the question is -- what issue do you want resin obama and congress to work on this year? elizabeth comments -- jobs, but we know the congress will not work with obama. oklahoma. independent line. good evening. caller: good evening. i would like to see if the president could help the ones to get insurance where i work. they do not give me that and if it -- benefit. i have to buy it out of my own pocket e. >> thank you for the call. let's watch for a moment. >> they call it the beast of the presidential motorcade. it will take them up pennsylvania avenue to capitol hill. the president is expected to enter the house chamber shortly after 9:00 eastern time. he will be introduced. seated high the president will be the president of the senate, vice president biden, and speaker the house, john boehner. democrat line. what do you want to hear from the president? what issue is important to you in the year ahead? caller: hello. thank you for your time and taking the call. address issue of marijuana. two states that have made income off of this medical marijuana. it can help the economy. i think obama should recognize the medical benefits of cannabis. he has to address it. it seems he has taken the issue off

for obama the caller is mistaken. there are taxes on individuals. primarily it is paid for are the health insurance industry. certainly many people will see their out-of-pocket cost rise. others will see them fall. there is no way to argue there are no taxes in this law. host: cynthia on the line for democrats. .aller: hello i was calling to comment on another callers comment from west virginia. i have a 23-year-old son that ran into the hospital. he was able to get in. he actually signed up for the obamacare at the hospital, which he said was very nice. there were not any problems. a lot of what people say about obamacare has been factual because i experience it where there were not many problems. many people are having positive experiences and signing up in their local communities at agencies,on the male public agencies and having a fine time. it kind of depends which state you live in. it sounds like this woman's son had a good experience. host: mark stone writes -- yes.: that is a very interesting question and very complicated for people's income

for obama the caller is mistaken. there are taxes on individuals. marily it is paid for are the health insurance industry. certainly many people will see their out-of-pocket cost rise. others will see them fall. there is no way to argue there are no taxes in this law. host: cynthia on the line for democrats. .aller: hello i was calling to comment on another callers comment from west virginia. i have a 23-year-old son that ran into the hospital. he was able to get in. he actually signed up for the obamacare at the hospital, which he said was very nice. there were not any problems. a lot of what people say about obamacare has been factual because i experience it where there were not many problems. many people are having positive experiences and signing up in their local communities at agencies,on the male public agencies and having a fine time. it kind of depends which state you live in. it sounds like this woman's son had a good experience. host: mark stone writes -- yes.: that is a very interesting question and very complicated for people's income wh

the show. host: you are not going to be on air? caller: was on the show last month. just remind people on your show calling in that mr. obama was elected twice to bring the troops home. host: randy in missouri. democratic caller. you might want to make it quick because the house is about to come into session. caller: what i want to talk -- theyou'll issue was whole issue was pushing about obama lacked conviction about afghanistan warbled on the lady called in and told you that in he writesn his book with he agrees with them. host: we found that part and read it for you. we have to leave it there. the house is now in session. live coverage here on speed -- c-span. washington, d.c., january 9, 2014. i hereby appoint the honorable luke messer to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a.

obama for their health care system. the glitch that happened with obama's proposal is not entirely accidental. the republicans are thinly disguised greedy people her. point caller raises the that the health care outcomes in this country are not as good as other company -- countries. , your united states health care outcomes are not likely to be as good as they are in other countries, despite the fact that we spend much more on health care. we are paying more for worst outcomes. it is not fair for people to

the line for republicans. caller: i listen to the speech yesterday. i had high hopes for obama-- know, he let clinton hillary and bill clinton got in. they have ruined him. he is listening to them. nothing will get done. they do not care about anybody but themselves. heaven help us. i think that obama needs to stay away from them. listen to what he wants to do instead of relying on those traders. they lied. they lie all the time. they do not care who they hurt. only one is power. host: you said you watched the speech. the president talked about some of the reforms he is making. to not spy on the leaders of foreign allies. he did not specify who. what is your take on the president's efforts in that regard? caller: i hope he gets to do what he wants to do. i do not like this. i do not like the lying about it. spying, let us know about it. do not treat us like babies. we are grown children. i want to know what is going on in my country. host: catherine in new mexico. talking about news from around the country, a few more stories to point out to you this morning. you may not have s

facebook page, david writes and says israel gets more from the nsa than our own intelligence does, and we have between from a caller who says obama reminds me of the great quotation, he who sacrifices freedom for great security deserves neither. host: let's go to california. how are you? caller: i thought the speech was quite good. i thought it was very informative. i believe as a general public we do not on a day-to-day basis concern ourselves enough with history, with data am a learning, and this is a good exercise for us as a country. as fact as the individual liberty is concerned, macy's knows more about the dandy nsa desperate nordstrom knows more about me than the nsa does. anything that is used digital or plastic come as we say in the old days, is shared with every other corporation in the country related to pay the fee. as far as cyber security, is concerned, the government and fornsa has been calling americans and american businesses to secure their data, to secure their information. some companies choose to spend the money and some do not. other countries are hacking into shutting themd down, just to test for the coming

