c-span, washington journal. then the house of representatives returns for work on a bill that would prohibit ftc from regulating rate changes. later, donald trump holding a campaign rally in hartford, connecticut. coming up in about an hour on washington journal, rick shankman, author of political animals. >> i said we've got to and the starvation him him wage data secretary clinton said let's raged it to $12. there's a difference. >> i have said that i support the fight for 15 it. i supported those on the front line. those were some of the words used in newspapers to describe last night's democratic debate. we want to talk to you about your reaction. we want to hear from hillary clinton and bernie sanders supporters.

the story is available on the washington examiner's website. sean higgins wrote this >> the island caucuses are just six days away and tonight on c-span we bring you democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders talking to united steelworkers in des moines. after that, katrina and global of the nation magazine on campaign 2016. like the 9:30 p.m., we join hillary clinton campaigning and marshalltown, iowa. next, democratic president candidate bernie sanders speaks at a local chapter of the united steelworkers in des moines, iowa. he talks about trade policy, expanding unions, and point out his differences with hillary clinton. this is 40 minutes.

be sure to watch "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern friday morning. join the discussion. c-span, a look at issues facing white working-class men, then representatives from the clinton and trump campaigns on their economic proposals. toer, donald trump speaking supporters in florida. after that, first lady michelle obama speaking in manchester, new hampshire. our panel of radio talk hosts team up to discuss and debate the presidential election topics, live tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two. then, the constitution product -- project looks at the use of surveillance by law enforcement and legal means to monitor it. we will take this live on c-span two at 12:20 eastern. tomorrow, a conference on sexual andult on college campuses students' rights to free speech. live coverage from georgetown university beginning at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span three. nation elects a new president in november, will america have its first foreign-born first lady since teresa adams, or will it have a former president as first gentleman? learn more about the influenc

this is 40 minutes. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us from new york is gary johnson, former governor of new mexico. good morning. pedro.good morning, host: tell us about your philosophy of governance and what it means to you if you wear to become -- if you were to become president of united states. guest: i would stand for smaller government. the notion that government is too big and it taxes too much. it takes money out of my pocket that i could be spending on my life. it should all be about choice. all of us should be able to make choices in our own lives that only affect our own lives unless those decisions put other people in harm's way. regarding military intervention, let's stop with military intervention that has resulted in the world being less safe. the fact that we put boots on the ground and drop bombs and fly drones and kill thousands of innocent people, it has the unintended consequence of making things worse, not better. host: we had a viewer that asked how you differ from the other presidential candidates.

washington is very divided these days. fines and the old days my have been result with some compromise , but they have become battles to the death. you obamacare has been pretty -- i thinkl obamacare has been pretty successful in bending the cost curve, making health-care expenses slow. but it was never going to be a solution to every problem. because republicans and democrats in washington have to use every battle to fund raise than two look forward to the next election, the singular presented in apocalyptic terms. where peopleuation are either disappointed that it did not turn out to be this great savior, or they look at obamacare is the cause of everything that is wrong. i think both are exaggerations. host: democrat line, good morning. c-span andnk you for for the commentary. the bookenjoy festivals and the many kinds of tomentary that comes forward elevate and thomas. this gentleman is a very reasoned and seasoned journalist. i think him for his service in that role. relates tot as it this dichotomy that is happening

bill washington and jefferson those who especially did so while they occupied the white house. jefferson owned over 100 slaves. is responsible for supporting the a on the 12 american presidents who were slave owners, eight of them while in office. for the complete american history tv weekend schedule. next, a discussion about the state of manufacturing in the u.s.. from washington journal, this is just over 40 minutes. joining us now is scott paul. he is the president of the alliance for american manufacturing. he will discuss the state of the manufacturing sector. good morning. thank you for joining a. let's talk a little bit about the organization. >> this is a partnership between the united steelworkers union and domestic manufacturing partners. we are nonpartisan. we have been around for nine years and our mission is to promote smart public policy for americans to have factory jobs. host: can you give us an overview of what you think the state of manufacturing and trade is in the united states right now? guest: it is a good question. as always, the truth lies somewhere in t

on sunday, october 9, hillary clinton and donald trump will debate at washington university in st. louis. the third and final debate will be held on october 19 at the university of nevada in lost a guess. we will have life -- in las vegas. we will have live coverage on c-span, c-span radio, and www.c-span.org. the u.s. commission on international religious freedom asylumthis discussion on seekers. watch live tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two. >> now, conversation with conservative author ed morrissey of the website hot-air. he joined us on this morning's washington journal. >> joining us from minneapolis is ed morrissey, the senior editor for the website hot air.com. good morning. >> good morning, sir. next a little bit about the website hot air. what is your role specifically in it? editorsne of two senior at hot air.com. it's owned by townhall media group. we are in the for-profit area. we don't survive on donations, that sort of thing. we make what we earn. our position, we hope is a rational approach to conservatism and two elections and to coulter and to basically wh

