host: morning.aller: i think we have been failed by politicians like donald trump, and even industry leaders. i went to a book signing once by jack welch and i asked him, was climate change ever on your radar? he says, it does not exist. people like that and people like trump who say it is not real, they are not living in reality. i think that it israel and they are not going to do anything about it. -- i think that it is real and they are not good to do anything about it. host: do you think it is tied to extreme weather patterns? caller: i do. i think our pollution is causing it. if you look at the pattern of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, it has gone up. it has shot through the roof. it has not been this high in millennia. it is causing it. the point is, all of this has been -- if you read the bible, it says there is not going to be one blade of grass left. you should have a baptist preacher on and tell us about fire and brimstone. host: corinne on the agree line. caller: i do agree and i will

host: your. --sure.uest: one of the big challenges politically is that climate change and those issues don't rank as a top issue. we hear about record heat as -- in the south and 100 degree temperatures in europe. we don't see climate change ranked as a top issue. what democrats are looking to do with this bill, is spend monday -- monday on these issues but these are not dramatic changes that the more progressive democrats want. this is not a green deal. host: birx in -- moderate in delaware. caller: i want to make it -- i comment on the issue on abortion that is on the ballot on some states. i am just hard with what is going on in congress about abortion. this country is separated based on government and church and they are bringing religious beliefs into the issue. women are going to have abortion regardless of whether it is legal but if they are illegal, many women will die from their own way of aborting a pregnancy. abortion has to be legal. politicians and judges have to keep their noses out of the

host: has the u.s. policy toward china changed between the trump administration and biden administration? guest: no. the biden administration has not rescinded most of the terrace put in place. it has talked about taking some chinese companies off the entities list, but that has not happened yet. there is still freedom of navigation operations in the south china sea, maybe transistors to the taiwan straight. in that regard, there has not been much. it is the arms sales of taiwan, the header of discussions, not the substance. host: let's hear from bill in waynesboro, pennsylvania. democrats line. good morning. caller: good morning. my concern is, i listen to a lot of news. more and more for months and months at least, i hear so much talk by politicians and political leaders about china being a threat, and even dozens of possible war with china. this goes on all the time, it goes on with president biden, who i generally support. it is democrats, it is republicans. my point is, if we talk about war with ch

isn't it host:? next up is -- host: next up is dan, democrats line. caller: i am so confused and i do not understand what will it take for the republican people to understand -- it is not just about donald trump for january 6. it is about the attack on your democracy and on your voting rights and everything else. he has totally messed up. the whole united states, we can never be confident with being able to vote again because of the lies and the things he has done and i do not understand, how can people and the senators and everything else still sit there and back this man. it behooves me that the mentality of the people in the united states, they do not care about democracy for themselves. it is very sad. host: we are following the continued military exercises by the people's republic of china around the island nation of taiwan. this is a tweet from matt lee, who covers the state department and diplomacy for the associated press saying china halts dialogue with the u.s. on climate change, military issues in retaliation for pelosi's taiwan visit. the

host: all right.he lying for the democrats is (202) 748-8000. -- lying for the democrat -- line for the democrats is (202) 748-8000. caller: at this time, i would say the democrats, but i would say that i am not opposed to listening to the republicans. i voted for reagan and for bush. i keep an open mind. whoever is going to help our economy. i am open to listen, but they have to be willing to help the people, in general. but in the upcoming elections, i'm going with democrats. host: he said he voted for ronald reagan and george w. bush . if you look at their economy over -- under their terms, do you think that was the right the? looking back on those votes? caller: yes. i was 18 years old in the navy when i voted for ronald reagan and he did great for the military. when i voted for gw the first time around, i thought that he did well. i just thought that he did not handle the war, so that is why i did not vote for him the second time but i think he did well on his second term. host: next, on the repu

host: ok.aller: as soon as winter hits this war will be over and the ukrainians are going to be suffering. instead of making a deal while you guys can, you are going to put the ukrainians through the same thing you put the afghanistan people through. they are getting all the weapons, just like ukraine has. it is going to be over during wintertime. the war is over already. host: tom in ohio. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. what do you expect whenever you have crooks? they talk about how much money they have to spend. i think russia will dominate the world. host: tom with those thoughts. in case you missed it, americans continue to support ukraine six months after the russian invasion. according to the latest if so poll -- ipso poll, 58% are following the conflict somewhat or very closely. 53%, down 10 points since march, say it is worthwhile to pay more for fuel and gas due to russian sanctions. 65% of those surveyed said the u.s. should take in ukrainian refugees. that is do

