing with the house money and still up 15% the last few days, should i buy more? >> this happened to have been karen cramer's favorite back in the 1980s. my problem is this has moved too much. i think your judgment's right. some of these stocks are getting overheated. i don't know, let me give you a better judgment, i could not believe it surfaced after so many years in the wilderness. let's go to gerard in georgia. gerard? >> caller: boo-yah. hey there, jim. i watch the show every day and learn just so much. >> thank you. >> caller: so advance micro devices versus nvidia. the devices like the ps4 -- >> that's the problem, amd has had a history of missing the quarters. i told people to buy it in the threes, i'd rathe

ohio. tony? >> caller: big bobcat boo-yah to ya, jim, from athens. i have a question about isis.ecently bought it about a month ago and i want to get your view take on it. >> well, we thought that crohn's disease formulation was a new take. i think it's good. you're getting it cheap, but i do think it's good. joe in california. joe? >> caller: boo-yah to ya. my stock is xoma. i got a double last year, took some off the table, playing with the house money and still up 15% the last few days, should i buy more? >> this happened to have been karen cramer's favorite back in the 1980s. my problem is this has moved too much. i think your judgment's right. some of these stocks are getting overheated. this one has been around for a long time. i don't know, let me give you a better judgment, i could not believe it surfaced after so many years in the wilderness. let's go to gerard in georgia. gerard? >> caller: boo-yah. hey there, jim. i watch the show every day and learn just so much. >> thank you. >> caller: so advance micro devices versus nvidia. they're great, now they have more devices

mike, independent line, ohio. callerwhat i have to say is more or less referring to the money with everyone is meeting. this is an example. you go to work every day. you are in a paycheck. you cash the paycheck. you turn around, you go home, you put groceries in your refrigerator. and not on yours. clothing on your neighbors children, none on yours. you put gasoline in your neighbors car, but none in yours. host: do you have a question for us this morning? caller: this is the united states and us going with the , quit giving money out .o the countries overseas if you did that there would be more money here for the .nemployment norms god help the troops. thank you for having me on the line. the callers referring to .oreign aid this is a long-running debate in american political history. i think it is often oversimplified. the united states, if you look at the percentage, we do not give that much money to foreign countries. billions, certainly, and it is significant, but i think that if we ended the foreign aid budget ofor

ohio. nate? >> caller: b-b-big boo-yah, mr. jim cramer. calling from sunny dayton, ohio. >> all right. hat's up? >> caller: i've got five stocks for you. hoping you can tell me if i'm diversified. international game technology, igt. wisdom tree, wetf, us ecology, pcp and estee lauder, e.l. >> wow, what an interesting and, indeed, eclectic combination of u.s. ecology, which is a waste disposal company, and estee lauder. wisdom tree, etf company. we know the fragrance company, i like that business, igt, that's gaming, position cast parts, wow, look at u techs, boeing, us ecology waste, perfume, etf, airplane, gaming, bingo! all right, let's go to albert who is in florida. albert? >> hey, jim, old friend, thank you. i just want to thank you for all you've done for me. >> thank you. >> caller: you've really helped me a lot over the years. just reading your books and -- um, my daughters just became members of your actionsalertsplus.com. i've got them competing with me on earnings here. i'm a cancer fighter. >> okay. and i wish you best of luck. >> caller: i want them to take over this, becau

scott in ohio, independent caller. you are on the air. to turn your television down and listen to your phone. let's go to dorothy, a democratic caller. i agree wholeheartedly with the color from new mexico and florida. we have a property problem in this country that is really devastating. we have all these people unemployed, they cannot find a job. the president has proposed jobs bills. if you look at the infrastructure in this country ,nd all the people unemployed women can't work the pipeline. we need construction jobs, all kinds of things. they refuse to take that up. peopleel like different -- an extension on unemployment has to be pay for. what we need to do is put money back in the economy and that is what keeps it going. they keep getting tax breaks. scott, let's go back to you. you have got to turn your television down. build in nashua, new hampshire. in nashua, new hampshire. caller: i am so happy to be an independent. we have a war going on between the democrats and the republicans. a real war is between the very rich, the democ