from chadnext call is d.c.ing from washington, on our independent line. i just wanted to get your opinion on america's trade situation with canada, given the that isn presidency going to be coming, do you see an area of concern that we are taking a step forward or backward with that change in presidency? thank you. guest: that's a very good question. candidate in many ways is our largest trade partner. that are a lot of goods flow back and forth between our borders. i talked about the auto industry earlier and its supply chain is heavily integrated into north america. that means there's a lot of influence going back between the united states, canada, and mexico. trudeauthink the government is going to radically alter its policy towards the united states. i know one thing we would like to see is for canada to open up system a little more than it is right now. i often hear canadian complaints . our laws are very mild compared to some of the restrictions canadian provinces have on procurement. i think that is a small issue, but overall i don't anticipate the

from washington journal, this is 45 minutes. to our website for more information. us from new york is the editor and publisher of the ,ation magazine, katrina heuvel good morning. who did you support? guest: we endorsed bernie sanders, for the third time in the nation's 103rd history, wayne forrest in the primaries in 1980 eight, jesse jackson. in 2008, barack obama. we believeecause this country is facing extraordinary challenges and that bernie sanders, by putting power, theof inequality of a rate economic system at the heart of his campaign and calling as he says for a political revolution, calling on millions of people to join him in a movement, to take back this country from big tanks and big pharma, from insurance companies, to take it back and invent bold ideas which are not with whether it is medicare for all, expanding social security, dismantling the he is a true realist in the sense of understanding we cannot make the bold transformational changes the country demands at this time until we dismantle the rate economic system. the existential crisis of our

washington journal, live every day. thursday morning, washington post political reporter robert costa will join us. republicanornia derek isil will -- darrell issa will discuss civil forfeiture asset laws. and, connecticut democrat congressman will be on to talk about legislation moving through the house to address the opioid crisis, including a bill he sponsored which would provide $600 million in emergency funding. from "thedefrank national journal" will talk about his coverage of both george w. bush and george h.w. bush. he will also talk about the bush family strong dislike of donald trump. "book tv" has 48 hours of nonfiction books at authors every weekend. saturday at 10:00 be -- 10:00 p.m. eastern, don watkins. >> the reason i say inequality isn't a problem, is because we are concerned with how much money you had, but how did you get? did you get it through a way that was fair or unfair? when you try to equalize people who earned their money honestly, we are trying to say that is not a fair way to treat people. t

the powers that be are still in place in washington and wall street. they have their hopes into both -- hooks into both parties. the action will be the extent to which they mobilize back home. fracking in new york was a citizen movement. they beat the corporations. all over the country, you see that. it has to get more visibility. it is a super bowl of civic on may 20 3:20 4, 25 and 26.-- 23, 24, iit is people learning how change occurs outside the political process. when i came to town, you could not find many politicians favoring consumer protection, much less our safety. they wereew months, passing the auto safety law unanimously. that is because they heard the rumble from the people. the facts got out. the press did a great job. we had congressional hearings. if we combine public opinion behind a sufficient amount of full-time civic advocacy, it is a different country. the politicians will follow. they will take orders. the point, but the preamble of the constitution is we the people, not we the corporation, not we the congress. we the people. that

. >> "washington journal" continues. host: and joining us now is congressman tim murphy of pennsylvania, a republican from the pennsylvania's 18th district. he is here to discuss the mental health legislation that is moving through congress and the state of mental health care funding and services in the united states. congressman, thank you so much for joining us. guest: great to be with you. host: tell us a little bit about the 21st century cures act that is moving through congress at this moment and where it stands. guest: it is a bill that is led by fred upton of michigan, which basically is a reform system for the f.d.a. for moving research through n.i.h., to make sure that positive research taken place with drugs and medical devices and not get bogged down in bureaucracy. he's worked in that for a couple of years. passed the house before and now renegotiated some things and moving it forward. as parts of that package, we also included my bill to helping families in mental healthy crisis act. it passed 22-2. but they

host: that caller exhibits a lot more wisdom than a lot of these pseudo-sophisticated washington insiders who are suddenly joining the trump cause. she understands what they don't. simply because you are saying you will bring jobs back doesn't mean you can. donald trump makes his clothing a broad and he at the same time castigates companies that move their operations abroad. he doesn't care about anything except his own ego. he doesn't have a way to revive manufacturing. not going to reverse the long-term decline in american manufacturing. it is not possible for any president to do that. people who aren not as smart as the lady who called in and he thinks that somehow he can miraculously bring these jobs back. the final point i want to emphasize is donald trump bankrupted one casino after another. he had one failed business after another. trump university was basically a scam. he thinks he can do the same thing with the united states. he thinks he can declare bankruptcy and nobody would care. he says that he is not going to pay back america's creditors. andot, he will leave us economic ba