host: ms. mcmillan. guest: in most cases, we make the mistake of looking at latinos and hispanics, as well as black voters that are mobilizing. we do not assume that anyone is going to vote democrat. what we do, typically, is make investments early. like we talked about, you will notice that the key things for a lot of what we say and what i say this morning is that we make long-term investments. we are also doing the work to understand what messages they respond to online, where we can understand those distinctions, understand regionally what things matter to latinos and hispanics, people of color in general. it is not much difference than those normal, kitchen table issues that a lot of people are concerned about as far as we head into the midterms. that is a good question. for us, it is a long-term investment in making sure we understand what they need. host: a recent quinnipiac poll took a look at those issues people are concerned about leading up to november. 34% saying inflation is the mo

host: it is up to her.crats do not hold, should nancy pelosi be the speaker again or should we move on to somebody else? guest: she has brought them back again, so i would stick with a winner. that is her decision, but i would stick with nancy pelosi. host: there was a house debate on the current house minority leader. kevin mccarthy attacked democrats and president biden's record. here is what he said. >> answer me this question. is america better off today than they were two years ago? is the price of gasoline lower? it is? the price of gasoline is lower today than it was two years ago. i guess you believe in inflation zero as well. i'm not so sure about your math. are the car prices lower than it was two years ago? are your food prices? i would love an actual debate, right here. why don't we have that? because the american people are having a challenge. one of the most successful businesses in america is walmart. when walmart wants to look at where the economy is in america, they do not go higher. you kn

host: we can, go ahead. caller: i just want to say first of all, all these people complaining about gas prices, but then again you go to starbucks and dunkin' donuts and you have 15 cars in line and they will pay five dollars for a cup of coffee and on friday night all the restaurants have nowhere to park. it is like that every night. those of the people complaining about the economy. second of all, donald trump is a criminal and his little fox news channel, they lie and cover him up, the republicans cover him up. he is the worst criminal president we've ever had. he caused the january 6 insurrection and i agree with the lady in pennsylvania but joe biden has done nothing but try to help the american people. he has morals and character and he cares about people, all people. the biggest job growth in american history, he passed the inflation reduction act, he passed infrastructure, he improved health care for veterans, he got covid under control and past the chips act and he is making sure we have semiconduct

host: all right. we will go to the next caller now, joe in florida, to opposes the california policy. tell us why. caller: you heard the previous caller or one a couple times before say that the batteries don't last long. he's had to replace two sets already. my point is it is not the cars that are causing the pollution. it is industry. they pollute a lot more than vehicles do. that is the problem. gasoline cars -- i can remember when they got eight miles to the gallon and they are getting 40, 50 miles to the gallon. it is industry that causes a lot of pollution and it is hard to stop that because we all need whatever they are manufacturing. that's my point. have a good day. host: next caller is ed in winsted, minnesota, an electric vehicle owner. caller: i have a honda accord hybrid. it gets 50 miles to the gallon. i am in minnesota. it works fine in the wintertime. i've never had a problem with the car except the spark plugs fell out once. this car gets on average 45 miles to the gallon, and in the

host: doing well.ler: i called in on the line that would normally be the republican line, so i am going to say that this is about rights. so that is what i think as far as my opinion on how much influence he has. i do not think it is overwhelming or underwhelming. just because he is a former president, i think he has just about the right amount of influence in different areas of our nation. host: do you like the fact that he has been so involved in republican primaries this year? are you still with us? caller: well, a lot of presidents do that, whether it be republican or democrat. so yes, i do, i think it is just about the right amount and throughout different areas of our country. i do especially like the fact he has that much -- little bit more up in -- i think it is wyoming, where liz cheney is running. i do not care for that individual. i would like to see her out. as far as i am concerned, she should be running on the democrat ticket, not the republican ticket, because of what she has done with j

host: suzanne, what do you think? caller: what do i think? host: yes, good morning.aller: even before i go on? host: you are on television. we are listening to you. caller: i do not see myself. host: you are not going to see yourself. just go ahead. caller: i think president biden is wondrous. host: suzanne, you're going to have to mute your phone. i mean -- caller: let me turn it off. host: bigger television. -- mute your television. caller: i think president biden is a wondrous man and everything he has done is overwhelming. and i have very low money. however, i will always think everything he has done is just incredible. and that man -- although the money has gone down, yes, it costs more for gas, food, big -- but big deal. he is helping people and he has done everything anybody should do. and -- pres. biden:

host: go ahead.aller: i was hearing people calling and saying they wouldn't vote for republicans. people need to wake up. they are voting for satan. the country doesn't have a chance. the republican way is the only way to go. you'd better wake up. biden does not like black people. he's got two faces. i just want you to know. host: next up is neil in pennsylvania. caller: hello. good morning. first, the democrats -- the republicans appalling conduct in the past, not to impeach the idiot trump. we have a good system of government. we have a good system of elections. we have a lot of bad people in government and elections. mitch mcconnell, kevin mccarthy, their unwavering support of donald trump is criminal. they are talking about how they invaded his home. why did he have these documents? why did he take them? he's not supposed to take classified documents to his residence. their unwavering support of trump is the biggest problem in the country right now. stop supporting donald trump. host: ok. blake i

host: jeremy dillon?uest: the tax credit system is kind of the way tings have always gone with this energy system. congress has had a hard time mandating climate action whether it be cabin trade in 2010 or whether it be requiring phasing out vehicles or anything of that nature. this is really more of a approach to get people to buy the cars. the tax credit has been tweaked a little bit so they can be passed around a little bit more so that may be people don't to pay into the text system can benefit as well. there is truth in there that it should make it more available in the future once the cars start qualifying. host: robert in acts a can -- atkinson. caller: think you for taking my call. i just kind of had a observation. my feelings of it is i'm pretty optimistic that we can start to turn that energy need around to be environmentally friendly. like i'm hoping. the other thing i'm wondering about because i will be 60 77, i'm still working. i recently changed jobs because the commute to work was killing m

host: all right.e will go to the next caller now, joe in florida, to opposes the california policy. tell us why. caller: you heard the previous caller or one a couple times before say that the batteries don't last long. he's had to replace two sets already. my point is it is not the cars that are causing the pollution. it is industry. they pollute a lot more than vehicles do. that is the problem. gasoline cars -- i can remember when they got eight miles to the gallon and they are getting 40, 50 miles to the gallon. it is industry that causes a lot of pollution and it is hard to stop that because we all need whatever they are manufacturing. that's my point. have a good day. host: next caller is ed in winsted, minnesota, an electric vehicle owner. caller: i have a honda accord hybrid. it gets 50 miles to the gallon. i am in minnesota. it works fine in the wintertime. i've never had a problem with the car except the spark plugs fell out once. this car gets on average 45 miles to the gallon, and in the su

host: quickly.y general announced last week an investigation into the law enforcement in that very warrant you are talking about for breonna taylor's apartment. caller: i understand that. but that's democrats. that's the justice department. i don't see none of your viewers on here from the republican party talking about that injustice. about the cop who lied on that search warrant. and someone actually got killed. and the outside protesting in front of his mara lag mar-a-lago and flags. where is this anger coming from? host: understand your point. james, albuquerque, new mexico. republican. caller: i'm not a republican. i'm a conservative. and the democrats are not democrats. they are communists. it's one-sided, january 6 is no new process of january 6. all one-sided. this government in place right now is one-sided. the communists. we are living in a banana republic. this kimberly wehle, she's just a hack. she's from abc news. she's one-sided. she's behind this also when she says we know, we know th

host: doing well. caller: i called in on the line that would normally be the republican line, so i am going to say that this is about rights. so that is what i think as far as my opinion on how much influence he has. i do not think it is overwhelming or underwhelming. just because he is a former president, i think he has just about the right amount of influence in different areas of our nation. host: do you like the fact that he has been so involved in republican primaries this year? are you still with us? caller: well, a lot of presidents do that, whether it be republican or democrat. so yes, i do, i think it is just about the right amount and throughout different areas of our country. i do especially like the fact he has that much -- little bit more up in -- i think it is wyoming, where liz cheney is running. i do not care for that individual. i would like to see her out. as far as i am concerned, she should be running on the democrat ticket, not the republican ticket, because of what she has done wi

host: all right, robert. adam goodman, do you think ron desantis finds it politically advantageous to keep his distance from president trump and president trump's supporters, either in congress or elsewhere? host: i don't think he is keeping his distance -- guest: i don't think he is keeping his distance as much as charting his own path. he is doing that every day as governor. i think he assumes he and the former president are on their own road. that is the kind of thing the people can look forward to as we crest beyond the midterms in 2022 which will be, in my eye, a political tsunami for democrats. i think it is unfortunate for the democratic party but also fortunate they learn the lessons quickly. they think this will be a fill in the blank election. it won't be a wave election, it will be a tsunami. i think the normal turnover in the first midterm is 36 seats. you might be closer to 60 seats. i think it would be enough to wake up the democratic party into doing what they need to do to repair, retool and r

host: dr.auci has appeared in front of cameras many times over the course of his career, several times on this program, as well. if you are interested in hearing him on the various subjects he has addressed over his lifetime, go to our website, c-span.org, and type in his name. you will see every appearance of his, whether it be on a hearing or on this program. "the new york post" looks at his career. they talk about, as a pathbreaking researcher and public health administrator, he has been the worst enemy of deadly bugs and ill-informed politicians. he worked with ebola, swine fluke, sars, covid. long after dr. fauci leaves government service in december, the know nothings will keep trying to score political points. surviving truth over and over again, harnessing the power of medicine to save lives. the editors finish with, thanks, doc. we will hear from kendra, flint, michigan, republican line. caller: i am concerned about the issues with dr. fauci. our gall paying attention to what is going