the same. >> host: what you mean by that? can you give an example enact. >> caller: well, i mean, you have obama saying that he will start with stopping the surveillance stuff. and i'm not saying what bush did was right. and i don't trust democrats or republicans anymore and if the bankers that are running him. >> host: that was ryan in beaver, pennsylvania. >> guest: that's a good question in that section when i discuss in my book is how republicans will have a very difficult time moving forward on national security so they can move away from the debacle of iraq and afghanistan. and there is a new phase within the party, new ideas generated that beyond iraq and afghanistan, i think particularly, they will have a hard time regaining the trust of americans and that is this one step of a larger issue. so what does the party do to begin to give voters to see them as trustworthy and effectively being able to govern. we have seen so far a government shutdown and we have seen u.s. credit ratings diminish. and i think largely americans believe that that is the result of republican incompetence. and until the gop can address those is

guest: the last caller pointed out that president obama is a constitutional lawyer. when he ran for office he said the bush administration had violated the rule of law, i'm going to restore the rule of law. he has been pretty close to the bush administration in a lot of ways in taking broad actions, not recognizing clear limits on power. host: that probably shouldn't -- guest: that probably shouldn't be surprising. kings and presidents and the executive would try to use as much power as they could. we have to set limits. how do we do that? if information is secret, that cannot be done. that was especially troubling during the bush administration. i talked about the unitary executive. that was spelled out in secret office of legal counsel memos that people didn't even know about for years. how do we set limits on presidential power if we don't know about this? we cannot. host: some of the memos are included in the book, if you want to read the primary sources. guest: when obama took office, i hoped and a lot of people hoped that he would create -- he has relied on an a

the line for democrats. caller: good morning. i was just going to say about the same thing. i voted for president obama and the first term. in the second term, i -- the same thing. my comment was going to be that after the first term, he -- the media was supposed to be the watchdog. ignorede more or less the scandal and stuff that has gone on in this residency. -- i have great respect for your speaker. i was wondering what his thoughts were. ignoring fox and those places. what are his thoughts on the media and what they are ignoring? -- what are papers his thoughts on how the press is covering the root of all of the needs of what the press needs to do to cover things in this nsa controversy. thank you. guest: i agree 100%. the media has been very weak. i have been very critical of the media. i think that the mainstream media has largely left this whole issue go unreported. --se pieces were going on they came out once from the new york times. then it was forgotten. the mainstream media pretty much never went after this issue. -- i think that the if this was the bush administration, the media would be far more aggressive on

the time. richard, missouri, democratic caller. benghazi, the republicans said president obama did not call it a terrorist attack. i heard his press conference right after the attack, and he said it was a terrorist attack. me the security round, the embassies and consulates, the funding was cut by the republicans in the house. so now how can they talk about security being waxed when they cut the budget for security? richard. right, the top republican on the senate intelligence committee tweeted this yesterday -- and then senator ted cruz who is a potential hopeful for 2016 tweeted this out -- marco rubio, who could also be a contender for the 2016 presidential elections come as it is in a statement. has yet to sears they examine these attacks that resulted in the death of four americans. the committee should have examined linton's failure to provide adequate security for our deployed personality -- personnel and benghazi. eddie, north carolina, republican caller. is, themy question president was notified, whited callout hillary clinton and obama say it was spontaneous to some s

the detroit news ." c: yes, good morning. yes,proud of -- caller: good morning. i am proud of president obama's decision to bailout the auto and i am said some people took a loss because of it. i'm a proud african-american. japan,t live in china or and one caller spoke of charges being brought up on president obama. where is the return on my tax for the war in iraq, when we should've been given an oil check back and we would not be in the mess we're in right now. thank you. host: ralph's comments from north carolina. twitter -- australia is losing its own auto industry. projections show 2016 will be the end of. ?hat do we know guest: the australian government has been giving subsidies to the companies to keep them in and gmia and with ford announcing they are going to withdraw production, it goes to the idea that auto production has been part of national pride. there are other intangibles beyond the direct jobs created. the country has been trying to keep production, but it is not like it will be successful. --t: from boring file clerk why can we not just invent something better than the conven

