so to is victor ormonde. guest: we could have a debate about the immediate environment in the united states. i don't think it is perfect. i think the media inflames those divides that have engulfed political discourse. i think there are many channels on all parts of the spectrum that are culpable for that. host: sherry, good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to say thank you so much the c-span and thank you to david and for his organization. as someone that the democrat in a red state i find a little bit of hope in the voting yesterday showed there are a lot more democrats coming out to vote. i want to say gerrymandering aspect of it is definitely taking a hold. they explained they changed the rules and changed one little area, the district, to a republican against anything remotely democratic. i want to say thank you to all of you. i hear this at my job. people having another war. the north and the south. i cry every day. i have three grandsons and two granddaughters and a 15-year-old daughter. it

victor ormonde tells us it's ok to to do that. host: we appreciate you coming in for the conversation this morning. guest: thank you. host: that'll do it for this morning's program. we hope your back tomorrow at 7:00 eastern. we are going to take you live to capitol hill where we will hear from senate republicans talking about their opposition to the inflation reduction act and other economic concerns they have over democratic policies. it is just getting underway live on c-span. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2022] >> so much inflation is related to energy. what we know is the price of gas today at the pump is still two dollars a gallon more than it was when joe biden took office. there has been a bit of a decrease in demand because people cannot afford to drive it five dollars a gallon for gasoline. they have had to change the way they live, drive, work. all those things had

so to is victor ormonde. could have a debate about the immediate environment in the united states. i don't think it is perfect. i think the media inflames those divides that have engulfed political discourse. i think there are many channels on all parts of the spectrum that are culpable for that. host: sherry, good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to say thank you so much the c-span and thank you to david and for his organization. as someone that the democrat in a red state i find a little bit of hope in the voting yesterday showed there are a lot more democrats coming out to vote. i want to say gerrymandering aspect of it is definitely taking a hold. they explained they changed the rules and changed one little area, the district, to a republican against anything remotely democratic. i want to say thank you to all of you. i hear this at my job. people having another war. the north and the south. i cry every day. i have three grandsons and two granddaughters and a 15-year-old daughter. it is very sc