host:. host: that was senator pat toomey on sunday.rom the new york times reporting -- the measure would create a new, guaranteed funding stream not subject to congressional appropriations for trading veterans exposed to toxins. republicans warned that could lead to a vast, unchecked spending by the department of veterans affairs. but we want to make sure that the pact act is not used as a vehicle to increase spending outside the objective of the bill, which is to cover specific health care and benefits for veterans. that is a quote from senator toomey. he proposed imposing an animal kept and ending the entitlement after 10 years, meaning the funding to care for veterans exposed to toxins wouldn't be guaranteed unless congress voted to provide it after 10 years. there is some reporting that senator schumer will let senator toomey proposed this amendment. there is also reporting, though, the debt won't get enough votes -- that that will not get enough votes to be included in the final legislation. let's hear from ron in michigan. ron, a

host: ok. care to weigh in? guest: i think what the caller's perspective is reinforcing is, how personal the decision to have an abortion is and how that is a decision she would be less -- it should be between a doctor and family to make the decisions best for them. i do not pretend to know or understand every single situation a person gets themselves in. i would never pretend i could put myself in another person's shoes. i know when it comes to access to health care, access to abortion care, people should be able to have that option for themselves every step along the way. host: let's go to rick, gainesville, georgia on the democrats line. go ahead. caller: good morning. let's take politics out of this. my personal experience, back when i was younger, my first wife and i found ourselves pregnant and we had a business which was not conducive to raising a child. we interviewed we interviewed was catholic services and put the young lady up for adoption. 24 years later, this year, she found me. i am ecstatic. i was

host: dr. schumer ahead of the vote, during the debate on some of these various amendments that were offered in voterama. it was lindsey graham who criticized the democrats in this packet for what he believed would be the increase of gas taxes at a time of increased inflation. there is a portion old -- of what he had to say. >> if you think americans need a new gas tax, dave your ship has come in. -- dave your ship has come in. the last time they tried to help you wednesday american -- was the american rescue act here is what the vice president said. help has arrived. she said that in march. inflation was 2.6%. now it is 9.1%. this bill will increase gas taxes 16.4 cents on every barrel of important -- important boil --oil and petroleum. this is insane. this is stupid. if you like high gas prices, both for them. --vote for them. host: guest: guest: -- host: 370 billion dollars for climate change investment. in the breakdown on some of the climate provisions. 10 billion dealers -- dollars in tax

host: ok.aller: they end up doing a whole bunch of different things. the reality in america, they are more or less daycare systems for the working corps, which does not help the problem and general as far as breaking the cycle. black-and-white, what needs to happen, america needs to find out about how great other schools are in other countries. and then instead of spending all this money on foreign wars that do absolutely nothing, let's spend trillions and trillions -- i mean let's spend several trillion dollars reimagining public schools. in my opinion, the schools should be accounting for two thirds of the budget in poor urban areas. so schools should be more than just education, they should be like kitchens teaching children how to make simple things like bread from around the world, like that could be taught in every school and then children would know how to make bread, would be able to order school and make bread for their family. host: got you. this is derek off of twitter saying when it

host: thank you, color. guest: i can see where you are coming from i think the issue we are focusing on is the rise in violent crime. i think regardless of what permission -- profession you weren't you will have people from different backgrounds. i in a culture of love and shredded each people the human aspect that we all share in how we can bring our different background together to find some common ground and how we can live peacefully her in society. in a time of racist ideology. as far as the police departments themselves how do you think they do have policing bed apple so they don't cause problems? host: no one hates of that cop authentic good cop. most bullies departments are looking to weed out bad apples but that is why it is important that we have funding for proper training. we also want to create systems for if you have about apple they can't jump from one police department to another. having two diligence, that is what one police departments are saying. that is a view out there and i think that's

host: good morning.aller: the bill has been passed on the progressives got a little something. the middle got a little something. everybody got a little something. but that is not going to help them in the midterms because they need to get their messages out better than what they do. they need to stay on this trail. we had over 100 representatives that were accessory to treason. we had several senators. if they can't get that message out that everybody and keep talking about it, get in these people's faces, they will never get democrats to come out and vote. that's the only way they are going to do it. that's it, bill. appreciate you. host: thanks. next up, jeff on the democratic line. caller: thank you for taking michael. with these recent legislative victories, they should help the democrats, but i doubt that it will help them much in the house of representatives. it will probably help more in the senate, because of the candidates that the republicans have put up. the republican party listened to donal

