we are chatting this morning with brad and dallas woodhouse, two brothers on opposite sides of the political divide. >> if i can add one thing. i think brad would agree with me. this mystery of wanting to bridge the political divide. i think that is what a legislative body does. and republican house and democrat senate has to bridge the divide to figure out how to fund the government. it is not that brad and i need to bridge the political divide. we have to work at it, but it is civility to have a rational conversation, maybe get animated about it and disagree, and walk away as friends and i think that the other person is evil or bad or going to hell because we disagree politically. i think bridging the political divide is kind of a misnomer. >> how did you end up on opposite sides of the political divide? >> my brother is older. he was certainly more conservative when he was younger. i grew up to the reagan years. he was my personal hero. brad went to washington. i think he was always, you know, -- i never really thought of him as a liberal. by the way, i think is very good at what he does.

on the losing side of that. >> humming up at 9:30 am, we are chatting this morning with brad and dallas woodhouse. two brothers on opposite side of the political divide. >> john, if i can add one thing. previous caller, i think brad would agree with me. sort of this mystery of wanting to bridge the political divide. i think that is what a legislative body does. a republican house and democrat senate have to bridge the divide to figure out how to fund the government. it's not that brad and i need to bridge the political divide. and we have to work at it. the ability to have a rational conversation, maybe get animated about it and disagree and walk away as friends, and not think that the other person is evil or bad because we disagree politically. building bridges a political divide is kind of a misnomer. >> how did you end up on opposite sides? how did you become a republican and your brother a democrat ? >> my brother is older and he was certainly more conservative when he was younger. i grew up in the reagan years, he was my personal hero. and brad went to washington. i think he was always favor

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host: coming up on 9:30 on the east coast and we are chatting this morning with brad and dallas woodhouse, two brothers on opposite sides of the political divide. guest: one thing i want to add and i think brad would agree with me, this mystery of bridging the political divide, that's what a legislative body does. the house in the senate, bridging the divide. it's not that brad and i need to bridge a political divide. it's the ability to have a rational conversation, maybe get animated, disagree, and walk away friends and not think, not think you know that the other person is people, bad, going to hell because we disagree politically. i think bridging the political divide is kind of a misnomer. host: how did you end up on opposite sides of the political divide? guest: well, my brother is older. he was certainly more conservative when he was younger. i grew up through the reagan years. you know, he was my personal hero. brad went to washington. i think he was always, you know, i never really thought of them as a liberal. by the way, i think my brother is very good at what he does. he would

host: brad woodhouse, dallas woodhouse, thanks so much to both of you. merry christmas.merry christmas. host: we will be back here tomorrow morning at 7 a.m. eastern, 4 a.m. pacific time. have a great monday. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] >> well, this morning, the president-elect is preaching -- speaking to the press from palm beach, florida. you can watch on c-span, our, or online at c-span.org. >> the house and senate are in session for their last scheduled week of work for the 108 congress. the senate also plans to vote on a policy bill known as the ndaa. charlie baker, president of the national collegiate athletic association testified before the sioux judiciary committee investigating legalized sports betting the supreme court ruling in murphy vs. the ncaa. watch on the c-span networks or in c-span now, our free mobile video app. also head over for scheduling information or to watch live and on-demand

host: coming up on 9:30 on the east coast and we are chatting this morning with brad and dallas woodhouse, two brothers on opposite sides of the political divide. guest: one thing i want to add and i think brad would agree with me, this mystery of bridging the political divide, that's what a legislative body does. the house in the senate, bridging the divide. it's not that brad and i need to bridge a political divide. it's the ability to have a rational conversation, maybe get animated, disagree, and walk away friends and not think, not think you know that the other person is people, bad, going to hell because we disagree politically. i think bridging the political divide is kind of a misnomer. host: how did you end up on opposite sides of the political divide? guest: well, my brother is older. he was certainly more conservative when he was younger. i grew up through the reagan years. you know, he was my personal hero. brad went to washington. i think he was always, you know, i never really thought of them as a liberal. by the way, i think my brother is very good at what he does. he would

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. >> we were not together this thanksgiving funny thing is, whm talks to brad, she lights up, funny dallas woodhouse, you mentioned your mom. how is she doing? guest: still sharp as a tack. doesn't quite get along as good as she did, but neither do brad and i. i have noticed of that on that clip, she said she loves us both. she didn't say she didn't say she loves us both equally. for the record. we know who she loves more. when brad comes to town -- you never -- one thing i want to say about that flick that is interesting, i always remember it -- it did not sound to me at the time like it does when you play the clip. in other words, steve scully said we've got a call from raleigh, north carolina, that's all i heard. then he said the name joy -- joy is my sister, my mom is joyce. my sister wasn't living there at the time, but i didn't hear the name. all i heard was raleigh -- i thought someone from down south. that's what surprised me so much. i mean the clip is a big part of me going -- gosh, it's mom. such a shock. host: i promise you that if a joyce from north carolina calls and in the next half-h

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it was 10 years ago this week joyce woodhouse made a phone call that was heard around the world. this was when two brothers, bradnd dallas woodhouse were on political strategist on opposite sides of the political spectrum were on c-span but also joined us this past week to -- last week in order to discuss efforts to bridge the divide and talk about that very same phone call from a decade ago. [video] >> you mentioned your mother. it was about this exact time when you were appearing 10 years ago that your mother called into this program. joyce was earning. this was that moment from 10 years ago. [video] >> you are right from down south. i'm your mother. i disagree that all families are like ours. i don't know many families that are fighting at thanksgiving. host: this issue mother? >> i was glad this thanksgiving was the year that you two were supposed to go to your in-laws. i am hoping you will have some of this out of your system when you come here for christmas. i would really like a peaceful christmas. i love you both. host: december 16, 2014. dallas, how is your mom doing? >> she is still sharp as a tack. do

it was 10 years ago this week joyce woodhouse made a phone call that was heard around the world. this was when two brothers, bradnd dallas woodhouse were on political strategist on opposite sides of the political spectrum were on c-span but also joined us this past week to -- last week in order to discuss efforts to bridge the divide and talk about that very same phone call from a decade ago. [video] >> you mentioned your mother. it was about this exact time when you were appearing 10 years ago that your mother called into this program. joyce was earning. this was that moment from 10 years ago. [video] >> you are right from down south. i'm your mother. i disagree that all families are like ours. i don't know many families that are fighting at thanksgiving. host: this issue mother? >> i was glad this thanksgiving was the year that you two were supposed to go to your in-laws. i am hoping you will have some of this out of your system when you come here for christmas. i would really like a peaceful christmas. i love you both. host: december 16, 2014. dallas, how is your mom doing? >> she is still sharp as a tack. do

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