. >> america's middle class is under attack. how did we get here?big corporations decided that they wanted more and they enlisted politicians to cut them a fatter slice. the government is supposed to work for all of us, but instead it has become a tool for the wealthy and wealthier. >> and to the rnc responding saying "americans will see her for what she is, far left obstructionist and a total fraud." her announcement comes on the heels of "the new york times" reporting that she is 1 of 4 democratic senators including kamala harris, cory booker, and -- who are poised to enter the race in the next several weeks. those are some of the big names watched on the democratic side. when it comes to elizabeth warren, popular in massachusetts, her video was very classic elizabeth warren, talking about the little guy on the big banks and the institutions, and the big question is so much will she be popular with democrats but will she appeal to a broader spectrum of americans? can she actually beat president trump? >> i don't think that she will be the nominee

and the approval rating for donald trump in middle america is still very, very strong. you saw that with the strong senate performances. >> they weren't so good. >> there were some losses. >> a lot of losses. >> look, we gained in the senate and trump did a lot better than people thought. there was no blue wave whatsoever despite being outspent. outperformed obama in his first midterm. i reject the premise that he somehow doesn't have a mandate to governing because people in manhattan and malibu don't like him. >> the guy from harvard had to get in the last word. >> they do and i'm happy and proud of that. >> your basketball team ain't so great. >> that is sadly true. >> all right, joe. thank you very much. coming up, the mueller witch-hunt could be wrapping up very soon. we'll have analysis coming upnd and her coverup. absolutely appalling. >> and, madison, that's not only appalling, but he lied to the fisa court using exclusively the dossier, which he admits he hadn't verified. he deceived the fisa judges by concealing the fact that it was paid for by hillary clinton

>> look, there are questions on both sides and i think -- look, here in middle america we think thatveryone tried to distract from everything, is there an element of that, absolutely, there's no doubt about it, but i do any that there are people who are trying to figure out what's going on, the right does it and the left does it and that's the way dc and it's all a distraction, they've got gm's closing plant, christmas is around the corner, those are the things that people care about and i'm hoping that congress at some point gets to those things. these are distractions. arthel: you make a point, i want to point out when you were speaking, jay, myself included i think we sort of chuckled the distractions being the norm in washington but to your point, you know, middle america, average americans regular-hard working folks they don't want distractions, they just want the truth. jason. >> no, i think that's true and one thing i will -- i do want to say that in the dc area are average americans as well, so a lot of times they try to make us seem like we are different. i agree that americ

trade policy and immigration policy, the things that, in the mind of many of his supporters in middle america, have hurt them and their economic prospects. that is a sincere belief on his part. >>, jenkins, sunday night, eight eastern, cspan q&a. >> each week, american artifacts takes viewers and archives, museums, historic sites around the country. next time we visit this is known -- smithsonian national portrait gallery to tour their one-room exhibit examining the pivotal events and personalities of the year 1968. our guide to the collection of images

world with trade policy and immigration policy and in the minds of many of his supporters and middle america that is a sincere set of beliefs on his part. >> new agreement on federal spending between congress and the white house entering the number one of the government shutdown the negotiations are still underway to continue to fund the government and the house and senate will return to session at noon on sunday on friday the senate voted to continue work on the house passed a spending bill after that vote mitch mcconnell and minority leader schumer had votes on the floor. >> 47 / 47 in the senate evenly divided the vice president votes in the affirmative the chair lays before the senate the following message from the house. >>se house agreed to the amendment of the senate to the amendment of the house to the amendment of the senate to the bill hr 695 entitled an act to amend the child protectionnd f t so forth and other purposes. >> colleagues, here is where we are. it is clear there is enough votes to proceed to the pending legislation of government funding of disaster relief and border s

quintessential middle america.e gas crisis. >> sunday, july 1st, because of the gas lines, president carter flies straight home from the tokyo economic summit and announces a television speech to the nation thursday. then to camp david by helicopter, presumably to work on that energy speech. but then a sudden change. the energy speech is canceled, with no explanation. critics speak of indecision. >> carter decides that he wants to meet with advisors from all walks of life. >> the latest group shuttled to camp david includes energy secretary schlesinger, several nonoil government experts, and now three governors. >> he's been up there eight days and there is still no word on what the camp david domestic summit will end and when the president will come down from the mountain. >> one almost expects the president to a light from his chopper carrying two tablets of stone. >> some say mr. carter will address what he calls a malaise affecting the nation. >> this is an abc news special report. >> 15 seconds. stand by. >> g