this is from the "washington times." liberal groups argue that the six debates was intend from voters from getting a good look at candidates challenging hillary clinton. host: and here's the "wall street journal" with more on this saying that the criticism of the democratic party's chairwoman is building. she has come under scrutiny to limit the number of prblet debates and a revolt on tuesday, a newspaper and msnbc said they would host another one on sanction. the original decision to limit the candidates six debates was seen by some as an effort to smooth the path to hillary clinton who wasserman schultz supported in 2008. caller: i think that any time you have an opportunity to speak in front of people and you have the opportunity to share your story and your ideas, if you don't take that opportunity, you leave the people that are either attending or watching to move forward whatever their ideas are of why you weren't there. and then that needs to just stick. the other stuff with megyn kelly and all that, that's irreg

c-span's -- "washington journal." moral we talk with the managing tomorrow wer -- talk with a managing editor as he previews the senate races. and then the hacking of the dmc e-mails and what effect they might have on the election. and the president and ceo of the partnership and center for presidential transition without the campaigns are preparing to talks the white house -- about how the candidates are preparing to occupy the white house. joined the discussion. >> this month marks the 100 anniversary of the park service. tomorrow, a discussion of the agency's history and the challenges that it faces in a cal restraint. later, a look at religious extremism in africa. we will hear from a state department official who specializes in combating violent extremism. p.m. ontomorrow at 1:30 c-span2. >> on saturday, august 6, issue spotlight looks at police and race relations. we will show president obama at a memorial service at the police officer shot and killed in dallas. president obama: the men and women of the dallas p

this is from washington journal and is five minutes. 45 minutes. , political science professor and studied collections, political parties and everything related to election campaign. professor, thanks for joining us. guest: glad to be with you. host: can i take you back to last year? you wrote in the paper and you said "a growing number of americans have been voting against the opposing party rather than for their own party." on what caused you to write that and can you apply to what we are seeing this year? guest: sure. onwere looking at data attitudes toward the candidates and political parties going back fromthe last 60 years surveys that have been done every election year. what we noticed was that over the past couple of decades that there was an increasingly negative view of the opposing party and its leaders, both democrats and republicans, that have come to view the opposing party and its leaders much more negatively than they did in the past, so while our feelings toward our own parties have not become more positive, i feelings toward the opposing party have become increasingly neg

the washington post editorial board says the time is now to disavow. voteshould pledge not to for mr. trump. with politics on the table, we would get to some policy issues out there. let's get some calls. good morning. : i'm calling about hillary clinton. i just found out there is going .o be a hearing about her people who areto voting for hillary. they should check their records. i do wish you would take a closer look at bernie sanders. he has a plan. he is going to raise the minimum wage to $15. i think bernie sanders is going to pick up more states now that hillary has the problems she is having. host: you might be referring to this story from yesterday. wasate department staffer granted immunity. this is part of a criminal investigation it. the increase comes across the political backdrop in which she is the favorite to win the democratic nomination for the presidency. what's on your mind this morning? caller: it's me again. i want to say something about the tromp issue with the david duke thing. the interesting thing is this is a true thing for pe

he went to washington being a supporter of term limits in washington. he became a firm supporter of term limits not only for members of congress but also for justices on the supreme court. it is good to have a healthy turnover and new talent coming forward. part of the solution here lies in us, the voters. there is a tendency for us not to look past pandering. we have candidates at say i'm against the lyrical correctness -- political correctness and think the alternative they want to show people's insult and obscenity's rather than saying politically correction allows even republican -- or compels even republican candidates to say that they want young women to be drafted into the military. we saw that during the debate on saturday. that was nothing more than political correction rather than thoughtful analysis of a change that would be bad for america. we have to be a lot more sophisticated. we can't have a bernie sanders that says things are bad so therefore i will to take from others and give to you. we have to ask ourselves, what caused this. what in

put it correct with the mark -- washington cartel. they have these cocktail sipping republicans tactically all supporting jeb bush. they trial to nail them. donald trump is a billionaire but he is not like to make her rich like charles koch. -- he is not megarich like charles koch. like 36,berg up there 30 $7 billion. they can write a $2 billion check and it's like five dollars. brothers,ng from koch they are megarich. host: the new york times says mr. trump suggested he might demand that cnn pay him $5 million to appear on its debate. he said the money would go to veterans but did not press the demand. earlier this month, mr. trump took credit for persuading abc news to cut the union leader of manchester out of the debate they had planned to sponsor together. citing the newspapers harsh editorials against him. abc said the union leaders tensions with mr. trump had become a distraction. midway, georgia, democrat. what you think? caller: i think the whole thing with megyn kelly is right on in regards that she was talking for women and