host: what do you want them to pick up on? guest: i think that, to go back to this being a portion of the inflation reduction act, democrats included this in the law because they want to have the irs require that wealthy taxpayers and corporations pay the taxes that are already owed. this is not a tax increase, this is about increasing the compliance rate in reducing the tax cap, the difference between the amount paid in the amount owed. that has a lot to do with the motivation the democrats are putting in today. host: talking about downsizing the irs. the history of downsizing at the irs, but should be no? guest: the irs has done a deal of budget cuts between the and when republicans were in control of congress. definitely has been a talking point that the president talked about, abolishing the irs. it is something you hear republicans talk about a lot. the irs has said because of these budget cuts, the workflow has to shrink as a result of it including for the wealthy. host: maryland, republican, good morning. you are next.

host: mr. harriet? michael: i am thinking about the children who are prepared to go back to school and some who have already started school, who are going to a vastly different education system. for many, this is the first time in a couple of years that they have been going to school in person. it is the first time that many of them are going into school in states like florida and alabama that have outlawed their sexuality. it is the first time that many of them will be going into schools that outlaw their history. i am thinking about those children today and the kind of education system that we are building for our future. host: what kind of education system is that in your view? michael: i think we should have one that is more equitable and more inclusive for everyone because we know that this country's education system is not equal. it seems like we are on a tear to make it less equal instead of making our country a more perfect union. host: michael harriet and christina greer are our guests. we are

host: mr. harriet?hael: i am thinking about the children who are prepared to go back to school and some who have already started school, who are going to a vastly different education system. for many, this is the first time in a couple of years that they have been going to school in person. it is the first time that many of them are going into school in states like florida and alabama that have outlawed their sexuality. it is the first time that many of them will be going into schools that outlaw their history. i am thinking about those children today and the kind of education system that we are building for our future. host: what kind of education system is that in your view? michael: i think we should have one that is more equitable and more inclusive for everyone because we know that this country's education system is not equal. it seems like we are on a tear to make it less equal instead of making our country a more perfect union. host: michael harriet and christina greer are our guests. we are talk

host: of course.art by telling me about your background in education and in teaching? prof. tran: my background is primarily in human resources. i worked at the debate in education, did my training in public human resource management ended research in the hr field. coming at it from a talent management perspective. host: douglas, you are at iowa state university. i don't know how i keep getting that wrong. iowa state university. what about you? what is your background in education and teaching? prof. smith: absolutely. i come through working with student services and academic affairs. i have a phd from the university of wyoming. my primary areas of emphasis are education, human resources and leadership development across the pete 20 spectrum, working with k-12 leadership and staffing and also primarily community colleges. i focus a lot on those relati onships between the community college and k-12 environment to solve many of these issues we are faced with. host: there was a report in the washington p

host: of course.can you start by telling me about your background in education and in teaching? prof. tran: my background is primarily in human resources. i worked at the debate in education, did my training in public human resource management ended research in the hr field. coming at it from a talent management perspective. host: douglas, you are at iowa state university. i don't know how i keep getting that wrong. iowa state university. what about you? what is your background in education and teaching? prof. smith: absolutely. i come through working with student services and academic affairs. i have a phd from the university of wyoming. my primary areas of emphasis are education, human resources and leadership development across the pete 20 spectrum, working with k-12 leadership and staffing and also primarily community colleges. i focus a lot on those relati onships between the community college and k-12 environment to solve many of these issues we are faced with. host: there was a report in the wa

host: good morning. thursday, august 11, we will begin at the white house were president biden this week has been on something of a victory lap celebrating a string of legislative wins while touting key economic indicators on jobs and inflation. the white house hoping to get another win tomorrow and the house returns and is expected to pass a major bill. the string of good news for the administration has spurred speculation in the political media over whether president biden has hit something of a turning point in his presidency. we are putting that question to you. give us a call. phone line split by political party. republicans 202-748-8001. democrats 202-748-8000. independents 202-748-8002. you can send us a text, that number is 202-748-8003. please include your name and where you are from. otherwise on social media, twitter it c-span wj and on facebook it's facebook.com/c-span. if very good thursday morning to you. a question comes from a headline from new york times white house reporter peter baker,