ohio. >> caller: i am enjoying your book. >> holy cow. that was unsolicited. what's going on? >> caller: i'm trying to get into 3-d printing with ssys and i can't catch a break. it just keeps going up, up, up. >> when the train is leaving the station, which is what you're feeling, i say, you know what? this is what i learned. it's a very tough thing to ever ever admit, bobbie. you may have missed it. we can wait for a pull back but to pull the trigger here when we recommended that stock is like geez, the stock doubled and doubled again, we can't do it. it's too hot for us, bobby. got to wait for a pull back. when a company like yelp hits an all-time high, it deserves a review. i think the company has mastered the holy trinity of tech, and i think it can head higher. stay with cramer. >> announcer: tomorrow, kick off the trading day with squawk on the street, live from post nine at the nyse. >> five below is not a weather related story. >> i didn't know that. >> announcer: it all starts at 9:00 a.m. eastern. what ya looking for? well, you've found delicious! ♪ ♪ must be the hon

. >> ohio, democratic caller. good morning. i wanted to ask the representative about this sequester and the budget bill that passed. democrats helped pass those two bills. itt i'm wondering is, why is democrats -- i am a black registered democrat. i just wondered why democrats are voting for the bills and then get on tv and say how horrible and terrible they are and how bad the republicans are? we all know how bad the republicans are. we need a democratic congress and senate and also president. you are a member of the congressional black congress and i believe the progressive caucus. aren't you guys fighting harder for regular people? i do not. caret i do not just listen to regular media. what young to find out guys are for. you are not for working-class people right now. i do not hear it. you keep voting for budgets like the murray ryan budget and the sequester. they are killing us. let me thank you. i am sorry you're not hearing it. the chairman of the congressional black caucus is a phenomenal chair and she is leading the co

akron, ohio pretty democratic caller. --ler: wow, there's so much i just listened to the guy talking about the insider trading, that's a problem. i think the republican party has there is aery time republican regime in they try to privatize everything, and the more you privatize everything the more you have these problems. the united states. anytime there is a whistleblower it comes from the united states. other countries don't tolerate that. so, if you want to call a whistleblower a traitor. once you commit, you go to the military, you have an old. just like a doctor. , just like an oath doctor. if you violate the oath, you can be propagator -- prosecuted. i don't know this guy access to them, but he spent his time to do everything you could to access things to hurt the united states. thes just as bad as congressmen not allowing us to have a jobs bill in this country. they should all be prosecuted. host: do you believe the lawmaker that edward snowden had help from russia question the if he haddon't know to have help fro

ohio. >> caller: what's up, jim?m doing well. >> caller: i'm sitting here with my college roommate, aka, my investment team. so about a year ago we just got into investing and we came across hi aacro across himax technology. it was really undervalued and we decided to put our money into it and then came the google glasses. then the samsung smart watch came along. >> i think you got a good one. it's funny because then people are talking about ambarella. that's the go pro. these things are on fire. it pulled back to 13 but i think you and your college chums are right. i think it could still go higher. let's go to gabe in michigan. >> caller: thanks for your daily insight and a cold northern michigan booyah. >> thank you. >> i'm a long term investor on alcatel. >> a lot of people are saying it's done for but i'm taking a longer term view. same thing with nokia and sprint. they can pull back but i like all three. joe in indiana. >> caller: hi, jim. kraft foods, thank you. >> i think kraft foods is actually very good. got

ohio. you're on. caller: i think it is funny how when you think about tapping the phones -- after about four years, now we have more billionaires and millionaires than we ever had before. when you look at everything that has been going on, everybody keeps looking at the small man. when these guys are tapping the phones and everything, how come all of a sudden it is like you have puppets on a string? they are making millions of dollars off of this. you look at the stock market when everything is going up. job performances are going down. host: thank you for calling in. washington, here in a longtime journalist, tweets this out. reports say he will recommend to the government not hold bull telephone metadata. sherry is calling from north carolina. i did it again, i hit the wrong button. hang on. this is joseph in kentucky. caller: thank you for taking my phone call. i cannot help having the feeling is kind ofebacle like a smokescreen for everything. it is far more important that the american people pay partner