a lot of these people elected in 2010 ran against washington and continued to beat up on washington and continue to undermine republican legislative leadership. howrs decided, oh, this is congress works. you have to negotiate and trade-off. renee ellmers was cited to me, to both of us as i recall, as a perfect example of someone who ran against washington. but a lightbulb went off. this is how we get things done and pass legislation. for some people, that is a positive transformation. for others, that the problem -- that is the problem. rothenberg & gonzales political report. stuart rothenberg and nathan gonzales joining us. morningfrom utah, good on the independent line. you are on with our guests. caller: thank you, good morning, gentlemen. what a great topic. i have been wondering in talking with my friends. still have a couple of questions, particularly about the down ballot races. about nothing being done with the exception of the first year of president obama's presidency. and the republicans literally digging in their heels saying, no to everything and no compromise. it has been

"washington journal" continues. host: with us is matthew rojansky, who is the director of the ken the institute at the wilson center, here to talk with us about the reported hacking of d.n.c. emails by russia and other emails as well that was reported over the last couple of days of other servers. let's talk about the d.n.c. hacking that led into the democratic convention. how do we know it was russia? guest: well, we can't be 100% certain, first of all, that it was russia. the evidence that we have so far points strongly in that direction. the u.s. government, certainly the administration has been careful because they don't want to politicize the domestic side of this to the extent they have avoid it, but hints have been dropped pretty strong that will the evidence persuasive that the hackers who did this, they may have been private actors, but that they were acting at the direction of the russian state. that kind of plugs into a history that we know about of hacking by the russian state, where a lot of the cyberat

washington is a business. people there live in a bubble. there are people that have been there for 40 years. they have no idea what is happening in the world. in the world of americans. we are taking in a lot of people. sorry for their poor circumstances where they are from. we can't keep taking in people and not know who is coming in the country. it is not possible to sustain. donald trump is a businessperson . washington is a business. they own property. they have employees. they have insurance. they are being treated one way. obamacare cometh it was so wonderful, why did congress exempt themselves from using it? it is like one rule for inside the beltway and one rule for the rest of the country. carolinamington, north . next, saint augustine, florida. an independent. good morning. caller: good morning. thanks for c-span. host: appreciate it. go ahead. caller: i'm voting for bernie sanders. host: why is that? caller: he has been saying the same thing over and over. he has fought for civil rights. he is trying to get the country back to wh

next on c-span, a roundtable from this morning's "washington journal" on politics. that is followed by campaign fund-raising in 2016 and the influence of outside groups. later, a campaign event with john kasich in new york city. host: in a tuesday roundtable on "the washington journal," we are talking about money in politics, the impact of citizens united supreme court decision. christian berger is former deputy general counsel at citizens united and we will begin with you. what citizen united isabel and what changed as a result. guest: what a lot of people lose the fact that this was a small nonprofit corporation trying to make a movie about hillary clinton. they looked at the federal election campaign finance laws, they realized there were several criminal penalties. if they were to run television ads saying "come watch our movie." they went to court to promote a film. they went to court for some basic first amendment rights and that gets lost in this debate. a lot of people say, citizens united is a corporation about corporations being people. that is not white c

it is budget season in washington. we'll talk with her and figure out what is going on with this federal project. first, our newsmakers program the veteransith affairs committee chair. johnny isakson's. republican from georgia. here is a little bit of what he had to say. this program airs on sunday. >> senator sanders served before me. he proposed some things that were good. we are not as active as we should have been. the arizona issue took place during his watch. we did not respond at that time. it was a response later on. of the nominee donald trump i do not know that he has served in the military. i think he is regurgitating a lot of what he reads in the press. i would never criticize the press while i am doing an interview. a lot of things that are reported that came around before i came along. the v.a. is making substantial changes. they are addressing the concerns that took place in denver and atlanta. one by one, we're correcting those things. when you see the accountability legislation we're doing in the sprin

washington journal continues. host: covers been bruce westermann joins us now, a republican from arkansas, a member of the house natural resources committee -- national resources committee and aimed at addressing puerto rico's debt crisis. some conservative groups have worried that this legislation is going to leave taxpayers on the hook for puerto rico's bills. guest: it does the opposite and if we look ahead, we got into a situation with article four, section three of the country to sharon, that congress has the authority to make rules and regulations regarding territories. in a democratic government, you have checks and balances and congress is a check and balance for puerto rico, which is a territory. we have an obligation to address this issue and it is a time sensitive issue. they are already defaulting on this with a $200 billion payment coming up in july. we have to get a control board in place to go down and assess -- and assist. bill is nothing in the that says we will pay any federal tax dollars to bail