. >> it took a billionaire from new york to champion the wants and needs of middle america, which isow everywhere between manhattan and malibu. look, they have called them -- up from the midwestern of the country, slope headed, bible numbers, klinger's to god, god, guns, uncle don mike and religion. you look at nancy pelosi and chuck schumer, they are the ruling class. the proximity to washington, d.c., dictates how much wealth and power you have. the best indication of this, the wealthiest counties in america are red around here in washington, d.c., eight out of the ten wealthiest countries. middle america saw an donald trump, finally, a populist hero that talked about trade and immigration, a way that no one had for a long time. >> laura: scott, mazie hirono's comment just really -- i found it interesting on a number of levels. i don't think she realized -- she was speaking truth to power in a way, because a lot of us have been watching this slow moving train wreck against blue-collar america, both from democrats and republicans who missed the boat on china, missed the boat and imm

think it isrward, i important both parties get back to the middle. americawant to be led from the far right or far left, and yet that is what we are doing. to get our act together and be led from the center come and do it conclusively. emily: would you like to see a challenger to president trump? john: we need whoever ever is leading, whether president trump, or a democrat, or an outsider. we need to get the country back to the middle and inclusive. a country divided is not good for the rest of the world. they still know america has to lead. i think some of the issues being addressed from tax policy to ease of doing business should have been done decades ago. , if someonen china is not treating you fair and you don't stand up to them, is the problem the person doing that or ourselves? it took us 19 years to redo our tax code. we are just getting regulations addressed, so it is important to realize both parties have good ideas. president clinton and president bush taught me that. , and close to both of them still ask for advice and help on tough issues. i thi

i think middle america wants to see that they is serious action border security. think they see that they will be more -- to redo a path to citizenship? leland: it brings up a larger question. both sides are to blame, the president was elected as negotiator in chief. >> right. leland: republican set both the house and the senate for the next couple of days.but in two years i still couldn't get anything done. why she republicans base, watch the presidents base and the republicans base feel better about the next two years when all of a sudden he will have to negotiate with nancy pelosi rather than paul ryan? >> right. and that is the problem.the problem is that republicans over the last two years have been really weak on the issue. they are afraid and i don't quite understand that. we are talking about border security, this is a winning issue with middle america. again, i think a border package that includes some kind of path to citizenship is good for most americans if the border security is first. i do think the presidents path is much harder now that he's going t

on the two coasts, not so much but in middle america where the democrats reclaimed seats and states thatwon, it was moderates, not progressives, who won. claire mccaskill is proof positive somebody who fell victim to the left-wing drift of the democratic party. i wish i didn't have to agree through on that, lawrence, but sadly i do. >> katie: we are saying this far left shift nationally with the new freshman class of congress women in particular. is there a way for them to swing back or is the party, the democratic party in this place where they are really having the struggle between the moderates and middle america and the leftists on the coasts? >> dana: it's going to be one of the most exciting things to watch in 2019 and going into the 2020 election. red state democrats are on the endangered species list. claire mccaskill has been on this goodbye to her. she's done a lot of interviews. i think were going to see a lot more of her and i think it would be good. >> doug: i think it would be very good. >> dana: she is quite liberal but she tries to talk as if she were moderate. it didn't

hurt peoplehat have in middle america. tonight, at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. ally view of the u.s. capitol from the mall here in washington dc as the partial government shutdown continues. day two, affecting an estimated 800,000 federal workers. this is new york magazine, think you for being with us. this is about john kelly. this is the impossible job. kelly. "johnite the following -- kelly -- host: explain. after the first chief of staff was fired, who were close a lot of people advisers to the president, like a ivanka trump, jared kushner, felt like they needed someone would bedvise, and he able to instill a sense of order, get rid of the chaos, stop the leak in, giving way to the sense of chaos and paranoia. look backhink you can a couple months from now and say he has been successful. there are too many people for their to be powerful entries about. think a couple of the chaotic news cycles, a couple of the stories circle around him, and you have to wonder about mick mulvaney. why would anyone take this job? host: he appeared on nbc this morning, telling

that reflects in trade policy and immigration policy, in the minds of many of his supporters in middle america have hurt them and their economic prospects, that is to a degree a sincere set of beliefs on his part. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> today in the senate, members voted to advance the criminal justice reform bill before the votes, several senators spoke on the floor about the legislation. this portion starts with senate majority whip john cornyn. >> madame president, 5:30 we will be voting on the first procedural step to take up criminal justice reform legislation that started back in 2013, when i introduced a bill we called federal prison reform. this legislation is based on prison reform, but it's taken on some additional attributes relative to how we sentence and how judges sentence people convicted of various crimes. but let me explain a little bit about why this should be a priority for the senate and for the congress and for the country. we know that the cycle of crime is all too common. people commit crimes. they serve time in prison. they get out of prison