the sign says." fox news has this headline. host: richard, lake placid, florida. independent. good morning. caller: good morning, paul. obama,y, president making appointments without the consent of congress, that is one minor -- i call it minor -- constitutional violations he is making. he does it on a daily basis, especially with obamacare. he modifies obamacare at will. it's supposed to be -- if there is a change to it, it is supposed to go through congress. all appointments by the president are supposed to be in consent and that it by congress. that protect the people and the nostitution, which he has use for whatsoever. i think congress needs to get involved in this room a they need to look at this as grounds for impeachment and carry forward with that. cj, carbondale, illinois. good morning. caller: i spent a year in the marine corps and i was deeply engaged in politics. the more you educate yourself on situation. very dark partisans who the got us to this point, the point where we have to go to the supreme court just over recess appointments, it shows the breakdown that has been going on in our government. partisan am

the florida decision? caller: go for it. the file with the judge says. if obama can defy what certain laws he does not like, then the florida people can go ahead and do it anyway. host: the front page of the washington post takes a look at emergency health bills going through the maryland state senate. it says the lawmakers are expected to pass legislation next week to let hundreds of people try to find -- sign up for the health insurance through the new exchange program. martin o'malley and the lieutenant governor have said that they will introduce the legislation that will expand enrollment in health insurance plan. a separate state run program covers high-risk individuals. they would have to pay a premium determined by income. they would be allowed to stay on the plan for only a few months. this is the last call. it is elizabeth from columbus, georgia. independent line. caller: hello. how are you? host: i'm fine. what do you think about the decision in florida? caller: i think that getting people tested for drugs is a bad idea. those things are costly. they ar

the senate intelligence committee report. mark in missouri, republican caller. mark in missouri to my view on the line. mark, one must call for you. jim, independent caller. caller: from what i read, barack obama was told about the incident around 5:00 p.m. that afternoon. but from that time up until the next morning, he did absolutely nothing. apparently he had dinner, went to bed, got up next morning to vegas. fundraiser in apparently either he knew that something was going to happen or he getting care. -- or he didn't care. but they need to ask you barack obama, what executive did you do or try to do. you have 4 americans and an investor getting killed -- and faster getting killed and you go to a fundraiser? host: where did you read that? caller: the foreign press. host: that is where you learned of it. thank you very much. the senate intelligence report is linked on our website, cspan.org, if you go to the "washington journal" site. you can read it yourself if you would like. this is being called a bipartisan report with the members of the senate intelligence committee, headed up by senator dianne feinstein, democrat from california. in the report they talk about how tehhe committee began

the healthcare law and impact it's having. caller.ic caller: i think it's more trying to rip people off. >> why do you say that? caller: because obama said at the beginning you can keep your you want.if well, i don't see what insurance companies would be dropping they when they know that can get more people to come into it. not sure that insurance companies aren't dropping people. person y did was if the ad a plan that didn't meet the criteria they put them into another plan now. one of the problems was many, perhaps most of the people frpbded up in a much more expensive plan because it had to cover a lot more. if you're a children of child bearing age you might be happy ut if you're a 60-year-old couple and i've heard from everal of these, they weren't happy. >> the insurance companies are trying to - they're make money. i don't know if i would agree caller, but they're as i mentioned being cautious and this e waiting to see how shakes out and how hard of a hit hey're gonna take from having to meet all these new provisions. washington, north carolina. hi. story s calling with a what happened to the impact of this act here in north

obama for their health care system. the glitch that happened with obama's proposal is not entirely accidental. the republicans are thinly disguised greedy people her. point caller raises the that the health care outcomes in this country are not as good as other company -- countries. , your united states health care outcomes are not likely to be as good as they are in other countries, despite the fact that we spend much more on health care. we are paying more for worst outcomes. it is not fair for people to costs such expensive and not getting results. >> good morning. it is simply a ponzi scheme that will not last. 6 million policies have been canceled. that is approximately 20 million people. i have heard about 500,000 have actually paid for a plan. that is a scheme that cannot last. going to behere is a massive insurance company bailout for this scheme. the cure is worse than the problem. s, amount of spin, lie deception is going to change that fact. it is just a matter of time before the whole thing crumbles. it will require a massive bailout. forget the spin. guest: that is the precise view of an opponent of the affordable care act. i am a reporter. there a

the church of an anti-semitic reverend who hates america. ,o say i oppose obama's agenda only because i am a racist, demonstrates the depth of your stupidity. host: as far as the affordable care act? callerhe affordable care act has not only destroyed obama's presidency, it is going to destroy his legacy. what the liberal media does not realize is that it was them themselves who destroyed obama. they covered up all of his stupid things that he does. host: pictures in the paper this morning of reagan's warm press secretary, passing away at 74. public face of the reagan era. minneapolis, minnesota. independent line. caller: i would like to speak about the republicans not doing anything. group,ehner's right ryan, mitch mcconnell, newt --grich, said that they have they are god and religion gives them the right to lie, cheat, and steal. george bush was asked about the lie of mass destruction and the war of the americans and the wounded in iraq, that he was the that had 3000 people on our soil massacred. this should be repeated over and over. thank you very much. host: robert up next from tuscaloosa, alabama. democrats line. caller: i wanted to get on earlier with your guest. on dennis rodman