washington journal is next. ♪ host: good morning to you. it is a cold saturday in washington, d.c.. today we look -- we will spend the entire program talking by your financial health. we will discuss the increase in the minimum wage to $15 an hour in california and new york and new government regulations designed to protect your retirement savings. we want to hear about your financial situation. data from the pew research center shows the middle class is tracking. how are you doing? if you feel like you are getting ahead in this economy, call us at (202) 748-8000. if you feel like you are holding steady, (202) 748-8001. like you are falling behind, you can call us at (202) 748-8002. you can also find us on social media. facebook and twitter. it has been over eight years since the start of the great recession. -- manyways the economy people feel the recovery has yet to reach them. here could be one reason why. look at this data. it shows the share of adults living in middle-income households is falling. households fell into the middle income category. since then that number has dropp

. >> washington journal continues. host: we have republican congressman david jolly joining us now. he has the ongoing effort of conforming the way congressman raise the lots of money they need to get reelected. i want you to explain how that process works. what is happening today? guest: it is reelection season. we know about the amount of money in politics. i am focused in on the amount of time it takes to raise that money. so understand that if you have to raise $2 million, how much time does it take a member of congress to do that? they are often instructed to spend four or five hours a day raising money. and this is important. my effort to stop this is not to criticize or judge my comp -- my colleagues. they are good people working hard for their constituents but i do intend to judge the system. because how we got here has created a scandal. the fact that we have a part-time congress. congress is required to spend more time raising money and doing their job. so introduced a bill caused -- called the stop act. it w

washington journal is next. ♪ ♪ good morning. endorsement from -- the presumptive republican presidential nominee yesterday spoke at the nra convention in louisville where he declared his love for the second amendment come about to end gun free zones and criticized hillary clinton about her stance on guns. clinton will appear with the martin in anyvon effort to promote in control. what is more important to you in the 2016 campaign? gun rights or gun control? gun owners can call 202-748-8000 . those who do not own guns can call 202-748-8001. you can also reach us on social media, on twitter and on facebook. good morning. take a look at what donald trump had to say yesterday in louisville about his gun stance and hillary clinton. [video clip] >> i've been a member for a long time and my boys are members and they are much better shooters than i am. to get the endorsement, believe me, is a fantastic honor. [applause] wayne andsaid to chris come i will not let you down. remember that. i will not let you down. [applause] a few remarks

there is no long-term projection because of the gridlock in washington. i think we are doing a real disservice to the men and women fighting on our behalf and we are doing a real disservice to our long-term, short, midterm, and long-term shenanigans. the countryefend and have an awesome responsibility around the world. i just got back from the persian gulf a few weeks ago. see the reliance upon the united states in that region whether it's israel or the united arab emirates or any of these other countries in the persian gulf, they rely on us. if we are going to be relied upon, we better have our stuff together budget terribly, strict rily as we move forward. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] timre talking with host: ryan about the budget bill and his recent travels overseas. democrats can call in. republicans can call in. and independence -- you mentioned you took a trip overseas visiting several middle east countries. where did you go and what was the purpose? guest: the general purpose was to look at our missile defense issues not

this is the washington times. the new york times, you've heard that the syrian army has captured at ancient city. this is palmyra. they did this yesterday. army het assad and his took this from isis. that's the front page of new york times. we will go back to taking more of your calls. this is joe from virginia. he is making between 24 and 50. caller: good morning. peoplend of sad that have adopted that identity politics mentality. thepeople who benefit are two divide us. i do understand why people don't see that. anything else? host: thank you for weighing in. ray is calling from tennessee. caller: i am 77 years old. i worked 28 years. workingd out in 1960 for a union. the unions made the middle class in this country. i don't care what anybody else says. when ronald reagan became president and started destroying the unions, every president after him destroyed the unions. you will never bring the middle class back. i don't care how many jobs you bring back to unless they are unionized, the wages will day what the

you are in washington the c, -- washington, d.c. i live in seattle. that is far away from washington. and things happen there, it is hard for me in seattle to get excited. do he hadandidates out in a political debate, i can get excited momentarily, but that feeling quickly evaporates. i am a political junkie, so i am paying attention. most americans are not paying that much attention. they seem to display in difference and a lack of curiosity. that is because of the way the human brain works. it is an indictment of human beings. our brain was not devised for television politics. it was devised for small intimate groups. we are good at those politics, not so good about things happening a long way away. host: should we trust our instincts when it comes to politics? caller: no. that is the main part of the book. in our daily lives we trust our instincts because they prove they are good. if you are walking on the tireslk and you hear screech, your instinct is to look around and pull back to make sure you are not about to get run over. that is the same as