ohio. >> caller: booyah. hi, jim, i'm a middle schoolteacher. i'm going to give you a grade of "a" for your call last summer on ag i lent. >> i looked a at the chart and i said we have to buy it, because they're splitting the company up. really sensational. i think you got, yes, highest praise. can i go to andrew in missouri. andrew? >> caller: booyah from st. louis. >> all right. how are you? >> caller: i'm good. i'm 19 and i've been trading since i was 14. i want to thank you. with the solid new ceo, higher natural gas prices and the support of billionaire leon cooperman, where is san drij energy going? >> well, lee was one of my teachers at goldman sachs, i remain on board san drig. i have to tell you the rate is now over, the people who rated lynn down, congratulations. you did your job i guess. but that one has got almost a 9% yield. it is filled with natural gas. dan in florida. dan? >> caller: thank you, jim. i have been doing some -- i forgot to say booyah to you from florida. >> right back at you. >> caller: i know your charitable trust

mark in ohio, mark? >> caller: oh, jim, a big booyah from the buckeye state. with all the talk about a sprint/t-mobile merger, how would you play sprint today? >> i think the merger may be as unlikely as the bengals taking it all. but, you know, i mean, some guys out there who think that. i think there was a downgrade of sprint. it's moved up too much and downgraded i think the downgrade was right. i like dan notre dame hesse a great deal and let it come back and we can pull the trigger. michael in california, michael? >> caller: hi, booyah, jim. >> booyah, michael. >> caller: i have been trading for about a year, jim, and i watch you all the time. i watch -- anyway, make a long story short, i bought gm on your guidance. >> right. >> caller: a little while back ago, and i just -- i have got a third of my portfolio there. i bought another hundred shares today, and right before the close, got it at the same price i -- >> right. >> caller: i bought the other at. what do you think it's going to do? >> i don't like to have 30% of a portfolio in any one particular s

caller: yes. general motors for some time, then i went to chrysler. host: john calling in from ohio. in charleston, south carolina, owns a foreign car. good morning, what kind of car do you own? caller: oh, good morning. actually my husband drives the nissan and our family is split, , and here weillac bmw's,charleston where all you see are big ships putsing the bmw's on the water germany, i guess. but our family is split. retired. i think a lot of families in the united states would buy used we do, and you just buy your best deal. and both the nissan and cadillac are satisfactory to us. call in fromfor south carolina this morning with your thoughts. birch smith on our facebook pain the world, you're going to compare american made japan, ohrerm any, even italian and ask that as a serious question? comparison i'd say we're at least fourth best. let's go to thomas waiting in berlin, wisconsin, owns an car.can thomas, good morning. morning, sir, great show. whichestion you asked, is, is it the best vehicle. my point is that that would be everyone isbecause looking for different things in

ohio. rick? >> caller: booyah. air force base. >> thank you for serving, how can i help? >> caller: well, it's hold 'em or fold 'em question on bm wear. >> it's absolutely the right part of -- emc owns a big part of it. but this is the virtualization software. i like that. i do not care for emc though. i need to go to irene in indiana. ire irene. >> caller: hi, jim. how are you? how do you feel about know know for dis? >> it's a stock i don't talk about enough. i recommended it, i think it's great. let's go to savino in texas. >> caller: booyah, dr. cramer. >> i'm liking that. how can i help? >> caller: my question is starbucks. is it okay debut. >> i think howard schultz said there's no immunity from the mall slow down and he is saying that starbucks is doing poorly. welling they're doing well. he's one of my bankable 21 in jim cramer's "get rich carefully" which i'll be autographing tomorrow night at the "y" in manhattan. i think it can give or take a point or two. let's think big. zooey in washington? >> caller:

ohio? fred? >> caller: my question is about west port innovations.s to be the number one technology company in the transportation market, but yet the stock's going nowhere. >> if you listened yesterday, what the great ceo of lng basically said was that the transition is going to occur, but it's occurring much more slowly. there's also a problem with the cummins engine being delayed and the whole segment is still under a lot of pressure. i know that the steel ceo came on and thought it was all going to be adopted, but westport to me is just too speculative. it's just not happening fast enough. i know mr. demers will disagree with me, but it's my call. let's go to steve in tennessee. steve? >> caller: hey, jim. i had a stock the last 30% the next few days, phillips 66. >> the refiner's doing incredibly well because of the glut in domestic versus what they can sell overseas. remember, we refine oil in this country, the refiners buy it at a low price and can sell it overseas at high low price. i would not buy it here, but if i owned it and it pulled back