guest: the last caller pointed out that president obama is a constitutional lawyer. he ran for office he said the bush administration had violated the rule of law, i'm going to restore the rule of law. he has been pretty close to the bush administration in a lot of ways in taking broad actions, not recognizing clear limits on power. host: that probably shouldn't -- guest: that probably shouldn't be surprising. kings and presidents and the executive would try to use as much power as they could. we have to set limits. how do we do that? if information is secret, that cannot be done. that was especially troubling during the bush administration. i talked about the unitary executive. that was spelled out in secret office of legal counsel memos that people didn't even know about for years. how do we set limits on presidential power if we don't know about this? we cannot. host: some of the memos are included in the book, if you want to read the primary sources. guest: when obama took office, i hoped and a lot of people hoped that he would create -- he has relied on an argum

the executives was michelle obama's roommate. what is your point in time that together? caller: there is a double standard. e liberal media is trying to knock chris christie out of contention. damaged bridge is the name of the editorial in the washington post. this is how it is concluded. investigations need to proceed. not actubordinates did with his knowledge or approval, what did motivate them? can be answered satisfactorily, he may survive to carry the flag for the center-right. if not, he will have to make way for someone else. it in theeps in, was itture in the office or was three or four people responsible? i suggest we wait and see. john says i do not like him, but this is a waste. why not get back to the irs and nsa? and stella says not a fan of chris christie, unlike the potus, he has taken responsibility and acted. radarmark says my bully things loudly. freelancer says politicians have a bad habit of confessing things that are not true. i am not a thief, i am not a which, now i am not a bully. carroll says that the news interrogation made me a believer. if only obama would come out and take quest

the bottom line is, since was elected, the game plan for the republicans opposed to president obama is to ruin his legacy. the callerho said the president started all of this, no he did not. he came in, trying to bridge and unite the country, he was met with opposition. forced to useeen ,xecutive religious and i say go, obama. it is about time. i hope his legacy gets the fairness it deserves. jim, spartanburg, south carolina. you just showed to clips of the president. one saying women are underpaid and something should be done about it and what is the only thing you can do about it is to write write regulation -- to new regulation. you should another clip of him saying that the tax code should be simpler. it is vitriol. it makes you not want to watch the speech. the should have shown national debt going up during a speech. since he has been in power, it has gone up $7 trillion. he has been in power for five years and he acts like he has not been. a lady that called earlier that blasted what huckabee said. -- he was saying that saying that liberals viewed it as uncle sugar. mentioned the unemployment benefits and how

the program. caller: i love your program and love you guys. -- bush used 9/11 as an excuse to go to old war -- go to war in iraq. obamathe closest thing to being a real person we have had in the office. seconds.n laden in two bush is a fool. we just need to wipe the slate clean. we are a strong country. we can let all the skill. obama inherited a mess years ago. was a mess that was unnecessary. this piece is available online at washingtonpost.com -- let's go back to this excerpt itt," it's am "m two-minute trailer. i don't think we have that ready. we are going to take a short break. you are watching "washington journal." we will be back to talk about what is inside this omnibus spending bill, a $2 trillion budget package. also the latest on iran as inspectors travel to iran to look at what nuclear capacities they have. we will be back in a moment. ♪ >> when you go behind the scenes as a photographer, you are there to see, not here, not to listen, and not repeat anything you hear. it is a mutual agreement. meetings thato are sensitive. obamathere when president had a rally and at the same time the hurricane had just c

the nancy pelosi and harry reid. if they all got on stage together, something i would watch. caller: hi. yes. -- the woman called and said barack obamahalf white. maybe she needs to go down to the senate floor and let them know that. they fight this man on anything he has to do. for all the good he has done, does he get credit for any of those things? no. thing, socialw security, some moment in cincinnati, barack obama. they are going to fault him and are not going to work with him unless he signs his executive order. those congressmen that are collecting funds on that, they should not be allowed to. is serving in the congress. they want to cut from food stands and that is a crying shame. and i feel for our president. any time a white man takes the oval office, i think things will go back to the way the tea party wanted. guest: the president is frustrated with congress, without a doubt. plenty of reports that in his private meetings he expresses his frustration with the state of relations with the congress. his relationship with a lot of congressional democrats -- this is a convoluted problem. strategy then republicans have taken on