here's the story in "the washington times." house republicans noted that abortion clinics essentially get paid for doing nothing. at the heart of the hearing yesterday was the evidence put forth by republicans. take a look at this exchange. [video clip] >> i am going to yield myself 10 minutes for an opening statement. >> madam chair -- regretfully, i need to bring up an issue regarding the packet of materials, the so-called exhibits provided to your staff yesterday. we have just received your opening statement, which was released to the press, i just saw it for the first time. in your opening statement, you make extensive reference to the package of so-called exhibits. before you make your opening statements, maybe we could resolve the issues otherwise, we are going to object to the documents referenced in your opening statement. , i will goadam chair over what our issues are with those so-called exhibits. that you andld us other republican members intended to use these materials to question witnesses today. it is my understan

he joined the washington journal last week. the christian science monitor in one of their lead stories this week, the headline, "how the gop may reshape health care." tomsing on congressman price, who was nominated to head health and human services. there is a picture of him there. the challenge has always been to agree on a replacement. that is the challenge for republicans as they look at repealing and replacing. republicans have not come to a consensus in the house. they seem to be generally settled on a series of points that were outlined in a document called a better way, which congressman price supports. it supports having pre-existing conditions covered and allowing young people to stay on their parents insurance. it would drop state and federal marketplace exchanges. under the new plan, people would be able to purchase insurance on the open market with the help of refundable tax credits. they all favor health insurance as available across state lines, and there would be greater incentives for people to put away the tax

"washington journal" continues. host: joining us now still erwin, the "new york times" senior economic correspondent. he also worked at the "washington post". thank you for joining us. we will be talking about jobs. here is the story in the new has times that says hiring picked up. machine -- job's the 160,000 payroll increase reported by the labor department follow the best two years ofetch since the tech boom the 1990's. what did you make of the numbers? guest: we had a few several months in a row. these things jump up and down. you've seen these numbers totally consistent month after month. this has seemed the usual bouncing around. it was a mild winter, that means there is more hiring in the winter. there are less jobs added in the spring when the weather improves. that may be part of it. what we are seeing is a jobs market on a steady trajectory. ways not booming quite the that it seems, but growing at a nice steady pace. host: the unemployment rate stayed steady at 5%. is that a good or bad thing? guest: we al

welcome to "washington journal." the news yesterday that libertarian presidential candidate gary johnson, green party candidate jill stein, will not be invited to that debate. they did not meet the qualifying standards. we will talk about that and presidential politics. here is how to join the conversation. (202)party supporters use 748-8000. if you support hillary clinton, use (202) 748-8001. donald trump supporters use (202) 748-8002. all others use (202) 748-8003. you can always send us a tweet @cspanwj. and we welcome your comments on our facebook page. the news yesterday from the commission on presidential debates, the independent organization that has been generalthat presidential debates since 1988 announcing the news yesterday. they had to meet basic qualifying standards. here is hard whether commission lays out. of toucheo because newly eligible to be president. they had to achieve ballot access in sufficient states to win a theoretical el toro electoral college majority. gary johnson's team the past. and th

that story is the front page of the washington post. go to aragon, georgia, a recent legal immigrant. caller: hello? host: go ahead, you are on the washington journal. what you think about today's supreme court case? caller: it is very good. god bless you, keep going. i just have a message for the whole country. do you want to hear? host: sure. caller: my message for the whole country is this is deeper than obama and everybody out there, the government, white house, whatever they call it. right.rustrating and not we have to think about the human rights. if you have a human right in you , you will have the whole entire america -- -- they need to find a way to fix the problem. deportation is not the key. deportation of nonviolent crime is not the key. i understand if you come here and commit all these kind of wicked crimes, you are entitled to be -- to face a penalty of whatever you do with your own judge. if they can deport you on top of that, i understand. hereeople who come illegally or legally overcome it no crime, they should find a

washington refuses to hear our message. coast, you are not the south, we do not have big defense spaces where the government has a major footprint. the region i represent is not a capital city. over thebeen tough last three decades because of the outsourcing of our jobs. our workers have been forced to train the replacement workers. for example, mexico, as their jobs are shipped down there. you can go to mexico and see the jobs that used to be in ohio. this happened year after year after year. the average income post nafta -- post china, post korea $7,000 less. less income in our region. in the rural areas of ohio, smaller towns have experienced deep job loss. 15 years ago, hundreds of good jobs. where have they gone? mexico. people experienced this directly. it was not theoretically some policy lost in washington, but their lives have been transformed in ohio. district is my announcing 150 layouts. industry, steel office workers have been pink this keepscause -- happening. we have to make a real way in the market. washingt

that is all for today's "washington journal." see you back your tomorrow at 7:00. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> next, the candidates running for the u.s. house seat in maine's second congressional for a debate. later, hillary clinton and tim kaine at a rally in pittsburgh. then, donald trump and mike since in cleveland.