michael in ohio, where did you here tonight? caller: [inaudible] presidentthe delivered his speech from a position of constrained. i think he recognizes the limitations of his own power. power.cutive branch's i did find your statistics fascinating on the executive orders that have been made in the past. i think the president would like to fulfill the promises that he has brought up in his speeches, that he would go ahead and make those executive orders that he has promised to make in this speech as well as the last speech. i thought that the overall message of the speech was on commentsd i found his on climate change were extremely genuine. and it delivered a message not only for us but for our children in the future. thank you. it is now 11:00 in the east here in washington dc. the snow was falling. the president is en route back to the white house. he will travel to maryland tomorrow and then kick off a two-day, four stator that will include pennsylvania, wisconsin, and finally tennessee on thursday he for turning to the white house.

mike, independent line, ohio. caller: what i have to say is more or less referring to the money with everyone is meeting. this is an example. you go to work every day. you are in a paycheck. you cash the paycheck. you turn around, you go home, you put groceries in your refrigerator. and not on yours. clothing on your neighbors children, none on yours. you put gasoline in your neighbors car, but none in yours. host: do you have a question for us this morning? caller: this is the united states and us going with the , quit giving money out .o the countries overseas if you did that there would be more money here for the .nemployment norms god help the troops. thank you for having me on the line. the callers referring to .oreign aid this is a long-running debate in american political history. i think it is often oversimplified. the united states, if you look at the percentage, we do not give that much money to foreign countries. billions, certainly, and it is significant, but i think that if we ended the foreign aid budget of

host: melissa in ohio on our line for democrats. caller: good morning. i actually work for a dealership. i have been in the automotive industry for four years now. what i have learned in the last four years is how far reaching the automotive industry is. people think of it in terms of the manufacturers or the dealerships, but we partner with so many different industries that supply goods and products. if the automotive industry would one or two, or even of the big three would have failed, the job loss would have been horrendous. i can appreciate people not wanting the government to get involved, but at the same time a what has happened to our economy had they not been there? you raise a good point. at the time when they decided to rescue chrysler and gm, the economy was shedding 600,000 jobs a month. the impact to the auto industry is staggering. one of the largest purchasers of steel, electronics, other raw materials. in every part of the country, dealerships, repair shops, auto parts -- the massive impact of the auto industry is felt way beyond detroit

let's go onto apple creek, ohio. caller: yes, i watched the speech.ncouraged by anch the speaking ability of our president. i'm so proud of the elected people where the foresight to put this man in office -- one in and actually lead mannertandable with remedies that will make this country stronger and safer. host: we appreciate your call. coming at the top of the hour, we will be live at the panel discussion on the resident speech. -- the president's speech. independents. caller: if we don't want another 9/11, we did whatever it takes in order to ensure that any information needed -- to make sure there is another -- not another 9/11 is important. 99% of the people today either tweets, text, or whatever they do. it is worthless, other than those responding to something dangerous in the country. the big debate over this is a real problem in making sure that those things don't happen again. ohost: we will move on to chattanooga. caller: i want to address the fact that the president did not bring up the fact that people have no control, whether it is a ci

ohio. go ahead with your question for gregory wallance. caller: a question and comment. would like to know those , were who were convicted they on the democrat majority or bipartisan? host: and what is your comment. caller: my comment is, the level of investigations between democrats and republicans, because i think at that same time, wasn't there an s&l scandal, the investigation did not go very far because not only did ronald reagan have involvement in the s&l kindle but so did george w. bush which cost the american taxpayers 1.4 trillion dollars. host: thank you, sir. gregory wallance question mark the sixll, of congressman and the united states senator who were convicted, only one was a republican, congress men kelly from florida. the will rent -- the rest were democrats. but it is too small a sample size to draw any conclusions from. it goes back to a question you asked me that i am not sure -- what would have happened if the investigation had just gone on and on and on. huntsman be5 convicted? i doubt it would involve something like that, but at the same time, the

caller: yes. general motors for some time, then i went to chrysler. host: john calling in from ohio. in charleston, south carolina, owns a foreign car. good morning, what kind of car do you own? caller: oh, good morning. actually my husband drives the nissan and our family is split, , and here weillac bmw's,charleston where all you see are big ships putsing the bmw's on the water germany, i guess. but our family is split. retired. i think a lot of families in the united states would buy used we do, and you just buy your best deal. and both the nissan and cadillac are satisfactory to us. call in fromfor south carolina this morning with your thoughts. birch smith on our facebook pain the world, you're going to compare american made japan, ohrerm any, even italian and ask that as a serious question? comparison i'd say we're at least fourth best. let's go to thomas waiting in berlin, wisconsin, owns an car.can thomas, good morning. morning, sir, great show. whichestion you asked, is, is it the best vehicle. my point is that that would be everyone isbecause looking for different things in

