go ahead. >> caller: senator heitkamp, good morning.ou said it right when you said about a walz going and meeting the crowd and shaking hands. you know, rural folks are that way. i live in a a rural county, you know? we don't care if you're democrat or republican, but when we turn on the news and we see baltimore if or d.c. and the crime and all a, we don't want that. that's why you're not -- [inaudible] walz i in rural areas. we like -- we don't care if you're gay or straight, we don't. we justnt want to be left alone. we want to do our job. [laughter] we want to say good morning to our neighbors. the last chair we voted for, it was democrat -- [inaudible] i voted for him, campaigned for him as i got a trump flag in my front yard. i didn't care if he was a democrat, i liked him. it didn't change my party affiliation, i still voted for trump. we don't want -- >> guest: yeah. >> caller: -- the chaos that we see on the tv from chicago, san francisco. driving around rural neighbors, it's clean -- neighborhoods, it's clean. you go mt. store

host: heidi heitkamp of the one calling -- one country project. she served in congress for notes to cota. if you want to help -- if you want to ask questions, 202-748-8000 for republican -- for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. independents, 202-748-8001 -- 202-748-8002. and you can text us at 202-748-8003. what is the specific message that should be delivered. she talked about an economic plan but where should she go from there? guest: i think that the vice president needs to send tim walz in a bus going to every county fair and the state fair in the battleground state of michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin. he talks like he is from wisconsin and they know him well because he has come from a border state. and so i think that we will not see those two together as much after this convention is over. that makes great sense. you can also be very persuaded or very persuasive in states like rural arizona and rural georgia and north carolina. some states that she has opened up. tim walz is a unique talent. and he has a unique politician because

heidi heitkamp serves as the director, former member of congress. thanks for your time. >> guest: thanks so much for having me. good luck to all of you. >> host: we're live in chicago from the sitet of our studio during the coverage of the democratic national convention, and we thank them greatly for the ability to have access to the building and to allow you to the talk to guests are from the democratic national convention. joining us right now of the aapi victory fund, the chair and founder. good morning to you,r stir -- sir, thanks for joining us. >> guest: thank you, pedro. glad to be here. enter for those who would not be aware ofou your work, what is te fund and what do you do? >> guest: great question. [laughter] well, very simply, many in 2015 -- in 2015 we went into the general election with hillary clinton knowing that the asian-american, native hawaiian and pacific islander vote was the fastest growing vote in america. we are the largest nick group if growth, and it has been the case for ten years. however, when we looked at data if you l

and i should say our plan had been to have two of them, and former senator heidi heitkamp of north dakota was all set to join us and then had a flight cancellation. she wanted me to pass along that she's very sorry to miss this and also that if we ever want to have an event on faa reform, she would love to join. [laughter] as someone who counts on flights out of north dakota regularly. and we're very sorry to miss the chance to learn from her, but we're very fortunate to have with us former senator pat if toomey of pennsylvania to get his perspective as a former legislator who was very involved in working with the administrative agencies in a variety of ways. pat toomey was a member of congress for 18 years, 6 of them in the house, 12 in the senate. he represented pennsylvania's 15th district in the house from 1998-2004 and then represented pennsylvania in the senate from 2010 until 2022. so really experienced the 211 1st century congress -- 21st century congress from the inside. his focus as a member, i think it's fair to say, was maybe especially on economic policy. he served on the bud

host: heidi heitkamp of the one calling -- one country project.he served in congress for notes to cota. if you want to help -- if you want to ask questions, 202-748-8000 for republican -- for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. independents, 202-748-8001 -- 202-748-8002. and you can text us at 202-748-8003. what is the specific message that should be delivered. she talked about an economic plan but where should she go from there? guest: i think that the vice president needs to send tim walz in a bus going to every county fair and the state fair in the battleground state of michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin. he talks like he is from wisconsin and they know him well because he has come from a border state. and so i think that we will not see those two together as much after this convention is over. that makes great sense. you can also be very persuaded or very persuasive in states like rural arizona and rural georgia and north carolina. some states that she has opened up. tim walz is a unique talent. and he has a unique politician because wh

and it addition to radcliffe, the commission includes heidi heitkamp, ambassador robert o'brien, john you, doctor robert and here with us today, robert redfield, jamie and david. >> the heritage foundation is grateful to all of you to dedicating so much time and effort to this endeavor. it has been our honor to have this group of individuals participate in what we believe will be the most important commission in decades. the covid-19 pandemic changed the world as we know it and not for the better. for americans or for the rest of the world and a society moving the speed of light, we cannot just move on and forget what happened. there've been tens of millions of excess debt worldwide, many right here in the united states of america. a substantial portions of the global economy shut down as the virus spread worldwide leading to trillions in economic damages. it's critical to take the leadership role in holding the communist party accountable for one of the most catastrophic coverups in human history and it's been nearly five years since the outbreak in china and nothing has been done to

and, from the peace garden state of north dakota, former democratic senator heidi heitkamp. she is also a cnbc contributor and founder of the one country project. and finally, from the best state in the union, the garden state, my home state of new jersey, it tremaine lee joins us. he is a pulitzer prize and emmy- winning msnbc correspondent, and host of the into america podcast. all right, gang, all of you were lucky enough to be in chicago. you must be exhausted. you heard the speeches, you witnessed them firsthand, you spoke to the delegates. i want to get everybody's take on the convention. senator, i turn to you first. >> you know, i think for me it was bittersweet because we thought we were going to elect a woman in 16. that did not happen. but that woman stepped up to the plate and headed out of the park. and past that torch. everybody talked about biden passing a torch. guess what? it hillary passed a torch to a new generation of woman leaders. and it was exciting to see it. she was eloquent. i thought she gave an incredible speech, and it was a moment, i think, that

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north dakota senator heidi heitkamp joins us. >>> nine days on the s&p would be the longest stretch since fallen into the red. the s&p back down below 5600. the vix, by the way, popping up against 15. can it continue? let's bring in our