the dnc payroll. caller: you said the american ready for new jersey style politics. let's talk about chicago style politics because i've discovered the difference between the two. all of the scandals obama has, all of those people involved, still have their jobs. none of them got fired. guest: as anyone can implicated -- has anyone been implicated in a french prison scandal? -- retribution scandal? apples and oranges. they have been litigated, they have been covered, they've investigated by the hill and other investigated, by the press, and nothing has come to sort of terms of any cover-up, of any sort of issue having to do with his inner circle. republicans have to go to the comparison of president obama and difficult issues against it -- he has had to deal with this year underscores what a big problem chris christie is facing right now. chris christie is in a lot of trouble. host: independent line, thank you for waiting. caller: good morning. well, when i was going to talk about has been talked on several times. interject aike to few things. statesple of the united are watching all of these things a lot more closely than what you might take. -- think. there very aware that majority of

the obama administration. host: kenneth from morgantown, kentucky, independent line. caller: i'm 70 years old. i have seen combat. that's not the point. since world war ii, america has never fought for freedom, in my opinion. it's always fought for the rich man's way of life and the corporations benefit. everywhere they put boots on the ground, i guarantee you there's other resources or pipeline they got to put in. since the citizens of america and i was in combat did not benefit from any combat since world war ii, i think corporations and the rich elite should pay for all the wars we go to. guest: sir, first of all thank you for your service. my father too was a veteran of world war ii and unfortunately he survived the landing enormity. the commitment of the great generation that gave us, that is my generation the opportunity to be able to become great americans in our own right. not that i consider myself one but one who aspires to be better. are proud of having people like you who given us this great country and defended us in world war ii. let me try to be quick about your point. the fact o

the detroit news ." c: yes, good morning. yes,proud of -- caller: good morning. i am proud of president obama's decision to bailout the auto and i am said some people took a loss because of it. i'm a proud african-american. japan,t live in china or and one caller spoke of charges being brought up on president obama. where is the return on my tax for the war in iraq, when we should've been given an oil check back and we would not be in the mess we're in right now. thank you. host: ralph's comments from north carolina. twitter -- australia is losing its own auto industry. projections show 2016 will be the end of. ?hat do we know guest: the australian government has been giving subsidies to the companies to keep them in and gmia and with ford announcing they are going to withdraw production, it goes to the idea that auto production has been part of national pride. there are other intangibles beyond the direct jobs created. the country has been trying to keep production, but it is not like it will be successful. --t: from boring file clerk why can we not just invent something better than the conven

the jobs created? caller: exactly. under president obama'srogram said they spent $100 billion nd you quieted that she didn't say they got any jobs for it but it was on the internet that you could read 55,000. you saying $100 billion only turned out 55,000 jobs? . to listen e carefully. the $100 billion part of that d.o.e. loan guarantee program to give loans to -- nies who couldn't ice otherwise get them. started in 2009 after the 2008 crash. get capital. the money spent on that program $20 h i believe was between billion to $30 billion -- maybe you can look it up while we take the next call -- that created 55,000 jobs. $70 billion toer created jobs at but we don't have data. federal making buildings more efficient. host: what about the concerns republican members on the energy and commerce committee pointed out whether there is the spending tens be and hundred billion dollars when has so much debt and such a large deficit, the right place to try to yet jobs. guest: absolutely it is. are part of jobs the benefit. another part of the benefit i

caller: was on the show last month. just remind people on your show calling in that mr. obama was elected twice to bring the troops home. host: randy in missouri. democratic caller. you might want to make it quick because the house is about to come into session. caller: what i want to talk -- theyou'll issue was whole issue was pushing about obama lacked conviction about afghanistan warbled on the lady called in and told you that in he writesn his book with he agrees with them. host: we found that part and read it for you. we have to leave it there. the house is now in session. live coverage here on speed -- c-span. washington, d.c., january 9, 2014. i hereby appoint the honorable luke messer to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to

the detroit news ." c: yes, good morning. yes,proud of -- caller: good morning. i am proud of president obama's decision to bailout the auto and i am said some people took a loss because of it. i'm a proud african-american. japan,t live in china or and one caller spoke of charges being brought up on president obama. where is the return on my tax for the war in iraq, when we should've been given an oil

obama donor. can you imagine if george bush had appointed a republican donor to be an investigator in this? yikes. what the caller is saying is these mystical, magical visits every other day by the irs, they were blocks away. to your point of earlier, somebody was setting the tone in the white house. guest: it is such apples and oranges, and for republicans to oranges and for republicans to have to go there, it underscores the trouble that christie is in. let's talk about how they reacted to it. when this came out, president obama did a press conference two days afterward. and then five days afterward, and then 10 days afterward. and chris christie took 120 days to get to a press conference. guest: the president? guest: the president came out and talked about it two days after the report. did christie come out? you know what he did? he laughed about it, he mocked it, and he was calling the critics ridiculous. big difference in how the things are handled. guest: we are going to have to get down to the weeds here. he was with the press within 18 hours. guest: but it took him 120 days. the president came out as it i