supporters in middle america. i think that's a sincere set 1968, nasaber launched men into the moon's orbit for the first time. delivered a live telecast, showing images as seen from space. next on history bookshelf, where height," chronicles the mission in its entirety. this is about 40 minutes. >> good afternoon. he is the editor at large for time magazine and grew up in baltimore. he is the author on multiple books from narcissism to polio today, he isbut the author of a few books we will bring out. apollo 13.story of today, he will not only talk about the new book, but signing the book afterwards. the book is "apollo 8." joining me in welcoming jeffrey to th kluger. [applause] >> you wrote it in 1994. what brought you back to that storyline. ? 8?apollo 13 or apollo apollo 8. were daughter and i speaking about great yarns, and the story of apollo 8 came up. tale of american space history it will be eight, of 11, and 13 that are the true benchmarks. 11, first footprints. 13, a great tale of survival, was the fir

the things that in the minds of many of his supporters in middle america. i think that is to a degree a sincere set of beliefs on his part. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. joins us now from new york and she is a contributor for "of the atlantic " and explore the technology behind digital assistants. start by explaining what digital assistants are and how prevalent they are in society. guest: my piece was specifically about voice activated digital assistants. i was talking specifically about those canisters or hockey pucks or little devices we have in our homes that we used to help us cooker play music on or make calls on. those are the first items that we are bringing into our homes that are voice-activated, and in the piece, i go further and talk about the future of these, and we will beginning more and more and they will move into the internet of things. we will be talking to our refrigerators, our cars, and all these things will be talking to us. we are inis about how the first stages of bringing these things into our homes. host: who is

trade policy and immigration policy, the things that, in the mind of many of his supporters in middle america, have hurt them and their economic prospects. that is a sincere belief on his part. >>, jenkins, sunday night, eight eastern, cspan q&a. >> each week, american artifacts takes viewers and archives, museums, historic sites around the country. next time we visit this is known -- smithsonian national portrait gallery to tour their one-room exhibit examining the pivotal events and personalities of the year 1968. our guide to the collection of images is portrait gallery historian james barber. >> talking to the national gallery, my name is change judgment james barber, i'm a curator and historian. today, we will look at the year 1968, 50 years back. we call it a one year exhibition, about the year 1968, and we will begin here with this iconic image of us, the earth. this was taken on the mission of apollo 8, it was the 1st space mission of any nation, that would leave earth's atmosphere, and travel to a distant object. the only other ones in the race were the russians, and there was a spac

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and this personal stuff to get rid of the president, that is not where middle america is, that is notot of seats they flipped are. mark: are you ready to organize, the committee battle inch for inch, territory, territory. >> we absolutely need to, i was on energy and commerce department. when in a start moving through obamacare, look at popularity of obamacare in beginning, it was popular, we exposed so many different peaks of that bill that will destroy your relationship with your doctor, we'll jack up cost of health care, we laid it out, it was not a mystery, we did it in house floor. it hit is unpopular it is bad l. we have to battle them in marketplace of ideas, show them why their idea bad, we have better ideas. >> i feel in committees they strategizing in, and organize they can be obnoxious when they want, to they obstruct. i hope they are prepared to organize. because the democrat in minority seem to know what to to. someone republican don't seem to know what do in the minority that would be something that would concern me, there is thought or talks. >> remember, been 8 years s

that reflects in trade policy and immigration policy, things minds of many of his supporters in middle america. i think that's a sincere set 1968, nasaber launched men into the moon's orbit for the first time. delivered a live telecast, showing images as seen from space. next on history bookshelf, where height," chronicles the mission in its entirety. this is about 40 minutes.