john in ohio, independent caller. caller: yeah, i have a question. i don't think benghazi would have really happen if republicans and democrats worked together to run our country like they were supposed to. i don't see how one organization can blame the other for a problem. if they worked together they would have been more informed and this kind of thing would have never happened. host: john, independent in ohio, thanks for your comments. , we will turn our attention to the chili dollars spending bill. we will talk to rep. marcy and get theio perspective of budget committee rett,r scott gar republican from new jersey. all that up next. >> in looking at the events of a person's life, the normal approach is to do it chronologically, starting with the subject's youth and progressing through adulthood and old age. we do this with james monroe and we run into the limitations of the individual documentary record. the figure here holding the flag is supposed to represent james monroe. you want legacy? here you got it in spades. the great iconic painting of

josh kraushaar writes -- melissa is up in cincinnati ohio. callerthe way i see it, no matter what the republicans do, everythingrk because is already planned ahead of time. hillary is going to run. i'm sick and tired of people getting on tv and going, we don't know if she's going to run. of course she is going to run. they are going to give it to her on a silver platter. host: on the republican primary do you think there's a front-runner or do you think it is artie planned out on the republican side of the aisle you go -- it is already planned out on the republican side of the aisle yo? the democrats are mean, they are mean-spirited. the irs is going to keep going after the republicans and tea parties. he should be locked up for talking like that. the democrats are going to get it on the platter. just give it to them. guest: who is your candidate on the republican side? caller: mike lee or ted cruz. they are conservative. they're not just republican they are conservative. there is a big difference. republican is just the same old same old. conservat

she is from hamilton, ohio. caller: yes, hello. i'megistered nurse currently in the nurse practitioner program. i work in the emergency department. i know that my organization, local facilities, are taking small steps to accommodate the influx of health care recipients that are expected. but i do feel that publicly, further education in terms of responsibilities and accountability for attending primary care physicians and seeking out preventative aasures, i know that this is cause for overcrowding and overuse of the emergency department. how could we get the message out there to the public? public education is always a big factor here. aamc things about treading a few more thousand workforce positions a year, trying to make use of excellent colleagues and andteams, social workers pharmacist in a team sport, trying to figure out how we run our health care system efficiently. reallyg out what is necessary to be done, when should we be caring for people, what setting -- should be the er , outpatient center, hospital? i think a patient

but go to john and columbus, ohio. caller: good morning. good morning america.his is what i want to say. we need to keep doing what we're doing with the nsi. pushing the chinese through south america. i did not hear anybody mention the surveillance building is in utah. that is where the attorney general will store that information. everybody spies. we need to be spying. i cannot stand it when people say mr. snowden is a hero. mr. snowden is a traitor. contract tosigned a get a job, like anybody else. if you go to your job and you steal, you would be fired. he has stolen information. he tries to run with it. he says book, i stole this information. now, help me. mr. snowden is going to get it. he will come back to america. any other place that he goes, honestly, he should be targeted. that is good for him, but kidnapping. restim in there with the of the wolfson say this is what you did. host: john and columbus, ohio. we will take your calls for the rest of the morning. a few other stories for you today. here is an obituary on japan's last soldier of world war ii.

ohio. democratic line. caller: good morning. long time listener and this is the fourth time i've been able to call in many, many years. thank you for your program and its content. i am an attorney, although not a constitutional attorney, and i have a couple remarks. will, the word "shall" prove operative, where the president gets the power to make appointments. big thing in any context in law. number two, chief justice roberts urines to be the next earl be the next-- yearns to much as just as warm and was able to bring justices from different programs to make one of the most important decisions in our nations history, brown versus the board of education. the health care decision and he doesn't want to fail again. he tried. you made an interesting decision on the tax laws, which lawyers and nonlawyers -- he made an interesting decision on the tax laws, which lawyers and nonlawyers will debate. the most important factor has been and will be justice kennedy. ,ntil justice kennedy retires he is going to be the key linchpin. all the