host: we are back. we are in our open form segment where our viewers can call in and talk about the most important political or -- independents you can call (202) 748-8002. you can always text us your opinion at (202) 748-8003. and we are always reading your comments on twitter at http://twitter.com/cspanwj and facebook and facebook.com/c-span. bruce, good morning. caller: i want to talk about this bill from the irs. number one, we don't have a physical supply problem. on that bill, it has been rumored -- that you know how to shoot a gun. host: let's go to jennifer calling from santa marta caller: caller:, california. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i want to say thank you for taking -- thank you for your show. i get up early watching c-span every morning. it is interesting to see what other people say across the nation since i live in a little small corner here in california. i am really pleased that we are finally doing something about climate change. it has been a long slug. i am

host: he is probably popular in own country? guest: he is popular faith but if you look at the last lecture, it seems the tide has turned and he might finally lose an election in hungary. the party was able to manipulate the media environment and electoral laws that disadvantaged opposition candidates. the united candidate was not able to get airtime on television because all the tv channels are dominated by the ruling party. the voting laws allow hungarians wherever they live to vote wherever they want in the country. the ruling party can move voters into opposition areas and have them vote for viktor orban. it is very easy to see how even when the tide was moving against him and public opinion, the ruling party was able to manipulate laws and electoral procedure. host: how big of a country is hungary? how many people? what is the size? guest: i cannot tell you exactly off the top of my head. probably between 5 million and 10 million if i had to guess. host: you mentioned the perceived symmetry between viktor orban and vladimir

host: mr. goldstein, the speaker in her op-ed wrote this. i want you to comment on it. saying, our visit, one of our several congressional delegations to the island in no way contradicts the one china policy. the u.s. china joint communicates on the six assurances, the united states continues to impose unilateral efforts to change the data's quote. that is her statement in light of her trip, what do you think about her justification? guest: i think in some ways, she is right. that is not wholly consistent, and we would like if china would understand that this was not a break with -- we know newt gingrich when in 19 -- went in 1997. we wished china would see it the way we do, but they do not. they are looking at it, are we -- their approach is colored by the fact that this is not an isolated incident. we have seen a parade of senior american officials, i think it was a few months ago that a couple of senators went. what they see is, there is a gradual intensification of washington's campaign to

host: thanks. guest: as far as president trump so -- host: thanks. as far as president trump's influence on this election, cycle where are we? guest: generally when president's leave office, they do not stay in the spotlight. they retreat to whatever they were doing in their previous lives or early retirement. that is not the case with donald trump. he has maintained his position as the leader of the republican party. he is the most important person in that party and is the clear frontrunner if he chooses to run for president in 2024, which i think he will. the republican party understands that. that is why we have seen a closing in the ranks on every single issue that has been attached to him in the two years since he has left office. whether that is the immediate aftermath of january 6, the hearings on january 6, the document preservation, republicans have been almost two to a person unwilling to criticize the president or do -- almost to a person unwilling to criticize the president. we have seen his influence in the primaries. we have seen his ch

host: the response.st: again very briefly, chicago has had in the last 10 years 20,000 shootings. almost none of those, virtually 0% of shootings have been officer involved. whatever you have heard and think about whatever policing was 10 years ago, i think at the present it is recognizing that policing is now is in absentia is nowhere to be found. we are talking about police wrongdoing there is a complete collapse of rightdoing. we will have to reckon with that issue. officer-involved shooting should be going down with this disengagement you have factors such as a mental health crisis and deincarceration. and now the police cannot avoid deadly force situations. but you have again a country where you have shootings, weekends in chicago you can have 30 to 50 shootings. the politics in chicago is as long as the police is not involved that appears to be acceptable. host: our guest, a lecturer at the john jay college of criminal justice, eugene o'donnell, thank you for being with us. guest: good day. host: t

host: let me ask you about something.s a lot of anger in armenia being directed toward the prime minister. as part of the agreement armenia had to give up swats of territory it had controlled for decades. how much anger is being directed toward the prime minister now and how much is that impacting his ability to actually finalize a peace agreement? >> in many ways what we see is lingering opposition, but ineffective opposition definitely. much of the street demonstrations have failed to attract significant numbers. moreover, armenia is a much more vibrant democracy. the prime minister as won second reelection. there is a rare degree of legitimacy in armenia, which does reassure and also gives us hope to find a negotiated way out of this crisis. host: fariz, where does it stand right now when it comes to the government of azerbaijan and signing a final peace agreement? >> the division the azerbaijani government has declared is the region should be a region of peace, security, cooperation, integration of economies. open com

host: buried in michigan. the hill reporting that republicans are hoping to seize control of the house and are setting their sights on a top priority which is impeaching president biden. a number of rank and file conservatives have already introduced impeachment documents. they have accused him of high crimes from a range of issues touching on border enforcement and coronavirus and withdrawing troops from afghanistan. the resolutions never had a chance of seeing the day with democrats holding the lower chamber but republicans are largely expected to win the midterms. they deemed the president unfit and some would like to make this the first order of business. representative bobby good's has repeatedly said that people should be impeached for opening our borders. saying congress has a duty to hold a president for this and any other failures of his constitutional responsibilities. any republican majority must be prepared to stop oversight on day 1. ron on the republican line from work on. caller: yes, sir. i jus