the way it is. host: do you think it is to write or to left? left? right or too caller: i think it is the media. if anyone threatens hillary or obamathere are a lot of serious things, questions about his presidency and they don't get the attention. 585-3880.crats, (202) republicans, (202) 585-3881. independents, (202) 585-3882. it is coverage of chris christie -- has it been fair? chris christie is covered to make a political point, but also because new jersey is in the new york city media orbit, it is all about them. what other governor poss inaugural address was televised nationally by multiple media outlets? can give your thoughts on twitter, on the lines. matthew, westwood, new jersey. independent line. caller: thank you. unfair.a has been the majority of the people of my state approved of what this man .as done to help us here is the example -- think three things. when is the media going to call for a special prosecutor to investigate the illegal the irs off -- by mr. obama's opponents? when will the move -- the media call for a special prosecutor on the waste of over $600 billion on an incompetent website that ,hey knowingly

the caller is talking about mitch mcconnell, who is up for reelection this year. right from the beginning of president obama'sinistration, macconnell said one of his biggest priorities would be to ensure the defeat of president obama when he ran for reelection and to stop his programs. there was this argument being made on capitol hill to stop obama, not giving him much of a chance to be persuasive. that is true. could he have worked with the republicans more? how does he address the republicans tonight? i think he is probably going to walk the line between saying, i am going to try to work with you, house republicans. i will give you another chance. if it doesn't work, i will not hesitate to go on my own with these executive orders. this is the last chance to get something done. if it doesn't happen, i will go my own way. host: the president's former speechwriter talked about how the writing starts around christmas. guest: the president over the holidays was thinking about this on his vacation in hawaii. this is very common. it tends to be a very long process. you have seen other speechwriters talk about the

the nancy pelosi and harry reid. if they all got on stage together, something i would watch. caller: hi. yes. i do not care -- the woman called and said barack obama is half white. maybe she needs to go down to the senate floor and let them know that. they fight this man on anything he has to do. for all the good he has done, does he get credit for any of those things? no. but for any new thing, social security, some moment in cincinnati, barack obama. they are going to fault him and are not going to work with him unless he signs his executive order. those congressmen that are collecting funds on that, they should not be allowed to. is serving in the congress. they want to cut from food stands and that is a crying shame. and i feel for our president. any time a white man takes the oval office, i think things will go back to the way the tea party wanted. guest: the president is frustrated with congress, without a doubt. plenty of reports that in his private meetings he expresses his frustration with the state of relations with the congress. his relationship with a lot of congressional democrats -- this is a convoluted problem. the opposition strate

the more polarized your views will be. host: on polarization, another viewer has this -- let's go to california, good morning. caller: good morning. when the senate majority -- minority leader, mitch mcconnell came out after obama got elected the first time and said his number one goal was to make him a one term president, that pretty much set the tone as far as nothing will get done. the republican party did not really care about the country. they just want obama to fail. if obama fails, the country fails and i think they really want that. all they care about is getting the presidency back. at any cost. mitch mcconnell's famous statement about wanting obama to be a one term president was one of those lines that gets repeated because it taps into this very competitive spirit. understatement but it's a battle for control. particularly at the top levels of the parties. wantsmcconnell republicans to be in charge and he wants obama to be a one term president. he will use the powers that he has in the senate to try to block the democratic agenda. host: we will go to maryland next, republican line. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. span know that i do watch and i love each and every one of you for b

the caller is talking about mitch mcconnell, who is up for reelection this year. right from the beginning of president obama's administration, macconnell said one of his biggest priorities would be to ensure the defeat of president obama when he ran for reelection and to stop his programs. there was this argument being made on capitol hill to stop obama, not giving him much of a chance to be persuasive. that is true. could he have worked with the republicans more? how does he address the republicans tonight? i think he is probably going to walk the line between saying, i am going to try to work with you, house republicans. i will give you another chance. if it doesn't work, i will not hesitate to go on my own with these executive orders. this is the last chance to get something done. if it doesn't happen, i will go my own way. host: the president's former speechwriter talked about how the writing starts around christmas. guest: the president over the holidays was thinking about this on his vacation in hawaii. this is very common. it tends to be a very long process. you have seen other speechwriters talk about