ohio. republican line. caller: if you're going to make a lot of money for the people who are craving these drug test kits, then you make a lot of money for the people who are creating drug test kits from the drugs. i don't pity people that i work -- i know many people that i work with take pills to pass these tests. if you are on welfare and they call you come down, you will take something to stop them from testing the drugs. the drug testing kit company and the people who make the kits to pass those on the drugs -- i have seen this over and over. host: as far as the idea of testing overall? caller: it is a big joke. people carry these kits. you're making money for those people and companies. that is the biggest problem. there are a lot of people on drugs. these companies think they are drug-free companies. they are not drug-free. they have these kits on them. they carried him around. host: sugar grove, north carolina. and on the independent line. caller: good morning. cash i that this whole a think that this whol

ohio. independent color. caller: good morning. two parts.e us a brief history of how this has been paid for and how recently the has become such a thing. and with this new normal of this jobless recovery, maybe our current safety net is what -- is not what is going to be needed in the future. who is looking at a different kind of safety net so we don't have so many americans pleading for the attention of the government like they are doing this morning on c-span? answer offen to your the air. i appreciate the time that reporters and c-span give to america and to educating us. thank you. guest: thank you. since the big-budget deals in the 1990s kicked in, this notion of paying for anything new, of having to reconcile the books has become standard operating procedure. guess, more it, i than just a political talking in theas accelerated past decade or so as this budget debate, deficit debate has taken greater prominence. it is an unusual time we are in right now where budgets and deficits informs so much of what goes on. we are not talking about

next is maurice from akron, ohio. caller: good morning.ervation that i have about smoking, our population has grown. percentage, we may have gone down. the number of smokers is still pretty high. thatollowing point is smoking is growing like crazy. we do not have the rules worldwide that we do in the states. every man, woman, and child smokes. tobacco companies make plenty of money worldwide. they are not missing the american smoker. host: thank you very much for the call. in case you missed it, time magazine out with the $16 trillion woman. a preview of what to expect with janet yellen. her first interview with time magazine. she grew up in brooklyn and was confirmed by the senate to replace ben bernanke. she will take over at the end of this month. in the washington post, the story. governor cuomo prepares for limited use of marijuana in new york. medical marijuana initiatives do frustrate some advocates. you could read more online. audrey is joining us from macon, georgia. good morning. caller: good morning. my comment is on smoking. i

host: ohio, darlene is on the line for independents. caller: good morning, ladies. guest: hi. caller: a couple of questions. they are easy. are we headed for universal health care? second of all, why was the various state insurance departments not involved in the process prior to the affordable health care? my third question is -- do you know anything about ohio's magi? i may be saying that wrong, so i will spell it. m a g i. also, is there a possibility that our politicians could be regulating hospital billing practices and letting us know how much we are charged for various services? take you so much. -- thank you so much. guest: some people believe that obama care represents universal health care because, as the previous caller noted, everyone is now required to pay insurance or face fines. there are a variety of extremes in getting that coverage, you might get it through medicaid or private insurance tax credits. it depends on how you define universal health care, but certainly it is a law that help -- attempts to achieve that in several ways. second, state insurance depar

host: elise in warren, ohio, democratic caller. good morning. caller: good morning. how are you? host: what's your question or comment for the congresswoman? caller: i wanted to ask the representative about the sequester and the budget bill that passed. democrats did help pass those two bills, didn't they? what i'm wondering -- what i'm wondering is why is it the democrats -- i'm a black registered democrat, so let's get that out there. i just wondered why are democrats voting for these and then get on tv and say how horrible they are and how terrible they are and how bad the republicans are? believe me we all know how bad the republicans are. but what we need in the democratic congress and senate, and also president, you're a member of the congressional black caucus and the progressive caucus, why aren't you guys fighting harder for regular people? i don't hear it. i don't just listen to the regular stations, regular media. i'm calling everything, trying to find out what you guys are for. you're not for working class people right now, because i don't hear it. you keep voting for