host: who is she?st: she is an attorney in the cheney camp has criticized for diverting water -- hoping well-heeled industries divert water from wyoming in the past, but she is the consensus tick of the pro-trump forces in the state and rather than attacking pigman, cheney has been more focused on defending her work on the january 6 commission and attacking donald trump. her real goal here is to affect how she will be remembered by his street more than it is to try and win the election. another irony -- in 2020, liz cheney could have chosen to run for an open senate seat and probably could have waltzed into that seat, but she told me at the time that she believed that the battle between freedom and socialism would be fought in the house and wanted to climb the house readership ranks and now is on the verge of being out of a house. host: in georgia, this is niles, independent. caller: a caller took my question so i will ask another. michigan seven will be one of the more barnburner races. you have eliss

host: mike, good morning to you. caller: i just wanted to get your perspective on trump and this notion -- the first draft of history is in the news? host: what is your take on president trump? caller: i don't think he is that bad. guest: can i ask you a question? do you believe he bears any responsibility for the january 6 attack on the capital or trying to steal the election. for instance, the georgia phone call where he called the secretary of state and told him to find 11,000 votes. how do you square that with his record? caller: absolutely not. if you listen to the entire tape with the georgia representative. guest: yes, i have. caller: it is not as drastic as it is pretrade in the media. -- portrayed in the media. he was saying that there was potentially all these errors in the voting and define those votes where there were errors. host: we will let martin di caro talk now. guest: well, there were no errors. bill barr let him know that. if you listen to that phone call , he was making things up. it was kind of

host: mr. harriet?ichael: i am thinking about the children who are prepared to go back to school and some who have already started school, who are going to a vastly different education system. for many, this is the first time in a couple of years that they have been going to school in person. it is the first time that many of them are going into school in states like florida and alabama that have outlawed their sexuality. it is the first time that many of them will be going into schools that outlaw their history. i am thinking about those children today and the kind of education system that we are building for our future. host: what kind of education system is that in your view? michael: i think we should have one that is more equitable and more inclusive for everyone because we know that this country's education system is not equal. it seems like we are on a tear to make it less equal instead of making our country a more perfect union. host: michael harriet and christina greer are our guests. we are ta

host: the total numbers are back above those levels now. caller: are they? host: yes sir. caller: ok. are they manufacturing? my paycheck -- my paycheck is in seeing it. the affordable care act there going to recoup some of this bread medicare will be able to negotiate drug prices. i don't get medicare. i'm a private insurer. when the affordable care act comes in, my insurance went up 75%. what i'm saying is the democrats are for the people who are out of the workplace. the middle class suffers under the democrats. i don't understand why people want to give more of their money away. i really don't. >> matt in missouri taking back to capitol hill it was yesterday during the house rules committee considering the rules for the debate on the inflation reduction act that one of the top republicans criticized the inflation reduction act on many levels including him saying it's knocking to stop inflation. [video clip] >> let's talk about what's not included, but there's nothing in this bill that will address inflation. in fact this is probably one of the most misnamed bills that'

host: what is a pell grant? guest: if you are low income, come from a low income family you can get up to $6,500 a year to attend college and that is free money you don't have to get give it back. the government should provide extra loan cancellation to those folks because they have a harder time in general. they have lower college completion rates and tend to exit college with more debt. host: how are people supposed to claim this debt forgiveness and when are we expecting it to kick in? guest: if you went to college recently, the department is saying they have the information of about 8 million people who have outstanding student loans. for the rest of the people if you want to qualify you will have to apply to the department for some kind of income verification in that process remains to be seen. how that works, it is not clear whether they will have to use, old financial data from college or if they have to go to the irs. you can go to the education department's website. you can sign up to be notified about

host:. host: that was senator pat toomey on sunday. from the new york times reporting -- the measure would create a new, guaranteed funding stream not subject to congressional appropriations for trading veterans exposed to toxins. republicans warned that could lead to a vast, unchecked spending by the department of veterans affairs. but we want to make sure that the pact act is not used as a vehicle to increase spending outside the objective of the bill, which is to cover specific health care and benefits for veterans. that is a quote from senator toomey. he proposed imposing an animal kept and ending the entitlement after 10 years, meaning the funding to care for veterans exposed to toxins wouldn't be guaranteed unless congress voted to provide it after 10 years. there is some reporting that senator schumer will let senator toomey proposed this amendment. there is also reporting, though, the debt won't get enough votes -- that that will not get enough votes to be included in the final legislation. let's hear from ron in michigan. ron,