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they will forget about middle america. you say see hillary back in this.iden is going to run. i think hillary is going to run. elizabeth warren is going to run. cory booker, kamala harris, michael bloomberg. the question is who can go as far to the left as possible to get the nomination. and the great thing we know is once they do, it's over. >> corey lists everyone except tom stire. he wants to be the trump. but this platform is just anti-trump. the president has done such a great job at keeping his campaign promises. are you going to run against a great economy and amazing opportunity that's available to americans? judge jeanine: katrina brings up the promises made, promises kept. i was in jerusalem the opening of the embassy the president promised. on every street corner we saw signs saying thank you donald trump. >> the democrat partied along with the mainstream media decided they were going to create a narrative then defeat this president in his reelection. first they tried to defeat him during the campaign. then they tried to delegitimize him during

you have heartland progressives from middle america who are running aggressive primary campaigns thatere's a lot of energy behind, you have that diversity in every part of the country, every geography, every aspect of the party, every aspect of the country, that is what we needed democrats have on our side and it says a lot that republican talking points now are all about republicans trying to debate the democratic primary in 2 years rather than acknowledge the elephant in the room which is having donald trump is the likely nominee again. >> are we talking john kasich sneak attack? >> bob corker is talking about it. >> the problem is a very appealing candidate in amy club but i could give donald trump a real run for his money and those places were donald trump won the election. the problem is the party has been pulled so far to the left by this talk about socialism and sanctuary cities and no borders crowd that i don't think a more moderate midwestern type sensibility democrat can actually get the nomination. >> wait a second. the base is pulling to the left, the base of the democrati

jon: do you think it will reach middle america?ri, but that's why we have different people representing different districts. that's why they are electing leaders from their communities that represent those districts. ocasio-cortez is from queens, she is not from missouri. jon: do you think moving this far to the left will serve well in 2020? >> no, i don't think so. but this all about her district and the people who voted for her. that's who she is representing. it's interesting to watch these establishment democrats. they are uncomfortable with her presence in congress. you can see that. she is everything they talk about but they don't execute. ocasio-cortez is able to get that energy from the base. they support egg she is doing. and it was fascinating to see that conflict between her and nancy pelosi not too long ago. it won't be helpful in 2020, but ocasio-cortez, what you see is what you get. jon: it looks like we have another disrupter in washington. >> one of many. jon: coming up. president trump is slamming the democrats ove

i get that this foreign debt, there is a lot of drivers but in middle america, -- >> you know, that'sat point. and i do wonder which will affect the other the strongest. that the economy so strong eventually wall street will kind of snap out of its slump and realize, the economy is going strong that is where profits come from, that is why stock prices go up and eventually the market will be better. or if the opposite happens. folks on main street get depressed by all of the bad news. >> wouldn't it be terrific if it actually was based on earnings and troop company performance? we have lost that particularly in the last few weeks. >> what you think will strengthen the economy itself? we already have these terrific tax cuts. i say terrific, i know it is controversial. but i say terrific because is led to bigger profits. the cost of business goes down we get more business. >> in fact, income has gone most in 10 years. so it's working. and i hate the word trickle down. it's sort of a dirty expression but it did trickle down and that crumbs became real slices of cake to some people. >> is

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10 to 15 million illegal immigrants into the country and therefore they don't have to win back middle america. the democrats are well on their way to do that. but it's so important that people have to realize that we are now in the midst of a cultural war in our country. are we still a country that believes in "in god we trust" and liberty? and, look, we have gone so far outside of the rails of reality, when someone like chris pratt is attacked by this. >> i've got to cut you off there. i've got a hard out i've got to meet. but we really appreciate you both joining us here today. next, a special tribute to a war hero, a retiring congressman, sam johnson, a true american hero. my name is jeff sheldon, and i'm the founder of ugmonk. before shipstation it was crazy. it's great when you see a hundred orders come in, a hundred orders come in, but then you realize i've got a hundred orders i have to ship out. shipstation streamlined that wh the order data, the weights of , everything is seamlessly put into shipstation, so when we print the shipping ll everything's pretty much done. it's so much e

you go to middle america. you go to a military community where i was raised.working middle class people. they are make money every day and they are voting for people they want. david: i can't help but think the reason he believes this is he has done practically nothing his whole life except being a politician and he doesn't understand how the market works. you seem to be agreeing, you seem to understand that, he doesn't. >> i think that that's been the american tradition, american history, and that's what makes us a nation. i think it's change. we have to prevent it from change. that's what bernie sanders points out. president trump says -- david: when he was in control, the divide between the richest and the poorest was growing. >> the divide is growing even more. the trade deficit is even bigger this year than it has been in the past. at the end of the day there is a populist movement that both in the left and both in the right. the populist movement is giving us a signal the divide. david: would you like to go against this rhetoric from bernie sanders in th