on the "washington ournal." caller: yes, i am for marco rubio. he said he can get this land back together. he has charisma, he thinks before he speaks. he has a lot of clarity. e knows he's a specialist in foreign affairs, and he's youthful. everybody cares or him, and he would make us and our country, bring us together. he will protect us, and save us, appreciative man. host: marie, any concern about him being too scripted? that was one of the criticisms he received after his saturday debate performance. caller: oh, no, none at all, none at all. you have to understand that he because he's still for us.for us and cares host: here's senator marco rubio yesterday in one of his stops nute campaign before the new hampshire primaries. marco rubio: i believe if we get this election wrong, it may be too late to turn around for this country. bernie sanders, i know bernie sanders. but bernie sanders is a socialist. nice guy, a nice socialist, but socialist. we can't go down the road of socialism. people come to this country to socialism.om applause] hilla

eastern. >> washington journal continues. continuing our conversation about the nomination of judge merrick garland to the supreme court. let's take a look at president obama making the announcement yesterday. >> i sought the advice of democratic and republican members of congress. out to average qc groups, scholars -- we reached andto advocacy scholars after completing this exhaustive process, i have made my decision. who isselected a nominee widely recognized, not only as one of america's sharpest legal minds, but someone who brings to his work a spirit of decency, modesty, integrity, even handedness and excellence. these qualities and is our commitment to public service have earned him the respect and admiration of leaders from both sides of the aisle. he will ultimately bring that same character to beer on the supreme court. an institution of which he he's prepared to serve immediately. host: judge garland sits on the u.s. circuit court of appeals for the d.c. circuit. he is a 63-year-old appointee by president bill clint

corrupt, i don't believe anything that comes out of washington. comey, the president, any one of them. i forgot what i was going to say now because i am so excited. i cannot wait until tomorrow to cast my vote. hillary clinton has live from day one. she is a liar. she is a professional liar. everyone know she is a liar. if you could change your way of thinking to vote for someone who has a titanic's fine and will put this country right back where it is supposed to be, we have so much corruption in washington, it is like a snake pit. i cannot express how disgusted i am with the news media. i watched all of them -- msnbc, fox, and all of them have a slant. there is none of them you can get the truth from. you get there truth, not the real truth. thelieve donald trump is one who will bring this country around to where it is supposed to be. host: maxine, how are things looking in michigan for donald trump? here is a map from usa today, there presidential race rankings. they have it is leaning democratic? caller: i don't believe in the polls and what t

washington journal continues. good morning. the consumer financial protection bureau released rules taking a look at the topic of payday lenders. what is the payday lender and its influence on the community? guest: it's not a new phenomenon. it goes back to maybe a 10 times. individual who is struggling can loan a lender and get a even if their credit is poor. , they will pay back in some interest is 400% interest. the reason they can do that is alluse the borrower in likelihood cannot get along anyplace else. he will not be able to walk into a bank and get a loan. -- inor she ends up going my estimation, criminal to get a loan. these lending places, are stretched out all over the country. they are predominantly located in low income areas. neighborhoods where african-americans and latinos live. they are at the lower rung economically, and exploited even more. host: what is the interest on a payday loan versus a loan from a traditional bank or another institution? for the past four or five years, we have a mouse h

sheila from washington, d.c. caller: i have heard your guest speak about radical islamic websites, but most of the things we have seen in this country appears to be homegrown. --t do we do with websites what we do their -- there? guest: there are lots of websites that provide content platforms for radical islam. essentially, we rely -- they rely on unencrypted platforms and also decrypted -- encry pp.h as what's a what we are trying to do is focus not so much on the problem of content providers such as youtube, google, and twitter alone, but the threat of radical islamic content that is used to radicalize americans in the united states, where the content directly calls for the murder of americans -- that is what we are talking about. speech --h being free there are all sorts of interpretations of islam that are online, some more radical, some from britain, some from the arab world. it is impossible -- it would be impossible to find, police, and even suggest any of that content could be removed from a lie. social

host: this piece in the washington times from yesterday. theunited nations saying flint water crisis may trigger racism investigations. the white house was not aware of the development. katie in athens, georgia. a democrat. caller: somebody mentioned earlier, bernie sanders has been talking about infrastructure for decades. earlier, younfused were talking about trump and hillary and what people are saying about them. bernie is not out of this race yet. we are hoping to take it to the democratic convention. it will be a contested convention. i don't think people should count him out just yet. host: raymond in southfield, michigan. a democrat. all, thisrst of governor should be in jail. this is part of what republicans having a governor who is a businessman -- see, businessmen only deal in the bottom line. they don't care about people. the call earlier about the mayor flint -- the governor emergency managers, taking the power away from mayor. host: let me give you another headline this morning in the papers. bathroom bill violates civil right