next call comes from ohio, lower is on the line for democrats. -- laura is on the line for democrats. go ahead. callerthank you. hello. hi. my name is laura. i'm from ohio. i would just like to say that president obama has not been given a chance. i think he is a wonderful president with bright ideas. i think hillary clinton could make a good president. mr. obama steps into a big mess that the bushes left for him. i believe he has done his best to try to make things better and he has just been voted down left and right. i think if he was given a chance he could brings country together -- bring this country together as a unit. we are supposed to be united, not divided. i don't understand why we are fighting against one another when we should be working together to make this the best country that it always has been and always should be. the topic this morning, should hillary clinton run for president in 2016? the "new yorko times" cover story, "planet hillary" -- that is on the bill clinton factor for hillary clinton. our next caller comes from nashville, tennessee. david is on the line for independents

lancaster, ohio republican line. caller: hi how are you. what, i like to know haveany people in congress business degrees. don't, they need to make business when they those decisions. of them are attorneys and attorneys forget that the laws to them also. what i wanted to know and i should have thought of myself, i hought it was silly when they lo closed the white house down to save money. they opened it up for tours. >> limited tours. but you know what i'm saying, isn't that silly? that's a silly thing do. going back to your idea for congress being -- i wonder about their business degree backgrounds. why do you focus on that? >> why do i? why do you focus on it? bunch ofct like a >> they act like a bunch of come poops. know business. >> from twitter -- if in 2014 you want washington or not do something, chance to comment on it now on the phone line on acebook and off twitter or e-mail. harry from obama, democrats line, hi. caller: yes, sir. my name is terry. ask got two questions to you. one, our representatives act like little kids. have a

nation from ohio -- mason. caller: good morning. i have a couple of things to say. i typically judge people by their actions and not their party affiliations. you'reng to you, i think in a bit of denial for three reasons. you talk about getting something done and having more jobs. last year was the biggest do-nothing congress we have had for probably ever. when we talk about the president doing something on jobs and you talking about how he is not trying to accomplish anything with jobs in the economy. he put forward a jobs bill that did not go through. republicans but no jobs bills on the table. your perception of the people earning in the wage is completely wrong. statistics show today's middle wage earner our adult trying to survive and raise a family on. the a working 80 hours or more and cannot get by. job creation is great. we need to look at more job creation and training. you cannot leave the folks not being able to survive working 40 hours a week. guest: thank you and good morning in ohio. as far as a do-nothing congress, you equate the number of bills pass

also in the obituary section of "the new york times closed quote -- times" -- york ohio, democratic callerwhat do you make of the president telling the new yorker that marijuana is not more dangerous than alcohol alcohol applaudol? caller: i him for making politically incorrect comments. i also like the idea that he is appealing to the younger youthful voting group. i am 58. i feel like he is appealing to me and my ideals. i am a social worker and have been all my adult life. i have worked in a lot of various fields and seen a lot of human tragedy. i have experienced personal tragedy. not one of those tragedies have been related to marijuana use. they have been related to alcoholism and hard drug use. both my first husband and my brother-in-law have dealt with alcoholism. it is indescribable what it does to people. i think we can all, tom how many drug -- how many drunk driving incidents. i have never known anybody that has had a marijuana accident. i think as many callers have mentioned, what the tragic -- what the travesty of what has happened to varying contribute in people is they got

ohio. a democratic caller. caller: good morning. how are you? host: doing fine. what is your question or comment? caller: i want to ask the the sentative about sequester and budget bill that passed. did help pass those two bills, didn't they? guest: yes, they did. what i'm wondering is why is it that democrats -- i'm democrat so tered let's get that out there. i just wonder why are democrats for these bills that get on tv and say how horrible they how bad the republicans are. bad the e, we know how republicans are but we need a democratic congress and senate .nd president you are a member of the -- black nal block caucus. why are you not fighting harder people?ular i don't hear it. i don't just listen to the media. stations, regular i'm combing everything trying to find out what you guys are for. working class performance right now because i don't hear it. budgets likeng for the murray-ryan budget and sequester. they are killing us. guest: let me first of all thank you. i'm sorry you are not hearing it because the chair of the ongressional black caucus is a pheno

ohio. democratic caller. boysr: as a father of four that served in the military -- two in iraq at the same time and a daughter-in-law who served, i think it is ironic for the secretary now to complain about obama who did not get us in the war, who voted against the war and trying to get us -- our kids back here, our men and women. for this guy all of a sudden, don't say nothing about his hero george bush, who put us in there and then it -- when it was time for him to serve you could not find him. i think it is all just poppycock. about trying to get this country moving forward. i was one time laid off for a whole year among my plant shutdown. i had eight kids. both of them were in the military at this time -- at that time. and it is ironic that now these people said they want to save money, cut money from unemployment for those who are laid off. i think it is terrible. these people paid into unemployment, and they should be compensated for what they have done. host: "the new york times" this hasing in their a