the editorial? caller: i don't believe it is fair. i'm going to say very short sentence. if you're going to arrest then youor treason, ought to make out the same bill for barack obama. because he violates the constitution and bill of rights every time he turns around. host: james is calling from fort washington maryland. caller: he should not be offered clemency. as far as i'm concerned, he is a traitor. i was in the u.s. army for six years in the military into mutations. myself would never ever think about doing anything like that. just the way he did it, he went to hong kong and then he went to russia. i am not understanding why all these people are talking about giving him clemency, but i think this is an offshoot because we don't have enough people who are serving in the military, to be honest, we just have a mercenary military right now. there are not enough people who are actually involved in it. i guess that is intimate statement. i could never ever do anything like that. first of all, he shouldn't have gotten a clearance anyway. thank you very much. "ost: "the new york times." that is the end of "the new york times." editorial. jean is calling from new york s

the jobs created? caller: exactly. under president obama'sprogram she said they spent $100 billion and you quoted that she didn't say they got any jobs for it but it was on the internet that you could read 55,000. are you saying $100 billion only turned out 55,000 jobs? guest: no, you have to listen carefully. the $100 billion part of that was the d.o.e. loan guarantee program to give loans to companies who couldn't otherwise get them. this started in 2009 after the 2008 crash. the credit markets were frozen. if they could get capital they could start their projects. the money spent on that program which i believe was between $20 billion to $30 billion -- maybe you can look it up while we take the next call -- that created 55,000 jobs. there was another $70 billion to $80 billion that created jobs but we don't have data. things like investing in making federal buildings more efficient. it will save taxpayers money. host: what about the concerns that republican members on the energy and commerce committee pointed out whether there is the right

the jobs created? caller: exactly. under president obama's program said they spent $100 billion nd you quieted that she didn't say they got any jobs for it but it was on the internet that you could read 55,000. you saying $100 billion only turned out 55,000 jobs? . to listen e carefully. the $100 billion part of that d.o.e. loan guarantee program to give loans to -- nies who couldn't ice otherwise get them. started in 2009 after the 2008 crash. get capital. the money spent on that program $20 h i believe was between billion to $30 billion -- maybe you can look it up while we take the next call -- that created 55,000 jobs. $70 billion toer created jobs at but we don't have data. federal making buildings more efficient. host: what about the concerns republican members on the energy and commerce committee pointed out whether there is the spending tens be and hundred billion dollars when has so much debt and such a large deficit, the right place to try to yet jobs. guest: absolutely it is. are part of jobs the benefit. another part of the benefit

the nsa. jackie is calling from new york. republican line. hello. caller: good morning. that iwanted to say would like president obama to address the allegations that have been made by others. in addition to edward snowden -- nsars have alleged that the has been using their data mining facility and technologies to facilitate black male against members of congress. i would like someone to address those allegations. thank you. host: michael is in washington dc. what are your thoughts? i would just like to hear president obama say that he is going to use some of this funding to help the homeless and the hungry in our nation. that is about it. host: thank you, sir. from the washington times, few snooping changes likely. if the skeptics are correct, president obama is about to embrace an endorsement he of the controversial national security tools and tactics introduced by his predecessor despite railing against those policies while campaigning in 2008. the expectation for friday's long-awaited address, which will outline changes on the surveillance and data collection efforts, are exceedingly low among privacy advocates a

the vast numbers of republicans. kelly is joining us from oregon. good morning. caller: i want to say president obamas the only president i have been able to listen to a full state of the union speech and enjoy and be engaged. even president clinton, who i was and -- who i was totally enamored was, i had to change the channel. that we have a tall, graceful, highly intelligent president. i would also like to say that i am very sad it wasn't hillary clinton that got elected. i know people are going nuts now. african-americans have the right to vote 70 years before white women did. host: thank you for the call. headline, the focus on the issue of immigration as the white house tries to strike a deal on that. from cq roll call, reporting that -- there will be a similar meeting with senate democratic staffers tomorrow. the meeting was led by obama's new legislative affairs director. and director of communications, jennifer palm area. 2000 four, president george w. bush delivered a state of the union address in which the patriot act was front and center. here's more from c-span's the deal library. -- c-spa

the independent line. go right ahead. caller: i was calling about the obamacare. it seem like to me, that the republican wanted to do something, they will come up with alternative program to obama care. guest: conservatives put together a package of their own. it's hard to come up to an alternative to a law that's getting so much attention. as a republican senator from wisconsin, a blue state but republican elected in the 2010 tea party wave, ron johnson. he said as of january 1st, obamacare is not just a piece of paper we can repeal and pull away. about six million people now are going to have health insurance because of this law. republicans alternatives, they're going to have to come up with way to keep people to have insurance. there's a long history and behavorial checks, once people have something, they don't want it taken away. now they have the health insurance, it's going to be very hard to come up with alternatives. host: 48 plus votessent affordable care ssent -- votes on the affordable care act last year. guest: absolutely. partly it's the republican base. republicans can't afford to be seen by their own primary voters as doing anything but pushing for a full repeal