and trade policy and immigration policy, in the minds of many of his supporters in middle america, thisas hurt them. host: you closed out that column e abundant paradox of trump is the way he entices so many others to shred their reputations. builtlitical existence is on the media to rise mechanically, predictably, to debate every time/" guest: isn't that the case? business. jim acosta do you think that is making trump unhappy? he loves that. he likes having the press as an enemy. it works not only with his base but it is part of who has been his whole life. he is the subject matter of every hour of cable tv on three tv channels. cnn was quotedof as saying if we are not watching up -- talking about donald trump, the audience is not watching us. it has been an unbelievable blockbuster. host: what do you think of television journalism? guest: i would be the last one to ask because i have stopped watching pretty much. host: when did you stop watching? guest: in the last year and a half or so. i like the business channels. it is what everybody says. --is extravagant extractor exaggeration a

about support for the vietnamm war, president lyndon johnson said i've lost cronkite, i've lost middle america walter cronkite's best influence. bob corker and dick durbin believe president trump thinks losing conservative radio hosts means losing his base. corker said this is the "tyranny of talk radio hosts." after first saying he would be proud to shut down the government if he doesn't get his wall funding, the president backtracked and that infuriated conservative talkers rush limbaugh and ann coulter. >> it's a textbook example of what the drive-by media calls compromise. trump gets nothing and the democrats get everything including control of the house. >> it will just have been a joke presidency that scam to american people, enraged -- amused of the populace for a while but it will have no legacy whatsoever. >> president trump unfollowed ann coulter on twitter but he also changed his mind on a bill to fund the wall. when the president ordered all troops out of syria it also drew wide conservative condemnation. trump allies senator lindsey graham said it was a mistake, senator marco rubi

about support for the vietnam war, president lyndon johnson said i've lost cronkite, i've lost middle americaed walter cronkite's best influence. bob corker and dick durbin believe president trump thinks losing conservative radio hosts means losing his base. corker said this is the "tyranny of talk radio hosts." after first saying he would be proud to shut down the government if he doesn't get his wall funding, the president backtracked and that infuriated conservative talkers rush limbaugh and ann coulter. >> it's a textbook example of what the drive-by media calls compromise. trump gets nothing and the democrats get everything including control of the house. >> it will just have been a joke presidency that scam to american people, enraged -- amused of the populace for a while but it will have no legacy whatsoever. >> president trump unfollowed ann coulter on twitter but he also changed his mind on a bill to fund the wall. when the president ordered all troops out of syria it also drew wide conservative condemnation. trump allies senator lindsey graham said it was a mistake, senator marco ru

if you talk to money managers, especially in middle america. not talking about the people with millions of dollars in the stock market but people who want to retire comfortably. they will tell you they'ir phon are ringing off the hook with frantic people. we know the advice is always hold tight. this is one of those things. what do you say? >> only 14% of people own stocks or households outside of their 401(k) plans. if we look at those plans, what we're looking at is by the time someone is between 55 and 65, the median value is $80,000. the panic is not because the stock market is failing to out perform. >> maybe 80,000 is not enough to retire on even if you come from a tiny little town in the midwest, as i do. having said that if you have a pension and that's a cushion for you, $80,000 might not seem like a lot to somebody who has been used to getting a six figure salary but for the average american, that could be a couple of years wages that they put aside that makes them feel a little bit comfortable. >> that's right. >> you have to underst

reflects with his trade policy and immigration policy and in the minds of many of his supporters and middle america have heard, so i think that is to a degree of sincere beliefs. >> holman jenkins, sunday night on c-span's q&a. >> 2018 marks the centennial of u.s. participation in world war i and the november 11, 1918 armistice that finally ended four years of death and destruction. next, on american artifacts, join us for a tour of a u.s. army exhibit featuring the experiences of the common american soldier in the great war. this is about 50 minutes. >> welcome. i am curator of uniforms and textiles and personal equipage at the u.s. army heritage museum and education center. this exhibit is not meant to give a history of all of the various campaigns that the u.s. army participated in, in particular. it was meant to basically take the visitor coming in the front door here and walking them through how a a soldier would have gotten from stateside wherever they were living to the front lines, if they were frontline infantry unit or support unit. and we highlight various amounts of soldiers and branche

they that go down that leftest agenda that'sid not where middle america and nip from republican to democratmittees battle them inch for inch territory territory, territory. >> we absolutely need to. look i was there -- on the energy and commerce committee on new energy of congress in 2009 when they started to obamacare go look at the a popularity of obamacare at the beginning when it was introduced it wasf very popular. and ultimately we exposed so many different pieces of that bill to destroy -- your relationship with your doctor. that we're going jack up cost of health care and you laid it out it wasn't a mystery and we did that in committee where work is done on house floor where you've got to do battle when bill passed it was unpopular with the american people and remain unpopular because of the bad law but ut ultimately in marketplace of ideas show why their ideas are bachelor's degree and why we have better ideas. i just feel in the committees -- they strategize and they want to bury -- they obstruct i'm not saying republican ares should do the same thing. but i just hope they're prep