nation from ohio -- mason. caller: good morning. i have a couple of things to say.ypically judge people by their actions and not their party affiliations. you'reng to you, i think in a bit of denial for three reasons. you talk about getting something done and having more jobs. last year was the biggest do-nothing congress we have had for probably ever. when we talk about the president doing something on jobs and you talking about how he is not trying to accomplish anything with jobs in the economy. he put forward a jobs bill that did not go through. republicans but no jobs bills on the table. your perception of the people earning in the wage is completely wrong. statistics show today's middle wage earner our adult trying to survive and raise a family on. the a working 80 hours or more and cannot get by. job creation is great. we need to look at more job creation and training. you cannot leave the folks not being able to survive working 40 hours a week. guest: thank you and good morning in ohio. as far as a do-nothing congress, you equate the number of bills passed w

larry, ohio, independent caller. what are your thoughts?ou think about it -- he is from new york and italian. they all have distinction. like the embodiment that they are hot tempered and they a have a proudness to them. host: that seems like a generalization about all italians. caller: that is the problem. nobody really knows his situation. he might be under pressure. whatever. it is on him. per ther his peers, as to judge himibed, and talk to him. host: do you think the ethics committee should look into his behavior? caller: as with everybody, yeah. inquest.uld be an and if it is found that he was wrong, then yeah. look at justin bieber. hegets a slap on the wrist, gets to leave the country. if you are arrested for something, whether small or large, if you have not been to court, you should not be allowed to leave the country. they let him leave the country. everybody is complaining -- what was it, $10,000? host: that is what i just read, yes. they are also investigating whether he solicited money from foreign donors as well. larry? calle

jared in ohio, independent line. caller: i'm calling about dennis rodman. he is an entertainer.we saw him when he played basketball. we know who he was. --is not we know him for who he is. michael jordan, larry bird. we know him for who he is. expecting dennis rodman to be a diplomat of the united states? why? why is the camera on dennis rodman? for the camera. the camera went to dennis rodman. ashley. houston, texas, democrat line. wow, dennis rodman is not a diplomat. he is an athlete. he is a basketball player. he is doing what he does. representing the united states, he is not representing the united states. he is playing basketball. the congressman went on the floor and compared kim jong-un to hitler. i mean, this is nonsense. nobody gave him the right to go there. he went there because he is an entertainer. it is like the other people that have gone to foreign countries to entertain. the problem is that they are all black. that is the real problem. host: the next segment will look at marijuana laws in the united states, especially with colorado of allowing the sale of recr

caller: my question is about the king cole ohio. the king cole highway authority was formed to develop a modern highway in west virginia in the poorest area of the state. 14 years later, the project is still incomplete. particularly given the connection between infrastructure development and economic growth i'm curious why this project hasn't been made a bigger priority and what you plan to do as the ranking member of the house infrastructure and transportation committee to facilitate its completion. guest: thank you for your question, samantha, it is a very good question. and believe you me, the king cole highway is still a top priority of mine and many who want to see that road become a reality as a way to open up southern west virginia, to look beyond coal, which even the enemies of the e.p.a. want us to do. i have gone to the head of the environmental protection agency, geena mccarty, shortly after she was appointed and i pleaded with her, in the white house, to help us get the necessary permitting to allow this vital segment of

ohio. brian who is 37. >> caller: what is the difference between canada and what we are using? >> canada has a single-payer administration that is different. the obama administration didn't pursue that because they knew it would not get through congress. canada has a system that is government-run. what we have here is something different. it is where the government regulates the private insurance that is offered in the individual and small group markets. and the federal government always offers subsidy help. they offer finance assistance to people who cannot afford it but it is very different than what is in canada. >> host: i want to ask you about employers. target said it is going to stop offering plans and send the employees to the marketplace and home depot is doing that. >> employers are saying we can provide financial assistance and they can get a better deal. it is better for us to give them a little bit of money to buy it. we may see it continue. >> host: morgantown, virginia is the next call. bob is on the phone and he is 62. >> caller: i would like to comment on how w