obama releases nsa reforms today. it could have a huge effect on phone companies that store caller records.the senate passes a $1 trillion dollar spending bill that will keep the goverment funded through september.washington - the president is expected to sign before saturday.and, millionaires on the move. a new study shows the states of florida and nevada lost the most millionaires in 2013 while north dakota was the biggest gainer. in trader talk this morning, we are tapping into the trader mind of todd colvin of rj o'brien. good morning and what are you doing with your money? >>good morning. i think a couple thingsi think equities are still a safe place to be. if you didn't get in in 2013 waiting for a pullback, you're kicking yourself so i think a modest percentage of anyone's portfolio should be in equities in the united states. as well as some minor fixed income, i think while we're seeing 10 year notes hover between 290 and 3 percent. certainly not the most attractive levels to get in but not a bad place to be in case there is some kind of a global crisis. i think you also want to have some emerging market exposure. looking out at where we're seeing a lo

the dnc payroll. caller: you said the american ready for new jersey style politics. let's talk about chicago style politics because i've discovered the difference between the two. all of the scandals obamal of those people involved, still have their jobs. none of them got fired. guest: as anyone can implicated -- has anyone been implicated in a french prison scandal? -- retribution scandal? apples and oranges. they have been litigated, they have been covered, they've investigated by the hill and other investigated, by the press, and nothing has come to sort of terms of any cover-up, of any sort of issue having to do with his inner circle. republicans have to go to the comparison of president obama and difficult issues against it -- he has had to deal with this year underscores what a big problem chris christie is facing right now. chris christie is in a lot of trouble. host: independent line, thank you for waiting. caller: good morning. well, when i was going to talk about has been talked on several times. interject aike to few things. statesple of the united are watching all of these things a lot more closely than what you might take. -- think. there very aware that majority of people

the role of peter. live musical air next december another obamacare snafu. state obama in a care exchange directs callers porter store. maryland's health exchange web site mistakenningly seeking residents to seattle pottery supplier. oops? and now it's your turn to hash it out with us. use #greta on all your tweets and posts. up next colonel oliver north is here. stay with us. ! >>> this could be dangerous, president obama isunder estimating terrorist group calling them j.v. if a j.v. team puts on lakers uniforms that doesn't make them kobe bryant. is the president implying these groups are not as dangerous as al qaeda? colonel oliver north joins us. i don't even know -- terrorists to me are terrorists. >> it's flippant, arrogant and ignorant comment. we were reminded again that bin laden is dead. that's going to be constant theme for the next three years. bin laden being dead hasn't changed a thing except you no longer have a face for radical islamic terror. it's bigger than it ever was before 9/11. what you have is a franchise operation being operated globally without somebody micromanaging it with a f

the party will move quickly to legislation after considering a series of leadership principles this week. mark in long beach, california. caller: are there any republicans who agree? the idiot, scumbag republican leadership -- [indiscernible] obama and the democrats are laying out the to be rolled and the republican party wants to give amnesty to the illegal aliens invading border criminals. how insane is that? they're going to get pounded in the next election if they do this. nothing will save that. the republicans are overwhelmingly opposed to this despite all of the phone calls by the lying media. this does not make any sense. host: hang on one second. let me read you a paragraph about the political angle and see what you have to say. 2012 was a critical moment in the debate. president obama won reelection partly because of strong support from hispanics. there you go again. illegal him -- aliens are not immigrants. illegal aliens [indiscernible] government of the united states is going to tell its citizens that tens of millions of criminals are going to be rewarded with one of the best things you can get -- status in the united states -- then america has become lie all you can lie, cheat all you can cheat, and steal all you c

the visit at t.c.u. today. one more student, this is on withmorris, you're bill kristol. caller: good morning. my question is in the 2012 more women voted for president obama than mitt romney. what is the republican party women foreach out to the 2014 and 2016 elections? well, look, women have always been a little more liberal than men, it goes back of reagan,y days they're a little more more compassionate, a little more concerned if someone says these asicies will hurt the poor opposed to gee we can't afford this any more. gender been a consistent gap. wasn't any bigger in 2012 than elections andus republicans won a lot of those elections with reagan and bush amonge they did very well mening anded acatly well among that youo i'm not sure need to reach out to one gender as opposed to the other. most women want what's right for the country, their rightes, not just what's for individual members of your own gender. i think it doesn't hurt to have and as,en as candidates you know, the governors and congress women, and senators and that's happening in the republican party. and it's happening kind of as a reflection of developments over the last 20, 30, 40 years