, but the middle of america went unreported on, were they?>> i agree with that. i think we have to be careful about these sweeping generalizations on what the press spot or what the rest did. the media is not a monolith by any means anymore then you say all lawyers think, the reality is certainly after trump became the leading candidate within the republican party and that happened very quickly, we were trying to evaluate and we spent an enormous amount of time over the course of a couple of years really and what would be called the heartland of the country where i think we failed and others did to, some others, not everybody that we did not anticipate a candidate like trump. after he became a candidate i think we did a good job of evaluating why he became a candidate. also, by the way don't think it is true that everybody was surprised that he was elected. when people asked me what i thought the odds were and i'm not a political pundit, i always said 40 to 50% and for a wide variety of reasons and so i wasn't shocked by the result of the ele

support for the vietnam war, lyndon johnson famously said, quote, if i lost cronkite and lost middle america. walter cronkite's first influence. gop senator bob corker and democratic senator dick durbin believe donald trump, conservative radio hosts means losing his base. corker even said this is the, quote, tear any of talk radio hosts. after first saying he would be proud to shut down the government if he doesn't get his wall funding he backtracked on that threat and that infuriated conservative talkers rush limbaugh and ann coulter. >> textbook example of what the drive-by media calls compromise. trump gets nothing in the democrats get everything including control of the house. >> must've been a joke presidency, the american people enraged, amused the populace for a while but no legacy whatsoever. >> reporter: he unfollowed and coulter on twitter but changed his mind on a bill to prevent a partial shutdown of the government innocent saying it is wall funding or bust. fascinating that when the president ordered all troops out of syria it drew wide conservative condemnation. lindsey graham

order for them to win the primary, they need to do what donald trump did, embrace issues that middle americats, border security, renegotiating trade deals and bringing jobs back. the discovery disputes have democrats have no plan. they're at a loss to see what issues to run on. >> lisa: part of hillary clinton's problem was democrats ignored the working class voters >>> absolutely the true. >> lisa: they had 8 years under president obama. do you think democrats realize that? >>> i think they do now. they didn't during the campaign. the middle western middle american states like pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, ohio, they all were up for grabs in ways that i don't think most people thought. and cory is right. we need a jobs program for democrats, we need an economic empowerment program and we need a program for small business that is inclusive and broad based. we just can't run on the same old issues that you rightly point out cost hillary the election. >> lisa: tom you know when do you think we're going to start seeing some of these candidates throat their hat in the ring and make announce

>> well, i think the democrats would be wise to nominate someone who could speak to people in middle americaks that hillary clinton lost back in the 2016 election. if you look at the way the electoral college broke down, she lost by about 80,000 votes in three states that the democrats did not expect to lose. so finding a way to talk to folks who don't live in big cities and on college campuses is the imperative. you want to find a candidate who can do that and a candidate who can effectively make a case that the country should be going in a different direction. but not so radical of a different direction that it turns off middle of the road voters, you know, center left, center right voters who don't tend to love either political extreme. to me, that's what i would be looking for. i think if you're donald trump, it doesn't really matter who you run against. you're going to try to paint them, though, as an extreme leftward tilt, someone who can't be trusted to manage the economy, someone who cant be trusted on national security and so on. i don't know which of these democrats, though, can ru

into the country, naturalize them, get the right to vote, therefore they don't have to win back middle america that sounds cynical. democrats are on their way to do that. it's so important that people have to realize we are in the midst of a culture war in our country. are we still a country that believes in in god we trust and liberty? these are the foundational values of our country that made america the greatest country and greatest culture to exist. it's, we have gone so far outside of the rails of reality when someone like chris pratt is attacked. >> jason: chris, i have got to cut you off. i have a hard cut. we really appreciate you both joining us. up next, a special tribute to a war hero. a retiring congressman, sam johnson, a true american hero. ♪ voice-command navigation with waze wifi wireless charging 104 cubic feet of cargo room and seating for 8. now that's a sleigh. ford expedition. built for the holidays. (hurry!) it's the final days to get zero percent financing plus twelve hundred and fifty dollars ford credit bonus cash on ford expedition >> jason: welcome back to this speci