absence of advertising. >> host: really? >> guest: i think it was -- is yes that would be beautiful. there is no advertising because there is no private appetite. we aren't supposed to be consumers and persuading people. like the coke sign and bud lite in all that step to. >> host: you are in the business of persuading people in some respect. wheree do you think people said you may be changed that surprised you? is called to the one that didn't. i'm approaching 6000 columns and there's one in this book that may be stirred more people. it's my jeremiah against them. this will give me a chance to demonstrate how you can illustrate large things for small things. if you go to an airport concourse, a father in his late 30s and his 10-year-old son and they are dressed exactly alike. tennis shoes blue jeans and t-shirt and the mom is there wearing blue jeans. i said you know there was a time when different address signaled different stages of life. that we grew up. got to do with larger things? the is. somewhere in the last 20 or 3

host: mr. campanella. guest: what you described, your experience and education and your support for school choice is what i hear from around the country. they support public education because they realize that students are not one-size-fits-all. one student who lives in the same street may be better served in a charter school or on line school. that does not mean there is anything wrong with the public school. that does not mean there is anything wrong with the kid. it just means the student is better served in their interests, talents and challenges are better addressed in the school that their parent has chosen for them. you talked about conditions in schools and i want to point out that school choice is a solution to fixing conditions in a public school that needs to be fixed. we do need to make sure that all schools in this country regardless of type are well maintained, and provide a healthy and safe atmosphere for students. host: you probably heard this argument from twitter, not one tax dollar shoul

host: mr. holzer, take us back to 1922 and a some of those issues and how the nation was dealing with it at the dedication of the monument behind you. guest: well i would say principally the nation was not dealing with it. the wilson administration, which had proceeded warren harding's administration had very openly and unapologetically re-segregated the federal bureaucracy. any advances made in opening of federal jobs and agencies to employment and the right to rise in those jobs by african-americans was just thwarted and reversed by woodrow wilson. something some people do not often remember about his administration. warren harding was better on civil rights but if you do not allow your only black orator of the day to say what is in his heart and on his mind about lincoln's unfinished work, about the need to live up to his aspirations for equal justice, then you are still operating in an area of hypocrisy as mouton knew in his gut. so the nation was not yet ready to make strides, the jim crow

host: this is william arnone. guest: we have existed from the mid-80's in our is to educate the american people about medicare, social security. why do we have them, what are they mean for you so that is our purpose. host: who financially back see you? guest: we have members who pays dues. host: if i understand it correctly. social security turned 87 this month. how is it doing? guest: remember henney young men. how is your spouse doing? compared to what? it is doing well compared to other government programs. it is the largest creditor to the federal government. from that perspective it is doing well. from the perspective of beneficiaries, it is leaving a lot of people with economic insecurity. host: you are talking about the monthly benefit people would receive. guest: it really affects about 6 million children. host: the social security administration said the trust fund has a depletion date of 2035. what is that mean? guest: when the trustees issue their annual report, social security will run out of money by

host: ok. caller: my last name is porter. host: and?aller: i should have waited for her to come on. host: ok. all right. bill in orange park, florida, talking about sarah porter at arizona state talking about the western arizona drought at 9 a.m. eastern lance, virginia beach, independent. caller: i want to talk about what's going on with the mar-a-lago situation because i think i have a little bit of insight because my dad is a hard-core republican, the kind of guy that, if i talk to him about anything, he won't give me any type -- host: max in springhill, florida, republican. caller: good morning. the biggest story is the takeover of america but for more specifically i want to express -- but for more's best us if it he -- maybe it was not the wisest thing to be talking to the taliban. not sure it was that smart. however, there was a deal that was condition based, and had trump not been robbed of the election, he would have never closed bagram. i will be brief. president biden needs to be impeached and removed for treason and manslaugh

host: why? caller: because she betrayed the republican voters. host: how so?aller: because she wants against the republican voters' choice. host: can you explain that? caller: first, most people did not necessarily believe that the 2020 election was won by fraud because of trump. they believe because of what they watched and all the shenanigans that happened afterwards. she goes on with this bit about the judges. they never had standing evidence shown. you cannot show evidence before it happens. the timeline is too short. most judges did not want to touch a political event like that was a 10 foot pole. you cannot blame them. she talks about how people are going after a judge and fails to recognize that some assassin already tried to kill cavanaugh. to her -- so her perspective is skewed and republicans will not support her. she is nothing but a democratic tool and she is foolish and thinking that we will support her. host: this is in kentucky. hello. caller: i think liz cheney is a great american and donald trump is horrible. i do not see how he got where he i