"washington journal." --"washington journal," is next. the flag over the u.s. capitol is at half staff this morning, along with flags across the country as the nation mourns the victims of an early morning a florida gayy at club that left 50 people dead and 53 more injured. attacked by u.s. man who reportedly pledged allegiance to the islamic state, it goes down as the worst mass shooting in u.s. history. we will spend all three hours of the program today getting your reaction to the tragedy of the pulse nightclub innovative. a special line for lando residents.-- orlando call (202) 748-8000. members of the lgbt community, others,2) 748-8001, all call (202) 748-8002. killer, theto the motivation, and the weapons. but first, the victims of the tragedy of the pulse nightclub. 21 have been named so far, 50 dead. , as family orlando members have been notified, has been posting the names of those killed at the pulse nightclub strategy. your the 21 who have been named so far. [reading names] edward sotomayor jr., 34 years old. stanley almodovar iii, 23 years old. luis

the outcome would be somebody withs more upsetting washington dc insiders. -- washington, d.c. insiders. the party will get who they want and i mean the people of the common party, not the grassroots. throwing that if you turmoil is likely to disenfranchise ted cruz voters. you disenfranchise two thirds of the electorate. that is a good recipe for losing the senate. politically, it is unwise and the outcome is not going to be good, ideologically. host: you mentioned leadership in the house and how the meetings are conducted. your weekly conference meeting. john boehner and eric cantor are not there anymore. have they been replaced with paul ryan and kevin mccarthy and are they run the same way? guest: great question. i did not vote for paul ryan. opportunity to make a big course correction. we made a small course correction. it is run differently. i think speaker ryan is more inclusive than speaker boehner. it would be disingenuous for me to say that things have not improved because just yesterday, one of my bills moved through committee. boehner called ted cruz a few names. he

washington university in st. louis host the second presidential debate leading up to the third and final debate between hillary clinton and donald trump at the university of nevada las vegas on october 19. live coverage of the debates on c-span. listen live on the c-span free radio app or watch anytime on-demand at c-span.org. washington journal continues. joining us now is independent candidate evan mcmullin. you have people asking who are you and where you interested in being president. why is that? >> i believe the two candidates that we have before us that have been nominated are woefully unfit to lead this country, especially at this time, so like many americans i have waited for someone else to step forward and that didn't happen. sensing that it was the last minute in which somebody could offer some competitive edge, i decided to do it myself. host: who got you into this? guest: i would not describe it as being recruited. they were working on finding someone for some time and they were well-known people. i

washington journal is next. ♪ host: it is the washington journal for june the 20th, the senate votes on four gun control amendments today. they are not expected to pass, but you can see the debate on them on the floor later on on c-span two. those votes on those amendments planned to take place about 5:30 today. jamesw york times reports hamilton will begin meeting with potential vice presidential candidates for hillary clinton possibly as early as this week. the republican convention is less than a month of a way and ofre is a rumor of a group delegates trying to stop donald trump from a nomination. we want to hear from republicans only, your thoughts on the dump trump delegates. we want to get your thoughts on not only the delegates, but the role on the nomination process they may play. four eastern and central time zones. (202) 748-8001 four mountains and -- for mountain and pacific time zones. ourou want to post on facebook page, facebook.com/c-span. ed o'keefe in the pages of the washington post wrote about these efforts by dozens of delegates planning to go to the convention to

going to go to washington d.c. and make tough but make right decisions. host: you say you spend a lot of time with him. essentially when you spend time with him alone and talking about the mantell us about donald trump then compared to who we see on the stage? different. a lot .e's a very genuine he's a very good listeners. andpent a lot of time helped a lot of people out. i know there's been some reports him paying off a mortgage when his vehicle broke down once. i see a lot of things that he on thefore he goes out stage. i see many times when there's having issuesare with their health or problems veterans administration, he goes the extra mile to help those people. lot of time with police military people. where there was a 26-year-old young man that cancer and his dream was to see star wars and to meet donald trump. a lot of timepent with him. i see the things that he does out.ly to help people he's a very giving person. person.onderful i've had some opportunities to meet his family members, his family members are very down to earth. measurement asa a f

you send that extra tax money to washington, the problem is the way washington is right now, you don't know if that money will go to roads and bridges. look at social security. these candidates aren't being asked about the disability portion of social security that is a most bankrupt. these programs are -- they are in trouble. we have a debts deficit. when was the last time the candidates were taught -- asked about how you would say that? they don't want to answer the question because they would lose votes with older voters. what do we need to do so that younger americans paying into social security will have something? these issues on coming up enough in this auction enough in my opinion. -- in this election enough. caller: getting back to the original question about carly fiorina, i believe she should have the opportunity to be in the debates. just one extra person, down to an eight person fields now. trump, it is funny because the difference between donald trump and bernie sanders is bernie sanders is part of the progressive movement and donald trump is part of the regressive moveme